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.. r,UK .wii AuN;L!ME$ 1 5 9 Price $1.50 Per Year Wilson, N. C, Tuesday, August 5, 1924 Vol 28. No. 2J-S. Leopold And Loeb Ready To Commit Crime Again THEY PREFER FLIVVER TO BABY THE WILSON 21 AAV i w wlf taerican Fliers nn ! o "A CHILDISH COMPACT" I Alienist Said the Conditions of, the Compact Were Unprint- able; the Relationship Ac-j cording to the Alienist Had ' a Bearing on the Behaviour of the Boys. SOCIAL AFFAIRS HELD IN ELM ill Y Miss Elizabeth Batts of Wil son Honoree at Several Par ties; Personal Items. Chirac... III.. Aug. 4 - llr. Wil liHin Healy Huston tsyrhiatrist, tes tifying as a defense alienist today at a hearing to deternnc punishment for Milliard l, ! and Nathan Leo pold. Jr.. for the murder of Robt. Franks asserted "An inrredildv ab surd childish compact hound the hoys together and had a hearing on I the ultimate aits of the youths." Dr. H'sily testified hoth hoys had i tnlit III... tlw.ir U-....1.I .!..!.. t th...i, .1 t- i i ,, course with ieod lea was served. "'imi im i mi- iid.ins ill ii I -1 it : their associations and the conditions were the same. He said Loeb told hi tn he "found nothing to deter him' and that Leopold had said he would commit the (rime again if it gave liim pleasure. Dr. Ilealy was the second alien ist to testify for the d"fense and his testimony went in over slate ob jection. Judge Caverly again ruling the court had a right to listen to evidence in mitigation of evidence as he had ruled Friday witness when the testimony of lr. William A. White was permitted marking n new departure in Illinois jurispru dence. As to the conditions of the "child ish compact" which hail influenced the later lives of Leopold and Loeb nothing was said in open court. Judge Caverly ruling with Dr. Healy that the matter was unprintable. "Nothing that is unfit for pub lication is coming out here," Judge Caverly asserted. Klin City, Aug. 4. Mrs. V. T. Pleasants. Jr., entertained at tw-ij tables of bridge Friday afternoon in I honor of her house guest. Miss Eli zabeth Halts of Wi'.,on. Miss Matt , as guest of honor was given a piec i of dainty lingeri". The high score1 prize was a deck of cards. At the close of the game a salad ! I Friday evening Mrs. T. L. Hedge I peth entertained the Merry Matron'-'. I lie Home was lovely with a pro fusion of summer flowers tastefull;, arranged. The guests in addition ie the club members were Misses F.li- ! mi belli Hut ts of Wilson. Mrs. .las. j Wells, Misses Lucille Moore, llaz and Lady Holies atWl Mrs. K. O I Mcdowan, Jr. There was an interesting contest in which nine tied for first honor--. I Cutting for the prize Mrs. Wilto-i j Piidgen won and received a cut ! glass vase. Miss Klizabeth Ralls was presented two lovely hnndk"'- chiefs. Mrs. lledgepeth served two tempt ing courses of refreshments, a i chicken salad course with iced te.. i and an ice course. " .aa... Lost une Have 'Off Their a anes Lieut. Wade and His Mechanician Stood llclp ; lessly by While Their Plane was Dashed to i Pieces by a Steel Boom From the U. S. S. Rich mond; Another Plane May be, Sent the Daunt ! less Airmen. ,. J ,i M1 ' i 19:, NEGRO SHOT I 9 YEAR 0L0 SON The Haptist Young People's I'liion of the Kim City Haptist church held their annual picnic Friday at Silver Lake Park. There was a larg" crowd in attendance, and a most de lightful day wis spent. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Winsteari have returned from a motor trip lo Ocean View, Va. Mr. and Mrs. John L. Ha i ley and Miss Ktnma Hailey have gone to Lake Jiinaluska. Clarenee Kpton iind wile would l'ath"r ride armind the streets of St. Paul in a flivver than sit at home and mii h ine iranie. i ney were ion-en io ciioose n'iwocn l.ecping their Hivvci i. ilicir now-'i , i eanv n h s, of $2Ti a week so they left the baby on a doorstep. Left Ui right are seen their new-born boy; Kpton, Mrs. Kpton. 17. and their liivv-d. Mali Million Dollar Cotton Mill For Wilson Is An Assured Fact; Meeting Be Held Friday Night Every Stockholder is j Urged to Attend. While all the Stock1; Has Not Been Sub"! scribed, yet Sufficient Has Been Pledged to Cause the Commit-! tee to BeJievc That it! is a Certainty. j France say ! .onion. An in 1.1 ill a h an army ; of the d "i . i "II uilli I. HUNGER THE CAUSE 1 OF if MURDERS AMONG 'RUSSIANS POLICE RECOVERED 10 HAVE PEACE ALLIES HAVE AGREED Premier Ilcrriot Says if the German Delegates arc Wise "We Shall Have a Good Peace, not Only for Europe h but for the Entire World. -ill mil I mitli I heir lloefn llorn.ii joid, couth on in (In London. success of III" I. - Tile intimate interallied con ference STOLEN CAR AFTER 1H RILLI HAS E on reparations now depends the attitude of the C.erinans, I't llrrriolt. of France told I he elated I'p-ss today. "If the Cerinan ib wise." said M. Ilerriotl hi'V'i a good peace, not rope hul for tin' entire upon emier Assu- 'legates are , "We shall only for Ku world. Kv- Shooting Said to Have Been j Accident; Child Died From Wound Shortly Afterwards; Negro Held Under $200 Bond. Johnnie llyniim, colored, shot and almost instantly Killed his nine year old son, Johnnie, at their home in Saratoga township yesterday morn ing. Four eye-witnesses to the shoot- , ing declared It to have been acci- dental, however, llynuni was placed j under $5011 bond for trial by Slier-i iffs investigating. , Hynuiii according to the witnesses, had been asked by a younger child to get his gun and scare Johnnie, because he had been taking candy from the younger one. liynutn got his .22 calibre rifle and was play ing with him when it accidentally discharged. The bullet struck the younger rtyniim in the chest and pierced his heart, the child rushed from the room screaming, the older llynuni running after him. The child (lied as soon as llynuni caught him. The incident occurred during a barbecue dinner in mem ory to a departed one that had just been buried, llynuni will be given a preliminary trial Thursday tnnrning. CAR SKIDDED INTO TRUCK. ONE HURT POVERTY ANOTHER CAUSE Women Arc Known to Murder Another Woman to Get Their Clothins; Five Alien ists Pronounced Young Wo man Murderer Normal. Russell Griffin, Volunteer Fire man, is Painfully Injured When His Automobile Skid ded Into Fire Truck and Crashed into Tree; Car Demolished. Mr ,ki t ion camp ii James Kdwin Woodard, sroul- Rttssell Hriffin. member of Wil son's volunteer fire department, was painfully injured yesterday evening about seven o'clock, while return ing from a call lo S. Warren street, when his automobile skidded into the rear end of the Hook and Lad der truck of the local company at I he Intersection of Park Ave., and Nash street, after which (iriflin's car crashed into a big tree. Crillin was picked up and rushed to a local hospital where it was found that no hones were broken, physicians claiming, he suffered on ly painful cuts and bruises and a bad shaking up. (iriflin's car was completely demolished by the clash. The heavy downpour is thought to have prevented (Irillln from seeing the fire truck swing the corner, tin- mastT for the Methodist Koy Scouts i til he was upon it, cutting to the left this morning for Camp Leach, j left, the rear end of (iriffin car skid He was accompanied by a number of tied into the rear fender of the the Scouts. ! truck, then crashed into the tree. Organization Seeks Union Of Veterans Of All Wars Little Rock. Ark., Aug. 4. The American Veteran .and Allied Pa triotic Organization- has been form ed with temporal national head quarters here, and application made for incorporation In the District of Columbia as a national patriotic or ganization with its chief purposes "to perfect and maintain an alliance by and between all veteran organ isation!! of all wars in which Amer ica has been engaged, and all pa triotic societies connected there with. '' Captain H. L. Maloney, U. S. A., of licagn, national commander of the Veterans of the World War; na tional aide o commander-in-chief of the Lulled Spanish War Veterans, and a veteran of the Spanish-American War. the Mexican insurrection and the World War, was elected general council president, with Mrs. Samuel Preston Davis, Little Rock, president natloi'.a! United States Daughters of 1S12, as general coun cil senior vice-president and Mrs. A. McD. Wilson, Atlanta, president general Confederated Southern Mem- i orial Association, as general council ' junior vice-president. Other national officers include Mrs. Kay C. Tallquist, Little Rock, i executive and educational secretary; I 0. Blakennv, judge advocate; Mrs I Moscow. Aug. - Civil war. rcvo-, 111 I ion end famine have made lif" j cheap in Russia. Kvery day I he pit-, pers are full of acocunts of men and woniMi who either have killed them-' selves i.r murdered others for Hie pers are full of accounts of men and penury often furnish the chief mo-j tlves for the constant recurring niur- . tiers. One of the most striking cas's recpnlly win that of Unusva tiolovkina. a beautiful girl of 17. ( who killed her girl companion in or-j dcr lo icalm- "i on the sale of her clothing. This was the second in- j stance within a week where a wo man murdered anoth'T in order to get her clothing. Without the slightest trace of i-tno ' i tiou or remorse. Miss (iolvkina ex plained to the judge of the .Moscow criminal court that she hail borrow-; i ei $" from a woman aciiunitilniic" . 'to giv: to her lover, a youth of 1M.! ; and as she found it impossible to i--j pay the debt, she enticed her girl 1 .companion lo her home, while her' 1 parents were out. Sh ! previously to dress clothes, as they were I hall." While the girl was looking at a photograph on the wall of the home, to which h'T host had directed her ! attention, Miss Holovkina crept up I healthily from behind and struck I her on the head with a heavy ham mer. She then dragged the life i less body into another room, where I die cut it into seven parts, huryitr; acli part separately in her yard. Miss Holovkina took the clothing of the murdered girl to her fiance, who sold it for I in, of which Ir pent five on drink, giving the bal ance to the woman from whom hi. iweet heart had borrowed the $.1. Five alienists who examined Hi" voung slayer pronounced her nor mal, saying she was capable of heal i.ing the responsibility for her ac. The Judge, on account of her youth. let off witli a siinil'i.' The Wilson Cotton mill is an as Mircd fact. The Committee of which Mr. P. L. Woodard is chairman has done its work well and siillicient slock has been subscribed to make the committee feel that the enter prise is on iis feel, and they can proceed with the belier that the balance of the stock will be forth coming. There are quite a number of prospective stockholders who are out of town for the summer, and who have not as yet subscribed, but these are counted on to help out when ever they return home. The meeting Friday night will be ARREST NEGRO FOR THEFT ; Hudson Coach Stolen from I Wilson About 10:30 Recov i ered by Police at Five I o'clock Sunday Morning ; I Larry Moore, Negro, Who Was in Car Arrested; Offi cers Sighted Car Near Elm City and Gave Thrilling , Chase. : "The" Wilson police d"parimeni showed their mettle Saturday niglr. I when they recovered a stolen lliu) 1 son Coach belonging to W. K. Sugg, i of Pinetops, six hours after it had ncm ioi run purpose ot ciiecumg upjheen stolen. One of the occupant the list, hearing the final reports, i r ,,,,, arrested, while other es caped. eryihing now dep nils upon a proper' iindeivtanding by Cermany of Hi' part she is to play. The alli"S hav" reached a complete agreement. "In the attainment of the happv results w" have achieved France has not made a bargain hut has liierelv proposed a thesis of iusl ice I ,l'"ln K ''"K v:t founded upon the full recognition!'".'" of tlii' principle of arbitration which 1 11 ''' '" ''' '' is the basis of the London agl'ee ini'iil ." Th" Flench premier paid trihiile to the helpful co-operation of Frank II. Kellogg, the American ambassa dor and the other American partici pants in Hie consultations, .lani"., Logan and Owen Young, lie ex pressed also his gratitude lo Presi dent ('oolidge for the friendly i ii f -"si of the American chief executive. Mi -fort une ha hand on the A in -llic.lit cvpedhion. ess pilots, l,ieut. and Lieut. L'ric tie i ha ii ic s are at Iceland ready to inland and ovr the Ideal, watery wastes of Hie nnrHi Atlantic .,, Labrador but Lieut. Leigh Wilde and Sergeant - - i -1 1 his ni-'chaniciaii j,,-,, 1 1 1 1 1 of ii,,, riiiinin" through a,, fault ot their own. Rescued by a III ilish Ii aw h r and Hie American destroyers Pill ingloy after they had I n forced down at sea by engine trouble on Hie hop o Iceland from Kirkwall in Hie Ork neys. Wade and Hgden stood In ly on the d"ck i-f the l S. S j Richmond and raw a sie. m ; weighing a ton clash thi-ouch the fragile tissue of their plane while I endeavors were being uoide to hoist I it aboard t he vessel, j The wings of the machine hail .previously been seiioii dy damaged ! in Hie forced landing at sea and th ! two men had worked for six hours in ia spirit of never s.-v die al tempt ing to make temporary repairs which would enable then, to rise again and 'continue their advent urou ; argosy. Tin- accident during the hoisliag I process after tiny had board'-d the j Richmond .sent all ; their hnpes I crashing. 1 Lieut, Wade and the cutninandpr of Hi.- flight. Lieut. Smith I led off slenlav morning to Nelson who made the nd alone Saturday after d become separated in a first i wo had returned Day. Smith won through Nelson at Hoeln llornf- h he had a hard flight latter pari of the rain squal the three ha fog and the to Houston and joined jord nltlmug during the encountering boi, heavy fog hanks. night Is and e diroct''d h" in her be: "going to and electing a board of directors and gelling everything in shape lo build the mill. Mr. Wilcox who is in town and met the committee this morning in the rooms of the Chamber of Com merce is greatly pleased with the prospect. He leaves tonight for Fall River, but he goes back with the assurance that the work is well un der way, and Ihal the people of Wil son are satisfied that lie is the man to run the mill. So let every one attend Hie meet ing Friday evening and hear Un reports, and assist in selecting a board of directors and help as much as possible. Iteiuember this mill be longs to Hie people of Wilson, and (Continued nn page 4) The theft was discovered shortly after 1 ii.3i o'clock Saturday nighl and reported to the police, who noti fied surrounding towns and then I made a search on the city for the missing automobile. About 1 : 4 'o'clock word was received that Hi1 car had been seen speeding towards j Rocky .Mount, Officers Stnncll, Owens and Knin gave chase in a . Ford touring in an effort to over take the speeding car. The Hudson was sighted i,e;, Rose Hud. about live miles from Wilson, after a mad dash, and over taken just past the little settlement. The driver was ordered lo stop, hul ' instead "stepped-on-it" and forged I (Continued on page 4 t MOVE SAYS LANDIS Wellington. Aug lion of dispatchitilg airplane to Iceland Wade, whose plane I. -The another ii penult W HS W I'ec quea ai my Lieut. .cd to CANT COME HERE com mite the journey, was taken up today by army and navy iillicials. Army air service ollicial.s received . wireless reports from the navy pa trol force that the liich-niond had recovered the wrecked I'.osion and there was sumo hope it might le- sal vaged. Facilities aboard the cruiser : are a va ilahb- for repa ir work . Efforts to Get Judprc . M. Lan dis, Czar of Rascball, to At tend Wilson's "Pennant Day" Activities Fails; IVloyc, Unable to Attend. DAViS MAKES TWO ft! I E! Apprehended After 10 Years Freedom MILL CLOSED FOR John Francis Weimnann, Little ltock, treasurer, and Mrs. Harry Howard Foster, Little Rock, chap lain. Ilesldes the general council, or national executive body. It Is plan ned to establish ulute un.l lo. ul ...... n - itaiice was ells for the nurnotm of loomotini' lenience. and co-ordinating patriotic activities and 'to promote humanity, a proper reverence for the dead; American ism in the broadest sense; lo en courage proper observance of all patriotic days and to inculcate and teach the highest forms of Ameri can citizenship. The constitution provides that "all veteran organizations and patriotic I societies are eligible to active mem- i A . D f bership in the American Veteran and ! Anglo-Kussian Conference be- LACK OF LABOR SOI! PAYING ON LARGE DEBT Allied Patriotic Organization by sub scribing to rules and regulations set forth in the constitution, and by loyal adherence to its tenets, which in no wise limit of circumstances the individual activities of the various constituent bodies." It Is provided further that "any organization which is performing constructive community service may. upon application, be admitted to as sociate membership in general, state ing Held in London dees be Accomplishing Much. to London, Aug. ".- The Anglo Rus sian conference here was report"d this afternoon to have concluded an important economic and financial agreement. Official confirmation of the report was not obtainable. It was understood the Soviet gov ernment had agreed to pay (Ireat Britain twenty eight million pounds or local councils, their rights con-' of the Russian debt which it was un- veuuuu io oe resinna to represen tation wtlhout vote." officially estimated whs one died mid sixty million pounds. hu'i- ! The Comnany is Fully Solvent but Former Employes Are Working at Other Pursuits.; Fayettcville, Aug. 1. While 111"' Hawthorne Mills which have been: operating in this city for the pas'! :!a years, were closed down on March 1 . last on account of market: conditions al I hut tim", they are now j remaining dosed on account of th ' , lack of negro labor, according to! Charles W. Weiss, general manage-. The mill's: full running force is tluu workers. The company is said to be fully solvent, owning lis lands and prop erties, all clear and seventy, lions; which the former employes are still occupying and working in the city , at other pursuits. The plant is also said to be fully equipped, i Mr. Weiss stated that the mills j would not be reopened by the same j company. He asserted that it. was almost impossible to labor to come here and after labor was procured for the mill, Hint the workers would not slay. He added that it was all "piffle" about the reported return of negroes from the north. SHOT WHILE FLEEING Pasquotank Young Man Ar rested Near Elizabeth Cit I for Old Crime Declarer That He Served With the Ca nadian, British and French Armies During the World War. Raleigh, Aug. I. John Lowerv of Elizabeth City was brought to (In state prison here this morning hv : the sheriff of Pasquotank counly. ! He was captured at his father's ' home near Klizabeth City Friday ; last after being shot in the leg as lie i tried to flee from the buck door as the officers approached. Lowery was convicted of burg- I lary in Superior Court and sentenced I to 15 yaers before the 1'nlted States ! entered th" World War. Whil awaiting delivery to the state prison he escaped from the county jail and had been at liberty since. He claims now he served in Hi-' Canadian. Hritish and French armiej during the war. At the same time Supt. Pou also slated that he had received a tele gram from ('apt. F. ('. Perry, super visor of the llindlenite prison camp that he had captured Frank John son at three o'clock this morning near Taylorsvillo. convicted in 10 22 Ac online, lo woi-il I com Pro sfilcnl . s. Mojo, of I hi- ir ginhi League, Judge K. M. I.an dis, iar of basi'ball, will be IMiiible lo attend Wilson's "Pen n. nil Hav" in I i il ii-s lii-re on I i i I ; i , Augiisi lh, ami Hie Old Dominion l'rc will not be in nllf iidauce. This announcement uns made this morning, following a let I it received li-oin President Mityv by the local moguls. The lo.-ii management made eeiy possible effort to get tin- iKb Commissioner io stop in Wilson on the day set aside as "Pen nant Day" nt which lime Inst season Virginia Leiigin- ( hum pious will unit the hunting to (be lirec.e Willi I In- ni-igbborinn llockv Mount itioiichiis as as sistants. I.aodis appears In Richmond on Thursday mid lias an en gagement scheduled for Wins-toii-Salcin un I'ridav, which it seems he could not postpone. Moji- also minoiiiifcd lb.it lie ' wool, I if iiniiblf io hi- in at teliiliim e at Hie celi-li a ion, which means tin jollier pennant will In- 1'asloiied to the flagstaff in deep center field, with Hie president of tin- loop not taking part in the activities. II is un derstood that his "umleistiidy" Fled Western-It, recently ap pointed liead-llllipire , will be ill attendance at I ho i clelii nt Ion. TRIPS THIS WEEK i Goes lo Hyde pcsclay and Friday. Park on Wed Clnrkubure on Locust Valley. N. v.. Aug. 4. With his address accpiiug ihe Heinocratic president nomination off. his mind John W. Davis was abl9 today to give inoie of his time and attention lo campaign organ iza i ion plans. Many detail.; of these ,e niaineil to be worked out but par'y inanngors hoped they could be di-;-pos d of within a comparatively short time. Tw o trips at " on Mr. K vis's pro- grain thi Hyde 1 Claiksbii r w ark k. We. '. Vn Tlie fir.d will nesday and . mi Fridav. lo tD GOVERNOR EN OS VACATION TODAY Comes Rack to Raleigh to Get Ready for (be fcxlra Session of the Legislature. DAVIS AND SMITH WILL t nVMHI! TODAY Hov. Cameron in 1 he city to- wherc he has days vacation and his daitgh- Tlie execut ive and sheville this nioru- sentenced to ten years, escaped from the camp last Friday night. New York. Aug. L John W. Davis announced this morning that a conference with Hov. Smith had been arranged for later in the day. The two will meet in the Democratic lieadiinarters in the Murray Hill Hotel, Mr. Davis came to New York Johnson, a negro j today and held further conferences of burglary and I with his campaign advisors, (iov. Smith arrived in town after a week end cruise in nearby waters, lialcigh, Aug. 1. Morrison will arrive nii:ht from Ash'-ville bee,, taking a few with Mrs. Morrison ler. Miss Angelia. his family lefl As ing by motor. (iov. Morrison il was stated at the executive offices will devote Tuesday and Wednesday to attend I clearing his desk of matters which collected during bis absence so as to slart the extra session of the leg islature with a clear slate, the ses sion being to consider the report of the water and transportation com mittee. irr1 if h . ..... '0 A Dt a. be. H--il Jl llS it Iftt V U 1 I S.. : V V.
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