WEATHER
Owmlly Mr and .'colder Tuesday
Wednesday Mr- rr«*»h ' to strong
northeast wind* diminishing by Tues
«j»> plght J
VOLUME SEVEN; NUMBER 227
MIDWEST FLOOD LOSS
Early Begins Trail
to Home, Sweet Home
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. U» Hob
Idlng and partially blinded bul
with hi* 1-prosy "arrested” John
Early, North Carolina mountain,
eer, ended hla decade of “living
death’* today to return to hla &t
acre farm n«r Tryon, N. C.
‘‘l an. going up that mountain
aide and I'm | ver coming down
again,” ha aaid when releas-d al
noon from the national leptrsarium
at CarvtUe, La.
“I’m going straight hack U.
North Carolina and f«m» my 50
"My life from
n“w «n w|l| he Hrletly private- l
won’t have anything to do with
anybody except my folks At first
I just thought I was sick, I did
n’t ae«- why people were afraid ot
e sick man. But the doctors told
me how It wa* and when I knew
I stayed right there and got cur
ed- I’m never going to hare any
thing to do with anybody. “
KIWANISHAS
FINE MEETING
Mias Helen Wilson Addrettwes
Club and Mrs Spicer Leads
Singing
Dr. W. 0. Byrd who "conducted the
program at last night* Kiwattl* lun
■ ch'on wa* unusually fortunate In
securing assistance and waa able to
make It a '‘ladies night" frong, the
entertainment viewpoint. Mr*.' Wil
liam Spicer delighted the audience
with a number of Folk Honga, end
tendered the club timely assistance in
improving its singing. She *ang a
•jtumber of K'wanls song* Just to show
how it should be dour, then she led
the singing and the entire member
ship attempted to sing with her. The
songs as rendered by Mr* Spicer
made an especial appeal to
-yanlans and resulted in Immediate
popularity for numbers which have
had only casual notice heretofore.
The principal speaker of the even
ing was Miss Helen Wilson, Super
visor of Wnyne County Schools, who
described the nntnre of her work null
ielated Interesting feature* about th*
lural school# of the county,
Mis* Wilson sa>d that It was a
rare privilege to get to talk to a
crowd of men, for, a* was well known
-when both mm and wome n were to
gether a woman could never get in
a woH'l. Her talking she said. wa»
usually llm tcd to »n audience of
v teachers, mother* or children. Her
principal duty, she went on. was not
ju»t to ride over the county enjoy
ing the beauty of the couutry as wa*
probably Imagined by some of the tax
payers; nor wa« it to muke trouble
for the teachers, as they might Jtomo
time* think; nor even was it to Just
o be a school visitor, a* some children
thought: but It was to help ch'ldren
»nd teachers byway of
instructions. This wa* done, she ex
plained. by working to improve nt
t'9id"uce »“'■ by cultivate* desirable
habits among the children, and by
observing teaching methods i»nd sug
ge»llng improvement* }t*t work
among teachers eon* *ted lr> visiting
them In their das* rooms in teßch
ing classes for them, and In c«ndu<»
mg teachers meeting* and mod* 1 !
ch»s»e* In which one taught and 'll
others dlseuese'l the «l
ture of the rhetho'l* used.
Miss Wilson, stated that her work ,
dealt mainly with the rur*l eleven-j
• t *ry schoo's and she related a mim
Iter of inter' sting f'attire- about these
• ural schools. Accortl eg to her there
are over B.« 00 pupil* In these rur'l
schools which constat of four stand
ard high schools niiTfenv standard
elementary schools, one of the *< hool H
having the large** attendance of apr
school in tile county out- d<' of O’d*
toro. The Instruction In "II of them
.compared favorably with city school*,
ah' continued- notwithstanding the
f. ct tfliiMl'<‘y •v*’ *«’ r ‘ ou,!v hand'edp
ped by being able” tti pav only the
minimum salaries, by bavin? a low
percentage of avenge attendance,
• r.d In some c"** bv not having
money to run for nine month*.
J.letii Kyle who Is In tlu- city In
the Interest of She T.. H. ATffly' thd
» s* present at the me-ting **< * guest
mad ■ an lnt< re«t n, talk tn wlilcji he
ICouUuvd on Pa*r Six*
THE GOLDSBORO NEWS
READ IN THE MORNING WHILE MINDS ARE FRESH—READ BY BUYERS BEFORE THEY BUY,
Want City to Bear Cost 01
Center Street Ravine Work
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I ~ _
DELEGATION OF PROPERTY OWNERS APPEAR BEFORE
BOARD AND K. C. ROYALL PRESENTS THEIR
('(INTENTIONS—JOINT COMMITTEE AP
POINTED T OSTUDY PROPOSITION
Center street property owner* don’t
think that they should be made to
bear th* expense of paving the center
of Center Street. They took the
matter to the city aldermen at % the
board’s regular mid-month meeting
last night and the upshot of was that
the board named a committee of three
to confer with a committee of three
from the property owner*. The Joint
committee will meet at the city hall
Wednesday afternoon «t 2:3<r to go
thoroughly into the matter.
Jn ordering bonds i**u‘‘d for the
paving work, which will cost $14,000
the aldermen hud also directed th».t
OaaefMnent roll* he against
the abutting property. .
Harking 'up K. C. Hoysll, their
agent, ten or a down of the property
owner* were "t the meeting last night
to make formal protegt of the a*tlon,
tleir contention b*»ng that Use paving
ot center r ee| wa* for the benefit
and U>e of the city u» a whole and not
Charge Bungling
a
Carlos Quiros (left), chancellor
of the Argentine embassy at
Washington, and James Mc-
Cullough. Vestris passengers,
who charged that liner was
mishandled from time she left
port until she sank.
DEMOCRATIC
WHIP IS DEAD
Oldfield of Arkansan Had Fug
Many Years Been Among
Party’s Leaders
. . o 4
Washington, Nov. i».—(j»>) Rep.
reseutatlw William A. Oldfield, of
Arkansas. Democratic wh‘p in the
House, died tod»y following an opera
t.on two day* ago. Tji«> Arkansas
•epresentative, who wa» 64 years old,
suffered a» attack of gall bladder trou
ble last week in hi* office «t the
Hou*e and underwent an operation
Saturday morning. He, however, fail
ed to rut-1 ty front the operation and
succumbed early thi* afternoon. His
body will bo taken tomorrow evening
Ic his homo at Hatesville, Ark., whole
the funeral will r«ke place. The body
will arrive at Batesville on Thursday
morning. Arrangements were being
completed today fur tl>£ usn"l con
gressional escort .for the body.
(Continued on page 6) ,
First Baptist Budget For
Next Year Totals $15,235
Preliminary to the (every member
■canvass of th- ehuic'b b- lc Id nevi
Su"day, members of First B"pt'*l
church o nSuhday , past h-ld their
uunuai afl d*y| meetlhg, nam'd church
officers and adopted a buduet for
the coming year. The budget total*
$15,23(1 fpr all purpose*.
K lativ- to tlh tfVrtry-member can
vass, the following explanation wa'
carried In the current church bul
letln.
On next Sunday Novhieber 26th oui
Fve r y Memtrer r»nva*a for the chilrcl'
budget for the > ar 1!'2" will begin
The work wi f l stait In the Sunday
rSchool ami very teaefifF fion. the
.li nlor IVpartment up througn - the
Adult department Is to have rhvrg<
: of the canvas'* lor hi* or h r dn»*
Plnrs for the work are to he nt'd'
wiUi the departments thhaugli thts
j week. The use of our Sunday * bool
with Its fine,, organJrjf.tlon Is tvt.**'
[and It# poser w|l|. be felt tn th«-
I.gr«at- r uuuiber of -übscriptlpug-
particularly for the benefit of the
owners of properly nlong the street.
Mr. Royall, In argnf»g the case be
Tore the board, pointed out that tho
act of 1925 passed by the Igg'slature
upon recommendation of the alder
manic board of the city, an act provid.
ing f«r -the as*e*«mie»t of all coet*
for paving’ sguinst property owner*,
contemplat'd pavement* for outlying
streets, in newly developed section*,
Ir such instances a* thi*. he *aid, the
properry owners alone stand to re»p
the entire benefit. But even i» the
Jnstanee where the paving i* done
and full charge* made against the
pioperty owners, it is l>a**d upon tho
sequent of the owners, he argued.
Center street work, he contended,
did not come a* a result of a special
ptea of the owner* of, the property
but rume H a civic demand. The
Chamber of Commerre first, the Ro
tary club, the Klwania club, lb'
'nnlinus4'ns On re l»lr»
DISTRICT MEET
OF PHYSICIANS
Dr. Woodard of-^jpljliibor o In
. ( (»mpleting Year "Ah I*re«i
dent of Fourth
The fourth ditrict Medical Society
will convene in Roanoke Rapid* at
6:110 Ah'* evening, will listen to four
paper*,® elect officers and transact
business. With tonight’* meet'ng, Dr.
A. G. Woodard of Ooldahoro *nds a
year an president of the District. A
number of local physicians will go to
Koanoke Rapids for tho meeting. The
district is made up, of Edgecombe,
Halifax, Greeß*. ffilinston, Nash,
Nortbampthn, Wayne and Wilson
counties.
Paper* will be presented tonight by
Dr. M. I. Flemlng^of-Rocky Mount;
!>r. R. P. Beckwith of Rosemary, and
Dr Thurman D. Kitchin, dea n of the
Wake Fore#>t Medical School, will
diems# "Profestlonnl Welfare’,' while
R. M. Grumman of the Diversity of
Nprth Carolina will discuss post
graduate work for physicians as con
ducted in extension work
(AI.L MEETING
OF STOCKHOLDERS
WILMINGTON. Del , Nov. 19.—(/P)-~
Th'* E I. Dupont De Nemours and
Company today declared the regular
oividend of 2 12 per cent of the com.
mon stock, an extra dividend of $4.75
and called a meetlng'of stockholder*
to split.,up the stock on the basis of
3 1-2 to 1.
JOTRHEYH OF i LIFETIME
PICKENS. 8. C., Nov. 19 '/TV-
About 40 yenr» ago ‘‘Shug'’ M-dlln,
79. vis'ted Greenville, about 2d. miles
away. Excepting that trip, he has
be*jt outside of piekens county only
twice and ha* never seen a plw4
street.
After the Sunday -school canvass
the memb-r* of the thurch «li» are
not Included In the Hund"y srdo.ol
will b« canvassed by othr<*r orgHnl/.r
tloas of the rhufeh and finally,
eu teams of cT.tvasser* jpnl! vein
p.'-i the vo.k among tl .-- »!ci i\j
inl**cd by iur oriranlxa’' >• <
Th-re nr# twurthlng* whereby out
budget must be rals-d.
I ir-d. to cet some to give more
This we heflve will be don-. Let ur
grow in the grace of givlnff t.oi k a:
Die ue d*. count your bl'gftng and
i rhisc your pledge. *
Stroud, to get more to gi-vu Some
and we are sure thi* will he‘a> co i,-
plished. Ev-ry mem ter should help
We are thi* year to euhst all and
each to have hi* part |n the finances
of the church and Kingdom-
At tli- albday meeting Knhday the
frTllrfwiug officers were named:
Clerk M- A-'slharer.
Assistiint Clerk Victor Pale.
Coutluuvd or* Page suj
GOLDSBORO N. C. TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 20, 1928
FIXED AT HUNDRED MILLION
17 LIVES ARE
PRESENT TOLL
OF HIGH W ATER
Five State* in Grasp of Floods
And McssisHippi Leaving
Its Bpnks
* - n
700 HOMELESS IN
ONE KENTUCKY CITY
Three Men Swept to Death When
Bridge Went Out At Fine
ville, Kentucky
KKANSAH (MTL, Nov 19 Over
flowing ' strenms were spreading
death and destruction in five states to
night and th, nrighty Mississippi rlv.
er itself was out of it„ hank* along
the borders of Missouri and 111 not*
Rainfall of unpMcodcnted propor
tlonH for thi* lime of the year,
brought Kentucky and Illinois into
the flood |>elt during the d*y and 'n
< rogaed ‘the seriousness of the «ltua
'tlon in Missouri whde communities in
Eastern Kansna aud a portion of
Oklahoma w*ro slowly recovering
from the most dt**sterou» flood on
record.
Three deaths in Kentucky when*
the Cumberland river was On a rump
pge, and two more reported in Kan
*aa brought the total known dead to
17.
Property damage already w*s es
timat'd «t than )tOO.OUt).OOP.
Fevers! thousand families were home.
1< s* and a • old wave and snow in some
place* adfled to their misery. 3
Three employee# of a c«M»l company
were swept to their ileatb* 3tiir P'ne
Title, Ky., when a Tirldgo over Cum
berland river wa» carried "way. Swol
len by thWly six hours of rsln, the
stream" invaded the buslne*s district
of Mkddlesboro and flooded dwellings
in th# low parts of Pinevilts, Harland
and Bsrbourv'lle. More th«-W per
ton* were forced to flee tlieir home*
In Harland.
The Kentucky river left K» bank*
'and flooded homes and bu»ine«* build
ing* in Neon.
The MissoiAl viver - was reaching
the flood stage aero** the whole of
M>o*ourl and threaten'd Inundation of
a large acreage of bottomland In the
vicinity of' 8t Ixrol*. The Grand
river a nd .other «reams were on »
‘iampagn and many rail line* and high,
ways were blocked in the state.
ley Fingap* Grip Houlh
ATLANTA. ’Oa., Nov 19 (/Pl^-
Winter* icy tslon* gripped Die South
land tonight a,, strong br-exe* whip
p,*d overhanging cloud* swsy and
■ ent the mercury plummeting Trom
j almost the summer heights of recent
l day*.
The break In the abnormally I**}
temperatures began yesterday
cloud* drafted ov-r th- Mls«l**ippl
valley state* and loooened iiijpuilttant
showers and today eea- n
board slates were released from the
“November heat wave” a* th' r*!n*
swept eastward.
Southern Stale# from the M'wlr
slppi ynlley to the foothill* of the Ap
f tachixn* trtnlght were in the gra*p of
th' cold wsve. while the Atlantic set
hoard States were feeling «h«* flr *k
tlTects, but Florida baske.l In w»rm
°san*h rie throughout day and held
little’apprehension for sharp winds
r,g f,O wa* the forecast for minimum
t'mperature*.
Tn " number of «tat-s -the mercury
had plunged 1° the 40’* with prospect*
that Ve would he in evidence in
„ome section* in the morning.
Vocational Teachers
Will Confer In City
—* Vocational Agrtcu'TThfo tncher* of
.;ioup three of the Haste*" division
will hold h conference at the rom
ivpn tv Building her- at 9 o’clock
Th.,r*'ay morning. 1 8 Howard.
di~tr|. 4 supervisor will be In
of the conference, and Mr Rlsh-r of
the State Division of market* will be
pre*en* to discus* th' mark-t'ng of
nonitry *nd egfls. TVorehlne P l ®"*
•, for th' year will be submitted hv th'
foil" amr C W. Whrlck. A H Veagev.
O F S'vmour, F. J, Morgan. G. K
Middleton, f. (' Bunn and O. A Munn.
SVLMtS GOOD NIGHT
LONDON. Nov. 19 -JdTPi Gen. Wil
liam Bramwell iftioth, cytt.tnauder of
the Sulvalloh Annj»,
State Zionist Association
Formed at Meeting Sunday
J. STEIN OF.FAYETEVILLE AND MISS GERTRUDE WEIL
NAMED PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF *
STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
WILL RAISE $21,000
What w“s one of the largest and
moet enthusiastic gatherings In the
history of the o Goldsboro Jewish
Community, look place Bund*y at the
Obeb Sholom TVmple. Hepri<oent»-
tives from the entire Ktate gn)ih'r«d
to delibrute th.- upbuilding ofj Pales
tine, kiid the part North Cgrtrhna Jew
ry con assume in this International
mov in'ut. Resolution* were sdopted
pledging the raising of $21,000 dur
ing the year. ' .
The Conference began with an exe
cutive meeting of n selected small
group of leader# at 10:30 in the morn
lug at the Club room of' the Golds
boro Hotel. The real work of the
Conference began at 1:30 at the Oh*b
Hholom Tempi*. 1 »
Mis* Gertrude Well chalrm*n of the
convention f-omniiltee opened th®
mc—tlng with America, and Hntlkvah
a Hebrew patriotic hymn, and turned
over meeting Id Mr. U*ll« W«il, tMF
temporary t-lnlnnan for the (jonVn
JUDGE LYONS IS
HOLDING COURT
Nr pro A Hep cm Defective Wiring
(a used lUs Dwelling To
Burn Down
A special term of Superior Court
convened here yesterday for the trial
of civil • canes gave an entire <s*? to
suit of P. F Herring, negro, agalmt
the Carotin* Power and Light com
pany, and tp f xa*« will again occupy
the gjjfnijon of the court this tnotn
Ing. Judge fV C• Lyons of EllsabUfh
town Is presldlngaover the nession
. Herring alleges that through de
fective wiring from which the power
«ud light compau ywai r'lpouslble
his dwelling caught fire and was de
•troyed. along with It* contents
Much of the evidence presented y*a
terday wa* of a technical nature.
Dnue throughout this week and on
The ap-cUI term of court will eon
next week Judge F. A- Daniels will
♦convene the regular term of Wayn'
Superior Court. Th« flrat week will
be devoted to civil cases and tl**
second to crlmlal cases,
FCAFRAL FOB I.IM hK
NASHVILLE. N. C., Nov. 19.—<A*>—
Att'"d'<l by a throng of people which
filled the Methodistc hurch to capacity
and overflowed Into th# church
grounds, funeral services (Fere con
aucted this afternoon for' M. W.
Lincke. The services at the church
were in charge of Rev- L- T. Single
ton, pastor of the ,Metbod‘*t church,
and the the grave was eon
ducted by D. W. Sorrell, Durham, stale
councillor 6f tbe Junior Oriier «nd W.
A. Cooper, Rul-lgh, p«st national
chaplain.
Mr. Lim-kn w*s for the pa"t 33
year* publisher »f tho Nashville
Graphic and waa one of Nashville ’a
leading cltixen*. He died Saturday
from an attack of acute indigestion.
Fox Hunters Started Ninth
Convention Here Last Night
With a yet together meeting at tho
Hot'l Goldsboro l»*t evening, the
ninth annual session of (In* North
Carolina Fox Hunters w«s under way.
Officials said that It wa* the most
au*plc>ou*. opening of "the Convention
held In tu*ny a inoon, "ml spok
hlglily of lh«. effici-nt way in wh'cb
the local commute* had handled pre
hmlnary preparation*.
Throughout y. Mterd»y fine dogs and
finer horses which will be enteied
in the cast* and in the annusl horue
show, arrived in th* city. They are
cor rail'd at th-' l'.ir Ground* and
Hr interest'd of sperutora
visited the grou'-d* to Inspect them.
..Truck* bearing the dogs will lsf.tr'.
the Fair Grobnd# tills Morning -and
the fir,t cast will be node in the
ccuntry adjacent to th- Goldsboro -
O
Seven Spr'ngg road. Early Jast eve.
ning fifty Hound dogs of tho d'rby
das* had been registered for the iu**
ton. Ralibi Iser L. Freund greeted
the delegate* and w*a followed by
greeting* from the congregation by
Sol. Isaacs; from the Temple 81*-
tefhood by Hri, Lionel Well, and from
th* lock! chspter of Hndaseah by Mi**
rranci* Kadis. Mr. H. M. Kadis, was
elected permanent chairman and pre
slden during the aftkrnoon's proceed
ing*.
Harry T. KeUnran. of Baltimore,
fieeldent of the Seaboard Zionist He.
t'o9 then addressed the a***mbly.
Very forc'fhHy he appealed to the
Jew* of North Carolina to organ!**
themselves for the great enuew of
upbuilding Palestine a* a Homeland
lor the hope cbertehed by
the'9l - wish people since th'tr die
perskm from P*l*atlne, and which I*
becoming a reality bow since the
Balfour Declaration of Nov. t, 191 T,
And the subsequent declaration of th*
League of Nation# gad the resolutions
(Oonttpjued on Pan* Btx t
Ten Tragic Stories
yMHiPFf ■
P. W. Pupp« (left) nnd Wal
lace M. Sinclair, Veatrta *»r
vivora, who teadfiad before
United State* District Attor
ney Charlc* A. Tuttle in con
nection with government's
probe of tragedy. The wife fnd
child of former were in boat
carried down with the iU-fated
.. liner. ■, - , c .. ..
HOOVER SAIL?
ON MARYLAND
Accorded All Honors An Big
Hhip ( learn For South
America
C -
ABOARD THE U 8 MARYLAND
AT SEA. Nov. 19. ys>) - With every
honor except that of the presidential
flag, H'rbert ffßKver today left If. 8.
soli 55 on a mission of friendship and
understanding to the sister republics
of lh« wetern hemisphere. Thi# bat
tlcahip which is to be hi# headquar
ters until the trans-Andeen Joitrney
from Chile, steamed steadily south
ward tonight through th* calm Paci
fic.
The Hoover party was cheered upon
,t* nrrlvnl on a .special train at B#n
Pedro "Where k boarded a barge of
4dmlr«l C. PratU'commnnder-luxhlef
ol the United Mates Battle FK<*t.
tml can and Secretary Ballard at that
time expected that aeverkl other*
•voujd b* received before the close of
t\p- registration hour.
Th# horse show will be held at 2
o’clock #t tho Fair Grounds this after
noon with 14 eveut* on Die card.
Eleven silver loving cup* are to be
1 ward'd in the event* and ribbons
wiU be award'd in three. The beat
horsewoman, horsemanship only to
county, will ree'lve one of the cups.
An event which should stimulate in
ti rest generally dnd attract n large
crowd of epectntora. will be the op
«n half mile race lu which a cup will
b' awarded.
The real fun, however come* tonight
when a local pack will give an ex
hihition in hunting as It ehould be
done. The convention will continue
through Friday with new features for
each day. _ ,
MEMBER OP : j
THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS
PRICK FTfl Cum
Though Sinking, Ship ,
Did Not Ask for Aid
NEW YORK. Not. 19 Although
It had been hove to for 17 bourn
Tii taking water faster than It
could be pumped out and was
■lowly turning over on ita aide,
the ateamer Veetrta reported to •
alaler ahtp at 6 o’clock laat Mo*,
day that It bad "nothing to com
municate” a wUneea tee titled at
the Federal enquiry todagjk
John K. Bu.lth of the Marconi
Wlreleaa company, waa the wit.
n«e* end he produced radio Hjgi
to ahow interchange of meeeagee
between the Veetrle and the Ve|
pair*. The Vjetrta tank about 1
o’clock Monday with the loaa of
m&e than 190 lirea.
Smith'* logs a homed thag (ha
Volpatrp called the Ventrta re
peatedly during the day and night
when It waa alnhing. Moat of th«
eaila brought no nespopss. hat
when the ship did get In tench
on aewral occasions, the meeeag*
of the Veetrta waa always the
asm# — l “l have noth lag to cong. ,
munlcate.”
m i.i-.i- I. ■ I—
COURT CANCEL
MOST CHARGES
■
Jury Will G«t Ander— Cm* Im
Raleigh Bomntiac Today.
Bcfgved
1 RALWQH, Nov. 19 —Ooly th« .
argument of Solicitor t 8- Brass,
field and the charge of Judge W A.
Devin, presiding, were lift tonight he.
fore the qpae of Dr- Albert Ander
eoa. superintendent of th« Slate Hon.
pltal, charged wtth malfeasance In
office gone to the Jury horn.
Solicitor Braes field’* arguawmt
ahonld be completed tomorrow m%a.
aa Hake far mgw—at by the
proeeoution he* baa nlimited Should
the aoHeitor taka only a part of the
.Urn* alloted him. Judge Devin preh
ably will complete hla charge during
the morning, giving the can* to the
jury before the afteWooa receea.
, (Walter D. Artier, isaeletaat dhog.
ney general, who waa appointed by
Governor Me loan to nartat In proaa.
ruling the chargee against the hos
pital head, waa the first attorney to
ba heard today. After ha hod talked
for about an hour, four dafenaa at.
toroeys wars heard.
After eight county in the Indict,
ment were eliminated by agreement
Judge Devin charged the Jury with
returning a verdict baaed on lh« fal
lowing allegation*; that Dr- Aader.
aon worked Bob Orean, a hospital
employee, and gome patient* ba hla
private property: that ha uaad etat*
purchaaed gaaollna in the operation
of hie automobile for private par.
poaaa; that ha exceeded hla authority
In collecting f!n*e • of Inmate# who
violated the htra; and that Lafay
ette Parker aad E. B- Hut. petlentd
died In the hospital, had bean vlctlme
of cruel treatment. ‘
a
Thoses- count* eliminated were
thrown out because they either
charged often*#* alleged to have
*>■•♦■ n committed two ytnrs before the
date of Indictment, therefore, outlaw,
ed under the etatute of limltatloas, nr
that ho evidence had been submitted
regarding them.
STEWART GOES
ON AS WITNESS
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“* ■
ClaimH One Question In Record
Was Not Asked Hint During
Quiz Before Conmltt#* I
WA.SH IN( ITON, D C-, Nov. 19—
Stressing particularly whether •
quorum of the Senate Teapot Dome
M >j uaq* iu.»».jd sea eeniunnoa
Stealrt, chairman of the board of the
Ktandar dOil of lad.. Is aHeped
to haw committed perjury, counsel
for tha ell man today prevented Ita
entire cat* within one day's session
Os the District of Columbia Supreme
Court-
Stewart took the stand In hla ®W*
def<-n*e, together wtth more than a
dozen character witnesses- Three of
the witnesses pave evidence intend
ed to eupport a statement by Stew
art that a question forcing the best*
oi one count tn the perjury account
waa not naked In the course of the
oil man* appearance before tha Be*,
ate commltt*#. < g