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VOLUME SEVEN: NUMBER 230
CHICAGO JURY FREES MAN WHO KILLED HIS SON
“I Can’t Go On,” Says '
* Prosecutor to Judge,
Crying Like a Child
G4m Criminal Cwnia Building
Trtaiad To Uawul and
Dramatic Scene'
PROMINENT MAN SHOT HIS
SON WHILE INTOXICATED
YOoth Had Upbraided Father
For Comlhk Home Drunk,
According to Story
CHICAGO. Nor. *II.—(AP) —A wot
eyed Jury In Av# minute* today ac
quitted • talker who confeeaed kllllui
hi* non after a ‘'hanging prosecutor"
burnt Into tears and refused to con
tinue th* prosecution.
The judge, the etate prosecutor, the
defendant, hie daughter erho was fore,
ed to teetify against him and virtual
ly the entity courtroom including the
Jury w're in tear* ■ • th» trial, leee
than three hours old. came to an end
ing na dramatic as any avar witnesses
in the grin, old criminal courts build,
ing, scene of hundreds of murder
trials.
Arthur p, Falk. the defendant a
femur park commissioner, slumped to
the Moor la a faint as the furors, still
weeping brought In a verdlot ftve
minutes after receiving the cere, while
the court state and defense attomgga
snd eye-spectators endeavored to con
trol their tears after an (motional
fcllmsut such as Is seldom witnessed In
a courtroom.
Falk, hi* brain befuddled by drink
killed hie 22-yfcar old eon. Elth-ed,
three months ego,; when the youth
upbraided him for coming home In
ti xica ted. Offering hie father a shot
gan that talk had given the boy last
Christmas Eldred told his iather to
* lr«, adding that ha would rather he
dead than he the son of a drunkard
Falk, his brain befuddled by rrluk
pulled the trigger and his son fell
dead at hi* feet-
Prosecutor Burn* rose to his feet
to begin the state's closing ttrgfement.
but suddenly be buret into tears and
announced that ha could not continue-
H> reviewed live years work as nut*
piosecutor and said he had acted
without fear or favor and had never
teen swayed by bis emotions
‘‘But." he said ns tears rtreamed
down his cheeks. ‘ If this man 1s sent
to the electric chair or to the p«nl.
tectiary, I rafuse to be a pauy to it-
When I had concluded my argument
I could not look Into the facia of the
defendant', his wife, daughter or moth
er"
„ B/ this time the entire courtroom
was in tears and Judge Nortnoyle
"** wiping the moisture from bis
own eyeg.
The case went to the Jury without
further argument and
minutes the jurors were back
the acquittal verdict. As It wag read
Falk slumped to th* floor.
RIOTS OCCUR
*•■ IN BULGARIA
Soft* Terrorised When Rival Po
litical Faction* Start
Street War
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‘ SOFIA. Bulgaria, Nov. 22.— UP)—
Two oppoa'ng political faction* en
gaged In violent conflict tonight be
(ore the Club of the Agrarian party.
Brlak fire wa* exchanged. The popu
lation w*» greatly alarmed before the
polfce finally intervened and reMoreti
order, "Treating many /
One of the faction* wax led bv the
former Bulgarian |et>ernli»*imo Chek
off.
It wa* learnel here that the Mace.
I'onla revolntionary Beleff. former po.
lice chief here, died ton'labt of
wonnda received yeaterday In a fight
between Macedonian faction*. Beleff
wa* president of lift. Macedonian com
mittee* of Ochllida and w»* an Inti
mate of the late general Proto,
gueroff.
1)1 KH 1> UMCKNKBOKO
OR KENS BORO. Nor. 22 Mr*
J. till-« Kouahee. ltd, well known real,
dent of thl* city, died thU morning
In a local hoaplt"! where "he bad
l»e*n a patient for a-reral day*- Mr*.
)'"ii*hee had lM**n in declining'll**llll
|of U»« pul “ -
THE GOLDSBORO NEWS
READ IN THE MORNING WHnJS MINDS ARE FBEBH—BEAD BY BUYERS BEFORE THEY, BUY.
KING GEORGE
GROWS WORSE
I‘kyiticiMM Re-Sum mooed to Pal
ace Last Evening After
Coageatjon Develops
LONDON, Nov. *2.—DP)—The cold
fcun, which Kina Oeorge has been suf
fering has daveloped Into slight con
gestion of one lung. A bulletin is
sued this evening by Dr- Stanley
Hiweu end Lord Dawson, the king's
physicians. said.
"The King had a rather restless
('ay. owing to the persistence of fever.
There la some congestion of one lung."
At Buckingham palaca It waa tvl.
dent that the condition of hie males
ty today had caused some anxletv Th>
tact that no official bulletin had been
keued in the morning led the, public
tu believe that the cold was following
Its normal course. The un-xpected
nature of the bulletin caused bussing
comment among the crowds gathered
at the palace for the evening an.
nouncemrnL
' a
Nov. 22—DP)—Dr. Blr
"Stanley Hewett. physician to King
George wae recalled late tonight to
Rockingham palace where the King ie
ill. Lord Dawson, also of th< Palace
physician's staff, was likewise sum.
moned and It was understood that a
third doctor had been sent for.
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EIGHT ARE HURT
IN AN EXPLOSION
Four Thought Seriously Injured!
0 Front Bursting Ammonia
Tunk
AKRON, 0„ Nov. Si—(JP>—Eight
men were injured, four thought seri
ously this afternoon when an ammonia
tank la the Pittsburg Plate Glass
Company plant at Barberton, near
here, exploded. More than 100 em
ployees rPewhere In the plaut made
their escape. Cause of the cxplosiou
bat- not been determined.
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BOSTON. Nov. 22—(>P)—Indiana
polis whs chosen for the 1929 nation
al convention of the Women'! Chris
t.an Temperance Union by the execu
live board which concluded Its *r H
slons heie today-
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NOUGHT BT POLICE
IN HOTHHTEIff GAME
NEW YORK, Nov. 22.—<>P>-A
widespread m-arelf was Instituted by
police Jack <l-c**) Diamond
notorious gunman and former West
Fide gang leader* for questioning i»
connection wiOt> y the slaying of Ar
nold Rothstein. the gambler.
Inspector John D. Coughlin, chief
of New York said however,
that Diamond wa* not being sought
ay the actual slayer.
Diamond. once a bodyguard of
Hothstein, was wounded by the §»m#
r*i*ll*dc of bullets wliich ended rhe
life of his chief. Jack * iAltle Angle"
Orgen. a little more than a year ago
Sixty-Three Children At
~ Clinic in City Thursday
H'xty-three crippled indlgint child
ren of Eastern North Carolina csintf
yesterday to the extenMon clinic of
Hr* Gastonia O’rthopedir clln'c at th •
Memorial Community bulldinx Horn
limped pathetically. aorn< were borne
;n the iirma of Ylfe. broken par-it*,
some came on crutcbe*.
Deftly, professionally. >et tenderly.
Dr. O. L Miller, chief surgeon, exam
itied the crooked feet, the maimed
limbs, and to some of tho** who were
present will ’'come In the, future
rtrong limb* ns result of the visit
Yesterday's clinic wag the regular
cliaic and was the fourth held here
since publlt npfWled ritigea* i*l Golds .
toro provided to order to |uar.
Her Secret It Out!
m jffttahaH,
lerc i> ••ne oi (he latest photos
»f Florence Trumbull, who
finally admitted to friends that
-he is engaged to John Cool
dge, son of the President snd
VI rs Coolidge Sh« would not
liarnsg the wedding date.
TO END WOOTEN
CASE THIS MORN
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Seek* $15,000 From bwtford
Company For Lmm of Eye In
Accident nt High School
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Arguments by two attorneys ap
pcarfsg la, the ca»e charge of
Judge C. C. Lyoa remain this morn
ing to complete tha case of J A.
JVooten for ftMM against a J- W,
Stout Construe lion Company of Han
ford.
Mr. Wooten lost a n eye while eta
ployed es e workman on the high
achooi building here In ths employ of
the Sanford company. A piece of steel
which chipped from a hammer he was
using on a cold chisel destroyed the
sight of the eye. Mr. Wooten alleges
responsibility of the defendant in tail,
ore to provide a special tool for an
especial clan of work.
The case occupied all of yeeterday
In W«vne Huper'nr Court. Trggue and
Dqes of Goldsboro snd Mr. Teagne of
Hanford, a brother to S. F Teague of
the local bar. are representing Stout,
vhile Langston, Allen and Taylor are
appearing for Wooten.
BULLS REGAIN
HOLD ON MART
Bui Federal Reserve Report
Shows Loans At New High
Figure
NEW YORK. Nov. 22 OP)--Wall
Street experienced another wild
"bull" market todfay In which at Janet
n Mart of tasues'were whirled up sl9
to 151 a Share to new high records.
This va< marred by the STTnounce''
meat after the close that Federal
reserve brokers loans had Increased
1176.314.000 to a new h'gh record at
$5.1,67.132.00.
Total sales of 6,*37AO<t shares were
substantially below of previous
I day* this week, although far above
i the average of tlfi"year to date.
antee th' egten»lon work for Eastern
North Cbroliua for one y<ar. In the
four clinics held, a'total of 256 child.
e o '
ren—from some 25 counties of this
section —have t ailed (or examination*.
There were 63 here for the firm clinic
!n August, but in Heptainher the
Good* held the number down to" 20
In October 22 reported and yesterdey
63.
DC. Millet and the cHlxeng, who
have provided fund* for the experi
•nent »ay that the r*»p<>n*e to these
opening dates show conclusively that
there i* a need and a real place for
the work b*ing tindeitaken,
i Continued ou Page FourJ ti
GOLDSBORa N. C. FRIDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 25, 192*
Will Pick Champion
Scout Patrol Tonight
The champion patrol among 9ie
Boy Scout troop* of the c>t? will
be determined at • rally to beatag.
• d at the Memorial community
building at ?:Sd this evening. The
pat role —.which number about
three to each troop will be called
upop to demonatrata.*their efft
clefeejr in th* usual' Seoul tests
The public is cordially invited to
attend the rally.
NEXT MEETING
WILL BE HERE
(toldsboro Selected As Center for
Carotin* Pent Grad Medi
cal Work
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Officer for q j* eusuing year were
named by members or the Fourth Dis
• rict Medlckl society, composed of
physicians of Edgecombe. Nssh. Hal',
tax, Greene. Johnston, Wayne and
Wilson jjpuntles. In annual session at
Roanoke Rapid*. •
Dr *T. M. Long, of Roanoke Rapid*
wag elected president, Dr. L. W K«»r,
negay, of Rocky Mount, vice-president
Dr W. Bernard Kmliiw, also of Rocky
Mount, secretary-treasurer. The next
regular meeting I* to be held >n
Goldsboro, while H wa» a!«o decided to
stage a ladles' night program at Bay
View aest summer, with the eanct
date to be announced Jater.
. Prominent among the speakers on
tk« program were «Dr. Ohs*. O‘H.
Lauffhingbouse. secretary of tbe state
board of health Dr. Walker, of tbe
Ualted State s public .tealth service,
of New York: snd Thurman K't
this, dean of the Ftoreet school
rs medicine and presides* of the
Outstanding too, wore the remarks
of R. M. Gruman. of the University
of North Carolina extension service,
aho outlined plans for the extension
course to be offered physicians of the
•ecglon during 1929. Goldaboro, Wil
son. Roanoke Rapids and Rocky
Mgunt have been chosen *s the cen
ter# in the fourth district where the
extension courses will be offered. De
tails for the work, are to be perfected
and announced later.
It wi| noted that the extension
sork among physicians -was originat
ed In tbe fourth district ill 1916 when
the matter was taken up with the
Cnirersity of North Carolina and the
courses started. Since that t'm« the
movement has grown until It h«t be
come almost national >n scope .with
full credit given Ota.Fourth l»i«trict
society for Its
After the business session, attended
by about 80“"doctor* from over the
section, including a large delegation
from thi, etty, the visitors were e n
tertalned by Dr. Joss Taylor at hla
palatial home In Roanoke Rapid*.
DR. RUSSELL TO
SPEAK IN CITY
„ ' 0 .1 I mil C 111.
Friend* Church Schedule* Two
Day institute on RelijpouM
Education
Dr. Elbert Russell ol the school of
Religion of Duke University, Dr.
Francis An»comb‘ and Rev L W. Me.
r'arland are among speaker* who will
appear on th.*' progiam pf »« Instituti
on religions education at the Friends
Church. Saturday and Sunday, I>*
tember 1 *j»d 2., It w»» announcad yes.
t*rday Other trained *prakers will be
secured.
Both day* of the institute will l“s(
throughout tlse day. w'th dinner
rpread «t the church at noon. Ad
dresae*. pageants, and child stories
will feature the Institute u
On Sunday there Will l*e adr-open
ing session at t*:4R for children, at
11. and 2 and at 7-30 p. m
Dr. An*comhe of Win*ton-Ba)em
will jpeak at 11 o'clock and at 2
o'clock Rev. Mr McFarland
The addre*,i of Dr. Elbert Russell
will Ik- at 7;30 Sunday fViunr. Dr.
•Uusiell is regarded a* one of the nio»t
forceful religious education speaker*!
in the state and hl» appearance i* iw».
l-»n Vv attract a l»rfe crowtl- |
Engaged to Wed
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jBT ■■■JtSm ff
d- . w \
A romance of the Hollywood lots
will blossom to fruition with the mar.
r.uge of beautiful Dotarta Uoatello
Kabove) und John Barrymore, the
bold lover of stage and acreeu- The
announcement of tbelr forthcomlnk
marriage was fltat Intlmatad
Barrymore had bean divorced from
bis second wife, the „ former Mrs.
Leonard M Thomae, whose pen name
is ‘ Michael Strangs" »
DR. LED
VOTE OF PARTY
Lslml Unofficial Tabulation of
Vote Shown Ho Is Ahead
of Gardner
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RAIJCIGH, N. C„ Nov. 22.-GP)
Revised complete unofficial tabula.
tiogi made by Raymond C. Maxwell,
a* secretary of the State board Os
elections, revealed today that Dr. A.
T. Allen, state superintendent of pub
-I'c Instruction, led tbe Democratic
t'cket In the electionof November |.
Uaefflclal tabulations mad* yeatee
day in tbe office* of J. A. Hartaeas,
secretary of state, ahowed that 0. Mas
Gardner, fanning ff,r governor on th#
Democratic ticket and Baxter Dur.
ham, incumbent atat# auditor, led the
t'cket in Gie t-lei/tion of November 6.
tabulated today, however, showed that
Dr. Allen led the entire t'cket, top
ping by 1,827 votes.
FARM EXtSfZN ATIftBI ‘
FTHAPEL HILL. Nov 22.-(*»)
Twelve men were aucceaeful la the
ex-iminatioa of the North Carolina
Board of Pharmady held here yester
day for license to practice pharmacy
f A Riff FT CHANGE KOBE CART
LONDON, Nov. 22 GP|-Another
change In th#^British cabinet was
forecast today by the emiouncwmsnt
of the Colchester Conservative asso
ciation that Sir I-am ing Wort hlugton-
Fvarrs. s''crctaryof~s|ate Toy,-war. will
no seek re-election-to the house of
commons at the general next
y*ar The state ofTiis healt* caiKied
M» decision to retire from politics.
Plan Under Which Farmer
Can Command Profit on Eggs
A pl*n under ♦lin-h poultry raisers
will be able to save eggs In the
spring for the better prices of the
fall wus unfolded yesterday by F W.
Rlsher of the State extension depart,
ment t D addr**» ng a conference of
Wgyn" and Duplin county agrtraltur
*l teacthers here. Reports made by
th» teachers «t th<- m eting ehowed
t'iaj several hundred farmer* of the
•wo counties .ir<r*eiiroll«d In evening
cla»»ie« lo agricuture.
Under the plan outlined bf Mr. f
Rl*her before the teachers, farmer*
will lie advanc'd 2« cents per.doiexu
(n egg* during she apriug months
Th*oe egg* will he gatheied through
‘he agGcultur*! Umhhet* and »eut t<*
Steamers Rush to Aid -
Ol Sister Ships Which
Send Distress Signals
COL LAMBETH
DEAD AT SO
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Waa Loaf Prominent in Fural
taro Manufacturlnf Boat
news la TkomasvtlM
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THOMABVIIJ.K, N- C.. Nov. 22— Us)
—Col. FYank 8- Lambeth, N. promin
ent in lb* TbomaavtlU furniture la
duetry for thirty yoars, died at kia
home hare at 4 o’clock this attaraooo
after several month* declining health
For yestra he was secretary u 4 treas
urer of the Standard Chair'compasy
her* and was active la Its affairs un
it' 111 health forcad him to retlrw.
Col Lambeth waa' a D*ttv* of Da.
vidaoa county and was educated at Old
Trinity Ooll#** Ha waa a tester la
tha Methodist church and a liberal
contributor to Ra cauaos. The funeral
will bo bold Sunday afternoon at Mala
Street Methodist church of which hi
aas a member.
Surviving are hla widow, throe
■one. Dr 'William A. Lambeth, pastor
of Mt- Vernon Pbeo Methodist church
Washington; Charles and James V-
Lambeth, Thomnsrtil* and on* daugb.
ter, Mr. W. W. RAbkln, Jis es Dar
ham. all of whom war# with aim
wbaa th* end came.
MANIAC KILLER
STILL AT URGE
Npfra Arrawtad la CMcago Is
Not Hatckot FM WnM
OMAHA. Neb. Nov. jf.-tffV-The
*e«reh for Omaha'a “Negro hatchet
maa” who ha, killed throe and
wounded two othero her* rise# Sun
<*ay morning continued with method
ical thoroughness tonight hut polka
admitted that they wore baffled by
every turn.
Four time# police took ssapecta be
sere Mrs. Harold Stribliag la a boa<
11**1 r«cov#rlag from wouad« recoiv.
Vd-»t th# hands of the Negro who at
tempted to kill her ku«band and bar.
•elf at their bom# Tuesday morning.
Four times abe said. “Hi, be > a not
th* man ” '
Shew aa shown n picture of n No.
gro arrested In Chi'cagoy *»Urday alt
ar he had wielded aa agt ina re*.
»)#ry, “He is not the one," *h* aaid.
Detective Lnupector Ben D*ab*um
took her gome clothing, pkk*d up by
polk* In her section of th* city. Sbo
shook her head saying 9 Va* sot the
clothing of th* "hacker.”
Ask State Provide
For An Art Mueeum
RALEIGH. N. C* Nov. 22—OP)—
The North Carolina Art aociHy la aa
tmal convention b#r* paeseq g resola
ttan today that step, be taken to iw
quest thA 1929 general assembly to
provide funds for a state art mustum.
If th*- legislature doers not a*a fit
to provide the entire amount necoe
e»ry for ths conetitut>on of the nui.
seum. the r*solutfsn said, It would be
l-equeatad to appropriate half th*
smouut. th* funJF to be available I
when duplicated by private gifts.
Tim tag ton where they will either b«
Placed on cold storage or treated by a
r<*w chemical proceea that niain«*'na
the freahneae. They will be held
through the aummer end plac'd oe the
market in the fell end early winter
whm e*ea u*ually command for the
procurer from 28 cents per doe.
en. The W.lminglon cold atomse
plant, wh.ch la the propertr of the
Murchlaon National beak, la epontor.
me *r* "xivriment
Mr. Riaher we# enthualaatic »' to
•he opportunity It offered to the
firmer to command a profitable price
fro the rgga produced In the aprlng
when the markets are u»U«lly
998tli»fd Os P§*e fj«ri
MEMBER OF
THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS
pikb rnicam
Gmk Btea»er Reported
Slowly Off Court c t
rarinfU j
JAP SHIP CALLS FOR _ ’
HELP FROM MID PACIfIO
Genua Vmosl Raportadl la D*
troaa Off Ttu Coast of
IrohlM «J
DUtmo* dgnalv cnockllag f
throagh Um air fuu wtddy *W- |
•rated wai area* Mat ship •.}
•eai-rrlas to tlw aid of soar dta.
rooud otaauon rMndny. *
Tk» Qtiftp illjuir Tlrilnla «
ahot out eifdOf picked up hr j
Ueydc of London, At wa»
ported *ubmvrgiag atowly off the J
PortuftM easel t*4 npiatat for
At eooa Ml aaideptifiad Japan*'!
m raaari oaliod far Mi flow f
mld-Pnctfc ,'J
’•over*) boar* tat** the qprmaa
•elf In dtfltoou <H mftweft the J
want ooa«t of irHaad. A IrHlah i
otuawr vao RSlllia by. 1
41 midday tl* eoat sa«N oat- |
lor Onilli otaaaaad oat of j
Now Tort barter to Ofao to tho '
—rtoati of the aoa «o%» t«c 1
rtottra, which had nailed *w ell »
from a ( pot off the OHaeara
OFFICERS NAMED
BY FOXHUNTERS
reyvttavflla via oaiaotod at Ow aAff
for tha aoat aohroaAoa aad OfttMM
altetad at a UIIOM aoooloa of tha
forth Carol la* Tog Hunter* Ahaoaia--
tloa hao« laat night preliminary h(
tho final oaot aad t**phy awardthfl
Otkta morning.
J Q§
aettva h tho OfOciaUaa, win oltrtt
•d to tho prvddauqy, A W. Ttlitagr ■
boot, of hntW»»Bi was aimed der
pi aaldaat. A. A. Thpoaaa of Wagram,
•ocrotary aad treeaurer aad th* feu
lowing w*re appoiatod to gepprtM *»
executive committee; A J. Bul*fd
od Orooaohort. Thawav AT. Rookia of
rtyett'vflle, W. h. tleadrti of 4*«m.
hero, MO. I Owoaa, of rtrOMf
*tUo. , t
A Mo of theaha w*a Maaiod W
tha OoKUboro Obauhar of Os aria
UMI la tho ohy of Oddebara for thd
hoapltollty la oatarlaiahM the eouu
voatloa. Particular nHw wag
Mo of A. A MNy. J. A Ttawrt.
rad 1. 0. Voaotory. tho tutor maaagup
of fba Hotel OoMohorot la the motto*
u adopt'd. |
Tho lavitotloa to Moot to rtyutU,
rill# ml yoor wao extended by A*.
TlUiagbaot j|
Carolina Glee Chib . V
Here Last Evening
Tha glOo club of the University of
North Carolina r*nd«fed a prograa ad
ability in ipn • ppearance at the
mortal Community Building >Mt
night.. Laudatory nviowa of the
rluh’a performance la #ther OttfcU
ware bora# out ta tbo gualhy if tie
performance.
It w»a not what onv b wad to W
the uwal rolltpe gloe dub, but there*
in lay tb« intrln*te“motit of tho p*r*
forma nee. Prof. Wearer ha* taken th#
glee club out of th# inujtoiv cornea
Quertrtt claa* aad placed It aleagaldg
ti»»- pr«l*t “ional conc«rt da*». » __
Th* vln#< r* wort brought to Qoda*
bora Ki’.icgH tho edopotattoa of tio
Memorial Commenky Hatld>ag daft
and of the dramatic dab of tbg
Ooldeboro high ached
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THEBE ABE A EMOTED
WICHITA KALjLS. Texas. Nov. **.
—OP I— Two man, one of, them a mdf
clerk, and a woman wore indicted bp
the grand jury beta today for the °
theft of 163.00* from a Texas aad
Pad Ac Hallway mall car near AJMe,
flSUnfetl* 9* i *.% AduaaMal