FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1917
THE REVIEW: REEDS VTLLE. N. CL
70UNG GIRL SLAYER
MAKES A CONFESSION
SLAYING OF YOUNG GIRL SEEMS
LIKE A DREAM, SAYS COCCHI-
LOVED RUTH CRUGER, BUT SHE
DID NOT RETURN IT HE MAY
BE RETURNED
Interrogation of Alfredo Cocchl, self
confessed slayer of Ruth Cruger, la
Wept a secret by law In Italy until
just before trial when counsel Is al
lowed to examine the result of in
vestigations made both by the police
and judge. According to unofficial In
formation Cocchl recounted to Judge
Zucconi his history In Amlerica. He
eald:
. "I had never seen Ruth Cruger be
fore she came to my shop to have her
skates sharpened. From the very be
ginning Ruth did all in bier power to
attract my attention. I Celt something
trange when her dark penetrating
eyes fixed on mine..
"I was Jtill more disconcerted when
she came again February 13, to get
her skates. An overpowering attrac
tion for the young woman seized me.
What happened afterward seems HWe
a dream My memory at this point
fails me utterly.
"In view of the facts which have
. been presented it muJi be true I at
tacked and killed her. But God help
me I didn't mean to. My will power
ccould not resist any more. When I
turned home I was 11 We a person in a
trance. I remember speaking of this
peculiar mental condition and thought
I was ill.
"I began to realize the gravity of
my position the morning of February
15. when newspapler reporters came
to my shop to make inquiries and po
lice quer.ioned me. I felt then as if I
were lost. My only anxiety was to
escape I securted a passport which
I kept among papers and succeeded
in reaching Italy. On my arrival I
was overcome by remorse. I cannot
myself bellevte that my hitherto un
blemished life has been destroyd for
ever. This is my first offense but it
is of such a nature that I cannot be
lieve it to be true. The great punUh
ment ia to think what Buffering and
agony my wife and children are un
dergoing as notwithstanding our mis
understandings we loved each other
most tenderly."
NO STATE LAWS FOR SANI
TARY HANDLING OF ICE
The attention of tha State Board
of Health has been called to the care
less handling of ice from a sanitary
point of view, particularly about sta
tions and for train purposes. Recent
ly a portier employed by one of the
largest railroads operating within the
State was observed packing down bot.
ties of coca-cola in a large tub with
pieces of ice picked up from the sta
tion platform. The coca-cola or "dope"
a3 the porter callted it, was to be sold
to the passengers on the train.
This practice, as it came to the eyes
of the observer, was a very insanitary
one, and a very direct mleans of carry
ing the filth of the platform and the
streets and possibly some disease In
fection, straight to individuals. He
asks: "Do your rules prohibit the
handling of ice this way? My texperl-
ence has been that few If any if these
coca-cola bottles are washed or other
wise cleansed before thlay are served
to the customer."
Just what rules and regulations rail
roads in the State have in regard to
the sanitary handling if ice, the Board
is nl3avorlng to find out, and while
many good State Iawa do exist for pro.
tecting the health of passengers on
the train, thisre does not exist any
rules or regulations controlling the
handling of ice, as dangerous as this
practlde can be made, not only for
train purposes but in almost every in
stance where it is handled for use of
the public.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
SINCE OUR LAST ISSUE
Democratic Leadter Kltchin predict
ed adjournment of Congress by Aug
ust 1, or August 15, in announcing
he would ask for three-day adjourn
ments untij the Senate passed some
of the House Legislation.'
NORTH CAROLINA LEADS
IN JR. O. U. A. M. GAINS
Moiie than a dozen suffragists were
arrested by the police when they
marched in front of the White House
lined up against the fence and un
furled suffrage banners. A crowd of
hundrteOK watcUed the ilrrteets &ut
there was no disorder.
Chester Sawyer, a negro, accused of
attacking a white woman was, taken
from Jail at Galveston, Texas,' and
hanged ' near the city limits. The
mob, composed of only a few men,
entered the jail by a ruse and then
ovterpowered the jailer.
The American legation at Pekin re
ported that the note of the United
States in which hope was expressed
of an amicable settlement to all Chi
na's affairs has had a beneficial effect,
and that the different factions ap
peared disposed to compromise.
Apparently living a life of pauper
Ism, investigation after the death of
Mrs. Mary A. John, rtevealed that she
had $1,329 in a Raleigh Bank besides
$24 in dollar bills found sewed up
in the bed mattress in the home in
which she died a few days ago.
Papers rtequired for the extradition
application to bring Alfredo Cocchl,
self-confessjed slayer of Ruth Cruger
from Bologna Italy, where he fled
when he feared he was suspected,
werte completed ' by Edward Swann,
district attorney. In the opinion of
Mr. Swann and lawyers conversant
with Italian law, the present friendly
relations betwelen Italy and the Uni
ted States wzd expected to cause
the Italian government to stretch a
point by not insisting upon observance
of its penal code, which prohibits the
(extradition of Italian citizens taking
precedence over Its treaty providing
for reciprocal extradition.
With records of the police activities
in the Cruger ca i before him Leon
ard M Wallsttein, city commissioner
of accounts, today resumed his inquiry
ordered by Mayor Mitchell to place
responsibility for the failure of the
fourth branch detective bureau to
solve the mystery of the missing girl.
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ALEXANDER VON SKI BIN SKY.
During the past three years Mr. Skl
blnsky, a Russian by birth and train
ing, has been making r wonderful
record in this country as a violinist of
unusual merit. . .Since his original en
gagement he has averaged 300 concerts
a year, or, Sundays omitted, practical
ly a concert every day. Last winter
when at the Chautauqua Institution
In New York he created quite a sensa
tion ; with his wonderful work as a
fancy skater on Chautauqua lake. His
ability in this athletic sport attracted
very nearly as much attention as did
his wonderful skill with the violin.
During the greater, part of an entire
week Mr. Skibinsky was the principal
attraction of the Parent Chautauqua
Institution.
He is one of the progressives of
the aristocracy of Russia, having re
nounced the title of count when be
came to America to become an Amer
ican citizen. He was out of sympathy
with the corrupt government of his
native land and participated in the
Successful raids carried out Sun
day night by the British gave them
400 yards of trenches in the woods
at the western outskirts of Lens
while Monday's operations brought
them further progress along both
banks of the Souchez river on a front
of about a mile and a half southwest
of the town.
The First National Bank of New
York led the great campaign for the
Liberty Loan Bonds, taking one-tenth
of New York's quota. This bank
subscribed $25,000,000 on Its own ac
count, and then worked for subscrip
tions from its resourdeful customers,
the wind -up showing a total for this
bank of $110,000,000.
The Junior Order has the largest
membersh of any secrtet order ,in
North Carolina. All other local coun
cils are prosperous and are showing
a steady growth. It will be interest
in to the Reidsville Juniors to learn
that North Carolina now stands third
in the membership column. It -lead
every other State in the Union in
gain of members the past year.
The leading State is Pennsylvania,
where thje order was organized and
Ohio, where the Junior Orphan's home
is located, is second.North Carolina
made a gain of over ten per cent dur
ing the past year, getting 4,000 new
members and bringing the number
up to 40,000' in the State. Pennsyl
vania gained 3,400 new members and
Ohio 's membership was boosted by
3,100 new Juniors.
W. A. Cooper, of Raleigh, the State
councilor, recelvted great praise for
his work at the first session of the
present national council, ( in session
at Asheville last week.
The Junior Order takes xa great in
terest in education, and Dr. J. Y. Joy
ner, State superintendent of public
Instruction, speaks commendably of
Mr. Cooper and the North Carolina
councils. '
A proclamation was issued by the
State Councilor during the past year
for the observance of a day known as
Junior Order or Service day. Scores
of school houses were repainted and
repaired; aged and poor were visited
and orphans and widows ministered
to. In Wake county, the members of
the order painted more than forty
schcool houses. . i i .
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CHAUTAUQUA PATRONS
OFFERED RARE
MUSICAL PROGRAM
Fourteen national guardsment have
been arrested at the camp nlear Ridge
crest by Lieutenant Trescott for al
leged connection with the escape of
three soldilers from the jail at Black
Mountain Saturday. The three men
who escaped were recaptured and
placed in jail at Asheville In default
of bond of $300 each. Thleir trials
are expected to begin at the next term
of Superior Court.
The month of May 1917 with the
Ford Motor Company, topped all re
cords both for daily and monthly pro
duction. On Saturday, May 19, thte
output was 3,496 cars, and for the en
tire month the aggregate production
was 83,616 cars, and still the demand
for this popular motor car continues
far ahead of production. Certainly
from all indications the much feared
period of "saturation" is still far dis
tant to the automobile industry.
Director Pearson Promises
Strongest Program.
VYireljess Telephony
Experiments with wireless tele
phony have proved its practical val
ue to such an extent that it will be
used by the navy in its war operations
along with wireless telegraphy. A
statement issued by the public infor
mation committee says that engineers
and scientists working with officials of
the navy In developing the wireless
telephone have made "important pro
gress," but does not go Into details.
The national research council, and the.
naval consulting board have devoted
much attention to th subject, work
ing on telephone communication with
aeroplanes, new wireless" methods and
aparatus for detecting the presence
of submarines.
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For Sale by Druggists Everywhere
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Although detectives working on the m0Tement which finally evolved into
moo ul ivucu v,iu6ci wuuuuqi c tQe recent Russian revolution
search for Cocchl after tne man had
fled, they sought him as a "missing
person" rather than aij. criminal, and
closed the case so far as he was con
cerned as soon as they ascertainled
that he was in Bologna, Italy, accord
ing to record examined by Mr. Wall
stein. The principal witness called
today was Henry D. Cruger, father of
the victim. It is expected that he will
be under examination all day.
Official records were being search
ed her today to determine whethter
Cocchl is a citizen of the United
States or of Italy. An Inquiry on this
point by Secretary of State Lanfng
was received from Governor Whitman
today by District Attornley Swann.
It is believed here that Cocchi took
out his first papers, but never applied
for the second and is therefore still
a subject of -Italy Cocchi once ap
plied for enlidtmlent in the Italian
army through the consulate here.
Bologna SpeclaL
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By the narrow margin' of less than
20 feet, an American trans-Atlantic
liner, proceeding from an American
to an English port', escaped being
struck by a torpedo aimed at her by
a German submarine. American gun
ners on board the liner sighted and
fired upon the U-boat, but whether
their shells reached the target could
not be ascertained. Only thte quick
and skillful maneuvering of the liner
saved her from destruction.
The Durham Hosiery Mills have
beten awarded a contract for the man
ufacture of 300,000 pairs of cotton
socks . The contract price for each
pair is 17 cents the total investment
representing $51,000. The Durham
mills are utilizing their resources in
manufacturing government orders,
and the Southern Industry 13 com
manding recognition along with North
ern mills in the competitive bids of
the navy and army departments.
ALBERT H. MEADER.
The part of the quaint New England
character, Josh -Whitcomb, in Denman
Thompson's famous play, "The Old
Homestead," is to be taken by Albert
H. Meader, who for years had made
specialty of comedy parts of this
type. He has been connected with
Chautauqua work for several years,
mostly as a reader,' carrying programs
of monologues made up largely from
comedy parts.
Josh Whitcomb as stage character is
known only second to the famous Rip
Van Winkle of Joseph Jefferson.
Physicians at War
Reports indicate that heaviest loss
es in the present war havte been suf
fered by the Medical Corps.
In former wars, physicians were
kept in the rear, but not so now. Four
doctors accompany each regiment and
threte of these are sent to the firing;
line with the troops to give immedi
ate aid to the wounded. Without arms
and with noway of protecting them
selves, these men are mowed down.
Alrteady 60,000 have ben killnd. In
a recent engagement 257 were killed
In an hour; in another engagement
400 were killed. An ambulance driver
temporarily called from his post re
turned to find only 12 persons left out
of 'the 165 on duty when he went
away.
Governor Adolph O. Eberhart of Min
nesota says:
"If I had the choice of being the
founder of any great movement the
world has ever known I would choose
the Chautauqua movement"
Sloan's Liniment For Rheumatism
The pain goes so quickly after you
apply Sloan's Liniment for rheumatic
pains, neuralgia, toothache, lumbago
cpralns, and it's so easy to use. It
quickly penetrates and soothes with
out rubbing and is far cleaner and
more effective than mussy plasters
or ointxents.
Keep a bottle in the house and get
prompt relief, not only from all nerve
pains but from bruises, strains, over
exercise, sprains and all ' external
aches. At your druggist, '25c 50c, $LPailiam Cor
"The Lily Needs No Gilding
V Yet after making
Belle Mead Sweets
Bon Bons & Chocolates
jut as pure as pure can be, we then put them in beautirul
boxes of wonderful color combmations, making an assort
ment of chocolates containing luscious fruits, tempting nuts
and the most delicate flavors the world holds, so that a
package of these pure chocolates represents the best the world
holds in fine candy.
SO cents to $10.00 the pound
Reidsville
Candy Kitchen
DR. PAUL M. PEARSON, DIRECTOR
OF THE SWARTHMORE CHAU
TAUQUA8.
According to Dr. Paul M. Pearson,
director of the Swarthmore Cbautau
qua Association Circuit Chautauquas,
the A circuit, of which the local Chau
tauqua is a part, will this year enjoy
the strongest musical program ever of
fered. Dr. Pearson's statement to the
local guarantors follows:
"Knowing that it is Increasingly dif
ficult to meet the requirements of the
discriminating Chautauqua audience, I
bare given much time to the musical
programs. I am proud of what we pre
sent this year, and I confidently be
lieve these will be voted the best we
have offered.
"We repeat the popular McKinnle
Operatic Company in new programs.
Hear Skibinsky, the wizard violinist
Don't miss the Jolly 'Old Homestead'
Male Quarter, A great program of
classical and popular music will be
given by the Symphonic Orchestral
Club, with Madam Shannon contralto,
success in Europe and America. The
success of The Mikado' last year ne
cessitated another light opera, which
we present The favorite 'Chimes of
Normandy,' so popular on the other
circuit, given with full cast, chorus
and orchestra. Special on the last aft
ernoon Is the great program for chil
dren, The Village of Ding-Dong-BelL' "
LAUNDERING
Dry Cleaning and Dyeing
We have accepted the agency for
the Columbia Laundry Co., of Greens
boro, N. C. and will handle garments
to be Dry Cleaned or Dyed as well
as those to be laundered.
This Is one among the best equip
ped and modern plants in the country
and turns out the very highest grade
of work and at the same time gives
the most prompt and efficient ser
vice. Let us have any garment or
house-bold draperies you need Dry
Cleaning or Dyeing. The work will
be done to your entire satisfaction.
We shall be glad to quote you prices
on anything you mayf wish to have
done in this line.
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TRENT & TRENT
Phones 181 and 182 Reidsville, N. C
Special IWce
2,200 Pounds of Tobacco to the Acre
An eleven-year test to determine
the difference in yielding capacities
of Well selcted tobacco seed finds the
advantages sixty per cent greater
than those obtaining under faulty
methods. Pervis Tllley, a miller and
progressive farmer of Durham county,
conducted the experiments and he
finds that the average yield of tobacco
on an acre in the county Is only 700
pounds. He has demonstrated the
merits oi proper seed selection in the
quantity of pounds of tobacco pro
duced. He holds the record in this
State for the number of pounds to the
acre 2,200. Low production of thte
weed in the tobacco producing States
he largely attnbu ej to faulty :eed.
Owing to a change in our business, haying sold
our stock of Dry Goods and Shoes, we viD, h
order to give possession of the store, close out
our stock of Groceries, consisting of Feedstuff,
Hour, Meal,' Meats, Sugar, Coffee, Canned Goods,
and many other items usually carried in a gen
eral grocery stock.
First come first served. We mean
business and we want our friends
and customers to be benefitted by our
sacrifice. Of course this forced sale
means cash.
HARRIS BROS., Scales St.
FOR SALE:
130-acre farm;
line tobacco and
grain land; $20 per acre for quick sale.
1-3 cash: balance easy terms.
160 acres, with two tenant houses, stables, grain-,
ery, fine orchard, good grain and tobacco farm;
100 acres in original growth timber; just two
miles from Draper.
PETTIGREW REAL ESTATE, RENTAL & INS. CO.
"Boot for ReidjTiHe and EocMcghajnVJ