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r Weather Forecast I Partly clo"dy Tuesday! local rain Good Morning 'There is more danger in a re served and silent friend than in a noisy, babbling enemy. L'Es strange. in extremi swum rm. SUzMiy co,oer north and central NO. 306. PALATKA, FLORIDA WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 5, 921. hnfessed Murderer Of I Hickman On Stand Against -Pope sr Iyer Is Under Heavy uard When Brought to Court Room (By Associated Press.) ksonville, Oct. 3. Frank Raw- slayer of George H. Hickman, iger of the Palace theatre here gave his version of the thea- obbery and killing at the trial John H. Pope, local attorney ed with murder in connection the affair. He was the tool of he testified, who he first met le confidence of an attorney . as as held in jail on a lerceny ;e. He was without financial s of defense he said, but Pope him it was all right as he had or six jobs" for him. Pope ob- l his acquittal and a few hours pointed out Mr. Hickman with cmark, "That's the first job." days later, Rawlings testified, id Pope started upon their mis- ivith Pope furnishing the mask her paraphernalia. Pope await- ini in an automobile, he said, as tered the play house, but after ragedy he was caught before uld reach the machine in which Was Under Heavy Guard filings, brought into court un- fieavy guard, remained on the I during the entire day. He ex- to be hanged, he said, but af- fncealing Pope's portion for five he decided to make a clean and let "us all take our medi- He added that he knew only ipe's implication, although he ed Envin Novinskey, material f witness, had become involved fch their use of his car. ross examination counsel for jefense sought to develope that id undergone a change of mind attempting to commit suicide 'en staging a hunger strike. It stablished that he made his a i ! mm iratmir Pno tt. ' been arraigned alone on a ' charge and his trial set for "js later. He made it for the 'me to his two attorneys ap !i by the court to defend him, Rawlings insisted however, ' exposed PoDe after h hn.i f fr him to wimp nnH V,;,,, previously told him, he said, was well connected in the COM ( P-et him -s - - ...... WUL Ul CAUSE OF DISASTER 10 ZR-2 IS UNKNOWNSAYS Developed That Six Of Those Killed Have Not Been Found (By Assnclntci) Prvra.) Hull, England, Oct. 4. A coroner's jury investigating the disaster to the big dirigible ZR-t2 which fell into the Humber river, August 24, killing more than forty persons, among them sixteen Americans, rendered a verdict today that it was due to an accident brought about by the break ing of the airship from some cause, or causes, unknown. While the inquest was particular ly into the death of Lieutenant Com mander Little, of the American navy, verdicts of accidental death was was rendered in all the cases. Harry Bateman, one of the sur viving scientific experts on board the ZR-2, testified that the first test of the "craft was carried out satis factorily at a speed of forty miles an hour. He said the other exnerts were so satisfied with the condition of the ship that they were anxious to cross the Atlantic ,in her. No .previous-- airship-rad ever - teen sd thoroughly tested and its structural strength was never doubted. According to Bateman, there were latteral and longitudinal shocks which caused the air ship to reel and pitch during the flight. He thought they wore due to the engine clutch slip ping, but shortly afterward the gird ers broke. He said he never hoard anv explosion. It was learned today that the bodie of six of the men killed in the dis aster have not been recovered. PRICE FIVE CENTS Florida Woman Is Killed Attempting a Daring "Stunt" (Ilr AMHill'Intfnil !......., l Long Branch, N. J., Oct. 4. While attempting to make a flying leap from a speeding automobile to an aeroplane late today Miss Madeline Davis was so badly injured that she died from a fracture of the skull in a hospital here tonight. Her home is in Fort Pierce, Fla. "BUSTED" SAILOR BUMPED INTO LEGACY OF SEVERAL MILLIONS (Hy AHHocliiti'il Press) Dunkirk, France, Oct. 4. Lancolie Pur.ch, for 20 years a sailor, recently was discharged at Ghent and came to Dunkirk in order to ship again. He had been two weeks ashore and having spent his money like the pro verbial sailor was flat broke when he called at the shipping agents. We have been look inc fnr vnn for four years," said the clerk after scanning the sailor's papers. Puech looked uneasy as he followed a gen darme to the office of a notary public. lour uncle Sicard, who left for Argentina 30 years ago died in 1917 He leaves you 38,000.000 francs," the notary told Puech. TOIfRdMDS RECENTyfANNEXED Sale of Piving Bonds Is to 3e First Task 10 REPlATftI WARDS More Lighls Also Will Be Installed Other Matters PRESIDENT Ai HIS CABINET WILL MARCH STICE II Plans For Solemn Cere monies of Armistice Day Completed I ui any ne N Vritten Confesgion attorneys again denied to 5 had any knowledge of the statement from R a wl In rra f 11 hai1 be generally under- JT '-'t ne had made one. Raw f eer, testified that he had Y Mkned statement and given J"iler. This he said, followed conference with his counsel. lrsel did not place any cre m his story in which he as , l ntire burden, he r .id! The ,re,I that the statement be I' into court when arguments I 6ear(l as to its adrnissability, I " oeseription of the de- tne struggle in which Hiek nis life was much forj - " & inoLner, ana British Champion May Also Annex a Title in America Deal, N. J., Oct. 4. The danger ..p i ,vif ..i.....,.;,.,..!!;.. rtf ... ,.,,. , , In addition the Lnited tSates being captured by! ,. , . . , , ami marines, an rngnsn woman nicieiiseu iuu j when three representatives of Great ! Britain survived the first round- of i match play of the national tourna ment in impressive style at the II lo- iywood golf dug. Miss Cecil Leitt'h, champion of i Creat Britain, France- and Canada, ; won by eight and seven, eliminating; Mrs. R. H. Hammer, of New York, j The greatest upset of the day was j the defeat of Miss Glenna Follett, ot j Providence, who had tied for the I qualifying medal, by Miss Edith' Edith Leitch, sister of the British, champion, throe and two. The closest match was that between r .1 TT.tl .C T...-l...l Airs. i.arnam nan, ui in.umMu, . ,,,w , r.r nnnlifvinn.. -I"') freight cars, each car forty feet 0(1(1 111 U .HIM . i. ... ...r.,i and Mrs. W. A. Gavin, of New York,; Sy Ansoeliitril PreiM.) Washington, Oct. 4. Plans for the solemn ceremonies of Armistice day when the nation will pay highest honors to its unknown dead of the great war, reached a climax today when President Hardi nadhnsihm when President Harding andi his. cabinets decided. ;t.trudge ifoo up. Pennsylvania avenue at the head of the funeral cortege. By Uresidential proclamation the business and plea sure of the nation will stand at rest two minutes on that day in tribute to the dead as the body from alonely nameless grave in some great strug gle of the war is carried to its last rest in the peaceful Virginia hills that look down across the Potomac on the nation's capital. Not since President ViIsn led a preparedness march up the great avenue in WIG has the chief execu tive appeared afoot in any parade in the capita, and never previously has any president set for himself so long a trip as President Harding Will undertake. The War Department announced today the makeup of the military es cort which will precede the gun car riage on which Hie casket is carried. to the regulars, sailors a provisional battalion of New York and Pennsylvania na tinoal guard will share in the honors I to the dead comrade. Under army i regulations the escort will be that j provided for the highest military rank the service, a general. Dizzy Figures of American Exports During this Year lP!y .AwsnflntiMl rri'.i. Louisville, Ivy., Oct. 4 One mill on three hundred and sixty thou sand four hundred and forty (l,3(i0,- Pacifying1 the , Heights was the chief task of the city council at the regular session last night. Plans were made to push the- sale of the $30,000 bond issue, enabling the paving and laying of water plains in Wards 8 and 9, and authority vested in the light committee toj have twelve lights placed in these two wards at once. Alderman Mulljs was the chief spokesman for the eHights and back ing him up were several citizens from the two new wards, who were visitors at the council meeting. j The condition of sidewalks on River street, Sixth between Reed and Main, and several other streets was again brought to the attention of the councilmen and after a great deal of discussion the city engineer was in structed to mak ea survey of the city and report the location of all sidewalks which were in need of re pairs to council at its next meeting. Captain Randolph was also instruct ed to notify ownerp of property abutting-on such 'sidewalks that they the property owner or the city at the property owners expense. It was brought out during this discussion that a very prominent citizen had recently suffered a serious and dan gerous accident on account of the condition of the sidewalk on Lemon street. To Replat New Wards The city engineer was instructed to replat Wards 8 and 9 and also to draw up plans and specifications for the paving of these new wards and the laying of additional, water mains in this new portion of Palatka. The probability of the immediate .-ale of the bonds for the improve ments in Palatka eHights was dis cussed and City Attorney Merryday stated that there is practically noth ing which will prevent their sale be fore the ne::t meeting of the city council. The local banks will be ask ed to handle this issue, if possible, and if not, the paving contractors will probably make bids on them. At least one contractor expressed his willingness at the meeting last night to bid on the purchase of these bonds, j Alderman I ursley called the at cntino of council to the fact that in a great many instances automobile owners are using the city streets, and in some cases Lemon street, for Vir garages. He stated that some of the streets are so narrow where the cars are parked all night that missing automobiles have to run on the sidewalks and, in some instances, can not pass. This matter was refer red to the street and sewer com mittee. Alderman Mullis, in his request lights in Wards 8 and 9, called STAGE IS ALL SE LL SHOWATNEWYORF Giants and Yankees Death Grapple For World Title In BETS ARE ABOUT EVEN Pitching Selections to Be Announced Only Few Moments Ahead which went to twenty holes. Mrs. Hall won as the result of Mrs. Ga vin unthinkingly tamping her foot prints in a bunker with her club be fore she had played out. Miss Alcxa Stirling of Atlanta, lefending champion, had no trouble in surviving. fny ANHtiolnted I'rpHal New York, Oct. 4. The cream of the metropolitan baseball fans has be come a reality. For years local fol lowers of the national game have hoped for a world series battle be tween the Giants and the Yankees, Now after nineteen years of wait ing, they are to see them grapple for the supreme prize of the professional baseball championship of the uni verse. On the historic Polo grounds to morrow afternoon the rival league 1921 pennant winners will meet the first of a series of the best five out of nine games which is expect ed to add record breaking features to the long history of the world se ries. Led by John McGraw and Mil ler Huggins, the Giants and Yankees will scamper out on the diamond shortly after noon wiht a combina tion of stars seldom, if ever, equalled m the annals of the game. In the gray travelling uniform of the Yankees will be Babe Ruth, the clouting king of the baseball world, with a record of 59 home runs this season; Carl Mays, underhand hurl ing artist; Catcher Wally Schang, ' w?tw an1 orTiffig'-pHBt Wstttr'Tsertes; Roger Peckinpaugh, one of the best shortstops on the major circuit to. day, and Bob Meusel, heavy hitting outfielder. Giiints Have a Galaxy C , i .1 , uppugeu to ,inis galaxy ot stars the Giants will offer Frank Frisch one of the fastest infielders that ever played a skinned diamond position; George Kelly, leading home run hit ter of the National league; Emil Meusel, brother of Yankee Bob Meu sel, also noted for his extra base hits; Dave Bancroft, one of the most finished short stops of modern base ball, and Pitchers Toney, Nehf and Barnes, all twirlers extraordinary While close followers of baseball '.'old the opinion that neither the Giants nor Yankees of today are the great playing machines that made earlier world series history, such as the Athletics of 1910, U and 13 and the Chicago Cubs of 1906-7-8, the two local teams possess- both the color and personality for a sensa tional and thrilling series'. It is generally conceded among the wagering fraternity that the Giants I Yankees are about evenly niatch The probable line up: SLANTS Frisch .urns, cf Bancroft, ss i'ris.'h, Sb' Young, rf ivelly, lb I-:. Meusel, if iwling.;, 2b 5nyde r N'ehf o YANKEES Miller, cf Peckinpaugh, ss Ruth, If R. Meusel, rf Pipp, lb Ward, 2b McNally, 3b Schang, c Waco Authorities Awaiting Outcome Injured Victims (fly AHHiit'lj;tl I'rpKg.) Waco, Tex., Oct. 4. The death of Louis Crown a local laundry proprie tor, one of ten men injured last Sat urday night during a fight at Lo rena when Sheriff Bob Buchanan at tempted to halt a parade of Ku Klux klansmen, was expected momentalily tonight. There has been no move on the part of local authorities to act in hte matter and they were described as continuing their policy of await ing the outcome of the injuries re ceived by those most seriously hurt before taking action. Crow, a spectator at the parade, received knife wounds in. the addo minal regions. According to witnes ses, he was watching the paradi when the fight began. He was pres sed into the ranks of the fighters by persons behind him, it was said. He claims to know who stabbed him Sheriff Buchanan, whose right lung was pierced by a bullet and E. Ho ward, local policeman, stabbed in the abdomen, were reported by physi cians to be not yet out of danger. C CIV0 Jl L OHIO H IlLVI TAX Bill SHOULD BE PUT THROUGH HOUSES Measure Now Pending He Says, of Tempo rary Nature Wi (By Associated Press) Washington, Oct. 4. Further reve nue legislation ought to be enacted for the next taxable year or as soon thereafter as possible, Chairman Pen rose, of the senate finance commit tee, .said today in a statement era phasizing that 'the pending measure was mnmlyfaf ftempornry onH 'f ergency character . Discussing the sales tax Senator Penrose said htere was no Use to advance novel or untried suggestions of taxation at a time when prompt ness of action of some kind is the slogan." House leaders were even more pronounced in their declarations regarding such a tax, Chairman Ford- ney of the ways and means commit tee, and Representative Mondell, of yoming, the Republican leader, de- iring that no such proposal could put through the house. aenaior renrose said tnere were many sources of revenue and me thods of taxation thought to be con sidered by congress at an earlv date nd that he nitended to address the senate on "this particular subiect." 'Just as soon as the pending bill ccomes a law," he added, "I hope to ubmit to the consideration of some ribunal either a special tax com- ittce or the committees of the house :md senate a number of suggestions that may be fruitful. "Meantime we have only one thing do, get the country out of the cpths into which it has been plunged nd restore business and industrial tivities and employment, and cor ?l inconveniences as much as pos sible. r Toney, p Mays or Shawky p nt the other American favorites luently Kave wav to her o-ripf -I r;c Mil, lvorl fnvprlv. of Philadelphia mscrutible. He seldom i had the irreatest difficulty defeating Miss Bessie Finn, of Portland, Me., at the nineteenth hole. M1LLAGE 13 his 1 Raze from h r 4d it Was USUallv tn orm,,l f's counsel. Rawlimrs son trht f e it clear that he was strug- "n two men in the theatre f office. He save hi r . f s and said he was born in but lived the greater J"8 life in Chicago. ! 'he opening of court this B h L ... i - wun attacne announces I !rch would be made for J ' He warned everyone pos Ipon8 to leave the room ' continued on Page 4) TALLAHASSEE Life Insurance Is Injected In Trial of Mrs. Southard ' -Ity AKNorlnteil Twin Falls, Idaho, Oct. 4. The story of a ten thousand dollar life insurance policy upon the life of of mi, a-cording to announcement . , . p . s r.nn . i 1 n-. n T T T T - 1 1 ' v r1 ade today oy mr. rv. u. i.icuar, , formerl of ChicaK0 who iied tw0 lily Aw-wlnt-Ml PMt ( Tallahassee, Oct. 4. Tallahassee s .-II xianr hat hpPIl lax miuage iui , 1no. .j t), ; an-I SIX IllUIitiia i". -. - , .1 - A -.111,. ;V-CUy Manager JrLF5 r. fnllnwimr a meeting of.monins ui mv, .-""-- - twenty-five tons each or 113,000 tons W. Greer, following a meeting the city commission ,at which the new levy was fixed. Seven of the thirteen mills ire to be used as gen eral revenue, while the remainder will go into the sinking fund. in length and containing twenty-five f, tons each, which placed end to end ; attention to the urgent need of lights would form a continuous string ot j ;n Ward 8 on what is known as Sel cars ten thousand three hundred and j ,nns Hdi, and stated that three six (10,300) miies long, or almost. Fords ran together on that hill one half around the world, would be ne- Light last week and made a "terri cessary to transport the- 34,011,000 j ble mess" out there. tons representing the combined quan- Mtv of principal commodities export- "-'PRE TJROSSCUP DIES AT SEA ed from the United States to all for-, T.ivemnnl. Oct. 4.The steamer eicn countries for the first six months rnrniH ivpH W(, tnriav tt.ith th i Edward F. Meyer, applied for by his . w ue, i.yna iueyer ooutnara, now on trial in district court for the alleged murder of Meyer by poisoning, was told on the witness stand today by C. D. Thomas, and his son, Reed Thomas, agents for a life insurance company. While a receipt for the amount of the first premium was found among Meyer's papers following his death, leither the agents nor the defendant ever received, the tpolicy it was broaght out. , Both witnesses testified that Meyer at first mentinoed $2,500" as the amount of the policy lie had in mind. an application 1 EARTH SHOCKS SUBSIDE flty AHHorlnteit I'ri'HN.t Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. 4. After more than 50 hours of recur rent earthquake shocks and almost continuous trembling. the seismic disturbances at Richfield, Elsinore and monroe, 120 miles south of Salt Lake City, have subsided. Ill BRITISOIPS Explains Agreement Un der Which I.M.M. Operates SHIPPING BOARD PROBE Agreement Was to Pro tect American Stockholders (Or AsMoclnted Press) New York, Oct. 4. The Lntcr national Mercantile Marine Co., asked for and obtained from the British government in 1903 an agree ment for the operation of its ships as protection for American share holders of an American corporation, P. A. S. Franklin, president of the corporation, today told the United States Shipping Board. This agreement, called to the at tention of the board last March, was declared by the board to be "inemi- cal" to the upbuilding of the Ameri can Merchant Marine in that it ap peared to provide that the corporation should not pursue a policy injurious to the British Merchant Marine or British trade. The Shipping Board, it was an nounced by Chairman Lasker, is seeking means to reestablish, through existing American companies, a mer chant marine in this country and Mr. Franklin was questioned as td the ment. . .v iyw The I.M.M., when it was organized Mr. Franklin said, absorbed several leading British flag lines, including the White Star line with its great ocean liners. Its stock, he added, is held almost entirely by American citizens. The British government, Mr. . Franklin asserted, was deeply con cerned when the I.M.M. acquired the British companies. "We were faced with a possibility - of that govern ment giving valuable preferential concessions to rival British lines." no said. "We went to them," he added, "and ked for equal favors, and we made lie agreement in question with the understanding that at all times our American flat companies should be -lenipt from any control the British government might assume over our policies or our business." Hudson Case Goes to Jury; Mother's Trial Next Monday WOODS TO GET THE (JOB Washington, Oct. 4. Col. Arthur Woods, former police commissioner of New York, will head the central agency to be established here by the national conference on unemployment to coordinate emergency relief of the ! workless wage earner throughout the country. Foreign Freight Traffic Manager of the Southern Railway System and Mobile & Ohio Railroad, with head quarters here. The announcement also stated that the combined quan tity of principal exports for the first ' The exports of wheat for example, for the first six months named, Mr. McKellar stated, were equivalent to 147,866 carloads of twenty-five tons days out from New York. Death was due to heatr disease, according to the announcement. The body will he sent back to New York. each, or an increase of more than 155 per cent, over the same months last year. The exportation of corn, the an nouncement said, aggregated 64,67i carloads of twenty-five tons each, or an increase of 571 per cent for the first six months of this year as com pared with the same months of I920J However, Be signed for a $10,000 policy. Notification of the death of the insured was given the company but the claim was not paid. Through estimony of the superintendent of the hospital where Meyer died the fact was Brought out that the de fendant was alone with her husband on either the fifth or the sixth of September. "He can never get well," Mrs. Southard said, according to the wit ness. ' (Ry ANsocinttMl !!.. Albany, Ga., Oct. 4. The case of Glen Moore Hudson, charged with the killing of his two step-sons, was ,en to the jury late today. Shortly fetrward it was announced that Mrs. Hudson, mother of the two boys, Robert, aged 10, and Isaaiah, four, would be placed on trial Monday morning. Evidence in the case was conclud ed when the defendant in an unsworn statement to the jury said he was "as ininocent as an angel in heaven." Hudson made no attempt to say who shot the boys and nowhere in his brief statement did he charge his wife with the crime, as Sheriff Tarver testified today the maiad done in conversation with him. He accused her, however, of cruelty to" them and said she and T. M. Skipper, a witness for the state, who admit ted having been "intimate" with Mrs. Hudson, seemed to have a grudge against the children who were found shot to death at the Hudson home near here last July. Hudson said he often protested against her beating the children. Both Hudson and his wife came from Alabama and numbers of wit nesses from the town in which they had lived today swore to his good character up t othe time he began Meyer died on September 7. The going with his present wife. After superintendent testified that the re-! that, it was testified, he was put out cords of the' Hospital showed that of the church and finally married he Meyer died of typhoid fever. and' left town. I ,. .. ... ; . : t it It I