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ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA,
VOL CXXXTV? No. 188
LL I'lBl I
Fcr vhis sefltioa^?Partly cloudy
and oofnti*u*??d Weight
Saturday.
PRICE ONE CEN'U.
FRIDAY,. AUGUST 9. 1918
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
; Mrs. U. G. Peyton has received word
that her son, Lucian Peyton, has ar
rived safely overseas.
Mrs. Enoch Davis and children have
left for Augusta, Ga., t.o v?s?t their
aunt and friends.
Councilman Harry R. Burke and
family have- gone to Cranberry Is
land, Me., to spen'a a month.
All members of the Holy Name So
ciety are expected to attend Holy
Communion in a body at the seven
o'clock mass Sunday morning.
The funeral of Lee C. Humphries,
who died in Washington, took place
this afternoon from the residence of
his son, 320 Commerce street. Burial
was made in Union cemetery.
The members of Mount Vernon
Chapter, No. 1, Daughters of Amer
ica, will meet with Mrs. Mary Beach,
corner of Alfred and Queen streets,
at 8 o'clock tonight.
Mrs. Hugh McGuire, of this city,
who has a cottage at White Sulphur
Springs, W. Va., for the summer, has
as her guest har-mother, Mrs. Hunter
McGuire, of Richmond.
Twenty colored men from this city
and Alexandria county this afternoon
entrained for Camp Meade, Md. They
were accompanied to the railway sta
tion by the members of he local draft
board.
William C. Murphy, of Indian Head,
Md., and Miss Annie R. Maddox, of
Mason Springs, Va., were married in
Rockville, Md., yesterday by the Rev.
Dr. J. W. Duffey, pastor of the Metho
dist Church.
Judge J. B. T. Thornton, who re
cently tesigned as judge of the six
teenth judicial circuit, has invited the
members of the bar association of
this circuit to his resfclence Saturday
morning, August 24th, at 10 o'clock,
_ where he will tender them a reception.
Mrs. Daisy Warren and Miss Phoebe
Crockett have returned from Ports
mouth, Va., where they were the
guests of Mrs. Warren's mother-in
law, Mrs. Lucille Bailey. They were
accompanied by Mrs. Bailey.
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An automobile belonging, to, H. P.
Wilson, Hollin Hall farm, Fairfax
county, at 0:30 o'clock . last evening
collided with a big motor truck at
the qorner of King and Alfred street.
The colliding machine'had'its head-1
lights broken and also the'mud guards
denialished. ? The colored chauffeur
escaped injury.
A feature at the lawn fete which
will be given .tonight on the-lawn at
the northwest corner of Washington
and Queen streets,- by the women . of
St. Mary's Catholic-Church, will be
sejections by the orchestra from
CJimp Humphreys and voal solos by
Corporal Earhardt. .'The ladies have
arranged a special program at the
fete from 6 until 7 o'clock tomorrow
evening for the children. The affair
will end tomorrow night.
EXPECT MANY SOLDIERS
Boys From Camp Humphreys Ex
pected to Spenu Week-End Here,
Additional Sleeping Quarters at En
listed Men's Club.
Arangements are being made by the
War Camp Community Service to take
care- of the large number of enlisted
men that will undoubtedly be in Alex
andria over the week-end, owing to
the raising of the quarantine.
Additional sleeping quarters will be
provided at the Enlisted Men's Club,
the entire third floor having, been ar
ranged with ' cots for this purpose.
Besides these, free cots will i also be
available as usual at St. Paul's parish
house, and at the Catholic Lyceum.
On Saturday night th? regular
week-end dance will be held at the En
listed Men's Club, and on Sunday
morning from 8 to 9, breakfast will be
served at the club by the ladies "of
Christ Church, at a charge of 25
cent*. :
German Factories Bombed.
London. Aug. 9.?Explosives fac
tories in Rombach were attacked by
' a British bombing squadron, the Brit
ish air ministry communique issued
today stated.
Fifteen hostile airplanes were de
stroyed, and seven driven down out
of control. Two British machines
failed to return. - -- -
NEW MEAT AMIEIS
Allies Forge Ahead Over Seven Miles;
Bag Thousands of Prisoners,
London,.Aug. 9.?British cavalry
has penetrapd Germ an line eleven
miles.
London, Aug. 9.?More than 10,000
prisoners and an enormous number
of guns have been captured in the
Franco-British drive in Picardy, ac
cording to the latest reports received
today.
With the British Armies in France,
Aug. 9. (12:30 a. m.)?The British
fourth army and elements of the
French first army, under Field Mar- !
shal Haig, have driven their we'dge j
into the west wall of the Mondidier
pocket from six to eight miles. They
have captured a large number of
guns, many prisoners, and consider
able material. ,
Great confusion has been causcd
- "I t:*
behind Gi?wn Prince Rupprecht's
front, in General von Dermatwitz's
second army and General von Hutier's
eighteenth army. Airmen report rapid
flight of enemy transports eastward
along the Somme in order to escape
capture.
London, Aug. 9?British and French
troops launched an offensive east and
southeast of Amiens this morning.l
and at one point advanced seven
miles and a half yesterday.
The attack is under the command of
Field Marshal Haig and is on a wide
front, the statement adds. The troops
engaged, the British Fourth Army and
the French First Army, advanced at
dawn.
Field Marshal Haig's statement con
cerning the new offensive shows that
the enemy line has been driven in
about seven miles and a half in the
center at Plessier, which lies southeast
of Moreuil. It shows that goodly
gains also have been made eastward
over the front of 15 miles lying be
tween Plessier and- Morlancourt.?
The statement says that no estimate
t:an be made concerning the prisoners,
[runs and material captured, but that
several thousand prisoners and many
tuns have been taken.
?!. S. NAVY DISPLAY EXHIBITS
ON CIRCUITS OF STATE FAIRS
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To more thoroughly acquaint .peo
ple of the .country with ?he part' the
U. S. Navy is taking in* the present
?ar an elaborate exhibit-with equip
? r . V ?
ment and'accoutrements of rthe service
is to.be rtiade this-summer at -the
larger' fairs throughout the nation.
The display will be made in connection
with that of the joint committee on
government exhibits which includes
the various departments and activities
if Federal work. Five'circuits are to
be covered.
The Navy exhibit will comprehene
sively represent each department- of
the service. There will-be a display of
captured guns, w|iile the ordnance
department will show the types of
shells, depth charges and other ex
plosives but used against the enemy.
The bureau of construction and repair
will be ? represented by valuable and
unusually interesting models of types
of ships in the U. S. Navy. These
models have been taken from the hall?
of the Navy Department in Washing
ton and it will be the first time that
they have ever been shown generally
throughout the country. The Bureau
of Medicine and Surgery will show
accessories of its work while the de
partment of supplies and accounts will
put forward the specimens of heavy
clothing provided for the protection
of American sailprs during their vigi
lance at patrol work against subma
rines in the North Sea and on the At
lantic Ocean. For the bureau of navi
! gation which handles the personnel of
the Navy the work of the recruiting
division will be shown by a display of
posters. These are the work of the
most famous of American artists who
?ocntributed these artistic appeals for
the various campaigns, in recruiting
the Navy up to its strength of more
than half a million men. Each ex
hibit will he surrounded by a booth
designed and painted by well-known
artis|s. An interesting and compre
hensive exhibit by the Marines, the
soldiers of the sea. will also be made
with this display. These exhibit booths
have been arranged and constructed
by the U. S. Navy Recruiting Bureau,
New York city.
DEATH OF NEWSPAPER MAN'
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! C. A. Cotlerill, Former Resident of
This City, Victim of Apoplexy.
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Funeral services for Charles A. Cot
terill, who died of apoplexy in his
home in the Ashley Apartment, Wed
nesday night, will be conducted to
morrow at 10 o'clock. Burial will be
in Rock Creek Cemetery. Both serv
ices will be private.
Mr. Cotterill, who was -18 years old,
was employed with the war trade
board, but for many years he was a i
well known newspaper man, and
served as reporter and desk editor on
the staff of the Associated Press. Mr.
Cotterill was an expert stenographer,
and his first assignment with the As
| sociate'd Press was in taking verbatim
loports of the famous Schley-Samp
son case in the court of inquiry ap
pointed to investigate that contro-1
vorsy. Mr. Cotterill later worked sev
eral years for the Associated Press at
the White House and War Department,
and accompanied some of the Presi
dents on their long travels about the
country.
Mr. Cotterill is survived by his wife,
'.wo sons, Charles and Augustus, and
a daughter, Mrs. Frank Gardner. He
:-.!so litis two sisters living. Mrs. Rosa
C. Pennybaker and Mrs. K. C. Gil
lette.
Mr. Cotterill well known in this
city, where he formerly lived in the
Fairfax Apartment. The deceased en
joyed a wide circle of friends here
who will regret to hear of his death.
HUGE CROPSJNDICATED
Prospective Corn Yield, However, Re
duced 171,000,000 Bushels Since
June Forecast.
Washington, Aug. 0.?Bumper crops
of almost every food grown on the
farm are indicated again in the De
partment of Agriculture's monthly
crop report, despite a falling off in
the prospective production in prac
tically all crops during July? due to
adverse conditions, principaly hot and
dry weather.
In round figures the loss to farmers
in this prospective production is
roughly estimated at almost three
?juarters of a million dollars more than
$150,000,000 in the principal grain and
food crops and $250,000,000 in cotton.
Practically every crop is growing.on
larger acreage this year than that
planted hist year, indicating .that the
farmers have' been malting strcnuou?
r-tforts io meet the heavy, needs of the
illies! and Abe increasing demands at
home for fpodstuffs.
. Corn, the greatest crop, , was thp
heaviest sufferer from-, the dry, hot '
weather in July, losing 171,000,000
bushels in.prospective production since
the first production forecast was made
from June conditions. The monetary
loss to corn growers is about $275,
f)00,000. From almost every part of
the country there .'came reports that
corn this year is from two to three
weeks ahead of its average condition,
indicating that 'practically all of the
crop will mature before the dates
of first frost. That condition should
assure the minimum injury from frost
namage.
Wheat, the harvesting of which is
nearing completion, suffered a loss of
13,000,000 bushels, yet the crop will be
much larger than last year's and also
digger than the average of the five
Years before that.
Drought and heat made inroads on
potatoes, causing a loss of 1;>,000,000
in the prospective crop, and sweet po
tatoes production loss was estimated
it half that quantity. A notable ex
ception in the forecasts was that of
I tobacco, which showed an increase of
41.000,000 pounds in the prospective
crop over the forecast made in July.
BOILERMAKERS WANTED
BY U. S. NAVY.
Enlistments of boilermakers for
the regular navy, (duration of the
war), are specially needed. The pres
ent war pay is ?77.50 per month. In
addition to your salary you are privi
leged to make special monthly allot
ments to your dependents, which is
paid by the government, and also
subscribe for insurance which the
navy offers at a very low rate. Age
limits 21 to 35 years. Applicants
should apply to Lieutenant Comman
der Newton Mansfield. Recruiting In
spector, Eastern Division, 225-227
West 42nd St., New York, N. Y., or
at any recruiting station.
FDNDS FOR JEW ROAD
$420,000 Short* Time Notes For Line
Four Miles . Long From Camp
Humphrey#' to Mt, Vernon?Road
Ready September lnlh,
i The capital issues committee is ex
i pected to take favorable action in the
near future on the application of the
Washington-Virginia Railway Com
' pany for permission to market ?420,
i 000 of equipment short term notes tc
provide funds for the purchase of
50 new cars to- be operated on the
new branch line'which the company
is just completing between Mount
Vernon and Camp Humphreys.
The new line, which is four miles
in length, is known as the Mt. Vernon
and Camp Humphreys Railway Com
pany, and is controlled by the Wash- |
inj'ton-Virginia company. The road '
bed is virtually completed and it is
expected that the cars will be operat
ing between Camp Humphreys and
Washington by September 15.
Since the line will furnish direct
rail transportation between the camp
and Washington, and in view of the '
growing importance of the camp, j
there appears to be little doubt that
the capital issues committee will
authorize the new financing:. In fact,
the cars already have been ordered
and deliveries are expected to begin
early in September.
It is understood that the notes,
which will be secured by the cars
will be marketed through Philadel
phia bankers, and that arrangements
have been made so that the financing
will have been disposed of before the
fourth liberty loan campaign opens,
September 2S. ;
There are now, approximately 22.
000 men stationed at Camp Hum
phreys, and it is expected that this j
number will be increase1.! to 50,000 i
during the coming six months. The
government plan^ to make the camp
a permanent institution, it is stated,
and is spending ir-jge sums there on
permanent construction to provide
for the housing and training of large
bodies of army engineers. The new
line will not handle a large volume
of freight, it is understood, and will
derive its principal revenue from
passenger traffic.between the camp
and the capital. ,
STORM SWEEPS SOUTH.
Nineteen Killed And Property Dam
age "Upwards of $1,000,000.
t ' ? .
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' Lake Charles, La., Aug. 0.?Two'1
men were kille<f at Gerstner Field, it
was learned Wednesday in the storm
which swept this section Tuesday,
and the casualty list in the stricken
?ilea has reached nineteen dead and
twenty seriously injured. The list i=
being added to by mail and messenger;
as all telegraph and telephone com
munication has been destroyed.
Hardly a building in Lake Charles
escaped damage, more than 1O0 being
entirely demolished.
A conservative estimate of mater
ial damage is placed at $1,000,000. It.
is believed this amount may be some
what exceeded when all points , in
the path of the storm are heard from.
I
ADRIFT FOR TEN DAYS.
Gloucester Fisherman Kept Alive on
Quart of Water.
Boston, Aug. 0.?A quart of water
kept a Gloucester fisherman alive 10 1
days as he drifted at sea in an open
boat. His only other sustenance was
a bit of fish left in the bottom cf his
dory. For the last four days'he was
j without either food or drink.
j Such, briefly, is the story brought
to this port by Carlos Mocho, a
Portuguese, when the fishing schoon
er Genesta landed him here.
A week ago Sunday he set out from
I his ship, the Gloucester schooner Elsie
! G. Silva, to set his trawls. Fog came
I up and soon his vessel was blotted
I out. In trying to rig up a sail he lost
! both oars overboard. He drifted. On
i the sixth day he drank his last drop
j of water. " ' i ?
i Late in the afternoon of the tenth
i day his boat was spotted by the skip
i per of the Genesta, who, running
j alongside, found the Gloucester man
| nearly unconscious in the bottom of
i the boat. Mocho was delirious when
j he reached port today. He is 45
j years old.
1 REDUCED TO ONE HALF
' Police Force Now Working Twelve
Men, Eight of Whom Are Patrol
men?Expected Council Soon Will
Act on Question.
I This city is now doing with only
i twelve policemen while the maximum
j number should be twenty-three. This
j is because of the strike inaugurated
by one-half of the members of the
.
, force the morning of July 2G.
Since then one new man h;is been
chosen for police duty bringing the
grand total up to twelve. This com-,
plement includes a chief, three serg- j
eants and eight pa .rolmen.
The board of p jlice commissioners :
' at a meeting held July 2G recom-'
mended at a joint meeting of City
I Council. that the police force be re-1
I duced to twelve members and that j
I the salaries paid the members of the j
I force be increased anrl the force be
! reorganized.
j It is expected that before action is j
taken on this question an opinion will
be obtained from the corporation a- j
torney as to the legality of a re'iuc- j
tion of the number of policemen.
Until such "oinion is given the pres
ent force will be continued. It is i
regarded as probable that an opinion
will be hanvled to council at it? meet- '
ing scheduled for Tuesday nigh*.
Most of the policemen who quit al- I
ready have secured other positions.
DISTINGUISHED SINGERS
AT CAMP HUMPHREYS |
Camp Humphreys, Va., Aug. !).?;
Mrs. Newton D. Baker ,her two broth- I
ers, Messrs. Leopold, of Cleveland,!
Ohio, and Private G. deAriagrofif, 9th
company, Fifth Engineer regiment, of j
the Metropolitan Grand Opera Com- j
pany, were last night given a rousing j
welcome by audiences of more than
111.000 officers and men at the biggost
''sing" which has ever ben staged at :
this camp under the auspices of the
Young Men's Christian Association.
Ten thousand of the engineers as
sembled in the Jarge open-air theater
cheered Mrs. Baker and her assistant.",
to the echo, and at the request of
Camp Song Leader J. W. Reynolds j
sang songs in return. Six thousand j
newly arrived men in the quarantine j
section also heard the distinguished!
sine or?..
Mrs. Baker sang patriotic selections, j
Her brothers rendered popular songs ,
. Private deAriagrofif, a selectivf
from New York city, aroused ,th(
2-reaiest enthusiasm by his singing of j
"The MarseJIai.se,".the prologue from:
"PagliaceT' And ".The Toreador," frorr
'fCarmcn."
WILL NOT ACT WITHOUT V. S.
England Waits For Trade Boycott of,
Germany On Wilson.
London.'Aug. 0.?Any steps that are
taken in respect to the Paris resolu
tion on trade will, as far as possible
be taken in conjunction with the Unit
ed States, Andrew Bonar Law, chan-'
cellor of the Exchequer, said in the
House of Commons yesterday.
This refers to the resorutioris adopt
ed at Paris relative to the carrying
on of trade after? the' war, the plan .
calling for & virtual boycott of Ger-'
many. ?" Recently numerous English
newspapers have expressed doubt that
the United States would join with
Great Britain and the other allies in
carrying out the provisions of the
Paris resolution, it being held by them
that President Wilson's utterances pre
cluded any trade war after the war.
FATHER ENGINEER OF TRAIN.
Carrying Sop on First Lap nf Journey (
to Berlin.
Kansas City, Aug. 9.?Reuben W.
Milton, a Missouri Pacific enerincer of
Joplin, Mo., was perfectly willing that
his son, Earl R. Miltnn, should jro to ,
war as a marine, but he wanted to
drive the train that carried him on
the first lap of his journey to Ber
lin.
Young .Milton was to come here
j from Joplin with two of his pals to
i enlist, but his transportation read via
! the Frisco line. At the request of the
i elder Milton they were transferred to
| the Missouri Pacific and Engineer
, Milton drove the train carrying the
three embryo devil-dogs.
Siamese Soldiers in Marseilles.
Marseilles, Aug. 9.?A larere con
tingent of Siamese troops has ar
rived here and has been accorded an
enthusiastic welcome.
INTERESTING HISTORY OF
POTOMAC BAPTIST ASSOCIA
TION WHICH MEETS HERE.
The first moderator was the famous
, Dr. Wm. F. Broad us, pastor at Fred
ericksburg for many years. During
j the civil war Dr. Bruadus was held
i for a time by the United States ap
' thorities as prisoner in the "Old Capi
tol," at Washington.
The first clerk was Dr. Samuel M.
Shute, pastor of the First church here
before the war, then professor of
English in George Washington Uni
versity.
The first treasurer was Wm. C. |
Kerfoot, of Clarke county, and uncle i
to Dr. F. Howard Kerfoot, teacher j
in the Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary at Louisville, Kv. Rev.
Barret Grimsley was another modera
tor just before the war. He was one
of the most remarkable men of the
denomination in Virginia. His early
educational advantages were limited,
but he, by careful self-discipline,
had few equals as a preacher.
The clerk of the association for
years before and after the war was
Rev. John S. Pickett, who labored
faithfuly in northern Virginia. It
was an uncle of Mr. Pickett,?Rev.
?John Pic-kett?who organized a church
before the revolution at Carter's Run.
in Fauquier county, and was perse
cuted for his success in winning
souls. A mob broke into the meeting
house and split the pulpit in pieces.
He was publicly flogged on the
streets of Warrenton and imprisoned
for preaching the <rospel of Jesus
Christ.
Rev. J. S. Baker was pastor in this
association in 18G9, and was grand
father of the present Secretary of
War Baker. Dr. Henry W. Dodge was
pastor in Fauquier for some years,
anil was one of the most scholarly
men of his day, reading Greek fluent
ly.
R. B. McCormick was a clerk for
several years an! founder and
principal of the famous McCormick
School in Loudoun county. Dr. W. F.
Dunaway was pastor at Middleburjr
and played a conspicuous part in the
last constitutional convention of Vir
ginia.
One of the most influential preachers
was Dr. J. A. Haynes, formerly a
practicing physician.
Ofher names might be mentioned
which have become household names
in many Baptist homes in northern
Virginia, such as Revs. Thaddeus
Merndon, H. II. Wyer, W. S. Penick.
C. II. RyJand, Edward Kingsford.
There arc many now living who have
done valiant service through many
years.
The noting to be held with the
First Baptist Church next week after
thirty years interval, will draw dis
tinguished men to its sessions and
will have interesting discussions.
DIFFICULTY IN" SECURING
ROOMS FOR BAPTIST
DELEGATES.
Considerable difficulty is bein<r ex
perienced in securing accommodations
for the 200 delegates expected hero
to attend the annual meeting of the
Potomac Baptist Association which
will be held Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday next in the First Baptist
Church. This is flue to the crowded
condition of the city at the present
time owing to the new population
that is daily arriving here. However,
the committee in charge expects to
be able to complete arrangements for
the oroner housing of all of the dele
eat es.
Amusements
RICHMOND?Tonight Dorothy Dal
lon will be seen in a great production
of the Canadian Northwest, "Tyrant!
Fear." Ford Sterling will also be i
shown in "Snow Cure," a comedy of;
the highest type.
SURPRISE?'The Harfl Rock Breed'!
is the name of a shoulder-to-shoulder 1
story of man to man and give-and-?
take which will be shown at the Sur j
prise tonitrht.
' GRAND?Admirers of Maud Wayne j
former Keystone beauty, will he;
?? pleased to know that she has been i
least for an important vole in the Tri-i
rrrterle production, "Who-Is To Blame ?"j
t< be shown at the Grand -Saturday
Miss Wayne does an imprest pi?ce
nt work in this colorful production of
the land of the cherry blossoms. Frank
Borzaee. whose productions, '"The Gun
Woman" and ? "Society for Sale,''
evoked such praise, was the directing
j ec-nius of this picture.
Lou Hall Charged With Murder of
Eva Roy. 1*5 Years Old. Which Took
Place at Burke S'ation. Fairfax
County?Body of Victim Bound to
Tree.
Lon Hall, about thirty-three years,
a woodchopper, is being Held in the
jail at Fairfax County for the murder
of Eva Roy, sixteen years old, who
was attacked and murdered Tuesday
night at her home at Burke station.
Fairfax county.
While the funeral of Miss Rov was
being held yesterday at her parents
home, Hall was being charged with
the crime of murdering her before a
magistrate in Fairfax county and was
held without bail.
Woodcutters at a late hour last
night were arriving at Fairfax, mut
tering threats of lynching, and Shetfff
J. R .Allison and Deputy Sheriffs KfeV
sin Fan- and G. C. White, with loaded
guns were standing guard over the
prisoner.
The murder is said to be one of the
most gruesome in the annals of Fair
fax county. Eva Roy, probably the
most popular girl in the little village,
and a Sunday School teacher in the
church, where her father oftimes
preached, had left her home Tuesday
morning to bring in the cows. Her
father is a prosperous farmer, ha\ing
come from Minnesota, in 1912, and
purchased his farm. Eva was his
only child.
Throngs Join in Hunt.
Lou Hall, a laborer, claiming wood
rutting as his trade, lived with his
wife and two children about a mile
away from the Roy homestead.
When Eva failed to return home at
the accustomed hour of 2 p. ni., Tues
day, searching parties were organized.
Work in all the lumber camps, which
is the chief industry of Burke Sta
tion, ceased, and all joined the hunt
for the village favorite.
The body of the girl was found 24
hours later, bruised and blood covered,
tied to a tree about half a mile from
Hall's home. The body had been
dragged through the open fields into
the woods, about 200 yards away, and
blood marked the trail.
Hall was arrested at Accotink and
taken to-the Fairfax - county t jail.
At vestordav's hearing before"Mag
istrate Charles Patten H*hry, who
held Hall Cot* action by the grand
jury, which is to. meet rn September .
the prisoner told a story which is said -
to have failed to bear up under cross
examination.
According to Hall, he was home <
when the alleged assault upon the ?
girl, which preceded the murder, i> ;
said to have take^ldace. According
to Peter Roy, the father however,
he immediately ran over . to Hall
house when he found out the gin
disappeared and no.-pne was at the
Hall home.
According to the story told by Mr,.
Hall, her husband had ordered her
earlv in the morning to take the ch.l- -
Iron to her father, who. lives about
?i ? she ' considered
three miles aua>. ^
this unusual, as for years he had for
bidden her to communicate with he
father. His explanation was that
hc had secured a position as wood
cutter at ramp Humphreys, and that
he was going to leave that aftei noo .
Testimony at the Hearing.
Eva Roy's father testified that Hall
knew' that Eva ?? i? ^ ?
bringing the cows home, and tnat ne
seen her at the accuse'
place at the spring where her father -
ten COWS were always pastured It
was further testified by several wit
nesses that Hall passed the spot.
where the Moo,! was first found some
in an unfrequented
spot and it is said that whoever com
mitted the crime was in no ,lanl
hei?K observed. The ground .hows
signs of a struggle
Following tho attack the g> I was
dragged to the woods, choked and
beaten. The body was then tied t
the tree with pieces of her clothes,
?ShiA had been torn off her body
during the struggle. When found she
had partly slipped through he
bounds. Her body half lay upon the
"round, but an apron tied around hei
| throat to the tree held her in a sitting
posture. ? . ., ..j
- Owing to he Intends, of the ne\\ po
tato,crop, the rations in Germany
have been reduced from 3 pounds to
: i pound,per person..per week. An
extra 0 ounces of peas and. beans are
being disrtibuted.to each person to
make up for the shortage in potatoes;