Evening journal. [volume], November 21, 1922, LATE NEWS EDITION, Page 15, Image 15

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SAY RESPECT
IS LOST FOR
PRESBYTERY
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(Continued from Pace One.)
"was recalled as pastor with Joshua
fR. Wltworth, presiding. His salary
IWas fixed at 22,000 a year.
IVhat the result of this latest move
gwlll be Is causing much speculation
fin Presbyterian circles. The fight
Udurlng the last four years has at
ftracted nation-wide attention to the
«church. Twice the case has been
> taken to the General Assembly the
Jeupreme Body of the Church and
bias been before the synod of Balti
fjnore and the Presbytery on numer
ous occasions in various forms.
The Rev. Thomas 8. Armentrout,
.pastor of the Lower Brandywine
►Church, near Wilmington, le the
I present Moderator of the Presby
tery' of New Castle and the Rev.
jj. M. L. Eckert, of Smyrna, is clerk
of the Presbytery. Mr. Eckert Is
(reported to have stated yesterday on
' hearing of the latest move by the
congregation of the Elkton Church
that the Presbytery would hardly
'take any action In the matter be
fore the spring meeting.
Although about two years «go Dr.
0 McEImoyle was ousted as pastor of
the Elkton Church by the Presbytery
s the great majority ot the congrega
tion have loyally stood baok of him
In all the fights. Efforts to have
the Church transferred to the Pres
bytery of Baltimore have failed al
though Dr. McEImoyle now belongs
to that Presbytery. At the last meet
ing of the Presbytery of New Castle
a petition of the Elkton Churoh was
praotically Ignored It being laid on
the table without even being read.
The Presbytery ' also sent a letter
to the Presbytery of Baltimore call
ing attention to Dr. MeElmtoyle's con
tinued., occupancy of the pulpit ol
the Elkton Chujch by request of the
oongregatlon despite objections by
the Presbytery of New Castle under
whose Jurisdiction the Church le.
Dr. McEImoyle served as pastor of
I the Elkton Church for 25 years be
, fore ousted by the Presbytery. There
I Is said to be a growing sentiment
I that In view of the expressed desire
j of the congregation in the matter,
t that the Presbytery of New Castle
do-nothing to thwart the wishes of|
the congregation In selecting their
-
<own pastor. . . .
! The resolution.» adopted by the
^ n rr eRa, |'° n ° n -' U " 5 ,v, Vm* and 1
. îld^ aad !
'»h UC o nR »,Jerv P fo'low»- i
j .%hiT Sb ih!^Eivton Presbyterian !
cv k L,: ,Vh.H ™n.!
Pt^n Since March 1»18 wh«n it"
r-a-.. and harmonv were broken by
p.jmmnrv demand for the re«lgna-'
ÏloT^TuTe by three of the!
tben elder, and eerta'n members of
the board cf trutee« which Illegal
J wa .' condemned and the pas
sor »u.tslned hv the congregation by
the dec sive vote of >8 to 15
"That these three elders being the
I <ml" elders of the church Mr C B.
. y c r having d ed refused to
•a
V' submit to the voice of the church
rea'oc'ed their dmiee refused to ca'i 1
a mee'inc to elec* other or adddi
j „i d „ r . md kent un their un
warranted warfare unon the nartor
That thl» condition for Chich
these three former 'oldens must he
i-held primarily re-mnnsihle wa«
: »r..(i« P »w™vjt»ii »od in»on«iflod
î !
* Pro-bt-tcrv of New Psstlr toward»
'thte o'hnrôb and it» naqtor hv nor
s's'entlv hrnorlng the rciso'nahls re
» , ouest ■ of thl- church de nv'ns it It«
eonvt'tutlnne right* »etttnx at
vausht the wish#« of *he over
whelming majority In the Interests
<of thos* unsccentabt* elder. and
ereklrg to force upon this church
elders who were wholly unaccept
table to it; Its long continued hostile
attitude and conduct working great
injury to the church and the cause
Vf religion
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„ That thl * °"*T®* at,9n •" r ** r ® 8 *
fully forced fo believe that the said
Presbytery Is still disinclined to
giant its constitutional rights, as
. witness if.« dlscorteous freatmsnt. at
It« October meeting, of the petition
of this church In the matter of Its
1 transfer, refusing to read it or ac
cord our representatives a hearing
on the matter, and following that up
with bitter opposition In the Sj-nod.
although that petition was of suffici
ent merit to be approved by the
Permanent Judicial Commission and
to bo twice favorably recommended
by the commttee ort Polity of the
General Assembly—the supreme
Court of the Presbyterian Church
—In judicial cases Nos. 3 and 4, by
its recent letter to the Tresbytery of
Baltimore, in the matter of the sup
- ply of our pulpit at our request by
* Dr. MCElmoyle, under which deci
sions we have the right to call and
he haa the legal right to accept our
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call as supply or pastor; the General
Assembly at Its la-vt meeting having
declared this congregation "free to
adopt the Rotary System, to choose
Elders and take all other steps with
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BRAIN TESTS.
By Sam Loyd.
Two Minutes to Answer This.
I We beliefs that the designer jl
of the original pretzel was aim- J
i ing to make a puzzle, and that j
j like the riddle of the Sphinx |
J th» solution is gone with Its
author. There is. however, a
puzzling question suggested by
thia little edible which I am
not at all eatlafled is the ortgl- •
nal puzzle. • It Js »Imply to
discover into how many pieces
th® pretzel can be dissected by
a single straight cut. Can you
drAw a straight line across the
design which is calculated to
cut the prstzd into the greatest
number of pieces? -
Answer to Yesterday's.
The word CORKSCREW.
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New Witness
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Mrs. Elsie Barnhardt. sister of
Mrs. Eleanor Mills, elaln choir
singer, Is reported to have told the
authorities how her sister
talked of her friendship with the
Rev. E. W. Hall, the other victim ot
the double murder.
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FEENEY GETS
JAIL SENTENCE
(Conkinued From First Page.)
Feeney, made a strong plea for
leniency for his ollent. Feeney, he
told the Court, did not Intend to
defraud Mr. Thompson and Mr. Bay
nard, but procured their names to
the checks In order that the cheek#
might have been currency.
Th# defendant has mad* resti
tution in full, has paid the Munic
ipal Court costs and the costs
of bringing him from Washington
to this city, and did not oppose re
quisltion to this city afer his arrest,
Mr Isaacs pointed out.
Feeney the attorney stated, ts 37
year« old, a graduate of Fordhatn
LTniversity and a »took salesman.
His wife is 111 In a Washington hos
pita', and he has a ten-year-old hoy
! na boarding school. Mr. Isaac»
alqp stated that Feeney had fallen
to drinking and during th* period In
whioh he obtained the money on
th# ehec)fB h , was almost all th.
''" 1 '-' 1 * '> n<, * r th * Influence of Jntoxl
cants.
Mr *»*»<■» asked for a parole
"notwithstanding the seriousness of
' hl! matter," and. If the court did|
n ®t **•> Justified in merely granting
a P aroU ' tha * a a *>ne be im
P 0 *** 1 '
FeonP F' <» u " tlon * d b F
" t0 why h * h * d c b *<iKs in hi# pos- j
"®-*' lon on lhe Fidelity Trust Com-,
P ar, y of Boston, said that ha former
,y had ® n <M:count with that lnsti
tutlon but that he had closed It about
a > '* ar * g0 -
In lm P°" in S sentence. Judge Rice
* ,a: * d tha t the Court did not feel
that 11 would h " Justified In not Im- 1
po!, * nir * * erm Imprisonment. The
Jud F® admonished Feeney that the
sentence wae made light because ofj
his g«neml attitude following his 1
^roat, hi« wlllinig return to this I
city making of restitution, payment
of the lower court costa and his
transnor'atton costs etc
transp ortation cost,, etc. I
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(continued From First PageO
a l ar R® pe /' cen , ta f e "Vtk* d* 1 ' wh ch
distorts the vision of the driver.
'Tt makes them pass traffic slg
nale. for instance, because of the dis
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In the power of a congregation un- 1
der our form of Government,' to-1
wards bringing about peace and
harmony In the church, one of which
steps Is the free untrammeled choice
of a pastor» and the Assembly also
having handed down the Judgment i
In regard to Dr. McEImoyle "that
he is lawfully entitled to accept ami ;
to hold the position of pastor of any
church to which he may be called."
"That this congregation has been
outraged In Its feeling and sense of
justice by the treatment to which i
■P® 5 B P _ , J
has been, aubjected which haa been
n uniuMÜPä and
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"That for these and other reasons.
, u - i a it a
this congregation has lo«t all respect
for the methods of the Tre.bytery in
dealing with this church; Ts per
suaded that it can never have peace,
harmony and prosperity while these
methods are continued, nor rah it
function in any proper measure;
therefore, be it resolved,
"That ths congregation of the
Elkton Presbyterian Church, though
laboring under sore grievance» at
lhe hands of the Presbytery of New
Castle, desires to continue to be re
garded as true Presbyterians, loyal
to constituted authority, but insistent
upon their constitutional righs. and
loyal to theChurch and th# Church's
Master—a loyalty that imperatively
demands that we shall take ever»
stop to insure the full functioning of
a pastor of our choice; and having
full faith and confidence in the Rev.
John McEImoyle. D. D.. as a min
Ister of the Gospel and desiring him
as our pastor and leader, we have
extended to him a call to resume his
pastoral relations with this church.
In accordance with the action of the
General Assembly before mentioned.
and of this action we respectfully
advise the Presbytery of New Castle
and solicit Its hearty approval and
thus happily close a long controversy
nnd start an honored church upon
Us Interrupted career of usefulness
and service."
New Witness For State
in Hall-Mills Murder
(Continued From Fins* Page.)
says he saw a Ford delivery truck
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pointing into De Hussey's lane. He
denied, however, that he had seen
either Mrs. Gtbeon or the mule on
which she said she sat and saw the
paying of the rector and the aex
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les and those who saw thera shortly
after they were found. The corpus
delicti Is to be established and the
cause of death before important wit
nesses will be called.
There came to light yesterday
knowledge of one additional witness
who is regarded as of first Import
ance by Wilbur A. Mott. Special
Deputy Attorney General, and his
chief add. James F. Mason.
This man is George Sipel, a small
The Grand Jury proceedings yes-|
terday. developed little surprise, but
indicated that the hearings will last
longer than anticipated. Nine wit
nesses were examined, but at ad-j
journment at 4:15 p. m.. the Jury
had barely dealt with the prelim!
nariee and had not even heard In
full of the finding of the bodies.
It therefore is easily probable that
the hearings will continue Into next
week, especially if the jury elect, to
sit a few days in succession. It may
dai°mornlnT W>dn ''* day t0 Mon '
day morning.
SlpM. whose nama has never be
farmer, and while parts of hie story
corroborate that of Mrs. Jane Gib
eon his tale hae an even more Im
portant bearing on the men mid to
be involved in the murder.
fore been mentioned In connection
with the case, lives at Bound Brook
lane, about a quarter of a rnlla from
the Bush road, and le about »0. He
Is a raiser of pigs and a amall trad
or. ^nd he has had business deal
Ings with Mrs, Jene Gtbeon. who
accuses a woman 1n gray of being
at the murder scene, and Mrs. Nel
lie Russell. Negress, who saya Mrs.
Gibson's story Is untrue.
Some time ago said Sipel last
night, he sold Mrs. Ruaeell some
pigs and a week ago last Sunday,
Mrs. Gibaon asked nlm to go to her
farm to identify pigs that Mrs. Rus
sell said had been stolen from her. j
When he got to the Gibson fafhi !
Mrs. Gibson began to talk about the
murder, telling of her alleged ride
on her mule Jenny to seek the corn
thief and of having w;:ne»»ed the j
murder.
Blpel then told Mrr. Gibson, so he j
»ay». 'hat on the night of the mtMno
der he had taken-a Mend to New
Brunswick returning to his home by
Esxton avenue and Denuwy's lane;
about II o'coek. A# he approach-j
ed the neighborhood of the Phillips j
farm, where the bodies of the Rev. j
Edward W. .Hall and Mrs. Eleanor
R. Mills were found be observed
what he described as a Ford truck
•'■binding a- the side of Easton ave
nue. just beyond Landing lane, and
not far from the Parker Home for
the Aged.
When he came abreast of this ve
hide. Sipel .«ay*. It started irp and
turned Into Daru»»Fe lane. It was
closed and he could not see the
cupants, nor tell how many there
*'*re. The lights on the Ford were
***• Sipel continued:
"This was some time between 11
9 ' cloc K «nd 11.10. What I said to
Mri V G ib "°n was, What you want to
I d ® « And out who was in that car.
for ,h * y may be able to help you
wfth your **<"■?• 1 believe they
were bootleggers.' She said to me.
Ko, It's not a wagon I am looking
tnr ' ltB a roadster. And anyway
It Happened before 11 o'clock."'
This is the first time a Ford auto
mobile has figured 1n any of the
»tories Indirectly. Mention of the
roadster may also b# of tha greatest
»glnlflcancs and explain the confu
•'«"< about the man whom the of
3ctals hav* In mind as th# slayer.
A roadster Is owned by one man fig
uring in the case and a Ford station
car by another.
An official who Is thoroughly con
versant with all details of the case
,., d , ha , c fT ,-,
au to mo bile lights allowed m™ rih
automoBIle lights allowed Mr». Olb
son to 5ee the fl,rure ,h * d »*Mhed
! n her statement including the wo
man In.gray. Sipel. It appears, had
told a ^ riend ' John Garry, who live«
In Derussey's lane, what he had eeen
on the night of the murder and
Garry had repeated it to Mrs. Gib
son. who communicated it to the
i
authorities.
Sipel has »aid hat on the night in
question he was driving hi» farm
truck out Easton avenue from New
Brunswick and for some resson urs
explained turned 'nto Derussey's
] ane and t hen changed hi« mind and
backed out ogatp. He apparently
bad run* far enough into ihe lane
for fb(? of hls truck t0 ü , um _
Ina e the field In which Mrs. Gib
bon /ays she saw the woman In gray
ar.d a man.
Sipel'» truck had high hay wagon
„„ and ;hia SU poo«od to explain
Mra Gjb!<on d „ erIbcd a mot()r
car with a high back seat. In the
*emi-darkn«»# :ho mlstAke might
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caeily haye been made. Sipel, there
. _ . . .
f ° r *' " ow K flgur «f " K f bf
"' ha b,,pn d ®* CI ; b ® d aa a " old
faahlon r d par and aI "°," , lhe **"
T'T , , x „ a
rt '® flrur,v ' ot wh " f ls h® 11 ®''®«!
lobe , ,h ® In " rder
r ® ca H® d that there was a
story at one tlme ' hat a knlf8 ,uch
a " " ,,h ® rmPn "tlfhhave been the
"tstrument with,whlrh Mrs. -dills s
throat was cut. It has bean clearly
e8t abl:»hod that the choir singers
throat was eut after, ehe had been
kl,Ied by three bullets. The ques
lon nri " e " ln v J ew bf l1 ? e ®' at ® m ®nt
of Slpe1 ' whether ' he "hooting may
not have occurred, a« Mrs. Gibson
saya ' about twenty minutes after 10,
and ,be throat cutting about an
hour later when Sipel says he saw
the Ford in the n el Fhborhood. That
Sipel'« evidence e considered im
portant was indicated by Mason, who
when asked whether he knew Mra.
Mill*. Sipel. aald:
"No, but I know her husband."
"J® he to be called as a wltnessT"
Mason was asked,
"I hope to tell you he will be "
"If Sipel one of the two import
ant surprise witr»e«sea you said you
had?"
"Now ou're getting altogether
too close."
The rest of Sipel's Interview served
! bringing up again one of those con
Itradlctlons with which the case has'
been replete. He went on:
"Last Saturday Mrs. Olbson came j
lover to my farm and went over the!
story again, asking me particularly !
to discredit Mrs. Gibson In a sense
I
i when I was in Deruasy's lane and
I .aw thera. Then she .eked
«0 agree to eomethlng I would I
»«* ««re. to. Mrs. Gibson misjudged
**>« man she was talking to. She
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That I dont care to say at thla i
time. I mu« talk the matter over '
thought I wae a different type of
man. and she made a mistake."
"What did she ask you to agree.
to?"
wltih my wife now that she has pub
llshed this letter In the evening I
paper."
"Did Mrs. Gibson ask you to say
that you saw her at the Phillips
farm on the night of the murder?" .
"Well. I'm not going to say any-;
fhlng about the matter. I was not
on the Phillip's farm that night and|
I didn't see Mrs. Gibson there nor
the mule, and I dldnt see any wagon
either In Easton avenue." This la;
a reference to the farm wagon, horse !
drawn, that Mrs. Gibson says ehe
followed.
Mr«. sipel Warns Police
gipel said he had not been sub
poenaed or questioned and that he
willing to tell the grand juiy i
wba < j, a knew. He added:
..g u . h j wou | rt aav wou ] d
of "connection
,, h w ra rjibson a etorv At th,
same time I went to say' that I've
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u mr 4 -n
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Bunewlck newspapers and was a
« rea * a * ,r f rla ® lbhl "L wh * n ™ por i'
ura called hla attention to It. It
reads: _
Dear Sir: I wish to state for the
welfare of myself and children, *nd '
"ex and Somerset counties to take ;
notice that if Mrs. Jane Gtbeon the
eyewitness in th# Hall-Mills murder
case, should at any time offer new
evidence supposedly from my hus
band. George Sipel, regarding the!
above case, I want them absolutely
to Ignore same, as It is untrue. She
has failed in her bold attempt to
bring eny husband into the Hall-j
Mills murder caea j
"My husband hae been trying to
convince me all week that there was ,
danger, but I took matter# in my 1
o- . hands, thinking Mrs. Gibson,
would do so on her own aoeord. I
have been nearly frantic all week,
a « my husband Is a wsll Known j
businees man. I absolutely do notj^
want him in this affair, as he has
I want the authorities of Mlddle
no time to lose.
'Mrs. Florence Sipel.
'Mlddlebuöi. N. J. Post Office Box
22."
A . j. cardinal, a New Brunswick
reporter, was tfte first witness call
ed before the Grand Jury yesterday.
«# was the first man on the
scene after the bodies had been dis
[covered by Pearl Bahmer and Ray- ,
oc-lmond Schneider. He told what he
saw and also of telephoning to Mrs. ;
Hall later In the day from the of
floe of hla newspaper. He asked If
Mr. Ball was home, and on receiv
ing a reply In the negative, asked
where he was. Mrs. Hall asked why
the information was requested, and
Cardinal said he heard something
had happened. Then Mrs. Hall hung
np the receiver. She hae said alnce
ttutt ehe immediately called up W11»
Ilam M - Florence, former Senator,
who wae her counsel for three weeks
or so after the tragedy.
Cardinal, after 16 minutes In the
J ur T room, was followed by Dr. E.
L - Lobe'.in. veterinary, who Identified
Hall's body and also w«s one of the
flrat at thp * cen ® of th ® crlm *- Then
G ® or F® Totten, Somerset county de
t ® ctive ^® nt ® red a " d r ®™aJned a long
Somerset
county official on the Job and took
E?" 8 ' the ,-T/? e Iett ® r ® Mr *
had wr ' tt *o *® *he rector were
taken over by him and tt was he
*ho ordered the removal of the bod
le».
Before Totten took the stand lie
carried in two boxes, ths clothes
worn by the murdered couple, con
sisting of the rector's black suit,
white shirt, underwear, socks, shoes
and panama hat. and Mrs. Mills's
navy blue dress with the red polka
dots and the red ribbon piping, her
blue velvet hat. shoes, silk stockings
and underclothing.
When Totten had testified, lnnoh
eon time was reached. After luncl^
—It'» dinner at midday in ffonfer
ville —the Jurors, with the exception
of Mrs. Maude Gaston, were photo
graphed outside the court
Mrs. Gaston was excused from the
afternoon session.
Daniel J. Wray was Vhe first wit
ness In the afternoon. He is the city
editor of a New Brunswick
paper and was one of those to visit
house.
B«W9®
the scene while the bodies lay on the
ground. He was followed by one of
his reporters. Frank Deiner, who a.]*o
was one of those to view the bodies
and who aided In the Identification.
Bogart T. Conklin, sheriff oT Somer
set and Joseph (Novatta. police chief
of Raritan and an assistant to Tot
ten, were tho next witnesses. When
Novatta «merged. Totten and Conk
lin were recalled for a few minutes,
which gave rise to a report that
fttere had been some serious dis
crepancy in their statements, but
there was nothing to justify thia
Mason was In the Jury room for a
few minutes, carrying In same ex
hibits .believed to be the letter* and
cards that were found about the
bodlea. Then Pearl Bahmer told of
the finding of the bodies, being in the
Jury room for nearly half an hour.
The Bahmer girl was brought dnwjn
from the House of the Good Shep
herd In Newark, where ahe Is con
fined as Incorrigible. She looked just
the same as she did when she was
sent away, wearing an old brown
cost over a light dress, and a green
felt hat.
When Pearl left the Jury room to
return to the Jail by the subterran
ean tunnel that connects It with the
courthouse, she passed within a few
feet of Raymond Schneider, who had
been sent over from the jail to the
courthouse by the same route. To
some It seemed that Schneider tried I
to speak to his former Sweetheart as 1
she passed, but n* words wera ex- 1
Mr. Markham 's Address
(From the Atlanta Constitution).
The address of Premwent Charles
H. Markham, of the Illinois Central
at the annual dinner of the Railway
Business Association In New York
j «nalysta of the relationship between
ral * transportation and the public,
! *'* tb conclusions so eminently fan
and reasonable, viewed from
I
yesterday evening Is a remarkable
any
i angle of a subject that is clothed in
I entirely too much misunderstand
|lng end prejudice, that it contributes
very largely to a more concise un
derstanding of the puhlle responsl
blllty in dealing with transportation
problems.
As pointed out by Mr. Markham.
the country today Is face to face
i W | tb tb e most acute car shortage
' , he coumrJ . . ,,|*, 0 ry. It is par
ticularly depressing now, when the
I country beginning to emerge from
m long period of agricultural depres
non <jue to closed foreign market*.
for the very obvious reason that the
. balance of trade can be maintained
only through the adequacy of trane
I'portatton. and the product of the
farm is available for cash to the
producer only as that product can j
reac'h its ultimate markets. j
Georgia has felt within the past 1
! season the menacing sequences of
car shortage, when great fields of,
perishables wasted for laok of trans-1
portatton, and at many depots In
the fruit and melon belts thousands j
of orates rotted due to the lnade-j
i qutcy of rolling stock to move them,
In th* corn belt, and 1n the wheat
belt, the same trouble—only to
«»k haavier degree-!, being j
ptrlnwl, and the whole business
fabrl ° of 1h ® rountr »' tod *7 *" be
,n * torn — R rooni«nt when other
condition» point to commercial and
.industrial rehabilitation—by th# in-;
ability of the railroads to facilitate
farm and oommerosl shipments
The public he* assumed perhaps,
thM th# PacaBt ahopmenl> and ooa i
miners' strikes have been respond
h , # gj, d that the ra); conditions
will automatically adjust themselves
now {bat these strikes are over. I
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A New Note in Europe
(From th# Washington Post.)
x new and refreshing not# comes
trom tha u pg ot tha pram iec of Italy.
_ „ h rom
*' " n , rl , amant , 0 him a
p , ro _« d . nca on pa i n of dlssolu
j Th . . 0 . strength and
pra( . tlcal aot i on . which differs *o
, • d) from the recent policy of
1 ., , T,r««*r»» a better understand
'at, ilî* and prob
a( 5_ portends more vigorous aotion
m'^o^rd/ting thr advanmge»
j , ned ovfcr the central powers In
and well-nigh lost In the peace
n „.„nations
"I propose." said Mussolini to par
llament " In the conferences I will'
ha ve with the ministère of France
and England, to envisage with all
c i aarne „ a the problem of the entente
)n a n n, complexity and the conse
QUan t problem of the situation of
Italy In relstlon to the entente. In
t he examination of this question two
, by P otheses present themeelvse—
ether the entente of war will become
; truly a homogeneous group of force«,
or ] t will sound its last hour for Italy
which will take another course to
defend her Interests with a differ
ent policy. I wish first to undertake
the consideration of the crisis In the
x„ ar East and the increasing Inti
m acy of the Russians. Turks, and
Germans.
Th i# utterance should he coneld
er „ d , n c „„ n ectlon with actual con
-gitlnns In Europe—the attitude of
Great Britain and France
Germany. Germany's skillful explol
tatlon of the Turkish situation to her
own advantage. Russia'* relations
^th the Turks, and the peculiar re
lstlons which Italy bears toward
France and Greece. In regard to the
flrit ,, am mentioned— th# attitude
0 f the allies toward Germany—It
may be noted that the council of am
bassador* has just delivered to the
German government a note of harsh
and unyielding tenor, refusing to
Harding Dares Enemies
to Defeat Ship Subsidy
(Continued From First Page.)
the growth of commerce. The Pres
ident emphatically declared that
since the Government aids Industry
by tariffs and reclamations, water
power development, agriculture and
marketing by other
should not hesitate to aid »hipping.
"But cell it 'subsidy.''' he «aid,
"since there are those who prefer to
nppeal to mistaken prejudto rather
than more frank and logical argu
ment."
The president reviewed the situa
tion briefly end^ graphically, paint
ing what he called "a gloomy picture
of losses." He told how the mer
chant marine was built at a cost of
83.000.000,000; how government op
eration when he took office was en
tailing a loss of 810.000.000 month
ly: how this less has been cut to 14.
000,000 a month but how it keeps on
and will keep on as long as the pres
ent method o< operation last*.
It Is not, therefore a question of
adding new burdens to the treasury
legislation It
changed, dchneider ls held in jail,
Charged with perjury and another of
fense.
Dr. William II. Long was th* next
witness. He ls Coroner's physician of
Somerset, who performed "the au ^
topsy on the bodies of Hall and Mrs. I
Mills, but who failed to let *it bs
known that the woman's throat had j
been out. He had been about the
courthouse for hours. He was in the
Grand Jury room for quite a time,
but there had been a lapse of more
than fifteen minute*, after Pearl
Bahmer had finished before he was
j
The last witness of the day was
Mrs. Grace Edwards, niece of Ed- |
ward Stryker. It was Mrs. Edwards
who telephoned to the police after
the bodies were found, Schneider and '
the Bahmer girl having gone to the
Stryker home, which ls one of the J
two not very far from the Phillips
farmhouee. in Easton avenue. Mrs.
then
with
called.
Edwards testified briefly, and
taken.
adjournment
Schneider atlll waiting to_ be called.
waa
Mr. Merkham points out. oon
cluslvely. that while these strike*
aave aggravated rail Inadequacy, the
real and unmistakable reason Is far
dorpsr rooted—a decline in railroad
.pension qnd In railroad develop
ment. due to a system of federal
"regulation" that has yielded to the
force of political demagogy, and
bus become a money "strangula
tion" rather than a reasonable and
fair and progressive government
regulation.
handicap, transportation
dined to an even greater ratio—
and as the situation stands today
th* momentum of that decline.
unless qulok action is taken to
„rrest It, must eventually pull com
mere* to its level. There Is no
other way to argue 1t.
Mr. Markham's address Is re-1
markable In that—railroad eorecu- :
tlv* that he 1*—he stands firmly
aland Immovably for th* proper kind 1
of government regulation. j
That Is absolutely essential. The
interlinking Importance of rail facll
itl«« to every line of bu«!ne««, and i
Business has expanded. Thle hae
heen due to the natural order of
thing»: and yet. despite the funda
mental relationship of tran«porta
tlon to industry; and the feet that
commerce of every kind, agricul
ture of every branch. Industry of
every character, are all baelely de
pendent upon ■ transportation, the
feet stands out with menacing bold
ness. that lnatead of commerce end
Industry expanding together, a con
dition which could only mean a
greater and firmer prosperity, the
converse Is true.
While commerce ha* expanded,
as best It could, with so great a
has de
'
nturin«»« to rail development mskw
the transportation Une a quasi-pub
ilc Institution, and to that end It
should be operated under agencies
controlled by the public. Thst does
not maan howa ver. that so great an
agency In general prosperity should
be made the football of demagogic
politicians. and that railroad* Shall
I he, through a wave of prejudice and
withdraw
-j fact that th# Italian ambasse
o r uae one of th# parties to th# not#
to Germany is an Indication of the
strong spirit that Museoilnl Is tnject
mg Into entente council. Hie refer
encs to "the ncreaslng Intimacy of
Russians. Turks, and Germans" It
«noher Indication of hie intention
to denied that the allies shall aeeert
nrm control of affairs In Europe, to
t he extent to preventing the forma
tlon of an entente by the Russians.
Turks, and Germans. If Francs and
Great Britain can not agree upon a
strong policy. In concert with Italy,
the Interallied military
commission of control, charging Ger
many with violations of the Treaty
of Versailles, end threatening to
tighten the military grip upon the
country unless certain demands are
complied with. The alllaa have de
manded a list of Germany's naval
enllsthments. which Germany has
succeeded In withholding from her
late enemies. It Is suspected that
Gerrpany has made far heavier *n
li»tm»nts In the naval personnel than
mitted 'by the Tretay of Ver
1» r
-
signor Mussolini hints that Italy will
break away from the entente and
pursue her own policy,
That Germany is stiffening In her
defiance of ths entente In proportion
to the concessions made by the allie,
,o the Turks Is a slgnlflflc.nt feet.
11n no other capital is the course of,
towar,l»ventelntheNearEastwatehedwlth;fsrgraspedactusHtle»moremasl*r
j »uch close attention as In Berlin,
Germany ta obviously exploiting th*
Turkish situation to her own advan
tage. Whether or not thla action 1»
In concert with the Moicow govern
ment la not made manifest to th»
world, but evidently the Italian pre
mler la Informed that auch Is th#
Mussolini also make» a refer
oase.
encs to the soviet which warrants
the presumption that he has knowl
edg* of Russo-Turktsh dealings of
and to the people as the foes of gub
'sldy? Mr. Harding declared. It is
now a cutting burden," he said. The
administration would be unworthy,
he said. It It knew of a way to save
850.000.000 a year and did not fight
for such an economy. He urged
Congress to forget local political
question In dealing with the ques
tion. He «aid some members of
Congress fear thst a vote for the
subsidy would hurt them at home.
To them he appealed for "loftier
statesmanship, to support and com
mend a policy designed to effect the
larger good to the nation." rather
than to "record the too hasty Im
pressions of a constituency."
H* said commercial supremacy
for the United States la not less Im
portant to the people of Mississippi,
the Missouri Valley, the Northwest
and the Rocky Mountain region than
to the seaboard States.
!
" h#n we fail in th* national 1
viewpoint and live In the confines
community selfishness the sun of 1
this republic will have psssed Its j
merldlan and our larger aspirations
will shrivel in the approaching twl- j
light," Mr. Harding said.
Whatever the view taken." th«
blunt, Indisputable fact of th# loss
of flf'.y millions a year under govern
ment operations remains." the Presl
dent added. In addition to wiping out'
this loss the subsidy bill. Mr. Hard
ing said, 'would offer the only de
pendable prom'se of making our war
time inheritance of Ships the foun
dation of a great agency of oom
mere# ln peace, ar*<1 an added guar
anty of service when It i* necessary
to our nation in defense.
The President went on record as
being opposed to the repeal of laws
such as La Follette*# seaman act de
signed to raise the standard of labor
Jon American ships, saying "merest
Justice" demanded their continuance
until all the world had been brought
to the same level. These law» some
«hipping Interest» contend, make it j
Impossible to compete with foreign :
marines.
The President started speaking at
,
19.86 p. aa.
t
passion, restricted from earning auf
flcienl net return upon their lnveat
mçnt to enable them to raise the
new capital for the expansion so
« mperatlv* to their own expansion.
and correspondingly to publlo de
velopment.
If government control arbitrarily
fixes valuations to a
net earnings on capital la cut down
to below an, attractive investment
figure, the publlo will not absorb
the rail securities, nor will the larg
flnanclal sources rescue the roads
from the *<-rap plies. That has been
seen and keenly felt here In Georgia
and prosperous communities
felt the sting of a federal policy of
point where
view ° r >*
see from th* most excellent address
»f one ot America's greatest rail
executives that the transportation
[officials take this view of 1t.
So, 1t seem* a better day is dawn
'"*■ After all of tnese Y*«** In
which th* demagogues have had full
"way against the railroads, and for
er
have
rail strangulation.
The point le, the .public should
get Hied in It# mind that its own
interests are coincident with the
interests of the transportation line*
that serve It. and that any reverse»
to on# must of necessity be felt by
the other. To that end a mutual
helpfulness and co-operation should
exist—with a wlediom of thought
and ÿctlon that tftiould be juet and
fair fr> th# roads and to the public.
Th# Interstate commerce commis
sion has taken this view of it. The
valuation commission has taken ihle
nd it Is refreshing to
"hioh the public hs. paid
paying the penalty, the country now
seems to> b*_ r " eh ' B * a J»'""'/'wTl
public sentiment la ready and will
in* to riva tha railroad« a lair trlAl.
Thl». however, should and will be
done only with the, hand of
public carefully at the throttle ao as
to promptly oheck any effart to
acquire greater privilege, than they
have a right to expect.
A "square dear all round la *11
that 1s necessary to solve the prob
i lem._
tbe
great Importance.
relations with France
have not been cordial for many
monthi. There wa# a eooln
the Washington Conferan*. where
the Italian repreientattvae Intimated
that France should agree to reduc
tion of land armaments, and where
the French delegates objected to
France's fleet being reduced to the
level of Italy's. Th# polley of Italy
under the foreign ministry of Signor
Schanser was to stand firmly with
Great Britain, while avoiding a clash
with France. In moat of ths ques
tions that arose In tha entente de
liberations, Italy voted with Great
Italy-a
a:
Britain.
Now, evidently. It Is Signor Mus
solini's purpose to ascertain Just
what strength there is in the entente
and how much la expected of Italy.
If the entent* ie to become th# en
tente of war times, "truly a homo
geneous group of forces, with th#
game rights and the same duties,''
then Italy will remain in: but of th*
entente la to deal feebly with the
problems arising from the Increas
and Germans, then Italy may play a
lone hand,
fully than any other force in Europe.
They have throttled bolshevism, sl
lenced socialism, made patriotism
"gain a virtue, and have so ensr
gixed the spirit of Italy that the em
bitlons of that nation can no longer
be Ignored. In the unsettled state of
Europe, with »'actuation in the coun
ing intimacy of tha Russian«, Turks
Special to Th* Evening Journal.
GEORGETOWN, Nov. 21—While
F«nk7oM ' T'*
at F rank ford on Saturday afternoon,
Jamee P. Wilkin«, residing near
here, la alleged to have been alaahed
with a knife by hla brother-in-law.
John M. Derrlckeon, about the,
throat. Wilkin» allege, that they ha.l
no dispute and It wa» ths r**ult of
an old grtirlg*. Wilkins says Derrick
-on drew hi. kmfe and cut him
»hen he turned around ln hl» »ent
to look after two horses being led
bv him Ah «oon ». tViikina «...
d> mm. A« »oon «» 1* ilkin# was ent,
no jumped from the vehicle and Der
rickeon after him. Watching hi#
chance, he ,,ys he knocked Derrick
son down, and pounced upon him.
Derrlckaon was held In $600 bond
for court hv TiittirA « f p... »»
ror court oy Justice ot the Peace E.
The Italian premier thus forces 4o
ths front ths actual state of facts In
Europe. He lg about to ask th# two
greater allies where they stand and
what they propose to do. The ac
tions of fascist! under MuMsoltnl'a
leadership rsveal fhst they have thus
cits of (he leading powers, a cour
ageous leader like Mussolini, deal
in* with facts and not théorisa, may
work wonders.
SAYS BROTHER-IN-LAW
CUT HIM WITH KNIFE
tv. Ryon, Saturday night.
PICTURES OF LENIN.
MOSCOW (United Press).—Praw
da'» first pictorial supplement ap
peered on a recent Sunday,
ofjtained a doxen picture» of Lenin
taken by his eister, Marie Illtchna.
and a staff photographer. The ao
vlet leader was shown walking,
ing, playing with kittens and smok
ing In the beautiful park surround
Ing a country seat.
returned to hi#
where It is said, hla health and
® r Fy are unimpaired,
Today recalls sad memories.
Of . loved on« gone to rest:
xnd those who think of her today
xre the ones who loved her beat. |
Mother, Father. Sister* *nd Brothers*
It con
Lonin ha» »Ince
offlo« in Moscow,
on
NEW YORK COTTON.
NEW YORK. Nov. 21 (United
Pres».)—Cotton opened firm today.
Dec. was up 65 at 25.50; Jan. 25.25,
up 8«; March 25.12, up 22.
FORET/GN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK. Nov. 21 (United
Press.)—Foreign exchange opened
irregular today. Sterling opened at
4.49 % ; franc*. .0732; Ifre. .0470%;!
marks. .0001 1-16.
*n fttfmoFlam
In «ad bqt loving r«m«rol>rAnee of
MArion K. Hill, who doparted this life
Nov«mb«r ÎL 1915*
-*
LOCAL SECURITIES
Laird »nd Company, duPont Build
Ins. furnish ths following quotations
of local securities.
Diamond Ice and Coal
Co. Pfd. IS
duPont Debenture
Fractions .IS
duPont Common War
rants ...
Hercules Pfd .102
Hercules Com., new. »7
Atlas Fractions .... 7*4
•Industrial Salvage .. 2
Cha*. Warner Co. Coin IS
Chae Warner Co..
1st Pfd. »4
•Ex-dividend.
Bid. Asked
»I
SS
4-4
.... 2*4
10 «
102
8 *4
2'4
17
W
New York Stock Exchange. •
duPont Com., seine
duPont Debenture ... *5
Atlas Common
Atlas Pfd.
155 *4
I«
1«0*4
.150
• »2%
»2*4
MARKET SAGS
FIRST HOUR
Reynolds Tobacco and Mid
vale Register Gains in
Early Trading
NEW YORK. NoV. 21 (United
Pres.)—Early trading on the $
York Btoek Exchange today wae
stimulated
by overnight develop
ments. Declaration of 28 1-8 stock
dividend* by the Reynolds Tobacco
Co. sent Its B stock to a new higli of
«8)4.
Midvale was strong on pre
dictions that It would be aoqntred
by Bethlehem
would make Midvale worth around
284 a share.
Most active Industriels were frac
tionally higher with one or-two weak
apots.
In later trading the market sagged
Asphalt continuing under pressure
on a basis. which
with U. S. Rubber going to a new
low for the year—at 4».
Opening price# Included: Lehigh
Valley 6»t4. off *4 ; U. 8. Steel
10464. up *4: IT. 8. Rtfbber 50. off
*4; Crucible 5*. up 1; Rtandard'Git
of New Jersey 199, up *4; Consoli
dated Gas 122*4. up 1; General Mo
tor* 14714. up H: Southern Paelflo
91*4. up *4; Pullman 127, off *4;
Studebaker 127)4, up U*xas
Company 47%. up *4; Union Paelflo
142*4. up V4; Reading 77T4. «ft i*4 :
Mldval* 31%. up *4; Amerioan T.
and T. 128*4. up %; Bethlehem B .
65%. off %: Corn Producta 1814.
up %1 Northern raolfla90%. up 4;
New York Central 94%. up %.
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FINN—In this city, on ;
1922. Michael F. Finn,
November 11,
Relatives.
friends, employe* of FennsylvanUk
r*r Shot»», «re invited to Attend th«
funeral rrom th« residenc« of Mrs.
McCue, 204 K Seventh street, on
Wednesday morning, at 8.30 o'clock.
Requiem m*u»B at St. Mary'« Ohurolu
Interment at Holy Crons cemetery,
Dover. D«l. t on arrival of trmOL*
leavtna Wilmington at 10 48 A. M.
SMITH -On November 18, 1932, Anna
A. O'Neill, widow of the late WIN
liani K Smith, at Kirkwood Dei.
Relative* and friend« are invited to
Attend the funeral At th« 7un«!fe|
Tarlor« of Chandler H. OebhATt,
New Castle. Del., on Wedneadgy;
mornlnr. November 22. at 9 o'clock.
High mas» at St. Paul*« Church,
Delaware City, D«l., at 10 o'clocks
Interment at St. Paul's cemetery«
Delaware City.
5WEENET—In Touphkenamon on No
vember 18. 1922, Mlles SW— tt« a%
aged 78 year». Relatives and friend«
are invited to attend the funeral
from hl« late re»!denoe. on Wed
nesday morning. November 23, at 9
o'clock. High ma«e « £t. PAtrlok*«
Church. Kehnett Square, at 1®
o'clock. Interment at St Patrick'«
cemetery.
LOVETT—la Newark. Del on Novem
ber 18. 187J. I^eonard w. Lovett* In
hl» 71st year Relative« and friend®
are invited to attend the funeral
services, at his late residence.
Orchard Rfdge. Newark. Del., on
Wednesday afternoon. Xovenbgp
22, at 3 o'clock. Interment at Head
WALTHFIR— ' To 4 tM»'e»yI' > on November
20. 1922. Elisabeth A., wife of Al
SSÎtJf "S&äS'-Ä 7 ftîS!Â2
invited to attend the funeral eer
vices, at her late residence, 604 w.
Fourth street, on Wednesday after
private* 1
MeD«'WELL—At her late residence,
McDowell, In her 78th year. Rela
tlves and friends are Invited to at-
^, the at 'ThT'wTüÄ.
Brandvwine cemetery, on Wednes
dav afternoon. November 91. at 3!
o'clock. Interment at Wilmington
sn d Brandywine cemetery,
firth—I n this city, on November 19,
1922. Joe M. Firth, aged 59 year»
J«**''/?.™* '*&denT'wo2dmeS;
and employe» of th« Pu»ey and:
Jon«» Co. are invited to attend
th« funeral servie«#, at his late r«ai —
de nca. 15U N. Rodney St. on Thurs
d ,v afternoon. November 23. at }
o'clock Interment at Sllverbroole
cemetery.
SMITH—At Hlllereet. Del , on Novem
ber 2>r 1922. George B Smith, aged)
73 years Relative» and Mend«
are Invited to attend the funeral
service«, at h!.« late residence. Gor
don »venue and Marsh Road. Hill
crest Del., on Thursday afternoon,
November 23, at 2 o'clodk. Inter-*
ment at Lnwncroft cemetery.
2.30 o'clock. Interment
at ths
end
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