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The Evening Journal 1 ii 20,338 The Weather [I Ugh; rain this afternoon or to-j night, Saturday, fair and colder. ' frc.-h to strong southwest shifting il ;i to wrgt and northwest winds. Circulation Wednesday ll Non-Returnable il— LATE NEWS EDITION 24 PAGES. WILMINGTON. DELAWARE. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 1, 1922 TWO CENTS THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR. NO. 148 MURDER YOUTH, SHOT, HACKED THEN BURNED ■2 SLAIN IN MEXICO CITY NIGHT RIOTING mum AS BASIS OF Its Value Stressed at Con ference of Educators This Morning VICE-PRES. COOLIDGE AFTERNOON SPEAKER / < ■■■ vi. 1 4* TV WgL « . ... , , . I of V Ml HOV CALVIN coolidgf. Vice-President United I the States, who is to address the Asso ciation ot Colleges and Preparatory Schools this afternoon. of Higher rating of eh|racrer as contrasted wlrh scholarship, still 1 further development of student »elf- , govemment and the "honoring" in fares »ed by speaker« at the opening and Preparatory Schools of the Mld , die States and Maryland which be- ■ gan here today. The convent.on is being held at • ■j * ly "X % * »1 j. ' •s'V' I ^ - * «sas DK. WILLIAM M. IRVINE Headmaster of Mercersburg Arad and president of the Associa Preparatory emy, lion of College# and Schools. the Tower Hill School snd Is in tended by more than 4«0 of the lead Thl« ( morning's session was held In lhe. main hall of the echool, but Ibis [ afternoon the entire membership 1 motored to Lonwood, the magnlfl cent estate of I*. S. duPont, .near Red Lion, where Vice-President Cal vin Coolldge will deliver an address, It would be difficult to conceive nt a more auspicious start than that given the convention this morning. declared by t largest In the organiza i on's history. So crowded was the main hall of Tower Hill that extra scut« had to he provided on the plat-, '""V n " ,0re 1 " '"tir Wiliam M Irvine, headmaster MavorîeRov r H S arvêy who welcomed tite risiUng deVe^tes. put the entire East. ing educators of the The attendance, was some the mblage into lino fettle by con wlth a «aluta The Mayor's display asse eluding his address tion In Latin, ot erudition quite took the educa (Contlnued on Page Ten) TODAY'S TEMPERATURE At The Evening Journal Office. 12.01 P. M.. .47 1.00 P. M ...68 8.00 A. M.. .41 10.00 A. M...47 SUN AND TIDE .7.03 A. M. . . . .. .4.35 P. M. Sun rises ... Sun sets ... Head of Christiana. High water..9.50 A. M. 10.15 P. M. Low water .. 4.40 A. M. 6.1c P. M .| LOST. i'ltllaied Pen. LOST—Gold Fountain \V." Reward If returned to clect-3t. "L. M. Evening Journal Off e AContinucd ca I'age Twenty-threo.Ji—Adv. The Tiernans J fe m the' : h. ' 4 i •Sri»? I other man with being the father of hr child. However the Judge who had granted the Tjqrnan divorça act the decree aside upon hearing of the latond mar riage, and Tiernan returned to hie first wife. Th** Tinmans are reconciled. They may accept & t»r * i I A m. A. j. 1 Mrs. Blanche Brimmer, above, recently became the bride of John P. Tiernan (lower right), former Notre Dame law professor, who was thestar , witness for his wife. Augusta Tiernan (lower left), in a suit charging an ■ NEWCASTLE BOX GUNNING VICTIM John H. Bungy, Aged 19, Accidentally Shoots Him self Through Heart BROTHER WITNESS TO ACCIDENT NEW CASTLE. Dec. 1.—The first Special to The Evening Journal. serious gunning accident of th> sea son in this vicinity occurred yester day morning, when John Henry Bungy. aged, 10. accidentally shot and kill'd himself while enroute for the marshes. Bungy had just gotten into his Ford automobile, after re pairing one of hia tires and In at tempting to shift thf position of hi gun. it was discharged, the load of «hot entering hi# breast, instantly He died Bungy. with his brother. Jam's Thomas Bungy, Charles Coleman and his brother-in-law. Samuel Jackson, had left, home about 4.3« o'clock. and started for the gunning ground. Aa t hey neared Fifth and Soutli streets, a tire blew out. They stopp ?d nn d changed the tire, and it while preparing to start again that [he accident happened. The load of shot went clear (hrough his body. lodging near his backbbne. passing through his heart. Just as Bungy was getting into Ih « rar ),ls brother, Thomas asked j. [ h p gun was loaded. Bungy stated h „ 1ho „ R ht It was and started fo mak? the change. The muzzle of tho! Run W as about * inches from his rhpat „ wh „, hP shp „ w „ „ plod , rt (Con tinued on Page Tb.r,een.i .. . xiafirpio, , /All/PDC MA.ILSTH I.0FVERS DTE AN RFfORD CHUM UVC/Ai> liE/LUKU NEW YORK, Dec. i (United Pr„ s) The White Star liner Ma Jestie, largest ship In the world, has established a new speed record for crossing the Atlantic, according io reports reaching here today. The Majestic, which left her?! Nov. 25. arrived in Cherbourg, France, today, making the trip in five days, six hours and 13 minutes, an overage of 24.59 knots an hour. The previous record, made by the Cunarder Mauretania last summer, was flve days, 8 hours and nine mln utes. The Majestic was fitted with three new propellers Just before Its trip. Pencils. Pen«. Eng. Free. Brofsky's, S23 Mkt. Everaharp tVatermnn T MIZES ASH FOR NEW TRIAL Court to Pass on Motion Probably on Next Monday SON SHOCKED BY GUILTY VERDICT When a jury returned a verdict in CCtirt of General Sessions Wed adjudging Abram E. Frantz and his son. How Dr. afternoon nesday ard R. Frantz, guilty ot conspiring with Henry B. Hook, to procure for ,he Public■ interest has lered for several month». Tho Jury. In its verdict, mended the two Frantre# t them selves |7.Snt) in the purchase of the Davis garbage Incinerator, it | brought to a close a case in which ! been cen rerom o the Robert (î. Har mercy man. who put up a stubborn legal fight on behalf of the doctor and , ljs aon a ^ ke(i for an arrest of judg •ed for a new trial. nient and m This move delays imposition of sen te nce for at least four days, the time allotted for the filing of rea was'sons for a new trial. The Jury' deliberated an hour and aml received the verdict. Howard Frantz, when the fore 1 h>an announced the Judgment, plain • ,howpd IL FZ , "J '" 0 "' " , ™ ly ;.' l ' PU clerk nf ihe pottre o.IM he roil Sîc t *f'«û"w^.nîlo!!^. he covered his eyes with his hand and SZl» tïÂK Mr ''arm.-.r, the latter nodded and arose and made his motion for a thirty-live minutes before agreeing en Its verdict. Judge Rice, who. with Chief Justice PennewllI and Judge Harrington, presided throughout the three days' trial, was on the bench He a", 0 "! The fria^Mon^'y aftranoon ^ h en°he entered a plea of nolo con tend(>rp a p,«*. equivalent to a plea ! He became a State's wit e(w aad testified against his al ; , eapd 00 . 00 n«pirators, T he story as gathered from the j evidence at the trial was: T he Nye garbage incinerator had been found unsatisfactory by the 1 c n v and plans wre gotten under procure a more efficient j ! way | plant, to Howard R. Frantz, then secretary , ! of the Board of Health. Invited the Garbage Furnace Company, : Davis 1 | (Continued o;i Pa K o Thirteen) X. C. WAFFLES. Nobis Cafeteria. 9th St, Entrance Wll. Savings Fund Bldg.—Adv. 1 * , I L OBIT THRONE Of GREECE TO END KIELINGS King Hopes Thereby to Pre vent Court-Martial of Prince Andrew, Mark ed for Death TURKS-BUEGAR ATTACK REPULSED ATHENS. Dec. 1 (United Press). (—Former Premier Venizelos today forecast a Greek republic as the with dlssentlon trials and executions of war country wps torn over 'T.ho people are ripe for« repub-'Not lie." he wrote friends In letters made public here. ■ Tiirk-Rulgar insurrectionist nut breaks in Schin added to the tur- ; moil with which the revolutionary j government finds itself enveloped. ' The revolutionists attacked Greek troops who repulsed them after kill Thirteen of the ing twenty-eight. in events and as a protest against I .. at | „ e ,,tlon«. has offered to , abdll . atP The offer was made 1 m mediate!* after he learned that the prHive would be v##d. • Princess -kite, a-r!v«d la lead tha Turk-Bulga rs later executed. taken prisoner« were A dozen or more powerful Influ- j •nee* were at work today to pre- ; vent the execution of Prince An- ' drew, brother of former King Con stantine. and (other '(®»r guilty" yet to be tried and sentenced Prince Andrew's eourtmartial will begin shortly. It was announced. King George, fearful of the turn husband, j her I defense of Andrew. She is n sister of Dord Douis Mount batten of England. I ! »' ' I PHIDADEDPHIA. Dec. 1.—(Unit rd Press)—Two men are,d»«d two are dying in a hospital as the result of two revolver duels, one fought in a house early today the other on the streets late last night. The dead are: ( 2 DEAD, 2 DYING AFTER HOLIDAY ROW Edward Brown. 35 and Jesse Wil liams a Negro. The wounded are; William Ahearn. 28, and Charles Sutton, 46. Brown engaged In an argument was with Williams, whose wife cleaning house after a Thanksgiving The Noèro drew a revolver party. and emptied it into Brown's chest. A« Brown sank to the floor he drew his revolver and shot through the heart. William# • n j Sutton and Ahearn engaged in a revolver duel in the street after altercation. WOULDN'T BUY fOAT, ATTACKED, SHE SAYS * !ly leave the house, leaving the coat behind. A f?w minutes later Joeephl^o Humeslstein ia said to have entered the house and laid claim to the piece, of wearing apparel. Charges that have been made by Mrs. Margaret Rudy. 6«5 East Twen ty-serond Humelatein came to her home and. after trying to persuade her to buy an overcoat that he had for sale, attacked her. ^ that Benjamin street. •ream# of the woman nr# The sai(I t0 have caused the man to hast ed on charges of assault and battery and peddling without a license and Joseph on a charge of peddling with- s As a result, Benjamin was arrest McEUMOYLE ACCEPTS EEKT0N CHURCH CAUL ^KT.KTON^Md.,''Dec." 1 —Dr. John MoBUnoyle. who about two years! ouatpd ;us P« top °5 ,hP Klkton Presbyterian Church by ac ,lon ** f ' he Presbytery of New Cas t!e ,ias a«'»Pted the call recently, unanimously cgtended to him by the congregation ot the church to re -1 turn ns pastor. The call was ex -1 tended by the congregation two weeks ago. Dr. McEImoyie will preach at both] Services tomorrow and it is under-1 •111 take up his duties as reg -1 There is con stnnd ular pastor at once. slderabie speculation as to what the next more of the Presbytery of New Uustio will be In the matter. For Clover Dairy Safe Milk phone 1540-1541*-—Adv,^ I FIRE BREAKS BP MEXICAN ITER RIOTS Mob of Thirst-Crazed Men and Women Shot Down After Attack on Mu nicipal Palace DEATH LIST MAY GO TO HIGH FIGURE By FREDERICK G. NF.UMIER United Press Staff Correspondent (Copyright, 1922, by United Press Association.) MEXICO CITT. Der 1 i* a m> — aince the "tragic ten day*" of 1913 has Mexico City presented such ■ a bloody aspect as dawn revealed this morning after a night of san ; j »binary rioting, ' The ria.rg eun gleamed shambles on the historic Zocalo, he fore the portals of the smoke-grim ed. flame-scorched municipal pal upon a groups of men striving for power. I L* at „ighfe battle wn. between a , horde of thirst crazed workmen w;th | , t few woniîn. chauffeur and others coadpd to frenzv because the cHy • water mrrttffr Wad failed and the soldlen who stood between the mob Bllt the ace Estimates of the dead ranged as j low as twelve and as high as thirty, ; There was no telling accurately at ' the hour of filing this dispatch as many of the dead had been borne away by their frlende and many of the scores of wounded will die. j *n d the municipal pabice. (results were the sam buzzing hul I lets, groans, walls, flames and blood. ! Early in the evening Ihe throng (formed. The people were angry Agitators mounted soap boxes and denounced municipal officials fer permitting the water plant to he flooded, which resulted in putting (the city on rations—water for one hour daily. 'Take over the government and I r u n j; yourself' Ihe speakers told [he c.owd. [j on n f the city officials, city hail." ( ■pemand the reeigna Sei** the The people grew more excited and Anally began surging In the direc tion of the municipal palace. As they moved along, «tones crashed (Continued on face Thirteen.) GROVES RUN OVER BY HIS OWN CAR Harry V. («roves, colored. 51. Sharon Hill, Pa., yesterday, was down by his own machine, having attempted to crank the car without shutting off th# bruised when ru power. He wa« sent to the Delaware Hospital in the; polire ambtlanee. The car after running down Groves collided with an automobile Police Sergeant owned by former Donohue, badly damaging his car. Mr. Donohue al?o sustained si ght injuries. I Twice William Jones. Negro, call ^ ambulance to take him to a Jt al last night and on each oc ra „j 0n the ombulàme crew found nol ju hut suffering from the DRUNK, HE CALLED AMBULANCE, FINED effects of ton much liquor. Then At'iillam got with Frank Jack had him arrested on a charge ot breach of Ihe peace. Judge Hastings. In Municipal Court this morning, fined the Ne-, $ 1 « and costs on the breach of into trouble and the latter *ro the peace charge. 'll A DAY'S TILL U 9 PO VOUC f S VoPPlto EAgLY sax JUST TwcMTV rOoX MOi?E C8W« la GO, amp taev wiu keep u« aoppuo TO(?OPTHE TWEWIV f OdZ HlECEACfe l fejT TwYMTv POS OUU "SHOPP; MG J \ _ e-cc y MURDER VICTIM, SHOT, CHOPPED; CORPSE THEN OIL-SOAKED AND BURNED Jury I indicates Mrs. Hall I m # * » 8 I * .'■- j E WF Q . \ *» : .V ? & A r ■ f i a TM ! » I dered New Brunswick (N. J.). rector, left the courthouse after hearing that the grand Jury hsd refuaed to indict anyone for ihe slaying of her husband and Mrs. Mills. Mra. Halt is shown here with her attorney. With nerve unshaken. Mra. France# Stevens Hall, wlf# of the mur Timothy Pfeiffer. INQUIRE ANEW INCREASE PRICE INTO MURDERS -. _ , .. -, ,, . Both MfS. Hall and Mill? \v; - r\ I r* ■ kg ^ Duïl CfiïTie MVS terv Solved ICI y «3U1VCU I —Invstigation int t he official TOWNSFOLK ARE FAR FROM HOPEFUL whi.-h j k« hi® firnc*®«! alon* n down by the| nn l hy Roth and private effort# arc to | mart at once into the ran# for eleven w NEW BRC'NSWÎCK, X. J., Pee. t. th> murder of Kd ward W Mall H. Mil# j# at an end. Rev. Kleanor M r#. mean# n » the nff din-! until it was th Grand Jury last Tuesday. James Mills, husband of slain choir singtr, topped his meagr» Thanksgiving tier T. Edge and man. prosecutor of Somerset, to -ink them to exert th*ir efforts toward solving the case and bringing the guilty person or persons to Justice. Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall, while appreciably relieved of the strain of the last eleven weeks, also is deter mined to push investigation through private channels, and through her eounsel. Timothy N. Pfeffer, an nounced t 1 m t every effort will ho made to discover the parlies guilty of the murder of her husband, the ISev. Edward W. Hall, and the sing to Azariah M. Beek : er. Yesterday was a day of célébra tlon In the Hall home. In direct con - j raiir fo t j, e Thanksgiving celebrat ed by Mills and hi# son. Danny, 32. Mrs. Hall had dinner with Miss Sally Peters, her steadfast companion, and Willie Stevens. No other rela live was present. In the morning Mrs. Hall went! for a walk alone in the vicinity of her home. Later she returned for dinner and to open the karge num (Continued on Page Thirteen.) 1 j COL. J. T. LAYFIELD SUFFERS STROKE Colon#! John T. Layteld. one of the best known «tired conductor# of the Delaware Division of the Penn ; i with parai>*s.#i at hi# home 306 Concord avenue. last Monday night, shortly after retiring, and is now in a serious condition. Colonel I.ayfleld, who will he 84 years old December 15. was retired from active service thir prominent' He is a member of the Maryland Society. Colonel and Mrs. Layfleid were married 54 years ago last February MOOSE CIRCLE BAKE RALE The Woman's Loyal Moose Circle No. 1 will hold a bake sale tomor row at 1814 Church street. Home made cakes, bread, pies, and rolls will be offered. The affair will -ill con teen years ago. Colon#! Layfleid i# a Democrat, one of hi# diversions was; attending: of that party'# conven lions. open at 10 o'clock and linue throughout the day. ; VICTROI.AS—RECORDS Cash or credit. Short's, 8 West Fourth. Phone 4426.—Adv. t OF ANTHRACITE - — ... 30 and Ö5 Cents a Ton Add j , r\_ . c . cd tO DofTICStlC SlZCS TodaV 1 uuay 12.2 CENTS ADDED AT MINE MOUTH rite ton to the price of a.l grades, sxcept |>^a ronl. S.xty-flv# cents wan added, to :he prive of pea coal. The new price# a# announced to -1 Following th® etatement of Commltte# of Anthracite^ coal operator# of Pennsylvania ye# terday adding 12 2 « eTTt® a toji to the prie*» of coal nt the mine#, coal dealer# here today added 50 cent# a fîeneral day ace- Egg. stove and nut, « 14.26 a ton; pea. 111.65. ! Tho 12.2 Incrojae in prices at the mines Is due to the recent decision „ of lh « 8u P rem « Court of th,> 1 nl,ed State#, upholding the Pennsylvania| ,co«l tax law of the 14 per cent of ,the value of each ton of prepared •anthracite produced at the mine#. While the tax law became opera live July. 1S2I, the operators have not been forced to pay the tax to the State pending Anal deeialon on the «ult brought by them and a num ber of Eastern States. The ine-ease wili represent the cost of -lie :sx to the producer, and in some c«*e«, pin,. the cost f additional clerical fores Haseil on the t able of prepared coal produced ln 1 » 21 . the tax • mounts to an aggregate of $6.643,-, *61, or 12.2 cent# a ton which th# opemtor# contend they mum have t branch of their account«. tak# care of that The $275 «00 bond issue for erection ot a new school in the Clay mont special school district, was delivered by Harris Forbes and Company, investment brokers of CLAYM0NT SCHOOL UNDER WAY SOON Philadelphia on Wednesday. The bonds total $271.915.42. They will he deposited to the credit of the Cl ay mom school dbftrict in the Farmer#' B.mk in this city, Bid® for :h 9 construction of the, ncw # r houl are being advertised and b# opened on January 8 . Work h u nd;ng theschoolwI.il begin as „, ön a., t he contract is awarded T he Delaware School Auxiliary is as listing in making plans for the s ,-hool. The school will »eat $50 pupils and will be 286 feet long by 6 8 feet There will be an auditorium] The school will be located on Franklin avenue. , SEE THE MOVIES TOMORROW Invitations to tho Movies are ex tended to six persons today through 0 ur Classified Advert ing Depart ment. Look through the classified a dvs. and if your name is there come (0 lb s Journal office and receive free tickets for two (war tax paid) ta ;he special production. Helene Chadwick, in "A Virgin Paradise," ■Sherlock wide, and gymnasium. «t the Majestic, and Holmes." at the Arcadia. Saturday night. See Page 23 today. Mundy Bros. Sell Furniture—Adv I Head of Unidentified Young White Man. Evidenlh Battered by Blond Marked Hatchet Found }ear Corpse in South IT ilmington. Shot Through Body Before Being Hacked. Jealousy Over Worn an M ay Have Prompted Fiendish Crime BELIEVE KILLING OF RECENT DATE While playing along the tracka ot Ihe Baltimore and Ohio epur in the rear of the Delaware Engineering Worke. South Wilmington, yratar day afternoon, hove found the badly mutilated body of an unidentified, white man lying In the weede of the marshy land. Dying about threa feet from ihe body was found a . _ _ __ was unrecogmiiable. The eyes and w,r ' hacked out andla part t > h « mlralng. The body was ,ull >" f'olhed exrep' In places where ««k>th 1 n# had been burned after having been oil soaked and flred. Captain of Detectives Beiuon at noon today admitted that the police have been unable to secure any elue by which they might hope to ascertain the identity of the young man. A possible du« to the identity of v I c,im comes from Penn'« Grove. The police of that town hare asked representative of the Journal to locate Ixnils Valero, an Italian bar ber. who has been missing from the «hop operated by Comey Gambia, on West Main street since last Sunday, }|(> |#ft [(J rUU wllmlnron on S un-I day and had not been seen o' he«rd from sine«. Coroner Bullock, who Is also con duC [i n g an independent investigation. said that he Is Just as much In tha dark as to the identity of the mur and ha man as any one, not hold an Inqueat for the will preoent. Captain Benson say» he is confi dent the murder was committed where tha body was found, giving on« rMlon f or [hat belief the finding of t n« bloody hatchet close by tha body, He ^ W) no , m an was raur dara( ] elsewhere and the bodv taken to th , p , ara where found, He say« a hole in the man's chest seem« to In d .o«te that haws« first shot, and the bIoort , lain ed hatchet that th. mur derer, finding his victim still living after being shot, completed the grue some task with the hatchet. Near the body, which had erident jy been saturated with oil and set on nr e, were found a hat purchased from a Market street store T'm man wore a pair of «hoes bearing a popu'ar trade mark. On the cloth ing was found a tag showing that th« clothes had recently been cleaned by a Somit Harrison street cleaner.. De tectives interviewed ail ot the per/* eons named but none were ablajtq (helped any light on the mystery, been ot a different size than the partially destroyed garment on the dead man, was found a short dis A blood atained vest, said to hs V« tsnee from where the body was found and has been taken to th« detective bureau. • This vest, of dark, striped leriai. was almost çut in pieces. d * nt: . v b Y * sharp knife, th# button# torn off * Ând lhe «arment aprinkltd with fresh blood. Th# dote ■ **• are mu evj. inclined to think thl« indicates that ,he murdered man and another, ,h e owner of the vest, had a fight near where the body was found, and that after finishing his victim with the hatchet the murderer threw the bloody, torn and cut garment away T«ar Its discovery might connect him with the crime. The body at the morgue was view pd by many persons this morning. and while most of them were direr pd by CU ,rl°*,wL »««*"( mnelîed ' to mailers raid they were ''"pelle* »• (Continued on Page Irt During November Coroner Bui.nek held eleven Inquests and conducted sixteen investigations of sudden deaths. INQUESTS LAST MONTH. I>. O. K. K. DANCE S»t. Eve . 9 to 12. Pythian Cast;«. THE KIMMEY ORCHE« Prizes. TKA.—Adv.