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PMta Prints 'All The News That's Fit To Print And Prints It First For Nearly A Century Has Set The Pace For Mississippi Journalism FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT JACKSON, MISS. THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 20, 1932 ESTABLISHED 1837. CANDIDATES oosevelt Tells Crowd' POTENT PEN PUSHERS POST POWERFUL PETITION 1 JURY FREES PURYEAR OF Accused Copiah Slayer Suicides; -Ambush Farmer Budget, Treasury To Stand Bonus Unable Payment James White Cuts Throat With Razor in Jail Cell at Natchez Democratic Nominee Reaffirms Statement of Last April That Present Conditions Preclude Possibility of Immediate Cashing NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 19. (JP) Pun-weary Shakespearean students at Tulane University chuckled today when they read a "home-made" alliterative gem which had been tacked on the campus bulletin board.

The notice announced that Dr. William T. Penfound, professor of Botany, had lost his fountain pen. It read: "Dr. Penfound has lost his new pen.

AH finders of new found lost pens please consult Dr. Penfound." Nominee Asks Wheeling Citizens if They Fear to Change Presidents PITTSBURGH, Oct. 19 A day of automobiling in the west Virginia hill country, climaxed by a demand to know of the citizens of Wheeling if they were 'afraid to change presidents, brought Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt back of Pittsburgh tonight for his first speech in Pennsylvania since he opened his presidential campaign.

The long drive over the winding roads took the democratic presidential candidate through almost a score of Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio towns where crowds clustered along the main streets. It was broken for lunch at Wheeling and a short address in the high school stadium on an island in the Ohio river. There his question that went shouting through the amplifiers to the crowd brought rolling back a chorus of "noes." The candidate asserted that the spectre of fear' had been placed before the people by the republican candidate and the republican speakers. 'You have been told that things might have been, worse and will be worse if I am elected to he said. 'But I say to you, 'yes, things might have been worse; indeed we all might have been destroyed.

But on the other hand remember that things might have been better, should have been better; and will be better with change of administra-tion on the fourth of Mr. aid the-f edersal reserve system 'the product of a had prevented complete collapse, and called the reconstruction finance corporation as much a democratic as a republican measure. 'We may fairly say that the two things which have saved things from being worse are both the result of the constructive foresight of the democratic party and its he said. The governor added that in the case of both institutions, the fundamental purposes and principles had not been carried out by the present' administration. He said, the Hoover administra tion "encouraged speculators, and strangled foreign markets by indefensible tariffs, and accomplished nothing for agricultural REPEAL OF 1911 ACT TO BE ASKED New York Representative Believes Reapportionment Act is Unconstitutional WASHINGTON, Oct.

19. VP) Representative O'Connor, N. announced today he would introduce a bill in December to re-enact the provision of the 1911 reapportionment act requiring that congressional districts be composed of "contiguous and compact territory." O'Connor, in a formal statement, said he would do this "in view of the surprising decision of the supreme court of the United States in the Mississippi congressional reapportionment case." ROOSEVELT AT PITTSBURGH ALL ADA EXCLUSION Independents All Acknowledge Sweeping Effect of Court Decision CONGRESSIONAL FRONT ABNORMALLY QUIET Whitiington's Statement Urges New Districting By Legislature With all independent candidates admitting their exclusion and leaving the field to; the regular democratic congressional nominees, Mississippi's political situation had subsided to an abnormal quiet yesterday. Making ready for what they term "one of the quietest sessions we ever held," members of the state democratic executive committee gathered in Jackson last night to carry out formalities that will write the final chapter in the state's political strife. Formal nomination ot fhe seven democratic congressional candidates as nominees from their respective districts is expected to be speedily carried out.

This will be followed, it is expected, by a resolution calling upon voters to stand by the party nominees and the national democratic ticket. Former Governor Theodore G. Bilbo and Congressman Will Collier led the way by offering to support the regular party nominees and declaring themselves ready to give up political civil war in the state to fight for the party's national ticket. Other candidates formerly running out of the fold likewise pulled down their colors during the day, leaving no one opposing the regular state ticket except the usual candidates who run on some kind of a republican ticket concerning which ticket, by the way. Secretary of State Walker Wood hasn't even decided what he will do with when it comes to issuing the ballots.

Although both the Lily Whites and the Black and Tans have been per? mitted to file their -entries for- the past two races, it has been hinted that maybe only 'one of the group will be given that privilege year although the secretary of state has made no formal announcement. Congressman W. M. Whittington broke the calm yesterday with a satement calling attention to the fact that the-decision of the United States supreme court vin- Continued on Page Ten) SEEK CLAIMS ON LEVEE DAMAGES Hearing For Levee Construction Case Before U.S.. Court NEW ORLEANS, Oct.

19. Hearing of two suits brought by the Orleans Dredging company against the government, involving damage claims totaling $3,000,000 for levee construction work north of Vicksburg, was begun here today before Commissioner Guilford S. Jamieson- of the United States customs court. The plaintiffs alleged they were compelled, in breach of contract, to reconstruct a project of the Beulah-Lake levee, 150 miles north of Vicksburg, and the Filter and Valewood levees, about 50 miles north of Vicksburg. Counsel for the government contend the relocation was in keeping with the contract requirements.

Hearing of testimony will consume several weeks, attorneys said. 28-Year Old The question cf ownership of 413 acres of land, now in what is known as the State Insane hospital tract northeast of the city has come to the fore with the filing in the chancery clerk's office of a deed to the property, executed in 1904, and now submitted for recording for the first time. The deed conveys, for a consideration of $3,994, the 413-acre tract to the late W. M. Anderson, a prominent, and well-to-do citizen of this city at the time the deed is dated.

It was filed by Harry M. Bryan, prominent Jackson attorney, in behalf of the widew of the late Mr. Anderson, who was Mr. Bryan's father-in-law. A greater part of the tract lies in Section 24, first district of Hinds county, and is situated north and east of the exclusive Woodland Hills subdivision, and -is now a very valuable tract of land.

It SIT KILLING Memphis Car Dealer Acquitted of Murdering Negro Intruder VERDICT REACHED AFTER 22 HOURS TV Accused Still Charges of Murdering Daughter MEMPHIS, Tenn Oct. 19 (JP) Stanley A. Puryear. was acquitted by a criminal court jury late today of a murder charge growing out of the axe murders of his wife and daughter, The 33 year old used car dealer was tried on an indictment charging him with slaying Will Jamison, a negro, to 'cover up the killings of his wife and daughter. He is still under indictment on charges of slaying Mrs.

Puryear and eight year old Aurelia Puryear. The verdict came after more than 22 hours after the jury be gan its deliberations and after the Jury foreman had reported the jurors as hopelessly deadlocked Criminal Judge Phil Wallace had directed them to continue their deliberations, refusing to enter a mistrial this morning. Puryear and her daughter were hacked to death as they slept in their home the morning of May 2. Shortly after the attacks upon them, the negro was fatally wounded. Puryear insisted that he killed the negro when he saw him leaving Mrs.

Puryear's bedroom with a bloody axe in his hands. Basing their case on the negro's dying statement that he was lured to the home and shot by Puryear upon, his arrival there and knew nothing of the axe slayings led to an investigation which resulted in Puryear indictment. Attorney General W. T. McLain sought to show that Puryear's infatuation for Alary Sunshine Walker, pretty led Puryear to plot his wife's death, but the defense introduced witnes-C (Continued on Page Ten) CAPONE HEARING AGAIN POSTPONED Hearing for Chicago Gangster is Put Off Until November 14 ATLANTA, Oct." 19 (JP) Al Ca- pone must wait another month to make his bid for freedom from the Atlanta federal penitentiary.

Federal Judge Marvin Underwood, faced by a congested court docket, today postponed until the wees or November 14 a hearing on the former Chicago beer baron's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Judge Underwood called a conference of attorneys representing Capone and the government and told them witnesses are here from all parts of the United States for a narcotic trial already under way and as a convenience to them, he had decided to postpone the Capone hearing. Assistant Attorney General A. G. Youngquist of Washington and District Attorney Dwight Greene of Chicago left for Washington soon after the postponement was announced.

On the same train with them were Capone's attorneys, William J. Hughes, and William E. Leahy. Before leaving, Leahy went to the prison to confer with Capone but refused to comment on the Interview. Capone is serving a 10 year sentence for violation of income tax law in 1926, 1927, and 1928.

He contends he is held illegally because of the statute of limitations. bank. The legislature by concurrent resolution No. 25 of originating in the house of representatives in 1904, confirmed the sale, and the sale of the land to Mr. Anderson ratified.

The deed was found among the papers of the estate only recently, it was understood yesterday, and was filed with the chancery clerk. Nothing could be forecast last night with regard to any legal proceedings which might be instituted to determine the owner of the plot the state has used, apparently for 28 years while a deed to a private citizen existed but was unrecorded. Governor A. H. Longino, in whose administration the sale occurred, said last night he recalled considerable controversy In connection with the sale of the lands.

He recalled that the sale had been criticized by a special committee of the House of Repres LAFOLLETTE J01SDEMS Wisconsin Senator Supports Party Candidates for, Major Offices' MADISON, Wis. Oct. 19 (JP) Progressive republicans were informed today by one of their foremost leaders, Senator Robert M. LaFollette, Jr. that he will vote in November for the democratic candidates for president and for Wisconsin's Junior United States senator and governor.

LaFollette is not a candidate, his term having two years to run. The announcement stated the LaFollette position on current politics, which was given an upheaval in Wisconsin by the vote In the primary which transferred republican party control from the progressive to the conservative element. "I do not see how any progressive can vote President Hoover," Senator LaFollette said in his announcement. "From the progressive point of view, Herbert Hoover has been wrong on every important issue which has arisen during his term of office "Governor Roosevelt has taken a position which indicates a willingness to cooperate with progressives (Continued on Page Ten.) LIBBY ASKING CLEARED NAME Accused Widow of Smith Reynolds; Wants Trial and Acquittal v' WINSTON-SALEM, N. Oct.

19. JP) Full exoneration of blame in the fatal shooting of Smith Reynolds, tobacco heir, was asked today by his accused widow, Libby Holman, the former Broadway torch singer, through her attorney as the latter awaited Solicitor Carlisle Higgins reaction to the Reynolds family's suggestion that murder charges be dropped. Benet Polikof the attorney, quoted the black-haired husky-throated defendant as saying she wanted the cloud over her created by her indictment, along with Albert Walker, Winston-Salem youth, "lifted permanently Refusing to reveal the whereabouts of Mrs. Reynolds, Polikof said he had talked with her by tlephone after a letter had been made public in which W. N.

Reynolds, uncle and co-guardian of Smith, had written Higgins that the family would be "quite happy" if the cases were dropped. Higgins said he had been too busy with other court duties to give the suggestion of Mr. Reynolds serious consideration as yet. He indicated it would probably be some time before he would make an announcement of his decision. Polikof said Mrs.

Reynolds wanted the case definitely settled. He explained to her, he said, that if Solicitor Higgins should decide to nol pros the charge it could be revived at anytime in the future. "However," he said, "if the solicitor decides upon that action, there is nothing the defense can do about' it." All along he has insisted Mrs. Reynolds was eager for a trial, as soon as possible in order to get (Continued on Page Ten) Land Filed entatives and hod been defended in a rebuttal report of the board of trustees. Dr.

Chris Herbert of Jackson, only surviving member of the board of trustees at the time land sale was made, told The Clarion-Ledger last night he did not remember the details of the sale. He said he would investigate the minutes cf the trustees meetings of 1904 before making a statement. The minutes were not available last night. Members of the board of hospital trustees with Dr. Herbert were, John Evans, Logan Phillips, R.

E. Gayden, W. R. Stewart. Veteran political observers of the period recall that the land sale to Mr.

Anderson aroused bitter controversy at the time. The 1904 deed to the property was signed by trustees, R. E. Gayden, W. R.

Stewart, and Logan Phillips, all of whom are Dock Bedwell, Father of 15, Slain in Marion County Feud Outbreak COLUMBIA, Oct. 13 Dock Bedwell, 46, farmer of Marion county, was shot from ambush and killed before noon today near his home, ten miles north of Columbia. The body was found by C. I. Ross, a rural mail carrier eleven o'clock.

The tragedy was reported to Sheriff -J. Foxworth who, with Justice of the Peace Jeff White went to the scene and Immediately empaneled an inquest jury which examined the surroundings, and adjourned to resume inquiries at the county court house Thursday morning. Examination of the body indicated that Bedwell was shot from the left side with a heavy charge of large buckshot, of which penetrated the heart. Bloodstains indicated that the injured man walked several yards after receiving the fatal shot. His pistol was laying: on the ground nearby but had not been discharged.

Mr. Bedwell was an industrious farmer and is said to have had trouble in the recent past but no clue has been unearthed that may lead to the identity of the slayer. Surviving are the wife and fifteen sons and daughters, three of whom are married, and the youngest a tot of nineteen months. The mother, seven brothers and three sisters also survive. MILLS MAKES PARTYjIGHT Secretary of Treasury Again Campaigning for Hoover Re-Election BALTHIOHE, Oct.

19 VP) Discussing Speaker Garner's recent campaign speech. Secretary Mills tonight told an audience here that In the course of two weeks the democratic house voted practically to double the expenditures for the fiscal year 1933, to unbalance the budget on a scale which would have threatened the credit of the government. Mills opened his address by-referring to last Friday's speech of the democratic vice presidential nominee. venture to say, without fear of contradiction, the treasury secretary continued, 'that in the long history of American congresses the linancial reoord of the democrats house of representatives during the last session of the congress is the worst ever made. They passed a bill to start the (Continued on Page Ten.) MISSISSIPPI Thursday, partly cloudy, colder in north and west portions Friday, partly cloudy, colder in southeast portions.

Louisiana Partly cloudy, colder in north and west portions Thursday; Griday partly cloudy, somewhat colder in southeast portions. Alabama Fair, colder in northwest portion Thursday: Friday partly cloudy, colder in south and west portions. Extreme Northwest Florida-Fair Thursday; Friday partly cloudy, somewhat colder. Arkansas Partly cloudy, colder Thursday; Friday partly cloudy. Weather bureau records of temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours ending 8 p.

Wednesday in the principal cotton growing areas and elsewhere: llirh Low Rain Jackson 82 53 Atlanta 75 53 Birminghanx 83 55 Chicago 63 53 Denver 50 24 Jacksonville 80 64 Little Rock 84 58 Memphis 82 64 Meridian 84 56 New Orleans 82 65 New York 62 53 .01 Vicksburg 80 60 MISSIS S1PPI RIVER FIcod Prest 24-Hour Stage Stage Chanee 30 0.4 fall 35 2.8 0.2 fall Station St. Louis Memphis Helena 44 4.0 0.2 fall 43 4.7 0.4 fall 45 6.4 0.2 fall 46 6.6 0.3 fall 45 6.7 0.3 fall 35 4.1 0-3 fall 28 3.6 0.2 fall 22 1.8 03 fall 17 1.9 0.0 Arkansas City Vicksburg Natchez Angola. Eaton Rouge Dcnaldsonville Reserve New Orleans LEA MUST GO INTO PRISON Supreme Court in North Carolina Closes Last Avenue of Hope RALEIGH, N. Oct. 19 VP) The North Carolina supreme court late Way closed the last avenue of hope in the state courts for Luke Lea.

Luke Lea, and Wallace B. Davis to escape sentences for conspiracy to violate the state banking laws in connection with the failure of the $17,000,000 Central Bank and Trust company of Asheville. Granting a state's motion to docket and dismiss the second appeals of the three defendants on the grounds they were "without merit, the court paved the way for the issuance of commitments by the Buncombe county clerk of court to imprison the elder Lea and Davis. Edwards Murray, Clerk, said unless he was otherwise ordered the action would be certified tomorrow to the clerk of the lower court, calling for the issuance of the commitments. What effect a motion for a writ of certiorari by the Leas and Davis for a review by the U.

S. supreme court, now pending before that court will have on the immediate serving of the commitment papers by the Buncombe county sheriff was a question being discussed here tonight by attorneys for the Leas and Davis, The elder Lea. Tennessee tub- lisher and financier end former U. S. senator, and Davis, who was president of the Central Bank, one of the largest In North Carolina until its collapse In 1930, face prison terms of six to ten years.

Lea, In his early twenties, faces the alternative of paying a $25,000 fine or serving one to three years in prison. NEGRO FUGITIVE SEEN AT GRAVE Hunted Tate Negro Tried Old Superstition to Fool Bloodhounds SENATOBIA, Oct. 19. enerirr c. A.

Williams and a posse tonight learned that Jesse Williams, 40, negro, sought on a murder charge, was last seen Sun day kneeling over the grave of his rather and placing dirt from the grave in his shoes on a superstition that it would throw ths bloodhounds off of his track. Williams is sought on a murder charge in connection with the fatal wounding last Sunday cf the sheriff's son, Jeff Walker Williams, 23, who was slain after he had arristed the negro in connection with a robbery case. Trial of the negro shifted to savage, where Sheriff Williams and a posse searched tonight. Three negroes were slain by a posse Monday in a shooting fray which occurred when negroes denied the searchers permission to search their house. Negro witnesses who saw Williams at the grave said he left on horse back.

His- horse was later found three miles west of the cemetery. PETROLEUM RATE CASES ON DOCKET Louisiana Public Service Commission to Hear Appeal for Rate Revision BATON ROUGE, Oct. 13. (JP) Two cases involving petroleum product freight rates, considered of vital importance to the oil industry, and an application of the Shreveport chamber of commerce for revision of intrastate freight rates on sugar are included among matters set for hearing by the Louisiana public service commission in New Orleans November 3. The hearing was announced late today at the commission offices.

NATCHEZ, Oct. 19 James White, 30, truck farmer of Copiah county, accused of the murder of his brother-in-law, Clem Mullens, 35, Natchez salesman, Wednesday afternoon at 5:45 clock committed suicide in his cell at the Ad ams county Jail by slashing his tnroat with a razor blade, which he had been using to shave himself since his confinement to the county prison Monday. Before cutting his throat. White wrote a note to his -yife and other relatives. The letter to Mrs.

White was as follows: -Dear Ruby and Babies: Will drop you a few lines to let you know how I am. These lines leave me with fear. Have not eaten anything since I came here. Please come to see me this afternoon without fail. Love to all.

Please come. And it was signed by the accused slayer. White leaves his wife and six children. JUDGE BATTLE PROCEEDING Emphatic Affirmation and Denials Come From Rival Sides WASHINGTON. Oct.

19 (Senator Norris assertion that Secretary Doak suggested a federal Judgeship for Donald R. Richberg. railroad labor attorney, during discussion oi a charge of a compromise on the anti-injunction bill was denied today by the cabinet member, reiterated fey Norris and affirmed- by Richberg. Doak called the Nebraska Senator "a professional character assassin." He termed the allegation, "utterly false" and said "there was even no circumstances. hi connection with any such statement could have been based.

Richberg, in Topeka, Kansas, said Norris assertions were "absolutely accurate. Advised of the secretary's denial Norris said in Saginaw, Michigan: "Certainly he would deny it. What else could he do in the face cf such an accusation?" Norris. who is campaigning as an independent republican for Governor Roosevelt, said in his speech last night at Cleveland that the ad ministration had shown "unrelenting opposition" to the bill to pre vent use of injunctions against strikers and accused the republicans (Continued on Page Ten) DENIES REHEARING FOR MURDER CASE Contractor. Must Meet Death in Lethal Gas Chamber CARSON CITY, Oct.

19 VP) The state supreme court today denied a petition for a rehearing of the murder' case of Everett T. Null alias John Hall, former Morgan-town, N. contractor, under sentence of death for the slaying of John C. O'Brien at Las Vegas. N.

last year. Only through executive clemency can he now avoid being put to death in the lethal gas chamber here. A date -for his execution is to be set soon by the Clark county district court. Mull sought the rehearing on technical grounds after his original appeal for a new trial had been denied by the supreme court. He admitted the slaying, but contended the deed had lacked all the elements of deliberation and premeditation necessary to a first degree, murder, charge.

ATTE3IPT ASSASSINATION BUDAPEST, Hungary, Oct. 19. (JP) An attempt to assassinate former Premier Stephen Bethlen was made In a law court this Count Bethlen resigned as head of the ministry last August 19, after 10 years service. He was succeeded by Count Julius Karolyi. REDUCE VALUATIONS NEW YORK.

Oct. 19. JP Following a course adopted by many other large corporations, the United Fruit company today announced that it will reduce the book value of its properties "to what are considered conservative present day valuations." FORBES FIELD, ritUburjh, In a spewch assailing fiscal policies cf tha administration and pfcdcln? himself to a program of pov-ernmental economy, Franklin D. Roosevelt told thousands of persons In a baseball park tonight that he did not see how a government could consider anticipating bonu payments until It had a balanced budget with cat.li in the treasury. The democratic presidential candidate made his bonus statement In the form of an assertion that he had given his views last April and that his mind on the subject had not been changed since.

Pittsburgh Oct. 19. D. Roosevelt tonight pledged himself to a propram of governmental economy, pointed to a beer tax as a method of avoiding new levies, and said his views on the bonus question had not changed since last April. Referring in a speech at Forbes Field to a recent declaration by Calvin Coolidge that an early word from the, democratic presidential candidate on the bonus question would have steadied business, Mr.

Roosevelt said his views on the subject had been given last April and had been widely quoted since then. Repeating the April statement, the governor' added: "I said: I do not see how as a matter of practical sence a government runninj behind two billion dollars annually can consider the anticipation of bonus payment until it has a balanced budget, not only on paper, but with a surplus of cash In the treasury. Mr. Roosevelt accused the administration of "concealment and 11110 which he said had prevented congress from balancinj the budget. In his exposition of his views on governmental economy, jhe candidate said: "Before any man enters my cabinet he must give me a two fold pledge of "Absolute loyalty to, the democratic platform and especially Its economy plank.

"Complete cooperation with me, looking to economy and reorganization of his Continuing, he said he hoped that it would not te "to increase the present scale of taxes, and I call definite attention to the fact that as soon as the democratic platform pledge is cnaoled into legislation modifying the Volstead act, a source iof new revenue amounting to several hundred millions of dollars a year will be made available toward the balancing of the budget. "I refer specifically to a federal tax on beer which would be laissd through the sale of beer In those states and those states only which by state law allow the sale of beer. "At the same time I reiterate the simple language of the democratic platform which opposes the return of the Mr. Roosevelt said the budget was not balanced at the present time "and the whole Job must be done over again at the next session of congress. "No one who will take the trouble to read that speech cthe recent one by Speaker Garner) will doubt that the patriotic determination of a willing congress to balance this budget at any cost was frustrated by the same kind of concealment and vacillation that produced the staggering deficits of the years ending June 30.

1931 and 1332," he sail. The New York governor saw the treasury statement at the end of the first quarter cf fiscal year (Continued on Page Ten) ABE MARTIN CROSSING- SSk Squire Marsh Swallow says that two-thirds th couples who git a divorce still love one another, but hain't got th' price put It over. Lots o' folk applaud at highbrow concert that don't want an encore. 1 IVX KRI-l fJML v-v Deed For Valuable State lies inside the proven area of the Jackson gas field, and its possibilities of commercial gas and oil production makes the acreage dovbly valuable. The tract has been drilled by Mrs.

Ella Rawls Reader within the last few years, with reported showings of both gas and oil. The tract is a portion of the old Hildreth place, which is situated on both sides of the old Canton read. It was purchased from the Hildreths by the board of trustees cf the insane hospital for a price understood to be about $3700. The legislature later decided the trustees did not have proper authority to acquire the land, and the board then informed the legislature it had a purchaser for the property, and that his certified check for the amount the trustees had paid, plus six percent interest, along with a deed to him, was in escrow in a local Jackson 9s To Welfare Drive.