Florence Morning News from Florence, South Carolina • 1

4 GOOD M0RNIH6! raK '7Se News of the World on LORENCE TUESDAY MORNJNC EBRUARY 16 1926 mt ram it i hat this voiident in the action by which has been era Countess of 'Cathcart was In 1095 nYnwiewnH cfvaO 4t" fl it' a AUTHORITIES PLEASED TO BE RID HIM Catholics Warned Last Week irst Move Made Against Protestants WORK TO BEGIN ON NEW WELL vr CAPTAIN GEORGE RIED AND VALIANT CREW HONORED AS HEROES UPON ARRIVAL MRS JOHN McEWEN TAKES HER OWN LIE Ono reason why legislators are slow in passing road bills is that they want to get in debt as deep as North Carolina who issued a 100 million dollar road bond issue They stop to Jhink that bonds are in great demand up north VOL XXXI NO 283 PRONOUNCED EARTH SHOCK RECORDED violatlnti Ainomr them wnrn Peacock and Rastus Rob colored and 13 Smith Various amounts of whls AU of the defendants bond in tho sum of I2U0 Everything is in readiness for the get to gether meeting and banquet of lorence business and professional men at the At lantic Coast Line restaurant at 8 tonight Sale of the tickets for the banquet has been most gratifying the committee reports and there is every 'indi cation of a large attendance While the committed has been actively engaged in disposing of the tickets they can also bo pro cured at tho Chamber of Com merce and all tflio have i not been supplied are requested to COUNTESS CATHCART AT ELLIS ISLAND HOPED PAST DEAD OR SAKE WASHINGTON eb 15 (A1) A pronouncrj earthquake ihock was recorded on tho sahuiograph nt Georgetown University last night beginning at 10:00 nnd last ing two hours and a half i Director Tondorff placed the max imum severity of the quaks al from 10:1 to in21 The distance wua 1000 mile from Washington In southerly direction for a walk along the beach thorailing child was clasped In his grandmother's arms clutching In tiny hud now teddy ftwi The last issue sold at an interest rate of only 4:80 Our sister state really has legislated 'herself into prosperity The increasirg value of the bonds indicate that their property values have enhanced tremendously Earl of Craven Safe in Can ada When Arrest War rant Is Issued Xu Buy Your Hem? Tqws LORENCE: HAS nnucuvv(' JICIY IUUIUHiry telephone Cl today rtser Qf theiChamber of Commerce vations and 5 1 pulzbacher recently ipanr elected president will: be intro C' duced METHOIIISTS ME OBCEB TO LEAVE MEXICM SCHOOL Montreal eb Tho Earl of Carven named as co re BERLIN eb Gro ver Bergdoll under arrest on the charge of impairing the mor als of a minor faces the possibi lity of deportation foreign offi cials indicated today if the gov ernment decides ho is an "ob jectionable The federal authorities how ever aro not likely1 to take a hand until the Baden authorities who have in charge conclude their secret in vestigation and tobtain a convict ion The government would not care where ho goes but would escorted by a military guard ever frontier he cho je It hni been learned that held under the sec tion of the code dealing with crimes against under I4yearp of age' Conviction on this count carries a penitentiary sentence gf from one to ten years for each offense without tho op tions of fine The minister of justice at Karl seuhe has clamped tha lid of secrecy ordering tho jailers and tho attorney 'to say nothing Not even relatives who scoff at the charges aro allow ed to visit the prisoner This Is a uD ASSOCIATED PRESS Newspaper leaves will soon be coming Lack Now is the time to plant new little trees and experience tho joy very soon of seeing them greet the springtime with new little leaves The lorence Park Commission is making it very to your premises for tlie new Meason LORENCE BUSINESS MEN TO HEAR 0 KEUSTER TONIGHT vw rtl City Police orce Alter Bootleggers While searching for whiskey late yesterday 'afternoon chief McIver and plainclothcsmen Worrtll and Johnson flushed a covey of ten gamblers and suc ceeded in rounding thorn all In the police station All were lat er released on bonds I ranging from J10 to $25 Tho men' it wax stated had just been paid off by the Atlantic Coast Lino and showed no lack of funds Tho police officers have in tho past few days made several ar resm on prohibition charges uaisy inson white dunce posted each Earl of Craven Escapes Into Canada Ex love Mate Held Ik PALM' BEACH la eb Count Ludwig Slam Von With a car load of machinery al ready haro and tho rest of tho equip mint expected to arrive at any ti qo work will atart In tho next few days on tho linking of tho new artoalen well which to be sunk on the hall property Tho work la to bo dune under contract by tho Lane Bowler company A supply of 300 sanona a minute la guaranteed Is exported that the well will turned over to the city on May i Slight Earth Tremor REDONDA Calif ob A slight earthquake was felt hare early today Tha tramor aliowai fait tn tome aertlons of Loa Aogelea There waa uo aamaga Senator A Willies Gets State of Virginia4' or Sale Hollywood Lots Senator A 11 Williams of Vlor ence and his co worker Senator i Cooper of Lee county who aava i been in charge of the Greenville of ii flee for the DeLoaoh company of Columbia atate agenta for the Rally wood development havo bion placed In charge of tho atato of Vr glnia with headquarters at Richmond it has been learned hero It la aat ed that they havo already opened their offices Ibero 3 Oardair formerly manager at the lorence office and Charlea Gardiner have been allotted the Norfolk district I Chas 3 Gardiner Is at present 'lnr4 I Norfolk where he has opened offlcM I 8 Gardner will join him thera I soon aa he recovers from tho ef I forts of tn operation 'he underwent I at tho lorence Infirmary aorerrt I days IMB PHCIB PADLOCKS SCENE BECENUOllTRflCE To Act Immediately Against 7 tMen Held in Suicide Case i 4 DID YOU Ever STOP TO THINK? (By A ZEIGLER) fioth of our national law making bodi are trying to get votes' for their respective parties byreduclhg taxes The JIquse claims that the Senate is stealing their plums1 by over 1 yet to'be seen twhich will win out ffti)yritingrthe revenue bill WASHINGTON eb (A) Tho tho common sense and the justice" of deport ing the countess of Cathcart from New York on grounds of moral turpitude because of elop nient with the Earl of Craven were challenged before the labor department board of review to day by her counsel Issuance of any Isuch order it was contended would const! tuo an unwarranted invasion by the government into tho field of domestic relations under a law which made sueh action not mandatory but merely discre tionary Prior to the hearing which was held behind dosed doors over the protest of William A Deford of New York and Wil ton Lambert of this city coun sel for tho countess tho labor department at the request of immigration commissioner Cur ran at New York issued an or der for tho an est of the Earl of Craven This was done before it was learned that tho earl had gone to Montreal but assistant sec retarj White in charge of im migration matters said the "pri mary purpose" which1 "was to get him out of tho country" had oven accompu3nea iahouia U9return he would be liable to ar rest for hearing on charges Lr Tho hearing on i tho countess CaSP'tndftV Rfiw Tfahi I both the National Par ty and tho American Civil Liber ties Union'' unsuccessfully en deavoring to obtain admittance to tho board room to present their views The party desired to protest against the or morality and the it saw in theadmission of thoEarl of Crav en to the United' States and the barring of countess but of ficials explained the hearing confined to consideration of tho jountciBs's case without Unking up that: of the earl The party ii si kA vi rw IK vi its tpunuaiiiuii assrn MV4luu V4 muctjvan VkU on os lien U3 ib LHC BUUUS of all tho women of our coun The Civil Llbi'rtjes' Union con tended to apply law of de portation in the case would make the government a censor of mor als applying its rule to private morality instead of to publii: crimes 1 "The woman's party was offer cd a hearing before Assistant Secretary White but as it had stated its protest be fore him Saturday It then ad journed to the sidewalk in front of the labor department building and held a mass meeting of pro test against the proceedings Upon 1 the" conclusion of the (hearing the board of review toolE the case tinder advisement prom ising to transmit its recommen dations speedily to Aisistant Secretary White for final action In any event tho countess cannot be deported before 'eb ruary 27 the provide ror Deportation on tne Mme steamship line that brought 'tho alien Involved to this country and no Cunarder is sailing be fore that 'date In a message to tho party today she said: thank you all for your kind' interest and support I honed tho past was dead for my sake but now I am being atoned and branded and only God knows what is in my leart" chamber of trill bo the speaker of tho evening He is one of the most successful commercial secretaries in the south and is a most' pleasing speaker His visit to lorence is looked forward to with great pleasure by tho business men of the 1 iJ Lynch who Js to make the preliminary address is tho only other speaker 1 on tho pro grnqi Music will bu furnished bytho High School Orchestra "Jj Willcox will preside Lyle Ormsbec dew secretary Old Convention Neb Tidy Sum or Tuberculoiw Hospita1 Through tho profits of th iddler Convention bone week the Association of Coltoge Woman will be able to fumli two rooms instead of one State Park it stated lai night After paying all exper sea the Association had 1800 wan) at the tuborculoeia hosp tai Members of the RMoclatk with to expruoa their pnrb' No investigation is being conduct I ww WWUWtWSJ HIM ting oq the entertalnaetit SUPBEME COlim: DECIOES MA NST EAEL AM DOHEII Set Up That a Conspiracy to Defraud The Govern ment Did Exist ffardlesx of the fact that all had no legal athiirity to do what be I conspired to do" M'hc opinion was harideti down in reply to tho Dohony demur ter A memorandum waa filed 1 overruling the Similair motion Previous indictments against tne tnrec men were quasnea on the ground that a Department of Justice agent was Improperly'n the grand jury room during con riucraiion ot rne case A Kirk Keptfclican To Succeed Langley PIKEVILLE Ky 15 (AP) Cantrell Democratic candldata today admitted tha victory of A Kh Republican in Saturday' ilea tionto auerord John Ianrloy Ro publican from tho Tenth Kentucky district The Uttar railgaod after losing hU appeal frem convlrtlon of conaplriey to tho federal pre hlbltion law Ho now In Atlanta federal penitentiary Many hundreds pt 'the bld convention givenJhere recent Jy and enjoyed it A violin recital have taken near'sQ well Mrs Si Blackburn lies 'Memphis riends of Mrs Black hum mother of Mrs Archie Jeffords of lorence and form erly a resident here will regreto learn of her death which oc curred yesterday at the home of her daughter Mrs A Du Rose in Memphis Tenn Mrs Blpckburn wn 70 years old She had been ill for somn time pre vious to her death The funeral will be held In Cleveland Tenn her old home today Mrs DuRosu had 'numbers of friends In lorence having lived hero for several years and forming a largo circle'' of devoted1 frjends Her husband died here several years ago The deceased is survived by tho following children: A DuBose of Memphis Tenn' Mrs Dudley of Bessemer 'Ala Mrs' A 'C 'Jef fords of lorence and Horner Blackburn of' Pqwhaska Okla homa Mrs was' a member of the Methodist church 1 40 Passengers of Clyde Liner Safe NOROLK eb' 16 (AP) ory passengers on tha Clyde Linn tenn er "Apache" which was towed 'nto port this morning after aho had bro ken down nt ana Saturday afternoon while enroute from'New York lorida points resumed their Journey by rail this afternoon 1 Except for inconvenlnnen occasioned by 'he transfer from ship to train and braf period of anxiety at sea between the time the ateamor broke down un4 the arrival of the const gun rd cut 'er the passengers wart i none the worse for their 4 BERtDOLLW BEDEPORTED mat uuuiru urias would act tomorrow unon Mrirt VUrk I milk Hum nruions nica tuth whom against seven men in the Detect HO ka Anae I aae ASHEVILLE ab 15 Despondent after a long illneii Mrs John 3 McEwen of Naahvillo Tenn Sunday after noon shot heraolf through tho temple and died wlthiu a fow minutes Porsoni in tha board ing house at which aho was stay ing heard tho ehot and found hor immediately but authoritlm were nol Informed urul touay ed Earl of Craven now In New fork I busy denytng ho had any thinC to do With thru rlotrmHnn he eloped to Africa thred years ago while both were married by authorities who propose to deport her as an undesirable alien Question is being raised by congressmen as to whether government recognises a double standard of morality since the earl was ad mitted to and the countess detained The earl and his wife whq refused to divorce him after his elopement and now is with him aro shown EAGLE PASS Tex eb 15 CAP) the ultimatum of the Mexican government which gave them 2 1 hours to leave tho country the Rev Phillips president cf tho Peoples' Institute of Plednas Ne gras across the Rio Grande and sev en teachers at the college crossed into this city today Tho school was established iif 1912 and has been supported by the Methodist Episcopal Church South Tho action of tho government fol lows others which had been promul gated against Catholic priests but it is believed to be the first ousting of Protestants More than 200 students were left without supervision when the teach ers departed Mexican officials im mediately took charge of the stucco building whifh has housed tho in stitution The decree in Mexico which forbids foreign Catholic priests from presiding over churches in the republic is being extended to churches and educational institu tions of all denominations as is the decree which prorides that pastors and educational workers must be married Catholic priests nnd nuns are being evicted under tho marriage clause of the edict along with foreign priests in this section There is much confusion among 1 the populace of the places affect 1 ed i i Mr Phillips who was accom 1 panied by his wife said the i school was closed as an object lonabic educational institution ederal' officers served him witli the government decree this morning and gave him 24 hours to close the college and leave with members 'of his staff he said college was establish ed missionary school and had been doing good work Mr Phillips said 1 "The Mexican federartofficers who served the order' citing! our college as ono that came within the terms of the' general decree placing a foreign teachers giving instructions schools or colleges maintained by foreigners treated us with tho utmost cour esy "Closing of the school was at tended also by a demonstration of sympathy for us on the part of the neonle of tho town nnd students of tho college Many of the students made no attempt to hide 'their feelings and cried 'op enly when they realized what was happening" Air Phillips and the teachers' alL of whom were wopen left Eagle Pass tonight for their re spoctive homes Count Salm Sees His Baby' Son In Privacy for Hour PALM' BEACH la eb 51 I Hoogstraeten declared he was happy" late today af ter his baby son Peter Constan tin had paid him a visit which was as harmonious as visit had been tumultuous' Tho count was with 'his son in privacy fdr nearly an hour and a half 'The dowager countess then took tho boyi for a walk her first public appearance since arriving here The count pro ceeded to vent his enthusiasm by playing several sets of ten with his friend and adviser William Nnhelt' publisher of the rlCIOrifll KeviGw He displayed excellent form on tho courts Little visit today was cleared by a conference between the Salm and Bogers legal for ces who agreed that since the count hod como nix thousand mile to we bls sni ho should be allowed to have him in the privacy of his room At ton minutes of three o'clock Peter accompanied by hh nurse and one detective Instead of three as yesterday was brought to tho Salm suite The detec tive stationed himself at the end of the hall The dowager countess and tho count exchanged complimentary remarks about Peter in German to which the child paid no at trition nor could tho count per Yet when tho party loft the made Pater to say wopi aq how Md a ball htr' 1 Th Is cmirt7fr vav umunii i urn i saw riuru Uno Wirtanen maator as arm snd ln he I continued 1 sr Cinfth ulAAnanlrAoir ro iiiiuov jiujujpan 1 a Jo ihubl ciiMnrtMi is conADiracv to Haitinan mado Ibo supremo acrlfico defraud 'the United States lee ofton doniand of those who' sail th Rard pf the fact that all had 0 Keustfer business i ager of Charlotte NEW YORK ob 1 Tho nation through New York today flung wide its arms nnc tpok to its heart Captain Gcorgo ried of the liner President Roosevelt It also received as hero and hie crew rho transcend cendcd sea traditions in rescuing co sailors trom mo suiKing Brit ish freighter Antinon in mid ocean on January 27 The Roosevelt steamed slowly up from Quarantine with two empty those of tho two men who lost their lives in the first rescue attempt Tooting whistles bright bunt ing roaring cannon and tho spok en words of high these wero tho outward manifestations of honor silent handclasps brim ming eyes and wistful under standing looks these wero tri butos from seaman to seaman which brought lump to Captain throat and set his crow to stirring nervously in tho lime light of acclaim 'irst to go over tho aldo from tho tug Macon which boro the official party to meet tho Roose at Quarantine was Mrs I ried hat in hand flushed and embarrassed Captain ried stood nt tho head of tho gang way and took his wife In his arms A dozen roses which she wore were crushed in tho embrace and a host of enmermen shouted in glee as pictures were snapped Captain ried and Chief viuccr nonert Miller received nn official welcome from GroverVhnIcn representng Mayor Walter Admiral Charles Plan kett representing tho navy and General Chas Summcrall rep resenting the army the Roosevelt prepared to get underway lanked to right nnd left by tho Miicon and the' navy tug Iuka both bright witli bunting and tuneful with brnds nnd with a navy cutter leading the pro uunsiun Bianca up tne naroor Everything that floated front wasp hke speed boat to palatial liner greeted the Roosevelt en route A twenty one gun salute greatest honor tho nation accords boomed from Island I he din was increased by aircraft which thundered overhead skim ming tho topmasts vf tho rescue ship The lire boat John Mitchel throwing graceful iplumca of water from every nozzle join cd tho review which uwonf inn jesticnlly up toward lfobokriim the Jersey shore Oa the hurricane deck uf'A'hc Rodauvalt fifteen bawililcrcd seamen looked out 'over the attempt ed to and subsided Into Each were gold medal appended to a bright red art official dec oration af tha Biitlsh govornmi nt 1 Dawn in Captain i cabin HftBtlOi! Rlrtonte ftthftr retfrs AtAaJ two jiiuro uncial Their ownon Bonttwaln'i Mnto Ernurt Heitman i will never wear them Wirtanen I ofton demand of thoe sail th leas One "double wag among tin group Re waa ourth Officer rank Monroe Upton hoUer of the enngrosalonal medal of honor which he won to the 'world war Not a word was spoken of the ns cue by tho crow during the celebra lion JV'7 Al tho Rooaevelt was Into her Hoboken pier twomoro bands struck up The gangways fart an other daiegitlon headed by Governor AI Harry Mooru ef New Jerauy marched aboard radio broadcasting apparatus was Installed andxunothcr ceremony welcome begun' Standing opposite Captain ried Governor Mooro got halfway through his address further eulogy Is needed" he said 'It was not Cap tnln ried "a down Eat Yankso" was unable to stand th praise and rose from hl chair With a trace of tears in hla eyes ho turned abruntly and left tho gathering ivo mln utts later ho returned nnd tho cere mony was concluded Captain ried made a brief address "This rescue" he said fcr every man in the ship They nil stuod behind inding further talk of tho resc a Impossible Captain ried trailed off Into expressing tho hope that th rescue would stimulate Amarkar shipping and the audleneo imllnd In appreciation of hie embarrassment Officer! and crew of tho Roosevelt will be guests st tho Hotel Rooeevilt during their stay In Now York May or Walker will welcome them at Chy Hall tomorrow after a parado fromhe Rattory and a dinner In their honor will bo held In evening Dur Ing the entire wook they will bo ftod and ontortrtnod as hsroo iny win be guests at a banquet concert at Carnegie Rail Care I also being taken that tho men who partldprtod In tho aetua! reeeue receive a substantial rswwvd The Newark (N J) Star Eaglo do tinted l000 toward a fund to go to tho homos while a fund started by tho Now York Su han reached nJ meat W000 Special Services in Churches City Ministers of1 tho city of ence aro arranging to hate a ser ies of special services simultan eously in the churches beginning April 18 two weeks Each minister may do Ida own preach ing or i get brother1 1 priator tq help In one or jtyvo of tho churches the first week or sev eral days of the first week there foay be held daily prayer services with 'regular preaching services the remainder of the time Several of tho pustors plan tq continue th? meeting for two full weeks holding one or two services each day This in the first time in the nisiory or lorence that this plan ox fiDGCini noMirft i arranged On several occasions 'divorced in 1922 expressed great the churches have 'held union lurprlso today when he learned services In some one of th1 1 the American nf In churches but during tho wzrrrmt fr Ids ar meeting it n1rnai iL'r rt sceuied glad ha was HI I Wst I rl a aAtl antatM nutiiiif wjin ft i' hoped the members will iRrent satisfaction loucn mu acre JIo stated that' he would sail from Halifax for Bermuda at tho earliest opportunity while his wlfo would leave Now York on Saturday for tho samq destinat ion eb 15 W) Under orders of Mayor Pal acio of Ti Junna padlocks were placed on saloons in the outly ng districts of the resort sec tion today as tho result of the Petcet incident which led tn tho suicide of an entire falnily in San Diego recently It whs announced that every woman entertainer at Ti Juana had heen expelled Indication wero that Judge a UDU uno crtnlmal infnrmnHfin nw case Mexican officials went to San Begin to examine the bodies of Mr and Mrs Thomas 1' Po teet and their twn daughters who lay down to die in a suicide agreement when overcome by shame nnd sorrow at their ex periences in Ti Juana Permis sion to examine the bodies was granted by Coroner Schuyler Kelly of San Diogo county Luis Amador ono of those clarged with the murder in con nection with tho death of the ueis tooay abandoned tho hunger strike that he 'had Been on since Saturday' morning PffiWlGEOWITH WHIPPING CHUB JO DEW BALTIMORE db '1 L(pj Mr and Mrs Ralph Coursey Were charged with the murder of their llve year old non Eldridge In indictments returned today by the grand jury Tha authorities allege that Elbridge was beaten tuuiaui nun a strap ana a small broomstick wielded fin fir ri'i occasions by Coursey and Ids wife An autopsy showed that tho child died from thu effects of administered with a blunt instrument" nnd front shock and convulsions The Coursey fn statements to tho police prior to their indictment declared Eld rldtfc was 4unruhM and had cans ed trouble between them Once Coursey 8ald there wero two bananas on tho mantlo "El dridge atu them and told his mother I took them and alio rep 11(Vaid Also ho Sfllil JnrirlflPA linJ Alrl Jf zv' 1 t'lrSi uour iey that "father lovo her any more" Coursey admitted beating tho DOV' ith 'S broomstick tho night' before his death because ho was rtow on an errand and Mrs Coursey admitted that shothail beaten hmf'twico with the broom Hick just before hediod because ho refused 0 get Into? the bath tub Ildi'idge died ebruary C1 The Baltimore a iclaifni ifiimnjigrar Ic abut UHUt v4f WD must learn to polish thousand 1 apples PREVIOUS CHARGE WAS i QUASHED ON A LUKE WASlHNfiTON eb charging ormer Secretary Albert all Hany 1 a tuiuuuiir Hu ij uonoTiy with conspiracy in connection wictr the naval oil leases were up held today in District of Colam bl supremo court They were attacked In' a de murrer filed by tho defendants on tho ground that all had no authority to award tho leases and therefore that there could have boon no conspiracy through him to defraud tho government but Justice Stafford who de livered tho opinion held them to bo validly drawn facts let forth in th fn' dictment which aro admitted hv the demurrer solely for th pur posu pi presenting to tne court tho question of law ustice Stafford Reid fT' all and Dolicny ed Into a corrupt agreement with each other that all as aocro tary of the Interior ahotlld 'Awardto Doheny'a companies certnfa contracts and lease relating lo tho oil and gas landeof theUnlV ed States in consideration gifts and loans to bo made ltd all by Doheny and to accom plish said purpose by tricky and dishonest methods scribe jh fa the indictment i was assuming to'actrtn these matters under and by vir tue of an executive order of the 'resident This order Ttowever is now agiecd was null and void because Congress had on trusted tho power to tho secre tary of the Navy alone me principal point presen ted by the defendants In that in ns much asIli'alV had no leiral au tluority to award the contracta or leases any attempt on hit i part to do would also bo null and Void 'To this Jutlco Stafforduid tiro government properly had re plied that that although an awardy 'all might not have been binding it would have been such aij'iptcrferpiiGe with govarn nientuf fiipcttens and 'operation ns necesaarily would have Sfaber THflRftd fhn iinifnrt Kintal court 7 cols' constrained tnat such a'conspiracy 'as yiis Indict is ateonso raev to PRICE IVE CENTS' I luivuiiK ii in tj hnvc ik 4 rv uau prcirhin" nt all of tho churches Canadian soil In heartily In this united of rt for the spiritual up byilding the community iff 4 THE WEATHER I 4 South Carolina: air and Mar Tuosdayi Wednesday 'air with slowly rising tern israturei fresh northwest and north winds diminishing andMomla nodorsto variable 1 7 4 a 3 AVuWlhllll Iblf ft SBE ch as a Mi rx IHEmORMWraS IfflBf 1 1 Tt I I fp 1 I uz i fl I 1 II 'V fl" I.