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WEATHER ORECAST: Virginia and North Carolina: Meatly Cloudy with Shower Tonight or Thursday Not Much Change In Temperature Moderate Winds a PRICE: TWO CENTS (HOME EDITION) IS MELLOTT WITNESS IN ROBBERY CASE IRST PILOT IRST DRAMA TO GET AWAY POUCH VANISHED TO SPEAK HERE A NEW SCHOOL A TCDM adcmc 10:37 green uafOR CARTER GLASS DEMOCRATIC today naa aireaay niauv up jporary schedule of classes arrived at CARTER' GLASS TO OPEN uwft tsnowea ine jury me xcwipv ments by new pupils and the adjust thse was that bearlng $27000 con 1 a ft Aft KT Ck i rt 1 1 Xrt If 1S a ft ft A CAMPAIGN IN DANVILLE pre GAME POSTPONED a York Hits Neu) Against Gov Smith ser ious Injury ot a passenger put one graphed reports from control stations bl to Sept 12 the urst ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE 4 INTERNATIONAL NEWS LEASED WIRE the scaffold Judge Bailey said that If he knew that the governor of West Virginia would commute Beale's sen tence he would conform to the court's edict with an eay conscience know dny were announced last night by officials who had compiled the tele background and full length long familiar to the motion audience have yea to come broadcast television drama dramatic presentation indl The drama shown at the BOSTON Sept New at Boston rain riday Glass Political the ifth District to hear Senator the campaign senators first Over 18 Ow DANVILLE PAPERS Sold Daily di popular Indignation secured a change in venue county Clyde Beale went was convicted by WASHINGTON Sept Her bert Hoover today frankly told a dele gation from the woman's party that he would not pledge himself to an equal rights amendment to the con st tutlon until he had completed an exhaustive study of the effect of such a change' in the fundamental law Padlocks Come Off PVien Will and started of the chief executive's train Dr Hubert Work chairman Republican national com who also served in Mr Mellott transfer clerk at the Southern Railway station on the night of the theft of 827000 in cur rency from the government today told his full story to the jury which is trying Spencer McClelland in fed era! court for his alleged participa tion in the theft He was one of several witnesses who brought the stolen pouch to the train platform on the night that it was missed December 22nd last He was taken meticulously over every Inch of the ground and over every minute of the time that he was on duty until the pouch rom his testimony pouches were under his ment ot the time they way from the transfer railway platform with ot Johnson Is Yester corpa more weie text state The members of Cabell Street Memorlall Methodist church will hold an Important church conference to night nt Ridge Street tabernacle at eight o'clock Matters pertaining J0 the erection of the eighty thousand dollar church now under construction will be con sidered Rev Arthur Winn the pastor of this church will preside new YORK sept here Just in time to see in hia nirn 1 The first broadcasting of television drama is pictured here The drama was "The Queen's by Hartley Manners and it went through the air from WGY In the top photo are two members of the cast before the three "cameras" which were used Below la Izetta Jewel the leading woman picked up the action as microphones transmitted the sound The day after the Democratic accept ance speech Senator Glass Issued a statement in which he endorsed the nominees and In which he stressed I the constitutional guarantee of re llglous freedom He Is known as one of the most effective speakers In the Senate and his campaign utter ance here Is expected to be a strong one After he has spoken a Smith Rob inson Club will be formed and mem bership In It will be called for Because of the Influential position of Senator Glass In the field of na tional politics his utterance here on riday is expected to be of more than statewide importance Aubrey Stride is Speaker Opening Campaign Pittsylvania 6 (Special to The Bee) CHATHAM Va Sept An AVIATORS IN TWO OTHER RACES NEAR INISH LINE NEW Sept General Cocke superintendent of the Vir ginia Military Institute Colonel A Bond president of the Citadel the military college of South Carolina and Harrison Randolph president of the College of Charleston are pro minent southern educators who have written rank Polk president of the College League for Alfred Smith that they will support the New York governor for president General Cocke expressed that the bringing of the Issue Into the open would voters realize how absurd oppose Governor Smith nrminri I after considerable pains and work In the grammar grades tomorrow morning's work will largely that of organization worx the issuance of book lists the fulfillment of nquire was missing the money eye every mo i were on their office to the the exception a faripf interval whpn he WSS a checking the receipt in the mall car and at that time Spencer McClellland was not standing near the truck Train No 11 bearing the valuable package came In at 4:30 o'clock a December 22nd He received five val uable pouches signed for them and shnwert the inrv the recetbt One ot Jurist in Danville to Enter Daughter in College Must Re Sentence Prisoner to Hang ace Jail Term for Contempt of Supreme Court or Resign New Evidence in avor of Al leged Slayer Caused Him to Change Sentence from Death to Life Imprisonment SCHENECTADY Sept Broadcast television yesterday made Its Initial appearance as a ve hicle of dama In a one act play having a cast of two characters en gineers of the general electric com pany here demonstrater to a party of newspapermen that television syn chronlted with the regular form of radio broadcasting can be used to both the sight and soun of drama The figures picture to the today's cated radio studio todap appear ed on a screen a few Inches square characters with the mavlng Images of small stage proportions introduc ed ns effects The spoken portion of the drama was broadcast through regular radio channels by the com pany's station WGY The broadcast of television scenes with figures in full length and back ground in some detail 1 In the not dlataat future the engineers Indi TERM OPENS 0 THURSDAY the hope religious make the It Is to on this rr InU ftl zi ft 1 ft ft ft! ho ur rveuiuwipn uv welcomed the situation "as an op portunity of showing to the world that In America narrowness and bi gotry can be overcome by good faith and good sense" There were no nruues or wounds on the body and a watch nnd money were found In the clothing along with some private papers Ir Whitfield said Two workmen of a dredge iiw the body floating in the river and pulled It to the boat The coroner was summoned Mr Sacked wm said to be eufter 1 Stinson Monoplane Hops Off from New York On Non Stop light to Los Angeles in Big Event of Air Races Mrs Still Plane is the Only Other of Eight Entrants Ready for Next Take Off i York two games postponed Doubleheaders Thursday and irst place with its 85000 prize money went to Earl Rowland of Wi chita Kansas who made the six teen hop flight In hfs Carina ft plane in 25 hours 14 minutes and six rounds Second place nnd $2 500 went to Emrry Jr of Bradicrd where Travelair re quired 34 nilnutea 23 seconds longer The other prize winners In order were: Robert Dake 1'ltuburgh Ame rican Moth Theodore Kenyon Boston Challenger James Charles Richmond Va Eagle Rock nnd Warren Smith of ords Swallow The times and awards were sub ject to action on protest signed by 16 conteatnnta becaure of time lost at Kansas City BODY WELL KNOWN LYNCHBURG LAWYER IS OUND IN JAMES RIVER Danville Will Have 40000 POPULATION Thru Annexation by and a Wright McMillin Is from' and Herrick from To Inform President on Situation and Learn of Conditions in the Mid West Bv JAMES 1 WEST WASHINGTON Sept Anxious to be among the first to welcome President Coolidge back to Washington after his summer In Wis consin Herbert Hoover arranged to be at Union station today for the arrival special With of the mlttee Coolidge's cabinet the nominee was pi epared to supply the president with Inlormatlon as to the general political situation In addition he looked to the president for reports on conditions In Wisconsin and Min nesota which Mr Coolidge has had opportunity to study nt lirst hand Aalde from today's meeting Hoover has been with tne president but once since his nomination nt Kan sas City That was nearly two months ago when he visited the summer whim house on hla way to California to receive official notification of his selection by the republican party head Its national ticket WEST VIRGINIA JUDGE HERE INDS HIMSEL IN STRANGE DILEMMA Superintendent Johnson It Ready for Enrollment and Organization The public schools will reopen to morrow morning for the new erm and the local school authorities re ported today that preparations for the event are well In hand Teach ers have met Superintendent Johnson and have been instruct ed as to the courses to be pursued tomorrow and matters have been so simplified by preliminary work that In the high school there will be fio loss motion and actual work is ex pected to be started Mr Johnson today had already made up a tem i ftftU Abasia nf arrived at Got ine oaufl Why these people back here are all excited YUMA Arlz Sept 12 Yuma with his Waco and John Balloughmf Chicago with a brand Livingston of Aurora HL believed to have the advantage In elapsed time third tn another Waco Cantwell of Duncan Okla led the three class planes llnto Yuma Captain Collyr of New York In a airchild and Ed ward Brooks In a okker followed In that order The third race contestants the two Windsor Ont to Los Angeles filers made thir overnight control at Las Vegas Nevada William Drury's Waco leading Kennedy Whyte's moth a jury it in TV rp fireS muvdcv ft ri ajg Qp2n nim cated In a demonstration by Dr Alexanderson chief consult ing engineer of the radio corpora tion of America and engineer for the general electric company the complete Image of two men in ac tion placed against a background of white was displayed This appa the broadcast apparatus so far has not been adapted to broadcast wave lengths and therefore must remain for the time being as a laboratory and displayed only the head of the demonstration said the experiment ers The action ot today's drama dealt primarily with the lace and facial expressions of the man and woman who had been cast in the play The audience saw In the tiny screen the face of each character as his lines were spoken or as he registered reac tion to the words of the other When stage effect vm needed the Image ot the stage property was flashed on the screen The Image on the television screen possessed the cla rity of the average newspaper pho PARIS Sept 1 A subterranean river has recently been discovered In the Cevcnnes region of rance by a civil engineer who has been exploring the mountains In the neighborhood of Le Vlgan They are following it into the depths ot the earth and have already found that It plunges Into a great cavern under Bont Tersonne Ben Wade special agent for the Metropolitan Llle Insurance company and Walton and Hayes of the Danville district have been awarded a free trip to Atlantic City as result of the large volume of busi ness they have turned In during the past eight months OUNDED EBRUARY 1899 NO 10201 nAWinr ata vunKRDAY ATERNOON SEPTEMBER 12 192i NONW AIR RACE ACROSS GETS UNDER WAY ROOSEVELT IELD UP) Clifford McMillin was to the air today In the trans contin ental non stop air derby to Los An geies He leit tne ground at Eastern Standard Time McMlTlln accompanied Herrick was flying a red Stinson monoplane with whrlwlnd engine Syracuse Hempstead When McMillin's plane the Onan daga (rade number 1010) took theu air the only other of the eight re i malnfnff entries to be ready at the i starting line was Mrs James A Still irst Drama Is Both Seen and Heard As Test Turns Out to Be Successful over election while everybody Is tending to business The court here today passed a ruling that the night clubs that they padlocked would have to be unlocked that "where do you sup pose people were going to go be tween midnight and The judge says "what do you think this Is Arkansaw or somewhere? They claim it was a political move In the first place to deprive the republicans coming to New York from getting a drink 'ours' WILL ROGERS down a decree on the cold applica tion of the law and directed Judge Bailey to take his position on tat dais of his court and re senten Beale to hang That was the situation which Judge Bailey found staring him in the face when he woke up this morn ing at the Hotel Danville He was asked today what he In tended to do about it' but Judge Bailey said that he could not give a positive statement on his course of action until he returns home tonight and sees the text of the Supreme Court's decision This however old not prevent Judge Bailey from dis plane out of the running In the class division The Waco bi plane of Stuart Auer of Milwau kee went Into a tailspin 42 miler: east of Yuma and Herron of Milwaukee received Injuries which were declared serious not fatal Another ship earlier threatened With withdrawal from the same sec tion when Ballough's Hard plajte scattered motor ports over the last 15 miles of the course hart undergone repalra find was believed In shape to finish It dropped ft valve 'ns the machine topped the it mounts nasa coasting down Upon the overnight stopping place John Wood of Wausau Wl was second of the class to reach be en ol being compelled to send a man to die when his conscience and later discovered evidence pointed to amvp rioilbt I The case uie wj I the court It handed today he became convinced that Beale was not guilty The facts presented to the Jury were beyond human reason and there was after discovered evidence chiefly that of a girl of sixteen who virtually admitt ed that she had prejured herself at the trial Being of this mind and unwilling to send a man to his grave when there was a doubt of his guilt Beale was told by Judge Bailey that he would have to spend nlnety nln years in jail when he came back for i esentence which usually follows a supreme court decision This of course is another way of saying life imprisonment That was last July and the prosecuting attorney In con junction with the Attorney Gener office took Issue with the legal ity of this changed decision and in stituted mandamus proceedings be fore the West Virginia Supreme Court their objective being to com pel Judge Bailey to re impose the death penalty Answering the writ Judge BaUey went before the Supreme Court Tues day a week ago and argued his own cate showing the court In detail his reason for believing tieaie io guiltless and pointing out the ceptlonally trying circumstance signed to High Point and Greensboro banks" One of the five was consign ed to Martinsville He locked up bis office and took that pouch to the and station and returning a few minutes found that the others were still there The pouches con signed to train No 39 were then placed on a truck and were wheeled by William Walker colored bui un der Mellott's eye to tne platform a few minutes before train No 39 came In Mellott guarded the truck all of that time The valuable pouches were under heavier pouches When the train stopped McClelland pulled the truck two car lengths to the pos tal car There was a five foot wagon tongue between the negro and the I truck After he had positioned tho truck McClelland went to the next car and began receiving Incoming mall Mellott stood In the door of the postoffice coach within view of the truck and signed his papers as each pouch was passed up into the car Then suddenly the pouch was missing McClelland was standing nearby when the train left Danville Mellott said He paid no attention to him but examined the Immediate area went over all of the mall pouches looked up and down the track and spent two hours vainly seeking the missing pouch It was disclosed that Mellott was by the government on December and has' not since been In government service this admission being mrde by the witness The government raised objections when defense counsel called on Mel lot to relate to the Jury what fe deral Inspectors did when they ques tioned him Attorneys withdrew ft A In rtVM 48V fa A faft a cuiiiciciivx ria defense could tell the Judge Just what they expected to prove in this connection William Day another colored wit ness afforded some amusement In (Please turn to page 3 column 3) ment of classes No serious worx is expected in the elementary hcols until Monday though pupils will re port at school at the hour on riday morning The class assign ments have already been made and teachers know which groups they will have This afternoon Mr the colored LCdCheiS day afternoon he met the whole of city teachers numbering than 120 and routine matters discussed these including the books their use and what the law requires of the teacheis The following schedule ot textbook sales with other advisory notes was Issued today by Mr Johnson: 1 White high and Junior high Thursday September 13 aft er 3 to closing hour 2 Robert Lee and "John Ber keley riday September 14 after dismissal (about 10 o'clock a m) to 3 o'clock Bellevue and Stone wall Jackson schools riday after 3 o'clock to closing hour 3 Westmoreland high school (only high school) riday morning 8:30 to 10:00 o'clock Pupils of this high school will report on riday to their school at 10:30 a the hours be fore being used to purchase textbooks I and supplies 4 Saturday open to colored ele mentary pupils and all pupils not previously served Teachers will urge their pupils to make their purchases as strictly as possible on tharfiates and hours Desig nated The greatest caution should be shown In Issuing booklists to pupils whose classification Is uncertain Pu 1 nils flHvanrPrt "nn should be re qulred to write this special note on blank space at bottom of book list lor Information: "I am a trial pupil In grade If I have to go back after twenty day trial I should keep any new books bought until I need them later 1 should keep books used last term until I know that I will not be sent back" Some four thousand children are expected to go to school tomorrow but comparative figures on ths en rollment are not expected to be avail able until Monday morning It Is ex pected that there will be an increase in the school attendance as the age of admission has been slightly lower ed QUITE SUDDENLY 0 Discharged Transfer Clerk Taken Over Every Inch of Ground and Every Minute of Time Until Pouch Wa4 ound Miss ing Says Bag Van ished Mysteriously TESTIIES THAT CHATHAM Va Sept An en thusiastic democratic rally was held at the courthouse here night at tended by men and women from all parts of the county It marked the 'launching of the democratic cam paign In Pittsylvania county and was a highly' successful gathering James Price of Richmond was to have made the address but he could rot reach here Judge Patterson leader of the county committee received' a telegram yesterday from Mr Price saving that a high Masonic official imperial treasurer had died In Pitts burgh and that it was necessary lor him to cancel the engagement Hon Aubrey Strode of Amherst appeared in his place however and delivered a telling address In which he pointed out that the attack on Allred Smith is largely on personal and religious grounds also that the Constitution guaranteed religious freedom ollowing the address a Smith club was organized with 113 charter mem bers Clement was elected presl dent and Bennett secretary Clement Introduced Repre sentative Whitehead who In turn In troduced Colonel Strode The follow ing resolutions were adopted by the Pittsylvania Democratic Club: Whereas: We the Democratic execu tive committee of Pittsylvania coun ty In body assembled recognize the vast Importance of the present po litical campaign with Its many issues of large Interest to our state and nation and Whereas: We recognize deception and Intrigue In our midst the pur pose of which Is to mislead and de (Please turn to page 3 Col 1) RICHMOND Va Sept found until Dr Whitfield' Identlfy The body of Sackett 40 well Ing the bMy by means of personal mwn uynrnourR iiwki naa been a patient at a local sanitarium for several weeks was fo 'id float ing In the James River near here shortly niter 9 o'clock Dr Whitfield city coroner rendered a verdict of death by drown ing and raid that the body had been in the water for several hours Sackett hospital attendants say I disappeared from his room early to 1 1 MB He could do as the Supreme Court directs he can defy the Supreme Court md face a possible fail term for failing to carry out the order or he mav resign It was indicated rather i forcefully that he would prefer to ao over ruled ah appeal to the Supreme the latter rather than send Beale to court was noted Between the date of conviction and the date of the Supreme court's decision which connfirmed the lower court's sen tPnrA rYArind rf mnnthfi elapsed During that Interim Judge' Ing that the death penalty wou! Bailey told a reporter for the Bee not be carried out He Is however b4 no means sure tnat tne present emor would be willing to do tn Judge Bailey said with emphasis that the prisoner ought not to die and he could not visualize himself in the position of causing the man's death when he was conscientiously convinced that he does not deserve to die The situation he tald was one of the most peculiar that had ever come to bls knowledge tho iuriRt has no conscientious I scruples against the death penalty This he maae ciear he thought It was a good thing and he cited Instances In which he had passed death sentene on convicted slayers during his eight years on the bench However he still holds the same theory that he held as prosecuting attorney that he should not ask icr the life of a man when he Is no tcorfvlnced that the state should demand It While he was talking to the re porter many calls came to him from West Virginia and the Interview was Interrupted He said they came frorn people desirous oi finding out what his position would be The Beale case has claimed pre mier Interest in West Virginia ever since the mandamus proceedings were Instituted Judge Bailey Indicated this afternoon that he would make a study of the case first hand upon his return home and would lose no time In dealing with It rom present Indications however if Clvde Beale is to be r'e sentenced to i die It will not be by Judge Bailey The entlre city detective force NO Wnmon 0 PJinPfTin is off duty as result of the trial of Vlulllull UUllUGlIIII spencer McClelland for robbery In A the federal court All four officers Wh cnor n(T Ofimnsilflm are Witnesses and have been compel nllldJDl Illg bdlllpdlgll led t0 remain with other witnesses In an ate room since tne case starred Monday Chief of Police Bell said today that the police lieutenants of each relief are acting detectives but that little work had developed along that line snce the federal court open ed rnnD 4 IV 3 nulling" ROOSEVELT IELD Sept 12 I 1 As the time approached today I ULI IB tor the hop off In the non stop race 11 I R1 from this field to Los Angeus me 1 11 11 14 4 11 14 12 lr list of airplanes entered had oeen cut iA 9Seas I II A II AM monopune Columba also would be 11 1 11 A 1H Rxiger Williams ana 'ter Bonei 11 withdrew as Levine's crew yester day after they had patched up their differences with Caesar Sabeill with whom they have been preparing for a trans Atlantic Hight They Hew the Sabelll plane Roma to Hartford Conn last night to have it tuned up preparatory to the Ocean attempt Levine then announced that Lieut Commander Iseman wUm WlUiams had replated as pilot of the Colum bia would Hy the big Bellanca unless she was scratched from the race He said business affairs wouiu pioeis 'him from going as a passenger The three planes scratched from the race are the Cessna of Owen Haugland which was forced down at Bt Louis last week and damaged the riendship In which Wilmer Stultz' flew Miss Amelia Earhart from New foundland to Wales and the water house biplane of Cornell The riendship was withdrawn from the race by her present owner Daniel Woodward when he found it was Im possible to repair damage suffered by the plane In being shipped back to This country from England The plane was only receved here Monday and It was found impossible to reassemble It and repair a damaged wing in time Cornell failed to show up at the field In time to have his plane checked over for the start The start of the race! at the end of which awaits 822500 In prizes tor the first four pilots to fnlsh was set for anytime after 9 a but indications ava tfaa rrirxet rtf tfatf fHare WOHld make the start between noon and 2 I pm The retord for the coast to "coast flight Is 18 hours and 58 minutes held by Col Art Goebel and Harry with their Lockheed Vega plane arp the favorites in the aent race by two In the Rock Springs Salt Lake City Las Vegas lap of the International trek The third plane In the Canadian race a Mar tin piloted by Stanton was I far behind at Salt Lake City lAlltWAV MINS STAKHS DONCASTER Eng Sept Lord airway the favorite won the St Lcger stakes here today The race la one oi the great rlMsfeat of the British turf It carries 820 000 in added money snd la run over a special retiree which one mils alx furious amt 12 yards In laughs new motor In his Laird plane led the flel dof 15 class trans con tinental racers out of Yuma at 8:45 A mountain time today for San Diego where the last leg of the na tional air races classic to Los Angeles will start later today LOS ANGELES Sept With 300 miles of desert and mountain country separating them from their final goal here three groups of com peting lined up today lor the final dash toward the finish line of the 1928 National Air races and the pot of gold awaiting The two trans continental contin gents class and class fliers 16 planes In all awaited the starting a Viima Arl7 that WZHlld send them hurtling toward their Official standings In 'the first of goal with a fuel stop at San Diego 'the trans continental races the Both classes hopped from El Paso class derby which' ended Mon yesterday A crash that resulted In the AT MAJESTIC ON RIDAY 0 United States Views On Campaign Ex pected to Be of National Importance Since it Will Be is irst Stump Local Com mittee Arranging Programme Smith Club to Be ormed United States Senator Carter Glass will formally open the Democratic campaign in Danville next riday night with an address at the Ma I Jestic theatre The announcement was made last night by the City Democratic committee Details of the programme haue not been com pleted and It Is not known who will Introduce Carter leaders throughout will be on hand Glass' reactions to This will be the speech on the stump In behalf of Alfred Smith and Joseph Robin son and It Is awaited with Interest A West Virginia jurist who came here last night to place his daughter in Randolph Macon Institute today found himself in one of the strangest dilemmas that ever a court judge found himself He faced ihree alternatives One of them was to sen to die a man he believes to he innocent the second was to go to jail for being contemptuous of the West Virginia Supreme I Court and the third was the termination of eight years on the bench by resigning his office and reverting to the private prac tice of law The man who found himself in this position is Judge Bailey of Pineville West Virginia judge of the Eighth West Virginia circuit a genial man of heavy build and a man who talked freely of the situation in which he found himself I be situation In which he finds btmself is predicated on the follow ing facts: Clyde Beale and Levi Lane white I men were brought to trial In the year 1926 at Wilhamson West Vir ginia for the murder ot Mrs Lizzie Perude It was a sordid crime the state claiming that murder had been deliberately committed and the wo man's body thrown into a river fol lowing the commission of another of fense which also carries the death penalty Because Lev! Lane to Logan to trial oi was no recommendation for mercy Under the law Judge Bailey sen tenced Beale to hang by his neck until he was dead but the usual procedure was taken and after ft motion lra new trial had been SALISBURY Sept (INS) re'outlon sharply condemning the "whispering campaign" against Governor Alfred Smith was adopt ed today by the woman's democra tic club of Rowan county The niolutlon appealed to the women of North Carolina "to crush the slanderous whisperings the out spoken and vicious falsehood being circulated by enemies ot Governor Smith Paid propagandists are "attacking the character of a great man four times elected Governor of New York the resolution continued "While such cowardly attacks can not be checked at their source the honorable women of North Carolina can clear the name of their great state of taking any part In such icurrllous whispering Cabell St Church to Hold Important Meeting Tonight HOOVER PLANS CONERENCES WITH MIDGE 'Ji Plrasw a 5 MbHI i jH Ko 4 A 4.