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PACE THE SEHALTA. PEMOCRAT. THERSDAA'. AEGEPT 1. 1932 CONFESSION TO STRANGLING OF GIRL TO DEATH lai li J- U- I 7, i .1 wa If Thr.

'for further n- I'ayton, Williams and 'A fmr mp F'Aitzer. Xr-Eroes bmnR hel ACTION UPON A LARGER SCALE IN BORDER DISPUTE iLonuv.oi 1 at 2 lo Friday afler- the Ilev. Taylor, pastor the Ivongwood Metiiodisl Episco- officiating, be at in the family cemetery lot. id pal rhur- Hu rial Headed Surfwards IJOQEJY AND CLUBS Strange Recluse at Eud- injiton. Michigan Gets Life Term HESINESS TREND STILL LMPROVES By The I-resa.

LUDIXGTOX Francis Nash, confrssed Evelyn Sanford, pirl, whose body Aug. slayer ot 17 year-old farm was found buried The A Pre-c- rmCA'iO, Aug. 4 A declaration that is on the ui; grade and a prrdiftiEn that prosperity will have a s'rone foothold by autumn Ers and 'vhok-ale-s in Chicago area. ThE optuid-'ic sf-ntiment was made public Xirouah a con- by Th: Association of Cifdlt Firm: represented in hi'itm do an annual businf I anninv high into the mll- Aug. 4.

lions. Francis (Rusty) Na.sh, strange re- Comparoes reporting included cluse. cowered in a police cell to- largest at packing day after ronfcs.smg he strangled i concerns, department stores, steel pretty Evelyn Sanford. drug concerns, and Stirred by of the manufacturer.s of scores of linens, bruised body in a hallow cel- Endeavor For of Further Bolivian- Paraguay Troubles Special Train For Vets As Thev Start For Home (Continued from page one.) on the train in a cellar yesterday, was sentenc ed today to life imprisonment in solitarv ment at hard labor, i By Api'e BFENOS Aug. field correspondent of the newspaper Ea XT' tep graidied his paper an offi-ual livian bullf'- tin today saying tji.u Id vision Commander Io na a heavy artillery bomhiidnnnt has commenced in the IMconnno sector of the (Iran Chaco 'i'hls would seem to indicate that action uas starting on a larger scale in the conflict between Paraguay and Bolivia.

the part highway for the lar grave in Freeso.l yesterday, res- idents voiced threads to lynch Nash. He was spirited from Freesoil to Traverse (uty yesterday and today police waiterl for hostile feeling to subside before arraigning him on a murder charge. maximum n- i alty is life 'rell-tale scratch is on tlie year- i old fa'-e led to arrest, police said. His confession de-' dared he waylaid the young farm girl Saturday night along a lonely road leading to her ed her in anger pulsed his advan-ces Faulting her. signed sta emenE made to PICKETS ABANDON A TWO-DAY SIEGE AT A CO.AL MINE home and kill- when she.

lie denied as- Four AVounded Miners In Clash at Terre Haute To Hospital By The TERRE HAUTE, Ftate police. Sheriff Ccorge ol- yer and Prosffiitor Von i Vnion pickets early today abandon- Sprecken, said he met Evelyn near the edge of a swamp, and to put his arm slapped him. He struck her confession said, conscious to the rolled her body around her. She with his and she roadway, down an fist, the fell un- Then he embank- cd their twoday siege of 65 workmen at the Dixie Bee coal mine as 820 Indiana national guardsmen moved in to military control over the district. Four oimded miners, without medical attention since Tuesday af- 4 frtr temoou hell they fought a pitched ment and returned to his home tor some rope and a ynnnysaok.

To bat le nfle bat le wluoh one make dea.b certain, he tie.l a length of rope tightly around her Bolivia and Paraguay gave their approval today to international moves for peaceful settlement of the Chaco controversy, but they pre- pared for i Dispatches from Perico, Argentina, a town on the Bolivian border, quoted a Bolivian commander as saying 11,000 troops would he In the Chaco in the next few days. Bolivia now has 6,000 men there, he said. In Ea Paz it was said the government would raise serious objections to several clauses of the note sent by the United States and eighteen South and Central American nations yesterday, in which a warning was given that any territorial gains made by armed force would not be recognized. Paraguay informed the League of Nations it was willing to arbitrate and Bolivia, in its note to the league, said it not decline" offers of a peaceful settlement. The Chaco itself was reported quiet.

throat. The post mortem examination disclosed that the rope caused her death. Then he trussed up the body with rope and gunnysack. stole a small cart from a nearby house and wheeled the body to the hut at the rear of his own where he buried it. It was there the body was found.

to a Terre flaute were brought liospital. The picket line, its strength iously tstimated at from five hundred to three thousand men, faded into the night as a dettachment of 2500 guardsmen rushed to the mine at midnight to remove the injured. of the workmen was struck by four bullets. Haggard from their vigil against possible attacks by the riflemen than 500 men whf'n it pulled out. A number of women and were in the contingent.

Thousands of citizens crowded the sidewalks while long lines of automobiles congested stret-is in southern part of the city, requiring intense activity on of city police and state patrolmen to make lanes marchers. The Johnstown Chamber of Commerce issued a statement last night that it had made arrangements to finance the exodus of all visiting veterans from this locality. The chamber refused to name the source from which the funds were received but the Associated Press learned i the Bethlehem Steel Company which had a large plant here has agreed to pay for the special trains. But one delegation, Illinois, had definitely decided to converge immediately on its state capital as the first groups left squalid camp i McCloskey for their home states. Springfield, 111., the goal of the group which w'as taken to Chi- icago from where it planned to move enmasse on Sangamon County city.

Leaders of other contingents held only tentative plans for immediate action although the majority said expected to eventually set up camps at their capital cities, i Meanwhile, a group of those re- i maining awuaited word from Doak i A. Carter, resigned chief of staff who left late yesterday for Huntington, W. where he planned to 1 arrange an encampment. Entertained For Visitor Miss Ruth Fults and Marian Smith were hostesses at bridge Wed- evening at tne home South Beacon avenue compli- meiitarv to Miss Thelma PERSONALS East visit- Man- of Sprinefield, her aunt. Mrs.

O. West Sixth street, players seated which trophies for Agnes Rottler, 421 Third street, is in St. T.oui.- Ing with a friend, Fioris gnm, a former Sedalian. Mr. and Mrs.

Charles Eafollette, of Ontario. are here for a visit with and Mrs. Robert SEABURY MAKES REPLY UPON THE WALKER DEFENSE who is virdflng 125 West Sixth street. F. Hayes, IHO Four tables of in the game in score went to Mrs.

James Atkinson and Miss Susan Hurlbut. Miss Patterson received a special gift. Refreshments were served at the conclu.sion of the game. Among those present were Misses Thelma Patterson, Mary Ross Hoffman, Ernestine Thomson, Nell T.ongan, Martha Redmond, Maiirine Hieronymus. Susan Hurlbut, Sawford, Tracy Berry, Mrs.

Lloyd Roe. Mrs. A. J. Campbell, Mrs.

Walter G. Harter and Mrs. James Atkinson and Mrs. Henry Salveter. Miss Helen Chamberliu of Hoiis- tonia.

Is the guest of Miss Grace Farley of R. F. D. Sedalia. Seaford B.

Eubanks of Elberiy. is also a guest at tlie Farley home. On Charges Against New York Mayor Expected Soon BERT MARVIN A CONTEST WINNER FLASHES OF FIFE IN LATE By The A Pre.s.«;. i SDXOR.X, Mark 'lAtain overlooked a bet, maybe, when he was living at Hill here. A prospector reports finding a chunk of gold worth and a total of in two oHier lots taken fioni tlie shaft of an abandoned mine in the hill.

Far from the madding of the over-heated metropolis, Mrs. James Imbrie, charming society hostess of New York, is shown enroute to the beach at Southampton, L. 1. The fashionable resort is becoming extremely popular as a rendezvous for the smart set during the warm Summer FOUR SUIN IN AN ESCAPE ATTEMPT AT PRISON CAMP Bert Marvin, son of Mr. and Mrs.

A. H. Marvin, of Kansas City, who was one of the winners in the Fisher Body Model contest, sponsored by the Jonrnal-Post, is the grandson of C. H. Freese of 1821 East Seventh street, this city.

He entered the contest in the. junior class for boys from 12 to 16 years old. He built hi.s model coach at his home and for winning in his division he will receive a trip to Detroit and $100 in cash. His mother before her marriage was Miss Adele Freese of this city. LGS A doctor put Mrs.

K. from cancer, on a plane at Shreveport, i.a., bound for Eos Angeh's. When they lifted her from the plane hme she smiled and said: doctor said never mnke I'll outlive him i-T encamped about the mine shaft, intGr App8.rGntly tnG.the nonunion workmen said they N'ominee For Gover- six national iior For The Republicans (Continued From Page One) the support of he Pendergast organization this year, had acquired a lead of 133,676 with 3,448 of the precincts tabulated. Wilson received 303,410 votes to for his nearest opponent. Stale Senator Russell E.

Dearmont, who raised the cry of against Wilson in the campaign. In Kansas City. Wilson had votes, and 10,508 were cast for Dearmont. Grover Kansas City attorney, had 9.356 votes to 5,484 for Rev. James Delk of SulH- A an.

Henry W. Kiel, former mayor of St. Louis, increased his lead for the Republican nomination for United States te; more than lo.uoo over his neart oiiponent. With return.s from pie- cincts. Ki .1.

foriiu i congress rec-uvrd 49.213; KrotKV 3t.39.8-. I'. F. Beazi 11 2ih641; Blodgett Priest and Pearl Abernathy. St.

Louis, m'gro, 210. James of St. Louis eon- tinued to haad fur the Republican lieutenant govi'inor, 2S23 piCHdncts giv.ng him 65.139 votes. V. lulc his nearest opiioneiit, J.

Grant Frye of (8ape Girardeau had 51.2U4. Tin vc-e for the others was David P. Jntn of Moherly. 50.096; Keith forn.er i-tate fish and gatco guard planes late yesterday saved their lives. Pitckets appeared to be preparing to rush the mine, they said, when the first plane swooped over the battle line.

The planes were the advance guard of the infantry companies ordered here by Governor Harry G. Leslie after repeated urgent requests lorn Sheriff Joo Dreher, hose force of depiilies was helpless to combat the well-manned picket line. Late last night the governor, at Indianapolis, announced the negotiation of a virtual truce of hostilities at the embattled mine. He said after operators of the mine agreed to discontinue efforts to work the shaft with non-union labor pending a general wage settlement in the Indiana field, union representatives telephoned orders to disband the jiickets. OBITUARIES Funeral of Harvey MacGugin Funeral services for Harvey Mac- Giigin, 66 years old, who died at his home, 805 West Seventh street, var-i Monday night, were held at 10:30 this morning at the Broadway Presbyterian church with the Rev.

Ralph A. Waggoner, pastor, officiating. Music was in charge of Mrs. E. F.

Yancey and three hymns. Thy Last Bye and and the Resurrection were given. Mrs. Charles H. Bard, Mrs.

Percy Metcalfe, Mrs. Eva Graves Johnson, Mrs. C. D. Demand and Mrs.

A. R. Beach accompanied at the organ by Mrs. George Sneed. A large number of beatitiful floral offerings surrounded the casket.

Pallbearers were Dr. C. B. Tracer, Tod Cloney. Dr.

Tom Bast, Frank Monroe, George H. Trader and Will Menefee. Eddie Atwell, representative of Commander W. W. Waters of the The A.ssociatcd Three Others Wounded In Gun Battle ith Arkansas Officers HEARING IS ASKED ON RATES CAMDKX.

X. Cross, who lost $75. is gtdiig to get it back and vhen. man whn found it has written Cross saying he is at present jobless and is th(' money, h-at that he will repay if with t. at a more propitioiLS day.

By The Associated Press. ALBAXY, N. Aug. attack on Mayor James J. credibility lay on Gov.

Franklin D. desk today as the case of Xew pushed to the forefront of gubernatorial lems. The documentary strife betwee Walker and Samuel Seabury, coui sel to a legislative committee investigation, reached a cl max when Seabury filed late yeste day 20,000 words calling Walkt evasive and of belief lit was a reply to defenj rtigainst accusations of unfitnesB, which the removal sought. Soon Gov. Roosevelt is to make a decision public.

He ma. i give Walker a hearing. It also' Wa considered possible he might move or exonerate him on tb basis of documents on file. Seabury, whose tone has hithert been boldly legal, uncorked sharj language. Alluring to the contention that 19 of 15 remova counts are outlawed becauso i refer to a previous administration Seabury said it was "a sorry gight 'riRAXA, and animal sacrifice made a strange tending he must be allowed to see a public ti con blend at recent graduating exercises tinue in f)f the Albanian institute, office he was enough not to be caught i B.

E. F. took over duties 'at Johnstown and assisted by D. B. I FTlison, national contact office, hur- ried through w'ork of moving the vets out of this steel city.

I As the sun shed its light over I the ramp today liundreds of veterans day. I and their families took to higlnvays Seven i in all directions. Others remained i re.stless, hut orderly, awaiting com- i maiids to entrain. Mayor McClos- key said 75 percent of those in the camp would be gone by night. At nearby Ligonier.

19, men. one w'oman. and two children who have been sleeping in a chicken coop and I an orchard behind, prepared to re- iturn home. Their leader, Tony Ba- I tiste, of ('amden, N. said they lost $30u in equipment during the Washington disorders.

TUCKER PRISOX FARM, Aug. convicts were killed and three wounded in a daring break from a prison camp stockade and a subsequent gun battle be tween the fugities and officers ny Tlie JEFFERSON CITY, Aug. 4 city council of Pofdar Bluff filed an application with the public service commission a hearing on telephone rr.ten 'Fhe oday a of ti-ie '1 students wore overalls. When cornerstone of a new building was laid, a ram was sacrificed on it, in aecordance wiEi an ancient cns- rn. Southeast Mssouri 'I'he application, signerl by tee Uiay- or and city council of P-l charges the corn pan rate-; are unju.st, and wholly A dae for hearing has not been To Have Boxing Show q'he Anif i ican Legion Post at Marshall, tonight will hold an outdoor boxing show.

tigiit will he Rtagfd ori lawn of Lagles hoine loeateri one biOcK norXa of square. in time. Seabury contended the record the mayor guilty of acts charged. They included ac- ciisations that he accepted from brokerage houses and ind vidtials; that he carried on hiddei financial transactions through th now missing Russell T. Sherwood tliat he permlttefi the designatlor in city compensation cases, of doc who Fpl his brother FARM BOARD PLANS COTTON DISPOSAL convicts, one of whom killed a trusty serving as a guard at the stockade here, were surrounded by officers in a wood 25 miles from the prison and three were shot to death, two were wounded and two others surrendered.

R. G. Jones, a trusty who wms blamed by authorities for organizing the flight and killing Else the trusty serving as a guard, was one of those wmundcd. Jones also was blamed for wounding Gecil Allen, another trusty serving as a guard. Howell was shot to death when he resisted at- AN ATTAC MADE ON HOSPITALIZATION WHEELS OF TRUCK WERE STOLEN WEDNESDAY NGHT T.om f.on: Dr.

Wlll.arr. 'c r.r-W and hf rt financial ree daw on rrrt- Death of Infant The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Feliks Zarowiec, 2117 East Broadway, born at the Both well hospital Tuesday, died Wednesday afternoon. escaping convicts to guns THREE ESCAPED FROM PRISON FARM I By 'riio irrted iTcss.

JEFFERSON (MTV. Jug. of priscjii farm Xo. 3 in ('Lllaway Gounty, walked away I from the farm sometime during last oflicials announced today. who arc: Donald Gilbert, received at the penitentiary George Hieronymus George Hieronymus.

GS years old, a bachelor and well-known resident of Pettis County, the son of the late and Kathryn Lower Hieronymus, died at his home on a farm near Longwood about 4:30 o'clock this morning following a lingering illness. Mr. Hieronymus was horn September. 1863. in Longwood.

and he had resided In tl.at vicinity his entire life. He is survived by six brothers and two sisters. Funeral services will be held at Febniarv 20. 1931. from Benton 4.5,'^'8 4 and 42.499.

A. H. his lead for treasurer noir Stcir man Liiicy of 542. I'he ans T'i. seler of St.

I.ouis. increasing st.i’e 2833 pre-' nets and IPr- Bh'omfirld ('ounty for burglary and larceny, i I'heodore Morin. St. Louis 2 years from April 21, 193,. ifoi- lare ny.

Louis Walker doing four yeai? from V( rnon County on a forgery charge, May 1 19.11. i By The Associated rres.s. DURHAM, X. Aug. I Williams of the federal larm hoard told the American Institute of Co- I operation that the board, engaged in the stabilization of the cotton market, exp.ected to of 000 bales of cotton during the I coming fiscal year with the same i absence of price disturbance that marked its sale of wheat.

far as tlie federal farm board is he said, stabiliza- tion activities are fairly on the way to a satisfactory He said the board had reduced its holding of wheat from 257.000.- 000 bushels to less than 25,000,000 bushels a in the markets of the world. I same he said, will come into being wuth cotton this fiscal year with as little distil rba nee. as was the case with MAN BOASTS DAUGHTERS 21 AND 86 INSURANTE PLOT THEORY IN DEATH ai pareruly liad of of se, ami it or Ihomp- lU' nominated Gccrce B. Hackmann lor his former oH: and son for the state. While no i and laN publican noirinatiuii fwr court ju.lces in certain of victory Rajinond nert and ChaiU iir eip Re emc By The Associated i LDUW.

Aug. body of man. identified from as that of Charles Marcela, IS. cigar dealer of St. Louis, was found in a ndd near a cemetery Warren'Oil yrsterday fa'lmr believes lie was slain His in an 2 were i insurance po of Kansas The fr-u 2 sc this B-uu'rtr son 96 116 1 95.155; David son City 967 Sharp of 77rw 'a Democrats a other rL Frank Tiw iglit Roy M-K (M aries vuMoD a-- in ers le of and Kdw Irui 51,2 a Tone, Bar both lead.

Madi- Union. Jack Marcola's partner. Pa'iermo hell for Warrent an'hont and another man, J. seih ano. was sough' by hiv 'tntil they learned he a liquor in ty.

jail. t.h rough I-'U was M- n'gome' A huh- apr r-f b-dy idewtif-ed as reiuly iiren a -e--', e- i-t n- ral, di '-r ir a PCs irom fhe grc hrr. Tt rn.d 1 V. b- ast c-O'C r'r I he field Palermo denied of Marne. Pchw rtiS'rtam poli- Xhircola and lam 'n ahi.

SEVERAL negroes ar IN ROUNDUP 1 A pad been mi unis an 1 ere in- tempts of the take his rifle. The convicts seized what and ammunition they could carry and dismantled all other firearms at the camp before fleeing on horses. Allen was struck over the head wuth a gun and sdightly wounded when he soug'nt to foil the escape. P7arly report.s from The officers who took part in the gun fight did not state which convicts were Later advices, however, disclosed convicts killed in the gun bat- were Loy Smith. 23; J.

D. Brown, 25, and Hershel Chaney. 23, all serving short terms for burglary and grand larreny. They were re.sidents of Arkansas. Everett Wackerley, serving a life term for murder in P'ranklin county, wa.s shot in the right knee and Jones was shot in the right arm.

Jack Slayton, and Walter Higgins. 20, also serving terms for burglary and grand larceny, were the two who surrendered after the fight. Bloodhounds trailed the convicts from the point where they aban- Uloned their horses to a field eight I miles northeast of England. I When the posse of about 25 offi- i cers from the four counties and the prison camp came upon the group, the fugitives opened fire. The officers returned it, killing two of the convicts instantly.

Smith lived a minutes. The two others then gave up. Jones and Wackerley. the most desperate of the group. I were brought to the prison hospital The break occurred at the Camp Xo.

2 stockade where a comparatively small number of opnvicts on the prison farm are housed. It is two and a half miles from the prison farm By Tl.i^ I KANSAS CITY, of sion attR'ked gnvr-rr: ization for war non-service Shannon is diifmurt a por' every form w-re 'he 2-' iCirv thst hxtn r-g by Aug. 4.. to near A'y killing 0 H. fied.

should cal and surah care he asked. "They pay a penses of life prot'essior. care no' free homes, free tis unfair oorupeiiiion w-ph i ful pursuit of the pri'-a: i of BAPTIST STUDENTS ARE IN CAMPAIGN 1932 Style- Bedroom Suites at Clearance Prices in Our Annual The Bap'ist studeuts 0 Letts County are in the midst cd mer campai.gn. They h.iNC programs in five dc.tteren: this week, (''n Thursday they will give a program ya 'he Dresden Baptist church. On night they will present at the East Sedalia Baptist and Memorial Baptist churoh.es B.

Eubanks, state S. pres: dent, is assisting in the oampaign. The public is invited to th.csc meetings. Let us show you the new High-Powcr Perfections. The world's fastest oil burning cook stoves.

AUGUST FURNITURE SALE Speedy, Economical, Easy to Light. Easy to Clean, Beautiful. HAY PROMISES CLARK "ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT" Priced $18.00 and up, Furniture for Every Room Included in This Sale. RELIEF AID DENIED FOR PRESENT TIME By The Press. WASHINGTON, Aug.

construction corporation today fused to extend any destitution re- re- re- is a man has a daugh- tprhi years old and another 1 86-ycar-old sister, Sadie Fitts of Burnevwille. c- e. a u'e rt w. nt I CO i urn fa ders The He is B. L.

Shirley of Springtown, who lays claim to 112 years on earth. Vdith him is shown Mrs. Waters of Mesquite, a daughter, by his third who declares hmr father was 26 when she was born in 1S46. James Monroe w-as president w'hen Shirley was bom. lief aid to Pennsylvania at tins time.

(Jov. Pinchot and other state officials had requested an immediate loan of and said they would ask later for another Chairman Pomerene In a brief statement said the board felt that the Pennsylvania legislature and various poliiical units in the state had not done all thry could to aid in the situation. Therefore, he said, federal relict would be withheld a' this time although The board fep that some aid should be given later. ST. LOUIS.

Auz. M. Hay. defeated candidate for the lYemocratic senatorial nomination last night sent a gram to (7ol. Bennett (Mark, vie torioiis candidate and promised Clark his and entluisiastic deeply appreciate the loyalty and support of all my Hay said in a statement, I want them and all others to know that I accept the result without bit- terness.

i I shall not be privileged to serve my state In the United States senate, I trust that my life! and service as a citizen may be sucdi as to enable iny friends to feel I that the confidence reposed in me, I was not 118-20 E. Zri tA. Model Inhalator TOO LATE TO CLASSIFV The McLaughlin Ambulance not only has complelc first-aid cquiomcnt, but has the latest model Inhalator for use in case of drowning or asphyxiation. I FOR S.VLF—Fr\ers Washir.gmn. Uc lb.

uro MODERN cottage and side, 22-F12. garage. 3-ROOM modern lower apart- ment. Private bath. Phone 2716.

i The prompt use of this Inhalator, much more effective than the old style pulmotor. is often the means of saving a human life. FOR Led iend, irth. Lf d. I' ice box.

sf radio. ALL OR PART I Card of Thanks Me wish to thank our noiahbors and friends for their kindness and symi'aihy during the and at the time of dea'h of our husband MiUer. UdO or perori home Mry. Ethel Phone FRESH FISH Fr.day at.d FOP MOPE TBAN HALF A CENTURY Main and fa'h-r. C.

T. Sy-iWevs. Mrs. Spillers and family. DESIRABLE mode' ment Phene 217'.

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