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\f=T\ Thf. Union df-y Times s *"{ * ,' PRESS ' :; I ? '. . - i-iao^oit'lLto?0.h>W11?17 DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY * ~rii - -11111 111. ' J t OAILY-EXaOT?UIII?AY - t>^<liii<fa>M?--C??*^J>0^"?!!SjE||y^r . 1 "' -' ?'- 11 ' i iii i imih'hii" i' **?*"* 1 "' - p .. Afternoon, gmhk IMS ' CoP? . Vol. LXX1I1 No. 1SS7 . . U?lo?, S. C, Froloy AIIMUUO. I JEFFORDS PAYS WITH HIS L1F1 Columbia, Dae. 22.?Frank M. Jei fords was electrocuted at the staft prison here today for the murder las May of his business partner, J. C. Ai nette. The current was turned on a d lu-.20. He was dead four minute I later. One application was made. s I Jeffords made a few requests abou I the disposition of his personal belong I tags. He entered the death chambe 1 with a Arm tread and greeted the wit i basse; with "Good morning, gentle men," then calmly took his place i the chair, the strapa were adjusts and Superintendent Sanders asks Jeffords if he had anything to saj > "The only thing I want to say," sal I .tfffnnU "U ?- J l m? ? n?iv ?UiU UU< [ side see an example in tkis. I hav L made pay peace with God and ai r rendy to go. I want to spy a llttl prayer, too," then he repeated th 23rd Psalm, adding to the Blbliea text, the word amend. As he ende< the current was applied. His brothc and brother-in-law visited him pric tjo the execution. Columbia, Dec. 21.?Frank M. Je: fords, one of the three convicted mui derers of John C. Arnette, partner < Jeffords, in the automobile filling sti tion business wiu be electrocuted t< morrow at the state penitentiary hei between 10 a. m. and 2 p. m., thei being nothing now to interfere wil the execution of the court's sentenc a last minute appeal to Governor Hal t oy yesterday bringing no results. Jeffords refused to make a stab ment to newspaper men today exce] to declare, "I am ready to meet m God. Everything is all right wil me." The condemned man ate i early supper and retired early. rVklnmfii* Ti#? 91 ?U? vey today reprieved Ira Harrison, ui J der sentence of death for the murd< of John C. Amettc here last May, ui til February 16. The chief executiv in a statement, declared his move wi to prevent an endless chain of a] ; peals farther delaying the axecutfc of Harrison, until the supreme cou disposes of the appeal now pendin : which acted as a stay of exscution < the date pat, tomorrow. court is carried out, bo I ernor Harvey's statement declared ti I option was taken because the chl I' <!->:ecutive is charged with the "sc responsibility of seeing that the vc L . , dicta of the courts are carried out." IB ' Harrison, together with Frank ] Jeffords, condemned to die in the ele trie chair tomorrow and Glenn Tree were tyied jointly and found guil * ' of the', murder of Arnette, who w Jeffords/' partner in a gasoline fi in gstation, at which Treece and Ha ri?on were employed. Treece was gi en a sentence of life imprisonmei upon a recommendation of mercy intNf nfkil.i TTurriflAn an/1 Tpffnr UiC JUIJT| TT 111'V * ?WVt* MMU w W? were sentenced to be executed in t state penitentiary on June 15. The execution was stayed by a peals taken on behalf of both H< " uaon and Jeffords. The case w argued before the supreme court a last fall, the supreme court of t state dismissed both appeals as bei without merit, ordering that the pr oners be taken back to the circi court for resentencing. The two wi taken before Judge T. J. Mauldin Columbia on November 22, and I cember 22 was- set by the judge the day of execution. Bernard B. Evans, attorney 1 Harrison, asked for a delay until 1 client could be examined by a boi to determine his sanity. Harrison a taken into the court room at 1 time in an apparent coma and 1 death sentence was passed while was lying prone on a desk. The coi refused to inquire into the defendar sanity after three physicians bad t tilled that the coma was feigned. An appeal from this ruling Judge Mauldin saved Harrison fr being executed tomorrow. .a*. Jeffords received his sentei * ? Without making any motion throe 'lP his attorney, although his case s If later taken to the United States i preme court, which declined to revi it. An appeal to the governor, last hope, failed. Tonight there i nothing to indicate that the d executive would postpone the exe tion of Jeffords. CapUin Ord4rad to MobQiia Guardsm MonYoe, La.. Dac. 22.?Lieuter Iouis Harden today received a n |f * raff* from Captain Cooper at 1 > Rouge ordering him to mobilise Guardsmen and rash them to < Morehouse parish to reinforce % troops on duty there. Mm. T. A. Littiedoha of Jonesv wil hare as her fasets for the 1 days, her mother and sisters, 1 Fannie Las setter and Miss Bess 1 setter of Luthererille, Ga., Mrs. E Bui lard and son. Reward, of Mac Georgia. CHARGE OF ARSON I, TO GAFFNEY MAI 11 Gaffney, Dec. SI. ? Parry 1 e Holm**, wall known Gaff hey citiaer t, was a res ted yesterday, an the chary ' of having sat fire to his residence i t Gaffney soma days ago. P. L. Bakai s who Uvea next door to the resident of lfr. Hohaaa, waa awakened in th >t very early hours of the morning b - crashing glass. Ha soon discovers r that Hie house was on lire, an - promptly turned in the alarm. Whe ! the fireman arrived they found n n one at home, afid the bouse was *1 d eurely fastened. They effected ec d trance through the roof, and diacoi r. ered a Um of bod coverings extent d in< fn>ra the room oarer that in whfc t- the Are originated, to an attic. Tb -e btd covering* according to the a tab n ments of the A reman, were thorougi le ly saturated with gssoHfto, and i m the attic were found a quantity c il old papers and refuse which had hoc i, saturated with the same fluid. Goifl t down stairs they found two btackel >r Ailed with gaaeline, and in a elan they found a quantity of disu4? clothing and waste which was litei I- ally dosed with gasoline. Mr. Low r- who prosecuted Mr. Holmes, ia; >? that his investigations disclosed thi i- this is the seventh Are which M >- Holmes has had within the past eigl e years, and the members of the Ale di e purtment say that they have answers h three alarms from Mr. Holmes' res e, dence within the past nine months, r- After being arrested Mr. Holmi employed Butler snd Hall to repr b- sent him, and in a short time the jt secured an order for bail, and tl ty accused man is now at liberty, th preliminary examination will be he in at an early day when, the testtmoi for the state will be taken. Mr. Holmes has numbers < r- friends in Gaffney, who believe in h a- innocence, as they say they cams sr conceive of his deliberately plash a- in jeopardy the lives of his no e, neighbors in order to get bumnm is money. m Program for UmLm Com*y it lapdat Ciifwiii ? The next meeting of the Uni< ** 10:80 a. m.?Laymen's work and c e* ganized men'* classes. Discussion o ened by Rev. J. E. Menf. ,r- 11:00 a. m.?'Paying Our Vowi a sermon by Rev. L. M. Rice.' 12:00 m.?Recess fjr dinner. !C" 1:00 p. m.?Praise service. ce 1:30 p. m.?"A Message to t ty Sceptically Inclined" by A. O. Ke as nedy, Esq. 2:00 p. m.?"The Best Way to I ir* nance the Church." Discussion open iv* bj J. K. HambHn, Esq. B*? All of the churches are request by to send full delegations. ds 1567-2t. 'Committee, he ? Entire National ^ Guard on Du Mer Rogue. Dec. 22.?The ent Knt.inntl Ctmr/i cnmrmnv rvn riutv he ng while the lakes surrounding the ci i8 are being dragged for the bodies ^ the two men kidnaped last August s re cr(iered to Cooper Lake today. T in guards stationed there discovered s< je_ oral men moving about in the sh ag low water and fired upon them. T men escaped from the dftachment ror troops who have been guarding t divers who are searching the both ird of the lake. ras The troops returned here later. Ci jje tain Cooper announced that the m jje fired on by guards disappeared. 1 he investigation after daylight failed throw further light of the visit to 1 lt>8 lake. The theory advanced ia tl gg. they were trying to remove the bod of Watt Daniels and Thomas Richai 0f who were kidnaped in last August. " Official Denial Madia fico ' ,gh Berlin, Dec. 22 (By the Aseoda ru Press).?Official denial warn made h BU_ today that Chancellor Cuno or ? iew other government official had si hit gested that American commission ras vestigate the German economic c lief dition. cu- ~ 1 ' Santa Claoa Work Forest Camp, No. 86, W. 0. W. >#n playing Santa Claus this year i made so many people happy, camp sent the 8anta Claus club a | 1M erous check and also gave the Sal Ua~ tion Army one for their fund. 40 This was very handsome in C< No. 86 and both organisations the very grateful. Falling Walls Injurs Firon ille, loll- New York, Dec. 22.?Deputy C in. John F. OUsts and IS firemen i Las- injured today hy falling wals w L B. fighting fire in a Brooklyn fact hen, Fifty families were driven from t nearby boons. 'BODIES MAY BE I MISSING AIRME1 2. Nogales, Art*., Dec. 21.?Colon W A. J. McNab, In command of oper toina in the Nogales sector in tl a search for Colonel Francis C. Ma r, shall and Lieutenant C. L. Weblx ? missing army aviators, said tonig! e he had been- unable to secure ai y definite information concerning t\ d reported discovery of the aviatoi d bodies on tl|e Papalo Indain reserv n tion, 78 miies west of Tucson, o t San Francisco, Dec. 21.?The cha i- red bodies of the missing aviatoi r- Col. Francis N- Marshall and Liet 1- Charles Webber, have been founds h the Papalo Indian reservation abo is 75 miles west of Tucson, Aris., tl ?- Southern Pacific railroad officii i* here were adyfsed this afternoon h dispatches from Tucson. it A cowboy,'the advices stated, car n upon the bodies -near what is knot E as Indian Oasis. The bodies lay t* the wreckage of the fliers' airplai A It is not known whether Col. Mi >d shall and Lieutenant Webber we r- killed when they crashed to earth ? burned to death afterward. fS The meium to the Southern F rt ciflc said: "Some cowboy found the r- two aviators naar Indian Oasis. Be apparently were bnrned to desi * About 7b mites west of Tucson ** Papalo reservation. No railro there. It ia on a wagon track. Sv pose airplane fell to ground and avi 88 tors burned to death." ** Saturday mnrning Ave airplan !y started an intensive search for t missing airmen. They were johi ~ later by 15 more airplanes. T planes carrier emergency rations a *y water containers so they could dropped at any point on the desert J* the lost officers were sighted and landing was impossible. The starch .was conducted on ** larger Malts, than any other simi ** operation conducted by the army m service. v Hastock Schools . c-tP Closo for Chriatxn Tim Bastoe schools for boys a mi yesterday morning : Jj? the CM$htwi^hol*Ays. Both i ? studio of Miss NeU Curies. 'm bra ting the dosing of school for . holidays. The room was ft lied w pupils and guest*. ? T1?e Christmas carols, "Sil '? j Night" and "Joy to the World," w |8ung. A freak quadrille, for wh | Miss Lena Bailey played an old dai ke tune on the violin, was given by eij girls, dressed backwards with b n* combed over their faces and ma r. j at the back of their heads. T1 I gave seven or eight figures of an c fashioned square dance. Miss M . garet Wingo gave a monoluog "Mrs. Fidgety on a Street Car." The president of the senior cli Miss Nancy Mathewes, presen gifts to Hugh T. Shockley, rpesid of the schools, and to B. L. Bis ty well, president of the school for gi Mr. Blaclcwell made a brief spe 're of acceptance. ire The exercises closed with the si lty ing of "Alma Mater" and distri ?* tion of gifts from the Christ! if8 tree.?Spartanburg Herald, he i m Letter of Appreciation alMr. Charles F. Allen, who is .? ?* N J.. wrote a charming letter to ushers and the choir of the Gi 5rn Smith campaign, thanking them the beautiful silver gift* to Mr. A ip~ and expressed great appreciation [511 their kindness and thoughtfulnesi him during bis stay here, to T m Mr. Align Called Home !? Mr. Charles F. Allen, who is i Gipsy Smith in Hattiesburg, M was called to his home in O Brook, N. J., on account of the crit illness of his father. Christmas Jingles ere iny (Written by Cecil Calvert Wilson, a** Grade, Clifford School) 0_ Santa Claus is coming, to fill stockings full, Bring us some toys and wagon to ] Make some poor boy happy With a present nice and neat And a brand new pair of shoes to ? on Ms xeet. md It wu half past nina when we h oar mother say, ! ?- ?i hear the bells tinkling on Sai w* sleigh." Then there was a scramble to ge kmP to bed. *n With a warm blanket and a pi for oar head. Bring Mr. Riee, editor of The T! Mm Everything sweet for the Chris chimes. hief rere Cortes Godshall, of Cedar 8pi hile Institute, will arrive this aftermx ory. spend the holidays with his par heir Mr. and Mrs- U B. Godshall on v Mala street / I * u: . * POLICE JOIN HUtt| N FOR BANK ROOT el Denver, Colo., Dec. 21.?BmU a- other peace officers of northenf.A be iado tonight ?r? engaged in ? r- sive man hunt for four men'Jim it, automobile 3uapeeted of InuB bt bandits who Monday morninraR ay and killed Charles T. Linton, 8k in reserve bank guard, during r?? fight in front of the mint M. which they stole $200,000 ha enfMk ana escaped. The hunt started this afbMfl r- when Henry Fuqua, a farmer I? rs, al*>ut 20 miles eaat of GreelepH? it. ond 60 miles north of here, tgpB on to Sheriff Hail of Greeley tha*lfiNfel ut encountered four heavily armo4'A he in an abandoned house on ha^H lis property. i in Sheriff Hall notified the DegMjK lice department, asking for aaridttWl so The sheriff, six deputies ani^KBfl m ranger left for the farm hottgd^fl In the Denver police departments? le. ored riot car equipped with <HBl ir- guns and two automobile loBdadgjj ire cers and detectives armed witltJi|fl Or on snotguns itii lor in the pursuit. r a- A third automobile ewryia|;||jl mm hundred rounds of ammualQpi^JH >th vuh dispatched from the Dtayif ^ th. quarters. Later hi the day SlmH on imported to Denver by telnfrtjinif;# ad he had arrived at the ranch hMWIJ ip. that tho men had left. UWjja la- C1U8 Downer, residing just Greeley, reported that abfMgyt as o'clock a man came to her UtSIN he asked for a pan of water anAgH ted cotton, explaining that he hhd dlM "he in his car who had been hurt, *"jlS nd Downer said she gave the Mhttsjnj be of water and a roll of gauze;'<s?mK if took back to the car. A few.nsdhr a lrter she said the car sped 3 wards Fort Collins. She decUuBM;^ a car had the curtains drawn aitfipfti lar one in the car threw .the air the car went by the house. The cars of Denver pnll|e ffifirjl bi'ixed in Greeley awaiting word from officers in thwvici^^^hr Denver, Colo., pec. Ip|? h yiU graphs of the fing^^ the c- "0 requested V' ' -Ji Denver bandits to ET, perpetrated a $75,000* iSkifting ent recently. Copies of the ere found on the gun and, 22.?Herb< doned automobile *?Tt m nce been left at a vantage point by f bandits were sent to every large ei ajr in the country. List of Bond Buyers Id ar> The list of bond buyers up to t ^ time of going to press, is publish ' below, and the place where the Chrii (<t mas seals are on sale:. ^ Emslie Nicholson, C. C. Sanders, en^ H. Garner, H. L. Gaflfney?$10 bonds; C. C. Cooper, $6.00 bond; { rj8 grade boys, Miss Kathrin I,ayt< W|| teacher, $5.00 bond; 8th grade gii Mrs. Malpheur, teacher, $5.QjMx>r 10th grade, Mrs. M. W. Mixsoii^B bu- er' *500# W. S. Nicholson, $6.00; L. M. J< dan, $5.00; Farmers Bank & Tn Co., $10.00; Mullinax-Faucett Clo. C $5.00; I. From, $1.00 seals. All other grades at the high scho ith $14.23; grammar school, $40.16; Mi beth school, $10.39; Bradley-Estes C pay ?l 0? ot iealsjor W. M. Hum, who has charge of t lien camP*l?n? wishes to announce tl 0f the seals are on sale at the boot ( in the postofllce. Famous Norte Dame I Church Destroyed by fj rfth Quebec, Canada, Dec. 22.?Fire i |tt lieved starting from short circdt sdar e'ectr^c wlr# destroyed the farift deal Dame church here. The chai was established in 1647. The tire is believed to be incen ary, so the chief of police said 1st The loss is f1,000,000. 6th 1 Family Feud in W. Vs. Steubenville, Ohio, Dec. 22.?I Ledson was killed and his broti P k William, severely wounded as a suit of a faud battle between the L son and Pearson families today n Weirton, West Virginia. James Yt . son is being sought by the state Bard lice charged with the murder. ?*' Death of Mrs. Plowden Mrs. P. B. Barnes received a n sage this morning that her fri< Mrs. Liszie Plowden, of Greenv v _ died suddenly this morning ?t Mrs. Plowden frequently tls here and death breaks'a friend on earth that has lasted from el ?? hoed; I >n to i i I ote, Of every thousand men who su Bast 679 wed women at the same afi thsmssWea. A . i . I I BORAH SUGGESTS NEW CONFERENCE Washington, Dec. 21.?Extensive discussion of international affairs is 'expected to develop in the senate as a result of a proposal today by Senator Borah (Republican ( of Idaho for an international conference to consider economic, financial and business problems, including German reparations, as well as reductions of land, sea and aerial armaments. Senator Borah offered bis plan as an amendment to the $830,000 naval ' appropriatoin bill, which was report> ed to the senate today for prelimin\ ary consideration tomorrow. He i proposed that the president be asked ' to call an economic and disarma> ment conference instead of a conference merelv tn wHV ?w ?vw? ?VI?U 11II A Wit VIV/11 of naval vessels under 10,000 tons and military and naval aircraft, as provided in the bill as passed by the house. In offering his amendment as a substitute for the house provision, Senator Borah declared world economic conditions required immediate action, and he proposed that President Harding be "authorised and requested" to invite such governments to send representatives to the conference as he should deem "necessary and expedient" with the object of arriving at "understandings or arrangements" looking "to the restoration of trade and establishment of sound financial and business conditions." With reference to armaments, the Borah amendment includes the house bill's provisions as to naval vessels under 10,000 tons and aircraft, with its provisions for consideration of 1 nnri an/1 HAW ormamanfs |f Senate leaders do not expect the S Borah proposal, nor the house pro9 vision, to be reached during tomor8 row's consideration of the bill. These x end an amendment by Senator King V (Democrat) of Utah calling for a jnlanr and sea disarmament conference, E which is pending, are expected to go jover until after the Christmas holing! days. Ha.) Senator Borah's amendment caused f^Lsurprise, especially in view as re- VV^ong position in the past in ira that to American participation iade at f jUan problems. He was one aestlons J-roagest opponents of the J it clear thath^ bmsveda^ |i needed to solve pressing Engine j I problems affecting AmeriLjw Jmi reparations, he said, were Jp u... * ' v4o the European situation," ; and he th6ught his proposed conferj y ence might "break the deadlock on that subject." Heavy Ginnings To December 13 He ed Washington, Dec. 20.?Cotton ginit ned prior to December 13 amounted to 9,493,296 running bales, including F. 161,698 round bales, counted as half .00 tales; 24,613 bsles of AmeritanEgyp>th tian and 5,255 bales of sea island, the m, coisus bureau announced today, rls, To December 13 last year ginnings id^ were 7,790,656 running bales, includSh*h?g 122,649 round bales, counted as half bales; 25,827 bales of AmericanMr Egyptian and 3,062 bales of sea islst 'and. So.,' Ginnings this year to December 13 by states follow: ol, Alabama .. 811,759 tc- Arizona 31,461 !o?., Arkansas 990,168 California 20,461 he Florida 27,052 tat Georgia 724,870 iha Louisiana 341,370 Mississippi 976,324 Missouri 130,706 j North Carolina 830,305 ira Oklahoma 626,174 I South Carolina 502,594 Tennessee 373,06S taj Texas 3,065,072 >us V irginia 24,972 rch AJ1 other states 15,182 di. Man Chooses Death *r. In Preference to Jai! Jersey City, N. J., Dec. 21.?Witl 21 hours in which to raise $24 alimonj or go to jail, Louis La Sasso attempt *?y ed to hold up a grocery store here to day and, when trapped, killed himsell La Sasso entered the store and or *4- dered the manager at the point of i e*r pistol to put up his hands just whei tar- prank Burns, a mechanic, who was t P?* install locks iu the store doors, ai rived and *?v? the alarm. A larg crowd gathered and La Sasso fled int a blind passageway ffi the rear of th store. Finding himself trapped, b ' * turned the pistol upon himself. Hid, a letter found by police in La Sai so's pocket, showed ne naa wen ocj ' 10 arated from his wife and had bee given a day in which to raise $24 1 ited give her or be sent to jail, (hip * did- According to an old superstititk: the first to cry at a wedding will 1 the next to marry, trry ? I aa Mrs. J. M. Harrison of Colerah was a visitor to Unio* today. i; ; y r I V DIVERS TRYING TO FIND BODIES Batron Rouge, La., Dec. 22.?Governor Parker received message from Mer Rouge today saying two bodies, beUeved to he those of Daniels and P.ichards, had been found. Shreveport, I^a., Dec. 22.?Bodies four.d in Lake LanFaurche, believed to be those of the men kidnapped by musked men in August, had limbs tied nith wire, according to Journal's special correspondent. They came to the surface as a result of a big charge of dynamite exploded last night by unidentified persons. Only belts and portion of trousers remain. One man's head is gone. It is believed the slayers tried to destroy the bodies. Mer Rogue, La., Dec. 21.?Bivounppd tonirht on t.hr? nhovoa nf Cln Rouge parish lakes, a company of Louisiana national guard faced the prospect of spending the Christmas holidays dragging the water and affoiding protection to professional divers, in an effort to recover the bodies of two prominent citizens of Mer Ilouge who were believed to have been murdered by masked and whiterobed men of three states. Two days of effort on the part of military and some 75 men and boys rf the parish have been fruitless. Unsuccessful in the efforts to recover the bodies in Lakes Cooper and Lafourche the search wil! be extended to other lakes in the vicinity. "We will drag every lake in the parish until we find them," Captain W. W. Cooper, commanding officer of the company, declared today. Machine guns were planted at strategic points on the lake shores late today as a precaution against the possibility of sniping on the part of those aligned with the mob that swooped down upon five Mer Rouge citizens last August while they were returning home from a celebration end earned them off to a punishment ground where they were severely handled. Watt Daniels and Thomas Richards have been missing since that night. That the flaying of the two men was not premeditated is conceded by all interested Young Daniels resetted th* mercilens t flogging administered his 70-year-old father and tore which wtS heard by Richards and loth men were slain in the fight that ensued, according to a story credited to members of their families. The bodies then were believed to have been weighed down with wagon wheels und thrown into one of the r.earby lakes. Department of justice men, after working on the case for many months, are *-aid to know the identity of many members of the mob and with the recovery of the bodies which will establish that a murder had been ccmmitted wholesale arrests will follow and a court will be established at Itastrop parish seat where open hearings, under direction of Governor Parker and other state officiads, will be begun. Soundings by professional divers at Lafourche today where investigators had charted the most probable location of the bodies, revealed the fact that the depth of the lake makes successful operations there almost impossible. A plan to drainC ooper lake of its water also was abandoned late today and instead soldiers and parish citizens waded through the shallow waters, but without result. ********** I * WITH THE SICK * ********** II 1 liHlu Ill lO, ?aaacj xiunotu ???u uwiv i daughter are confined to their home i on N. Mountain street with flu. > Mrs. Ben Faucette is quite sick with ! flu at her home on N. Pinckney street. * Little James Switzer, the youngest 1 son of Dr. and Mrs. Paul Switzer, has heen ill with pneumonia, but is much improved today. | Mrs. Dan Mullinax is confined tc her home on Douglass Heights with , u slight attack of flu. f Miss Lizzie Gregory is sick witli flu at her home on South street. Mrs. L. B. Godshall is recovering from a recent attack of flu. Forrest Godshall is quite sick witl a flu at his home on East Main street. n Miss Demurys Spears, daughter o: 0 Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Spears, is sick witl Mu at her home on East Main street. o PERSONAL MENTION e ' ie M. Russell Jeter of Santuc was i business visitor in Union today. ?- Mr. L. J. Browning is spending aom >- time in Asheville at the Sunsc !n Heights Sanitorium, where he ha gone to recuperate after a severe il ness. The many friends of Mr. Browi ^ ing hope for hir speedy recovery. M Trig Tinsley is conducting an au tion sale in Kock Hill for the Roc Hill Jewelry company and the peop fie oi that city are navm* uie time < j their Uvea. Jjf CASE PRESENTED IN MINE RIOTS Marion, III., Dec. 21 (By the Associated Press).?Alter eight days spent in the introduction of evidence, the prosecution rested today at the trial of five men charged with murder in connection with the slaying of 20 non-union miners during the Harriots last June. The defense will open tomorrow .corning. In the testimony of its last few witnesses, the state completed its relations of the events from the time three mine guards were shot while driving a truck from Carbondale to fk. I " ??wi mine on ine morning ol June 21, to the attack on the mine that afternoon when three union miners were killed, the surrender under a white flag the next morning of 48 men in the pit and the slaying of 20 of the prisoners. All five defendants hav e been pointed out in court as having been seen with guns during the riots and several of them have been named as having shot down some of the victims. During the course of the presentation of the state's case, four of the survivors of the tragedy have taken the stand and described the scenes of horror which they said accompanied the killings. The cross examinations by the defense have been brief and apparently designed to bear out its contention that the non-union men in the mine and their employers had incited the riots for the purpose of having state troops called out to protect the pits; that the guards in the mine were armed, and that they disregarded warnings that the operation of the mine would result in outbreaks. In their cross-examination attorneys for the defense repeatedly referred to the non-union workers in the mine and the guards as "scabs," "gunmen," "private detectives" and "spies." A. W. Kerr, chief counsel for the j defense, sadi he expected to prove that the "guards or gunmen" were the aggressors in the riot* and brought on any attack that was made ' upon them by their acts of provocation and challenge. He made special reference to the testimony of Donald M. Ewing, Chicago newspaper man, and it is said that the defense weald shot at the Hen+n cemetery never took plaae. Mr. Kerr also stated that the testimony of Dr. Shipman, who testified as an eye-witness of the death march from Herrin to the cemetery, would be impeached and evidence introduced to show that Dr. Shipman was not there at all. He added that other witnesses who would testify that the effort to disprove testimony given by other of the state's witnesses. He further said that the defense would put on the stand hundreds of witnesses who would testify that the defendants now on trial had no possible connection witht the killings charged. Believe Skeleton That of Officer Orlando, Fla., Dec. 21.?Belief that a skeleton found in a swatgp 24 miles west of Orlando this morning by three hunters is that of a former army officer was expressed tonight by Francis karel, sheriff of Orange county. Sheriff Karel said that the body had evidently been in the swamp at least a year. The only mark of identification found was a collar button in which the initial "B" was carved. Boots, such as are worn by cavalry officers and an officer's cap yere found i:t ar mc saeieion. Tin- sheriff brought the skull to this city in the belief that he may be t Lie to identify the victim through teeth found. There were two gold teeth evidences of bridge work on others and several fillings. If the skeleton is that of an army officer, the sheriff believes it may be identified through the war department. The sheriff also advanced the ' theory that the officer may have > met with foul play, as a rib was found broken and the clothing had appar1 ently been stripped of insignia. : TODAY'S COTTON MARKET i Open 2:20 p. m. January 25.82 25.88 r 1K 2R.18 i May 26.27 26.30 July 26.00 26.10 October .. *. 24.26 24.35 Local market ' 26c a Mr. and Mm. Charlie Hames and little daughter, Katherine, will lerve Sunday morning for High Point, N. * C., to spend the holidays with relaivcB. E. B. Curelon, of Atlants^ Ga., will , arrive tomorrow to spend the holidays with his family at tha home Mr. and Mrs. R. W. McDow. ck Wages lost to Indiana coal miners le during the recent general strike of amounted to approximately $16,000,000. I | t 4 +