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CONFESSION IS MADE
Bf TWO YOUTHS li
MURDER OF WOMAN
Body of Mrs. M. Neason, Found
Stripped of Jewels, Last
Night
New Orleans. April 20.?Phelix
John Birbiglia, aged 21. business i
college student and Charles J. Ze- <
lenka. Jr.. 22, today, according to!
superintendent of Police Moone^, j
confessed to the murder last night h
of Mrs. M. Neason. whose body, ;
stripped of jewels, was found in a h
pool of water beside a lonely sec-;
tion' of the Orleans canal road. It I
Is stated that they said robbery was: <
the motive of the crime, Airs. Nea-j
son having worn diamonds valued: i
at SG.000.
Birbiglia. accordin gto the police, 11
confessed to having actually fired
the five shots which caused the | :
death of Mrs. Neason. Robert Burns, j i
son of a policeman and driver or a <
for-hire automobile, in which the
murder was committed was being ]
held by the police.
Was a Wife of a Sailor 1
Mrs. Neason. who was 29 years
old. was the wife of a sailor, who
is now at sea.
As related in the confessions of
Birbiglia av.d Zelenka. according to
the information given out by Sup-;
oiintendent ?\iooney. ine iorinei- mci,
Mrs. Neason last night, proposed an i.
automobile rifle and engaged young j
Burns to drive them. Zelenka had'(
previously plotted the murder of tho|?
woman. i s
Birbiglia stateijie shot and kill- 7
ed his companion as soon as theyi^
came to a lonely section of the road'
and after stripping her of her lev- \ r
els. he and Zalenka carried the;s
body to the edge of the woods <ind i e
cast it into a pool of water. !s
B\irns, at the point of a pistol, j
drove the pair to town. As soon asic
they left his car he drove to his! i
father and told him of the crime, jr
^nd the arrest of Birbiglia and Ze-;s
_v>w~4enka then followed. js
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PrMi'Hpnt. Wilson
Meets His Cabinet !l
In Routine Session!.
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Washington, April 20.?President
Wilson met with his cabinet today I
for the second time since his illness j
nterrupted the regular schedule of j
meetings last fall. As on last Wednesday,
when a special meeting was j
called to consider the railroad strike, L
cabinet members went to the Presi-L
dent's study in the White House in-! f
stead of to the regular cabinet room j
in the executive offices. It was said!
that various matters, more or less of j
a routine nature, were considered. L
. The meeting lasted for an hour ,
and a quarter. It was said that the :,
railroad strike situation and inter- J
national problems affecting Mexico t
and Germany were mentioned only in j
a general way in the discussion of r
the variety of topics called to the t
President's attention by his secre- t
tary.
All Industries Show
Business Revival
Washington, April 20.?Improved !
industrial conditions and a revival of 1
business activities following the can-!
cellation of government contracts j
last year, were responsible tor the j ?
% vnlnma r?f om J _
. I3r^C llici ease in tuc Tuxuuiv \sm. V4M- | j
ployment in March 1920 compared i(
with March 1919, according to a'j
statement today of the Department!.,
of Labor. v U
Greatest increases were shown in j
the woolen men's ready-mado cloth-I
ing, cotton finishing and automob'le j
manufacturing industries. All in
dustries reported ncreases in their |
pay rolls for last March as compared J
with March 1919.
Increased Pay
A i??yi \.t iVT on !
r ui rvi iiij
Washington. April 20.?Increased
pay for commissioned
officers and the enlisted personnel
of the army, navy, marine
corps, coast guard, and public
health services^ was agreed upon
today by House and Senate conferees.
rorgia Democrats
Balloting Today
For President
Atlanta, Ga., April 20.?With the
result generally regarded as an expression
of sentiment toward the I
League of Nations and the Wilson ad- j
ministration Genrei? Deivoorats tn-l
chy were ballottlng In the state-xn.te ]
Presidential prefernce primary. Candidates
for support of the state delegation
at the San Francisco convention
were Attorney General Palmer, a
supporter of the Wilson administratis
a::d a ..rawed proponent of the
League of Nations and Senator He/.;
Smith and Thomas E. Watson, 'unit
critics of the Wilson administration
ar.cl cp".cuc:.ts cr the League of Nations.
Typhus Has Kilted
Many Thousands
Of Siberians
Victoria, B. C., April 20.?Ty-'
phus has killed thousands in Siberia
and other thousands still are
falling victims io the scourge. Dr.
A. K. Higg.s head of an American
Rod Cross party returning fi^om
there said today.
"The allied Red Cross organization
have done splendid work in
Siberia," said Dr. Higgs. "but the
conditions are so fearful that it.
was absolutely impossible to cope
with the dreaded disease."
The Russians are left to their
? ^ m A noo^ 5 _
own resources in nguiing m?r j
lence and famine, for tne other allied
organizations -of the Red Cross
evacuated the field prior to the de-'
parture of the American mission, the
doctor continued.
Only a few of the staff officer?
remain in Siberia to wind up the
details.
''The Russian situation continually
changing and it is impossible|
to predict the outcome." said the)
doctor. , I
"The chaotic conditions of'the!
moment cannot prevail indefinitely'
iruf th#? great masses of Russians are!
earnestly in favor of a stable gov- j
ernment. The Eussians will ulti-;
rnately get on their feet and then J
ive may look for big happenings in j
Siberia."
demand Legislation
Against Strikes;
St. Louis, April 20.?Pursuit of an ^
tggressive foreign trade policy by the ,
.nited States and enactment of fed:rai
legislation to guarantee industry
igainst strikes were advocated by
speakers at the opening session of the
Mississippi Valley convention to- j
lay
The United States is producing far(
nore than is needed for domestic con- j
sumption, it was asserted and a for-!
iign market must be found for this
surplus.
federal legislation guaranteeing inlustry
against strikes was demanded
>y Harry H. Merrick, president of the |
nission. He referred to the railroad ;
strike and the recent steel and coal j
itrikes as "criminal Attempts to stop i
noduction', and insisted that the re
sources of the 27 states in the Miss- j
ssinni Vallev be coordinated to effect j
his legislation.
Sew York is Slowly
Untangling Itself
From Real Strike
New York, April 20.?New York
vas slowly untangling itself today
rom the snarl of congested railway
raffle resulting from the unauthorized
ail strike.
Notwithstanding optimistic claims
)f the railroad managers, both passjnger
and freight service on several
ines were reported to be crippled,
/oiuuteers were used by some roads
o run passenger trains.
Partial resumption of traffic in the
ubes under the Hudson river today
jrought relief to thousands of comnuters
who had been forced to rely
inon ferry transportation for more
.han a week.
X Mississippi Mob
Fails to Pull Off
A Lynching Bee
Meridian, Miss., April 20.?An unsuccessful
attempt was made here last
light to lynch Ludie Martin, 28 years
>ld, negro arrested in connection with
;he death of Miss Carrie Hatcher,]
whose body was found in a marsh near
ier home April 11.
American Steamer
Is Aground With _
450 Passengers
Triest, April 20.?The American
steamer Susquehanna with
450 passengers aboard and a
crew of 280 men is aeround near
Lussino on tne Dalmatian coast
near Pola. .. The passengers, all
of whom are safe, are being
transferred to the steamer Argentina.
DEMOCRATS ARE CONSIDERING
FIVE MEN FOR CHAIRMAN
Chiugo, April 20.?The executive
committee of the Democratic
national committee in
session here today, is considering
five names for temporal^
chairmanship of the Democratic
national convention to be held
i>? Qoyi ^rnr.cir.Ho OQ
The live men are Bamonajre
Colbv. secretary of state: Martin
Glvnn. former governor of
New York: Arthur Mullin. of
TInwor Pnmwino'C
ncuiuoi\a, iiviav- uiuuiams^?
chairman of the national committee:
and Carter Glass, former
secretary of the treasury.
Dissatisfaction with the convention
arrangements was aired
in the meeting this morning.
Elon College Bank
Loses $15,000 In
Dynamite Robbery
Elon College, X. April 2ft.?
Robbers entered the Elon Bank
and Trust Company some time
last night, blew tbe vault door
from Its hinges rifled all deposit
boxes and escaped with about
$15,000 in Liberty bonds and other
securities. It has not been deter
mined whether several thousand |
dollars in currency deposited in
the safe, located in the rear of the
vault, was also taken, pending fhe
arrival from Itaieigh of a state i
hank examiner.
Tiie robbery was not discovered
until this mo.ning.
DISSERTATION ON
U. S. ARMY MULE i
Washington, April 19.?Almost ;
everybody and everything that con i i
tributed to the winning of the war (
has received some-sort of public rec <
ognition from the war department.
Even the patient, long suffering, hard <
working and often ridiculed army ]
mule has at last come in for an ap !'
preclation from the quartermaster ;
general.
Here follows the "low down" on the
army mule as it conies today in an of-! j
licial publication. There were more
^ ^ AAA a-C <-Ua?v\ AMn?on<nr1 Tir.fli flin
Ulclll UL l/llCUi Ullgagcu >?ini vnv ;
army overseas, and more than 100, .
000 with the troops - in the United
States, and while there was as much
hee-hawing, kicking, balking, biting!
and other mulish tricks as might be *
expected the army mule lived up to 1
his established reputation for endur- 1
ing sacrifice and dyng like a sol- ?
dier. c
They were not all American mules; <
some of them were allies like the 1
troops they fought with. Seven thou- I
sand came from England and nine
thousand came from France, and an *
other 11,000 came from Spain.
''There was no comparison," said
the quartermaster general's an(
nouncement, between the small, poor
ly nourished mule, secured in Spain, v
and those purchased in southern1
France, and the powerful upstanding
mealy-nosed product of the middle *
west. There was a sharp criticism in *
some places of the class of animals -t
which came up from Spain for duty,
on the battlefront. But these little '
animals were able to haul machine
gun carts, releasing the heavy animals J
for duty with the artillery and am-! ]
munition trains. j1
"There were times during the fin- '
al stage of the world war when it was t
impossible to give much needed rest (
to these animals. There were not *
enough to do the work which con-'<
fronted them and the result was that j
it was necessary to keep on the move
forty eight, sixty and sometimes sev- \
enty two -hours, with hardly more <
than a pause. Then it was impossible *
only to feed a small amount of grain ]
J - -C 1 .. r 1 TT? ,J?? /
cwiu a ?tjw iiauuiuia ui nay . uiiuei 4
this strain the,mule went forward,''
giving his all uncomplainingly.
TORNADOES CAUSE
MANY CASUALTIES!
Birmingham, Ala..April 20.?A j
death list which tonight stood at more '
than 140 and a property loss of many
millions of dollars, was the tell ex
I acted by a series of tornadoes which <
today swept a score of towns, villages
and farms in eastern Mississippi
northwestern Alabama and the southern
counties of Tennessee.
Communication with many of the j |
stricken districts was difficult but .
fragmentary reports agreed that the
tonadoes swept down with deadly J
suddenness, obliterating everything ,
that lay in their path. In at least one l
case?that of Rose Hill, Miss.,?
j practically the entire town is be
lieved to nave oeen destroyed ana inj
several instances all members of ai
family were reported to have been I
caught in the debris of its home, j
Striking first apparently in Lauderdale
county, Mississippi about 10 o'-!
clock this morning the storm swept ai
narrow path across the remainder ofj
] "he; state, carrying rtestuction to a I
! dozen or more communities. About,
I the same time effects of the same or I
|
similar disturbances were reported j
from counties in the northwestern j
corner of Alabama the extreme I
force of the wind being expended before
the Tennessee line was reached,!
j
j in Williamson and Maury counties, j
Says Government
Is Behind the
Communist Party
Boston, April 20.?A declaration
that "it is clear that the
government operates some part
of the communist Dartv in this
country" was made from the
bench of the federal district
court today bv Judge George W.
Anderson. The Judge added
that his view was based on evidence
developed at the proceedings
before him on applications
for writs of habeas corpus for
five persons ordered deported as
aiicn miuutus.
BILL DOOLEY PAROLED
Bill Dooley, negro, convictcd of
illicit distilling in the Federal Court j
and serving an ei.irht months sentence!
in the county jail, was paroled Tuesday
after serving about five months
rf his time.
Dooley was caught last fall, by'
:ity authorities making liquor in a
liouse near the Southern depot. He
ivas fined SI00 in the mayor's court
and was then turned over to the
county and was again fined ?100.
Dooley was then brought to trial
in the Federal Court and was conv*icte_d^ndgiven
an eight-months jail
sentence.
NEGRO V/OMAN RELEASED
Mary Chiles, negro, charged with
he murder of Bentley Baker, was
eleased Tuesday afternoon at a
jreliminary hearing before Magistrate
Hicks. There was little evi?
?i -JiL 1.1
lence to connect tne woman wmi uie
leath of Baker and after the State
lad presented its case Magistrate
licks ordered her release.
ELECTION TO INCREASE
SCHOOL LEVY CARRIES
The election held Tuesday to inirease
the school tax levy in Abbeville
District by four mills was earned
by a vote of 28 to 1.
As t was taken for granted that
he increased levy would be carried!
ittle interest was shown in the elec-1
i
ion.
PARIS WOMEN NOW WEARING |
BIRD WINGS ON RHO^S. j
New York. April 20.?Warning
:hat Paris may soon send another1
'latest fashion" to Fifth avenue was
arought here today by passengers arriving
on La Touraine. They reportid
that "ultra" French women are
placing multi-colored bird wings on
;heir shoes and that the boulevards
ire taking up the emrcury-footed,
!ad.
SPANIARDS STILL HAVE
THEIR BULL FIGHTS,
Madrid, April 19.?Although the
)eople of Madrid were deprived of j
;heir favorite sport of bull fighting!
in Sunday, other large cities in Spain j
jnjoyed the pastime that day. Gavna, i
:he Mexican toreador, appeared at j
Babao and attracted an enormous j
jrowd. Gallo, a noted bull fighter, I
ilso scored a great success.
SHE ASKED FOR DIVORCE
"BUT HE GOT IT
Honolulu?W. D. Alberts told the
judge he had been drunk once in
four years of married life. ''But
she robbed my trunk two days la- j
"Give
icr, ne tuutuci-i.um,..
you the divorce instead of her,"j
decisioned his honor.
"Only Playing" When
a Little Boy Was
Burned at Stake
Lancaster, Ohio. April 17.?That
they were "only playing" was the defense
given by Darrel Pool, aged 11
and Kenneth Laker. 11, when they
were arraigned in juve'nile court today
charged with attempting to burn
Charles Kneller, aged 10, a newsboy,
at the stake early this week. They said
* ' -11-- rr? ?11^r- ],nv wniild
tlicy tnougiu me nuouw
be able to stamp out the flames with
bis feet when they left him.
ERSKINE DEFEATS
CLEMSON TIGERS
Due, West, April 20.?Erskine defeated
Clomson on the local grounds
today in a loosely played game. Erskine
showed superior to Clemson in
pvery respect, especially in base runTV,o
main fonfnrp of the srame
III11K. x ?IC ...v*... - was
the one handed catch by Botts of
Erskine. Homy of Erskine kept
Clemson's hits well scattered, while
Erskine bunched hits.
Clemson __ 100 000 100?2?7?3
Erskine __110 000 020?4?7?3
Boozer and Hajrerood; Henry and
Acrnew.
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Demurrer in the
Olin Sanders Case
Interposed Today
Columbia, April 20.? (Special)
?Demurrer to the petition in the
Anderson sheriff case was interposed
by attorneys for J. Olin
Sanders when the ease was called
in the supreme court here this }
tiinpitiiup Thn 'I "w ? ~ ~ ~ ? '
uuimnei lllC ucmuncr mis (III
I five grounds.
First, that Sanders had not
been indicted after presentment
of a grand jury.
Second, that the section of the |
j code under which the Governor i,
I acted in ordering^ Sander's re- 1J
; moval does not apply to the office |.
| of sheriff. i
Third, that the office of sheriff
is a state and not a county of. Ilice.
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Fourth, that the section under ;<
which the (Governor ordered San- <
der's removal is unconstitutional. ]
Fifth, that the conduct for <
which the Governor attempted to h
remove Sanders was not official ]
misconduct.
The court reserves its decision, n
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SOLDIER RELIEF _Jl
PRESENTED SOON "
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Washington, April 19.?Republican
house leaders today tentatively a- (
greed'to present a soldier relief measure
to the house about May 1. i<
Beside earrviiic cacti ?n.v>
J vv/ii?|;cuoation,
the bill will include alternative
offers of priority in land settlement!]
home building and extension of voca1
tional training. Two plana for adjust |
cash compensation have been submit-'
I ted to the house ways and means \.
committee, one granting .$1 for each;
day's service and the other authori-i
zing payment at the rate of $1.25 for!
I i
each day, with no payments for the |
first two months of service. Under;
the latter plan, members said, those:
! exempted because their service was j
less than 60 days and those serving]
; for a longer period would be treated i
[ impartially, no apyments being au-i
I thorized to any one for the first two j
I . 1
month's service. ,
It is proposed to begin cash pay-!
ments on January 1, 1921, continuing;
in quarterly installments. A tax on!
gross sales, it is said, probably will be |
the rlai to be adopted by the com-]
mittee to raise necessary revenues, j'
Democrats, however, opposed this!
desiring to present some legislation !'
imposing further taxes on excess war
profits. Some Republicans will also,
oppose the imposition of a sales tax. I
GOT. TOWXSEND LOSES
AS RACE FOR DELEGATE 1
Dover, Delaware, April 20.?Gover- j,
nor Townsend of Delaware, was de-:
feated to the Republican national con-;*
vention in Sussex county cau'cus.
The two delegates elected were for-j
mer Governor Simon S. Penniwell,; ^
Greenwood, 34 votes; Robert B. El-j
liott, Scaford, 32. Governor Town-;
send polled 18 of the 42 votes in the p
caucus. j,
JAPANESE TROOPS HOLD
EAST SIBERIAN CITIES j
? vi<
Vladivostok, April 15.?Japenese
troops are holding cities in Eastern!
Siberia under military control and P
announce they will guarntee opera- ;
tion of railroads. They declare they
oi-Q mfiinlv intorostPfl in tho main-!'
tenance of communications and everywhere
hav;e adopted a conciliatory
attitude. A ship carrying a large
number of workmen is reported to
| have left Japan for this city.
REMOVAL OF AMERICAN
DEAD BEGINS IN SEPT. ,
Washington, April 20.?Remova. J
of the American dead from within ,
the fighting zone in France for trans- '
nortation to the United States will ''
begin after September 15 under an
j agreement between the American andiFrench
governments. Bodies of men|j
buried outside those zones now are j
being moved to this country. |.
The War Department, in announc- .
ing the agreement, said the terms ot
the understanding limited tlie return
of bodies to those wnose removal to
America had been specifically reI
quested by the next of kin.
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jl lNAL PLANS ARE MADE
FOR DEMOCRATIC MEET !
Chicago, April 20.?Final plans forj:
[ the Democratic national convention I
I at San Francisco were under formul- :
j ation at a meeting here today !
lot the arrangements committee of the 1
democratic national committee, head
ed by Homer S. Cummings. national
chairman.
Housing of delegates and visitors
during the' convention and provisions
for adequate transportation facilities
v.ere the principal problems being
worked out. Tlio committee also considered
plans for apportionment of
I'l'ory reservations to provide equal
yprespntation a:no*,<r supporters of
each candidate t'<;- Jvj Presidential
nomination.
STRIKE FEVER SUFFERS
A SERIOUS SETBACK '
IN CHICAGO FIELD 'j
Railway Clerks and Freight
Handlers Vote Against WalkOut
Chicago, April 20.?Strike fever
anions: emnloves suffered a serhark
today when 30,000 railway clerks
mcl 8,000 freight handlers in the
Chicago district announced their decision
to present hearing of their
wage demands by the railroad labor
joard at Washington. Unauthorized
strike to attempt to enforce granting
jf increased wages was voted down
last night after an appeal was received
from James J. Forester, head oi
the Brotherhood, and member of the
labor board.
Freight movement in the Chicago
district, hampered by the unauthoriz3(1
yardmen's strike, continued today
to increase, and elsewhere in the middle
west and far west traffic conditions
were returning to normal.
Pour Leaders in Jail.
Four Chicago strike leaders, in- /
eluding, John Grunau, president of
the Chicago Yardmen's Association
were in jail pending hearing on
charges of violating the Lever act.
United States District Attorney Clyne
announced that warrants would be
issued for strikers who assumed the
places of the 2 5 arrested leaders.
Warrants were out for 27 persons
indicted vesterdav by the federal
grand jury in Los Angeles in connec- '
tion with the strike.
Possibility of another serious blowto
the railroads in the Chicago district
loomed with a threat that 100,000
members of the Brotherhood of
Maintenance of Way Employes and
Railroad Shop Laborers would leave
their work on April 2S, unless demands
for a temporary increase of $1,
a day and time and a half for overtime
after eight hours were granted.
J. B. COBLE DIES
. SUDDENLY IN MONROE
/
J. B. Coble, 54 years of age,
engineer on the Seaboard, died suddenly
of heart failure in Monroe, N.
C., Monday afternoon. His death
came as a surprise and shock to his
many friends here.
Mr. Coble was engineer of No's
29 and 30 between Abbeville and
Monroe, but Monday, feeling bad, he
deadheaded back on No. 30. On arriving
in Monroe, he went forward to
the engine, where he spoke to Joe
Hughes, who had substituted for him
on the run and the two started to
tvalk up town. Mr. Hughes had to go
back to his engine for an article and
tvhen he returned he found Mr. Coble
lead.
The deceased was secretary and
treasurer of Division No. 448, B. of
L. E.
Mr. Coble made his home in Abbeville
for a number of years and the
sympathy of his friends in this city
is extended to his bereaved family.
He is survived by his widow and
aicrhf pViilHrpn. <siv bovs and two cirls.
Among those who attended the
funeral from Abbeville were: Vic
Howie, J. W. Martin, R. G. Game and
Joe Hughes.
Nebraska Voters
Hold Election
Omaha, Neb.. April 20.?Nebraska
voters are baloltting in a state wide
primary today to express their choice
:or Presidential candidates, name six:een
delegates each to Republican
ind Democratic national conventions
ind to nominate candidates for state,
jongressionai, uuii-jjaruBa.ii uiuceis.
Women of the state are voting their
Presidential preference for the first
time.
Bandits Attack
A Train on Which
Queen is Riding
Seville, Spain. April 20.?Bandits atbirked
a train last night on which
Queen Victoria and her brother, the
Marquis of Carisbrooke, were traveling
from, Madrid to Seville in an unuiir>r-p<jsfnl
nttpmnf tn rnrrv nff t!i<i
royal plate which the Queen was taking
with her.
COTTON MARKET.
Spot Cotton 40.D0
May 40.f >
July 38.oo
October Mo. 1 ^
December 34.10