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Zioncheck Killed In Jump From Window Heattle, Wash., Aug. 7.^?IJefore the eyes of his bride, Representative Mariou A, Zioncheck, Seattle's playboy congressman. died tonight in a Ave atory plunge, which the coroner expressed belief was suicide. A note found In the fifth floor room of .the Arctic building and apparently written by Zioncheck, watt quoted by f'ordher Otto Mittleetadt um reading: ?...?TMy ouly hope in life was to improve the conditions of an unfair onomlc h> Mtein " Persona who saw the .14 year old congressman fall from the window said he apparently was killed Invently. He fell goon after 6 p. m. (9 p. m. Eastern Standard time) while the streets were crowded. Zioncheck had announced his withdrawal from the congreHHlonal race last Saturday - but Monday had Died Ills declaration of candidacy on the Democratic ticket. The body was taken to the county morgue, where Mittlestadt. after a brief Investigation, said be believed the congressman* had committed suicide, 1 When, police, called by witneasee, rushed iuto the room, Mrs. Zioncheck had collapsed. She was taken to a hospital In an ambulance. Zioncheck returned here recently from Washington after a aeries of escapadett Involving accusations of disturbing the peace aud arreats for apecdlng. He was confined in a Maryland mental hospital. He left the hospital by cllmblug a hack fence. Washington, Aug. 7.?Representative Marlon A. Zioncheck, killed in a five story plunge in Seattle, Wash., tonight, became known as the "bad boy of congress" aa a result of a aeries of spectacular episodes here during his last term in the house. i Elected to represent the First district lu Washington, including Seattle. In the Roosevelt landslide, he came to the national capital with a repu- ' t&tion for being a "coming young man" and an advanced liberal. Aside from his congressional activities last year, he was In and out of Jail and court several times on speed- : Ing charges; married Miss Rubye Nix. u WPA stenographer, after a whirl wind courtship; was confined to Gallinger hospital for "mental observation; escaped from the Sheppard and Enoch Pratt hospital at llowson, Md., 1 by Jumping over a wall. He was taken to Gallinger hospital for observation after he had climaxed previous escapades by uppeuring at the White House with a satchel filled with empty beer bottles?-a present for President Roosevelt. 2> That same day he was charged with having speeded down crowded Connecticut avenue in his new roadster, driving on the wrong side of the street and on the sidewalk. Speeding charges before that had caused his arrest here and in nearby Alexandria. Va. just as he and his 1 bride left on a honeymoon to the Caribbean. Prior to liis'final detention, Zioncheck had also become Involved in legal difficulties wtth Mrs Henjamln Scott Young, a magazine writer, who had sublet her apartment to him when she had left for an extended trip. I'pon her return she charged that ^ Zioncheck and his bride had "ruined" -3 her apartment and sought to have them thrown out. The Zionchecks refused to move and Mrs. Young attempted to take possession. Mrs. Young claimed to have been injured during a midnight sclrfTle in the apartment and swore out assault warrants against the representative arwl his wife. ZionchectCs motor car Y* still held here by the Cnited States marshal's .office in connection with the damage suit. The Zionchecks spent lheir honeymoon In Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and created as much excitement there on fishing and dancing parties as they had in Washington, and upon their return continued celebrating in New York. Included among the fun-loving congressman's episodes in New York wore: i oncocting the "Zioncheck zipper" of equal parts of rye and honey with a -<prig of mint. Wading in the promentheus ik>o1 at Rockefeller plaza. Holding his bride by the hair in txr. Apache dance at a night club. lust a month ago the. police judge, Walt hi* J Casey, after SQveral continuances. set the assault charges j against the Seattle congressman fori trial next January lit on the assump- j Hon Zioncheck would be back for the convent ing of congress early in January. Michael Ia rner. wealthy New Yorker. fishing in north Atlantic waters, off Nova Scotia, this week hooked and landed what is believed to be tfie first swordflsh ever caught with rod and line in the nor.th Atlantic or Pacific. The fleh weighed 462 1-2 pounds and It took nn hour and 12 minutes for Leraor to hrnil his fcrite. ? Negro "Confesses To ! Murdering Girl Ashevllle, Aug, Twenty-four days from the morning (he lifeless , t>ody of Helen fMev^nger, New York j university student, was found In her room at the flattery Park hotel, Hher , Iff l^aureuce K. llrown had behind the barn of hi* skyscraper jail today the , confessed nlayer. Martin Moore, 22. , negro hall boy of the faaionable hostelry. Martin, six foot-three, spare uud j gangling, with the features of a Nean- < dcrthal man, almost had been ques- \ Honed three times by the sheriff's of- 4 fleers, before he was arrested at his i home at 87 12 Hill street last night i at JI o'clock. I During the 24-day interval which | has elapsed between the time he as- j iMTtedly shot and clubbed the 18-yeur- ? old girl, he bad been at his work dal- , ly, sweeping the carpets outside the door of Kooiri 224. Not by a word or ) a sign had be given hJrngelf away. ( Tonight he was in u. cell in the ( thirteenth floor of Buncombe county j jail, awaiting action by the Buncombe ( county grand Jury which will be call- } ed together August 17, when the case < will be tried by Judge Don Phillips. ( District Solicitor Zeb V. Nettles said < no special term of court would be , sought to try the cake. t A Spanish .373 caliber automatic | provided the key which cracked the case. It was found by Deputy Sheriff ( Tom Brown, brother of the sheriff, In j a commode drain, at Moore's home. < On the handle were a few hairs and { blood stains. For three long weeks i officers had been looking for that gun. t They had narrowed down the field of ( hotel employes who were reported to j have automatic pistols to three. \ Saturday night. Taylor, negro pan- ( try boy, who had been in custody for four days, told officers Moore had an | automatic. Deputies Tom Brown. \ Love Gudger, Walter B. Orr, of Char- ( lotte, and two members of the New ( York city police department's homl- < clde squad. Sergeant Thomas J. Mar- t tin and John J. Quinn, went to f Moore's home. Moore was asleep. | The officers awakened him. t "Where's that gun?" Deputy Brown j asked Moore. ? "What gun. Boss?" a deputy said , the negro asked Brown in return. i "The gun that killed Miss Clevenger." s "It's in that drain to the toilet," c officers said Moore answered. ? Tom Brown reached down and pull- j ed out the pistol. , "I didn't do it boss," the negro said. , "I lent that gun to L. D. Roddy." Roddy was onivof the negro bell boys who had been questioned and had j been in Jail part of the time. The , officers hurried back to the Jail and ( put Roddy. Moore and Taylor in a j cell together for half an hour. When t they came out Sheriff Brown and his . deputies began questioning the negro j again. , By about 4 o'clock this morning , they had his confession. Today, f handcuffed to Deputy Love Gudger he , went back to the hotel and step by ( step led officers along the rounds he t had made on the night of the murder, j In his signed confession Moore said , he had left the hotel at 5 o'clock on , July 1"), seven hours before the crime. , He sneaked back through the back door about 9 o'clock and hid down- | stairs in his locker. About 12:45 a. m., he said, he slip- , ped up the back stairway to the sec- , ond floor bent on robbery. He tried doors on two rooms on the corridor and came to 224; The , door was unlocked. "I tried the door," , he said, "it opened and I walked in. j She screamed. Then I shot her. She , still kept screaming and 1 hit her with the gun on her face four times until < she stopped screaming. When I. shot , she jumped up and started to run out. , I then hit her with the gun. She fell on the floor almost near the bathroom." The bed light was turned on when the negro went in Miss Clevenger'a room, ho said. Before he left he unscrewed the bulb and put it on the bed and went out. To the officers he traced his movements from the time he left the room until he reached the front steps to the mezzanine floor, down to the ball room and outside. He went to Hill street and hung around until 4 a. m., then he returned to the hotel and went to work. Step by step the officers checked his story, saw it fall Into the pattern of the crime. They were taking no chances of another bad break, the kind of breaks which had beset them from the time that the hotel called the sheriff s office on the morning of July 16 and asked them to send an officer right away to the Battery Park. Like a jigsaw puzzle, (hey had the proper pieces, everything fell irto placet- But it was a Jong trail, beset with obstacles which soemed insurmountable at times, a trail which led to Maine, to New York, to Boston, to the detention of Mark Wollner, the violinist, his sweetheart and alibi girl. Mildred Ward, even to W. L. eleven ger, the uncle of the slain girl. This afternoon Sheriff Brown, who for' 24 days had driven his depattmont and himself pitilessly, was Ashe? ville's hero Number 1. Kvcn before newspaper extras began to appear on the streets, crowds Jammed the corridors of his office, packed the streets outside the county courthouse where Moore will gq on trial in a week, and those who a day before had thought he wu state ma ted were lavish In their praise. y .o More Than 2 Million Patents Been Issued * _ It was Just 100 years ago this month that our present patent system was established On July 4, 1836, President Andrew Jackson signed the bill creating the fulled States Patent Office through which Americans have obtained 2,046,300 patents during the century following. The patent system established in Washington 100 years ago was the Bfl?i in thf world to protect the torenter by giv4ng him a monopoly on iiis Idea for 17 years after which H mi. be produced legally by anyone. Undoubtedly this is one reason why American ingenuity, as expressed through this vast number of patents ssued. leads the world. This exclusve right to the manufacture and sale >f an invention liae proved to be a treat stimulus to inventors. The first patent, a cog wheel to teep steam locomotives from slipping >n rails, was Issued to a member of ingress, Senator John Ituggles, of daine. In the less than the six months emaining of 1836, 109 patents were (ranted, but in the next two or three lecades the business of the patent >fflce grew very slowly. In fact, at >ne time congress quite seriously coniidered abolishing it on the grounds hat "everything worth while had been Invented." However, all the thousands of elecrlcal appliances, aviation devices, the *adio, and a dozen other major mechanical developments were still to come at that time. When these ideas >egun pouring in the number of paents increased by leaps and bounds intll 1930 when a new high year's ecord of 91,430 patents was set. Hut 'or the depression this increase unloubtedly would have continued. Thomas A. Edison holds the record 'or the largest number of patents obalned, with more than 1,100 to his credit. High man among living paentees is John F. O'Connor, of Chicago, who has 950 patents, most of hem railroading accessories. Another high record in the electrical field s held by Elihu Thomson,.who has ibout 700 patents to his credit. Third s Carlton Ellis, Montclair, N. J., who ias approximately 650 representing levelopments in chemistry for the nost part. ^ Approximately 15,000 patent holders ire women, most of these centering >n improvements la household equipnent. High place - among them is leld by Beulah L. Henry, who.vhas received 42 patents for as many indentions and has been nicknamed 'I^ady Edison." Freakish as well as useful Invent-, ons are found to be covered by the nore than 2 million patents issued. Outstanding among these as listed jy The Literary* Digest," is one for i ballooon to distribute hand-bills, an lutomatic egg numbering device to >e worn by the hen, a dry-cell foot varmer, a traveling grandstand for ace tracks that follows the horses iround the course, an automatic fish reel 'that PuIIb the fish out when caught, a bicycle seat that pumps up ind down at each bump in the road, urnishlng compressed air to run the vehicle; a rest-promoting device that covers the ears and eyes to help keepers in noisy places. Federal Deposit Insurance Shows Gain Columbia. Aug. ,12.?A profit of six and one half million dollars, after charging off "deposit insurance losses and expenses," has been shown by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, according to information received from Washington today by Lawrence M. Pinckney, State Director for the National Emergency Council. The above figure, however, does not Include the $28,000,000 in assessments that were collected from the banks, and which have been credited to surplus. k Relative to closed banks and percentage of insurance, the report Bhows: "Sixty-one insured banks have closed since January 1, 1934. Sixty banks in which payments have been made had deposits of $14,6^6,000. Eightythree per cent of the deposits in these banks were protected. Ninety-nine and bne-half per cent of all the depositors were paid in full. Only 306 depositors out of a total of 66,000 were not fully covered by insurance." A tornado and heavy rains in east-, ern Turkey on Monday, caused the death of 28 or more persons and muchproperty loss. More than a hundred houses were blown down in nine villages. ANNOUNCEMENTS . , announcement for conorew / To the Democratic voters of the Fifth Congressional DUtrtct: I hereby announce myself a candidate for re-election to Congress, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. I shi deeply grateful for the past support given me by the people of the Fifth District and, if elected to the comtug 76th Congress. 1 shall con. tinue my efforts to merit your faith aud confidence. J. P. RICHARDS For House of Representatives Te the Democratic Voters of Kenithaw County : Through the soltcttsr tion of my friends I hereby announce myself a candidate for the House of Representatives for Kershaw County, South Carolina, subject to the rules governing the Democratic primary election. If elected will carry out my pledge to the people and flgbt for, their interests at all times. Your support will be remembered and appreciated^I*. REX JONES*for the house To the voters of Kershaw County? I hereby anounce myself as a candidate for the House of Representatives from Kershaw County, subject to the rules of the Democratic Primary and will appreciate the support of the voters in the August primary. Very respectfully, FRED m. BRYANT, JR. For House of Representatives I hereby announce myself as a can* dldate for the House of Representatives In the coming primary, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic party. Respectfully, ALLEN B. MURCHISON FOR THE HOUSE To the Voters of Kershaw County: I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the Houae of Representatives from Kershaw County, subject to the rules of the primary election and will try to represent all the people. Your vote will be appreciated. Respectfully, NEWTON KELLY For House of Representatives To the Democratic Voters of Ker-. shaw County: I hereby announce myself a candidate for .Jhe House of Representatives from Kershaw County, South Carolina, subject to the rules governing the Democratic prl* mary election. I will greatly appreciate your support. Sincerely yours, E. F. RICE For House of Representatives I hereby anneunce myself as a candidate for the House of Representatives from Kershaw county, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. Your vote will be appreciated. L. C. CLYBURN, SR. HOU8E OF REPRE8ENTATIVE8 I hereby announce myself a candidate for the House of Representatives for Kershaw county, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. W:-T\' ESTRIDGE FOR CLERK OF COURT I hereby announce myself as a candidate for reelection to the office of Clerk of Court for Kershaw County, subject to the rules ?f the Democratic primary. I will greatly appreciate your supperL Very respectfully yours, JAMES H. CLYBURN For Superintendent of Education I wish to thank the voters of Kershaw County for their support received in the past, and for the cooperation I have had in the office as County Superintendent of Education. I hereby announce myself aa a candidate for re-election to the same office and pledge myself to support the rules of the Democratic party.. Yours truly, MRS. KATHLEEN B. WATTS FOR MA8TER IN EQUITY I hereby announce myself a candidate for re-election to ,the office ef Master for Kershaw County, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. W. L. DePA8S, Jr. FOR CORONER I hereby announce myself aa a candidate for the office of Coroner for Kershaw County, subject to the rules of the Democratic party and will appreciate the support of the voters. Very respectfully, ROBERT T. OOODALE for coroner I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the office of Coroner for Kershaw county, subject to the rules f the Democratic party. Your votes will be highly appreciated. Very respectfully yours, J. T. LYLB8 FOR COUNTY DIRECTOR I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the office of County Director of DeKalb Township for the county of Kershaw, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. Will heartily appreciate your vote and support. Very respectfully yours, C. V. MASSEBBAU FOR COUNTY DIRECTOR To the voters of Water?? Township. I hereby announce myself aa a candidate for County Director for Wateree Township, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. Elect me as your Director and I will cooperate with all work in connection with the duties thereof getting everything possible for the people of our Township. Your support will be appreciated. Respectfully yours, JOHN RABON. FOR COUNTY DIRECTOR ^ j I hereby announce myself aa t? candidate for re-election to the office of County Director for Wateree Township. subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic party. Will appreciate your vote. L. P. row ~ ^ ? N . 11 11 . ' . sgsacsssaaa , MONEY TO LOAN tj We ere In petition to make immediate on DESIRABLE REALb ESTATE Investigate OUT easy payment plan Wateree Building and Loan Association First National Bank Building Camden, S. C. Telephone 62 i i 1 asa?aBssssssssqrr - FIRE?AUTOMOBILE?BURGLARY?BONDS ? 1 DeKALB INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE CO | 9 "INSURANCE HEADQUARTERS" < p CROCKER BUILDING?TELEPHONE 7 | 3 M. G. MULL BR ALIZABBTH CLARK K. Mgr. OC i 1 1 1 I I I i III II ! ! II i mi ? II . I mm I II. 3 ALL?FORMS?OF?INSURANCE FOR COUNTY DIRECTOR ' I hereby announce myself as a candidate for reelection to the office of County Director for DeKalb Township, subject to the rules of the Democratic party, f will appreciate your vote and support. Very respectfully, W. T. REDFBARN FOR GAME WARDEN To the Democratic voters of Kershaw county: I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the office of Game Warden for Kershaw county, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic party. If I am elected I pledge my best efforts to discharge the duties of the office to the satisfaction of the people. Your support will be greatly appreciated. Respectfully, W. A. (Blllie) RUSH FOR GAME WARDEN I hereby announce myself as a candidate for re-election to the office of Game garden for Kershaw county, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. Your vote will be appreciated. CLARENCE M. HOUGH , FOR MAGISTRATE To the Democratic voters of DeKalb Township: At the solicitation of my friends in Camden and over the Township I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the office ef Magistrate for DeKalb Township in the approaching primary." If nominated and elected, I shall endeavor always to discharge the duties of the office faithfully and to the satisfaction of the people. I shall be slow to Issue warrants, except in the cases where the ends of justice demands it and will so conduct the office that harmony and good will may prevail. Thanking my friends for their kind consideration, I am ' Respectfully, M. L. (BUCK) SMITH . . FOR MAGISTRATE I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the, office of Magistrate for DeKalb TowtiBhip, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. Your support will be highly' appreciated Very respectfully, C. E. DAVIS 1 > FOR MAGISTRATE I respectfully announce to the public that I am a candidate for Magistrate of Lower West Wateree Totrnship, subject to the Democratic primary. and will appreciate any support given me. ALTON B. NELSON F6A MAGISTRATE I respectfully announce myself a candidate for Magistrate of Weet Wateree Township, subject to the Democratic primary. Your vote and Influence will be appreciated. SIDNEY T. HEATH * t. . , FOR MAGISTRATE I hereby announce myself aa a candidate for the office of Magistrate of DeKalb Township, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. I shall sincerely appreciate your support. WADE L. STOKES ~ FOR MAGISTRATE * I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Magistrate for DeKalb, Township, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. Yonv vote will be appreciated. Respectfully, L. B. OGBURN FOR MAGISTRATE , Td thevoters of DeKalb Township I announce I am a candidate for Magistrate, subject to the rules of thp Democratic party. I respectfully solicit and will greatly appreciate yosr vote and support. Yours to serve, W. CURTI8 MOORE FOR MAGISTRATE I hereby announce myself for the office of Magistrate for DeKalb Township, subject to rules of Democratic party. I will appreciate the support of the people. J. S. DUNN ' MAGlftTRATB I hereby announce myself a candidate for Magistrate for lower division of West Wateree Township subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. If elected, I pledge myself to discharge the duties of the office thirty, to render equal right to every man and special privileges to no one. H. A HAWKINS 1 FOR MAQISTRATK I desire to place my name before the voters of jNiCaB^Townahlp for ; . - . 1 V?. ...? ^ 4T.. . ' ocr&tic primary. Will most heartily appreciate your support. Respectfully, v - JULIAN B. RUSH FOR MAGISTRATE 1 hereby announce myself a candidate for reliction to the Magistrate offioe of eastern district of Buffalo Township with office at Bethune, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic party. Will appreciate your vote. JOHN A. YOUNG For Magistrate at Blaney I hereby announce myself as a candldate for the offioe of Magistrate for Lower Wateree Township with offioe at Blaney and will appreciate the support of the roters. Very respectfully yours, ALBERT J. KELLY FOR MAQI8TRATE I hereby announce myself as a candidate for re-election to the office ot Magistrate for Upper Wateree Township, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. Your support will be appreciated. Very Respectfully, FRANK J. RABON ? ^ ' . for cotton Weigher I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the position of cotton weigher at Camden, subject te the rules of the Democratic primary and wyi appreciate your support.1 a. l. mcleod. for cotton weigher I hereby announce myself as a candidate for Cotton Weigher at Camden, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. I will appreciate your support. W. M. GLADDEN For Cotton Weigher I hereby announce ( mysejf for the office of Public Cottbn Weigher, located in the City of Camden, S. C., and pledge the public a fearless and faithful discharge of the duties of the . office. My record for the past thirteen years is before the public and upon this record I am you for your support in the coming primary. I pledge myself to support and abide by the rules of the Democratic party. ' Very respectfully yours, ?r B; A. BRUCE? v ' y ... . >.? % FOR COTTON WEIGHER I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the position ot cotton weigher at Camden, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary and will gratefully appreciate the support, of the raters. Very respectfully yours, JAMB8 D. SHEORN FOR COTTON WtlGHER I hereby announce myself as a candidate for Cotton Weigher of DeKalb Township, subject to the rules of the Democratic partg* : J. IRBY TURNER FOR COTTON'WEIGHER ^ 1 hereby announce, myself as a candidate for Cotton Weigher for Ker> haw oounty, subject to the yules ot the Democratic party. It honored with -j election, I pledge myself te reader conscientious end efficient service. Your rote will be appreciated. VeiwrpPM^5ufRT NOTICE TO DEBTORS ANO . CREDITORS All parties indebted to the estate of William Douglas Young, deceased, are hereby notified to make payment to .J the* undersigned, and all parties, If any, having claims Against the said estate will present them likewise, duly attested, within the time pre* scribed by law. f SUSAN If. YOUNG," (kmden. C? JalAd ti^^trIX Nine persons are reported to have been kilted in the vicinity of Rate* lovkn, Poland, Tueeday, by lightning. DRAYAGE I j AND STORAGE F. R. CURETON I ^