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= The Union Eha Times s3 * " . DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY E?tablUhod in 18SO Coawti d to T^.,55^BB8?.lfepo? Oc tobor I, 1917 DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY '""mi? J ? ,?? ! !> ?? ? ?.?: Vol. LXX1II No. 1843 ~ Union, 3. C., Thursday Aft#rn<K>?^j|J^Swir"^'f 1022 " 3c Per Copy EIGHTY-FOUR i MINERS KILLED! Birmingham, Nov, 23.?Eighty-four perished and 60 injured in the explosion in the Dolmite No. S Coal Mine yesterday, according to a statement issued by the owners. Birmingham, Nov. 23.?All the bodies were removed shortly before noon from the Lolmite Mine No. 8 of the Woodward Iron company, in wh.ch 475 men were tripped yesterday by a dust explosion. The company officials estimated that the death toll might run close to 100. They are now counting the bodies and checking up. Eightythree of the dead had been recovered at daybreak. Approximately 60 are injured, some of whom may die. Thir ty-five of the dead are white and the others are negroes. The explosion was caused by a strain of skip cars breaking away from the tipple, 1100 feet from the underground workings, snapping the electric cable. This caused a spark that ignited the dust. The concussion rocked the earth for miles around. Weary watchers, both black ) and white, are still huddled about the mine's mouth today despite the anoouncement that all living were out. Occasionaly some watcher was awardad by the reunion aa the miners who escaped from the exits miles away appeared. Stories of heroism are frequent. A foreman saved 80 men by ordering them to build brattices to shut out the afterdamp. Troops are I on guard. Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 22.?Seventy miners were killed and 60 injured, some of them seriously, _in a dust explosion In Dolomite mine, No. 8, of the Woodward Iron company, nine miles from this city, this afternoon, which trapped 480 wo.kers beneath the surface, according to ai ) official statement issued here tonight by D. E. Wilson, treasurer of the ' company. Daniel Harrington, United States mine..rescue official stationed here, had jirWWs^Sent a message to the PittdMHwk ' fl.fl-.nf! dead at 60, with at least that number injured. . State ttllitla is gradually assuming r' " 'clurge of ^olicin* district sufc. mine owing tQ the influx of the curious. f According to Treasurer Wilson, many of the injured wire already ai their homes after receiving first aid ' treatment at the mouth of the mine, their hurts being only of a minor naat top speed in emergency hospitals established on the ground at the mouth of the mine. Mr. Wilson stated that the miners believed to be fatally injured had been removed to the Elizabeth Duncan. hospital, Bessemer, near thj scene of the accident. Fire which followed the explosion hindered the work of rescue and was believed to have been responsible for many deaths. The injured among tho first men rescued were removed to Bessemer hospitals. Half of the men are white. v' As the work of rescue progressed reports brought to the surface grew less hopeful. One squad of workers . reported seeing bodies "strewn all ^ along the main passageway." ai uniniCTi cmuio women ana coildren, white and black, crowded closed about the mine anxiously waiting in common sorrow word from the pi . The injured were being removed by rescuers, while undertakers' assistants were preparing for removal of the dead found in the entries nearest the manway. No attempt at identification of the dead or serious.y injured had been attempted, the wo.k ?f emergency relief claiming first atgeutioa. Ail the doctors end nurses fu the community "had been marshalled to care for the wounded. The American Bed Cross sent a f corps of nurses and assistants to tin / scene of the disaster. Ambulance companies armed with lung motors joined the rescue crews, whose operations were directed by Ed Flynn, head of the Tennessee Coal, Iron ani JUUroad company's safety department, and Frank H. Crockard, president of the Woodward company. Ofikiale of the company directed that every effort should be made to identify the dead and injured hi order t? relieve the suspense of the hun Wilip V* AWHMW 111 VUV uailip. AV VHO v, company's office it was stated that Mi of 476 men who checked in for weak today 400 wore underground whoa the explosion occurred. dfWHllllIf to mine officials, a broken electric circuit caused by the runaway of a train of trip cars was roffiponslbls for ignition of the dust. * A detail of Alabama National Ky^JWBhmed on doty in the railroad strike area In Birmingham with Capt. B. V< F. Thomas, medical officer, commanded by Capt. Harry E. Smith and t. ^ tieatenaat Waited J. Henna, were Military headquarters announced [ that an additional force of 85 men HARVEY REGRETS E PAROLE DECISION Governor Harvey yesterday issued a statement in which he said it was he to be regretted that another weapon for law enforcement had been found sfc defective by the supreme court, re- Hi fening to the decision of the court cn >n the Grover Crooks case. The gov- ra crrior also pointed out that the de- at cision means that the parole system n; in force for years will be practically bv abandoned. ch "The word parple will hardly be he used by executives in future acts of ri< clemency. Those already paroled wi 1 af k. ..In U.-.a.l..' ?? XI -UI.J nic vuijr ucuQuviai tco^ iuc tlilcl pu executive said. he In the Crooks decision the court in held that the sentence of a man out wi on parole continued in service while sv the prisoner was at liberty and the fr governor could not revoke a parole be given to a prisoner when the sentence w< had expired while the man or woman Oi in question was on parole. wl Several cases were covered by the fir decision. Only yesterday the gover en nor had conclusive evidence that a P? man out on parole had violated prac tically all known criminal laws, bu? his sentence had expired under the construction of the court and the P? chief executive was left no avenue 1?' for action. , ch The governor's statement was as 'ollovns: Cc "The highest judicial authority, the supreme court of the state, has spok- ***' cn. The status of the parole system T1 has been defined. The interpretation ca of the law as thus decreed is the law he and is to be obeyed and respected by ho ill. It is well that the issue has been lefinitely determined. It is surprie py ng that a matter effecting the liber- w* .y of people and the authority of th-i an executive has been so long left un- ,n settled. It means that the parole W? system, as understood for all these ^ vears, will be practically abandoned. The system of paroles as previously "nders'ood se?med to be wise if properly exercised and rightfully en .oned. ihe word parole will hardly be used by executives in future acts if clemency. Tho?e a'ready parole*) ^ will be the only beneficiaries of the decision. My connection with tfce t matter was wholly impersonal, i/of ^ other weapon for law enforcement is found defective, but it may servo m' to stir the public to action. "The decision of the court will tend ko emphasize the general opinion that lc he procedure incident to our crim- ?01 inal laws is sadly in need of revision. u The people will unquestionably da- an mand tfcat less loopholes be furnished ?s law violators by meins of technicali- s ties and delays, and that law enforceir.ent be not retarded, de'ayed and nullified by means of legal red tape or court machinery or ambiguity of terms." , Habeas Corpus p)< Refused Childers Ui Dublin, Nov. 23 (By the Associated' ^ Press).?A writ of habeas corpus to- [ lay was refused Erskine Childers, lieutenant to Eamon De Valera, who a0 recently was tried on the charge of e' illegal possession of a pistol. Wants Measures Extended For A'd of Trade London, Nov. 23.?Parliament is to CQ be asked to continue and extend meas- )K) ores for the aid of trade and employ- W( ment prepared by Lloyd George minstry, so King George said today in a f. speech from the throne. It will also ^ be asked to guarantee a loan for the n restoration of Austria. The king ex- ^ pressed the hope that the Lausanne ca conference would restore peace in the Ne..r East. ) ? MDeath of A. E. June* ^ ' rij B. B. James received a wire this morning that his brother, Albert E. L James, ot Greenville, died suddenly this morning at 2 o'clock and he left immediately for Greenville. p, Mr. James leaves a wife who, before w< her marriage, was Miss Metts and a 14, large family of children, one brother, B. B. James of Union, and one sjster. F< The sympathy of the community goes out to Mr. James in this sorrow. : r, would be dispatched to the mine to- m< morrow morning to aid in the gen- pl< oral rescue work and for guard duty at the mine. M Assistant Supt. T. W. Trew, an J four men were injured when they were trapped in the "to house" fol lowing tne explosion wnne enaeavor- wc ing to sound the alarm in the p't Mi when they discovered the trip train mi ''running wild." ho Ambulances carrying emergency fo: crews and lung motors are being aent from?Birmingham and Bessemer to the mine. Rescue part'es were instructed to cii remove the injured before removing ri< the bodies. This delayed the work of wi checking the dead. Most of the dead ce are believed to be negroes. ae NG1NEER SHOT SITTING IN CAE Florence, Nov. 22.?Claiming: tha i thought the men had attempted t b his store, a merchant named Pool* ot and probably fatally wopnde Firry G. Ritner, Atlantic Coast Lin igineer while he was sitting in th b of his locomotive at the statio: Elrod, N. C., and came near wound g Charles Brock, brakeman, severe ickshot passing through the latter' rilting. The shooting became knowi re this afternoon. Ritner was car ^ to a hospital in Fayetteville soo! ter he was wounded and it is re rted here that there is little hop Id out for his recovery, the shot tak g effect near his heart. As Broc is returning to the locomotive afte bitching a car into a side track ii ont of Pool's store last night h >ard several shots close by, mor jre fired ad he sprany into the cal ie of these struck Engineer Ritnei io fell to the floor in front of th ebox of his locomotive. When trail iployees carried Ritner to the de t Poole appeared with a shotgui his hand. Lumberton, N. C., Nov. 22.?R. H tele of Elrod was arrested and re ised under $1,000 bond here todaj arged with the shooting early thi iming of H. P. Ritner, Atlanta >ast Line engineer, which occurre< lile Ritner's engine was standing oi e main line in front of Peele's store ie engineer, who was sitting in hi b, received a bullet close to hi; art and was taken to a Fayettevill spital in a critical condition. Peele stated that he was awakene* ' what he believed to be a prowle 10 was attempting to enter his stor< d he fired three shots into the dar] an effort to scare the ribber. I is one of these shots, it is believed at struck Ritner. Banquet for Gipsy Smith The banquet given Thursday even g by the Young Men's Busines tague in honor of Mr. Smith and Mi lien in the dining room of Grac urch was a delightful affair. There wye 115 of the members o is orggflj&ation present. A delight I menu was served, after whirl dy of young men, who wore instru ental in bringing this wonderful re ral to Union. In this organization is the founds >n of everything that can make Un i a better place to live in and th< ture is indeed bright for our cit; id county with such a body of vigor u manhood fighting for that whicl best, and using their influence fio ly for the highest type of citizen ip but also for Christ. Don't Forget The big football game that is to b lyed at the City park, Friday, Nov th, at 3 o'clock sharp. When th< lion high school football elevei sets the Clinton high school eleven lis is expected to be one of the bes imes ever played at the local park come out and support the hon* am. Remember the time?November 2 at 3 o'clock at the City park. Won't You Help Today? Several weeks ago you helped th mmittee buy wood and coal for th or, old woman who needed help an< t thank you for the kindness, bu i are coming r?i_'ain and begging yo help us again replenish the woo< x and coal bin. She is very feebl id not long for this earth and is de nding on her old friends to tak re of her. Please send your contribution * rs. George T. Keller, South streci day or tomorrow. Help us, friends ith this case and won't you do i ;ht away? . * Ioyd George Elected Leader I/ondon, Nov. 23 (By the Associate ess).?David Lloyd George toda is unanimously elected leader of th itiqpal Liberal party. >rmer Italiam Premier Dyinj Rome, Nov. 23 (By the Associate ess).?Baron Sidney Sonnino, for sr Italian premier, is dying of apo exy. He was stricken today. rs. Felton Accept* Peat Of Honorary Chairmax Washington, Nov. 28.?The nations men's party announced today tha rs. Felton of Georgia, the first wo in senator, has accepted the post o norary chairman of its recently rmed political council. Unemployed are Rioting ? Amsterdam, Nov. 28 (By the Asso ited Press).?The unemployed me >ted here last night and broke th ndows of the big warehouses in th nter of the city. The police injure* veral they had in charge. SIX DEATHS ft ! IN ONE EHLY it Lancaster, Ohio, Nov^l wjlj th< o Associated Press).?Att^^Kts iv i, vestigating the mysterialiflBMith* oi d Irvine Henderson, his e four small children, whoae^Hp were e found scattered about t^K&fcoiiM n shortly before noon bhd their first tangible clue. >K; v il. Dr. R. W. Mondhank, WjjgKj>hvfti% a cian, announced that HeftjdKhoft had n consulted with him last and - several times ^ince oVer tJfttfftrtQHf n malady which had i- of his family, and had tdHa tkst e he feared he was being vHsoiiaa. - Henderson, who was eraiMkH as a k stationary engineer ill r vania railroad shops' heppdHtavs n shopmen's strike is still xl<^Hwd, S&id e he believed he was beingflBMiad by e those who resented his aMHfajs emi. ployment at the shops, Dftattpdhank *, said. Henderson save hujraKii name e of a man he suspectad, tfleBtysiclan n declared, and this waa uHfed over i- to the authorities without wmlig paade While Prosecutor RaddUflfipada no Tormal statement on the cIMfrfhe #aid [. he was investigating all aitflfimof the - situation and was awaitin^flfi^ from r, Columbus, where vital ornAg, of two s of the dead persons had beejmken for c, analysis by the state chettflt? From i the first, it was said, the tfottiorities a believed the deaths had braLthe rt>. I suit of either poisoning orcHfehyxias j tion. Their minds still ^|H. open, s it was said, on the quest'idiBflbether e' the deaths were accidental^.Hfi result I of. self-d? struction or thewgjpprk of i enemies. e The Last Prayer 3l^||?i# t Tomorow morning the w, prayer 1. for the business women <|U^wwlk will be held ir. the roon* ??f the Young Men's Business aod will be led by Mrs. Louise fettHMkafo. These meetings have beB'A^jmly - attended and have prbveirifijHmtygfw s ful help to all. The girls iM^Wmeri *. who work up town have e[ closer together and hsve'lHLl^ M I Kn ~h j. j - A touching incident ojBe meeting < was the prayer of the ?lored janicress of the League rooms, which put all those to shame for ttiftlr refusing , to take part in anything In the name e of Christ with the advantages and Y preparation that have been given us. Let's All the rooms to overflowing ti tomorrow morning, and if you have t not been make a special effort to b,e - present, on't let anything interfere j with this half hour of worship. Governor Wires About Ku Klux In response to a message from the e New York Tribune, Governor Harvey a yesterday wired that paper that he t. would use all his official means in t punishing persons who violate the law, singly or colectively. The Trie bune asked the governor if he intend| ed to cooperate with Governor Parker 4 of Louisiana in asking for United states aia in controlling tfce Ku Klux Klan. "If the klan or any other body of men, singly or collectively, violate the e law I will use every official means to e punish such offenses," the. governor d wired The Tribune, t The Tribune's telegram to the chief u executive was as follows: d "In connection with Governor Parke er's appeal for United States aid in controlling Ku Klux Klan, will you e please wire collect at your earliest I convenience situation in your state J and whether you will respond to his ; plea for cooperation of all governors it in suppressing klan."?The State. 1 Wedding Card The folowing cards have been received by friends in Union: d Mr. and Mr?. Samuel C. Crosby y announce the marriage of their e daughter Ethel to I Mr rUronro WdVlna Tuesday, November twenty-fint d nineteen hundred and twenty-two Jacksonville, Florida. * Will be at home after December flrat Fourteen hnudred and twenty-nine Park Street I Jacksonville, Florida 1 TODAY'S COTTON MARKET t,, Open 2:20 p. m - December 26.10 25.82 f January 26.22 26.40 V March 26.10 26.60 May .. 26.00 26.40 July 25.06 Local market .. ....... .. ., ,. 26? 9 Clemenceau Gees to Boston New York, Nov. 2S?-r Bemenceet e left today for Boston. He ?ald he was d hnppy he had set- Ametlca talkinj (bout European troubles. POWERS ARRAYS b I AGAINST TURKEY * f Lausanne, Nov. 23 (By the Associ, elated Prfess).?The question of de | Thrace is again before the commission j he . >on military and territorial matters at ed , tthe Lausanne conference today. of Lausanne, Nov. 22 (By the Asso- of j dated Press).?Turkey found the to , treat powers, of Europe arrayed pr ''nst her today on the question of of tern Thrace, on which she de- th i mands a plebiscite and Greece, help- tu " less and beaten by the. armies of the Lc ; Ottoman state, left a rather heated afternoon session of the Near Eastern ha conference with the feeling that she is as r not so abandoned as she feared. gr , The Turkish plenipotentiaries re- ed turned to their hotel looking dejected. Sii One of them said: "They were all ha against us on the Tracian issues today aw but it is not yet decided; we shall gr probably have something more to say ,le: tomorrow." The Bulgarian premier, Alexander jn< Stamboulisky, explained Bulgaria's po need for an outlet to the Agean sea jra at Pedeagatch, already promised by ge treaty. Greece has admitted her obli- no gation to grant Bulgaria port rights cjs at Dedeagatch rut has explained that tQ her war with Turkey prevented realization until now. Stamboulisky was J)0 inclined to support the idea of making j Western Thrace autonomous but the| trend of the allied leaders' speeches th< was opposed to this. po While hostile to a plebiscite, the pr entente spokesmen favored demilitar- sel ization of a considerable zone on the (]a right bank of the Maritza river, which i of divides Western from Eastern Thrace,! 0(i so that danger of an armed conflict! pr, between the Greek and the Turks in' no the future would be lessened. va< The former Grecian premier, Elip- th< therica Venizelos, was at his best in m( | defending the interests of his country. Ha frankly admitted that Greece had in< made mistakes, and added that she rn ; harf suffered severely as a conseqiience of these mistakes. The bruden of the Turks' arguments i wjp that possession of both Eastern f ^loA'.Westem Thrace was necessary to co HBe Constantinople safe for Turkey ja{ Kdfr prevent incursions into Turkish ge Curzon, M. Barrere and MarHHSwriOni spoke, respectivelyf for lean delegates did not participate in CO] the discussions, as they deemed the j question did not directly concern the , United States. pe The Thracean problem will be attacked again tomorrow by Ismet . 0 v nu Pasha. j The arrival of M. Vorovsky, the Russian commissary in Rome indi- ^ cates that Bolshevik Russia has accepted the invitation to come to Lau- . sanne and discuss hte problem of the ' Dardanelles. ge Study Culb The Study club will meet Friday afternoon at the home of ? rs. J. F. Mc- so 1 ure at 3:45 o'clock. , St'l Special Delegations Tonight There will be the following special delegations at the tabernacle this evening and reservations are being made for them: Excelsior Knitting Mill sends 300, ftr Buffalo 125, Gaffney 100, Santuc 150 and the Billy Sunday club of Spar- vo tanburg will attend. '? Gipsy Smith Can Play Piano .The Union people are finding out more and more about the famous evangelist Gipsy Smith and the different accomplishments he possesses. W Last evening he called a crowd of lit- N< | tie girls to the platform and took his Sr seat at the piano and played the accompaniment for them to sing. Miss M ^ ti?i- *??* -? ti.- ?i vii ate iiauis uuccicu uic ouug auu did it so well that Mr. Allen requested her to take his place and direct the big choir for a song. It brought thun* je derous applause from the audience. Mr. Smith calls these little girls his special choir and they did good work. W1 " m ' to Keller Requested To Present Facts in; Washington, Nov. 23.?The house kr judiciary committee adopted a resolu- an tion today calling on Representative hu Keller, Republican, of Minnesota, to ju present by December 1st a statement be cf facts showing alleged act or acts ( for which he asked impeachment of |Jj Attorney General Daugherty. He is also required to name witnesses. Capt. and Mrs. Pierce Williams of Atlanta are in Union today to attend VI the Gipsy Smith meetings throughout <r the remainder of the week. Capt. ^ Williams says he heard Mr. Smith preach in Lewiston, Me., Seneci, S. C.. ^ ^ . ? % M M %_ n _ J IV unstoma, w. u, savannan, ui., ana , now he is in Union and is making hia way to Hattie&burg, Miss., where jp the next meeting is to be held. \* vll I Mrs. M. F. Faucett is visiting her t daughter, Mrs. Workman, in Troy. :, Miss Estelle Faris, of Charleston, is w< the guest of friends for the week-end. Gi ' 'v -AV ' IEGRO IS GIVEN OFFICE IN SOUTH Washington, Nov. 22.?The presint has named a negro to federal of:e in the South. Today he nominat1 Walter L. Cohen to be comptroller customs in New Orleans. Cohen is the negro Republican boss New Orleans. While in Washingn Governor Parker of Louisiana otested against the appointment Cohen and informed the president at the appointment would accenate the Ku Klux Klan situation in tuisiana. By naming the negro, the president : s precipitated what promises to be i merry a row as has featured con ess since Theodore Roosevelt nam- < negroes to serve in the South. I nee the Roosevelt day Republicans i d quietly abandoned an effort to rard political plums to Southern neoes until the action of the presi- . nt respecting Cohen. Every Southern senator anneared i lignant when discussing the apintment today. Confirmation is re ; rded as impossible inasmuch a-< nators Ransdell and Broussard an unced tonight that tbey would deire the negro personally* obnoxious them. < The negro was given a recess apintment and is serving. i Washington, Nov. 22.?About a v ousund nominations, mostly of j stmasters but not including sueme court or other federal judicial , ections, were sent to the senate to- j y by President Harding in the batch ( presidential appointments forward. ) since congress reconvened. The \ esident also delayed transmitting , minntions for federal reserve board , cancies and it was reported that j ase would not be ready before next >nth. Many of today's nominations, whi?h ilude the federal coal commission d seven major and 12 brigadier nerals, had been submitted during e last session of congress but failed : action. i Prompt confirmation of the coal mmission, appointed soon after tho it session adiourned. is nlnnnpd hv natef leaders^ but several other nom j ations are promised sharp opposi>n. Among the latter is the nomi | mptroller of customs at New Orins. Other contested appointments jlude postmasters at Dayton, Ohio lmont, CaUf., Rutherford, Tenn, ( d Lovettsville, Va., and the renom } ition of George V. Denny to be col- | tor of customs at Savannah, Ga, 10 was rejected by the senate af a fight by the late SenatoY Watts (Democrat) of Georgia during ] i last session. , tveral Persons Slightly Injured , Norfolk, Va., Nov. 23.?Several per- ] ns were slightly injured when the ' jw York-Florida Seaboard pas- | nger tvain collided with an extra en- ne on the main line near Hagood, >vth Carolina, today. I Cooking Club , The girls of the Union Cooking club e requested to meet at the Young en's Businesb League.rooms tomorw, Friday, immediately after school r a cooking lesson. Mahala J. Smith, Co. Home Dem. Agent. Revival at Whitmire A revival meeting will begin at the hitmire Baptist church on Sunda\, 5v. 26. The pastor, Rev. K. D. nith, will do the preaching. r. P. B. Bobo Has Narrow Escape Mr. P. B. Bobo narrowly escaped ath this morning when he was locked down by the shifting engine the Main street crossing. Mr. Bobo is standing near the track talking a colored man, and turned to cross e track, walking slowly. The shiftg engine was backing out of the iing and the tender struck him, locking him down. His head struck id received a bad bruise. He was irried to the hospital, and his inries examined. It is believed that is not seriously injured. lias Agnes Rice Wins Medal Miss Agnes Rice, a high school stu nt And.member of the Jefferson Das chapter, Children of the Confedacy, bias won a medal in an essay ntest which was open to the state of >uth Carolina. The sbuject of the say was "The Orphan Brigade of entucky." Miss Rice is the daughter of Mrs. 1 velina Rice of this city and her 1 lends are congratulating her upon e distinctive honor she has won. Miss Hattie McCucheon spent the eek-end with her sister, Mrs. Charles Ignillat at Senses. ' / , MORE TO TESTIFY IN DOUBLE MURDER Somerville, N. J., Nov. 22 (By the Associated Press).?The first two important phases of the Hall-Miils murder case were practically finished to night when the grand jury, which has been listening to evidence since Monday adjourned, after deciding not to reconvene until next Monday. Special Prosecutor Wilbur A Mott had shown how the bodies were found. He had established to the best of his ability?barring the testimony of two additional witnesses?what he considers the motive. There remained tonight only the testimony of the two motive witnesses and the story of the - rime, the eyewitness story to be told by Mrs. Jane Gibson, the hard working farm woman, who said she saw .he shooting. Only lit witnesses were called tolay, but all of them were of the first mpui uiiiue. iNeine 1jo RuaMll. negress, was among the first calied. >he told reporters after her 20 min* ites inside the room that she had 'told the same story I told you." If that is true, she told the grand ury that Mrs. Gibson could not have ccn the shooting because Mrs. Gfl> on was talking to her on the tatter's >toop at the time the crime was com* nitted. George Sipel, another pig raiser, vas another of the day's witnesses, tie has been credited with telling onflicting stories about his actions >11 Thursday night, September 14. itut the one he told today concerned he Russell woman. According to de* ectives, Sipel told that he called at ler shack that night to see her about * horse and had corroboration to th" i-xtent that Theodore Kno.he, a new orunawicK man, uw mm do it. Knothe went into the jury room immediately after Sipel and, according to stories, both said that the negrets was not at home when they called a little before 10 o'clock. According to the woman, she was home from 9:46 until 11 o'clock, and with Mrs. Gibson all that time. Ihe two Hall maids, Barbara 1'ough and Louise' Geist, were not called today. They spent their time in the witness room. Louise read. Barbara knitted. Betweeh times both talked to state troopers ok Charlotte ^^harloite vu called and waits jury room half an hour. She was nore reticent than usual when she ume out, but it was learned from jfficial sources that most of the 30 [Tiinutes were devoted to an explanation of the manner in which her mother's private letters came to be jold to a newspaper. As soon as Charlotte lett James ills was asked to go in. He spent n ore than an hour inside, and was the l.'lth witness of the day. Mills left he jury room pale and apparently weak. Capt. Michael Regan of fire truck So. 3, New Brunswick, and friend of Willie Stevens, Mrs. Hall's eccentric mother, also was a witness. Regan was sitting in the fire house on the Saturday several hours befone the two bodies were found. "Willie" ;nme in excited, Regan told reporters, mid said, according to the fire captain, "Something terrible has happened at our house. You'll hear all about it soon." Mrs. Emma Vorhees, Mrs. A. C Fraley, who has been a mystery witness, Miss Katharine Fraley, her daughter, arid Sigoumey Smith, A grave digger, gave their testimony during the morning. All of them said they had heard shots on the night of the murders. After them Harry McCabe, bridge tender, was called. McCabe said he had heard shots while he was sitting on the porch of his home the night of September 14. Norman Tingle, who lives near th' Phillips farm, told of hearing shots about 10 o'clock. Tingle placed the time because he had seen a shooting star just before the reports were heard and had looked at his watch. Mrs. Tingle, who also heard the shots, had been summoned for the grand jury, but presented a doctor's certificate of illness and was excused until next week. Emma Vorhees, who was the 'first witness today, told detectives, they admitted tonight, that about 10 o'clock the night of the murder, two automobiles coming from New Brunswick stopped in front of her home, which is one quarter of a' mile from the Phillips place. Two forma got out of the first car, she said, and walked towards the second. Then, according to the officials, has heard loud talking and caught two sentences: "What does this meanT What are you doing here?" . This was followed by more words, she said, and then two sharp noises like pistol shots came. After that, Bhe said, the cars turned around and sped away towards New Brunswick. Miss Mary Emily Pearce left yesterday for her home in Columbia after spending a month with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Gregory, of Santoe. J ~~ * ' j