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Kirby, the One Arm Fiend Tells How He and Companions Killed Boy to Secure Auto mobile Lexington, Sept. 12.?In- a dra matic recital, gesticulating with his lone arm at every word and his thin almost sinister, swarthy features, poignantly tragic, J. S. Kirby, on trial here as one- of the trio accus ed, of stabbing- to death W.lliam C. Brazell, youthful taxi driver, of Columbia, on the highway about ten 'miles from here near Leesville during the early hours of August 9,.admitted that "We concocted - the plot1* to steal Brazell's car, and swore that he helped hold the struggling automobile driver while C. O. Pox, a co-defendant.' was driving home the knife." ? Throughout the testimony, Kir by reiterated, "I know I have got to die, gentlemen." He charged Jesse Gappins, the other member of the trio, with being the leader in the enter prise. "I have not got long to live," said Kirby to the jury, "and if I- am killed for this crime, all the request that I have to make is that God will take care of my wife and little child." ? Jesse Gappins was placed on the stand by the State to give testi mony against Kirby and he declar ed that the older man was the real Jeader and engineered the whole plot and that Gappins was forced to play his part, an inactive one as far as the actual killing was con cerned, by threats of violence from the older man; There was one thing in which there was no con flict in the testimony of either Kir by or Gappins, that Fox was the one who stabbed Brazell to death and who "Blackjacked" him across the head. *C. O. Fox and Jesse Gappins, ac cording to th** plan of T. C. Calli son, solicitor of the Eleventh circuit who is conducting the prosecution, will be tried jointly tomorrow after "the case of Kirby is disposed of. They will probably be placed on trial tomorrow morning, as court closed tonight with Kirby on the stand and when his cross examina tion is completed and the argu ments We heard, the case will go to the jury. No trouble was ex perienced in getting'the three pris oners to Lexington from, the State "penitentiary, nor was there any '^B^Sxfesu&tion of hostility from I ?ie immense crowd which jammed court house, and overflowed in to the street. Judge Thomas S. - Sease, who presided, sternly pro nounced that he would tolerate no effort at lynching and his charge ;to the grand .jury," excoriated as mferderers those persons who parti ' cipated in the shooting to death ?everal weeks ago at Chapin of Will Aiken, the negro who killed "l^oah F. Frick. Prisoners Closely Guarded. Governor Cooper left nothing to chance guarding of Fox, Kirby and Gappins. They were taken from >the State penitentiary this morning at 3 o'clock under heavy guard, arriving here thirty-five minutes ? later. The prisoners were "in an automobile in charge of Thomas A. Berly, State ' constable; J. D. Bunaway, chief . of Richmond County, rural police and Peniten tiary Guards Ramsay and Town; j. <2Dwo other cars in which we .State .?CJonstables J. L. Poppenheim, of Charleston; W: C. Eichelberger, of Florence, and J. S. Smyrl, of Co lumbia; Deputy L. C. Knox.of Co lumbia. and Columbia City Detec tives S. S. Shorter, J. P. Broom, E. B. Carter and M. C. Allen, were in the other automobiles. As an'extra jweeaution, rural policemen of -Lexington and Richmond Coun ties were scatered about the court room. The three prisoners, under heavy guard, were sent to Colum bia tonight and placed back in the State penitentiary about 7:30 o'clock. The bill of indictment against Kirby. Fox and Gappins was presented to the gr;.nd jury at "3:30 o'clock this afternoon/and ap proval was given by that body in a few minutes. The accused man was immediately placed on trial. The three men were arraigned at 11:30 o'clock this morning, and the court appointed attorneys of the local bar to represent them. T. O. Stuckey was named as counsel for Gappins; McKinlay Barr, for Fox, and E. D. Martin for Kirby. Fol lowing a lengthy conference they decided to go on trial immediately without* asking a continuance of three days, as was th-~L right, and Solicitor Callison asked for a severance of the cases, which was granted by Judge Sease. Columbia, Sept. 13.?Guilty ver dict returned by jury in case of S. J. Kirby, first of the three men to be tried for the murder on A?gust 9, of William Brazell, taxi driver. Columbia, Sept. 13.?Under cross examination by Solicitor T. C. Cal lison, S. J. Kirby this morning re sumed his dramatic story of the cir cumstances surrounding the kill ing on August 8th, of William C. Brazell. 19 year old Columbia taxi driver near Leesville, for which he went en trial in the Lexington court yesterday afternoon shortly before four o'clock, and for which C. O. Fox, of Stanley Creek. N. C. and Jesse Gappins. of Columbia will jointly face a jury here today. . Two of the principals in the sen sational murder trial have told their stories, Gappins having been called as witness for the State in th? case against Kirby. The first of the three to go to trial, and the latter having taken the stand in his own defense completing his direct examination at 5:30 o'clock yes terday afternoon when Judge Sease ordered the case continued until j 9:30 o'clock this morning in order j that court might hear several mo- j tions. It is expected that the fate of all j three of the defendants will be known by tonight. Kirby's case is almost certain to be finished be fore noon, -jbut it is not probable j that Judge Thomas S. Sease will j pronounce sentence in the event j of conviction until ail of the de- j fendants have been tried. Kirby Found Guilty. Guilty of first degree murder was the verdict of the jury in the S. J. Kirby case, returned at eleven o'clock this morning, after a half hour's deliberation. Kirby will be sentenced when the cases against Fcx and Gap pins have been com pleted. The case against them jointly having been started at once. The trial of Fox and Gappins started immediately after the Kir by case was disposed of. It was not expected to take more time than that occupied by the Kirby case. The two men are being tried together. The cross examination of Kirby by. the Solicitor was the first j thing of the morning. A. B. Martin ^ attorney for Kirby, appointed j Monday by the court, spoke for j three and a half minutes. He in timated that the jury might recom- i mend mercy for his client. Solici- j tor Callison's argument occupied five minutes. He urged the jury i to bring a verdict of first degree j guilt as an example to the public, j He referred to the prevalence of crime and urged that the punish ment in this case should be in the extreme. The charge of Judge j Sease to the law in. the case was j brief. ? c? ? Murdrous Assault On Aged Couple; Two Negroes Attack Old Man and Wife in Newberry County Newberry, Sept. 13.?Two ne groes went into the store of H. Jjohns, three and a half miles north of Chappells and 20 miles from Newberry, about 7:30 o'clock last night, pretending to want to buy something. While Mr. Johns was looking for the article requested one of the negroes struck him on the head with a railroad spike that he had up his sleeve tied by a; string. He was knocked down and the other struck Mrs. Johns on the head with a similar weap on. Threatening to kill them both, the negroes asked Mrs. Johns where the money was and she told j them that it was rn a certain place in a box. She and a negro girl that I waited in the home which was at- i tached to the store escaped and when the negroes were searching the place carried and dragged Mr. Johns off some distance from the house to save him from being mur dered. Then the negro girl gave the alarm to the nearest neighbor, ?Lamar Dominick, who went to the assistance of the wofmded couple j aud called Sheriff BJease who went ! at once with deputies to the ! scene. The officers arrested a ne- j ! gro named Jim Wade on suspic-1 j ion and brought him to jail early j I this morning. A short while af terwards Lamar Dominick and Lawton Wilson, driving along the road near New Market, saw a sus- i picious looking nejro and noticed ! blood on his shirt sleeve. Asking j him how it got there he 'replied j that he had hurt his arm but an i examination showed no hurt.- They j arrested him and found money in his pockets. He then confessed that he was at the Johns store last night when the attack was made by an- j other negro on " the couple. He j i claimed -he did not join in the at- ! I tack, buttadmitted that the other] negro gave him $5. He gave his name as John Calvin Golden, alias Johnny Johnson, and said he was I born and reared in that section but > for some time had been hoboing, ] mentioning Philadelphia among places he had visited and said he had just served a term on the chaingang in Chester county for' vagrancy. The othe r negro in the store, the one thac made the attack, he said, is named Will Har i ris; that they met at Chester. He further said Harris was with him when he saw Dominick and Wil son approaching but turned out and disappeared. Harris, he said, is a Georgia negro. Golden, alias Johnson, describes Harris as dark j gingerbread color, about five feet ! nine, about 25 years of age, weight I about 175 pounds and has two j front teeth of gold somewhat prom ! inent and has been wounded by a j ball that passed nearly through his body from side to side. Harris, he said, had on a white shirt with black stripes and over alls. Otto Klettner and Frank Hunter have just returned from seeing the Johns, who are being cared for at Lamar Dominick's. They say both ! will get well'. Mr. Johns rode with j them to the home and looked t through it and the store this after I noon rinding nothing missing ex ; cept the box that had $30 in it. i ' It is thought here that Harris is j the other man. A message just be fore night from the sheriff's party j says they are close after him. ? o ? ! Labor Situation Be gins to Brighten Unemployment Was More j Widespread in 1914 Than at Present ! -? Washington. Sept. 14.?Those! who are disturbed over the five million, seven hundred and thirty five thousand unemployed, over look that in 1914 there were seven million out of work. Secretary of; Labor Davis said, adding, however, the "situation begins to brighten." DEATH CHAIR FOR FIENDS Judge Sease Sentences Kirby, Gappins and Fox to Die on Oc tober 21st for Murder of Brazell Lexington. Sept. 13.?Tn solemn tones, amid a deep hush, Judge Thos. S. Sease this afternoon at -"j.2r> o'clock pronounced the supreme mandate of the ,la\v on S. J. Kirbv, C. O. Fox and Jesse Gappins, the three Columbia men convicted during the day of the murder of William Brazell. youthful taxi ; driver of Columbia, when he sen- j fenced them to die by electrocu- j tion at the State Penitentiary, j Tuesday, October 21. Kirby's case went to the jury this morning at 10.24 o'clock and i a verdict of guilty was returned in 35 minutes, and that of Fox and j Gappins, who were tried jointly, j was given to the jury at 4.34 I o'clock this afternoon and a de- ! csion was reached in 40 minutes. ; There was much stoicism in the demeanor of the three condemn ed men when their fate was pro nounced. There was merely a per ceptive Quiver around the mouth j of Kirby, and Fox appeared to be j unperturbed. Gappins, the young est of the trio, turned livid, but he : did not quiver. It was quite reverse among the j relatives of the three men. Mrs. | Kirby, wife of the condemned man, : and his young child, who were in j the audience sobbed aloud, while J. S. Fox, aged father of C. O. Fox. laid his head upon the back of a j chair and quietly cried. The moth er and sister of Gappins, who left the court house before sentence was pronounced, were in the yard of the building and were extreme ly affected. Gappin's wife, who was in attendance at the trial in the morning, was not present when j her husband leared his fate. The evidence today was a repe- j tition of that of yesterday in the I Kirby case, except that of Fox. who in a voice without a quiver and ab- j solutely emotionless, told a har- | rowing tale of the remorseless and ; merciless killing of William Bra- j zell. His recital was such that it brought gasps from the audience, i Fox, substantiating a written I cpnfession of his which was intro duced earlier in the day by Sheriff ? J. T. Plunkett, of Augusta, claim ed that the plot to steal an auto mobile was broached to him by ; Kirby and Gappins, and they in- j veigled him into joining them. His 1 narrative as to the hunt for the car by^ Kirby and the trip to and from j tH* scene of the murder near Lees viHe, this county, was substantial- | ly the same as that told by Kirby j and Gappins. "As the car ncared Leesville." \ swore Fox, "it was stopped sever-! al times, and Kirby got out and called for Gappins. When Gappins j returned he told me that Kirby j wanted him to 'knock h?1 out of ; Brazell with the blackjack.' and he refused," he said. Fox said that when the car left Leesville, j headed for Columbia., Kirby, who. I at that time was on the back seat j with him persuaded him to hit Bra- j zell in the head with the black- : jack. He declared that he thought the weapon would only stun the! chauffeur and they would put him on the side road to be found while I they left with the car. "I lammed him across the head," j he continued. "He looked around j at me and asked what are you do- : ing? I then hit him several times ' more. He tried to get out of the ! side door of the car and Kirby ' grabbed him by the throat. I con- j tinued to hit him until the black- \ jack broke and the shot were scat- j tered. At this time Brazell was on ; the side running board of the car ' with Kirby grasping him by the throat with his knee pressed into I his stomach. He was jammed ] against the side of the car. "Kirby hollered at me that we would have to do something now ! and cried at me 'stick him.' I had J out my knife and 1 stuck it into Brazell twice, once while Kirby] was holding him against the car, and the other time when he drop ped to the ground." Emontionless and without a quiv er. Fox told how young Brazell begged for his life, but they con tinued to hit him across the head and jab the knife into his body. He said that when Brazell was being pulled from the car he cried. 'I am dying,' and Kirby said, 'no you are not dying, but you will be soon before I am through with you.' " ! He claimed that while he was cutting Brazell. the youth pleaded 1 for them not to kill him. but he worked the knife around in the chauffeur's chest while Kirby beat his head into the dirt. During the slaughther. he said. Gappins was! holding one of the arms of the taxi driver. Fox declared that when the three put Brazell into the back of the | car, which Gappins drove while; Fox was on tin- rear seat. th< chauffeur moaned. He swore that Gappins asked if the youth was dead and Kirby replied, "He will I be when I am through with him, damn him." The man on cross examination stated that he did not believe the injuries he inflicted on Brazell caused his death, intimating thai while the youth lay prone in the rear of the car with Kirby. the lat ter stabbed him. He said when they got into Georgia Kirby asked him if he had thrown his knife! away, and he replied that he had not. Kirby said that he had thrown his uway. London, Sept. 13.?Appeals to English women to demand prohibi tion throughout Great Britain were made by speakers at the world's Methodist confer* nee. Whole Family of Imbecile Criminals Lexington County Crime Brings to Light Shocking State of Affairs -? Lexington. Sept. 10.?The five | members of the Cook family., all charged with the murder of Mar cellus Cook, head of the family, ] were formally arraigned at the I court of general sessions here this morning, attorneys being appointed by the court. The trial will begin Thursday: morning, the chief defense^ to be j proposed being the claim that the five defendants ore all mentally deficient. This is based upon tests j made upon tin- prisoners by Dr. i Arabella Feldkamp of the national j committee of mental hygiene, who i found all five defendants feeble minded. Dr. Feldkamp has been j summoned as a witness and will j testify Thursday. The defendants are Mrs. Julia Cook, wife- of the slain man; Ira C. Cook, his son. who confessed to cutting his father's throat: Sarah Mimie Cook, daughter: Henry Wheeler, a friend, who was said to I be engaged to Mimie Cook, and James Barfield, Sr., said to be a friend of the Cook family. The lawyers named by the court are: G. T. Graham, E. L. ?sbill, C. L. Shealy and J. G. Gra ham. The alleged murderers of Mar cellus Cook have been examined by Dr. Arabella Feldkamp of the na tional committee on mental hy giene and found to be feeble mind ed, the oldest of the ac cused, men tally, being Julia Cook, wife of the murdered man. registered nine and one-tenth years. Her physical age being 48, according to the phy sician. The son of the murdered man, Ira. Cook, who it is charged almost severed his father's head from the body while his mother, his sister. Mimie. Henry Wheeler and James Barfield, it is claimed, held the oid man. is 1!' years of age. his mental age registering six and six-tenths years. The girl, Mimie who, it is alleged, helped hold' her father while her brother did the cutting, fs IG years of age physically while her mental age was registered at five years and 10 months. Henry Wheeler, who also helped hold the old man. acc ording to the. story, registered at eight and seven tenths years, his physical age being 21. .lames Barfield, also said to be implicated in the murder, age (J3 years, registered at eight years mentally. Dr. Feldka/ip raid in her report of this examination that Julia Cook, although of a low grade of mentality and being woefully ig norant, had enough s--nse to oper ate her farm and support her fam ily, she gave the number of the days of the week as six and the number of months in the year as 12. She does not know the num ber of days in the year nor the capital of the.state or the United States. She could r.ot name the president of the United States nor the governor of the state: could make simple change but failed it^ simple problems. She knew the date upon which the examination was made and was very talkative. Doth the mother- and daughter seemed tremulous and slightly nervous, which, according to this report, was the result of excessive smoking. Neither the girl nor her mother showed the slightest signs of emotion in relating the details of the crime, the report says, the mother saying that her husband had threatened all of their lives and that they killed him rather than be killed themselves. This investigation was made in connection with a survey that is be ins- mad..- by the national commit tee on mental hygiene through a humber of states to determine the mental level of the people of this country. This survey is being made in educational, charitable and penal institutions and also among selected groups of persons. The work in this state is being done in cooperation with the state board of public welfare. Killed by Live Wire Young Man Carelessly Grasps High Power Cable Springfield, Sept. 13.?Saturday afternoon a young man by the narhe of George Grey, from across the river, in Barnwell county, to gether with several companions, came over to the electric power piant. some of them bringing corn to have ground, and while loiter ing around the large pond they concluded they would bathe, ac cord ins to eye witnesses, and start ed down the dam. which direction led directly under a heavily charg ed wire leading from the power piant to Springfield. The wire was said to be seven or eight feet above the-path and as young Grey reach ed a point directly under the wire, he is said io have mechanically reached up and grasped the wire with both hands, and was imme diately electrocuted by the heavily charged conductor. An inquest was le id over the body by Mag istrate Corbitt and tin- body pre pared for burial, the power plant furnishing the casket and such other tilings as were necessary. ? ? <t?? John Rasselt Moore, the Choice Geneva. Sept. i 3.?Delegates to the assembly of the League of Na tions predicted John Basset! Moore will b ? elected judge of the court Of international justice. Convict Shot to Death Joliet, HI.. Sept. 1 I. ?Thomas Schiller, convict in the .Toilet pen itentiary, was.shot and killed in an attempted jail break. Two other convicts esca ped. New York. Sein. 13.?Women voters for the first time will today participate in the mayoralty cam paign primaries, li is conceded they hold the balance of power. I Arbuckle Held Without Bail Movie Picture Comedian Un der Arrest for Manslaugh ter Faces Additional Charge of Murder San Francisco, Sept. 1 3.?With the grand jury, which has been hearing evidence against him, ad journed and the coroner's inquest extending into its second day, with out a verdict "Fatty" Arbuckle, i motion picture comedian, charged! with the murder of Miss Virginia ' Rappe, an actress, whose death \ occurred after a party in Ar- j buckle's rooms in a hotel, spent his third night in a cell tonight. The grand jury adjourned with out returning an indictment, but another session will be held as soon as District Attorney Matthew Brady is ready to present further testimony, the foreman announced. Added interest was given the case today when the district at torney declared he would start an investigation to ascertain whether witnesses who were present at the party last week have been tamper ed with. The official's statement followed the appearance of Miss Vey Provost, also known as Miss Pyvron, before the grand jury. Ac cording to Mr. Brady her testi mony there was entirely different from that she previously gave him. Reports that another wit ness, Alice Blake, had disappeared, proved erroneous when she appear ed at the district attorney's office. Miss Blake explained, according to Brady, that she hi.d gone from her home in Ookland in order to avoid publicity. Among witnesses before the grand jury some of whom later testified at the stc nd day's pro ceedings of the coroner's inquest, were Mrs. Bambina Maude Del mont, Al Seminacher, Miss Rappe's manager, Vey Provost and Alice Blake, all of whom are said to have been present at the Arbuckle party, and Mrs. Jean Jameson, a nurse who attended Miss Rappe before her death. Mrs. Delmont. at the inquest, said she, .Miss Rappe and Al Semin acher. Miss Rappe's manager, drove ! to San Francisco from Bos Ange les, arriving Sunday night, Sep j tember 4. While she and Miss Rappe were eating breakfast the next day, a i telephone call was received that a j Mr. Arbuckle wanted to see them all at the St. Francis hotel. Miss Rappe went to Arbuckle's room : alone and then telephoned for Mrs. ; Delmont and Seminacher to join I her. There, she testified, she met '. Arbuckle, Lowell. Sherman, Ira I C. Fortlouis and Frederick Fisch j bach. There were many bottles on i the table in the room. Miss Rappe ! had three drinks of gin and orange : juice and Mrs. Delmont had about ; ten drinks of whiskey. Two more ! girls came in whom she learned later were Alice Blake and Vey . Pyvron. The Rappe girl rose and went into the bath room off Asbuckle's '. room. When she came out of the bath room Arbuckle was in his room. He closed the door be : tween it and the sitting room ! where the other members of the ; party were. She. heard screams coming from ! the room about an hour later, she said, and demanded that Arbuckle ; open the door. He did so. The I Rappe girl ?vas on the bed tearing ; at her clothing aixl screaming. " I am hurt. I am dying,' she ! said. We removed the girl's cloth i ing and placed her in a tub of cold water, which seemed to do no good i and Miss Rappe was taken to an 1 other room and put to bed." Arbuckle kept his eyes fixed on the witness throughout her testi mony. Mrs. Delmont finished her ; testimony at noon. Arbuckle took : more than usual interest when, to ward the close of the session, Cor ! oner Dr. T. B. W. Leland asked ? the witness: "How do you happen to remem ! her what happened if you had so ; many drinks of whiskey?" j "My memory is always good," j she answered. When the inquest was resumed I this afternoon. Ira G. Fortlouis, a : salesman, took the stand. He tes I titled that he was present at the party but left before Arbuckle is ! supposed to have gone into a bed i room with Miss Rappe. Mr. Seminacher testified that he i attended the party after trying in ! vain to induce Miss Rappe to re 1 turn to Los Angeles. Seminacher ab-c testified that he ? visited Miss Raupe the day fol ? lowing the party and she said to j him: "Roscoe hurt me." He said he did not hear the screaming testified to by Mrs. Del mont. and was surprised when he heard the full details of the party from Mrs. Delmont m-xt day. -? ? ? Gen. Pershing Sails For France Goes as Representative of America to Present Medal to Unknown Soldier Xew Vork. Spet. 14.?General Persuing was a passenger on the steamship Paris sailing today for France, where hew ill bestow pos thumously on an unknown French soldier the congressional medal of honor. -? ? ? The Mother of Twenty-Two Nebraska Woman is Leader in the Anti Race Suicide Derby Omaha. Sept. 14.? Mrs. Earl M. Rowray. aged forty-one, .nave birth !?> her twenty-second child yester day. She became a bride at 14 and a mother al seventeen. She has been married twice. Two. children have been born since her second Working On Tax Revision Republicans Stand Solidly Together in Favor of Re ducing Sur Tax Washington, Sept. 12.?Two of the four major provisions of the house tax bill were approved today by the senate finance committee, i One fixes the maximum income sur- ? tax rate at 32 per cent, as com- j pared with the present 65 per cent..: and the other increases by $500 the exemption allowed to heads of families having net incomes of $5, 000 or less and by $120 the exemp tion allowed on account of each dependent. Chairman Penrose announced j the committee would vote tomor- j row on the effective date of the re peal of the excess profits tax. Even i those senators favoring Secretary Mellon'8 proposal to make the re peal retroactive to last January 1 wore of the opinion that the com mittee would accept the house provision for repeal as of next January 1. Should the house date be ap-1 proved, it was said, the committee probably approve a repeal of the transportation tax as of next Jan uary 1, and most of the other tax repeals provided for in the house bill. Secretary Mellon's proposal for retention of the transportation levies next year at one-half the present rates and the restoration of a tax on cosmetics, perfumery and prr rietary medicines were pre- , dieted upon retroactive repeal of the profits tax. In voting to reject Secretary Mellon's proposal that the maxi mum income surtax rate be reduc ed to 25 per cent., the committee took under consideration a treas ury plan to reduce the rate in each of the income surtax brackets by 1 per cent., so as to lighten the taxes j on those having incomes of lessj than $(.;.*:,000 a year as well as I those whose incomes exceed that amount. Several new tax proposals are to ? be pros -nted to the committee, but I Chairman Penrose said it had he'-n I decided to have a final vote on the bill next Friday so as to give the ? draftsmen and experts time in i which to put the measure in shape i for presentation to the senate when l congress reconvenes on September | 21. If necessary the committee ! will hold night sessions, Chairman j Penrose said. j The Question of the amount of i j the increase to be made in the cor- I j poration income tax as an offset to.j j the repeal of the excess profits tax ; has not yet been reached by the committee. The house bill fixes i the total at 12 1-2 per cent, in ! stead of the 15 per cent, recom mended by Mr. Mellon, and the I opinion today at the capitol seem I ed to be that the higher rate would be accepted if elimination of the profits tax were put off until next January. ? ? 0 - Far Eastern Problem - . France and Japan Consent to Admission of Holland and Belgium to Conference ! Washington, Sept. 12.?Japan i and France have formally given I assent to the American proposal ! that Belgium and Holland, because ! of their large interest in the Orient, I be invited to the discussion of Far j Eastern questions at the conference . on limitation of armament. Favor able responses from other powers ; are expected at the state depart i ment within the next few days, but I no formal invitations will go for i ward to the Belgian and Dutch I governments until there is unani j mous agreement on the subject. While these negotiations are i pending state officials are feeling out the attitude of the other par j ticipants on what subjects are to be j considered at the conference. The British ambassador, Sir Auckland i Geddcs, conferred with Secretary ;' Hughes today, and it is understood ; the problem of framing a confer i ence program was considered, al ! though there was no indication i that the embassy had received de tailed instructions from London or that the secretary had formulated any definite proposal on the part of the American government. 1 Conferences of a similar nature j have taken place between Mr. I Hughes and other ambassadors, the I intention being to keep the nego i tiations in an informal phase until the views of all the interested na tions have been more or less clear ly defined. Clearing Up Chicago Murder Mystery Two Accomplices of Harvey W. Church Arrested by Police Chicago. Sept. 13.?The authori ties believe the mystery surround ing the murders of B. J. Daugb erty and Carl A. Aumus, automo bile salesmen, will be cleared up with the arrest of Leon Pailks and Clarence Wilder, the alleged ac complices of Harvey W. Church, who was arrested as the chief fac tor in the ease. Confessions from all three are alleged to have been obtained. ? ?. ? Heavy Grain Shipments Canadian Railroads Find it Necessary to Place Restric tions on American Ships Montreal, Sept. 14.?American grain shipments through this port are so heavy that the Canadian Pacific and Grand Trunk railroads have decided upon restrictive measures for the protection of Ca nadian shippers, obliging American grain ships to secure permits be fore docking. I Arbuckle in a Seri ous Predicament Fat Film Comedian Charged With Causing Death of Woman San Francisco, Sept. 12.?Ros coe C. (Fatty) Arbuckle. motion; picture comedian, was formally arraigned in police court here to day on a charge of murder in con- j nection with the death of Miss Vir ginia Rappe, motion picture actress, | which occurred las* Friday follow- ; ing a party in Arbuckle's rooms at j the St. Francis hotel last Monday. ; The complaint against Arbuckle, j the second to be lodged against him since his arrival here from Los i Angelas Saturday, was signed by Mrs. Bambina Delmont, a friend of the dead woman. The first com- j plaint made by police officials was \ for the purpose of holding the comedian in custody pending fur ther in vestigation. When Arbuckle appeared before Judge Daniel , O'Brien today he refused to talk of the case. Through his attorney a ; continuance to Friday was obtain ed and the prisoner was returned : to his cell. Representatives of the district attorney's office continued their | questioning of these known to have ! attended the Arbuckle party last j Monday and from these, District ! Attorney Brady stated was obtain ed evidence which will be used against the actor at his trial. Among those questioned today was Mrs. Sidi Wirt Spreekies, widow of John D. Spreckles. Jr. Mrs. Spreckles told the district attorney that she was informed over the telephone last Friday by Mrs. Del mont that the young actress was in a serious condition in a local hos pital. Mrs. Delmont asked Mrs. Spreckles to telegraph Henry Lehr man in New York concerning Miss Rappe's condition. After the tele gram had been set Mrs. Spreckles told the dictrict attorney that she called at the hospital and saw Miss Rappe. Mrs. Spreckies said she was not sure Miss Rappe recognized her but she said to Mrs. Spreckles: "Oh to think that I led such a quiet life and to think that I should get into such a party." Later in the day Mrs. Spreckles said she returned to the hospital with an answer to the telegram she sent to Lehrman. Cn her arrival at the hospital Mrs. Spreckles said the Rappe girl was unconscious and the telegram was not read to : her. \ Mrs. Spreckles told the district I attorney that she then called on j Dr. L. Gordon, pastor of the First I Congregational church, and asked j him to offer prayers, for the dying j girl. Mrs. Spreckles met Miss ; Rap - in this city in 1915, she said. : Hoy*>'e Clarke, a cafe entertainer, I was summoned to the office of the I captain of detectives after it was I learned that she had been invited ; to Arbuckle's party. Miss Clarke j said she went as far as the lobby j of the hotel but decided not to go to Arbuckle's rooms. She met Mrs. j Delmont the next day, she said, ; and Mrs. Delmont gave her the I details of the party and the al ; ledged attactk. Arbuckle spent the afternoon at j the inquest. Once he went to his j cell to await the outcome of the I grand jury investigation in which i Mrs. Delmont was expected to be ! the leading witness. Mrs. Delmont i did not testify at the opening ses I sior.. the district attorney saying ' that her appearance today pre j vious to the grand jury session i would handicap the authorities. In ! stead, physicians and others told j of Miss Rappe's removal from Ar j buckle's suite, her treatment in an | other hotel room and later at a i hospital, her death and the post ; mortem examination, i The physicians were unable to j say what was the exact cause of j Miss Rappe's death. Larry J. Boyle, assistant man jage: of the hotel, testified that j when called by Mrs. Delmont to ! Arbuckle's suite he found Mrs. I Deimont and Al Seminacher sitting ; on the edge of a bed where Miss ; Rappe lay moaning and uncon : scions. i Arbuckle picked up Miss Rappe : anr carried her down the hotei icoi. idor to another room, where j she- stayed until being taken to the ; hospital three days later, accord j ing to Boyle's testimony. I Too much liquor was the diag ; nosis given by Dr. Olav Kearboe, I the first physician cailed in. ac j cording to Kearboe's own state ; ment. At that time there was no i evidence of serious injury, he said. Dr. M. E. Rumwell testified Miss . Rappe's condition did not seem se rious until Thursday of last week : when a consultation was held. : Dr. Rumwell said there was ! nothing to indicate she had suffer ; ed from any violence until the I post mortem examination when he said evidence of internal injuries was found. Dr. William Oppulse, called to perform the post mortem, describ ed '.he internal injuries, but said he could not say definitely what I caused them. The inquest will be resumed to rn orrow. Perjury in Arbuckle Case _ Grand Jury Discovers That Some Witnesses Are Lying San Francisco, Sept. 12.?The district attorney has issued a state ment alleging perjury by one of the,chief witnesses in the f'.oseoe I (Fatty) Arbuckle grandjury inves I tigation. lb- intimates that other arrests may follow. ' The foreman of the grand jury : that is investigating the Arbuckle case announced that the jury felt : that additional evidence was nec ; essary ln-fore rendering an indict - ! ment. The district attorney scores ; the methods employed to balk jus | tice through perjury alleged on the 1 part of witnesses Arbuckle said he ! declined to make any statement when, before the grand jury. No date 1ms been set for further jury I hea rink" V As Others See The United Siate Session of League of Nations Devoted to Criticisms of America Geneva, Sept. 12 (By thp Asso ciated Press).?The assembly of the league of nations today heard a great deal about the United States and the proposed confer ence at Washington r November in connection with the league work on disarmament and also with ref erence to criticism in America of the work of the league. It was the most picturesque session of this meeting. Srinvasa Sastri. a native Indian lawyer, wearing the Indian cos tume and speaking perfect English with an eloquence rarely equalled by English orators, had the floor at the morning session. He suggested that the United States might do something more practical than 'merely criticize what the league was doing or had failed to do. He touched lightly on the race ques tion in connection with mandates hinting at a difference of views on this question between India and h?.re sister dominion. South Africa, which ils one of the m?ndatory powers. Count Gimeno, a Spa.. o*i dele gate, stirred the South Americans as they had never before been stirred in the assembly debates by his praise of the league's work. Count Gimeno spoke in Spanish which was the first time this lan guage was used on the floor of the assembly. His speech later was translated into both English and French. ? ? ? ? ~ Underwood Will Sit in Conference - a Alabama Senator Announced Decision to Accept Place in Disarmament Con ference Birmingham, Sept. 12.?There should not and can not be any party politics involved in the coming disarmament conference at Wash ington, Senatoi Underwood, Dem ocratic member of the American delegation, stated tonight. " Part y politics should only af fect domestic questions," declared Mr. Underwood. "When one cross ; es the three mile limit going out to sea then the question ;becomes an international one." Stating that he would accep? a ; place in the conference as soon as President Harding's offer was offi rcially received, the Democratic ! leader asserted that it was his be i lief that the nations represented at I the conference would be willing to ; make the necessary concessions for an ultimate agreement which would relieve the world of~-t---tlu ? cni ? burdens and assure peace to "this ; and future generations." "I think the four men represent j ing the United States at the con j ference can stand as a unit on. ' all questions," he said. "The del egation win undoubtedly favor dis armament to an extent that will be j re .1 in its effect. "The problem that confronts us will be to convince the representa tives of other nations of the ne cessity, advisement and effective ness of the disarmament agree ; ment. Theoretically, none of the I great nations of the world today j stands as an antagonist to peace 1 and all would agree theoretically : that it is a wise and proper thing ' to do to reduce armaments of the ' world." Greenwood Aroused j Against Lawlessness ! Judge Featherstone Calls on Grand Jury to Make Search ing Investigation ! Greenwood. Sept. 13.?Speaking i for a body of representative citi ! zens, a committee headed by J. B. j Park, prominent local attorney, j and composed of prominent busi ; ness and professional men, appear ed before the grand jury this i morning and urged that body to use all its power to bring to justice ; men implicated in mob violence in this county. A meeting of citi^e^F?-1 ? was held last night and determi nation to send the committee be ? fore the grand jury was reached. Xot only did the committee ask for those implicated in mob vio lence to be brought to justice, but : it urged the grand jury to exert it self to see that all forms of law . lessness including alleged flagrant violations of the prohibition law be i suppressed. j Action by the citizens followed a charge of extraordinary power and fearlessness yesterday by County Judge C. C. Featherstone to the grand jury in which he urged them to bring to trial those men implicated in a mob which recent ly -,ok two negro women prison ers from the city jail and whipped '. them. Hal T. Sloan, foreman of the grand jury, stated this morning : that investigation of mob violence ' had not been discussed by the grand jury owing to the number of indictments which it had to pass on. If sufficient time is not given ! during the present term of county court. Judge Featherstone charged ' the grand jury to make a thor ough investigation and report its findings at the court of general ses sions, which convenes two weeks hence. Judge Featherstone declared in his charge that city officials know the names of some of the mob 1? a1 ers and many who composed the mob. and if witnesses did not want to testify, he would furnish the proper writs which would bviug ?hem before the grand jury a: d force them to testifv. ; Geneva. Sept. 14.?John Barsett Moore was today elected one of the I international court of justice judges