Evening star., 1921-01-15
Fasting Woman F2aunts Death;
Brief Telegraph Ne,us Of u S:
Ne.uspapernan Falls Sixteen Stories Death in Cleue
Land-$5O,OO0 Gems Taken From Hotel-AI Mail
to Be Extended to Los Angeles.

tary headquarters here under orders OF
Gen. Steiner. From Birmingham the
soldiers will be sent to Townley to re-
place the tilirty-four members of Com
} pany NJ, Tuscaloosa, who were brought
here for examination in connection with
| the lynching of William Baird at JAS
: per. and to generally strengthen the
} military forces now in the Walker
, county field for the preservation Of or
der.
Liquor Bribery Charged.
BOSTOE.-Indictment charging con-
; spiracy and the acceptance Of bribes
, were returned by the federal grand
, jury against Samuel NJ. Beresnak. a
prohibition enforcement agent on the
staff of william ]. Mccarthy, super
: vising agent for this district. Danial
{. Ryan of Worcester. a former pro-
hibition agent, also was indicted for
acceptance of brlbeS
Receiver Named for Bank.
: MEMPHIS Tennis. s. Mcconnell,
. superintendent of the Tennessee state
. banking department, was appointed
: receiver for the Peoples Savings Bank
j.. and Trust Company Of this city. which
voluntarily closed it's doors. The bank
was capitalized at $500, 900 and, at the
time it's last statement was issued in
November. held deposits OF s1,063, ,927 .55,
with loans of s1,352. .526.56 and a surplus
of $4,000.
Plantation Company in Court.
MOBILE. Ala--The Demonstration
Plantation Company of Pittsburgh.
Pa, operating on an immense tract of
land in this county, was thrown into
the hands of a receiver on application
to the federal court by Pittsburgh in
tereSts.
Hose for Navy Contract, $25O,OOO.
DURHAM, n. C-The Durham hos
iery mills have been awarded a gov
ernment contract for 100000 pairs
of hose for the Navy, according to
telegram received here. The contract
price is said to exceed $25O,0O0.
Probe of Ocean View Fire.
NORFOLK. va.-State insurance Off
cials have ordered an investigation
to determine the origin of a series of
fires at Ocean View, summer resort
ten miles from Norfolk. where. in
three months, there has been a prkp-
! erty loss of approximately s400.C5O.
Nine cottages burned Monday night.
and five on Wednesday. Rumors of
threats of what would happen after
December q" are to be investigated.
| Libel Verdict. Six Cents.
NEW YORK.-Six cents damages,
and more for costs were found
against DR.. Percy w. Roberts. emf
nent New York physician and sur
geon. sued for libel by DR.. George
Barrie. brother practitioner. who
alleged injuries through letter from
.the defe ndant more than a year ago.
The jury took just half an hour to
reach its verdict.
cr< r.I... VIII n,.~o,a p,.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala~-Using a dia-
,mond ring as a glass outer was the
method resorted to by Walter Jones
and John Fear to gain entrance into
an optical store Wednesday night ac-
cording to officers. who placed the
youths in Jail on charges of grand
larceny.
Seised Alcohol "Evaporates.-
JACKSON, Miss.-When attorneys
for the Jackson Fruit Products Com
ipany, whose president was acquitted
on a charge of violating the Volstead
act, demanded the return of $4,000
, worth of alcohol seized by prohibition
agents, it was discovered that about
) half of the property had apparently
: "evaporated."
Has New Form Of Contract.
LOS ANGELES-A new form Of con-
tract. covering a. series of years.
) which the California Associated
; Raisin Company Of Fresno hopes the
! government will indorse. was pre-
sented here at conference OF .ne
corporation's attorneys with Judge
b. F. Bledsoe of the United States dis
trict court, and John H. Atwood. spe-
cial assistant to the attorney general
Whether the government would In
dorse the proposed contracts and
withdraw it's antitrust suit against
the corporation was not decided.
Falls Sixteen Stories to Death.
CLEVELAND, Ohio.-Palmer Slo-
cum, newspaper man. theater director
and publicity agent for theatrical and
commercial houses. was instantly
} killed when he fell sixteen stories
building, under construction here. He
was thirty-six years old.
Widow May Run for State Senate.
BRISTOL Tenn.-va-.With the
, dates mentioned to make the race in
the second senatorial district to sue
ceed the late Senator ]. Parks Wor-
ley, Mrs. Anna Keys Worley, his Wild
, ow, has been urged. and mas the pro-
posal under advisement. to make the
race for the unexpired term.
| EX.Cashier AFfeSted.
BUTLER. Ga.-A. II. Hendricks.
, former cashier of the bank Of Mauk.
Ga. was arrested at Franklin, Ga.
on two warrants charging forgery
and embezzlement. 1t was announc-
ed at the time of the failure of the
bank several weeks ago that Hen
bricks was short in his accounts sew
eral thousand dollars.
> Commerce Chambers Merge.
NEW YORK.-Merger of the Ar
gentine chamber of COM
merce, with headquarters in this
city. and the chamber OF commerce
of the United States in Argentina
: was unanimously ratified at the an
> nual meeting of the former organi-
zation here. The Argentine chamber
authorized the amalgamation several
} months ago.
$4,000 Gems Taken From Hotel.
| PITTSBURGH.-Jacob Allison. mem
her of a New York frm of diamond
. merchants, reported to the police
here that he had been robbed of dia-
monds valued at $50.000. Fifty rings
and scarfpins were taken when Alli-
) son was absent from his room in a
hotel he said A small hammer, used
to break open trunk which con-
tanned the stones. was found by the
police. The authorities expressed the
J opinion that the robbery was the
: work of persons who followed Alli-