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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-10-19
Williamsburg, Ind.

RG, lnd.-MrS. Ellz-
abeth Button returned here Thursday
evening after the summer spent in the
west The Progressive club of the
NJ. F. church entertained the Ladies'
Aid last Wednesday at the home OF
Mrs. George Armstrong. A grand feast
was spread at the noon hour. The
time after dinner was spent in differ
ent entertainments and a good social
time About As were present. Mrs.
Faith Jordon of Modoc has been spend
ing few days here the guest of Miss
LEILA Chamness =. Russell Fudge and
family had as their guests Sunday Mr..
and Mrs Charles Marting and daugh-
ter. Peqr' of Richmond, Mr.. and Mrs.
Perry Stoops and baby of Centerville
i. Mr.. and Mrs. Carl wilson and chill
dren were the guests of relatives south
of town Sunday =. John Durbin and
family were the guests of J. j. Smith
and family near Newcastle Sunday. -.
Mrs Ella Duke and son, Clifford, had
as their guests Sunday Mr.. and Mrs.
Bob Duke and children, MIR. and Mrs.
Frank Duke and children, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Ellis and children of Green's
Fork Charles Duke. of Richmond, Mrs.
Harold Duke and daughter. Mrs. Har-
old Duke and daughter started for their
home in South Dakota Monday .....
Mrs Leotl Duke and Miss Bessie Mea-
dows went to Reid hospital Monday,
where they will undergo operations
soon. -. Mr.. and Mrs. James Arm
strong and son, Macy spent Sunday
with Charles Boyd and family north
OF town. - Mr. and Mrs. Fay Black
are planning to move their household
goods back 10 Richmond soon. J.. Miss
Bessie Guykendall of Richmond is
snending few days here the guest OF
Mrs Ann Pugh.... Miss Violet and
Hazel Hardwiek and Charles Davis
and family of Fountain City, Ind, were
the guests of w. c. Piehe and family
Sunday afternoon. - Mr.. and Mrs
Oran Gates were the guests Sunday OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Edd Johnson. Mrs
Oran Parks was a Richmond shopper
Saturday
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-10-19

of how the pastor and the choir sing
er were taken separately to vacant
building, locked up; of how he was
slain by accident after which the
woman was brutaIly murdered, in a
fury of revenge. 1t appears that the
authorities have come to this view
from today's news.
This was not guess work on my part
Inhabitants of little colony near the
scene of the murder have told me of
hearing a commotion a muffled pound
ing, as if someone, locked up, trying
eneffectuaIly to beat their way to free
dom. These people live in a close
drawn group of humble dwellings.
They are clannish. If one were at
tackled. or if his house were being
robbed, he would cry an alarm and ali
would flock to his protection.
Hear Alarm
The alarm of this night, placed by
them at 10 O'Clock, was sufficient to
cause them to put their heads out OF
windows. They heard only the hope
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-10-19
DRESSED AND SCOTT
TO SEEK CONVENTION

DR.. F. A. Dressed, pastor of the
First English Lutheran church, and E.
Harrison Scott, superintendent of the
City Sunday School association, were
named by the association, at its meet
ing Wednesday night to attend the
convention of the Young Peoples di-
vision of the State Sunday School as
sociation which is to be held Friday
and Saturday at Charlottesville. These
two representatives will present an in
vitation to the delegates to hold their
1928 convention in Richmond.
1t was also stated that efforts are
being made to bring to Richmond for
a series of lectures, w. G. Pierce, as
sociate secretary of the Worlds Sun
day School association. No definite
date was stated but it is expected that
he will be secured for some time the
latter part of November. Mr.. Pierce
has Just returned from a tour of the
world and will be prepared to give his
hearers a birds eye view of world
conditions.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-10-19
By FLORENCE NJ. NORTH
AtLUrney lor Cn&TIVtte I~aLaIs. ~
(COpyrirht 1922 by United Press.

Copyright, 1922 by United Press)
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Oct. 19.
IL believe we know the murderer OF
Mrs. Elanor Mills and DR.. Hall 1t is |
| the woman in gray.
This woman, dressed in long gray
coat that fell to her ankles, was seen
| by witnesses at the spot where the
bodies of the pastor and the sections
wife were found, and was observed in
an automobile which believe to have
been the death car.
| Through the shadowy scenes at
Phillips farm, on the eve of the uag
edy when, unfortunately, witnesses
minds were dulled because they had
no inkling of the horror that was tol
come there fits always the figure of
this woman in gray. In whatever di-
rectioh our search turns we find some
mention of her 1t is almost a certain
ty that in the blackness of the night
that engulfed the terrible scene of
that double execution" in vacant
building far from the farm, the woman
in gray struck down her victims.
Seen at Farm.
She was seen at Phillips farm
Thursday afternoon. To witnesses
whose brains were not keyed to grasp
little details that now would be in
Valua bic to US, she appeared to be pac-
ing the little lane near which the
bodies were found two nights later by
another pair of lovers
She was seen, this woman in gray
in closed motor car driving from the
scene that Thursday night
She is the woman who was Jealous
of Mrs. Mills.
She is the woman, who, otherwise a
highly respected member of her COM
munity, was transformed through jeal
Gus hatred into fury, so that she
slashed the throat of her pretty vic
tim, whose only sin was loving too
much the beautiful things of life, and
. . the kindly man who could give them
! to her.
/, Cannot Tell Name.
! cannot tell her name-yet. Our
, chain of evidence lacks some links.
She walks among us today, free wo-
man, behind mask; her long gray
coat is discarded Some day soon we
3 will put our hand on this woman's
e shoulder and the wall of apparent in.
: nocence with which she has surround
S ed herself will fall from her.
/ On the afternoon Of Sept. IA, this
i woman, upon whom our growing chain
5 of evidence is slowly but inevitably
fastening the guilt of the crime, was
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-10-19
20 YOUNG PEOPLE
OF COUNTY TO GO
TO STATE SESSION

More than 20 delegates from the
young peoples division of the Sunday
school association of Wayne county
will be In attendance at the conven-
ton Of the state body to be held in
Charlottesville, Friday, Saturday and
Sunday, according to an announce
ment made Thursday by Cecil Scant-
land. superintendent of the local
county organization.
Mr.. Scantlapd states that the larger
portion of the Wayne county delega-
tion will leave the city Friday morn
ing at $50 o'clock and that those who
do not make the trip Friday will ar
rive in Charlottesville for the main
business sessions on Saturday.
Some of the delegates registered
for the convention at recent meet
ing of the delegates but it was stated
that those who did not do SO would be
given opportunity to register at the
convention.
Want 1923 Convention.
A strong effort will be put forward
on the part of the local delegation as
well as other local organizations to
bring the 1923 convention of the young
peoples body to Richmond. The dele
CATION will leave with that aim in view
and they have received pledges of sup
port from the following organizations
Virginia Asher Business Women's
Council, Billy Sunday club, the Wayne
County Sunday School association
Richmond Ministerial association, 10
cal Rotary and Kiwanis clubs, and the
City Sunday School association.
Mayor Lawrence Handley has also
endorsed the project and will send a
special invitation to the convention
The Billy Sunday club, the Virginia
Asher council and the Rotary and XII
wants clubs will all send kilograms oi
invitation to the convention and the
City Sunday School association have
named E. Harrison Scott and DR.. F. A
Dressed to act as special representa-
tives to tender an invitation
List of Delegates.
Following is list of the delegates
who will attend as a part of the Wayne
county delegation:
Cecil Scantland and Ada Scantland
representing the county association;
Gladys Gosand, Lois Hubbard and Wal
ter Sidler, representing the West Rich
mond Friends Sunday school,; Ceci
Swisher, Thelma Campbell, Mary
Strong, Raymond Bailey, representing
the East Main Street Friends Sunday
school; Albert Benn representing the
First M. E. Sunday school; Rober
Wilson. Reid Memorial Sunday school
Lois Oesting. st. Paul's Lutheran Sun
day school; Doris Weesner, Firs
Christian Sunday school; Aaron Iaind
ley, Edith Daugherty, representing the
Christian Sunday school at Jackson
burg; Elizabeth Manning and Harry
Fisher of Economy, and Howard Jack
son of the Christian Sunday school a
Centeryille.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-10-19
PAVING BETWEEN 9TH
AND NINTH ON MAIN
WILL Be IMPROVED

Members of the board of works and
citizens owning property. along Main
street between Eighth and Ninth, dis
cussed the proposal to relay the brick
along that block, at the meeting Thurs
day. Work will be started this fall,
in time for the paving to be used
during the winter season, it was de-
cided.
Plans of the city engineer are to
have the brick in this paving, which
was laid on a sand foundation taken
up and turned over. The brick will
be laid in new composition asphalt,
and the performance of this type of
paving will be carefully observed in
the next few months, with view to
resurfacing the whole length of Main
street in this way, If it is satisfactory.
Objected at First
Owners of property along the block
affected appeared at the city hall
Thursday to protest against the propo-
be taxed for an experiment" in paw
ing work. Their objections disap-
peared, however, when they were in
formed that the city would bear the
cost of the improvement and that they
WOuIu OAAy DS ICduI1 GU " pay III No~'S
it proved successful, and it was de-
cided to improve the other sections of
Main street in the same manner.
An agreement will be drawn up by
the city attorney and presented to the
owners of this property, asking that
they agree to pay their portion of any
future assessment if the city should
desire to make an improvement along
the whole street.
Cost of the proposed work in the
single block is estimated at from 81 800
to $1,S00 If successful, it means the
city will be saved the cost of new
brick.
Opposed to Experiment.
81 do not want to be placed in the
position of opposing any improve
ments," said Lowell W. Cox, president
of the Dickinson Trust company, "but
the institution l represent does not
feel that any money should be ex-
pended on Main street in an expert
mental way"
Walker E. Land, president of the
board, explained that it would not be
fair for the city to pay for this one
square, then assess property owners
along other squares if it was decided
to improve them. The city will pay
the cost of the improvement at pres
ent. he said, and it will be classed as
street repair work. Then when the
entire street is improved, the property
owners on this block will be assessed
the same as the rest.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-10-19
WOMAN IN GRAY BELIEVED TO HAVE SLAIN
new BRUNSWICK MINISTER, SEXTONS WIFE

seen, apparently measuring the dis
tance from the barn to the Somerset
county line. The murder was commit
ted in Middlesex county. The bodies
were carefully taken to a spot just
over the line in Somerset county. The
center of official investigation was
thus thrown miles away from the
homes of the murderers.
During the questioning of Mrs. Hal
widow OF the pastor, county authorities
required her to put on a long gray
coat, that Hungarian woman witness
might identify her if possible as the
woman in grey. This the Hungarian
woman failed to do. But some day we
will put that coat upon the right
woman.
have given my theory Of what
took place on the night of the crime
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-10-19

DR.. Andrew jackson Huntoon, in his
ninety-first year, is still an employe
of Uncle Sam. He examines the lit
erary features of examination papers
at the Civil Service commission, Wash
ington. He is a veteran of the Civil
war veteran, and his intellect is as
that of man half his age.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-10-19
Police Court News
FINED FOR SPEEDING

Mark Mann and G. w. Steinhilber
were fined 81 and costs for speeding,
Thursday.
FINED 500, COSTS
Harvey Johnson, found guilty Of vio-
lation of the liquor law was fined 800
and costs Thursday. Johnson was ar
rested by Officers Cussins and Sey-
more. at Fifth and Main streets, We'd.
neSday.
LEcTURED AND DISMISSED
Harold Hartzel, arrested on petit
larceny charge late Wednesday, was
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-10-19

lectured and dismissed from court
Thursday. HartZler is accused of
having stolen a cornet from David
Lacey. He is II years old. Officers
Vogelsong and Longman made the
arrest.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-10-19

less hammerings of one or perhaps
both intended victims.
They could not place the sounds
The noise died away. They went back
to their beds, with no thought ofsthe
tragedy.
Thus close did the murderers, the
group urged on by the woman IN gray,
come to discovery.
But the last efforts of the victims
failed. They were slain. probably by
a Maxim-silnced gun, for no shots were
heard. The body of the pastor was
cared for tenderly by the woman IN
gray.
The body Of Mrs Millh was thrown
roughly down
New-York tribune., 1922-09-19
Stock Prices
Decline Under.
Heavy Selling, q,
News From Europe Finds
Market in Weakened
Technical Position. and
Many Stocks Are Lower

Ahere was just enough Turkish in
the news yesterday TO make q no.
s'ose lor those operating seeking to
proht from short selling to carry on.
their plans. After many weeks "a
swift upward movement, followed hv
. VaeiIlating yet strong tendency last
week. the stock market yesterday wa.
subjected to severe selling nre.s,r.
virtually the entire list sold at suh-
tsanhaily lower prices than those
which prevailed ON Saturday. though
Mots OF them recovered somewhat from,
the lowest levels of the day. AT the
close the average decline OF thirty in
austrlai stocks was 1873 points. and
that Of twenty representative rail.
was l.2o points.
AS was to be expected in such mar.
ket, the favorites in the recent ad.
vances were the central points If ~.
tack in yesterdays market. The in.
tensitleation of the Turkish crisis
with attention focused on the immedi.
ate plans of Great Britain, swayed the
( imagination of spectators, particular.
ly since when they entered the fnan-
cial district yesterday they were con.
fronted with reports of declining
speculative markets abroad. More.
over, sterling and most of the cont.
mental European issues were easier
Tho disposition TO- sell was seemingl,
/ felt primarily by professional traders
/ who are quick to sense superticia
i furries at the marketplace. There was
no indication of liquidation by tht
general run of participants in the pre-.
ent speculative movement. The for
eign news, focusing attention on ar
agelong sore spot in Europe. was es
Iecially able to influence the STOCK
market becaues Of its technically vul
nerable position.
Following the psychology Of a wa,
market wheat prices went to sub
stantially higher levels, gaining s1s t,
/ as cents net despite profit taking
at the close, when reports that the
British Atlantic feet had been ordere;
! to the Dardanelles were denied. Wa1
is bear argument for cotton, and the
reaction continued, carrying quota
tions to % points lower
New-York tribune., 1922-09-19
Consolidated Steel Plans

Z. A. s. Clarke, president of the Con
solidated Steel Corporation. returned TO
the city yesterday, but it was stated at
his Offices in the Cunard Building that
he had no formal statement to make re-
garding last weeks unofficial announce
ment that the company is planning to
iiquidate. 1t was generally accepted in
the trade, however, that the company
which is the export representative Of
the leading independents will go out Of
business when its present contract ex-
pires. The Bethlehem-La -Lackawanna
merger and the Republic Midvale-In-
land Steel combine are generally as
signed as the main reason for the ex-
port agency, as it now exists, going out
of business.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-19
In Wall Street,
stoeks Reaet

in view Of the comparative indu-
ference shown by the stock market on
Saturday to developments affecting tAe
status Of Constantinople and the Oar.
danelles, the extent Of yesterdays set
back was regarded as surprise in
some brokerage quarters. In others
the view was held that stocks had
gone up too fast in recent sessions and
that tho technical position of tho mar
ket had been weakened by public buy.
ing and pool operations. While IL was
generally thought that the so-called
Near East crisis would not result in
new European war. the prevailing
opinion was that the situation was
serious enough to warrant caution in
taking on new commitments and the
selling OF stocks where margins were
none too secure
New-York tribune., 1922-09-19

Railroad company officials report that
the books of the leading equipment
companies are becoming so choked up
with orders that attempts TO place new
business are meeting with little encour-
agement. In other quarters the indif-
ferent attitude of the makers of equip
ment was also viewed as reflection
of the uncertainty regarding steeI
prices. So far as known no increases
have recently been announced in the
price of locomotives. but should steel
mount higher it is believed thai this
action could hardly be avoided In.
creasing scarcity Of skilled labor has
been another factor making it inadvis-
able to assume the responsibility Of
deliveries too far in the future. The
American Locomotive Company, accord
ing to an announcement yesterday, will
resume work at its Dunkirk plant
where about 1900 employees have been
out of employment for the past SIX
weeks
New-York tribune., 1922-09-19
$500 Dividends Postponed

Directors Of the Minneapolis. st.
Paul & Sault Ste, Marie have decided
that no further dividends, payable in
1922, be declared out of surplus until
the appeal by two preferred stockhold-
ers in the suit over the rights OF pre-
ferred and common stockholders has
been decided. This appeal viii be heard
in st. Louis in the term beginning De-
cember 4. The company declared di1-
idcnda of 81 share on both the pre-
ferred and comon stock, payable April
15 out of its surplus accumulated dur
ing 1920 and prior years. Two orders
issued by Judge Wilbur F. Booth OF
the United States District Court, of
Minneapolis, restrained the direeto
from paving these dividends, but on
June 81 Judge Booth upheld the div
idond declaration.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-19
Speculative Leaders Break

II was the recent speculative leaders
that bore the brunt of yesterdays
selling movement in the stock market.
Crucible Steel was one Of the outstand-
ing weak stocks, selling from a high
of 92 down to 81. There was a re-
covery at the close to 30, but thi4 vas
sas points under Saturdays last sale
price. CxucibIe directors have author
ized the sale Of 81, 900 900 new stock at
par, but the subscription rights recent
ly expired without the present stock
having sold above 100 The rights.
however, sold as high as 81 a share.
The company is assured of the money
from the new stock, as the issue was
unGerwritten
New-York tribune., 1922-09-19
Plan Capital Readjlstmcnt

Directors Of the Indiahoma Refining
Company have determined to change
the par value of the stock from So
share to $25 share, the change to be
come effective about October %. Stock
holders will exchange five shares Of
their present holdings for one of the
new stock, thereby reducing the num-
Der of shares from 100000, now out
standing to 100000
New-York tribune., 1922-09-19
Cities Service Acquires Plant

The Cities Service Company has just
completed arrangements for taking
over the plant and facilities Of the
Socicte pour lie Commerce ct fIndus-
trie des Huiles MineTales, Of Antwerp,
Belgium. The plant is complete i'm
porting station, consisting of tankage
for lubricating oils, gasoline. kerosene,
gas oil, etc; also tank cars and barges
for distribution to the trade territory
supplied by the port. including Belgium
Holland, Switzerland, Aisace Lorraine
and the Rhine Valley in Germany.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-19

New York banking interests will
make bids on Thursday for Province
of Alberta and 5lh per cent bonds, it
became known yesterday. Several
local bond houses are also interested
in the offering TO bankers on October
II of s12,o00,0o0 OF d per cent bonds
Of the City of Philadelphia. The
State of Illinois auctioned off ss 600.
600 of bonds at Springfield yesterday.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-19
~ hcf's Behind
Act.Ue Stocks?
lOl-RaiIway Steel Spring

I M -; I-..-.- C4o.l
" t--fNaleSaY 'oseei-opfing
The Railway Steel-Spring Com
pany WAS incorporated IN 1902 to
take over she properties IF five.
companies manufacturing spring
for railway equipment. II operates
eleven plants in the United States,
and through subsidiary, the Ga
madam Steel Tire and Wheel Com-
pany, is completing Plant in Mon
treal. The domestic plants have
capacity of j6i 900 tons. The SlS,
100000 eommen .stcck is preceded By
IN equal amount Of per cent GU
mulat.T9 preferred stock ~ which
Previously per cert had been pald
without OMISSION since 1902 Ten
New-York tribune., 1922-09-19
The Dollar in Foreign Exchange

Foreign exchange rates continued
lower yesterday, ,but the decline was
smaller than might have been ex-
pected, in view Of unsettled condi-
tiens in the Near East. 1t was gen
orally believed that the market had
discounted the situation last week.
Sterling recovered most of its early
loss, closing seven-eights Of a cent
lower. French francs dropped only
--oiots
New-York tribune., 1922-09-19
Money and Credit

The temporary increase in the sur
plus of the Clearing House banks, as
revealed in the Saturday statement, re-
suited yesterday in heavier offerings
Of call loans on the Stock Exchange.
Following renewal rate of per cent
there was drop TO 3is per cent. The
closing rate, however, was a per cent
The government will withdraw from the
banks to-day the sum of $24,00o,000.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-19

Bank Cl"arings-Bank clearings at
New YORK v 4erday were: Exchanges,
S44o,ooooo0; b. ances, $S5, 100000.
Silver London. 35Ad; New York,
domestic bar, 9914c; foreign, 69Ac;
Mexican dollars, 80 275c.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-04-06
(First published in the Abilene Weekly
Reflector, March 8, 1929
SHERIFF'S SALE
Case No. 1872

g. C. Houser and c. j. Mowry, .co-part-
ners. doing business under the firm
name of HOuser Il Mowry, Plaintiffs
VS..
Bankers OIL Company, a corporation,
Defendant.
Under and by virtue of an order of
sale issued by the Clerk of the District
Court Of the Eighth Judicial District,
within and for Dickinson County. State
Of Kansas, in the above entitled case.
and to me directed and delivered. Will
on Monday. the 10th day of April. A. D..
1922, at II o'clock a. M, OF said day
at the front door of the court house In
the City OF Abilene. Dickinson County,
State of Kansas, without appraisement,
sell to the highest bidder, for cash IN
hand, the following, tO-wit: The drill
ing outfit of said defendant, casing.
two hundred and fifty barrel wooden
tank, all drilling tools and equipment
located on the following described real
estate, to-wit: The southwest quarter
(A) OF the southeast quarter CA) Of
section four 90, township fourteen GD
range three (3), east Of the sixth prin-
cipal meridian, situated in Dickinson
County, State OF Kansas. The said per-
sonaI property will be sold pursuant to
Judgment of the Court in said cause
recited In said order of sale.
Witness my hand this Sth day OF
G. A. SHERMAN,
Sheriff Dickinson County. Kas.
3-9w5t
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-04-06
FARM LOANS ARE EASIER
Investment Bankers Say Money Con-
diti0ns Improve

Frank Warren, president of the
Warren Mortgage Co., Emporia, with
two investment officers of eastern
life insurance companies, visited G..
C. Wyandt todOay. They are in
specting investments in Dickinson
county and expressed themselves
well pleased with conditions. APP
plications for farm loans are normal
and money promptly furnished. The
Warren Mortgage Comapny has fur
nished more than $35,OOO,OOO of
eastern capital for the use Of Kansas
farmers.