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The New York herald., 1922-10-04
BOY SKATER DIES IN AGONY
RA THEIR THAN TELL OF HURT
TwelveY YearOld Finishes His Play Stalls Through
Supper and Reveals Mortal Injury Only
When Means Escape Him in Derium.

fact, he was not able to get all OF them
his head hurt him and that terrible
pain in his abdomen seemed TO be try
ing to rip him into pieces. But he got
into bed without help. and without let
ting his father and mother know that
anything was wrong with him. This
was between and Q o'clock. ana Tor
more than four hours Elvin lay WIDE
awake in bed. in agony. but stoicaliy
refusing to utter a sound
About o'clock yesterday morning che
boy became semi-delirious. and no mat
ter how tightly he shut his lips. he
could not help groaning. His mother,
already awake because she was worried
about her boy, heard him. She got out
OF bed, went into the room ana founu
Elvin doubled almost into knot, so IN
tense was the pain he suffered. she
awakened the boys father, ana Elvin
was hurried in an automobile to st.
Elizabeth's Hospital. He was uncon-
scious then. and died two hours later.
Surgeons said he had suffered serious
internal injuries. and had he told his
parents about his hurt when he came
tome to supper his life might have been
saved.
The New York herald., 1922-10-04
UNCLE JOE HEADS WEST
BY TRAIL HE TOOK AT 4
Motors in Wake of Dads
Prairie Schooner.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.-His old s'ouch
hat cooked on the side of his head Uncle
Joe Cannon started out by automobile
to-day for Danville. H.. travelling over
the old national pike he and his parents
followed eighty-three years ago In emf
grating westward.
The veteran legislator was full of
pep as he stepped into his car at the
Capitol and told Lester Morris, for ten
years his chauffeur, and his sole COM
panion on the trip 10 give her the gas"
He waved the old hat, reached for a
CHAR and smiled.
just before leaving he received tele-
gram from ". n. Franklin. the automo-
bile manufacturer at Syracuse y. ".
offering his best car, open on closed, and
his crack driver at "Uncle Joe's" dis
posal. but the offer was declined.
This old car is good enough for me
and / like TO ride with Lester" he said.
The New York herald., 1922-10-04
HARDING BUYS HOUSE
WHERE HE WAS BORN
To Restore Homestead, Now
Sforehouse-Moy Occupy Ii.

MOUNT GIIEAp. Ohio. Oct 3.-That
President Harding expects TO return to
tho place Of his birth and his boyhood
days on his retirement from the White
House was indicated to-day when
French Crow. postmaster at Marion and
personal friend of the President, acting
In his behalf purchased the old Harding
homestead in North Bloomfield township.
Morrow county.
Mr.. CROW said the President intended
TO restore the house in which he lived
until he went TO Marion TO seek his for
tune. The building for number Of
years has been used as a storehouse.
The homestead OF 265 acres has been
in possession of Harry Erickson, a
farmer
The New York herald., 1922-10-04
CHICAGO'S NOISY SPOOK
AGAIN ELUDES POLICE
North Side Resounds With
Weird Screeches.

CHICAGO, oct. 3.-Despite a special
guard Of police. the presence of squad
OF newspaper reporters and photog-
raphers and more than 1000 other
persons there was IA repetition early
tonight of the weird knockings and
screeches which terrorize1 an entire
neighborhood on the North Side last
night.
When the cries first issued from the
residence district around Clifton and
Seminary avenues last night a riot call
brought special squads of bluecoats
scurrying throughout the district.
At sunset tonight squads of patrol
mon began filtering through the neigh
borhood again determined TO solve the
mystery The patrolmer set systemat-
ically to work and searched every house
in a square block, but all In vain. Up
until late hour the "spook" was still
making the welkin ring and defying all
efforts toward it's detection.
The New York herald., 1922-10-04
STUDENT AT NY. UNIVERSITY
ONLY IS, JUST 4 FEET TALL
David Gladstone, Freshman, Is Also Glass Cham
pion Chess Player of New Jersey-Sports
Enthusiast Despite Size

New York University has a boy
prodigy in David Gladstone. a freshman
in the College of Arts and Pure Science,
who is only Is years old and but four
feet tall. He finished grammar school
at the age of i and was graduated from
Barringer High School, Newark, last
June. being among the first five in the
honor roll of the graduating class. Glad
stone, like the Gladstone OF English
fame. will study law after he receives
his preliminary degree Of bachelor Of
arts at the university.
Besides being a good student, Glad
stone is a chess player OF considerable
ability BY winning a tournament re-
Gently he became the Class & champion
chess player OF New Jersey. He Is now
playing thirty-hve games by corre-
spondence. Though unable to take part
The New York herald., 1922-10-04
LAWSON STRANGELY
DROPS OUT OF SIGHT
Leaves Home of Sister and
His Friends Are Ignorant
of His Whereabouts.

BosToN, Oct. 3.-The whereabouts OF
Thomas w Lawson, 1nancier, WHO has
put his South Shore estate. Dreamwold
on the auction block to make up ior
stock market losses, was still nys-
terry tonight. Relatives, business as
sociates and friends were without word
from him since he left the home OF his
sister. Miss Mary Lawson. at South
west Harbor. Me-, yesterday.
1t appeared to be fairly well agreed
among those interested tonight taat.
upset over the loss OF the homestead
which he bnilt and furnished at cost
OF about s3,500.000 and In which he had
brought up his family. now scattered
hy death and marriage, he had decided
TO &c somewhere for a change OF scene.
The ranch home Of his daughter. Mrs.
Henry Mccall. at Prinevllle, Ore, was
considered the most likely place.
With the finarcier, who is now in his
sixty-ffth year, is A maid, a servant OF
many years service in the Lawson
home. She always has accompanied
him to care fer his things, his associates
said and when he decided suddenly yes
tcrday morning to leave his sisters sum-
mer home he directed the maid to ac-
company him
Mr. Lawson's health had not been
good recently. Horace I. Fogg, one of
his trustees, said he thought Mr.. Law
son was not Ill. and suggested that he
might have decided to visit Oregon.
Mr. Lawson went several weeks ago
to Southwest Harbor to stay with his
sister. The great Dreamwold property
built to satisfy a wish his wife, had
become first lonely and then "A financial
burden. Saturday night the word went
out that he was selling Dreamwold to
get money to meet his debts. Sunday
night he telephoned from Southwest
Harbor TO ask how the public had taken
the news. Yesterday he left the Main
town, saying that he was not certain
where he would so. He has not been
heard from since.
1t was thought he might go direct to
Dreamwold. but inquirers there to-day
were told by the trustees who are pre-
paring the place for sale on the auction
block that they had no word of Mr..
Lawson's whereabouts at Young's Hotel
in this city, where he has maintained
offices for years, with a secretary in
charge. 1t was said that there was no
information from the chief.
BEND, Ore, Oct. Enquiry at the
Mccall Ranch near Prineville to-day in
dicated that no word has been received
from Thomas w. Lawson, believed to be
on his way here, according to eastern
dispatches. Mrs. Henry Mccall. his
daughter. declared that II her father was
on his way West, she had received no
intimation OF II.
The New York herald., 1922-10-04
WOMEN SAY THEY MADE
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
Mrs. Welzmiiicr Writes Syr-
ocusc Used Replica

Tho Women's Progressive Democratic
Alliance, OF which Mrs. Louis Reed
Welzmiller. Deputy Market Commits
sioner. is president, viii support Alfred
Il. Smith and the other Democratic
nominees In the coming election.
In a letter 10 Mr.. Smith yesterday
Mrs. Welzmlller said: The platform
adopted by the convention at Syracuse
Is q replica OF that set forth by tho
Women's Progressive Democratic All.
ance. which has for its purpose tho put
ting into effect OF such reforms as would
give justice to the people"
The New York herald., 1922-10-04
NEW HOMICIDE COURT
OPENED WITH BLESSING
Jurists and Prosecutor Deliver
Addresses at Ceremony.

With addresses by William McAdoo.
Chief Magistrate Joab II. Banton. Dls-
trict Attorney. and Magistrate Frederick
B. House New York city's first honi-
eide court was opened yesterday in what
was formerly Fart OF the Traffic Court
at 500 Mulberry street
Hereafter all cases OF manslaughter
or murder not taken directly 20 the
Grand Jury will be tried in this court
instead OF being referred to the District
Attorneys homicide bureau for inveeti-
cation.
Tho first case was that OF Tsadore
Renert. driver OF a fruit wagon. charged
with having run over and killed Getzel
Sahn In East Houston street two weeks
ago. Magistrate House held Renert in
$1,000 bail and adjourned the hearing
rntil Friday. The court was opened
with blessing by the Rev. Arthur It.
Koegan. representing Archbishop Hayes
The New York herald., 1922-10-04

wouldn't run across anybody. 1t begins
TO look as though they didn't want me
around much"
Mystery House Searched.
Mills was asked about claim made
by some spir.tualst down In Florida,
who has written that he was in COM
munication with Mrs. Mills and told
her she was going to meet sudden
and violent ending. Mills said the man
might be telling the truth. but that ne
has found no letters from him TO MS
wife.
The search of 'the house of mystery,
as the Phillips farmhouse now is being
called. has been completed by the state
troopers. All the ground about the place
where the bodies were found has been
examined.
Charlotte Mills has written Parker
the detective, asking him to come mere
as an investigator, and she has also
written to Stricken. asking that Parker
be engaged to work on the case
Parker came here once. but un-
officially He looked over the ground
with deep interest. The methods fol-
lowed so far in the investigation. how
ever. are so vitality different from the
thoroughgoing method that he pursues
in such Investigations that he would
labor under great handicap. In Toms
River tonight he said: II am extremely
busy with several hundred witnesses TO-
sether on various cases in Whlch am
concerned that l don't see how ! could
do much on tho New Brunswick case.
in the event that Mr.. Stricker should
ask me to help him. until get some OF
my work out OF the way. I believe the
case can be solved
James O'Malley. Supreme Court JUS
tice. in New York yesterday signed an
order permitting the removal OF the
body of DR.. Edward w. Hall from the
Green Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn' Tot
an autopsy at the Kings county
Morgue. The order was granted at me
request of District Attorney Banton and
was presented to Detective Lieutenant
John r. Ferguson, representing A. NJ
Beekman, prosecutor, OF somerset
county.
The Jersey authorities will next apply
TO the Board of Health of Kings county
for a permit to remove the body 10 the
morgue II may be several days before
the exhumation is made, according to
Detective Ferguson. Only super1lcial
examination was made of the body after
the murder. according to the New
Jersey authorities. and IL was deemed
important to have a thorough autopsy
TO clear up several disputed points.
In his affidavit to the court, District
Attorney Banton recommended that the
body be exhumed "in the interest or
justice for the purpose of determining
the nature of the wounds and the cause
of death of Edward w. Hail.
There Is strong belief here that the
autopsy on the body of Hall will re-
veal much and give the troopers and
tho prosecutors new material to work
upon. Dr. Z. l. Cronk, health officer
of this town. is to represent the
prosecutors, and will make. under di-
rection. a special examination TO de-
terrnine whether Halls body was mu-
tlated. IT is reported here that Dr.
Otto II. Schultz of New York is 10
attend the autopsy as an observer
The New York herald., 1922-10-04

in school athletics because OF his size, he
is nevertheless a sports enthusiast.
Gladstone has his own views on cur
rent subjects and is we'll informed on
affairs OF the country. When asked what
he thought of prohibition. Gladstone
had this to say: Personally. l think
prohibition is good thing, despite the
contempt for the law which II haG
created. There is nothing the matter
with the law it is the people of the
country who are at fault, because they
refuse to give their cooperation. The
ma ajority of the people are in favor of
the law. but they are not as active as
the noisy minority who oppose H. They
try 10 tell you Of the innumerable drink
efs who never touched a drop before
prohibition. Tommyrot! That Is sub
stantial proof to q fellow who wants TO
believe it, but empty talk to an Unbiased
mind
The New York herald., 1922-10-04
DEMOCRATS NOMINATE
EACARTY AND CARSWELL
VIII Oppose BGyes and Gan.
non for Supreme Court.

The Democratic judiciary Convention
or the Second judicial district yester-
day selected William r. Carsweil. AS
sistant Corporation Counsel. and Will
IAN +, Hagarty as candidates for the
Supreme Court vacancies TO be filled
this fall
The selection OF Carswell. Mayor Hy-
lans friend, had been expected. but
Hagarty had half dozen candidates IN
opposition. Hagarty was an unsuccess-
ful candidate for the Supreme Court
bench last year. He Is former presl-
dedt OF the Crescent Club IN Brooklyn
William r. Bayes. formerly County
Judge and Frank S. Cannon, now on
the Supreme Court bench by appoint
mcnt, are the Republican nominees
The New York herald., 1922-10-04
DRUG PEDDLERs GET s YEARS

PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 3.-The third eight
year sentence for drug peddcr was
given by Judge McDevltt to-day when
he sentenced Hyman Gold 20 the county
prison. The court offered Cold mercy
II ne would reveal the source Of his sup
ply. but he refused.
Earlier in the day Joseph Bollona
pleaded guilty on an Indictment or
eleven bills and received the same SEN
tence. Yesterday Joseph Weiss logan
an eight year sentence.
The New York herald., 1922-10-04
HELD IN THEATER COLLAPSE.
Proprietor of Pittsburgh Movie
Accused of Granddaughter.

PITTSBURGH. Oct Sol Senznick. one
Of the proprietors of the Strand Thea
ter the foyer of which caved in Septem-
Der %. killing one child and inJuring
many others WAS ordered held on a
charge of manslaushter by coroner's
Jury tonight
The New York herald., 1922-10-04
KEMAL AIDS ITALIAN SHIPPING.

RoiIE. Oct. 3.--Mustapha Kemal
Pasha, the Turkish Nationalist leader.
to-day informed the Italian authorities
that he has placed an office buildinS at
the disposal of the Italian steamship
companies whose offices In Smyrna were
destroyed. to enable them TO resume
their services. The companies have or
dered their employees TO return to
Smyrna and arrange for a resumption
OF sailirgS.
The New York herald., 1922-10-04
Glad He Has Abb.

Mills thought some one must have been
lawful mad" TO cut hts wife's throat
in the way in which II was cut. Ii
was quite beyond his comprehension
that men could be hired to do such
brutal work. lie fully realizes his own
rostion, for he said: This is a
mighty lucky thing for me that I've
cot a good alibi. IL ! wasn't able TO
account for every minute Of my time
that night. and II they couldn't check
that up by reputable people, Id be be-
hind the bars this minute. AS It Is,
they don't know where they are going
any more than do
The weight of tho world has fallen
on Mills. He Is a very miserable man.
The excitement has died down for him
end only the sorrow and trouble re-
main. He Is quite pitiable figure and
thinks he Is being treated badly. NO
body In the church has written to me
or come to see me-" he said little
r-iserably II am still the sexton, but
no one talks 20 me. They just pass
hy. On Sunday I opened the church a
little after IL was light. and closed
A. long after It was dark, 80 that 1
The New York herald., 1922-10-04
PARKER sure HALL
CASE CAN Be SOLVED
Noted Detective Indicates
Willingness to Work
on Murder.
MILLS CALLED AGAIN
Troopers Surprise Sexton
by New Turn of Their
Questioning.
DISCARD ANOTHER CLEW
Officials of County Find Moth
ing Mysterious About
Mystery Men,
DISCARD ANOTHER CLEW

Special Dispatch TO TIE NEW YORK HERALD.
NEW BRUNSWICK. n. J., Oct. 3.-As
far as the officials of Middlesex and
Somerset counties are concernend the
investigation OF the Hall-Mills murder
mystery was at standstill to-day.
The Prosecutor. Joseph e. Strcker
of Middlesex, conferred with Col. Nor
man Schwarzkopf Of the State troopers
at Trenton. The prospepct became
bright for bringing in Ellis Parker,
Burlington county detective, whose
fame is Statewide. The troopers kept
on with their work. diligently ques-
tioning James Mills, the sexton of
Halls church, at length and approach
that followed by the county Prosecu-
tors that Mills was amazed. AS far
as could be learned however, he told
nothing new, and did not deviate from
his previous stories.
Two OF the so-called mysterious
men, who were heralded as knowing
more about the case than any one
else, returned to town with complete
stories OF their wanderings and were
sent on their respective ways unham-
pered after they had been questioned
for an hour or so. They are now out
OF the case. and another of the clews
that the county detectives have been
following is discarded.
IT appears now that while Halls repu-
tation In this town had been high his
relations with Mrs. Mills were pretty
generally suspected and were even talked
OF among the members of the families
involved,
The New York herald., 1922-10-04
Mills Again Questioned.

There Is some reason to believe tha.
the State troopers will question Mrs.
JJalrs brother. William Stevens, who OBJ
Jccted the other day TO being referred
II as Willie" and TO the insinuatlon
that he is not wholly sound mentally.
j. Is probable. too. that they will ask
whether William on occasions carried
notes from Mrs. Mills to the rector. his
brotherin-law. There is we'll founded
report that he did act as messenger and
that, In fact, he was very fond of Mrs
Mills In somewhat boylsh fashion.
IT has become necessary, too, to
straighten out the difference between the
statements of Mrs. Hall as to her
nocturnal trip to the church In search
OF her husband, and the statements OF
Phillips, the watchman at the New
Jersey State College for Women across
the street from the Hall home. Phil
lips is positive that .-rs. Hall entered
the ground and her home alone toward
3 o'clock in the morning. while Mrs. Hall
Clings TO 1t that Willie was with her
on the trip to the church and returned
with her to the house. The whole case
presents no more difficult contradiction
than this.
Mr.. Mills said tonight that Corporal
Spearman and Trooper Dickman took
him over the same ground he had
covered with the prosecutors when they
questioned him to-day. and that thev
told him they had received no inforrna :
tion from the county detectives as TO
tbs story he had told. lie said there
was one big difference" in the way they
talked 10 him.
"'rhey didn't seem to imply that had
done IT," he said. "They said they
simply wanted TO get all the facts"
did they say whether they were
working on any particular story?" Mills
WAS asked.
We'll. they said they believed IL was
jealousy and therefore done by a
iealous person. or men hired by jealous
person or persons"
The New York herald., 1922-10-04
Mystery of Letters.

This talk was guarded, but neither the
violent denunciations from some quar-
ters after the bodies were discovered nor
the heroic defense that came from other
quarters were fully justified. Events OF
the next few days are likely to demon
strate this beyond question. That Hall
received and perhaps treasured the llt.
ters Mrs. Mills wrote is almost certain.
That he was careless with them to ar
extent that made their examination b..
some one else possible Is also generally
believed. That he carried them with
him is believed highly improbable. and
therefore raises the question: How did
he happen to have SO many of them with
him on the night he was murdered
This point will yet prove to be OF the
utmost importance from all indications.
There is excellent reason for believing
that the church was used as post Office
by Mrs. Mills. 1t is even believed In
some quarters that she left one there the
very day OF the crime. but there is great
doubt as to whether Hall ever received
that particular letter
Did some cne else find II, and lid the
finding of 1t lead to the tragedy?
There ia a report as yet unverified that
this letter, together with a clipping Mrs.
Mills had inclosed. was found on the
roctor's body.
The New York herald., 1922-10-04

While you arc in New York attending the Conv-n-
tion the American Surety Company Of New York
invites you to call and inspect its building a.
Broadway and Pine Street, in the heart OF th,
financial district
The New York herald., 1922-10-04

Bank Burglary and Robbery, Safe
Deposit Box, Messenger Robbery,
Check Forgery and Alteration Insurance
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1922-07-01

Eoazng Board shall
OF any the roll by
property
notice the intention of the Board
increase it, nan be by personal the
Of and nonresident by mailing such
notice shall
ROllsThe
the valuation
bear equal and just proportion of taxation.
Section 104
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feeling
The Equalng
nequalian the
Section 105 Completion
shall be
hsses5orard within 1e
rluded its be
submitted in corrected duly certified by
shall the
BILE
City practicable
cent when less than half and when
al He shall
necessary clearly and consey the totals the
tax and he shall make said
the extended
Collector retaining the original roll in his office the
thereof delivered
attach a certificate substantially in the following form:
of the
Lakeland certify the foregoing the assessment
roll the taxable the Lakeland
al
and real property the said City of Lakeland
corrected by the Emlzng Board
City Commission and that all requirements
of
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1922-07-01
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able the first day of September
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any he imposed upon him BY this
Section @ Ia Errors & be City Collector
tor shall report to the City Commission double assessments
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joining specially property
nssesse against % the pr properly especially benefited m pay for such local
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