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Evening star., 1923-06-19
TELLS Of SHIPPING
STOCK EXCHANGES
Morse and Associates Dis.
posed of Shares at Large
Profit, Says Witness.

Stock manipulations. by which
Charles w. Morse and HIS associates
were said to have disposed Of 100000
shares Of United States Transport
stock. of little value, in exchange for
$s,500.000 par value Of the stock Of
the United States Steamship Com
pany, which possessed a definite mar
ket value, were introduced In eu-
dence today by the prosecution at the
trial or Morse. his three sons and
four others before Justice Stafford
and a Jury in Criminal Division /.
The Jury was not advised as to what
was the market value Of the steam
ship company stock because the wit
ness did not know.
T. s. Keary, former general au-
ditor of the United States Steamship
Company. read the entries from the
books of the various Morse corpora
tions, the stocks of which figured in
the exchanges. He also read an entry
which showed that George w. Loft
and others received 100000 shares Of
UEited States Steamship Company
stock Of the par value Of $40 for serv-
ices rendered to save the Groton Iron
Works and the Virginia Shipbuilding
Company from bankruptcy. The witt
ness did not explain in what the serv-
ices consisted. He declared Charles
w. Morse ordered him to make the
entry in the books
From the records of the steamship
company, stock exchanges totaling
94S.991 shares were read to the jury.
The witness also told Of the forming
of another Morse corporation, Of
which he was the first nominal presi-
dent. This company was known as
the United States Transport, Export
and Import Company, and the first
was held August I, 1919. An
offer was received by the new COM
pany from H. F. Morse, he said, to
sell the company an import and ex-
port business with a permit to use
pier 81 on North river in exchange
for the entire capital stock of the
new company.
A condition was attached to the Of
fer that the capitalization be in
creased from $4,000 to 100000. A
resolution accepting the offer was
adopted and later witness retired
from the presidency and Charles w.
Morse, E. A. Morse and H. F. Morse
were elected to the directorate. The
permit to use the pier was assigned
by the new company October 10, to
C. w. Morse & Co... it was testified.
The witness said he held q number
OF shares Of the Steamship Company
in his name, but Charles w. Morse
received the dividends which totaled
about 3250,000.
Counsel for the defense objected to
all this testimoney as irrelevant, but
the court admitted 1t, allowing an ex-
ception.
Evening star., 1923-06-19
MRS. COREY'S GEMS
STOLEN BY DRIVER
Chauffeur Admits Theft of
Pearls From Necklace
Owned by Actress.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press. <
PARIS, June 19-Auguste Boueilh.
chauffeur for Mrs William e. Corey.
formerly Mabelle Gilman, an Ameri
can actress, has been arrested. charged
with the theft of pearls miss
ing from a necklace belonging to Mrs.
Corey. which mysteriously disappear
ed sometime ago, but a portion Of
which was later found in her auto
mobile at her chateau. The chauffeur
is said to have admitted his guilt.
Produces Eight Of Pearls.
The investigating magistrate on
Saturday told Boueilh that he would
have him arrested IL he did not pro-
duce the missing pearls. Boueilh pro-
duced eight of the twelve missing
gems. stating that he had found them
concealed in a. park. Later, when he
was arrested, Boueilh said he found
the necklace on the floor OF Mrs.
Corey's automobile after he had taken
her to the railway station when she
was leaving for London. He kept 1t
for three days, but became afraid to
retain 1t longer when he read In the
newspapers of the value of the lost
trinket. He then detached a dozen
of the pearls from-th string and re-
turned the remainder, saying he had
found them in the automobile.
Wife Refuses Profered Gift.
1t Is asserted that Boueilh told the
magistrate that he had informed his
wife that he had stolen the pearls and
that he would make her a present of
them. The wife is said to have re-
piled that she would kill her four
children and commit suicide IL he Of
OF in
declared to have added that when he
heard that Mrs. Corey suspected her
housekeeper he decided to confess his
part in the theft.
Nothing is known as to the where
abouts of the four pearls which still
are missing. They are said to be VAL
ued at 100000 francs.
Evening star., 1923-06-19
JAIL SENTENCES ALONE
FOR DRUNKEN DRIVERS

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, June 19.-
Jail sentences for persons convicted
of driving automobiles while intoxi-
Gated were made compulsory In Jack
signed an ordinance recently passed
by the city council that does away
with the fine provided for the first
offense.
Under provisions of tho ordinance.
which becomes effective as soon as It
drivers, upon conviction, will serve
not less than thirty days and not
more than sixty days at the city farm,
The penalty for the second offense is
sixty days imprisonment and for the
third ana aubaeouent o6enses ninsty
days
Evening star., 1923-06-19
SEES STATEHOOD
FOR PORTO RICANS
New Governor Expresses Belief
Statehood Will Be Attained
in Talk to Legislature.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN JUAN. p. R., June 1s.--Event-
ual statehood for Porto Rico was ad-
vocated by Horace M. Towner,. the
new governor, in his first message
to the legislature yesterday.
"I am not authorized to speak for
Congress or the administration" he
said, "but I do not hesitate to ex-
press my own belief and desire that
eventually Porto Rico should become
a state of the Union.
II am in favor also of q constant
Iy increasing measure Of self-gov-
ernment until statehood is obtained"
The governor said he was i'm
pressed with the belief that Porto
Rico should be receiving federal aid
for many OF its problems, and he
urged that steps be taken to have
extended to the island the provi-
sions of the vocational education act,
the highway extension act, the Smith
Lever act, the short-time credits
act, the maternity act and others
from which states now benefit.
Evening star., 1923-06-19
Hylan's Aversion
To Wet's Melody
Results in Suit
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 19.--Assem-
blyman Louis A. Cuvillier. father
Of the bill repeating the Mullan-
Gage state prohibition act, an
nounced today he had been re-
tanned by Peter de Noto. band
leader. to sue the city for $500 for
music furnished in the recent Sill
yer Jubilee parade. which was
withheld because de Noto's band
played the plaintive strains of
How Dry 1 ANA piece that
was not on the program.
The>incident occurred in front of
the reviewing stand on May 26,
while Fov. Smith and Mayor
Hylan were reviewing the parade.
The governor, who by then had
become accustomed to all sorts Of
pleas that he sign the. pending
repeal bill. laughed heartily at the
incident, but Mayor Hylan grew
indignant and sent policemen to
cut the melody short.
Refusal to pay the bill followed,
Assemblyman Cuvillier said.
Evening star., 1923-06-19
EXPLODING TANK
KILLS 1, HURTS a
Empty" Steel Container From
Powder Factory Wrecks
Nashville Plant,
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
NASHVILLE. Tenn. June 19.--One
man was killed and at least four
others injured this morning when
large steel tank, supposed to be
empty and said to have come from
a powder plant, exploded in front Of
the Nashville Machine and Supply
Company, partially wreckins the
company's building and damaging
other property in the vicinity.
David Zoph, f1fty-one, employe Of
the machine company, was taking
the nipples off the tank. when il
eAplo4ed. His body was blown across
died after reaching the city hospital.
One end OF the tank was blown
half block and the tank itself was
blown seventy-five feet According
to officials OF the company, the ex-
plosion was probably due to fumes
OF nitroglycerine in the tank.
Evening star., 1923-06-19
BASS FISHING GOOD.

Bpeclal Dlspatch 10 The btar.
FREDERICKSBURG Va. June 1s.-
Local sportsmen have been out in
full force since the opening Of the
bass fishing season last Friday and
q number of extra large bass have
been caught. John w. Allison, jr.,
landed a seven -and-a-half-pound big
mouth black bass in Baylors pond.
Robert w. Harris caught q six
FOUNDER in Chinault's pond and Clar-
ence r. Howard caught an eight
FOUNDER in Baylor's pond.
Evening star., 1923-06-19
REJECTS CHURCH DOCTRINES

NEW YORK, Jene 19.-Because he
refused to express belief in the
Virgin Birth and was dubious on
several other fundamentals Of Bap-
tist dogma, Milton M. McGorrill of
Brooklyn, a student Of Union Theo-
logical Seminary, has been refused
ordination as a Baptist minister by
the Long Island Baptist Association.
= Naa, Eeveale6 to6aA
Evening star., 1923-06-19
FACE TRIAL FOR RUM THEFT.

NEW YORK, June 1s.--Several
members of the crew Of the coast
guard cutter Raritan will be court
martialed, customs officials said to.
day, for the alleged theft Of thirty
ME cases Of whisky from the. rum
s% .'nas5 2s;aa9ia Rssta1 Ss1 ;s..;e FRIDAY
Evening star., 1923-06-19
CHAOS INCREASES
IN CHINESE AFFAIRS
Coalition of Leaders Further
Upsets Political
Situation.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, June 19.-Further chaos
In the Chinese political situation was
indicated today by reports Of a coa-
lition Of leaders headed by Ii Yuan
Hung, president OF the republic. who
recently fled from the capital at Pc
king to his home in the British con-
cession at Tientsin. and including
Chang -Tso-lin, the war lord Of Man.
churia; Sun Yat-sen. head Of the
South China "constttutionalfsts," and
Evening star., 1923-06-19
CONFERENCE ENDS.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

LYNcHBURG, Va, June 19.-The
Virginia Conference Training School,
In session all week at Randolph Ma
con Won1an's College, came to an end
with closing exercises at Court Street
Methodist Church. About 1te people
co1upleted tho coufye.
Evening star., 1923-06-19
FREDERICK WOMAN
LONG ILL., ENDS LIFE.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


FREDERICK, Md, June 19~-Mrss
Grace Simmons Kepner. wife of q.
Evard Kepner, prominent Frederick
architect, yesterday committed suicide
while visiting the home of her par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Ezra Houck, near
here.
The body was found by Mr.. Kepner
late yesterday afternoon after his re-
turn from Frederick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kepner were in the
did not hear the shot with which
Mrs. Kepner took her life.
Mrs. Kepner was we'll known In
Frederick social circles.
Ill health is ascribed as the cause
for her act.
Evening star., 1923-06-19

Five pay days hath June, but then
there are taxes to pay.
Evening star., 1923-06-19

Made in the band tsp, she'll and tight
knee styles. In appropriate summer
weights. Sizes 46, 48 and So
Stone County enterprise. [volume] (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi) 1916-current, 1923-06-28

1t takes four nuts to hold a
steering wheel on a car, and one
nut to hold the car in the road.
Stone County enterprise. [volume] (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi) 1916-current, 1923-06-28
WALKER WOOD, FOR SEC'Y
OF STATE, HERE TUESDAY

Walker Wood, editor of the
Winona Times, member of the
Board of Governors of the Mis-
sissippi Press Association, and
former member of the State
Legislator, spent Tuesday night
and part Of Wednesday here in
the interest of his candidacy for
Secretary of State.
Mr.. Wood comes strongly re-
commended by the citizens Of
his home county, Montgomery
The names of hundreds of good
men and women of his county
appear on an endorsement which
follows:
eve the undersigned citizens
CT Winona and Montgomery
County, the home of Walker
Wood, commend to you his can
didacy for Secretary of State.
Mr.. Wood is a native MISSISSIPPI
plan, progressive citizen, a
staunch Democrat, and has de-
voted much of his life to work.
ing for those material things
which we enjoy in our State to-
day. We have no question to
raise as to the democracy or
competency of the present in
cumbent, but in view of the fact
he has HELD THIS OFFICE
FOR MORE THAN % YEARS,
SUCCEEDING HIS FATHER,
we ask that you elect our fellow
citizen B E G. A y S E H r | S
WORTHY AND WE'LL QUAIL
FLED. Don't you think another
Democrat should be honored
with this office?
Mr.. Woods official announce
ment appears in this issue and
he assures the voters Of Stone
County he will appreciate any
consideration given his candl-
dacy.
Stone County enterprise. [volume] (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi) 1916-current, 1923-06-28

L. L. Magee, At, unmarried,
president of Kennedy & Com
pany, part owner of the Red
Creek Lumber Company and in
terested in large land holdings,
committed, suicide Wednesday
morning shortly before nine
o'clock at McInnis Springs, just
south of Hattiesburg, by firing
o bullet from a .3S calibre Smith
& Wesson revolver through his
head. The body was found
by Rev. w. S. Allen, pastor of
the Emmanuel Baptist Church
Of Hattiesburg, a few minutes
before nine o'clock.
News of Mr.. Magee's death
was telephoned to Wiggins
shortly after the finding of his
body, but details were not given.
II was known that he had spent
Tuesday night at a local hotel
and left early Wednesday morn
ing for Hattiesburg on a busi-
ness trip, travelling alone in his
Ford coupe.
In a telephone conservation
with parties in Hattiesburg,
when the news was received
here, instructions were given by
NJ. M. Batson, manager of Ken
nedy & Co., to have the body
carried to an undertaking es-
tablishment, which was done
after a corners jury had been
empaneled and made examina-
tions.
Threatens Suicide.
A number of local men were
present at the afternoon session
of the coroner's jury, which was
held yesterday in the Forrest
county courthouse, when witness
ses testified as to the actions of
the dead man prior to his death.
According to information given
by Luther F. Batson, part oWnr
cf the Red Creek Lumber Com
pany at Carnes, in which Mr..
Magee, J. L. Holleman, DR.. S. c..
Culpepper and ]. R. Davis have
interests, Mr.. Magee had visit
ed the saw mill on Tuesday and
apparently was worried. Mr..
Ratson said he and Mr.. Magee
were closeted for a few minutes
in the office of the company at
Carnes when Magee broke down
and cried, saying that he intend
ed to kill himself, that he had
no friends and had nothing to
live for. 1t is said Magee had a
pistol in his pocket at the time.
Mr.. Batson, with other close
friends and business associates,
the condition of Magee,
Stone County enterprise. [volume] (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi) 1916-current, 1923-06-28
Seven Dead, As
Others Injured

New York, June 27.-Seven
persons were killed and As in
jured today when two wooden
cars plunged from a Brooklyn
elevated structure into the
bdrough's busiest traffic inter
section. The, killed included two
persons ina II automobile which
was buried under the elevated
cars.
The two car train, well filled
with an early afternoon crowd
of women and children and a few
men, jumped the rails, rippd
through rotted guard beams,
tottered on the edge Of the
structureW hile hundreds of pas
sengers stood spellbound in ter
ror, and fell on its side to the
pavement, a mass of splintered
debris.
Carrying with it a mesh of
electric trolley wires, the train
hurtled to the pavement amid
sputs of blue flame and crach-
ling wire. AS screams of the
pinioned passengers, many of
them transfiXed by Jagged sec
tions of broken wood, rose
above the crash, flames shot
from underneath the cars and
drove back pedestrians who ran
to the scene.
Policemen, ambulance internes
and employees of the railway,
axes feverishly, eX-
tricated one after another of
the victims. Two hours we're
to. clear the wreckage
cf the bodies of living and dead.
Stone County enterprise. [volume] (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi) 1916-current, 1923-06-28
C. E. JONES OUT FOR
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE

In this issue of The Enter
prise we carry the announce
ment of G. E. Jones as a candi-
date for Justice Of the Peace
for Beat One.
Mr.. Jones is we'll known
throughout this Beat. He has
been in business in Wiggins for
a number of years, has interest
ed himself in many civic move
ments for the betterment of the
community and believes in law
and order.
He promises, if elected, to
dispense justice impartially and
will endeavor to uphold the dig
nifty Of the court at all times.
Stone County enterprise. [volume] (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi) 1916-current, 1923-06-28
BODY FOUND AT McINNIS
SPRINGS WEDNESDAY
Testimony At CorOner Inquest Yesterday Removes All Doubt
AS To Death-Rad Said He Intended Committing
Suicide Witness Cams-Seemingy No
Cause For Self Destruction.

Immediately began to make ar
rangements to get him away to
3 hospital for treatment. He re-
turned to Wiggins Tuesday
night, retiring later than usual,
ard early Wednesday morning
left in his car for Hattiesburg to
fill a business engagement with
T. M. McWilliams of the Citizens
Bank of that city.
Witnesses testified as to
Magee's actions enacted in the
past and similar to those of
Tuesday. 1t was not thought
he would CARRY out his threat
to commit suicide, but it was
evident he was not well.
The coroner's verdict was that
the deceased came to his death
by a pistol shot at his own
hands. The jury was dismissed
at five o'clock yesterday after
noon.
Had Large Check.
DR.. L. E. Hulett, coroner,
among the first to reach the
body after it had been discover
ed, said no note of any descrip-
ton was left. A pocket-book
containing a small amount of
currency and a check for $4,000
signed by the Red Creek Lum-
her Company was found in the
dead mans pocket. On the
reverse side Of his Identification
card was the names of five
ladies, evidently friends of Mr.,
Magee, as instructions were
given on the card that they be
notified in case of an accident
to or death of the owner. How
ever, this may have been writ
ten months, or probably years
ago.
Identified Pistol.
E. L. Leonard, employee of
the Red Creek Lumber Com
pany, J. L. Holleman and others
said the pistol found in the car
when the body was discovered
was the same, from all appear
ance, as that owned by Magee.
The pistol contained four load
ed cartridges, the fifth discharg-
ed. The bullet was found en-
bedded in the side of the cor and
was held as to be the one that
entered Mr.. Magee's right tenn
pie and emerged on the left side
of the head near the top, with
an upward trend. The bullet
tore a great hole through the
head.
In the car was his hand bag,
opened and showed under the
Stone County enterprise. [volume] (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi) 1916-current, 1923-06-28

No man can serve two mast
ers. Those who have tried it
are serving terms for bigamy.
Stone County enterprise. [volume] (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi) 1916-current, 1923-06-28

When Cupid hits the mark he
generally Mrs. it.
Stone County enterprise. [volume] (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi) 1916-current, 1923-06-28

steering wheel but presenting
an orderly appearance.
Man of High Standing.


L. L. Magee was a man well
liked by everyone who knew him.
He was a seccessful business
executive, conservative and pos
sessed a kind and friendly dis
position. His friends were
many and his business asso-
ciates, those who knew him best,
admired him and were his best
friends.
George M. Kennedy, one of
the founders of the firm of Ken
nedy & Company, who severed
connection with the company
several years ago, said yester-
day afternoon: I've known
Lavester Magee for fifteen
years. | have never known of
him having an enemy, and he
was as good 3 man as the Lord
ever let live" No greater tri-
butte can be said than thatof Mr.
kennedy's, one Of Mr.. Magee's
closest friends.
Late last night no announce
nent had been made as to
funeral arrangements but it was
thought interment would be
made at tthe family cemetery
near Purvis.
Deceased is survived by three
brothers and one sister.
Stone County enterprise. [volume] (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi) 1916-current, 1923-06-28


A jolly party enjoying the
weekend at Ramsey Spring was
composed of Mrs. J. M. Boyd
and daughter, Mrs. A. G. Dott-
ache, Mrs. D. M. McCovell, Mrs.
L. A. Dorsey, Mr.. Joseph
O'Keefe and Mr.. Mott Huber
all of Ocean Springs. Mr..
Charles Hendedson and Mr..
Ethan Davis Of Wiggins spent
Sunday there and others were
Mrs. Ma'rg Moss of New Orleans
L. L. Magee, Virgins, Judge J.
R. Kelly, Gulfport, Willard and
Mayo Hatten and R. E. Long
coy, Perkinston.
Stone County enterprise. [volume] (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi) 1916-current, 1923-06-28
WEEKLY LETTER FROM
SUPT. OF EDUCATION
(By w. F. Bond.)

Jackson, June 26.-Trustees,
teachers, and other interested
parties would do we'll to arrange
for at least one speech for bet
ter schools at every picnic or
public gathering where speeches
are in order this summer. A
speech on such a subject, at
these occasions, in which there
is no doubt and beneficial to the
communities represented.
Stone County enterprise. [volume] (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi) 1916-current, 1923-06-28
John B. Brown
In Sheriff's S Race

John B. Brown, well konwn
and popular resident of the
western part of the county, was
in town Tuesday and while here
called at the Enterprise office
and requested that his announce
ment for the office of Sheriff
and Tax Collector of Stone Coun-
ty be made. His name appears
in the proper column of this
issue.
Mr.. Brown has made the race
for shreiff on two occasions be-
fore, and while defeated he made
a good showing in both cam
raigns.
He is a strong believer in bet
ter shoots, more prosperous
county, and has always stood
for the better things in that
part of the county in which he
resides. He is an influential
citizen, we'll liked and widely
known.
He says that besides carrying
on the duties Of the office in a
creditable manner, if elected
sheriff, he feels that in the posi-
ton he would be able to do much
good for the county in the way
advertising the advantages we
offer, and he would assist in
every way possible movements
toward bringing more people,
and especially farmers to the
county.
Mr.. Brown makes his COM
munity a valuable citizen, one
that Wiggins could we'll feel
proud Of, and while he says he
will not wage a thorough cam
paign, he asks the earnest con-
sjderation of the voters and pro-
misses, if elected, to conduct the
office of sheriff in an efficient
manner and give the people an
administration they will have
no reason to regret.
Stone County enterprise. [volume] (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi) 1916-current, 1923-06-28

Beginning Monday, July 2, at
10 a. M, Mr.. Sweeney of Jack
son will conduct a Sunday
School Normal at Big Level
Church. The class will meet
regular each morning during
the week. Every Baptist in
reach should attend if possible
and at the end of the week ex-
aminations will be given these
wishing diplomas. It will be
we'll worth your time to come
and hear the lectures, even
though you do not care to take
the examinations.
Stone County enterprise. [volume] (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi) 1916-current, 1923-06-28
Card of Thanks.

We wish to express our sin
cere and heartfelt thanks to our
Jmany friends for their many
kindnesses shown us at the
death of our belived son and
brother.
We also wish to thank you
one and all for the many nice
flowers. May God bless you
all is our prayers.
L. w. DAVIS and family.
Stone County enterprise. [volume] (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi) 1916-current, 1923-06-28

The Ladies Auxiliary of the
Presbyterian church met Wed
nesday with Mrs. J. J. Terrel,
Mrs. C. E. Pratt presiding. The
program which was taken from
the Auxiliary's book of study
was presented by Mesdames
Mcclure and Waller in an inter
esting manner.
Mesdames w. C. Schoop, R. F.
Annis and M. Harbough were
visitors and the members pre-
sent we're Mesdames W. M. Hill,
c. E. Pratt, W. M. Kelly, ]. J.
Mcclure and w. C. Waller. Mrs.
Terrell was assisted in serving
6 dainty ice course with cake,
by her daughter, Mary Willing
Terrell.
Stone County enterprise. [volume] (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi) 1916-current, 1923-06-28
). S. INSTITUTE
STARTS TODAY

The Seashore District Sunday
School institute Of the Metho-
Episcopal Church, South, con-
venes today, Thursday, at the
Methodist Church. Dinner will
be served visitors at the church
and the Sunday school workers
are invited to attend all services.
Stone County enterprise. [volume] (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi) 1916-current, 1923-06-28

Mas0ns, Notice.
There will be a meeting to-
night of Virgins Lodge No. 481.
Work in E. A. Degree.
c.. E. PRATT, w. M.