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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-20
DRIVE OF RED
CROSS OPENED
FRIDAY

The annual membership drive of
the American Red Cross opened aus
picicusly in Douglas Friday after
noon, when a corp of workers, during
a few hours work, secured subscrip-
tions totaling more than 5000. The
drive closes tonight.
Mrs. E. 1. Agnew, chairman of the
membership drive for the Douglas
chapter, stated that subscriptions were
very satisfactory on the opening day
of the drive and that she feels GER
tain that Douglas people will willing
ly do their part toward the greas
work of the Red Cross organization.
OF the money subscribed locally,
only fifty cents on each subscription,
of more than one dollar is sent 20 the
national organization, all the re-
mainder being used for local charit-
able work. subscriptions of under
one dollar are considered as dona-
tions for local work only.
Those who assisted in the work or
securing subscriptions Friday after,
room were: Mrs, L. ]. Meiser, Jr.,
Mrs. J. p. Sexton, Mrs. c. V. Manatt
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-20
UNIDENTIFIED MAN
KILLED in DENVER
AS ROBBER SUSPECT

DENVER, Colo, Nov. 10 QP-An
unidentified man, believed to be =
former sailor in the United States
navy, was killed here this afternoon
when he fled from detectives VINO
suspected him of burglarizing man
boxes in an apartment house. De-
tective 0. A. Carter fired the shot
that entered the mans head ana
probably killed him instantly. Carter
was chasing the man and had called
on him to halt several times before
the shot was fred. He said he
aimed high but as the trigger was
pulled the man leaped over q fence
and he received the bullet in the
brain. Tattoo marks led officers to
believe the man was former sailor,
No other identificative marks were
found. Some of his clothing bore
lie tag of Casper Wyo., clothIer.
The man was about 81 years olc,
weighed approximately 165 POUNDS
and had grey eyes and chestnut hair.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-20
H.ALL.-MILLS
DEFENDANTS
TO TESTIFY

SOMERVILLE, N. j., Nov 10 P)--
announcement that the three defend
ants will testify ard that their at
torneys expect to establish an allbl
for each was made in the opening
Of the case for the defense in the
Hall Mills trial here otday. The an
nouncement came on the heels or
the closing of the states case, at
the afternoon session of the court,
after seven witnesses during the day
had increased the total for the th.r-
teen court days to "a.
Henry Stevens, who is charged with
his brother, Willie Stevens, and his
sister, Mrs. Frances Noel Stevens Hall
with the murder of Mrs. Eleanor
r. Mills, will be the first witness to-
morrow. He will say that he was at
his home in Lavallette, n. j., when
MS brother-i in ?law, the Rev. Edward
Wheeler Hall, and Mrs. Mslls, were
stained on the night of September IA,
1922.
The defense expectations were our-
lined by Clarence e, Case this after
noon in a 45-minute presentation 70
the jury. Illustrating his address by
large map Of De Russey's lane
and vicinity the defense lawyer used
o long common school pointed to IN
dicate the crabapple tree, under when
the bodies were found, the cedar
tree, where Mrs. Jane Gibson, the
states star witness says she tied nel
mule, Phillips lane and otner names
familiar by the trial.
Case, with spectacles resting on
the end of his nose, looked like a
well tailored schoo@ master as he
PORTED to the map. AS soon as the
state rested the defense produced It's
map. 1t was pinned to the wall near
the jury and Justice Charles w. Park
er, presiding, took a seat amonS
counsel to get an unobstructed View
of the map presentation of the now
famed De Russey's lane. The jury
also showed renewed interest.
1--WE will now show you what is
known as All 'alibi' for each of the
defendants declared Case in his
opening address. 1--WE will prove
ard we believe to your satisfaction
that each defendant was elsewhere ar
the time this crime was committed. :
Henry stevens was at his home
Lavallette, he SAID, and Willie Stevens
and Mrs Hall were at their New
Brunswick home until an early hour
in the morning, when Mrs. Hall,
alarmed at the continued and unex-
p.ained absence of her husband,
awakened her brother anc, accom-
panied by him, visited the church to
see if he could have fallen asleep
there.
Her husband had told Mrs. Hall,
the lawyer pointed out, on leaving
home that he was going to see
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-20
DEMING POLICEMAN SHOT

DEMING N NJ, Nov. 19.-(P1-Police
officer John j. Noonan was shot and
killed early today by an unknown as
sailant He was called from the city
hall, where he was reading a maya
zine, and shot down. Three shots were
fired, two of which took effect. The
police have no clue as 70 the identity
of the slayer.
Noonan was active politically in
Denver, Colo, in the early days, and
was known to all the political leaders
Of the state, and also was one of the
first developers in the big gold mining
camps of Colorado.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-20
ELECTRICIAN FOUND
GUILTY OF ATTEMPT
TO MURDER ANOTHER

PORT ORCHARD, Wash, Nov 49,
R-W. G. Walker, Bremerton, Wash,
electrician, was found guilty today by
Kitsap county superior court jury
here of attempting to electrocute Her
bert Kennison, husband of the woman
with whom he admits love pact.
No date of sentence was set. The
maximum penalty for attempted muir
der is 20 years.. There is no minimum
Testimony showed that Walker at
tached transformer to electric
switch box in the Kennison home,
hooking this up to zinc plate on the
kitchen floor so that Kennison would
be electrocuted when he turned on
the lights. Mrs. Kennison who
Walker said, urged the plot, warned
her husband and Walker was arrested
as he waited in the rear of the Ken
nison home for Kennison to come home
from a lodge meeting to his death.
Mrs. Kennson, who testified for the
state, declared that Walker, with
whom she admitted intimacy prom
ised to shoot her husband if the strong
electric current run through an cleo
tric plate did not kill him. She also
said that walker had told her she
could sue the light and power com
pany for $4,000 if the plate did its
work, because he would remove al
traces of it. KennisOn was to have
stood on the plate when he came home
and turned on light at his house
Mrs KennisOn identified the apparatus
which she said Walker, a reputed grad.
nate of technical schools in GERMANY
had constructed. The apparatus dur
ing test was connected by wires tC
a power transformer and a ligh
socket. AT this test, walker tried tC
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-20
JURORS HAVE CASE OF
DOCTOR CHARGED WITH
NUMBERING HIS WIFE

PORT ANGELES, Wash, Nov: 10 No
With one of the jurors unaware
that his son was killed in log
ging camp accident, at Hysht, 40
miles from Port Angeles today, two
women and ten men tonight consid-
cred charge of first degree murder
against DR.. Paul D. Moore of Sequim.
Wash, and Nashville, Tenn, former
major in the medical corps of the
United States army. DR.. Moore, ac-
cused of killing his wife with poison
July 20 daughter, Mrs. Esten Wine
gar and her husband, a linotype
operator Testimony in the trial,
which lasted five days, was con-
cluded yesterday and arguments OF
counsels were heard today. The jury
received the case late today.
Dr. Moore is accused of poisoning
his wife by administering strychnlne
IN capsules while she was i'll at a
hospital in Sequim, near here.
Mrs. Moore died July 20 in con-
vulsions, following an operation for
gall stones, performed July 10. Her
body was disinterred, an autopsy
performed and a warrant issued for
Dr. Moore's arrest.
He was taken into custody Septem-
Der A. in Nashville, Tenn, home OF
his brother c. r. Moore, head of tna
commercial department in high
school. The physician returned vol
unfairly to Warrington to stanc
/ trial.
The defense contendcd that Mrs
Moore died of uremia and that il
| any strychnine was found in hei
body, it was not fatal quantity
The prosecution witnesses testified
that a strychnine bottle in a Sequrn
drug store, where DR.. Moore filiet
his own prescriptions, was empty
after he had filled the "capsui;
prescription"
e The state in presenting it's case
against Moore declared that it woult
SHOW that intimate relations existed
between Moore and Mrs. Charlotte
Kendall of Sequim, Wash, and tha
this friendliness was the reason FOL
the death of Mrs. Moore by poison
The court, however, decided that evi
dence ten1ered by the prosecution t
prove these ALLEGED relations was no
admissabl, ruling that 'immora1 con
duct of the husband is an immateria
matter unless connected in some way
with the commission of the crime.
A. divorce suit by Kendall Is penc
ling in Seattle.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-20
Baby Bandit of Pueblo
Undergoes Operation;
Two Bullets Removed

PUEBLO, Colo, Nov. 10 F)-
Lester GOnce, II year O'd baby
bandit, was reported tonight as
resting easy with a good chance
for recovery following the opera
tfOn to remove the bullets the
boy has carried since he was shOr
in August. last.
GOEce attracted nationwide at
tentiOn when he and his 10 year
old brother, Floyd, who fs now
i'm the penitentiary, robbed deputy
sheriff of Pueblo of their gums
and then successfully eluded one
of the most extensive manhuN;s
ever staged I'm Pueblo county. The
old boy was captured some time
Later without trouble, but Lester
was shot down on "a Pueblo street
by Sheriff Thomas and Deputy
Fiscus. when it was said. the
hoy attempted to draw ON them.
He was taken to hospital where
it was said he would not recover.
He was shot four times. two or
the bullets remaining in his body
until yesterday.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-20
QUEEN MARIE
HURRE:S ON TO
\. !. AND HOME

q U h + N nj A Il | 3 s
TRAIN, EN- ROUTE TO
NEW YORK, GRAFTON,
w. Va, Nov. 19 (AP)-
Queen Marie abandoned
her American tour a t
Louisville and is returning
to Rumania on her own in
itiative because Of her con-
Germ over the condition of
King Ferdinand, said a
statement issued in her be-
half tonight, after she had
read a Bucharest dispatch
saying government officials
had not requested her early
return.
So many conflicting reports on the
kings condition have reached her
majesty, the statement said, that she
thought it best to hurry home.
1T is truey'' it added. that her
majesty has received no official call
to return to Rumania, but since there
have been so many conflicting reports
regarding the kings health and she
has not had any. definite news she
feels she must return at once in case
there is any possibility o. there being
any truth in these reports. She is
therefore leaving on her own initiative
on the Berengaria on November "a"
At Indianapolis, where the queen
first intimated that her visit was to
be cut short, it was understood that
she had received news of serious
turn in the kings condition, but the
cable advices were not made public.
1t was understood also that Ferdinand
had asked the queen to be with him at
Christmas.
Press dispatches variousIy describ-
ing the kings health as failing and
improving apparently have been the
queens only source of information in
the past two days So far as is known
she has received no direct official news
since the message at indianapolis
which caused her to announce curtail-
ment Of her visit
For the second time on her journey,
Marie tonight dined in the regular din
ing car of her train with members of
her official family and the American
group who are guests of Col. John H.
Carroll, in charge of the train, and
Mrs Carroll. Because of the queens
anxiety over the kings condition and
her own fatigue, the dinner lacked the
gaiety that attended her joining with
the other members OF the party on
her birthday observed in Canada.
Princess Ileana did not attend the din
ner, remaining in her compartment
after having spent most of the day
resting in bed. Another absentee was
Prince Nicolas, who left the train near
Cincinnati early today for visit to
Detroit and Cleveland.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-20
MEXICO OIL DECREASES

MEXICO CITY, Nov. 10 Especial to
the Dispatch) Petroleum exports
through the port of Tampico for the
month of october was slightly less
than for the proceeding month, ac-
cording to unofficial figures received
here. The total exports were 5,965,-
COO barrels, about 10000 barrels Tess
than in September. Seven of the eN-
porting companies increased their eX-
ports during the month and eight
showed q slight decrease
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-20
DAUGHTER OF COLONEL
INGALLS, DEAD IN CRASH

ARTESIA, n M, Nov. 19 R-Marie
ingalls,, 18 year old daughter of
Colonel Fl. A. ingalls,, post surgeon
of the New Mexico Military Institute
at Roswell, was almost instantly
killed this afternoon seven miles
north of Artesia when an automobile
in which she was riding overturned.
The young woman was with party
of high school students. Colonel
ingalls, has charge of the veterans
bureau IN the southern part Of tnn
state.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-20
rwo K1LLEp, Two HURr

JEROME, Nov. 20 tP-Unexpected
explosion of large charge of powGer
en- the 16O-foot level of the United
Verde Copper mine here at about III
D. m. last night took a toll Of Two
lives and sent two men to the COM
pany hospital. They were not seri-
ously injured.
Two hundred thousand pounds OF
blasting powder in a nearby cham
ter, prepared for setting off within
a few days to blow away the side
of a mountain rich in copper ore did
not explode, although first reports
reaching Jerome, itself severely shak-
en- by the blast, had it that the huge
charge had entirely wreckd the mine.
The two men killed were named
Shelley and Cole, the former being
a >trainman in charge of a steam
shovel which had set off the blast
by working into an unexploded pocket,
and the latter being the shovel
engineer. Other men engaged in
switching cars some distance from
fhe scene of the blast were shaken
up but not injured.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-20
Z KNOWN To.
Be DEAD, TWO
ARE INJURED

JEROME, Nov. 10 (AP)
"A premature explosion of
an undetermined amount of
powder on the 160-foot level
of the United Verde copper
mine, placed to open up new
workings, took place at q
late hour tonight. Windows
in Jerome we're shattered.
AmbuIances and doctors d
were rushed to the work
TWO men, named Kelly and Cole,
were known to have been killed and
several Others were injured. Whether
there were other casualties had not
been learned 40 minutes after the blast
occurred. Those killed on shift and
engaged in placing the last of the pow
der which was to have been set off to-
morrow. The blast occurred at about
1920 p. m.
Two men not seriously injured were
taken to the company hospital shortly
after the smoke cleared away suffi-
GENTLY to attempt ascertaining the
damage wrought. 1t was said that
the steam shovel used in mining the
ore had worked into the charge.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-20
c. 2. & O. and St. Louis e
San Francisco System VIII
Build Tex. Panhandle Lines

WASHINGTON, Nov is up = The.
long four-cornered battle for the
right to pioneer in extensive railroao
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-20
BIG EXPLOSION In UNITED VERDE MINE
FIRE SUNDERS
ship DOCKED
IN BALTIMORE

BALTIMORE, Nd, Nov,
10 (AP)-A blast of fire
which cut asunder the Nor
wegian tanker Mantilla eX-
acted an undetermined toll
of lives as the vessel lay in
drydock at the Sparrows
Point plant Of the Bethle-
hem Shipbuilding company
today. Scores of workmen
were caught in a flaming
rain of death as an amid
ships oil tank exploded with
a deafening report, to spew
burning oil and twisted
steel over the decks and
surrounding scaffolding.
official estimates of the dead rang
ed from eight to twenty SO great
was the havoc wrought that even the
number of bodies recovered was sup
icct to estimate. At least eight bod
les had been assembled N a morgue
81 the plant tonight. Some investi-
gators reported that the shattered
remains which rescue workers had
gathered from the smoking hulk wouiG
represent more than eight individuals.
No definite count of the injured had
been possible. ! The more seriously
hurt had been scattered to every
available hospital. scores were treat
cd at the plant first aid station ana
allowed to go.
Piercing screams from the ships
decks and it's interior only partly
prepared rescue workers for the
spectacle, which greeted them when
they rushed upon the reeling vessie
few minutes after the blast. Men
whose arms or s,ags had been torn Off
dragged themselves over blood spas-
tered planks, vainly endeayoring to
extingu.sh flaming clothing. Billows
OF flames and smoke shot through
ragged cuts in the Mantilla's steer
plates Windows in nearby factory
buildings were blown out and steel
was rained about the neighborhood.
A piece of steel 80 feet long and
oight feet wide, weighing several
tons, was hurled into an adjacent dry
cock to crash down on the deck OF.
the steamer, Mount Clary. No one
was aboard the Mount Clary
Firemen, who fought for nearly four
hours to control the fire before WORK..
crs could carry out the dead, were
forced to trample over bodies anG
parts of bodies strewn about the
ship
John Edickson, a member of the
Mantilla's crew, said The boas
heaved and shook with terrific
oar. I saw steel plates and pieces
of men flying through the air. Some
of them flew by my head. Then the.
smoke began to blind me, but not
before L saw the deck was, covered
with me1 and parts of men. The
clothing of most of them was on
fire"
Another eye witness, Matthew
Prucha, a workman described how
the ship reared and plunged like q
horse and seemed to lift ten feet
from the dock"
Pruca was in the engine room. y
made my way to the deck he said,
'and saw men running around with
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-20

N. Y, Nov. 19-(P)-Copper
dull; electrolytic spot and
futures 1871. Lead dull;
spot 500. Bar silver 55%.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1926-07-31
Former POcosnokian
Injured Last Tuesday

Ira Barnes, son of Mrs. Efie
Barnes this city, and the late Clarence
w. Barnes met with a serious acct
dent at Kings Greek, last Tuesday a.
bout $50 p. M.
Mr.. Barnes had unloaded a wagon
of potatoes in a car land had started
home, when his horses became fright
ened at moving train, They dashed
across the track in time to escape the
locomotive but the body of the wagon
was struck and Mr.. Barnes was
thrown under the wheels of his We.
hicle, luckily escaping the train.
He suffered a broken nose and sew.
eral broken ribs. When he was pick
ed up he was unconscious, and did not
recover until some time after he was
carried to his home He was hurried
to the hospital as soon as possible. Al
this writing he is reported as seriously
hurt, but, not necessarily fatally so
No internal injuries have been discov'
cred and his recovery is confidently
expected.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1926-07-31
More Prominent Visitors
IN POc0naOke This Week

Pocomoke has again been visited by
some gentlemen occupying high po-
sitions in the Agricultural world.
This week F. G. Robb has been here
and with some of the officials of the
Peninsula Produce Exchange, has
been looking over crop conditions and
shipment arrangements.
Mr.. .Robb is in charge Of all the I'M
spection work in the United States,
being special instructor of this work,
and connected with the Department
of Agriculture, Washington, D. G.
With him has been r. S. French, Sec
rotary and general manager Of the
National League of Commission Mer-
chants.
Also E. w. Stillwell, in charge Of
the Market News Service u. S. De-
partment of Agriculture.
These gentlemen were invited by
the Peninsula Produce Exchange to
come to Pocomoke and look over the
general situation here. They remain
ed in this city on Thursday night and
went to Berlin yesterday to be pres
ent at Joint meeting of the Maryland
Horticultural society. Messrs. Robb
and French were two Of the main
speakers.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1926-07-31
MRS. F. A. TOWNSEND
DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS
End Came Last Saturday.--Was Ac-
tive Worker In St. Mary'sl
P. E. Church.

Mrs. Louise w. Townsend, wife OF
Ferdinand A. Townsend, living on the
State stone road leading to the Vir-
GINA line, and about one and one-halt
miles from town, died on Saturday
last at her home, after lingering ill
ness.
Mrs. Townsend was born in Wash
ington, N. j., in 1876, and was there
fore 80 years Of age. Beside her hus-
band, she is survived by two sons,
Francis R., and Norman j.; also by a
brother, E. T. Johnston, of Baltimore,
but formerly of Pocomoke City, edit
ing here The Ledger Enterprise.
Funeral services were held on Mon
day afternoon at 2 o'clock, in st.
Mary's Episcopal Church, the rector,
Rev. G. v. Bell, officiating; interment
in the cemetery connected with the
church. The bearers were, F. Lee
Bonneville, F. J. Lloyd, Harold C.
Mills, William Lang, Robert L. Cluff,
and Edward C. Hill.
Mrs. Townsend was a member of St..
Mary's Church, this city, and an act
i've worker in all matters connected
with the parish. She sang in the
choir, and while in health she was of
invaluable assistance in the service,
possessing voice Of good tone tho
not of great volume.
During her residence here, extend
ing over 20 years, she made a host Of
friends, who knew her as woman of
exceptional character. She was a
cheerful, hospitable hostess, loved the
society Of her friends and neighbors,
and always delighted to serve them
in any way.
Her death caused deep regret a.
mongst a large circle, and. much SYM
pathy is extended to her family. While
a great sufferer, her end came peace.
fully To her the evening Of her life
was ushered in by restful calm. AS
the time for dissolution approached,
she closed her eyes as if for sleep, and
her waking was in the Great I'm
Known She had passed through the
shadow, relieved of any of the pangs
which tortured so many of her days,
and her passing away was devoid Of
struggle or pain. To those who knew
and loved her, the manner of her leav-
ing was deep satisfaction since they
knew her going was inevitable. She
will be missed in her family, her social
circle, and her church, and the verdict
is that the community has lost a value
able member. =
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1926-07-31
SHORE CROPS WORTH
$33,OOo,OOO IN 1925
Worcester County Heads List With
A Total Estimate OF
$5,ls2,0oO

The Baltimore News gives a very
interesting summoning up Of the 1926
valuation of crops on the Eastern
Shore. The products grown consist
of cereals, dairying, canning, poultry,
small fruits, hay and forage and
trucks. -
1t is gratifying to see from the O.
bove mentioned report that Worces-
ter county heads the list with q total
estimate of $5,192,O0O, her crops be-
ing classified as trucks cereals, and
small fruits. /.
The other counties are graded as
follows: Wicomico, $4,1S3, 600; Cecil
81, 100000; Dorchester, $3,617, 900;
Kent, $685., 900; Somerset, $685.
900; Caroline, $3,187,OO0; Queen
Anne, $a,17O,OOO; Talbot, $s,152, 600
The Pocomoke City Chamber OF
Commerce is very properly making a
reprint of this item from the News,
and mailing it to prospects. There
are few errors of figures in the copy
sent out, but the main point-that
Worcester leads the Eastern Shore
counties-is correct, and this is where
the emphasis is laid.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1926-07-31

A quiet, but pretty wedding was
solemnized at the Baptist parsonage,
this. city, Tuesday evening, when Miss
Minnie L. Hall became the bride of
Elias P. Benson, Rev. D. w. Littleton
performing the ceremony.
The bride was becomingly attired
in white Canton crepe with slippers
and hat to match.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. T. Hall, of Pitts Greek
neighborhood. Mr.. Benson is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. L. Benson, also Of
Pitts Greek neighborhood.
Immediately following the cere-
mony, a reception was held at the
home of the brides brother, W. C.
Hall. The guests were Mr.. and Mrs
J. T. Hall, Miss Virginia Hall, Joshus
and John Hall, Jr.; Miss Cecil Ben.
son, Granville Hall, MIRA. Francis
Place, Mr.. and MIRA. W. G. Hall and
daughter, Mary Lee.