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a Se ER nN SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1923 WOMAN HELD IN FOX CASE WILL GET TRIAL SOON Prosecution Declares She Inspired Crime Against Coburn. . Dec. 22. — Mrs. Margaret W r woman of mys- tery In the murder of W. S. Coburn klansman. by Phil E. Fox. publicity director of the Ku Klux Klan. wil’ be given an early trial as an acces- sory before the fact, officials an nounced tonight. A @etective, armed with requ'st- tion paners, was enroute tonight to Birmingham Ala.. where Mrs. Wea- ver was under arrest. Throughout the trial of Fox which closed last nicht with his con viction of murder and sentence of Ufe imprisonment, Mrs. Weaver'r name was frequently mentioned in connection with the “klan ed'tor’s visits to disorierly houses and re- sorts, Mrs. Weaver, instead of “the ‘*oice of God." was the inspiration for the murder, the state contended Witnessns during Fox's trial t€d of the arrert of the defendant and the womfn, scantily clad in a hote’ of wild taxicab rides they took about the city for days before the murder and of seeing Mrs. Weaver hand Fox a revolver a few hours before Coburn was shot down in his of- fice. Bv constantly nagging at Fox the woman aroused him to the point 0” kIling Coburn in order to prevent exposure of his illicit relations, ac- coring to Solicitor General Boykin The information had come into © burn’s possession wh'le seeking ev dence against k'an officials in con- nect‘on with the suit for a recely- ership by the Simmons faction against Dr. H. W. Evans and other imperial officers. Fox, who was found guilty of Co- burn's murder last night after the jury had spent hours trying to reach an agreement on whether to impose the death penalty or I'fe imprison- \.. ment, maintained his silence to- night. A motion for a new trial was filed In his behalf today. —<—— _ What !s probably the oldest wo- man's organization in the United States is the New Hampshire Fe- male Cent Institution and Home Missionary Union. It has had a continuous existence extending over various groups from New York City’s | the two transepts. a period of nearly 120 year: “HIS” GIFT STORE | . Jew Germ Photo above shows the 1923 issue of the Rentenpfennigs. German coin. | an Coins NEW YORK, Dec. 22—(United Press)—The great Cathedral of St. John the Divine, ha'f a century old and not half built, will celebrate the 50th anniversary of {ts incorporation next Thursday, St. John’s Day. Only the eastern end of the build- ing is comp'eted, but it already con- stitutes one of the landmarks of New York City, standing on heights that dom!nate a section of Manhattan, December 27 will be the thirty-first anniversary of the laying of the cor- nerstone, and the ceremonies ar- ranged for that date will commem- orate also the granting of the char- ter, which was obtained from the islature of the State of New York ‘The cathedral is the seat of Bishop, William T. Manning, as head of the diocese of New York, Protestant Episcopal church, but takes on some- thing of an _ interdenominational! character. One of the speakers at the anniversary exercises for in- stance, will be Dr. 8, Parkes Cad- man, pastor of the Central Congre- gational Church, Brooklyn, and the | New York Clergy of all denomina- | tions have been invited to attend and |to march in the procession. Bishop Manning and George W. Wicker- sham, former attorney general of the United States, are the other | speakers. |. Services are held at the cathedral Hin many tongues for the benefit of untless thou: nds of foreign born Satisfaction in his wearing apparel throughout the year implies that the man or woman buying a gift for “him” here will produce the same gratification. He knows this store—knows it for its quality. why this is the logical holiday Store. Mednick Bros. THE HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER & MARX Greatest Cathedral in America 50 Years Old and Only Half Finished and on pub'ie occasions througs rep resenting many creeds gather in anu about the uncompleted edifice. Largest Cathedral When the Cathedral of St. John the Divine is finished its area wi!l be exceeded only by that of St. Pet- er's in Rome and that of the cathed- ral of Seville in Spain, The cen- tral tower will be surpassed in height only by the spires of Cologne in Germany. The New York edi- fice, indeed, wi'l be the largest ca- thedral in the English-speaking world. ¥ Construction, which was interrupt- ed by the World War, will be re- sumed shortly and the trustees. in- tend to finish the cathedral! much faster than {t was begun. The ex- isting portion comprises the choir, a section of the crossing and seven chapels of tongues. The choir, which is late Roman- esque, but shows a Byzantine influ- ence, has a series of mighty pillars weighing 130 tons aplece. The dome of the cholr rises 125 feet above the ambulatory and 129 feet above the floor of the © cross'ng. From the rounded, or eastern, end of the choir radiate the chapels which are all, memorials. At. the front a temporary wall closes the choir where the proposed nave will join it, and there are tem- porary walls also at the sides, where the crosing will be continued into Considering the entire building as a crovs, the por- That’s The site is the land between 110th! and 113th streets, and between Amv! sterdam and Morningside avenues, | which was purchased fn 1887 from the Leake and Watts Orphan Ai “| Tum at | block and the one adjoining were de- iginal story by Anthony Paul K signated by the City as Cathedral who wrote the continuity cf “ Heights. ‘The o'd asylum buflding, remodel-| mous bal'ad and directe1 by Ray C. ed is now called the Old Synod Smallwood, will have its initial pre- House. laying of the corner-stone a room of day only. this building was fitted up as a chapel and Services were held there st, for the first time on Jan, 1, 1892. Seven years later construction had running throuch’ tt. so far progressed that seating 500, could be used for ser- vices. the choir and crossing were opened: fast" There will be five lowing the precedent of the Cathe- throughout the land dral of Bourges. or system of radiating chapels, St. headed by Monte Blue, one of th= John the D all other cathedra ‘Watch for the date. coupe is going to the given away at Carew. The scenes are lavish and Lloyd's.” Che Casper Sundvav Cridune PAGE FIVE tion below the cross-piece, and the ¢ A boon to the farmer who Is con-]of two strands, the straw being fed tips of the cross-piece itself, are yet CKY |tronted with the problem of profit.|Into narrow troughs and carried for- to be constructed. AL ably disposing of his surplus straw | ward t {is promised in a new straw rope making machine which spins the straw into an article of commercia! i= ue. The machines produce ropes | y means of scored rollers to the spinning boxes. . pa ES North Carolina manufactures the most tobacco of any of the states. ee On Cathedral He HOME’ AT THE IRIS “My Old Kentucky Home" an or- dramatic punch, the Kentucky Der- by, where is seen the running of jthat annual classic event and the |winning of the race by a horse on which @ proud southern widow has staked her all for her boy. are -re- markable. They were taken at the race track in Lexington. « The ptory has to do with a young man who has been rafiroaded to with a beautiful human ‘romance/prison and when release: fears to It has thril!s|go home tor breaking his mother's aplenty and his tremendous actcn, | heart. He tears the strains of “My especially In the racing scenes. It|Old Kentucky Home” es to go It was not until 1911 that has been compare to “Way Down| home. 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Tl a. |Down Eart,” named after the fa- Nearly a year before the senation here at the Iris theater to- “My Old Kentucky Home” {s a ‘ory of the south, of mother love the crypt, portals, fol- In the chevet, A_ splencid all-star cast -is seen re fi believed to excel country’s favorite screen actors. Others are Sigrid Ho'mquist, Julia | Swayne Gordon, Lucy Fox, ‘Frank A Packard Currier, Matthew Betz and Arthur. ——_—_ wel! 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