Evening Star Newspaper, October 28, 1922, Page 1

~ GRIPONPROVINCES - WEATHER. Fair tonight and tomorrow; little change in temperature. Temperature for twenty ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest. 68, at noon today; lowest, 42, at 4:30 a.m. today. Full report on page 7. -four hours | Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 20 Che Foen WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION g ) as the papers “From Press to Home Within the Hour” . The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edition is delivered to Washington homes as fast are printed. Yeuerll;y' Circalation, 89,669 No. 28,671 Entered as sccond-class matter post office Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, WARNING SOUNDED | AS FASEISTI WIDEN Ousted Cabinet Appeals to Italians to Preserve Order in Peril. FLORENCE AND PISA . REPORTED TAKEN OVERI Concerted Movement Believed to Have Deposed Authorities of Sev- 1 eral Large Cities. By the Associated Press. ROME, October 28.—The cabinet council has been in session since mid- night in order to receive reports from the provinces where the fascisti movement has taken a subversive di- rection and to adopt necessary meas- ures to meet the situation. The cabinet decided first to issue a proclamation declaring a state of siege in all the provinces beginning at noon today, but later this declsion was modified, and a proclamation was Issued urging the public to maintain order in the face of insurrectionary attempts. Proclamation to People. ‘The Italian cabinet in a proclama- tion to the people says: “Seditious movements having mani- fested themselves in certain prov- inces of Italy, having as their object the interruption of the normal func- tions of the state’s powers and cal- culated to plunge the country into grave trouble. the government has, as far as possibie, tried every means of conciliation in the hope of re-estab- lishing peace and reaching a peaveful solution of the crisis.” “In the face of such insurrectionary attempts, it is the duty of the re- tiring government, by all means, at | whatever cost, to maintain law and | Rev. Leonard Jacob Christler, rector! order, and this duty it will carry out ! of St. Mary's Church of the Incarna. | I the Associated Press. N to the full in order to safeguard the citizens and free constitutional in- stitations. Expect Citisens to Remain Calm. | “It is the government's expectation | that the citizens will remain calm and have confidence in the measures | taken for their safety. i “Long live Italy! Long live the| king!" The mention in the Italian cabinet | proclamation of “insurrectionary at- tempts” undoubtedly Is in reference to the concerted action of the | fasclsti, reported in dispatches early today, to take possession of several | of the chief cities of northern and | central Italy. notably Filorence, Pisa { and Cremona. The authorities in! these towns, the dispatches siated, were deposed by the fascisti, who! assumed command, apparently with- out resistance, except in Cremona, where six of the facistl were shot. Movement Is Spreading. i Reports received by the cabinet| eouncil from a number of points in central Italy show that the fascisti| are extending their movement with | a view to exerting pressure for the | Kaiser’s Bride To Spend Most Of Time Away By the Associated Press. LONDON, October 28.—Princess Hermine of Reuss, who is soon to become . the bride of the former German emperor, seems to feel that while his secluded home at Doorn is a nice, restful place, and all that, she would not want to live there every day in the year. She is reported to have told Wil- liam that she will be unable to stay at Doorn for more than four or five months each year. The former kaiser is worrying a good deal over complying with her wishes for certain alteratlons in his home, according to dispatches to the Daily News. Recently the princess gave him some rather comprehensive indications of her views as to how the place should be changed. Accordingly William is doing his utmost to make the residence as agreeable for her as possible. The Daily News correspondent says the wish of the former kaiser to have the bells of the neighbor- ing countryside rung on his wed- glr‘l’g day is not likely to be grad- ed. SLAYER OF REGTOR AND SELF HELD MAD Montana Preacher Victim of Judge’s Wife, Police Officials Declare. MAY NOT CALL INQUEST| Shooting at Parsonage Sensation in Western Church Cixcles. By the Associated Pr HAVRE, Mont., October 25.—The tion here and widely known as the “bishop of all outdoors,” and Mrs. { Marguerite Carlton, wife of a former|not immediately withdrawn were dis- Montana district judge, who were killed yesterday in the clergyman's home within a few feet of the room | where they just had left Mrs. Christ- | ler, were the victims of temporary in- sanity on the part of Mrs. Carleton, in the opinion of local officlals. So sure are the officials that the deaths represent a murder and sui- cide that Coroner John Holland and the sheriff’s office last night announc- | ed that mo inquest would be held un- less relatives of the dead man and vomap, insisted. he theory of the officers received contirmation from Dr. D. S. MacKen- zie, who was called by Mrs. Christler | immedaitely after the shooting, Dr. MacKenzie said that when he arrived at the Christler home the pistol with | which the two had been shot was' grasped in Mrs. Carleton’s hand with her fninger on the trigger. Letters Give No In an unsuccessful effort to estab- Causes | OROP ATTACANENT ARANST MENEAN CONSULATEINN.Y, Office May Be Reopened Aft- er Writ Against Property Is Quashed. i STATE AUTHORITIES ACT TO VACATE JUDGMENT Embassy Here Will Transmit A tion to Its Gov- ernment, The writ of attachment issued by the supreme court of New York state against funds of the Mexican BOV- ernment is to be vacated insofar as it relates to property of the New York city consulate, it was said to- day at the State Department. It was Indicated that the action would permit the immediate reopen- ing of the New York consulate, closed yesterday on orders from Mexico City. The agreement to vacate the attachment, as it affects the consu- late was reached after conferences between New York state authorities 1and counsel for the Oliver-American | iTrading Company, on whose motion the writ had been granted and after {Charge Tellez of the Mexican em-| [bassy had flled a_formal protest de- | claring the New York state supreme court had acted in violation to the principles of international law. Charge Tellez said today he would | immediately communicate notice of | the agreement vacating judgment to | Mexico City, and he was “very confl- | dent” that the consulate would be re- opened. Whatever delay might occur, he said, would be occasioned by the time re- quired for the State Department to; | give him formal notification, for him | to transmit it to Mexico City and re- | ceive instructions. | CLAIM LAW VIOLATION. EXICO CITY, October 28.—Orders { to close the Mexican consulate in New | York if the Oliver action there was { patched to Washington by the for- eign office, which claims that under | | international law the government is iimmune in such a procedure. Orders _affecting the other consu- {lates had not been sent up to noon | today, it was said, but were being | considered. | It was stated officially at the for- {eign office that the Mexican gavern- iment has no intention of extending i consulate closings, similar to that at | New York. “until an overt act is com- | {mitted In other sections.” It is also {nsserted-that the New York consulate will he closed until some legal means {s obtained for lifting the ONver of attachment. Government Contention. { The government contends that it is | indecorous for the consulate to be | kept open if the writ of attachment ! still lies againat it. The foreign office, In confirming the issuance of the closing order, said in a statement today that the step was taken “because it was considered in- decorous to permit the consulate to function under the writ.” when, as is the case all over the world, “it should be permitted the prerogatives and im. MILLIONS PLEDGED lish a motive fo { r the shooting, officers munities of its clas: _yesterday partly reconstructed a num- formation of a fascisti cabinet. The Facta ministry, despite resignation, is acting with energy to re-establish order. Rome and all of the large citles up to the present time have not been the scene of any disturbances of moment. Resignation Handed to King. | The resignation of the cabinet was | handed to King Victor Emmanuel on ! his return to the capital. The king | was to have begun consultations to- day with former Premler Glolitti. Semi-official denial is made that; Benito Mussolini, the fascist! leader, is to have an audience of the king | today. The cabinet resignation announce- ment had been expected, and, there- fore, caused no surprise among the people of Rome. King Victor Em- manuel requested Premier Facta and his colleagues in the ministry to con- tinue their routine work until a new government has been constituted. Meanwhile, the members of all the political parties express the hope that no disorders will result and that the various factions will permit the crisis to be solved without any undue pressure. Faecta Gives Report. The king, who arrived in Rome last night, recelved Signor Facta, who gave the monarch a detailed report on the situation, both concerning the cabinet and the frame of mind of the public. He told the king that all measures had been taken to endeavor to prevent any attempt being made agalnst the authority of the and to repress any disorders might arise. The police and military at Pisa, 'Siena and other places in Tuscany have adopted precautionary meas- ures, in view of the mobilization of the fascisti in that regilon. have been no disorders there. The opinion prevailing in political circles is that the fascisti are masters ! of the situation and that a new cabi- net can be formed only by them, or with thelr consent or participation. Mussolini or Salandra Leader. The most authoritative prediction seems to be that the new ministry will be formed either by Dr. Benito Mussolini, leader of the fascistl, or by former Premier Salandra, with the collaboration of the fascisti. All observers of the political situ- ation agree that the ministerial crisis came in consequence of Dr. Mu solini’s determined attitude on Thurs- day, when he called together all the military leaders of his organiza- tion and ordered the 800,000 workers | now members of the fascisti to be In| readiness for co-operation with the military sections. This action by Mussolini was considered as showing that he was preparing to keep his oath, taken at Naples, that the f. cist! would assume the reins of go ernment, either legally or by force. MARTIAL LAW REPORTED. { By the Associated Press. LONDON, October 28.—Martial law has been proclaimed in Italy, to take effect throughout the entire country from noon today, says a dispatch (Continued es Page 3, Column 2.) its | | that state | There " {'ber of mutilated letters found in a | room Mrs. Carleton had occupied in a local hotel. They declared, however, that they could find no mention of the dead clergyman in these letter: which came from Mrs. Carleton's mother, daughter and_husband, for- mer Judge Frank Carleton. from whom she was separated. One of the letters from the husband, officers said, mentioned that he was sending her a sum of money. Mrs. Chriscier, describing the shoot- Ing, sald that Mrs. Carleton came to the’ Christler home late Thursday night and remained until early Fri- | day morning, talking to the Rev. and Mrs. Christler. When she started to leave the clergyman accompanied her toward the entrance, the widow said, | and just had shut a door between a small hall and the room where Mrs. Christler was left when two shots rang out. Mrs. Christler opened the door and found the bodies, that of Mrs. Carleton being across the min- ister's body. Principals Prominent. All of the principals in the tragedy were prominent both in Montana and elsewhere. The Rev. Christler, who was forty-six years old, had held| charges in New York and New Jersey. He came to Montana in 1907 as mis- sionary of the Milk river valley and had developed his fleld into one of the largest mission territories in the United States. Mrs. Christler is the daughter of the late David Wadsworth, Auburn, N. Y. manufacturer, and a niece of United States Senator J. W. Wads- worth, jr., of New York. The Rev.and Mrs. Christler were married in 1914 when the clergyman was lecturing in the east on the resources of Montana. The lecture tour was under the aus- pices of L. W. Hill, president of the Great Northern railway. Mrs. Carleton’s husband was on an automobile trip in California when the ghooting occurred, and up to late last night had not been reached to be informed of the affair. Mrs. Car- leton was the daughter of Don Daven- | port, formerly of Helena, Mont., but now of the Imperial valley, Californla. She is survived by a daughter by a previous marriage. She had returned to Havre only recently after having spent the summer in the east in chau- tauqua work. Mrs, Christler announced that the Rev. Christler would be burfed in his former home in Cayuga county, N. Y. Funeral arrangements for Mrs. 'Carle- ton await instructions from relatives. STATE MOURNS RECTOR. «Bishop of All Outdoors” Large Following. Has | Special Dispatch to The Star. GREAT FALLS, Mont., October 28.— All Montana and the north country mourns today for the “Bishop of All ‘Qutdoor: The tragic death of Rev. Leonard Jacob Christler, most noted of the state’s preachers, was a dramatic ending to a dramatic life. Jealousy admittedly was the cause, and the au- thorities today said there were no “Joose ends” to be clesred up. Among a bunch of torn papers foun (Contin on 1. It was semi-officially stated this afternoon that the foreign office at present had no thought of extending | its closing order to other than the New York consulate, deeming that the Oliver action is directed against the New York and Mexican offices. | "Reaction, which is considered as highly significant in financial circles, | has been noted here within the past forty-eight hours, with London and Paris_apparently benefiting. A sur- vey of the situation made by John P.! Bushnell, acting American trade com- missioner, convinced him. he sald, | that lack ‘of confidence was prevalent | in all business circles, and that com- mercial relations between the United States and Mexico would be material- ly damaged in consequence of the Oliver action and the subsequent con- | sulate closing. Mr. Bushnell declared that his investigations showed Brit- ish banks were doing an increased | business to the detriment of Ameri- { cans. TLondon exchange rose perceptibly shortly before noon, when rumors { were confirmed that the New York i consulate had been closed. Canadian land British banks here report their | | business on London has increased al- I most 30 per cent within the past twenty-four hours, and North Ameri- can and other banks dealing on New | York report a corresponding decrease. | These latter banks say also that dozens of depositors holding dollar accounts—that is accounts payable with New York drafts—have with- drawn their funds and are redeposit- ing them in British banks, eveni | though they are losing slightly on | the exchange. { A meeting of the executive com- | mittee of the confederation of cham- | bers of commerce of Mexico, embrac- ing all nationalities, has been called to_consider the situation. El Mundo interviewed numerous merchants and bankers, and, accord- ing to its Investigators, “all business men recognize that the harm reault- ing from the consulate closing is more | than compensated by the satisfaction of feeling that the government is pro- ceeding in a dignified and honorable manner.” Included in the order regarding the consulates were instructions to close down all _the Mexican government offices in New York, such as the rail- ways and financial agencies. The em- imssy was also instructed to inform all firms in New York doing business | | with Mexico regarding the closing | down. By the Associated Press. DEDEAGATCH, Thrace, October 28. —Exhausted by their slow and weary flight toward Macedonia, vast swarms of refugees, who crowd the country roads, now face starvation and dis- ease. Thousands will perish in the next few weeks, it seems certain, in spite of all the relief workers can do. Scarlet fever broke out today and cholera and typhoid threaten because of the utter lack of sanitation. There is a great need for doctors, nurses and medicines. ‘ The bables are the worst sufferers and the most pathetic. There.is 80 milk for-most of them.~ In the past. TOFIGHT DRY LAWS European Wine Interests Open “Merciless” Cam- paign,With U.S. as Target. WILL JOIN FORCES HERE; Organization Plans to Give Every Assistance to Ameri- can Wets. By the Associated Press. PARIS, October 28.—A large fund, reaching many millions of francs, has been pledged by the wine interests of Europe to make a “merciless” cam- palgn against prohibition in the ted- States and other countries: The fight will.be.waged through the newly organized International League Against Prohibition, with headquar- ters here. The American campaign will be car- rled on In co-operation with the liquor forces of the United States, it was learned today. | Organizers of the league say that they have little to fear from the prohibition forces in Europe. Their chiet concern is to give every possi- ble assistance to American wets. It is explained that the European liquor forces do hot want to make the sama; mistake that the American prohibi- | tionists did when they came to Europe | preaching prohibition. Officers in the new organization will communicate with the anti-dry forces of America to offer the full support of their organi- zation. Offer Support to U. §. Wets. | “we are not going to America mi ask the United States to overthrow prohibition,” said Jean Couprie, one iof the French delegates to the! Brussels convention, which organized | the league. “We would probably be politely but firmly ejected if we did, and rightly so. However, we belleve our cause is just as legiti- mate as that of the prohibitionists. | American supporters of- prohibition |have taken the liberty of sending their apostles to Europe. We be- lieve we have at leas: the right to offer our wholehearted support to American wets, if they will accept. They will find our organization amply backed financially and with a hundred milllon advocates back of it. Believe America Impressed. “We belleve that Americans are much impressed by scientific facts and investigations by the unbiased professional men. Tests of the effects of the moderate use of wines and beers on the average human being are now being conducted by well known sclentists and doctors. They will be completed in several months and will be paseed on to America without comment. “Further details of the American campaign naturally awalt the at- titude of the American wots to- ward our offer of co-operation Count Bertrand Demun. president of the new Antl Prohibitionist International Organization, is a for- mer_deputy and president of one of the largest champagne companies in France. He was formerly an extensive exporter to the United States. EX-REPRESENTATIVE DIES. LAWRENCE, Kans., October 28.—J. Bowersock, elghty, former repri entative from the second Kansas district, died here yesterday. Grim Death Stalks Refugees Harassed by Famine and Disease few days many infants have been brought into the world without medi- 1 attention in the camps pitched along the roadsides. At Drama and Kav: the roads are choked with weary refugees, who face starvation because they have no mills to grind the wheat in their possession. Outside of Dedeagatch 2,000 refu- gees are encamped in tents provided by the Greek army. Hundreds of others, moving® slowly toward Mace- donia with their ox carts, crowd all the approaches to the town from the Maritza side. Fifty thousand of the disconsolate folk have been traveling afoot for ten days. Most of them have no food and very little water. The rain falls with disheartening steadiness and the cold becomes more bitter, bringing o8 deaths, & many D. C, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2_8—, 1922 _TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. i i il POLITICAL DUCKING Poison Letters Fail to Shake Husband’s Faith By the Associated Press NEW YORK, October 28—Re- ceipt of “poison pen™ letters at- tacking the reputations of a young married woman and a much older man by the young matron's hus- band and scores of residents in Forest Hills, a Long Island suburb, were under police investigation today. The letters, which were placed in the mail after efforts to obtain a money settlement from the wom- an’s husband failed, were post- marked from three Manhattan substations and _apnaren:lv were multigraphed. The husband turn- ed several of the letters over to his_attorney for action, declaring he had every faith in his wife and that he would not pay $5,000 or 5 cents for blackmail. BOTH PARTIES TRY “TOWIHN GOTHAM Fight for Governor Shifts to Big City as Election Day Nears. ~ BOTH SIDES CONFIDENT New Issues Cause Change in Po- litical Line-Ups Through- | out State. i BY 0. MESSENGER, Staff Correspondent of The Star. NEW YORK, October 28.—Monday will witness the beginning of the transfer of political battle lines from upsiate countles to this city and en- virons, with promises of the usual “whirlwind finish” to the campaign. No honest-to-goodness campaign | however, ever ends In any but a whirlwind finish, whatever it may | mean. In this instance it will mean! desperate efforts on the part of Re- publican Candidate Miller to hold and increase the strength in the greater ’cily which has developed in his ab- sence upstate, and like endeavors on the part of Democrat Candidate Smitf | to enhance his already admitted ma- jority below the Bronx. Political managers discern two rather queer features which have de- veloped in the course of upstate cam- y paigning. One is that Mr. Smith has | apparently, judging from the size and | vnthusiasm “of his audiences, made ! appreciable headway in winning, friends in republican territory; the | other that in this vicinity, where, Smith must get the bulk of his vote, there is increased sentiment for Mil- ler. Thus a new element of doubt is} projected into the outcome by the changing of old landmarks and chan- nel buoys of political calculation and estimates. Reasons for Change. G Reasons for this change are ad- vanced by the managers. They say that Smith has evidently made gains up-state in the industrial communi- ties by the nature of his campaign- ing on issues supposed to be appeal- ing to the workingmen and on the| party’s “wet” plank. | For his part Gov. Miller is classed | las having won supporters among thoughtful and independent demo- | crats who do not indorse the radical | platform of the party, and among th I Padependent republicans who respond to Gov. Miller's appeal for support of a business administration, present and prospective. 4 The wiseacres admit they would be ittle more confident in their analy- sis if there had not been such a fal ing off in registration, incicating at that time lack of interest smang thousands of voters in the camapign and candidates. This week's cam- paigning is expected to sway the out- come. Up-state will be left to sim- mer and stew over the arguments of the candidates already advanced, while the thorns crackie under the ! political pot to be set boiling here- about: The drive when Candidpte Smith i “wets” are preparing for a big ! appears. | candidats to be heckled on the ques- tion. 7he republican platform, of course, does not mention the subject. Gov. Miller as executive of the state is bound by his oath of office to en- force the laws, which include regula- tions supporting the Volstead act. He ~(Continued on Page %,.Column &) i side its provisions concerning her |landlord $215.000, plus certain addi- i subtenants mizht be fixed so that her RENT COMMISSION AUTHORITY UPHELD Court Rules D. C. Body Has Jurisdiction in Apartment House Case. ESTABLISHES PRECEDENT Case May Be Taken to Supreme Court by Property Owners. The Rent Gommission may proceed with the hearing of the application | of Mina E. Fritz for a reduction of| her rental of $215,000 annually for the Hadleigh apartments at 16th and V streets Justice Hoehling northwest. uf‘fl"e'flfig:tfi& Bupréme CoGFt today | denied the applications af . Albert E. Sawyer, ownét of the property. for a writ of prohibition to prevent the Rent Commission from conducting the hear- ing. Sawyer claimed the Rent Com- mission was without jurisdiction. Attorney Chapin Brown, represent- ing the commission, and Attorney Ed- ward Stafford for Mrs. Fritz opposed the application for the writ of prohi- bition and contended that the case is | within the Jjurisdiction of the Rent, Commission and that the writ should | be refused because the owners have a right to appeal to the District Su-| preme Court from an adverse finding and may then raise the question of | jurisdiction. The commission's coun- sel raised the point that the Rent Com- mission is a legislative and not a judicial body and that as its functions are limited to rate and rent-fixing the writ of prohibition would not apply. Text of Opinion. In view of his decision that the case is within the jurisdiction of the rent commission, Justice Hoehling re- | frained from passing on the latter question, which is one only of pro- cedure. Explaining his finding that the application of Mrs. Fritz comes within the jurisdiction of the com- | mission, Justice Hoehling says: “If| the contention of courisel for Saw- yer be sound, then the rather anomal- ous situation presents itself of a les see subject to the controlling provi- slons of the act so far as concerns her subtenants In the apartment, is out- own immediate tenancy and lease in relation to her landlord. In other words, according to the position here insisted upon by petitioner, while the tenant lessee is obligated to pay her tional consideration, her subtenants may have their respective rentals ad Justed and fixed by the rent commis. sion, entirely in disregard of the ag- gregate rental so agreed to be patd by her for the building. The result of that situation,” says the court, “might well be that the rentals to the tenant lessee from her aggregate returns would amount to $175.000 per year, while she remains liable to her own’landlord in the sum of $215,000, plus additional amounts. “If the act, properly construed and interpreted,” concludes Justice Hoeh- ling, “justifies a result of that kind, then it must-be either that Congress really intended such inequality of-re- .lief and remedy, or that it has been most_unfortunate in legislative ex- pression” Mr. Sawyer was represented by At- torneys R. Golden Donaldson. Charles L. Frailey and Roger J. Whiteford. TWO CENTS. Freedom Bill Is Introduced - In Philippines By the Assoclated Press. MANILA, P. I, October 28.—A resolution was introduced in the Philippine house of representatives today asking the United States to recognize the right of the islands to Independence. The resolution was referred to a committee. The resolution also requested the United States government to fix a date foi the summoning of a con- stitutional convention to frame a constitution upon which an Inde- pendent Philippine republic would be founded. Governor General Leonard Wood in a message “to the Philippine legislature yesterday urged the strictest governmental economy and the absolute retirement of the government from business. He de- clared that legitimate investments were safer in the Philippines than in many older countries. TEACHERS USE OWN FUNDS IN SCHOOLS No District Money Available for Purchase of Aids to Certain Lessons. ONE SPENDS $50 YEARLY Another Grew Despondent in Keep- ing Account and Decided to Discard It. ‘When a public school teacher wants a box of crayons and blackboard erasers she gets them after consid- erable delay, providing, of course, that such supplies are in the store- house. But when she wants flowers, pictures or other materials with which to illustrate a certain lesson she is forced to dig into her own pocketbook and buy them, with no | prospect of reimbursement. The schools have no appropriation for these supplies, although they are re- garded as essential as paper, b\)ok!.i pencils, pens, etc As a result, every yvear the teachers, { especially those in the kindergartens and primary grades of the elementary schools, spend hundreds of dollars of their personal funds for necessary school supplies and decorations to make their classrooms attractive and interesting to the child getting his first experience with school life. The teachers also spend varying sums for seasonable parties for their puplis. Money Out of Teachers' Purse. “THeFE TR NI #n6siroom Tn the District, perhaps, that does not con- | tain some personal property of the teacher in charge. It may be only a picture, a flag or a plant, but these articles represent money that came out of the teacher's pocketbook. Occasionally a teacher can be found who keeps an itemized account of the amount_she spends for school sup- plles. The great majority of them do not. and for this reason it is im- possible to obtain a fair estimate of | the amount of money the teachers take from their salaries each year to buy supplies for their classrooms. One teacher, who has kept an account of her expenditures, says $50 a year !is a minimum. A kindergarten teacher in a large school in the central northwest sec- tion of the city was asked today how much she had spent this year for decorations and supplies for her class- room. “I don’t know exactly.” she said. “I started to keep an itemized ac- count, but I became despondent every time 1 looked at It, so I destroyed st i | | | She pointed to two fern boxes in| the room. “They are mine.” she said. car? “They cost $4 aplece.” She pointed to other objects in the room. all of which she money. Among them was a dollhouse MURDERS SOLVED, - BUT PROSECUTORS HOLD OFF ARREST “Matter of Judgment,” Says Mott, in Hall-Mills In- vestigation. MORE DETAILS GIVEN BY WOMAN FARMER Declares Choir Singer Slain With Rector Was Dragged Be- fore Death. By the Assoclated Press. NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., October 28.—Four hours after she had wit- nessed the shooting of the Rev. Ed- ward Wheeler Hall, rector of the Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist, and his cholr leader, Mrs. Eleanor Reinhardt Mills, on the night of September 14, Mrs. Jane Gibson returned to the scene ana saw the woman she says was present when the two were slain, bending low over the body of the rector, weeping bit- terly. Neither the man who, Mrs. Gib- son has told the authorities, shot Dr. Hall and Mrs. Mills nor the automo- bile parked nearby at the time of the murder was in sight when she made the second visit. This and the statement that Mrs. Mills escaped from her assallants after the rector was killed and hid be- hind bushes nearby, only to be recap- tured and dragged back to the spot under the crabapple tree, were amaz- ing details in the eyewitness story as Tetold yesterday by Mrs. Gibson to | Special Deputy Attorney General Wil- bur A. Mott. Assembling Evidence. Confident that he has solved the murder, which, he says, is “complex. but not a mystery,” Prosecutor Mott went ahead today with the work of assembling corroborative evidence. He ventured to newspaper men that no arrests will be made until he has {presented the case to the Somerset | county grand jury. The pig farm of Mrs. Gibson was again under guard today to prevent newspapermen from talking furtner | with_her. She is said to have told Mr. Mott during the lengthy inter- view that she lost one of her mocca- sins as she rode hurriedly away, after witnessing the shooting of the pair, and returned four hours later to arch for it Her statement that Mrs. Mills ran away after Dr. had. been_shot land hid in the bushes between ¢! apple tree and the old Phlilips houss, urderef {found her with the aid of flashlights |and dragged her thirty or forty yards over the rough ground, is borne out by the autopsy. The slain cholr singer's body gave evidenoe of rough treatment. Mrs. Mills fought desper- | ately, Mrs. Gibson is sald to have told | the ~authorities, but the murderers overpowered her and dragged her back to the spot under the tree where | she was shot three times. Questioned by Press. Mr. Mott received newspapermen yes- terday and answered a series of Ques- tions. In connegtion with a report that state troopers had been ordered to search for n antique motor car, which Mrs. Gib- son, riding on muleback in search of corn thieves, sald she had seen in the lane the night of the shooting, Mr. Mott wi asked if he had the number of the car. “I have & combination of figures, but I dont know whether it is right” he repiled. Q. “Have you any description of the { where the man and woman A. “Yes, but it not very definite.” Q. “Have you any one watching any had bought with her own | car in any garage in this city A. “If I answer that 1 will be telling which cost $15, a flag and flagpole, cut | too much.” | flowers, plants and at least a dozen | pletures scattered about the walls. “That's a_small item,” tinued. “Halloween will oon be here. I have got to buy a pumpkin, pictures | of witches and other Halloween deco- i Then comes Thanksgiving tmas.-and I will have to buy | little favors, besides on Christmas i will have to give a party for the children. These Christmas parties are customary and have been for years and the children look forward to them.” Must Have Attractive Room. “I have got to have an attractive she continued. “But I cannot do it unless I buy the decorations. A week seldom passes that I do not supplement school supplies with my own money."” Besides being insufficient to furnish the teachers with supplles and deco- rations, the appropriations granted by Congress in the past have been so inadequate that officials have not been able to provide new textbooks and other essential supplies for the ever increasing school population. Consequently hundreds of insanitary, obsolete and badly worn books are now in use, while many children are entirely without books. The er supply 18 short, as well as other sup- plies, and the officlals have urged school employes to practice utmost economy in their use so the present limited supplies wiil last throughout the remainder of the current scholas- tic year. STILLMAN LOSES MOVE FOR REVIEWAL OF CASE By the Ausociated Press, POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., October 28. —Supreme Court Justice Seeger today denied the motion of counsel for James A. Stillman, New York banker, to show cause why the decision hand- ed down by Supreme Court Justice Morschauser at WRite Plains, N. Y., confirming the report of Referee Glea. son Guy, should not be reviewed. Justice Seeger denled the motion “simply on the merits,” thereby plac- ing the entire case, Involving the actions of Mra. Anne U. Stillman and 5;:.-.::;:3:':'3 de sppens VESTRYMAN ASKS INQUIRY. Gorsline Says He Knows Nothing of Murders Other Than Told. BY DAN RING. Staff Correspondent of The Star. .NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., October 28. —Ralph V. M. Gorsline, vestryman of the Church of St. John the Evangelist, of which Dr. Hall was pastor, was in- terviewed by newspapermen today. re-! garding his knowledze of any events on the night of the murder. Reports had hinted that he knew more than he had thus far toid authorities. He said: 'As true as I am standing here I know no more than I have already told. On the night of September 14 I met Miss The Miller managers expect their)son in favor of Mrs. Stillman and her | Rastall at Y. M. C. A. near the State Theater and took her home. I was not in the vicinity of De Brussey's lane and know nothing about what happened there from my own personal knowledge. I was not the person who found lave letters from either Dr. Hall or Mrs. Mills and therefore I could not have taken them to the Hall home.” she con- |saw?” i ! i l 1 | | i Q. “Have you any information on both the cars which Mrs. Gibson says she A Y Asked if he intended to make an ar- rest or first go before the grand jury, Mr. Mott replied: “If my judgmen prevail will go before the grand jury “When?’ the newspaper men asked him. “I won't he replied, “and I hope that when it does you won't know it Q. “Could this case be taken before the grand jury now?” A t could be, yes" Q. et an indictment?” A Q. “Then what are you waiting for? A “It 18 my judgment to walt” “Following Every Lead.” Q. “Are you following any other lead besides that furnished by Mrs. Gibson.” . A. "I am following every lead.” Q “When, in your judgment, the time comes for decisive action, will you order an arrest or go before the grand jury?" A. “1 don’t know, but I should be inclined to go before the grand jury unless something extraordinary de- velops.’ . Q. “In New Jersey, with an eye- witness story called creditable, what corroborating evidence is needed?” A. “None legally, but it is a good thing to have.” In connectlion with his statement that he had found a witness substan- uating part of Mrs. Gibson's story, Mr. Mott was asked if he had learned of another eye-witness being present «t the murder. 3 “No,” he replied. Q. “In your judgment, does the un- supported statement of & person most interested constitute an alibi?” A, “That is a matter for a jury to aecide. Asked If he had any corroborating statement as to Mrs. Hall's actions o the night of the murder, Mr. Mott said: “1 have evidence describing Mrs. Hall's whereabouts for & considerable period of time before 2 a.m. on the night of the murder.” Mr. Mott questioned Mrs. Gibson for a long time yésterday. . JUDGE RAMSEY DEAD. DALLAS, Tex., October 28.—Judgi Willlam F. Ramsey, sixty-six years old, federal reserve agent here and chairman of the board of directors Bank, of the Dallas Federal Reserve died last night -