Evening Star Newspaper, February 13, 1923, Page 21

PROBE EUNBATILE ON CANPLS; 1 0EA Student Says Kentucky Uni- versity Guard Insulted Girl, Fired Into Auto. FATAL SHOT ANSWER Youth and Companion in Affair After Dance Prominent in Paducah, Ky. By the Associated Press. LEXINGTON, Ky, February 13.— Warren Middleton of Paducah, Ky.,! freshman at the University of Ken- tucky here, charged with murder in connection with the slaying of Joseph N. Self, night watchman at the uni- versity, was said today to have an “even chance’' to recover from two Distol bullet wounds received in the exchange of shots on the campus saturday night, | An account of the shooting given | by Middleton and that of the slain night watchman, quoted by police from what they declare was Self's dying statement, were at variance concerning the responsibility for the opening shot of the duel. Miss Glover Coleman, also of Paducah, a student at the university, who occupied a closed car with Middleton and was, 80 far as has been learned, the only oye-witness, xaid yesterday she did not know who fired the first shot and was unable to remember any details of the shooting. Middleton was said to have assert- ed, in an account of the affair given 10 roommates before he was taken to a hospital, that he shot only after the watchman had insulted his com- panfon and fired five shots into_ the automobile. After the shooting Mid- dleton accompanied Miss Coleman to her home and went to h Says Youth Fired First. The watchman’'s account of the shooting, as re-told by police, was that he discovered the car on the campus, opened the door and told the ocoupants he would have them ar- rested. A boy in the ocar fired, Self sald, and as he fell he fired five times into the machine. Police claim- ed to have found persons who said they heard one shot, followed after a brief interval by five in rapid suc- cession. Miss Coleman said Middleton ac- companied her to a dance Saturday night and afterward they went for a short drive. They drove through the campus and being unacquainted with the roads entered a blind alley. | After they had turned the car and were retracing their way across the campus they saw the night and stopped he appr: the door on Coleman re- lated, and what she termed an nsulting’ manner what the couple were doing on the campus, Wounding of icort, cussion followed, the girl inded her escort at home in a short on then started to drive hooting was begun. She ort wi ounded, she | Hotel Roosevelt | 16th, V & W Sts. | Dining Room Now Open Breakfast 7:30 to 9:30 Luncheon 12:30 to 1:30 Dinner 6:00 to 8:00 Table d’Hote and a la Carte service Mausic Every Evening time. 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Mis Frances Jewell, dean of women, also said it ‘was a violation of an order for the young women students to go driv- ing at night unless accompanied by a chaperon. Both Middleton and Miss Coleman are members of promi- nent families in Paducah. —_— SEES RCHES LAUNTE N THE FAGE OF POVETY Admiral Plunkett, in Public Ad- dress, Criticizes Outlay of Millions on Ocean “Joy Riding.” By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 13.—Criti- cising American “joy riders” for mak- a “display of their wealth in the face of starving people,” Admiral Charies P. Plunkett, commander of the third naval district, in an address before the Woman's Republican Clun yescer - day directed a broadside in the d rection of the large party of wealth notables who sailed on the Maure tania last week for a Mediterraneas cruise. The passengers including El bert H. Gary, chairman of the United States Steel Corporation, were report ed to have paid $1,000,000 for their accommodations on the liner. “What we need is to use plain com- mon sense and stay at home minding our business,” declared Admiral Plun- kett. “Yet these joy riders are rush- ing into a district threatened with war. They should stay at home. There are enough things for them to 3 disarmament treaty was ngerous experiment,” by who predicted present proponents would be opposed to the plan within a decade. The Lincolian spirit, if applied by would settle all world difficulties within twenty-four hours, Senator Irvine Lenroot of Wisconsin said, while Maj. Gen. William Welgal declared the American Army was ready for an emergency and made a vlea for preparedness. THE EVENING TRAINMEN DIE IN CRASH. Engine Crew Killed in Run-In Near Bloomington, Ill. BLOOMINGTON, Ill., February 13.— The engine crew of Chicago and Alton 6 wes killed near Nilwood, when the traln crashed into the caboose of a north- bound extra freight. The passen- ger engine ‘turned over, killing En- gineer Elmer Sherburne of St. Louis, and Fireman Ole Erickson of Bloomington. Brakeman H. E. Wal- lace of the freight train was seriously injured. A heavy fog, it was stated, obscured warning lights on the freight train. —_ CANADA CONSIDERS CANAL Desire for Pact With U. S. on St. Lawrence Project Unexpressed. OTTAWA, Ont, February 13.—Can- ada bas not Yet signified her desire to enter into an agreement with the United States for the construction canal, but the matter is under con- sideration. This was Premier King’s of the opposition. : —_——— First Physician—He lost the big- gest and wealthiest patfent that a doctor ever had. Second Doctor—Did the patient dle on him? of the proposed St. Lawrence power | the buildin reply in the house of commons to a | Hij questioned by Arthur Meighan, leader | penned on the ONE DEAD, TWO MISSING IN $1,500,000 BLAZE Six-Story Building and Belvedere Hotel Destroyed in Syracuse Other Structures Damaged. ' By the Assoclated Press. SYRACUSE, N. Y., February 13.— One known dead, two probably lost | in the flames, a soore injured and ! $1,500,000 in property loss stood the ! toll today as Syracuse checked up on the cost of the fire which last night destroyed the six-story Bastable block, the Belvedere Hotel’ and, damaged several other buildings. The dead man was John H. Shea. The missing men are Otto Schwenn and Edward P. Lull. The latter two were known to have beem in the building shortly before the first alarm, was sounded. Shea, father of two small ohildren, was trapped on the sixth floor. He jumped for the life net and missed. Some others who jumped were in- jured, but are expected to recover. Several firemen were hurt in their efforts to rescue\the occupants of g. One made repeated trips in the elevator through the smoke- filled shaft, bringing many to safety. s last trip up he found himself top floor by flames. He leaped from a sixth-story window into the life net held by his com- panions. He is in the hospital, badly burned. —_— Nova Scotia’s fisheries produced a revenue of over $12,000,000 the past First Doctor—No, he married her. Don’t stay stuffed-up! Quit blow- l ing and snuffing! Take “Pape’s | Cold Compound” every two hours | until three doses are taken. The | first dose opens clogged-up nostrils and air passages of head; stops nose running; relieves headache, dullness, feverishness, sneezing. 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