Evening Star Newspaper, October 24, 1928, Page 21

UTLTY WSS ADMITS NTRUTHS Reveals Erroneous State- ments in Letter Concern- ing Propaganda. By the Associated Press. ; X Robert Montgomery, sales manager o the Louisville Gas & Electric Co., testi- fled today in the Federal Trade Com- mission's power investigation that he | had made untrue statements in a letter written Pebruary 9, 1928, concerning relations between him and Louisville | newspapers. Excerpts from the letter. which was | addressed to George F. Oxley, publicity director for the National Electric Light Association, and had been introduced | into evidence last April, were read by Robert E. Healy, commission counsel. Healy stressed the statement contain- ed that Montgomery had personally kept “the editorial departments inform- ed on all matters of importance to the industry at large, such as the Boulder Dam controversy, the Walsh resolu- tion, ete.” | “I was rather careless in the use of | my _language here” Montgomery | testified. Upon being questioned fur- ther, he sald the assertion was untrue. Healy produced a letter from Mont- | | M. Crist, a merchant of Walkersville, gomery to the Louisville Courier Journal of October 3, 1918, in which the witness also had retracted a statement that he | had personally handed matter on utility subjects to Louisville editors with the result that the papers had “continually | run news stories and very splendid | editorials favoring the interests of public utilities.” | ‘Work Was Adequate. Montgomiery explained that the letter | in question had been written to Oxley for the purpose of convincing him that the method being followed concerning publicity work there was adequate and that no public utility information bureau was needed. He said the publicitv work had been done satisfactorily prior to that and he sought to avoid the estabusnmen. of a committee because his company would have had to finance it to a rela- | tively large extent. One letter introduced, addressed to Dempster McMurphy of the Middle West, Utilities Co., Chicago, said that pub- | licity work at that time constituted a | bi-monthly news service, being sent to | 2 mailing list of 1,800, and that “the results obtained from the issuance of this bulletin, which goes to some 250 i:;;spfpers in Kentucky, is very grati- | g | Montgomery testified that this bulle- | tin was discontinued later. MINERS HEAR ZIHLMAN. | Congress Member Addresses Meet- ing at Lonaconing, Md. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. LONACONING, Md., October 24 —Rep- resentative Frederick N. Zihlman, who has been campaigning in Montgomery County, transferred his activities to th: mining region of Maryland last night, nddressing a meeting at San Toy Thea- ter, Lonaconing, one of the Republican strongholds of Western Maryland. Other speakers were, Arch A. Young of the Cumberland Bar, and Adrian Bun- nelly of Philadelphia, active in the Rc- publican organiation of that city. Nel- | son W. Russler, county chairman, pre- sided. The Lonaconing City Bend played, and the meeting was featured by vocal solos by Mrs. Mabel Kemp Durst, Prostburg; Mrs. Thomas Picker- ing, Cumberland, and Miss Elizabeth Corstorphine and John Hardegan of Lonaconing. SHEL DIEOVERED ATHURDER SCENE Fingerprint on Post Also Clue| in Case of Walkersville, Md., Merchant. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. FREDERICK, Md. October 24.—A .25-caliber bullet, the shell from which it was fired, and a fingerprint on a post of the porch near which he was killed are the only clues which the Frederick County authorities have to aid them in solving the mysterious murder of David near here, early Sunday. The assassin fired at close range into Crist's left side. The bullet was re- moved from near the bottom of the spine and corresponds with a shell found last night in the vine which clings to the porch. Crist, who operat- ed a general store close to his home, worked late Saturday night and walked home in the early hours of Sundav morning. There was nobody home | but his 13-year-old daughter Miriam. Crist’'s mother had recently died, and a housekeeper who had been employed | during Mrs. Crist’s illness was away on a visit. No arrests have been made. The case is in the hands of William C. Rhoderick of Frederick County. A report that | Rhoderick had hired two city detectives to aid him could not be confirmed at his office. Crist’s relatives are consider- | ing hiring a private detective. Crist is WOoODWARD ' THE EVENING STAR, survived by Dr. Bruce Crist of Pred- erick, Md., a brother, and Mrs. Laura | Barrick, a sister. Reward May Be Offered. ! There are no police officers in Walk- erville, but Mayor Tom Saylor is aiding | in the investigation and is planning to | raise a fund by popular subscription to offer a reward for the arrest and con- viction of the slayer. Numberless rumors were current in the little town to account for the death, but most of them proved groundless. Among these was a rumor that two youths had bought a gun shortly before the murder corresponding to the caliber | of the fatal bullet and that on Satur- day, the day before the shooting, Crist had expressed a fear for his life. Most of them believe that the slaying was the work of a local character who was familiar with Crist's habits. The Crist home was locked up and deserted today. Crist's daughter Miriam is being cared for by neighbors. MRS = Mulberry trees which were cut down in Syria during the World War are be- ing repianted. Going Out of Business. FINE SHOES Greatly Reduced EVERYBODY’S SHOE STORE 813 Pa. Ave. DANDRUFF Millions use Lucky Tiger for scalp Croubles, and Whyle-Fox N iin siimente. ot sotd under Money.Back Guar- antee. 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