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A-12 * THE EVENIN G STAR ’TV{O SLAYERS EXECUTED Men Who Killed Pay Clerk Die in‘i Electric Chair. ’ COLUMBIA, S. C, June 24 ®).—| The State of South Carolina today | Iclaimed the lives of Ray Coleman and |Paul Johnson, convicted slayers of Constitution Is Annulled as'Earl Belue, Spartanburg textile mill ¥ P i pay roll clerk. ! Result of Conflict With The men went to their deaths in the electric chair this morning, Coleman # Vatican. BRITAIN SUSPENDS MALTA STATUTES SAYSCANNONFALS T0 DENY CHARGES [ | | Tinkham Declares Bishop Is Trying to Evade Cor- ruption Charge. | denying his guilt and Johnson warmnx‘ others to beware of sin and pointing | to_himself as an example. | They were convicted of killing Belue | on December 14, 1928, in an attempt to rob him of a $7,000 pay roll. ! None of their relatives was at the | | Representative Tinkham, Republican, of Massachusetts declared yesterday that Bishop James Cannon, jr., had not denied his charges concerning tha Methodist leader’s account of funds re- ceived in the 1928 anti-Smith campaign. | Mr. Tinkham’s statement was in answer | |to the contention of Bishop Cannon | that he had failed to discard congre government's decision in the House of | ::z:':‘ immunity in making his allega- | Pogimons. ' He said; NEW YORK, June 24 (.—In war| Tinkham charged last Tuesday in the | against inferior booze sold by Bowery House that Bishop Cannon had vio- | Governor Keeps Authority. " «In view of the situation 45 Mlta the | speakeasies the Salvation Army has| lated the Federal corrupt practices act el government, has decided with consid- | Sentpint e erable reluctance that it has no al- | been enthusiastic, saying it satisfies. ternative but to sanction temporary, R e e suspension of the constitution.” ‘The prime minister said full legisla- T T i g Burton Awnings Are Specially Designed | main in the hands of the governor. - The existing ministry, the ur”mm_‘IIII|IlIl|IlllIlI|IlIIIIlI|l‘IIIIII|llI|I'IlIIIIIllllIII’HIIIl|‘llllIlIIIIIIlIlIIIII|IlIIIIIIlI||||l|II|I|IIIl.IIIIIIlIIIIIIIlIlIllillPIIllllllllHIlll said, will remain in office and will be available in a consultative capacity If the governor wishes o make use of their services | ‘The necessary legislation to give ef-! fect to the suspension will be submitted to his majesty in council as an emer- gency measure forthwith. i @ Fekssociated Press. PORDON, June 24 —The British gov- | erflment has decided to suspend the | Mafitese constitution temporarily in view of A tense political situation in the prison this morning. Johnson's father, | {the Rev. L. W. Johnson, pastor of the | Simpsonville Methodist ' Church, paid |his son a last visit late yesterday. tslahd arising from a prolonged dispute [Coleman had married the Rev. Mr. with the Vatican. | Johnson's daughter. Premier Macdonald announced the | . Rum Substitute Found. Some customers have sum contributed toward the campaign | fund by E. C. Jameson, & New York | | Situation Tense 18 Months. | The Maltese political situation has | been precarious for a year and a half | owing to a conflict between church and state. When church authorities ordered the transfer to_Italy of a Maltese monk who was a British subject, Lord Strick- land, the prime minister, ruled that foreigners could not remove a British subject from British territory against his will Lord Strickland himself is a Catho- Hic, but he implied that Maltese church- men were interfering in temporal af- fairs. The churchmen answered by forbidding their congregations to vote for Btrickland’s party In the next elec- fon. A twenty-four-hour home O you have to be moving around from place to place in your home —keeping just a lap ahead of the sun? Did you ever stop to think that all that wouldn't be necessary with awnings? Awnings make every room available for comfortable occupancy all the time— keeping out the -hot sun; protecting against showers—making your home a “24-hour home.” You have assurance of continuous satisfaction with Burton: Awnings. Estimates and designs upon re- Each Publishes Stand. The feeling became intense May 23, when an_ English-born Nationalist at- tempted to assassinate the premier. A | demonstration took place outside the | Catholic Cathedral in Malta June 8 when word was spread in the streets | that the Catholic archbishop had up- | held the church's right to interfere in | matters of state. Cries of “down with Italy” were heard. | In the latest stage of the contest the British government and the Holy See have issued statements of their posi- | tions. The British publishing a “blue | book” which alleged Vatican interfer- ence in Malta and the Holy See an- swering with a “white book” which held that the church had a constitu- tional right to participate in the Maltese government. _.“Men.\ue Lindy’s Double Arrives. NEW YORK, June 24 (P).—Lind- bergh's double is here from France with quest. Deferred payments arranged. his prize creation, a boon to mankind, a shirt, collar and tie, all in one piece. Jean Claude D'Ahetze had a ride on the shoulders of mistaken enthusiasts | TR EERARIRRRTEIOTOLOULRAT RO ORI OO OO TR ORRRRRR RN | P o & e S e B CML Dten B Sen 911 E St Nat. 4361 | but the boys who get the news from ships couldn't see much resemblance Jean 1S jI I R to the colonel except height. 8 designer of men’s wear. capitalist. When Bishop Cannon ch lenged him to divest himself of cos gressional immunity, the Massachusetts member issued a statement in which he repeated that portion of his speech. Cannon replied in a statement that Tinkham had failed to reiterate all the charges made in'his speech. ‘Tinkham said in his statement yes- terday that Bishop Cannon “has made no denial of this charge, nor has he taken any action against me” and added that “his silence on this vpoint can. be construed by intelligent people everywhere as an admission of guilt.” The text of Tinkham's statemen read: “Divested of my congressional immuni- ty, 1 have over my signature publicly charged Bishop Cannon with being a shameless violator of a criminal statute and not accounting under the Federal corrupt practices act for $48,300 con- tributed to him by E. C. Jameson. This is the charge I made against him in the House of Representatives June 17. “He had made no denial of this charge, nor has he taken any action against me. His silence on this point can be construed by intelligent people everywhere only as an admission of guilt. To save himself the condemna- tion his act merits he is How attempt- ing to becloud the true issue, which is his shameless violation of a_criminal t loss Finish. The variety of modern dert spot of your home No skill no peeparation of the surface 1t mec Simply stir the mater it on, that's all. It | indefimitely MONAD HIGH GLOSS Finish (Clear) Ave. SE. T 308 412 Florida Ave. N.W. Bloomingdale Haw. Co.. 1841 Tst 3 1 H Porch Furniture nd FLOORS forming porch furniture and floors nt and intecesting with Monad High from which you can choose makes it the color cheerfuiness so necessary required when you use Monad and thorouzhly and flew s itsell smoothly — dries i a few hours, ard keeps its gloss 27 'Penna. Jos. Catlot! St pl H. Levy, 111 Ga’ Ave. N.W, | plications he had an opportunity to clear himself before the Senate lobby investigating committee. 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