New Castle News (Newspaper) - March 19, 1921, New Castle, Pennsylvania Bell Phones 22 and 150 Telephone Your News Items to Castle's Newsy Newspaper NEW VOLUME XLI No 187 NEWS Weather Forecast Weather Mite or Warmer NEW CASTLE PA SATURDAY MARCH 19 1921 WHITE DEFENSE THREE CENTS A COPY Westminster Class To Erect Memorial To Lieut Graham HEARD For Memorial Tablet Ceremonies to Be Carried Out at 10 Year Reunion of Class of 1911 Is Struck By Auto Peace Treaty Is Signed By Poles And Soviet Reds Becomes Party to Treaty as Representatives Sign Agreement While At Ft Wayne RUSSIA TO PAY POLES Plans are being made iu con- with the ten year union of the of 1911 of Westminster college in June erect a permanent memorial on thf campus at New ington as honor to memory of Lieut Paul D ham gave his life inj France for his country thf Avar The granite boulder which on the college campus in the spring of 1909 by members of the flass of 1913 was the occasion of numerous memorable class battles and was finally buried under the campus will be resurrected and ed in conspicuous position and on it will placed a Tiffany tablet to be dedicated the memory of Lieut iraham who was a member of the class of and who took part inj the episodes of college history During Commencement The ceremonies be carried out during commencement week William McNaugher of Pittsburgh Mrs R of Pine who has been in Fort Wayne ana for the past two months Ing her sons Harry and Andrew met with a serious accident in that city on Wednesday when she was struck by an automobile She was taken to the hospital and it was found that her left hip was broken Her tion is serious NEW PARISIAN SKIRT IS MUCH LONGER International News Service Mar The spring dress creations to reach here from would pass the censor out criticism chief differ from modes demonstrated by the new les exhibited at the allows are longer fuller skirts of necks on of high collars of soft muslin and an increase In the amount of lace and em- broidery Pictures of Former Czars Hang Prom Walls of Treaty Hall Devil Ordered Me To Decker Declares After Striking Lovett He Places Injured Boy in Path of Train CARRIAGE IS STRUCK AND BOY IS KILLED who was president of the class of j Soviet and Robert Russell r who Hint at Plot to De- to tMs sum resident of the class of 2 was president of the class of during the year 1909 will take part in the dedication Dean Charles Freeman who was in charge of the college at will also take part Paul Graham fvas a resident of Wilmington and was a brother of City Superintendent of Schools Hen G Graham His body was re- cently brought to this country and buried Members of the class of 191.1 of named to complete ar- rangements for the ten year reunion and to arrange for the dedication of them to raham are announced as Rev R H Elliott of Pittsburgh Dr A C Williamson of Pittsburgh Chester Fulkman of Cleveland George lips of Akron Miss Pauline Reed of Houston and Miss Elizabeth Elliott of New Wilmington By DOX S DAY International Staff RIGA March peace i treaty between soviet Russia and Poland was signed here at o'clock Friday morning Ukrainin is a party to the treaty and the Ukrainian representatives put their signatures upon it The signing of the Polish treaty of peace ends a state of war that had existed for a year and was the third triumph of the Russian soviet within a week Two Other Rod Achievements A few days earlier the government had succeeded in putting down the anti-Bolshevik uprising at and about the name time a i clal agreement was signed with Great Britain The Russians according to tho treaty terms will pay Poland thirty i million gold rubles Soviet Russia lias one year in which Viviani Comes To Plead Cause Of Peace Treaty Some Officials Believe ate Peace is Egress From Peace Treaty Tangle Whereabouts Qn December 23 Will Be Shown To Jurymen Attorney Declares In Opening Attorney Wallace Defense Will Show White Did Not Commit He Will Ask For White's Acquittal After Testimony Is M Nunn And Dr H E Zerner First Witnesses Called By Defense Valued At And gentlemen of the jury when shown you these facts we will ask that you acquit the was the closing statement of Attorney Robert L sel for Albert Torrence Whiter in opening the side of the defense in the trial now going on in the Lawrence county court in which White is charged with the murder of his wife White comity has 15.943 valued at according to in- given out bv the nient of apri culture The value if set at the price of hogs at the the census was taken the average being at Hogs f the are worth over according to the mate HARDING NOT TO TREATY Viviani Will Endeavor to Have Treaty Changed to fy League of Nations Attorney Wallace told the that the defense would show that bert Torrence White did not commit the crime alleged that they would show his whereabouts on the dav of December 23 1920 and that these facts would show that it would have been impossible for White to have committed the crime The address was noticeable for its brevity Hardly more than four utes time won consumed by the ney Previous to opening his side of the case he had asked lhat the testimony of Prof the chemist who stated that the fraud Insurance Com- panies of Money Service Iml Wai A complete in killing Leroy of ivt last Saturday JUKI cleared ers of complicity in tlie murder eurly by Virgil Decker 18 in sko county jail since Wednesday following his in Marion where he fieri after the told II Moon wife of sheriff thai tho made him do it Pictures On Walls The final session of the peace con- ference began at o'clock The hall was decorated with flags and It was strange to were several pictures of former Russian czars upon the walls Dr Jeffe head of the Russian K HOLMES WASHINGTON March gation and M Domski head of the President Harding has not yet under- taken any serious discussions of the peace situation with Republican ers of the senate is a spread belief among them that con- ditions are so shaping up that a arate peace between the United Stales Complete report of testimony given in the White on Friday afternoon will found on 7 of this taken from the barn boards was man be stricken from the re- cords as incompetent inasmuch as i Prof follow the rules laid down in making he ex- tnat tne witness had In making the post-mortem you aid not the skull No sir Is il not a fact that when the skull cap is removed and is put back H fits and looks without wiring or further Objected to by Judge Porter and more argument ensued Objection overruled if done by an expert When that is done by an export and the scalp is sewed on it leaves no external sign that it has been removed Questions Is it not a fact thai removing the skull cap is to make an examination of the skull and Yes Wouldn't it have been proper to have determined if there was a ture at the base of the brain to have removed the As 1 said yesterday it was not A rupture of the ear drum would cause a Is it not a fact that you testified Toward Ressia I Not Changed State Department Swamped With Request for mation on Possibilities -i i mil uie witness had e and Germany is going to prove th j the matter from other hands The After the j definite will be done in fixed- took occasion to j tlie matter of shaping up a program the status until it is seen the Soviet Government I cnt iet government at cow is getting stronger every dav said Jeffe That is evident froni tne public developments They are i open for the whole world to see j The full text of the treaty was read during the ceremonies M to n Washington before motion was refused Attorney lace then opened his case shortly be- fore 10 o'clock On Dr F Karl Eakin county cian wag recalled by Attorney Wai lace just before the commonwealth rested and subjected him to severe the opening of the new congress to the cause of the league He i TV I Nunn real estate man probably will be followed of other countries Must Contain Article X President himself J grilling as to the pout mortem i the has CRAFTS PROTEST PALMER RULING of Volstead Law Draws Ire of To Con- sider Protest This is the only explanation Domskl h Decker gives for the crime His that he has not taken up mantles by reading tho ten seriously the treaty tangle with his Mar protests of dry leaders asking re- versal of opinion of former At- torney General Palmer liberalizing Volstead law before tary of thp Treasury Mellon today The protest of ihc was ted by Dr Wilbur Crafts head of the International Reform Bureau Dr True Wilson and Rev Doets Picket t Secretary promised that their reques would be considered Me no assurance however hp would ask the attorney for of thf of the treasury it was said will not ask the attorney general to the ruling un- errors of law which are palpably wronK are which would justify of whole matter again to the department of justice Attorney said emphatically today that tbe opinion will stand the ury formally requests tion signed confession relates that Lovett and himself were sleeping in the bin on the Tippecanoe river near At- that he awoke first and struck Lovett over the head an iorn bar Then i left the cottage read tbe statement I thought he was dead Is Alive When Decker returned several later according to his con- Lovett hart pulled himself from the couch where he was ing when he was hit and was ing against side of the Lovett was able to walk nt this lime Decker says and he was ed into the buggy which was driven Continued On Two clauses the next in bv Jeffe followed The last six were read a M of the Ukranian delegation After the signatures had been put upon the document Dr Jeffe and M reached across the table anri cordially shook hands with other erstwhile foreign colleagues on the senate nevertheless discussed the ler for the de- tense and his testimony was ly concerning an examination he had made of the barn with Attorney R L Wallace Dr H E Zerner was the second called by the defense His centered around the PANAMA'S REPLY EXPECTED TODAY President Hold Over S Second Meet Tuesday To Discuss Library 1 generally and informally with eral senators and those with he has talked have come away the White House convinced that one Harding will never the treaty either with the covenant or without it or without Article X It is generally believed in M Viviani is coming to the United States to suggest to dent Harding that the senate take the treaty and ratify it with any wh i Is necessary in making changes it sees fit but nUi it in I ot HO me way or a tlle court Librarian to Bei Here to Make Principal Address i CONDITION The condition of Mrs Lottie ten who was burned HI her home cm avenue early this remains BALBOA Canal March Porras of the republic of Panama held a Ions conference Friday night with about fifty of the foremost political leaders and he Is I expected to send a reply to Secretary of State Hughes warning note this afternoon Considerable anti-American i ing has been engendered unions tbe i radical element of Panama j the note warning Panama to her dispute with Costa Rica out delay The president expressed over tbe tone of the note but expected thai Panama would with tile request I Some of the radicals are ins the severance of tbe treaty bo-i Panama ami the Slates i hnl it WHS generally accepted as a I foregone conclusion that nothing would be done along this linn Prints The newspaper in commenting today upon the alleged that the is Costa in order gain in the dispute between the States and British oil interests According to this paper the Americans are after concessions j Smv n nt the Hiey hope to today he doesn't j British ition in lie hook the if the i for these rights by Riving tun it the best of the dis j Is out its Saturday pute Home way or other so as to preserve an semblance at least of solidarity of the Moral Aid For Germany If M Viviani does make some con- I creti proposals along these lines It I is the belief of a number of tial Republican senators that I will be turned down at the White House The status of the Knox resolution In conjunction with the Board of declaring an end to the state of war library committee the with Germany is ft will Women's clubs the Women's not he introduced however mit Voters league the city council and some clarification of the other important bodies i Rhine situation While present will meet in the T W 0 A Tuesday evening March 22 tor the purpose of discussing wave and means for he improvement of the local library Joseph L Wheeler librarian of the public at will be the principal speaker of the ing His talk will outline the campaign promoted bv the people back Of the Youngstown library in the last fall elections Mrs W A Taylor Mrs 1 B events nth and P L will minnte addresses after which there will be a discussion from the floor Wylle president of tho local library board will preside at meeting a post mortem examination Interest in the trial is becoming more intense There seems to be a feeling in the air that some sensation is to break before many hours pass and the an- of this have charged the court room Crowd Not Apparently realizing that only a limited number of people can get the huge crowds besieged the court house doors break seems to very air of the While great many people day the crowd is that there was a slight amount of blood from the Yes sir Is it not a fact that rupture of the ear drum can be caused bv divine from an elevation Yes Isn't it a tact that bleeding from tne ears is only a symptom of ture at the base of the brain Yes Isn't it only one of three Yes sir Did you notice the hands and linger nails of the deceased to de- termine if there was blood on the hands and under the finger 1 found none Examined by Judge You state the skull could be re- placed after being taken Yes sir Was that necessary in this No sir what facts did yon base your conclusions as to From the injuries heir position and blood In your opinion concussion and strangulation was the Yes sir Witness excused Attorney Wallace then moved to strike from the records all testimony ot Prof as to the biological test made by him and testified to tor the reason that he has told on examination that the test was not LITTLE HOPE OF TRADE Workable System of Will Cause Big Trades Between Britain Russia I International nothing near ant cations make a separate peace pear not unlikely there is no dis- position upon the part of either the President or the senate to provide large ag it was on Monday day Wednesday The order pre- served in the court room is tional Rarely is it necessary for Court Crier Marshall to sound his the crowd seemingly wanting to hear every word testimony The testimony today was as Opening of Today At the opening of court this ing Mrs Otis Blaine by the commonwealth Asked by Judge State Department hss been swamped during the two days with requests from American business firms for regarding the of trade Russia sines reported of an agreement between Great Britain and tbe sovie government for the resumption of commercial relations Almost without exception seeding information are of the ion that the British agreement may clear the way for the ot some of trade relations the Limed States and Russia the Department hag received little more than the official ation of the signing of the pact and yre therefore holding comment It was learned torlay that the De- has not changed its tude toward Russia and American business men are beine advised that there is apparently little hope of an immediate resumption of the of any considerable scale The pact is believed by here to prove of political rattier of economic sign finance no- Snapshots Did you widening the Ican breach just when military are in progress The resolution tor the present has been It may be pulled out at any time or it may stay there depending upon the turn Mra White fi i juu a iv line with any moral support by v when she at your that he had uo personal from where procured and they nai the products ed tt bo and he only had the worrt of reputable doctors ag to tbe ducts used by him and is therefore incompetent I Motion refused At Judge Porter announced 1 he commonwealth rests Outlines Attorney Wallace then opened his case in his address he the defense would show that Albert j Torrence White did not commit the I Brown of alleged crime that they would count for the defendant's result r on December 23rd that it was liquor Io die of ttw rmt H a pl of i he Hill uf I-M i Iron I sued a Inter In notified ihai a wili ttl into on April Hi Liverpool White's handed her Mrs Six Attackers And One Soldier Killed Arthur Comet Of Ninth Magnitude Found Sluss new itt hns liy astronomer nt Town to n re- lit M Le Cointo of K in in j Irish of Sinn Crown Forces were killed one irf miesing the result of a hour battle be- tween Sinn and Crown forces hear laid an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from One British was killed ami another is Six of the attackers were kille by troops No cross-examination by Attorney Wallace and nhe was excused Attorney Wallace asked Dr F K Eakin be He WHS noi in court and Judge Emery agreed that he could he recalled later After some delay Dr Eakin and was further ined by Attorney Wallace At the time you made this mortem did you have a suitable saw and chisel to open the Objected to by Judge Porter Attorney Wallace made an ation and said the question was per and that it was not the dence of the commonwealth to make conclusions for the witness Judge Porter replied that the ness ascertained the of death that the testimony was cient More argument ami hearing both sides Judge Emery de- that the witness could not he in the manner in lilch Attorney was Another the crime might have been com- mitted by iny oilier person than the defendant He said that they would show that the post-mortem was not full and complete He hut I hey would show it had not been shown that the wounds hail been made before death When these facts were shown the would ask for an acquittal The address was a short one and less than fivo First Witness William M Nunn a estate agent wus the first defense witness called Asked by How long have you been in Hie real estate business in New OB Two S r uf Mr i Mrs o ly ill bin of of all of will In- put in vr a ion of from i pi is I ho Tho county tco uiv of ho dm i is nu pricey ti aid In sln for DEATH RECORD Sirs ii disguise I- sold ol I in a trial now on I He jt for tH roin.s iml sold ii j MO cent
