Zanesville Signal, The (Newspaper) - December 10, 1927, Zanesville, Ohio Prints the News XLVIII NO 183 C OF C ON Tells Ae mi Maximum Sentence ZANESVILLE IS Both of Them Imposed VERY But Neither One Fined INTERESTED IN FLOOD CONTROL Mays Landing N J Dec TO Margaret and her alleged paramour Willis Beach poultry farmer today were sentenced to ten vears at hard labor for the killing or the woman's aged band Dr William They convicted by a Jury lust Thursday of voluntary under the New laws involves a maximum ot ten vears uit or or both There no minimum Contrary to previous announce ments Robert McCarter counsel fo Mrs did not make a mo tlon for a new trial on the groun of newly discovered evidence He the court that his evidence was no yet completed and that therefore h would wait He can make the appli cation any ilaie within six months It had been Intimated by de- fense counsel that they obtained n confession from two negroes It has been the defense tion throughout that the aged doctor was slain bv negroes who attacked If your honor said Carter after tho jur returned a verdict In this case we asked for time before imposition of sentence to investigate certain material mation which had come to our at- tention We have not to date been to crystallise that information such a form as to be able to pre- sent it to jour honor McCarter then explained that he would make the plea foi a new trial later Edison counsel for Beach pleaded for a light sentence stating that what would bo light ment for many another man wou be very heavy punishment indeed fi this man of Beach's 5 Beach was then asked to stand H quietly at tho bench whi Justice Campbell sen the judge said a has found jou guilty ot the crime of and the sentence of the court Is that jou he in state's prison at bard labor for a period if ten hands before stood very straight lie maintained bis self-possession throughout the nnd sat down afterward without n sign of emotion Mrs VAill snld the court The ow stood up very She was not as mint as Heath There were no tears but her face twitched and she seemed un- steady on her feet The same for- mula of sentence was Why the Jury In that of voluntary manslaughter I do not know This was be- question in the first statement was made from the binch in court here today by Justice Campbell who presided over tho trial of Willis Beach and Mis convicted of voluntary manslaughter for the killing of woman's aged husband Campbell then pronounced theory tad no recommendation for more mercy was rendered with their verdict the argument the widow looked from the bench of her at- torney to her In mute appeal for mercy Slie ed as though caged behind bars seeking some means of escape Mccarter In seeking to explain the echoed the Judge In stating that the case was cither one of first degre murder or of Innocence A verdict of cannot be construed as anything but a com- promise verdict This cates there was a considerable ment In the jury who believed Mrs Innocent and there was an element we believe who held her guilty and the two elements not he said Justice Campbell asked that if an application for a new trial is made it be made before him He next sits in this court on January 10 and It is believed that the defense will then move for a retrial ATTY NEY ML OAY sentence of ten years at hard labor foi the two defendants the mum prison term the law McCarter dm tog his plea foi mercy stated that the whole theory of the must have been based the Jury's belief that the were not of but o being indiscreet and should he pun ished Assistant Prosecutor S Cameron for the maximum tence that the Jury had lor Itself that it had found jie defendants guilty of murder in Condition Has Been Since Sunday Very Little Hope For His Recovery At o'clock Saturday afternoon tho death of Attorney Thomas E Elhiney waa momentarily expected His condition has been growing weaker and no hope Is held for his recovery Thomas C Maple avenue who been Ically ill at his home since day remains In a grave condition Saturday and little hope Is held for his Atty McElhiney became ill Thurs day of lust week and hi was Sunday when his condition grew steadily worse developed and hi has been critical since Sunday While the evict cause of his Illness could not be it Is thought blood poisoning de- from defective teeth dav evening his condition became more critical nnd he lapsed Into unconsciousness He was still In a state of coma at 2.30 o'clock afternoon nnd was growing weaker Atty McElhiney has been in church social and civic since he came to this city om eight ago resume his law practice Members the Muskingum and Morgan AII Are Urged to Go to C of C Meeting on Next Tuesday Plan to Arrange Survey of Local District is Real Object Everyone In the proposed loca flood conservation district which in- cludes the Immediate vicinity Zanesville and all the territory ed by the Muskingum and Licking rivers has been urged to attend the meeting of the of commerce prevention committee In the chamber rooms at 3 o'clock afternoon Large delegations of interested persons aie expected to attend the session at which time plans will he discussed as to the most feasible way of raising tbe to complete the flood control It Is the opinion of engineers ing preliminary surveys here that Zanesville is more in need of aid foi flood control than the ly stricken Mississippi area ihey state that losses suffered by Zanesville- in 1913 were ately more than those suffered by valley communities and his territory is threatened by y rising rivers that reach Hood stage vith comparatively little warning while along the wide Mississippi dents of communities can watch for days the advance of the waters and have more for flood preparation The belief also exists that a vast will also be available from eral for flood control work in the United suites and the conservation proposes to have all preliminary plans com- before this schn is available so that the district will be one of the first brought to the committee fo consideration Flood prevention and control com meeting were held several weeks ago and Congressman C Moore attended one ot them After listening to the discussion he prom to do all in his power at Wash ington to have the local matter glv en prompt attention c A Bock flood conservation engineer was also in attendance last week and outlined plans of procedure for the local com- headed by J F Brown This Is one of the most Important com- of the chamber and its beis hope to have the flood control matter definitely accomplished be- fore the end of the jear It Is to raise to retain flood conservation and control engineers make the of the local district and the meeting 1 has been Night Club Girl in Curfew Town ARE FATAL AND FAMILY IS IN Little Tones Baby Died at Bethesda Hospital Early Saturday CHILD'S BURNS Not Chance for Merry Christmas in Ohio Soft Coal Fields VELMA WEST AND ED WEST HUSBAND SHE KILLED Ohio girl wife shed no tears of remorse after she 35 miles to a to ty bar associations and his many friends In this city regret his crave condition He Is nn member of the Central church and was nn elder and trustee of that church He Is n leader of the Men's Bible cla.si of the Sunday school and was elected president of Men's Brotherhood of the church at Its October meeting Atty was to have presided for the fust time at the meeting of the last Tuesday evening hut was to do so because of his Illness W H and his HI hold a meeting next week bly Tuesday for the purpose pi taking action ou the decision of General E C Turner in re- rard to the Monroe street Ion The decision was received by clarence Crossland this and since then city ave been studying the brief as they hro of the opinion that some hole may exist through which they share a portion of the cost with City Solicitor Thad Thompson Is the statement closely and HI as advisor to the major In my action which might bo taken It s said that the Is more of an opinion of the attorney general than v final statement Turner being ought because he waa not directly as we both the prosecuting and city solicitor means of securing this amount After the survey Mils been made and outlined the engineers plans will be formulated to secure federal aid to promote the project Tho idea of flood control embodies the widening of rivers deepening of channels of some and various other phases which though they do not eliminate floods the flood stage such that no disastrous inundations It would still be possible for floods to In P-e lowlands after the con- servation program had been com- but the waters would not at- tain the heights that have meant wide-spread disaster here in tho past America is planning a vast program of flood control and the Zanesville conservation district hopes to be In- cluded In the list of regions first con- for federal aid Family is Destitute and People Are Asked to Help The relentless hand of death today enveloped the tiny body of little Grace Marie Jones daughter of Mr and Mrs John A Jones and the Infant died at Bethesda hospital shortly before 3 o'clock Saturday morning from burns sustained earlier in the week when the Jones home on Dayton nue was consumed by fire and the tamily left destitute The bain's death bad been expected since the In which it vuu burned as it lay on its bed with the bed clothing a mass of flames The of the Infant was removed to the Dean parlors service be held at 4 o'clock llev VV B Miot be made In Greenwood Mis Jones mother of the infant who was badly burned when she tiled to rescue her baby is still in a critical condition at the hospital though her is expected by physicians in attendance Everything that belonged to the Pittsburgh largest coal mining companies In Western de- Secretary of Labor James 1 Davis invitation to Join In a conference representatives of I lie United Mine Workers of erica to end the bituminous coal strike Inasmuch as It is against these two companies that the United Mine Workers directed ita campaign for of mines which have been operated on the open shop plan smco the Jacksonville wage ment expired the Davis conference appeared destined to fail The Pittsburgh Coal company st bituminous mining concern in pany the world replied first to Secretary Davis through J D A Morrow its president Economic changes IB the coal business In this section necessary to the welfare of operator and miners alike are now far ad- Morrow wired These changes are In the public Inter- est There is not public need to Justify Interference by the government with the al readjustments Horace P Baker head of the burgh Terminal coal corporation also wired the refusal or his firm to enter the parley after conferring with of- of the Pittsburgh Coal Com- of Labor Davis Tries l to Arrange Joint Meeting Washington Dec 10 P famous endeavor of Henry For get the boys out of the trenche by Secretary of Labo James J Davis today launched a to obtain peace in the bltu minous industry by Christmas Jo this end be Invited League of Nations Admirably Poland and Lithuania at Peace Now Geneva Dec Threats of nar Poland and Lithuania over the status of were dissipated this morning during a short ret session of the League of tions council attended In shal premier Poland and Premier of Fire Chief Rallied During Friday Night Suffered Two S t r o k e s About Noon Friday Fire Thief IV Hal Tanner Ridge avenue who suffered strokes of apoplexy at the tral fire station Sixth street morning Is slightly Improved at hospital Tanner appeared in usual health whilo on duty Friday morning and the first stroke when called Premier is leav inn for to the telephone at 10 55 o'clock Warsaw this afternoon entrusting to i nr on duty rushed to his Foreign Minister Zaleskl the task of working out the details of the ment Dramatic agreement sistance and ho was taken to the Incidents preceded it was reliably reported Shortly after the first stroke he the suffered another The first stroke Jones family with the exception of tho clothing worn was destroyed by the flames which burned their tle home in West View to the They were left destitute after the blaze The LO has started a campaign to raise money for them to attempt to begin life anew although it must be death this morning dealt added row to the already grief family Zanesville people have been con- tributing generously to the fund and are giving all the money possible to help make their Christmas this as happy as possible the Vessels Are at Mercy of Terrific Waves Cannot Tell How Many Are Adrift us mark the season for the Jones appeal for money has met with hearty response and the fund with by Howard E Mercer auditor The Publishing Co throughout the It was reported to the Welfare organization Mr Jones father of die little has been sleeping on the at father's home since the disastrous fire and efforts MCrc being made by organization to n tot and whatever other relief possible before nightfall The complete list of donations to ho Jones family made up until noon follows Ate Marie Mich Dec 10 the crew of one wrecked lake steamer already safe being made today to rescue the of two other disabled vessels which have been at the mercy of lashing gales and mountainous waves for tlie lasl to -18 hours A fourth vessel the steamer tian of the Canadian steamship lines with a crew of 35 was reported 15 miles from Port Arthur on Hare island inside Thunder Cape Although details are lacking It is believed the ship Is In a perilous condition After plunging through heavy sen at full speed ahead the U S coa guard Crawford from Two Minn was be searching the coast off the north shore tip of Ke Point in Lato Superior fo the steamer and crew of 35 Tho tug Is wind and ice in an attempt to reac the steamer Agawa and Its crew o operators of western and central Pennsylvania north- ern West Virginia and Ohio and of the United Mine ers to meet here on Dec 13 for a frank discussion of problems the mining Industry with the object of bringing about If possible a satisfactory and peaceful situation Davis pointed out in nls invitation that the conference was called with the knowledge ol He expressed the belief that the meeting may witness a decided step in the direction of peace In the 61- Industry by so hat the holidays may see a situation n soft coal mining satisfactory not only to operators and miners but to In general in all the districts that have been affected by existing I am sanguine that the ince I have will result In Searing up a situation that aused much suffering by Innocent and Is rapidly becoming rable Davis said We all know that the people of the United States are ly willing to pay a price for their coal that will yield a good profit and a good wage but In return for the price they want their coal In a dependable and un- broken supply and without the present and tions In price that constantly Disturb American I believe tho American people are willing and anxious to see the coal mining industry properly organized and brought up to the standards of efficiency maintained in all the er great Industries hat Tho fact that the city will not ex- for a new bridge has dally by a number of city officials nnd It Is probable now bridge will not he built tho city undertake tho repair the bridge which has been con- ined by engineers the structure bo closed for some until Rio raises tho necessary fund Jar as no appropriations enough have been made for s year The mayor's estimate for 1928 not Include wm covering so large an expense Tho statement Issued Saturday morning regarding Mrs Del request for help securing bond for her husband's release from the ty Jail was not intended to cast any doubt upon the headline which in Friday evening's issue of The Signal nor the truthfulness of tho story that the woman did ask certain charitable societies to assist In furnishing bond for her Miss Editha Dann executive tary of the Welfare organisation stated Saturday No mention was made of the children In Friday's ment and it Is said they arc well provided for through the courtesy of relatives and friends Tho Home Savings Co filed a money suit against In common picas court Friday tho being the city of ville county G Curtis Motor Co Nash Co Verna Owens and Richard Faithful FORTY AUTOS IN GARAGE BURNED DAMAGE Mt Vernou O Dec of undetermined which razed the C M Thorpe gainge here last night and destroyed about 40 automobiles caused losses totaling cording to estimates of the owners today in the corridors of the League of tions palace at lie opening of the session Marshal who sat at one end of the horseshoe table and addressing self to Premier who snt at tlie opposite end of the ble What do von want peace or It is time for vou to de- cide Answer Premier was flustered but replied after slight hesitation My country wants pence Then there is nothing more I can do responded Marshal My Foreign Minister M Zaleskl and the league can handle the secondary j and minor points I shall return to Poland and order a Te Deum sung in all our churches The agreement reached was re- ported based on the following his right side below the hips and the second his left side After the second stroke Tanne lapsed into unconsciousness but re vived at the hospital during the af His condition remained un- decided until when it took 2500 late Friday evening a turn for the better Reports from the hospital give his condition as proved slightly The sudden Illness of Chief ner came as a distinct shock to his many friends His condition has caused great anxiety In this city Tanner has been head of thr Zanesville fire department for the past 30 jears He was pointed to that position In 1897 by the late Major and has served efficiently slate that time Prior to lib ment as chief he was a member of the department for about a year under elrc Chief 22 wrecked oil Advance Point nea nri Island In Lake Huron i men the crew of th Reported 00 steamer E W reached shor In open boats after the vessel wen on the rocks at Shot Point in Lak Supei lor Varied reports and lack of reports make it impossible according to men to estimate how many ships axe in trouble on the lakes It is known a large number of vessels are out for their last trip of the Mrs M M Granger in oil A Friend Richard Henry Mercer 50 Mrs Geo W 00 Mr and Mrs Albert Price McConnelsville 2 00 James A Berry and family Pleasant Valley P A B Sam Lipsky Henry Roekel 100 500 1 00 1 00 Tho plaintiff seeks Judgment in the sum of from and Curtis while the other defendants have liens on certain property Teh suit the money is due on a note Residents of the town formed a bucket brigade and prevented the blaze from spreading Fire trucks from Mt Alexandria and were lushed to the scene but could give but little assistance An attempt to pump water from a by creek also failed Most of the destroyed belonged to dents of and that ity FLAPPER WIDOW IS NOT AT FUNERAL OF MURDERED HUSBAND STRICKEN WHILE HE'S DRIVING CAR Toledo O Dec 10 H 62 commercial photographer was dead today following a sudden fibout nil tho dictating B get awny with nowadays Is i tbe to CHICAGO FIREMEN IN BATTLE WITH TERRIFIC BLAZE Chicago Doc of Chicago's was being employed this morning to com- bat a fire raging In the of the Edward Lumber company here Approximately feet oJ lumber have been destroyed Firemen are fighting to keep the blaze from to nearby heart attack while he waa driving his automobile last night wife who also In tho machine was unable to stop the car after he The car was moving y and Mrs Burkholder stepped ou Just before the car crashed into tree Burkholder was dead on ing a hospital TOO COLD FOR EM TO TAKE THEIR DIP Mingo Junction O Dec Six of the right members of the Polar nn tion which requires n dally dip In the Ohio river have reneged during tbe frigid temperatures of the last days THO hers were still In good standing today however They are F A William O Dec Thomas West Is be- ing laid to rest at Perry Ohio this afternoon Velma West his Flapper Widow who has confessed that she beat him to death with n claw mer last will re- main In solitary confinement In the county Jail here with her I and her Modern magazines No desire has been evidenced b the young woman to attend the fu neral or to see body of the -na with whom she eloped only a yea ago according to county authorities West she declares maligned he friends and slapped her face when she threatened to leave him night At the height of a blind rage she picked up the and struck him on the head according to the confession Recanting frightened when he attempted to rise she struck him tied his hands And feet with twine and threw a blanket over the form Then she rays she washed her hands took hrr from the garage and drove thirty to Cleveland for a bridge game at the home of a girl friend She did not know however that ier husband wss dead tho slim blonde declared lust night After accompanying her mother c i shopping trip during few husband she received word that his badly battered body had been ered In the bedroom of their cottage at Perry Mrs West collapsed Questioned by authorities she stuck to her had been In Cleveland playing bridge when the murder was committed Then a simple by Sheriff did vou leave the back door tbe girlish widow broke nnd confessed Her attorney declares he can prove that West often abused her that she was III Tuesday night and that he has nn explanation of her action which would bring n favorable verdict by any Jury in thr nation It would not surprise me if Mrs West Is out on bond next the attorney Richard Bostwick declared oday Meanwhile the blonde and tvc widow remains In the little t o 00 Geo K Nichols 5 00 Frank A Bowen Mr and Mrs Ralph Lancaster Cash Union Store 5 00 Fred Lauterbach i nn I I H 11 E Crawford 2001 A Nelson w G 200 J C Moore j Harry Coleman 2 OC L Hout 300 Julia Stratman i oo Mr and Mrs J A 500 Moores and Ross Employes lo 00 Holmes 4 j oo Rebecca Woodward 50 W R Baker 500 Dolores Jean 2 00 larry T Fox i oo Lane Copland Dresden 5 00 William M Dodd 500 A D of Putnam 1000 Interest today centered In the steamer Tlie of the steamer has been shrouded since Its went out of commission night She Is wrecked off the desolate and uninhabited stretch of coast extending forty miles above tbe Eagle Harbor coast guard station DOOMED TO FAIL Pittsburgh Dec of Labor Davis peace ence for soft coal miners and ators today appeared foredoomed to failure if it materializes The Pittsburgh Coal company largest individual soft coal ing company In the will respectfully decline the proffered olive branch cording to a statement here by C K Lesher executive president of the company Horace F linker president of the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corporation In another ment indicated he might cept If the miners union will discuss something else besides the Jacksonville wage scale the focal point in the present con- MO NOT Miss Danker Printing Co A Friend A Friend E IF OE EO ENSE REIWt S Total 3203 0 jail here alone but In good ts according to officials There are o other women prisoners In the Jail t this time No one but her mother haa visited cr thus far but magazines several f them of the confession type ave been mailed to her AH the hour for her young funeral approached today she unusually chatted through ehr bars at- read her and RIOTOUS STUDENTS COMMIT OUTRAGES Berlin Dec gogues were destroyed 58 volumes of rabbinical scriptures were stolen and totaling was done by the riotous Roumanian students during anti-Jewish pogroms at Grosswardein and Klausenburg manla according to the first tic reports reaching here today RAIN OR SNOW IS TIP FOR ALL WEEK Washington Dec 10 Court House Cincinnati Dec rross examination day of Mrs Elizabeth Felix a dark cultured woman of Ala at the trial of Itemus for Hip murder of 1.00 his ulfe failed to shake 5.00 her story that the slain Mrs 5.00 whom she knew 1 00 In led a less ille and was lojal to tbe man who and killed her Mrs ot a construction contractor reiterated under a fire of questions from Defense Charles H Elston that Mrs Remu behaved herself with propriety whil Remus waa behind the prison wall in Atlanta for violation of the law witnesses have tried to show that Remus was driven Insane by his wife's alleged conduct with Franklin L Dodge the dry sleuth who had him put in Jail OHIO MINERS WILL Columbus o Dec 10 o take part in the mine conference called by Secretary of Labor at Washington next Tuesday by representatives ol Ohio Mine Workers today Ohio Miners have been ready to with the operators at anytime since the strike began last Lee Hall president of district No 6 the Ohio district of the U M W declared today The operators however have not previously agreed to such meeting We hope that Secretary Davis conference will bring about nn agreement that will end the tie-up Hall said that he Vice-President David Watkins and Secretary Q W Savage would represent Ohio union miners in the meeting He would make no statement however to what demands the Ohio miners would put forth outlook for the period December 12 to 17 Ohio Valley nnd A period of rain or snow nt the be- ginning of the week and about the middle of the week Moderate temperature of the neck Los Angeles Cal Rrc Fault and Charles n Dryer owners of Peter the a outline film had been swarded mages against Fred Accused of INDICT WITNESS Cincinnati Dec g of Los Angeles a wealthy promoter who wait a defense witness in the murder trial of Remus ar- rested today after a sealed In- was returned by the Hamilton county grand Jury is alleged to have given jured testimony when he waa on the last week TWO MEN ARE KILLED AND SIX HURT IN CRASH fa Pec men were killed and six Injured two seriously when an automobile track was struck by an engine of the branch of the Reading railway at tho crossing near here today The Injured rushed to the Sacred Heart The truck containing the eight men employes of the Phoenix Utility company and a driver was to the men win employed In building a power when the accident occurred The truck was demolished THE DEAD Thomas Ran berry 34 Middlebury Price 19 Red Rill gomery Minneapolis Dec Ing All-American fullback at the University of Minnesota and Mlw Lora E of Minneapolis have secured marriage license tbe RAIN OR SNOW Columbus O Dec ing cloudiness probably rain or snow In east and south tonight and Sunday and in ex- treme northwest Not no cold in tonight Hur
