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CONGRESS SWAMPED ON ADJOURNMENT EVE
WOOD LOSES TWO MORE STATES
MISSISSIPPI IND
SOUTH CAROLINA IN
LOWDENJMLUMN
Presidential Candidates Be
- gin Active Drive for Nomi
nation as Delegates Reach
Chicago '
CHICAGO, June 4.—Tn the con
tests coming before the Republican
natinoal committee today from the
eight districts of Mississippi, a
subcommittee rportei the proceed
ings of the Mulvihill faction to be
regular and that delegation was
seated. It is uninstructed, but is
counted among the Lowden farces.
In the South Carolina contests,
where the faction led by National
Committeeman Tolbert, of Green
wood, was opposed by a delegation
led by J. Duncan Adams, of Spar
tanburg, the committee voted to
seat the delegates-at-large of the
Tolbert delegation, which is counted
in the Lowden column.
In the contest from the First South
Carolina district, the national com
mittee voted to seat the Tolbert
delegates also.
Similar action in regard to the oth
er district was indicated.
Heavy Blow for Wood
The Tolbert-Adams contest fur
nished the committee meeting with a
half hour of vaudeville in which Tol
bert drew roars of laughter, cheers
and applause. Former Governor
Hooper, of Tennessee, presenting the
case for the Adams faction, counted
for Wood, denounced the Tolbert or
ganization as "a oligarchy” of long
standing, so repudiated by the Re
publican voters of South Carolina
that only, 1,500 ballots were cast for
Hughes in the entire state in the
presidential election of 1916.
The Adams delegation was sup
ported by Frank H. Hitchcock’s or
ganizers and aside from disputing
questions of party regularity on
.which ' the Tolbert delegation rested
Its case, made an appeal for a re
organization in the state which they
contended would bring out the Re
publican vote and up-build the
party.
Attacking the evidence presented
by the Tolbert faction, much of
which he charged was “cooked up”
Mr.e Hooper told, the committe
“there is something rotten closer to
this committee room than Denmark.”
The committee showed its support
of the Tolbert faction by frequent
bursts of applause and closed the
cstse before Hooper had finished his
argument. It was the first defeat
of importance that the Wood forces
had met in the committee delibera
tions.
In the Second district contest it
was charged that National Commit
teeman Bean, of Florida, and former
National Committeeman Bieber, of
the District of Columbia, acting as
Hitchcock organizers, were among
those who attended the convention
and organized the contest.
In the reply to the charge of a
rump convention the Adams faction
argued that its supporters were pre
vented by physical force from leav
ing the hall by the doors and went
out the windows.
"Did Mr. Bean 'and Mr. Bieber go
eut the windows?” asked a commit
teeman. The answer was drowned in
a roar of laughter and’ ayes as the
committee voted to seat the Tolbert
delegate.
The committee wound up the South
Carolina contest by voting to seat
all 'the delegates of the Tolbert fac
tion, counted for Lowden, both at
large nad in all seven districts.
Lines of action among the Repub
lican presidential candidates are be
ginning for the first time today to
come out of the nebulous atmosphere
of the preliminary period and move
toward definite form.
Candidates Active
The arrival of Senator Johnson to
take personal charge of his candidacy
and the agreement among Wood lead
ers to have Frank H. Hitchcock act
as their field marshal, are the two
outstanding developments which In
dicate that within the next forty
eight hours the situation among the
Republicans will move into the stage
where the leaders will begin to do
business.
Up until today none of the con
vention forces had reached the stage
where one manager was prepared to
determined upon a line of action with
any degree of certainty of what
might be expected ffom his oppon
ents. But the soundings which have
been taken during the last day or
two, coupled with the approach of
the convention itself have advanced
to the point where, as the politicians
eay, things are about ready to move.
The Wood forces profess to be
well satisfied with the arrangements
within their own ranks and lay em
phasis on the statement that the
hopes of their opponents for a con
test of leadership between William
Cooper Procter and Mr. Hitchcock,
have gone-aglimmering. Mr. Procter,
they say, will continue in his pres
ent capacity with the Wood forces
and the present agreement to have
Mr. Hitchcock act as generalissimo
of the forces on the convention floor
was unanimous and agreeable all
around.
Delegates Arriving
After five days of sporadic activity
and Jockeying, things are beginning
(Continued on Page 6, Column 5)
CONFERENCE CALLED
PRESIDENT DE
UNION ON MONDAY
-
Has Left Chicago for City.
Strike Apparently Is at an
End Here —Cox Succeeds
Vice President Nelson
According to press dispatches from
Chicago, E. H. Fitzgerald, grand
president of the Brotherhood of Rail
way Clerks, left Chicago Friday for’
Atlanta to investigate the various
walkouts of clerks on southern rail
roads, which he has declared as il-.
legal in various telegrams this week,
thus contradicting the position of J.
W. Nelson, vice grand president of
the organization, who has upheld the
clerks as grand lodge- officer In
charge here. \
Mr. Fitzgerald, who is reported as
having notified all general chairmen
of the brotherhoods in the southeast
to urge striking clerks to return to
work, has called a general meeting
of the union officials for next Mon
day in Atlanta. J. C. Cox, of Ports
mouth. Va., a director of the national
brotherhood, was given temporary
charge of the situation, replacing
Vice President Nelson, according to
dispatches.
Mr. Cox, it is stated at union head
quarters, after spending several days
in Atlanta this week attending a
meeting of the advisory board of the
Seaboard Air Line brotherhood, has
returned to Portsmouth., At the
meeting mentioned an embargo plac
ed some time ago by clerks
against shipments from the Central
of Georgia road was lifted.
The case of the clerks’ brotherhood,
which represents 500,000 employes
throughout the country, was repre
sented to the railway labor board in
Chicago this week, Mr. Fitzgerald is
quoted as stating.
In Atlanta, clerks of only two
roads of the seven once involved are
still out. A majority of Southern
railway employes have not returned,
although their jobs are open and
a number of the men began to re
sume their posts Thursday and Fri
day. The Central of Georgia has
practically rebuilt its clerical force
since the strike began on that line
nearly three weeks ago. A number
of old clerks have returned and the
management has expressed the inten
tion of taking care of as many more
as possible. A considerqjile number
of places have been filled perma
nently, however.
Every clerk who walked out was
back at work at ths Atlanta Joiht
Terminals Friday, officials stated.
The Terminals represent the Geor
gia railroad, the Atlanta and West
Point railroad and the Louisville and
Nashville railroad. The movement
of freight here and at the Central
is now proceeding normally. Marked
improvement was reported at the
Southern railroad, where carload
consignments only could he handled
several. days ago. An increasingly
large volume of all classes of freight
was being handled, it was said.
Another of the various telegrams
from the grand president of the
clerks’ brotherhood, declaring the
strike illegal, reached the general
manager’s office of the Southern rail
road Thursday. These messages be
gan tb arrive here early in the week,
but Vice Grand President Nelson, in
charge of the situation for the clerks,
has so far refused to admit their
authenticity. The message to the
Southern railroad follows:
“I am sending the following tele
gram to W. P. Allen, district chair
man of the* Southern railway broth
erhood:
“On account of extraordinary con
ditions I am appealing to you to in
sist on your membership at Atlanta
of Southern railway to return to
work. The strike in which they are
participating is unauthorized and il
legal and is jeopardizing our case be
fore the railroad labor board and is
putting our organization in a very
embarrassing position. Kindly do
your utmost to protect the integrity
of our organization and live up to
the terms of the national agree
ment.” »
E. H. FITZGERALD,
“Grand President.”
"If our men want to come back to
work we will be glad to have them,”
said W. W. Waites, superintendent
of terminals at the Southern, Friday
morning. "We don’t intend to hire
anybody else for a few days.”
Press dispatches from Fitzgerald,
Ga., and Tampa, Fla.. Friday morn
ing stated that the sympathetic
strike in effect at these cities had
been called off and that the clerks
were back, at work.
Johnson and McAdoo
Favorites in Betting
Along Wall Street
NEW YORK, June 4. —Senator sei
ram Johnson was favored for the Re
publican nomination in betting in
Wall street today. Even money was
being wagered thta Johnson would
be the choice of the convention. So
far only amounts ranging from SIOO
to SSOO were reported as being bet.
Odds on General Leonard Wood’s
chances for nomination were report
ed as 2 to 1 against his selection.
Eight to five was quoted against
Lowden's nomination; 4 to 1 against
Hoover an,d 15 to 1 against Coolidge.
Dark/horses found takers at odds
ranging from 10 to 1 to 15 to 1.
Little interest has been manifest
ed up to the present time in Demo
cratic candidates. McAdoo appeared
to be the favorite today with odds at
six to five against his nomination.
Seven to five was quoted against
Governor Edwards.
ADJOURNMENT OF
CONGRESS SEEN JS
BLDWTOG- °' r
Lawrence Says Republicans
Have Played Into Hands of
White House by Leaving-
National Capital
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
(Copyright, 1920, for The Atlanta Journal.)
WASHINGTON, June 4.—Whether
or not the Republican party in con
trol of both houses of congress has
made a mistake in deciding to ad
journ for the remainder of the sum
mer and autumn and leaving un
touched plenty of measures which
were recommended for passage by
the executive, is something that will
be threshed out in the political cam
paign, but certainly the Republicans
have played into the hands of the
White House in betaking themselves
from the national capital and leav
ing the president free from embar
rassing resolutions and so-called
“pop-gun” bills, as proposals are
called that are merely put up to a
president to be vetoed. >
Mr. Wilson is never happy with
congress in session and the depar
ture of even the two houses when
the Democrats were in control occa
sioned sighs of relief at the White
House. But this time the Repub
licans have kept up a constant .bom
bardment, either by investigations
through scores of committees or vex
ing resolutions of inquiry about mat
ters of foreign policy. Mr. Wilson
will certainly not call congress into
special session unless some “grave
emergency” arjses, so Washington
will be free from congressional ac
tivity until next December.
From a publicity viewpoint, the
Republicans are not pursuing the
same tactics as they did in the last
elections in 1918. . Then it was de
cided, that the halls of congress
afforded a better forum than the
cities and towns themselves. Os
course, a speech in congress denounc
ing something or exposing some move
on the part of the opposing politi
cal party is privileged and is bound
to attract more attention than the
usual run of campagin speeches.
There were more chances for the
Republicans to keep their Democratic
colleagues on the jump by remaining
in session than by adjourning.
Democratic Preparations
The Democrats are preparing, on
the other hand, to go before the coun
try with a catalog of public busi
ness left undone, the principal item
of which is the treaty of Versailles.
Congress departs with the country In
a state of war so far as international
relations are concerned.
The Republicans, nevertheless, be
lieve they can best use their time
and energies out in the country em
phasizing the arbitrary tactics of
the executive as the reason for the
continuance of a state of war. They
will insist that nothing constructive
along the lines of Republican doc
trine could be accomplished with a
Democratic president in possession
of the veto power and that the only
remedy lies in the election of a Re
publican so that the party may be
in complete and harmonious control
of all branches of the government.
The decision to adjourn was not
without embarrassment to the Repub
licans whose membership in the sen
ate is taking on more and more a
definite cleavage between conserva
tives and radicals. , The latter are
in the minority but they can always
combine with the Democrats and
cause trouble. Radical Republicans,
for instance, wanted congress to
stay in session and take steps to
curb profiteering and keep on in
vestigating campaign expenditures.
Campaign on in Earnest
The Democrats are anxious to have
the campaign under perpetual in
vestigation believing that the bulk
of the funds have been collected or
will be collected by the Republicans.
But the conservative Republicans
have had enough troubles with their
radical minority. Senator Lodge has
had his hands full from the begin
ning keeping the Republican party
togeth • in the senate. Considering
the fact that he has had only a mar
gin of two or three votes to deal
with, the Massachusetts leader can
look retrospectively with a good deal
of satisfaction, for in most instances
he kept the party together.
To have stayed in session, it was
contended by some conservatives,
might have meant a loss of control
by Senator Lodge of his leadership
for if the radical Republicans should
be disappointed by the Republican
national convention either in the se
lection of a candidate or the draft
ing of the various planks of the party
platform, the capacity of the radical
Republicans for political mischief in
side the ranks is less with congress
in adjournment than in session.
Taken all in all, the adjournment
of congress means that both parties
have suspended public business for
the next six months and that the
presidential and congressional cam
paign of 1920, has begun in earnest.
American foreign policy remains un
defined until the outcome of the
November elections is known. Do
mestic legislation, especially the
much-talkd-of changes in the tax
laws and the much-mooted soldier
bonus, have all been lost in the
shuffle. Both parties confidently go
forth to decide the deadlock which
has existed since November, 191 S,
between the executive and legislative
| branches of our government.
ATLANTA, GA., SATUDAY, JUNE 5, 1920.
Girl Made High
Official of Bank
CLARA PORTER /
NEW YORK.—Miss Clara Por
ter is assistant secretary of the
conservative Guaranty Trust com
pany. She was promoted to this
position after only two and a half
years with the bank. She estab
lished a bank record m that time
for selling stocks and bonds.
PALMER BRANDS
LAWYERS’ REPORT
ON REDS AS FALSE
WASHINGTON, June 4.—Describ
ing as utterly false charges con
tained in a report of a commithtee of
lawyers to the National Popular Gov
ernment league relative to the treat
ment of arrested aliens by the de
partment of justice, Attorney General
Palmer today called on Felix Frank
furter, of Cambridge, Mass., one of
the signers of the report, to retract
them.
Mr. Palmer telegraphed Mr. Frank
furter in reply to a telegram from
him and Zachariah Chafee, Jr., of
Cambridge, asking the attorney gen
eral whether he was disposed to pro
hibit arrested aliens from having le
gal counsel.
“I am just now in receipt of the
telegram signed by you and Zacha
riah Chafee, Jr.,” the attorney gener
al’s telegram said. “I have not crit
icized you or any other lawyer for
appearing as .counsel for aliens in de
portation cases in any proceedings,
either before the department of labor
or in court. My criticism was direct
ed against the fiction of yourself and
other lawyers whose names were at
tached to a statement filed with the
house of representatives on rules ana
given wide publicity in the country,
making utterly false charges against
the department of justice and the at
torney general.
“These charges had as their only
foundation statements made by aliens
after their arrests, which were pal
pably false upon their face and the
allegations of which, as you know,
were denied by th© responsible sworn
officers of the government whose con
duct these aliens sought to impeach.
These government officers are re
sponsible American citizens of high
character and unquestioned veracity,
whose testimony is entitled to be be
lieved. Some of the aliens them
selves have since denied the very
statements which your committee
filed. Your apparent willingness to
believe these statements made by
alien anarchists when facing deporta
tion in preference to the testimony
of sworn officers of the government,
whose only motive is the performance
of duty, indicates some other desire
on your part than just administration
of the law.
“I produced before the committee
on rules of the house of representa
tives conclusive proof of the falsity
of these charges. Confronted by
proof of the undoubted falsity of
these charges you owe it to yourself
as well as to the department of jus
tice to publicly retract them.”
Senator Smith Urges
More Pay for Soldiers
In Vocational Training
(The Atlanta Journal News Bureau,
623 Riggs Building.)
BY THEODORE TIX.LEB
WASHINGTON, June 4. —Making
an appeal in behalf of the disabled
ex-service men, Senator Hoke Smith
Thursday again urged .the. pasasge
by the senate of the bill granting to
the soldiers and sailors taking voca
tional rehabilitation training, an in
crease in compensation of $20.00 per
month. The bill provides that those
with dependents shall receive $120.00
per month and those without depend
ents SIOO per month, instead of the
SBO, which they are, at present, re
ceiving.
Senator Smith produced figures to
show that the present scale of com
pensation was inadequate- and said:
“I maintain that the soldier who
was injured and thereby made unable
to earn a livelihood or to earn what
he could have earned before, is en
titled from the balance of us who
stayed at home to have made up to
him his financial losses. If we make
a man go to the front and fight our
battles,* and he is shot or cut or
otherwise wounded, we can not afford
to question the proposition that we
ought, as far as money goes, to make
him whole.”
W LAW REPEAL.
PASSED BE HOUSE.
IS BEFORE SENATE
Committee Reports It With
out Amendment and
Chances Favor Final Pas
sage Before Adjournment
WASHINGTON, June’ 4.—Without
amendment the senate judiciary com
mittee today reported out the house
joint resolution providing for the re
peal of all war legislation except
the Lever food control and the trad
ing with the enemy act.
Leaders believed its passage could
be brought about before adjournment
Saturday. K
The house adopted the resolution
yesterday almost unanimously.
On the roll-call, however, only
three Democrats opposed the resolu
tion., They were Representatives
Sims and Garrett, Tennessee, and
Welling, Utah.
‘ Though supporting the resolution,
Democrats protested against continu
ing in force the Lever act and ex
pressed doubt whether the repeal bill
as drafted cdvered all war legisla
tion, particularly the espionage act.
Representative Walsh, Republican,
Massachusetts, in charge of the re
peal resolution, replying to the ex
pressed doubts of the Democrats, said
that all war laws, excepting the two
specifically mentioned by the resolu
tion and the Liberty and Victory loan
acts, would be repealed by the meas
ure. Continuance of the Lever act,
Mr. Walsh declared, was necessary
so that the government would have
a law to punish profiteering, in food,
clothing and other necessities.
Representative Igoe, Democrat,
Missouri, charged the Republicans
wished to continue the Lever law be
cause it is “favored by certain in
terests as effective anti-strike legis
lation.”
FIVE PROTESTANT
BODIES APPROVE
WORLD MOVEMENT
Five of the great bodies of Ameri
can Protestantism, meeting in gen
eral session, have given approval to
the proposed policy of the Inter
church World Movement for the com
ing year, according to a statement
given out Friday at the headquarters
of the southeastern division of the
movement in Atlanta.
Dr. Will W. Alexander, the divis
ional director, who issued the state
ment, calls attention to the fact that
in the past the movement has de
pended upon the indorsement and co
operation of the various churfch
boards and agencies for its existence;
but now, for th£ first time, the seal
of the highest governing bodies of
entire denominations have given it
approval and the future organization
and progress of its work is definitely
assured.
Contrary to previous statements
issued from Philadelphia during the
meeting of the general assembly of
the Presbyterian church in the U. S.
A., the northern Presbyterian body
has voted to continue its co-operation
in the movement.
The general conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church, meeting
at Des Moines, lowa, indorsed the re
organization plans of the general
committee as did the Reformed
church. Similar approval was voted
by the Methodist Protestant body
at Greensboro, N. C.
In tl>e south the Presbyterian
Church in the United States, in its
general assembly at Charlotte, adopt-
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FMIIK L POLK OUITS
JS UNDER SECRETARY
OFSTATEONJUNEIS
Norman Davis, Assistant
Secretary of Treasury ( Is
Prominently Mentioned as
His Successor
WASHINGTON, June 4.—Frank L.
Polk today resigned as under secre
tary of the state, and his resigna
tion was accepted by President Wil
son.
Mr. Polk’s resignation will take
effect June /5 and he will leave
Washington to take a rest before re
turning to the practice of law in
New York City. His successor has
not yet been selected, but the name
of Norman Davis, of Tullahoma,
Tenn., now an assistant secretary of
the treasury, has been prominently
mentioned in connection with the of
fice.
The under secretary’s letter of
resigpation was not made public,
but the president’s reply was given
out at the White House. It said:
“My Dear Polk:
“The argument of necessity jon ac
count of your health in the matter
of your retirement is one which I
am estopped from answering og com
bating. I feel that I have in con
science and warm friendship no
choice but to accept your resignation,
though I do so with the utmost re
luctance and wish again to express
the admiration I have felt for the de
voted and intelligent way in which
you have performed your duties in
the’ department. We shall all miss
you very sadly, and the public serv
ice will be poorer on account of your
loss. With the warmest good wishes.”
Mr. Polk’s letter of resignation
later was made public, at the state
department.
“As you know,” it said, “it has
been my intention to retire for over
a yeafr owing to the fact that it is
necessary for me to take a complete
rest, and, although I feel I have
no choice under the circumstances,
it is only with the greatest reluctance
that I take this step. I have thor
oughly enjoyed my work in the de
partment of state and I shall always
be profoundly grateful that I had
the privilege of serving in your ad
ministration during the last five stir
ring years and had the opportunity
here and abroad td try to help in a
small way to carry out the great
principles for which you stand.”
Peace Treaty With
Hungary Signed at
Versailles Friday
VERSAILLES, June 4.—(By the
Associated Press.) —The treaty of
peace with Hungary was signed in
the Grand Trianon Palace here at
4;25 o’clock this afternoon.
The Hungarian treaty was the first
of the treaties framed by the peace
conference to be signed/ ahead of
time. , 7
ed the majority report of its special
committee giving its approval of the
movement and offering continued co
operation. The general mission
board of the Southern Methodist
Church had previously reaffirmed its
indorsement and its determination to
continue the utilization of Inter
church agencies.
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SENATE AND HOUSE
■KING BO TO
FINISH_BUSINESS
Several Appropriation Bills
to Be Passed Before Sat
urday Night Armenian
Resolution to Go-Through
WASHINGTON, June 4.—With
conference reports on several impor
tant measures and a .mass of routine
legislation remaining to be disposed
of, both the senate and house, after
long night sessions, were making ev
ery effort today to finish their pro
gram by Saturday, when congress
will adjourn.
In Xhe senate, which remained in
session until after 2 o’clock this
morning to pass the third deficiency
bill carrying appropriations of $58,-
467,000, or $5,000,000 more than the
house bill, the conference report on
the merchant marine bill was made
the unfinished business to be taken
up at 11 o'clock. Several appropria
tion bills also were yet to be ap
proved.
A similar program was before the
house, in addition to which leaders
in that branch expected to consider
the senate resolution refusing the au
thority asked by President Wilson
for a mandate over Armenia. Pas
sage of the resolution was said to
be assured, although Democrats ex
pressed hope that the vote would
not be as decisive as that in the sen
ate.
The merchant marine bill was be
fore the house yesterday but was
sent back to conference because it
was held the conferees had exceeded
their authority in making several
changes. These were eliminated by
the conferees last night and the
measure was expected to meet little
opposition when again presented to
day, which will be after the senate
has acted.
The senate today accepted the con
ference report by a vote of 45 to 14.
The bill outlines for the United
States shipping board a general pol
icy for sale of war-built ships to
private American interests insofar as
it is possible in the board’s opinion
to find American purchasers.
MANY CITIES SEEK
HEADQUARTERS
OF COTTON BODY
The conference of the national
finance and executive committees of
the American Cotton association
acme to a close Thursday, after a
short business session held during
the morning.
It was announced that a commit
tee from the Georgia division of the
association would hold a meeting
with Atlanta business men some
time in the course of the next ten
days to discuss plans of the as
sociation.
Colonel William L- .Peel told the
association that he was positive that
Atlanta’s business Interests were be
hin dthe association and that he was
certain that Atlanta would back
them up.
Telegrams from various cities in
the south, as wel las Boston, New
York, Balaimore and Norfolk were
received by the association, offering
their cities as permanent headquar
ters of the national association, and
also pledging financial assistance.
Columbia, S. S., and Augusta, Ga.,
specially urged that the association
consider their cities as logical na
tional headquarters.
The matter of selecting a perma
nent headquarters was postponed un
till a later date and will for the
present be continued in Atlanta.
Harvie Jordan, of Atlanta, was re
elected secretary of the association,
while Joe McCab, of St. Mathews,
S. C., was named assistant secretary.
Miss Helen Campbell, of Atlanta,
was named treasurer, while B. F.
McLeod, of Charleston, S. C., was
elected chairman of the finance com
mittee to have charge o fall finances.
Thomas A. Shackelford, of Athens,
was chosen national attorney, with
headquarters in Washington, D. C.,
while each state organisation was
empowered to appoint two delegates
to attend a conference in Washing
ton with the New England spinners,
the southern spinners and representa
tives of spinners from abroad.
The conference decided to postpone
the election of a second vice presi
dent and general manager, and named
a committee to visit the various busi
ness centers of the country and in
vestigate several men whose names
were placed before. the conference.
The business manager of the associa
tion will have entire charge of the
business end of the body and will
be selected from among the out
standing business men of the coun
try.
Mrs. Pearl O’Dell Is
Found Guilty, Sentenced
From 20 Years to Life
ROCHESTER. N. Y„ June 4.—A
verdict of guilty of murder in the
second degree was returned against
Mrs. Pearl Odell in the supreme court
at midnight.
Sentence of from twenty years to
life imprisonment in Auburn prison
immediately was pronounced by
Judge Robert H. Thompson.
Mrs. Odell Was charged with as
sisting her husband. James Odell,
in the murder of Edward J. Kneip,
January 6.
She testified that Kneip after be
traying and refusing to marry her,
later threatened to expose her rela
tions with him to her husband.
Odell, convicted of murder in the
first degree, fs awaiting execution in
Sing Sing,