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May H-' 1 "' - 21.:;2 De- H Is ! ’ AN M ERRED H f>iven lietter BB a— Tnr from ' walls. |Hr ari n tlie open B - • "fitted bv IHr ° n thr. ... Bic ith more '! 1 dues of the form. BB the H N-w York B.a i . ' ir..-ferred to serve the ■ tls M-l- f for " n y««ar H -aieu . L ’- V ' i:i " oat H- bdi" pnrtv. yj -'-'h-eds of un ■ WM..V Saturday |H'l>,A,b ''"lit Sale *4. - ■ > ” big store BB m .. -’A rised to a | ■I for H l -.';.. . Aioim Meets. HC;"' -dNS,_ j, ri ; meetings m \V, h ; MUg mem* e], , (i ’ da election Qf , "la eonven |n A K'i;r. THE CONCORD TIMES J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher WILLIS TIL GETS UNDERWAY AND JURY IS QUICKLY NAMED Less Than Two Hours Re quired for Selection Os Jury In Famous Trial At Greenville, S. C. i MRS. WILLIS IS ► ONE DEFENDENT She and Henry S. Town send Plead Not Guilty to Charge Os Slaying Sher iff Sam D. Willis. Greenville, S. G. t Aug. 25. — (A 3 )— Mrs. Ethel Will's ajid Henry S. Town-- send went to trial today* for the mur der on Jud 12th 'of Sheriff Sum D. Willis, the former’s husband. Jury Chosen. , Greenville, S. C., x\ug. 25.— OP) —A jury to try Mrs. Ethel Willis, and cm •- Chief Deputy Sheriff Henry S. Townsend, on trial for murder in con nection with the mysterious shooting June 12th of Sheriff Sam D. Willrs. husband of the woman on trial, was chosen in lessjthan two hours today. Only 35 talesmen were called before the jury box was tilled. Sheriff Willis was found shot to death near a garage of Mils home. Townsend was arrested a few days later, and soon thereafter Mrs. Wiliis was taken into custody. Under State law both were required to plead “not guilty.” The jury: C. S. Chandler, J. W. McAllister, garage man; J. D. Bart lett, clerk; Jack Flynn, farmer; W. ITeatie Smith, railroad conductor; Z. C. Grier, business man; A. Bomar, farmer; J. S. Ashmore, farmer; J. W. Flynn, farmer; Robert McCaulay. farmer; Lector E. Poole, business man, and R. T. Moore, farmer. The court recessed until 3 o’clock this afternoon. GRAHAM TRIAL WILL BE STARTED TODAY Xegro Being Tried .for Murder for Slaying of Captain Paul W. John son. Raeford, N. C.. Aug. 25.— UP) —Trial of Hector Graham-, negro, accused slayer of Captain Taul W, Johnson. Raeford, two weeks ago, was expected to get underway some time today as the selection of a jury frow*the specia venire of 75 Scotland County men be gan when court convened. Graha’m is alleged to have shot Johnson, prominent Hoke county resi dent and son of former congressman, to deaths He surrendered to county officiate days after the killing, after having been the object of a man hunt extending over parts of two bounties, in which several score citi zens and officials took part. Although feeling was high, the negro returned here yesterday from state prison. Raleigh, where he had been taken for safe keeping after his sur render, was quiet, and there have been no demonstrations. Fur Skirts Popular. Taris, August 14. —Fur skirts, originally launched by Paul Poiret. have caught the fancy of other dress makers. Among the early showings Paul Caret takes up the fur skirt idea and develops it with a short straight coat banded with fur. Some times there are inserts of cloth in the Caret fur skirt. Short haired, soft skinned furs are used for the models which are usually slightly circular in form. Cloth blouses, -worn with them, come to a low waistline, giving a narrow hip effect. Twelve Killed in Wreck. London, Aug. 25. — UP)—— Twelve per sons were killed, 48 injured, 24 of the latter seriously, in a wreck of a Southern Railway train last evening, an official revision of casualties showed today. Four bodies were still uni dentified tb ; s afternoon. Among the slightly injured were Lord and Lady Lewisham, both of whom suffered cuts on their legs They were able to leav<? the hospital after treatment. v Cotton on the local market today is quoted at 21 cents per pound. STOCK MARKET REPORT. Reported by Fenner and Beane. (Quotations at 1:30 P. M.) Atchison *k{7 American Tobacco B / - Ameriean Smelting ‘ American Locomotive - Atlantic Coast Line Allied Chemical American T & T. American Can Baldwin Locomotive XnrX Baltimore & Ohio Bangor * Amewcan Brown * ' Bethlehem Steeh Chesapeake & Ohio 'J., Corn Products Chrysler oni DuPont Fleishman * 1 01/ Frisco General Motors loes^ General Electric • Hudson Int. Tel ™ T 2 Kennecott Copper Liggett & Myers B Mack Truck 2 Missouri-Pacific ' ' l 7? Stand. Oil of New York New' York Central Pan American B Rock Island It. J. Reynolds ' i, ? Southern-Pacific qqs/ Stand. Oil of New Jersey 1 Southern Railway Stude baker ioo-w K S. Steel Western May land —— _ PROCLAIMING A FIVE-YEAR-OLD BOY KING OF RUMANIA A b°y is King of B u ra a n a me. Picture shows the proclamation. The “King,” Michael, is seated at tjie left, a little in doubt as to what the whole business is. In tKfe centre may be seen Prince Nicholas and the Patriarch of the Rumanian Church announcing Michael as King and themselves as Regents. Behind them is the Cabinet: to the right are the generals of Rumanian Aymy. * ’ - . • PLAY PAW CRtiEK TODAY. The American Legion. leam this afternoon at 3 :30 o’clock is sched uled to meet the Kendall Mills clubs at Webb field. On the last two visits to Concord the Ken dall club (Paw Creek) has been de feated. George (Lefty) Smith, it is believed, will hurl for the vis itors while Howard Lawson will take the mound for the doughboys. It te understood that a Detroit scout will be here to lok otfer the Paw Creek southpaw. DIRECTOR OF BUDGET DISAGREES WITH DURHAM Burke Says Budget Bureau Shall De termine Travelling Expenses. Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Aug. 25.—“1 don’t care i what sort of a letter Auditor Durham has sent out,” stated E. T. Burke, act ting director of the budget bureau, when informed today that Baxter Dur ham, state auditor, has notified heads of departments, and written to Gov ernor McLean stating that he would not comply with the regulations of the budget bureau in not honoring travel expanse accounts which are not reported on blanks furnished by the oudget bureau. Mr. Burke’s position ia that the bureau has the right to determine what legitimate travelling ex penses and what are not The view of the budget bureau is that the state luditor has only the mechanical func tion of approval to perform, while that bureau is to lay down the rules under which he eshall work. Mr. Durham’s letter says, in part, ‘I am not permitted to transfer a duty of this office to any other depart nent or officer. The law clearly makes it the duty of the auditor to examine and liquidate all claims against the *tate. He is also directed to ‘satisfy ! bimself of the corectness of accounts ' of persons applying for warrants.’ If the auditor, therefore, agrees with the Budget Bureau that he will not pay a warrant until the Budget Bureau os satisfied that it is in proper form and correct, he would be transferring i duty that he haß sworn to per form. “I had no objection to the Depart ment’s giving the Budget Bureau any information it may want, but if a State officer or subordinate in any department travels on official business and the expense account is properly approved by the head of the depart ment, the account will 1h paHd.” Mr. Durham’s letter was adressed to Governor McLean, who is the’director >f the budget bureau, and Mr. Dur ham's break with the bureau is inter preted as an attack on the Governor. , Mr. Durham’s action has started an inter-departmental row which will be the most serious of all the problems which will face the governor on his return to the state. Governor McLean has always been closely identified with the Budget Bureau, and the fact that the auditor addressed his communica ' tion to the governor, and referred to the bureau’s order as “your rhemoran dum,” indicates that he is prepared for a break with the governor. • In addition his quotation of the law is taken by some as a hint that he is willing to fight the matter through the courts, although no definite threat of carrying the matter further has come from either the budget bureau of Mr. Durham. / FEAR MANY PERISHED IN CRASHES AT SEA Feur Japanese Warships Involved in >Two Collisions During Night. — l 29 May Be Dead. Tokio, Aug. 25. — UP) —Four Japan ese warships cruising through dark ness with lights extinguished were in volved in two collisions last night which may have cost 129 lives, accord ing to dispatches to Maizuru naval station. In both cases the destroyers were struck by cruisers which were practic ing night defenses against the de stroyers. 'Fie cruiser Jjntsu struck the de str«C'i: Warasi, whidh sank in 15 minutes with the loss of 102 mem bers of her crew, it was feared. Jibe cruiser Waka collided with the de stroyer Ashi. 26 being reported kill ed, although the Ashi was able to reach port in tow., American Gunboat Fired on. Washington, Aug. 25.— UP) —The American gunboat Isabel, flagship of | rear admiral Hough, was hit 50 *■ times by rifle tire while passing Nan , Iking on the Yangtze river today the Navy Department was informed by | Admiral Williams, commanding chief of the Asiatic fleet. ; The Australian Government has or ’ dered two giant super-marine flying boats from the manufacturers in Eng land. A4 present Australia does not posses any large .flying boats. CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1927 —1 ■ us— trnfmmrmm ■ 1 m. a a • • mmmmmmmmmmammmmmmmmrnmm THIRTY COUNTIES HAVE NAMED COUNTY HISTORIAN Respond to Call of State Historical Secretary for Such Action. The Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh, Aug. 25. —Thirty counties have responded to the call of A. R. Newsome, secretary of the State his torical commission, and appointed a . county historian. The matter wag first suggested to the county officials in an open letter by Mr. Newsome a few months ago. Mr. Newsome firmly believes that jk capable Worker in u county is in a position to make a distinct contribu tion to the history and education of the community and the state. He is planning to ask the next General As- I sembly to authorize the appointment, in each county of a county historian. The duties of the county historian, according to Secretary Newsome, in-, | dude the finding of historical data ini ’ the county, the collecjJrtg and preserv-'i ing of this material, the forwarding* to the State historical commission iir Raleigh for permanent safekeeping this material after it has been used locally unless there are means in the county of safely preserving it, and the stimulating of local interest and knowl edge. Interesting articles may be written about various events in the history of the county as they are dis closed and published in local or other ; papers. Another way t p use thisjna terial' would be the presentation of pageants showing the history of the county at the school as part of their program. Mr. New some hopes that at least a Areful file of the Jocal newspapers will be kept by the county historian, and that all articles appearing in any publication touching on the events of the coun ties will be preserved. The county historians appointed to date are: W. K. Boggan, Anson; S. M. Dugger, Avery; Rev. C. B. Heller, Bladen; Mrs. A. C. Avery, Jr., M. H. Oaldjvell, Cabarrus; Mrs. H. A. Lon don, Chatham; H. M./West, Cherokee; Dr. Richard Dillard, Chowan ; W. E. White, Cleveland; K. B. Council, Columbus; Mrs. John H. Anderson, Cumberland; Mrs. Mary Heitman, Davie; Col. John L. Bridgers, Edge combe; Mrs. Adelaide L. Fries, For syth ; Dr. D. T. Smithwick, Frank- Mn; Mrs. W. B. Pruett, Harnett; Alex McMillan, Hoke; Mrs. W. A. Eliason, Iredell; Ralph Pool. Pasquo tank ; Lucy Cherry Crisp, Pitt; Roy Oox, Randolph; C. E. D. Edgerton, Richmond ; Cornelia Spence McMillan, Rbbeson; Clarence Griffiin, Ruther ford ; T. C. Henderson, Trannsyl vania; Mrs.-Walter C. Crowell, Un ion; F. B. Hendren, Wilkes. ACCUSED/OF KIDNAPING AND ATTACKING GIRL Robert Dalton Said to Have Carried Young Woman Off By Ruse. Danville, Va., Aug. 22. —Robert Dulton, 25, was under grave charges here today, accused by the 16-year old daughter of a Pittsylvania farm-j er whom he is also accused of kidnap ing. A charge of larceny also stands against him. Dalton was cap tured last night, after having kept the girl a prisoner in his car most of the day. He was pursued by police and civilians, but in the speedy car he rented last week he led a merry chase. Hemmed in by the police he aban doned th6 car and girl, fled through a cornfield and was captured at mid night and brought here. Circumstances in the case have led to a request foe a special grand jury and trial. Dalton is said to have offered to bring the girl and relatives to Danville Sunday morning. After starting the journey he is said to have feigned a breakdown and after asking the girl’s aunt and two children to alight, clipibed into the car and escaped with the girl, 1 wno hgs told the police she was twice at tacked. Six Danville officers spent most of the day in the county trail ing Dalton in order to liberate the girl. THE STOCK MARKET. Heavy Buying of General Motors Overshadowed All Other Develop ments. „ New York, Aug. 25.— UP) —Heavy buying of General Motors common stock, which soared 7 points to 246, a gain of 18 points within last week, overshadowed all other developments in today’s stock market. Pools lifted, about a score of other issues to new peak prices, but considerable ir regularity developed in the general list due to extensive shifting of speculative accounts. v With Our Advertisers. Fa.. See them at Fisher's today. Quality goods at money-saving prices at the J. C. Penny Co. Read new ad. today for particulars. Here and ready—Goodyear Speed way cord tire, 30x3 1-2 for on'y $5.95 at the Yorke & Wadsworth Hardware Co. Annual August showing of fine fall dress fabrics at Belts. See the ’ at tractive ad. in this paper for pric©^. ■- • ‘ &?k v \V BERN HOPS OFF IN EFFORT TO GET TO BRAZIL IN MR Georgia Aviator Left Glynn Isle, Near Brunswick, Ga., Shortly After Noon On Long Flight. BRAZIL CAPITAL IS OBJECTIVE May Have To Stop Before r Reaching That City If Gas Supply Proves In sufficient For Trip. Glenn Isle, by radio to Brunswick, Ga., Aug. 25.— 04*) —The Stinson De troiter monoplane Port of Brunswick with Paul R. Redfern, Georgia aviator as pilot, took off from the beach here at 12:46 o’clock today on an attempt-' ed n<sh-«top flight to Brazil. With Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian capital, 4,600 miles away as his .ob jective, Redfern hoped at least to make port city, several luxo dred miles to the north. He will try for long distance and endurance rec ords. , y' , In seeking to be the first to link the two Americas in a non-stop air plane flight, Redfern iwas guided by recoknings - estimating for a 4,600- mile course, the first leg' of w'hich lies over a stretch of water for approxi mately 2,400 miles. Striking straight to sea from Glynn Iste beach, Redfern’s course lay S. 45 degrees, East, swinging him east of the Bahamas to cross overland for the first time in Porto Rica where he was scheduled to cut the southwestern corner, .parsing over Port Guanica where there is a Fghthouse. If all goes well the monoplane then will jump across the Carribean Sea, breeding ground of hurricanes, passing near Brenda islands, Tobago, Trinidad and soaring over continental land in Dufch Guiana for the first time shortly after sighting St. Andrews Point, British Guiana. Traversing Dutch Guiana, Redfern would steer direct to Macupa on the north bank of Amazon. It la there, he snj r s, he will decide whether to turn to Pernambuca or continue to Rio de Janeiro. - , “If I drop a green flare everything is fine, and I am going on to Rio de Janeiro, but if I drop a red flare, it means I intend to land at Pernambu co” the pilot said. Decision will be made on the gaso line supply and weather conditions. His Course. Brunswick, Ga., Aug. 25.— UP) — Paul Redfern, 25-year old customs en forcerffent flyer, gave his huge Stinson Detroiter monoplane "its final inspec tion today as he prepared to hop off at noon for his 4,600-mile Brunswick to Brazil flight. Redfern, flying a Lane plane, seeks to link the Americas by air in a non stop journey to establish new long distance and endurance records. He has charted a course for Rio de Jan eiro along a route east of the Ba hamas, thence over the Carribean Sea to a point about 56 miles east of the Port of Spain on the Isle of Trini dad, winging his way along the South American coast he will head 50 miles east of Georgetown. British Guiana, before swinging inland toward Ma capa on the northern bank of the Amazon River. Here he will drop a flare to indicate whether he will pro ceed for his destination of R : o or cut short his flight by heading for Per nambuco because of shortage of fuel or other causes. EAGER TO PURGE , ELECTION BOOKS Woman Voters of Mecklenburg Will Work For Honest and Fair Elec tions. Charlotte, Aug. 23. —Women voters of Mecklenburg county, planned their autumn campaigns, determined to light for purging of election books, for the secret ballot and other reform measur ers, according to Mrs. J. P. Lindsay, president of the local league of woman votera. Mrs. H. G. Moore and other lead ers in* the affairs of the local organ ization made extensive investigations of voting conditions here during the municipal election several months ago. The information thus obtained will be made the basis of the county league’s effort to cause a purging of polling books. * Mrs. Moore, as chairman of the state league’s committee on finance, will begin in September an effort to raise funds with which to meet the league’s $2,400 budget for the cur rent fiscal year. ikj&t - *V;- * v -a c- -It *, ’-r ONE LEGGED MAN TO i'KV I'D SWIM CHANNEL (By International News Service) Dover, Aug. 25.—The question whether or not a one-legged man is capable of accompLiehing the ap proximately 30-mile swim from Dover to Calais is being asked with the arrival here of Arthur J. Lus combe,' a 32-year-old one-legged amateur swimmer. Luscombe has started training, and says he will make an attempt o swim the Channel shortly. V GOV. McLEAN STILL ON HIS VACATION • Department Heads, However, Say Business of Government Proceed As Usual. Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel. Raligh, August 25.—The State Capital and its business have not beer seriously inconvenienced by Governor McLean’s extra-long vacation, which has entered its seventh week, ac ■ording to the heads of the depart ments here who were questioned abouc the matter. Sentiment among the sta.te official, was pretty much unanimous that the state got along quite well without the governor, not because a governor is ■in unnecessary official, but because Governor McLean had left the. stated business in well-organized chape when he departed for Wisconsin, and be -ause of secretary, to whom he dele gated the power of attending, to routine matters. The various commissions at the rnpitol have been functioning as thej were instructed to throughout the summer, although, of course, they hav< been without the power to inaugurate new policies. So far as Is known here, Governoi McLean ie the only governor m tlr United States who has ever attempted to take a two month's vacation in ar isolated spot far from the state which he governs. In this case however. Governor McLean’s experiment ha> worked very successfully, with the do oartment heads carrying on routine business, and Lieutenant-Governor Long nearby in Durham to take care of all emergency matters. No communication lias been receiv ed from the governor at the executive offices relative to his return since his statement that he will be back at hit desk on August 20 to catch up with the few matters which need his per sonal attention, although it is an ticipated that he may return for the State Fair meeting next Saturday. TO CHECK UP ON THE CHILD LABOR COMMISSION i Charlotte is the Only City in Which Have Been Found Not Complying With Law. Raleigh, August 23.—Child Labor Commissioner E. F- Carter is now engaged in an effort to check up on the news dealers of the state to see that they are complying with the law concerning the •employment of news boys. , ... .. . Charlotte is the only city in x which Mr. Carter's investigators have found violations of the law to date, and there the matter was cleared up, the office here understands, when the pro visions of the law were called to the attention of the newsdealer. Mr. Carter states that the law pro hibits the employment of boys under 12 in any cases, and of boys under 14 who do not have proper permits from the welface officers of their cities. In addition the Jaw prohibits the employment of children under 14 years of age after 7 p. m. Mr. Carter stated that violations have been found both in the matters of overtime work, employment* of boys below age, and employment of boys who do not hold permits, but that in general the newsdealers of the state have shown a fine spirit of coopera tion, and he anticipates no trouble in the law. Ancient Coins Found in Aged Barn in Jones. Kinston. Aug. 23. —Jason Hicks, farm tenant, today exhibited 37 gold dollars found under the floor of an abandoned barn in Jones county. The coins were minted many years ago. The barn was erected before the civil war, in the beliej of residents of the neighborhood, who concluded that Hicks found the hidden wealth of some family who placed it under the barn floor during the '6os when fed eral troops overran the section. It was forgotten, - perhaps, or the i persons who hid it died without re trieving the money. The coins appear ed to have been in a small box, frag ments of which, thoroughly rotten, were found under a sill with the gold. The Gray Shop i« offering drc*.<e> Friday and Saturday, at $6.85. These are $12.75 values. Also a hat free with each drees. $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance SEEKS ARREST OF MEXICAN BANDITS FOLLOWING ATTACK It Is Charged That Bandits Fired On Train In Mex ico and Wounded Miss Anderson, a*i American. SEVERAL HUNDRED IN THE ATTACK Miss Anderson Was the Only American On Train Injured—Fifteen Believ ed To Have Perished. Washington, Aug. 25.— (A 3)—Vigor ous representations to the governor and military authorities of the state of Nayarit have been made by J. Win sor Ives, American vice consul at Mazatlan, for the capture and pun ishment of Mexican bandits who seri ously wounded Miss Florence M. An derson, of tos Angeles, in an attack on a train south of Acatoneta on the west coast! Miss Anderson, a Pomona, Calif., high school teacher, was wounded in the left side, a bullet piercing her in testines, and was taken to a hospital at Mazatalan. Ives reported that an operation was deemed necessary. She was returning to California after at tending a summer lecture course at the National University qf Mexico City. The attack Tuesday on the train was participated in by several hun lred men, and more than 400 shots were reported to have been fired. Miss Anderson was the only American in jured Out of the party of eleven, al hough Ives advices to the State de mrtment said the number of dead and wounded was as high as fifteen. PREDICTS DESTRUCTION OF ATLANTA ON AUGUST 31 Other Seers, However Say the Weath er Wi|l Be Fair and Hot on that Date. . , Atlanta, Ga., Apgust 25.—(INS) — Fellow prognosticators arje disagree ng to a very disagreeable extent with he predictions of W. B. Leathers that i storm is to destroy Atlanta on the aet day of August. According to one of the rival seers, Professor Albert Lee Snider, the long •ange seer of Griffin, Ga., his peer into he future regarding atmospheric coa litions revealed no trace of disturb inces for this section on August 31, the day Atlanta’s “carpenter Jere miah” foresees doom and destruction for those who remain in the city. Another, E. D. Webb, who dis penses groceries, gas, and oils at 'tome, Ga., according to the letter tead of his ‘dispatch, states that lugust 28 to 31 will be fair and hot n Atlanta and vicinity. Webb goes farther and forecasts weatheT 'condi ions for each day a week prior to ‘he much-discussed 31. In the meantime, around hotels, ' , afes, and all places where those dark •oplexioned gentry are employed, com ment is rife with much roiling of eyes. Negro churches wer crowded Sunday with many “erring brothers,” ng to reports. OID GREAT BRITAIN AND JAPAN MAKE SECRET PACT? Washington Post Says Such Agree . ment Was Made by Nations at the Geneva Conference. Washington, Aug. 25.— (/P) —The Washington Post today says that word ’ias reached State Department offi cials from trustworthy sources that Great Britain and Japan came to a nutually satisfactory secret under standing regarding future naval su premacy when it finally became appar ent the United States would not ac cept the British program at the re •ent Geneva conference. The gist of the secret understand iqg has not been divulged, the news taper adds, declaring it is doubtful if much definite information on its con tents is avalable to officials of the American government. The newspaper also says the secret understanding is being discussed behind closed doors by officials here with a view to weighing | possible consequences. Apparently the advance discussions between the British and Japanese rep , resentativee. according to newspapers, have had reference to reviving the . Anglo-Japanese alliance of 1911. ■ Health “Expert” Exposed as “Fake.” ; The Tribune Bureau, i Sir Walter Hotel i Raleigh, Aug. 25- —P. O. Sampson, [ who has been making a tour of the civic clubs of the state posing as a , health expert, at the din i uer of the Lions club yesterday by , Dr. G. M. Cooper of the State Health , department. Dr. Cooper read a letter from the , American Medical Association which branded Sampson as a “fake” and al , leged that his National Health Lea gue was a non-existent organization. He also alleged that Sampson had of feree! him SIOO for the letter, but stated that he had refused to sell it. “Dr. Sampson had been preaching a unique theory of food values to the civil clubs of the state, which stresa*' ed the importance of mineral salts in the food as a preventive of heart disease, and advocated the refusal to drink water with meals. He was an interesting talker, and made a great success in Raleigh until the board of health doctor exposed him. Five Killed in Explosion. Norwalk, 0., Aug. 25.— OP) —Five persons were killed in an explosion in the kitchen of a farmhouse near Greenwich in Huron county last night. Gasoline was poured by mistake on a cook stove fire. The airdrome constructed by the > Imperial Airways, Ltd., at Gaza, > Palestine, covers nearly 100 acres of ground. NO. 10 WILLNOTABANDON SEARCH FOR SEVEN MISSING AVIATORS Navy Gives Destroyers Permission to Continue Hunt So Long as Officers Think It Is Useful. SHIPS ARE-GOING ON TO HONOLULU Drift Areas Between Pres ent Position and Hawai ian Islands Will be Given Much Careful Attention, San' Francisco, Aug. 25.— (A 3 )— With authority to continue search for the missing Dole flyers, six meu and a girl lost while trying a flight from the Golden Gate to Honolulu, as long as the officers in charge think there is a ehance of finding them, the D. S. S. Omaha, flagship of the de stroyer division and six destroyers, to day were ploughing the Pacific with renewed energy. The Navy had announced that the search would be given up tonight if news of the missing aviators failed to materialize. Admiral Eberle, chief of naval operations in Washing ton, authorized Admiral R. H. Jack son in charge of the hunt to use his own judgment as to how long the search would be continued. Result was “a radio order to the Omaha and her fleet to continue On to Honolulu, sweeping probably drift areas between their present positions and Hawaiian islands. Naval com munication officers were scrutinizing charts closely in hopes of finding un explored areas in whfch the planes or life rafts launched by the stranded flyers might have drifted. SPINDALE MAN HELD FOR ATTACKING GIRL Carman Johqgon Surrenders After Escape When First Arrested at Ruiherfordton. Rutherfordton, Aug. 24.—R. Car man Johnson, 30, of Spindale, wanted for criminal assault on a young girl of the Ciegborn mill village, walked into the office of Sheriff Hardin and surrendered. » ' Johnson was arrested on July 30, shortly after the alleged crime was committed, but made his escape while being taken to jail and since, that time has been at liberty. Bound Over. At a preliminary hearing before Recorder John P. Beam, Johnson was bound to superior court under $5,000. The hearing, bitterly fought through out, occupied almost the entire after noon, and the large courtroom was filled with spectators. The prosecu tion was conducted by Solicitor R. R. Blanton, with Attorneys Ridings and Jones, of Forest City, appearing for the defense. Each side put on five witnesses. The victim of the attack stated on the stand that she was not acquainted* with Johnson. The defense maintain ed that he had a “date” with her the night the crime is said to have been committed. Girl’s Story. The girl told the court that she and another girl had gone to a spring about 150 yards from her home, and that as she stopped to get water John son reached from behind some bushes and seized her, dragging her into a patch of woods where the assault waa committed. Superintendent Kennedy, of the Cleghorn mills, appeared to give the girl a good character. Johnson has a wife and four small children. HUSBAND KILLS WIFE AND HER COMPANION Dead Man Had Previously Been Given Warning to Keep Away From Tap-' brough Home.* Marianna. Ark., Aug. 24.—Eld West and Mrs. Vennie Yarbrough were shot to death with a double-barreled shotgun this afternoon on Mrs. Yar brought’s front porch, and the wom an’s husband Will Yarbrough, sur 'rendered to F. A. Gray, deputy sher iff, with the statement that “I killed them,” the officer said. The shooting occurred about eight . miles northwest of Marianna. West and l'arbrought was about 50 year* old. “I killed them ; that was all there was to do,” Deputy Gray said Yar brought told him, adding that he had warned West he would kill him if \sest did not "quit coming there.” Yarbrough was placed in jail on a charge of murder. BILBO NEXT GOVERNOR. Has 0,500 Lead Over Murphree ir Mississippi Run-Off. Jackson, Miss., Aug. 24.—Wit! Theodore G. Biibo considered tb< nominee for governor, interest tonight centered in the run-off primary for the democratic nomination for lieutenant governor. With 13- precincts missing in the governor’s race, Bilbo had a 9,500 vote lead over Governor Dennis Murphree. his opponent for the gubernatorial nomination. t Col. Sherrill Still Improving. Asheville, Aug. 25.— (A 3 ) —Colone' C. O. Sherrill, city manager of Cin cinnati, in a hospital here eufferinf from ulcer of the stomach is mucl improved, his brother, IJr. G. Garlant Sherrill, Louisville surgeon who is ii charge of the case, announced thL morning. wms Cloudy tonight and Friday.