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VOL. XVII. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY. NORTH CAROLINA MONDAY EVENING, JTLY 18, 1927. SIX PAGES. NO. 169.
American Aviators Step
Back On American Soil
As Crowds Cheer Them
k
Commander Bvrd With His^
Crew, and Chainberlin.
Reach New York on the
Tng Macinn al Noon
LINDBERGH THERE
Among Those lo Weleome
Fliers Is Lindy; Relatives
of the Various Men Are
Also on Hand
New York. July 18?(AIM?To
the acclaim of their countrymen
fire men stepped back onto Amer
ican soli, the noil they last saw
dropping away from under them
as they took the skies of nonstop
flights to Europe.
Crowds at the Battery broke In
to tumultous cheers of welcome
as the city tug Macom nosed Into
pier A with the fliers at noon.
The Macom came from Quaran
tine where it had* taken Comman
der Richard E. Byrd, and his
three man crew of the monoplane
berlln. pilot of the monoplane
"America," and Clarence Cbam
berlln, pilot of the monoplane
"Columbia" Trom the liner Levia
than on which they returned from
Europe.
As the Macom steamed up the.
bay harbor craft whistled a shrill |
greeting, fire boats sprayed foun-j
tains of sea water into the air,'
the guns of governor's Island |
boomed a nine gun salute, and
airplanes hovered overhoad.
Among the persons who made,
the trip down the bay to welcome,
the fliers homer was Charle# A.:
Lindbergh, who preceded these I
five over the Atlantic air route.
Others on che Macom were the!
mother of Commander Byrd and
the wives of Bert Acosta and
tieorge Novllle, pilot and engi
neer of the "America." No rela
tives met Bernt Balchen, the:
"America's" relief man, as he is I
unmarried and his mother and;
slaters live in Norway. Comman-.
der Byrd's wife was at the bat
tery to greet him as he stepped
from the Macom. Chamberlln's
wife was with him on the Levia
than.
As the Macom warped Into the
dock. Graham McNamee, announ
cer for the National Broadcasting
Company began a running ac-l
count of the welcome for the mll-|
lions unable to view the proces-,
||on through lower New York. 'I
. The Macom's arrival was Just
at the time when the groat office}
buildings were being emptied for;
lunch. The pangs of hunger were
stilled by thousands that theyj
might feed their eyes on these!
men who had dared to fly through I
almost Insuperable obstacles and
had won.
As the tug was docked, ticker]
tane and torn paper was tossed i
from a thourand windows, in the
filers, honor and the paper snow-1
storm that is Manhattan's acco
lade, began falling through the
afr,
.Hundreds of police who had
be?? waiting at the battery since*
-?ight o'clock with little or noth-j
log to do suddenly found them
?elvea confronted with the almost'
Jmpseaible task of keeping the
crowds sufficiently In'order to!
permit formation of the proces-i
slon In which the fliers would ride
to City Hall.
As the filers left the Macom*
they were called to the microphone
by McNamne who asked them to
say something to the millions un
able K> greet them in person.
"Hello, New York," Byrd said
Into the microphone and the other!
foir filers filed behlnft, "hello,
hello, hello."
"Tney are greeting New York,"
McNamee said to the radio aud
ience, "and when they greet New,
York they greet America."
The parade started from the
Battery at 11:16 while thousands
of pemons Jammed the sidewalks
and *he paper snowetorm fell,
from the overhanging windows of
the financial district.
Lead by a Marine band and de
tachment of soldiers and tailors
the (en automobiles composing
the welcoming party and the re
turning heroes of the air proceed
; ed at lively speed op Broadway.
Commander Byrd rode In the,
| forward car with (irover Whalen
of the mayor's committee, bowing
end wtvlng to the cheering
throng* that lined the way and
whiefc were kept on tb* nldewifki,
the greatest effort of po-|
In succeeding cars the other air
wen and their relatlvea rode each
r??lrfc? hi, rull ?h?r< of
pral.r sad rt.poadlog with grin
Was anlutatlona.
Th* tilers were fcrsetedbf May
nows
Small Colored Boy
Runs Off Pier
And Drowns
Running along ihn R. C. Ab- I
boll |ilrr (?W l*M4|UOClMlk ltl\- j
er And cnlllaic to two while boys ,
In m rowtxMt to take him on
b<?nl, llAimcv Ames. 12-year
old won of Henry Antra, mlorwl,
Harney *treet, ran off the pier )
011 the right ham] JiV* near It*
end nnd went down In deep i
water before* ah) could reach
him at 8::W o'clock Monday af
ternoon.
The Are department prompt- 1
ly rrwjiondrd to a call for help
In recovering tlic body ami was 1
on the Ncene within 10 minute*
after die boy's body disap
peared. I'p to the time this 1
newspaper went to priwa, bow- 1
ever, the body had not been re
It Is believed that the |
drowned boy, with hla eyes fixed
on the boat In the river failed |
to watch the edge of the pier ,
and ran off Into the river. No
body saw him Mumble, but eye- I
wkne?ea described him as
merely rumlnc off the pier.
FLOATING ROAD HAS
ANOTHER BLOWOUT |
"The floating road" had anoth
er blow-out Sunday. It was over
come by heat and the cement
cracked from one side of the road
to the other for the width of1
about a foot. There was quite an
explosion from the cracking ce
ment. ono youngater from Cam
den station said Monday that he
heard the explosion there.
Members of the State highway
were on the job right away and
repaired the broken aoctlon with
asphalt.
LITTLE EXCITEMENT I
IN MONDAY'S COURT
Much time was spent In record-!
er's court Monday In disposing of
a case in which Carney Page and
Mary Kason, both colored, were
chared with immorality. Reputa-1
tlotis flKurcd largely in the court's
disposal of the case. with the re- j
suit that the woman was fined $10,
and her companion was let off un
der a suspended Judgment condi
tional upon payment of the coats.
Ike McPherson, colored, was
fined $5 and costs on a charge of
simple drunkenness.
Adrian Ward, charged with sim
ple possession of liquor, was let
off upon payment of the court
cost*. According to the evidence
In the case, he stopped with an
acquaintance In the Commander
mill yard, on Front street, to take
a drink, and was arrested by Po
lice Officer Twlddy when he was
about t? partake.
Charged with assault on J. T. I
Wilkin*. livlnt on Oroenlcaf
street. (lllbert Mitchell was fined
$6 and costs. Both are employed
In a local hosiery mill, and' tea- i
tlmony In the case indicated that'
they had had differences for some
time, these culminating in an en
counter at the mill. In which
Mitchell struck Wllkins once.
Hankow Captured
By General Ho Chien
London. July IS,? (AP)?Al
Renter* dispatch from Shanghai,
says that a message from well In-,
formed sources In Hankow re
parts the capture of both Hankow
and Han-Yang from the Southern
extremists by General Ho Chlen,
the Conservative Southern com
mander.
TWO PERSONS HURT*
THREE CARS WRECKED
Winston-Salem, July 1ft.?(AP)
?Two persons were injured and
three aufomotdle* were demolished
In a collisiolTon the High Point
road six miles from Wlnston-Sa-j
letn. last night.
The Injured. J. M Hall and R.
8. Boder* both of this city, were
bfoughit to a local hospital. Al
though badly cut and bruised,!
they are not believed to have been
seriously Injured.
extraordinary heroism of yotirj
deed and the marked contribution
your Intrepid fllaht has made to;
the scientific data of aeronautics."
In pinning the medal on Cham
berlln he said that by being the I
Arst to carry a passenger across
Atlantic (Charles A. Irvine, j
BOARDS REVERSE
EARLIER ACTION,
ON WELFARE JOB
Rev. A. II. Outlaw Rein
stated uk County Welfare;
Officer After Mr*. J. P.1
Thompson W ithdraw# |
IN ROUTINE FASHION j
Joint Session of Board of
(lounly Commlaaioner* j
and Board of Education i
Provide* No Fireworks
Reversing their action of a week i
ago. the Board of Comity Commit*- I
?loners and the Board of Educa> j
tlon In joint session Monday rein- j
stated the Rev. A. R. Outlaw an j
County Welfare Officer.
The vote on Mr. Outlaw's rrln-.
statement was Ave to foyr, with .
one member of the former board '
Commiaaloner Philip rrltchard.
not voting. Chairman C. A. Own- .
ley, of the Commiasloners. cast the
deciding ballot In Mr. Outlaw h la-,
yor.
When the matter of electing a
Welfare Officer for the next two
years came up last Mouday morn
ing, Mr. Outlaw had the endorse
ment of the Board of Education, '
the Welfare Board, the local It* d
Cross organisation and the prin
cipals of the County's three white
rural high schools. In the face
of these, however, the Commis
sioners voted to place Mrs. J. 1'.
Thompson, of this city. In the
office. *
There wag Immediate protest
over the action, based upon the
general public Impression that Mr.
Outlaw had performed his duties]
efficiently and well, and that he
Mhould not be removed from the
office. Many individuals wrote
Mrs. Kstc Burr Johnson, head of
the State Department of Welfare,
In support of Mr. <,>utlaw.
Superintendent M. 1\ Jenologs,
of the County schools, stated Moo
day that he received word from
Mri. Johnson on Saturday, in ef
fect that Mrs. Thompson had de
clined the office. The Couuty Wel
fare Officer must have the en
dorsement of the State Depart
ment before the election becomes
effective, and there had been some
question as to Mrs. Thompson's
oducatlonal qualifications, under
the terminology of the law. which
requires that the holder or the of
fice have a high school education
or Its equivalent.
There was little or nothing In
the way of fireworks at this latest
meeting today. Nobody appeared
to advance the claims of any par
ticular candidate, and the elec
tion proceeded In routine fashion.
In discussing Mr. Outlaw's qual
ifications, former Mayor Aubrey
O. McCabe declared today that he
had served with him two years,
and that in his Judgment Mr. Out
law had handled the work excel
lently.
Forty Were Killed
In Vienna Rioting
Vienna. July 18.? <AP>?Or
der has been restored throughout
Vlclyia. At this hour (3:30 a.
a) Chancellor Solpei was confer-!
ring with the Socialist represent:!-!
Rurgomanter Helti and Herri
Bauer, Socialist leader, with the
object of Insuring a precable sen-1
glon of Parliament. Nettling the
differences and arranging a re-,
sumption of the public services.
The latest estimate of casual-'
ties placed them at 70 dead and
about 800 wounded
It seemed ecrtaln that priceless
documents were destroyed with
the burning of tho Palace of Jus
tice, on Saturday. Their loss may.
result In a flood of litigation for
many years.
Berlin, July 18.?(AP)?A
proclamation Issued by Chancellor
Selpel In Vienna and brought to
Berlin today t>y airplane, plac<s
the number of killed In last week's
riots at 40 at least, with 300 !
wounded. Those arrested as a re-1
suit of the dtsordera number 262.
The proclamation states all rec-1
orda in the Palace of Justice In
cluding de?dn and library archives
were destroyed In the Are there.
The proclamation closes with
the following appeal:
"The Federal Government ap-,
peals to all Viennese regardlean of
station or party, who lore their
native city and order within the]
stste and land, for support for,
the re-establlshment of order."
FOTR RKCAPTIJRED
FOR STATE PRISON
Raleigh. July It. ? (AP) -
Four recaptures of escaped prls
osvr* were reported by State Pris
on today Adam Dudley, who es
caped fom Roaevllle Camp July
8. was caught at Ashevllle; Henry
Thomas, who escaped from the;
same place May IS. waa caught
at Raleigh, Willie McFee was re
raptured at Dann after gaining
liberty from the Cary Farm May
I and Hurvey Wallace was found
* M-royfltr It** tt^f
_Whrn Lieutenant Albert F. Ht-WDbfrmr (left) and Lieutenant
Loiilcr J. Maftland *aunt?*r?Mj nut mi (lie tx-arh at Walklkl. the
Frlnco-lionolulu bob atop ilt? m ? r< pr?i nted with the larii florali
hont?i?ho<' shown ulx*v?-. with "To Our H?*roea,'' pathnud in wlilte. I
The twu, even in buthluji aulta, k? ? p aouiethiui; of the military |Hia- j
turr.
Brooklyn Has Murder Mystery
I.ndwiu Halv?-r?on I**e (rl?ht), care taker of the IJrooklyn i
rooming houan kept by Mr*. Sarah Hrownell, I? shown an h?- wan j
arrested for the brutal murdrr of Mrs. Ilrownt-II and a m-iKhbor, '
Mr?. AlfiYd Bennett. The bod lea of the two women w?-re chopped
up and portloiiH were found In dl ffervnt purls of the city.
Auto Needed No License,
But Traffic Officer, He
Couldn't Understand It
'They Tell Mtj There 1* a Place l.ihe Thai, So / Giiw*
y?? Mutt he From There," Puzzled Norfolk ('.op
Telia yinitor From Carol ilia llnnkii
Automobile owners on the
North Carolina beaeh land* are#
not required to have license platen
on their cam. They don't have to
buy license* for the good and suf
flcient reason that they have noj
roads, In the accepted meaning of
the term. Hut their exemption)
occasionally gets them Into tem-j
I>orary dif* kult lea when they1
leave th?li native heatli.
Thl'a is Illustrated admirably byj
a little story told by Captain John
Allen MldKett. keeper of Coast
Ouard Station 179, at Rodanthc,
who passed through Elizabeth
City Saturday after a trip to
Chapel Hill *nd other points up
State. The story follows:
X native of the beach country,i
delving through Norfolk not long
aao, wan stopped very precipitate- I
ly by a traffic policeman. "Wliufc's
your license?" the officer de-'
minded.
"1 don't have to have a II-1
cense," the other replied. "I'm
from down on (he Ranks."
"Hey. don't hand mo that kind,
of hot air," the traffic cop couq-'
tered. Indignantly, "there ain't'
Any place In the United States > >u
don't have to have- a license.1
What kind ??f a dumbell do yottJ
think I am?"
"All right, go down to the office'
and find out." the visitor an-j
swered. patiently.
The officer took t^e North Car-'
ollnluti to police headquarter*, ami
went Into cloae conference with
one of the hlghcr-upx there. I'rea
ently he returned. uiollin<*d. /
"They tell me there la a place
like that." h<* told bin quarry, "ao
I Kue?x you muat lie from there."
The Nortti Carollulan went hia
way. merrily.
With ferrlea affording readier
Intercommunication between the
mainland and the beach than ev
er before, the utatu* of theae' mo
torlata who need no llcen*e at
homo la proving decidedly diffi
cult of Holutlon. Hecretary Job.
of the Chamber of Commerce,
took up the mutter with the fltate
Oepartment of Revenue laat week,
and wan Informed tbat, while the
department bad no ri*ht to'give
porniinvlon lor the u?e of auto
mobile* wilhoul llccnaee else
where in the Htate than on the
flank*, it would hare no disposi
tion to pro*?< ute r**aldctita of that
favor?>d section who mlftht Jour
ney to other point* In North
Carolina.
The general Imprennlon here I*
that rlty and county officer* en
truated with the law will be *ltn
ilarly disinclined to make an Itaue
of the matter. Of coafte, It la ex
plaiiH*d. of them* ftcenae
leaa automobile* ahould be pre-,
pared to furulah reasonably aat
lafactory evidence a* to their place
of residence when Rtopped. aa they
Inevitably will be upon occaalon. I
EMBEZZLEM FOUND
AT A SANATAKIIIM
Richmond, V*.. July l(?(AP)
?<ll?nn Wrenn. chirfrj with em
II lOfft atnltarlun todajr nl Ike r?
qumi of Niinh Carolina authori
ties. No detaili of the charge wri*
available hart. The offlreta acted'
oa la forma i Ion (arnlabed br j
KUGLER TO ?UT
FINAL BARRIER
AT NEW BRIDGE
II i ? li w a y iloin initio ti
er I nun Unit Di*tri?*t In
Have tWnlial Part in
Kdcn House (IfrniionifM
GAY CKItKMONIAL
Lirutriiuiil-<Hiv?'riior Long
to B<' Principal Speaker at'
Ffstivilii's o 11 Edrntoir
(Uiiinnon Wcdnnidav
Everything Is in final readiness J
for the celebration at Eden House '
and Edenton Wednesday, In re
joicing over the culmination of
the biggest of all the highway
construction project* in the North
eastern Counties ? the Chowan
Bridge. Mauy thousand visitors
from this and iwarby states are j
expected to attend.
Frank C. Kugler, of Washing- I
ton. N. C., member of the State'
Highway Commission from the
First District, will officially dedi
cate the bridge by clipping In two
entwined ribbons of blue and
white, stretched across the bridge
at the llertle County end. Repre
sentatives of all the counties of
the Noithcant will be on hand, and 1
thero will be a brief program of
appropriate ceremonies, with
Lieutenant-Governor J. Elmer
Long officiating as repreneutalive
of the State.
Mayor J. L. Wiggins, of Eden
ton. advised today that arrange
ments had beeu completed for the
formation of a great motorcade
from the Northeast at the court
house at Edenton Wednesday
morning at 10 o'clock. The proces
sion of motor cars, headed by the
official party from this section,'
then will proceed to the bridge to'
meet another motorcade from the
West, which will have been
formed in Windsor.
After the ceremonies at the
bridge, the cars from the North
east. with the official party still
lending, will proceed to hlatorlc
old Eden House, turn about, and
swing In behind the motorcade
from the West. There will be wel
coming ceremonies at the town
limits of Edenton, and thence the
crowd will go to the downtown
district. The speechmaklng will be
from a large stag* erected In
front of the courthouse, facing
Edenton Common aud Edenton
Bay.
Lleutenant-Oovernor Long will
be the prlnclpul speaker In the
program at the court-house, which |
is scheduled to begin at noon, and
to end about two hours later.
State Senator P. II. Williams, of
Elizabeth City, will be toastmast
er. At 2 o'clock In the afternoon
the official guests will attend a
luncheon in Willis Terlnal, orer,
Edenton Hay, at which Judge;
Francis I). Winston, of Windsor,
will be master of ceremonies. A
baseball game between Edenton
and Colerain at 4 o'clock In the
afternoon aud a dance that night,
will be the concluding events of,
the celebration.
A dirigible and a squadron of
airplanes, the Coast Guard Cutter
I'amltco and a 22-|?icce band from i
Fort Bragg also will be"on hand
for the festivities, as a means of
adding to the day's entertainment.
ABANDONED WIVES
GETTING THEIKS
Wlniton^tlcm, July 18.? < A I* >
Nearly 910,000 was realised by
abandoned wives and children in
Wlnnton-flalem In thn form of ali
mony and non-aupport money dur
ing the flncal year which cloned,
June 30. 1?27.
Exact fig urea for collection by j
C. A. Watt*, city probation offi
cer. under order* from Judge
Tom Wataon In municipal court,I
are given an 91,103.60. All of thin
wan paid out to wive* and guard-,
Ian* under orders from municipal
court.
In addition to thin a nmall
amount of money waa paid Into
Uh ?ffl- . n' A \\ I uii. . ."iunty
Welfare superintendent, In com
pliance with orders from Superior
Count to Juvenile court judges.
Thin was likewise dlntrlbuted ac
cording to coutt orders.
WKKK KM) ('ANt'.M.TfKH 1
Churlotlo, July IS -IAS')- Mo
torlntn seeking to escape from ?he
heat during the week-end suffered
with many accldi nts In which
tli. !? Vin more fatalltlcn than re
corded during any week-end In
nevrnl months.
The desd ire: Minn Marie
llehre. Kant Spencer, drowned In
automobile. J amen Thomaa bar
ker. Hi monthn old, killed by auto
mobile at Halelgb. Mrs. Julius
(irln^lte, Valde*, killed In accident 4
near Morganton. Marvin Knight,
Durham newspaper man, commit- ,
led suicide.
The Injured: Walter Homand, j
Mtatesvllle. J. M Hall, Wlnston
Salem. R. S. Iloardern. Wlnnton- j
Salem. Ixnrett O. Warren. Pnr
ham. ahot during quarrel with
Wife. Julius Vandette, Valdeae.
Beatrice Potent. 4 yearn old,
(Jreenaboro. Minn Rehre was
drowned and Holland Injured
when their automobile overturned
rk nenr Houston-1
Marine Corps Suffers
Its First Casualties In
Nicaraguan Aftermath
REPORTS NUMBER
AIRPORTS AFTER
SPECIAL SURVEY
AhhihIuiiI Sfrrrlary of (loin
merer Sayn United Slalrit
Max Jff> I l,uiidiiif* Field*
mid Airport* Today
FIFTY AltE NEW
Aim! a Hundred C.itie* llavr!
St?l Aside Fund* for En
taldinhinf; Modern Air-;
port* in the* Year 1927
Washington, July 18.? (AP) ?
There are K64 operation airport#!
and airplane landing fieldti in thej
United State* today. W. P. Mc
cracken. asHiMtant Secretary ofj
Commerce, found after a special
survey of airway facilities and!
due to -the current interest in air
transport he predicted that by the
end of 1927 there would he 1,000 I
such establlHhtnentH serving fli
ers.
"During the pant year more
than GO new airports have been
established." Mr. MoCrackeu said
today, "and twice that number of
cities have net aside funds or have
begun plan for modern airports.
By the end of 1927 about 1.000
airports and landing fields will
dot the United States, from coast
to coast and from the Canadian
border to the Oulf ot Mexico."
The aeronautical census takers
lu survey iuciude only porta and
landing fields which are providod
with lights, hangars, runways and
other equipment for servicing
ylaues. There are in addition more|
than 3,000 unequipped landing
fields marked on the Depart
ment's maps, for use In emergen
cies.
The modern airport is an Im
pressively expensive and highly
designed affair. In Buffalo for in
stance, a recently completed mu
nicipal port cost $727,256 for Its
51K arm of ground and equip
ment.
Baltimore la going even a step
further. And ha* provided |1,500,
Outf for its port. Chicago, one of
the oarly major centers to get In
to the field by reason of Its cen
tral position on the trans-contl
rieiitai airway, has a field which
runways radiate In eight direc
tions. On the Pacific coast, San
h runclsco, Portland and Oakland
have terminals under construc
tion while New Orleans, Cleve
land. Oklahoma City, Dallas and
Tulsa got special mention In tho
survey returns.
Beacon lights to guide planes
at night and flood lights to make
landings safe, machine shops to
repair and supply stations* to re
fuel them are among the fittings
on the airways connecting ports,
the Commerce Department Itself,
is taking up tho responsibility for|
lighting and marking the chan-|
nel? of movement, and has five
airways fully established and
seven under contract. The Inter
mediate landing field, too, the|
Government undertakes to pro-,
vide, but they are amaller estab-l
Bailments than tho regular air-1
port. |
Of the 864 landing flolds listed!
today 207 are munlclpslly provld-1
ed. while 163 are commercial or
prlvato port* and 124 are Com-1
meree Department Intermediate!
landing rields. There are 81
landing fields maintained by the
Army and Navy.
Ford-Sapiro Libel
Suit Formally Ends
Detroit, July 18.?(AP) -The
legal phases of the Ford-Ssplro li
bel suit csme to a formal end to-,
day when Judge Charles C. Sim
ons, in Federal district court,'
signed an order of discontinuance.
The stipulation of discontin
uance agreed upon Saturday by i
counsel for Aaron Sapiro. plaintiff!
and Henry Ford, defendant, wan
presented to Judge Simons by
counsel for Mr. Sapiro. The court!
lmin<y|lately signed the order.
Presented to Judge Simons by
counsel for Mr. Sapiro. the court
Immediately signed the order.
She Takes Mercury
For Aspirin Tablet
FayeUevllle, July 18.?(AP) ?
Mrs. F. K. Smith. 17. this clt* is
in a local hospital as a result of
? wallowing a mercury tablet last
night. Members of the family
?aid that she mistook tho poison
for aaplrla.
Sha la resting wall and her re
Former Liberal General
Saudi no Boanted Would
"Drink Yankee Mood"
When Began Attuek
ASHEVILLE BOY HURT
rharle* Sydney (?arHi?on
Has Chance to I Recover;
PennHylvaninn Killed and
Buried at Oeatal
Managua, Nicaragua. July 18.
? (API?The United State# Ma
rine Corps haa suffered Ua first
casualties In actual conflict aris
ing an an afrermath of the recent
Nlcaraguan civil warfare, one Ma
rine being killed and another
wounded In a fight with force* of
the former Liberal General San
dlno, which attempted to cupture
the town of Ocotal.
The latest government reports
?how that about 100 of tho rebel*
were killed by the Joint forces of
Marines and constabulary and 200
killed by the terrific bombing of
the flvo planes sent from Mana
gua 16 miles away, by Brigadier
General Logan Feland, of tilt
Marines, when he heard the Ma
rine force was greatly outnum
bered. The planes flew low and
raked the rebels.
One Marine. Michael A. Obelskt
of RouleUe, Pennsylvania, was
killed. He was buried at OcotaL
Another Marine. Charles Sidney
Garrison, of 35 Woat alreet. Asks
vllle, North Carolina, was serious
ly wounded, being shot through
the face and shoulder, but has a
chance to recover. One member of
the constabulary, which whs under
command of Lletuenant Grover a
Darnell, was sorlously wounded* 1
Boasting that he would "drink
Yankee blood" Sandlno and kla
fellows began the attack Friday
morning. No nowg of tho encoun
ter was received at Nicaragua ?n
tll two scouting planes came frotn
Ocotal reporting that Sandlno was
to attack that place and the fight
ing was Intense. General Feland
Immediately dispatched the five
bombing planes. under Major Ho
well and It was probably the ir
rlval of these planes that save d the
day. After the fighting had been
In progress several hours, San
dlno sent a mctMcuger to Major
G. D. Hat field, In rommaiid of the
Marines at Ocotal. requesting a
60-mlnute truce.
Major Hatfield replied that the
truce would last only as long mm
the bearer of the white flag wss
In sight.
The Americana were greatly
handicapped as 'Ocotal Ih a rebel
center, many sympathisers having
arm and ammunition hidden In '
their houses. Winn the fighting
began moro than 100 Joined San
dlno and there wan considerable
sniping. Lieutenant llruce soon
captured and cleaned out all sni
pers.
According to n Government re
port, a conservative senator living
In Ocotal. Jose Maria Paguags.
was murdered by the rebels when
he entered the town. Another re
port Is that he was killed wtrile
seeking safety.
Kemlrls Abuanta. political chief
of Ocotal. waa wounded In the left
arm.
General Sandlno did not get Into
the thicket part of the fighting,
directing his forced from a safe
dlatanc. latest reports said he
was fleeing to the northeast with
a few followers. Among the rebel
dead Is General Marina. Handloo's
right hand man
General Feland commanded Ma
jor Hatfield and Major Howell for
their bravery. The scouting
planes proved their worth, for If
they had not arrived with the re
port of the fight against over;
whelming odds, a different story
might have been written. The tele
graph lines had been cut. The
flight of the bombing planeg to
Ocotal prevented any concentra
tion of Hsndlno force*.
It Is stated In Government quar
ters that General Mandlno who hna
been occupying American Marines
st San Fernando, and recehtly re
fused to surrender when called
upon to do so by Major Hatfield,
gathered a strong force by belit
tling the Marines nnd constabu
lary. t' Illntr his followers there
would be no difficulty In over
whelming Ocotal.
The prevailing belief was that
Mandlno would never attack the
Marines but the report is that
spies In Ocotal advised him of the
Mftiall number of Marines and
ronatabulary there.
Ocotal lies about 110 miles
north of Managua.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Bell of
Augusta, _ Oeoigla. Bre