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'A.'-A; -"' A '-A-' ' -AA , - .--'-'-A ..'. -' - . " -' .'--- . ' , 1- j o - . . . . - . ,, . '" - - 1-- :, :. fccvr;? T -: r WmTO --r--- v - ' , , , ; JWant Results?. , 1 North anduth parc ' , ' r-nr-.- . Cloudy to paycloudyiTSiurs- T jjlri. u V, rt VSgtt 'piTfvrTS' "8? rTfe f; L: V1 I N A 1 i V tk iiii.t i.t m m mi VOL. CVHI-nNo. 56, r. v ? A jf, OCTOBER 27,. 1921. ODEST DAILY IN THE STATE, -iPr PRESIDENT ADVOCATES-EXPULSION .RESOLUTION SOUTH FLORIDA STORM DAMAGE IS ESTIMATED AT SEVERAL MILLIONS LARGER OPPORTUNITIES AGAINST TEXAN TO- BE FOR NEGRO IN AMERICA HEARD IN HOUSE TODAY HAILWA 'V- .-. . - . : I . -r I , ,v , ,;. . .. , 1 ., . . i . : , .. ' . 1 . , , V-:- ?. - v. H -. jk - . "... . . . r ERNMmKmc MAKE '-ll' i II I' ' I. in HI , . ) I I , r Fails In Effort to Regain alThrone UNION CHIEFS. DECLARE 5 r: THEY ARE POWERLESS 10 PREVENT WALKOjlT tpII Board Only "Satisfactory Settlement" Uan stop StriKe of Rail Workers BIG FOUR, HEARD Such Manner as to Give Little Hope CHICAGO. Oct. 26. (fey Associated Pjpss.) The government .will make tts final appeal to prevent the threatened general railroad stride tomorro-w morn , st f o'clock when presidents, -sen? ti chairmen and executive commlt ei of the five train service union men here at a conference reported to jve been arranged at me instigation f the Lnitea oiaies raiirtw m- .. . .... . : The board s investigation, or abruptly at S:30 toinght when the ftv wkin leaders asked - permission to make announcement to their men., Executives or tne -iig our" orom frhoeds and the swltchmens' union of Sorth America after a,day of verbal jockeying v&th thhe United States Tall mad labor board declared that no, pow er on earth" save a "satisfactory' settfe Kent" can prevent their men walking nt beginning next Sunday- morning at I o'clock. ' - Their declaration came at the close if a day of fruitless questioning when jndge R. M. Barton, , chairman: of ; the teor board, called each union prirjsident m turn and asked him four prepared jaestioiis, the third of which was:. : T Third QnestleK ;. ? 'If the board shall declare a strike not justified and. should ijaot. bceuV m4 direc tht the. employes. nolLxtrJlre The union enters, warren s.' stone of tie engineers; W. G. Lee of the train men. L- E. Sheppard. pf the conductors; W. s. Carter of .the-flremen -and., Gi Cashen of the switchtneh, Jde.'Jlared In turn they had no power-to' cancel the strike order, expressed the Individual opinion that their men would not' obey an order from thenr. br the board ,to remain t work, 'and -reiterated -their previous declarations Oiat ;only . satis factory settlement"- cuuld Avert tke walkout. , ' Bach a settlement, they . said,' s would V reconsideration by thel abor board of its twelve per cent "wage reduction, srder of last July 1 or a movement by the individual railroads to-cpsferVwfth, tie unions and set aside r,the board's order. .- L . ; Wants BclmkoneiiMt S. Carter declared a settlement a:d a'so reimburse " the tneiv for the lost since July 1 as a result of the wage cut. ;, - ' . The other three questions asked the ision leaders were: . ... 'Who, or what authority,,- in your abor organization can withdraw the ortler to strike or stop a strike? r -. Suppose you, the chief executive ' TOUT Organization nr. vnnr TWnfl amittre. issued an order or a state- I nt that a strike should" not occur. you not believe th trfb-. Voni 1 Evented ? - I 11 you nn c1 A,.ntl. - ronr power and influence to; see that orderj, of the board-on the matter Obeyed?" - -. .... Jhat the government contemplates "lunction proceedings . againstt . the "ion, violation of the transporta 'n act was indicated by ;the trend Juestlnin?r, conducted, by-Ben. W cooper. renreserAative of the public Hooper sought throughout hU ex nation of the five union leaders to "ig out that their strike -order - was uo' Only in rlpfla no, TW flit . . -"e ." uti? on. viit by "includinsr -other 5d .... hvoliuuo, .viviaLcu (. of the transportation act which a,i riiSputeS ''shall" e referred to boarn first foJ settlement i .vA' ea ' ,of th etrainmen, ' said--his' "br-;"-t on-s ballot was based solely-on i.:,y 1 wa5 cut. and: declared hood - u'ltMrawi from the brother BeriK 301n meeting and refused to 8ub to tn ieir ballot. ' The.ilanguage 0' th . . - . . !u v.. Ills DftlU. llllL71i.OU Vt- ff question, were involved., ':,-: . . -v Defend Joint . Ball6t C ; V " i y n o 1 e ad ers . defended the ,Jo in t Uot and asserted that all the other mm..! uns referred to all had a bear L?n ,l e frame "of mind which led.the 7IJ.vfR fri Tr.ii. n-' -4-l. . i. ?. vote for a strike. 'he for 1 '""Hon of tinier and j one-half over 01 flie-l lt ime and of general: revision rs were included in. the disr Preceding the strike question tha A n both the idlnt'.baUot land in k ,ho tranmen,theysaid. ' While " 'he nnir-.n 1,1.. it- a.-. on ,1 Cll'"tir' was technically' '.taken that th J"'y wsre cut all admitted bly othpr questions : would Proba tooa,f ur any .settlement; leading C V"n,ns of the runlonC leaders ttrikV L 0,,t that a vote,. against., thft V th een returned rons 23 roart8 trains ronr!"rtors; on 14 iroads by the irenipn"' arirl on ree ' road rby.nthe n Pv"' ""allien eaid ,th switchmen itrikit, ry "ytem voted in favor of :aing'r Slonfi. after a heated protejst lii, 1 'rushing the InfArraation.rto K om ' aBreed to obtain UL from ThAA ,n eveland. --, :'--c!a5h nt3rin'? was marked by" frequent nd st'ft 'een member:, of the board .TBA Ul engineer's, grand chier hzh q Chairman aBrtop; was not aft B"Tions a falr';'hearlng.",s,ft T1V- after he attem Dtd fn introduce the names " roads whlch,-he aatd, violated Si I b 1 GENERAL JULIAN CARR . COMIHANDER-IN-CHIEF CHATTANOOGA,! Tenn, Oct. 26 Geral JnllaM S. Carr, of Durham, .Jf'- C, ;'WM- today elected "commander-in-chief , of the TJnlted Confed erate Veterana,1 to anceeeed General Vu Zudt. - Richmond: was award e4e 'extaiiA,aar reunion t:the veteraaa, ' y .;'.,'.." -y-.v-. The annual rprade,v the big event the reunion vrlll he held-tomorrow. - v., 1 Commander Van Zandt 1 deliver ed a brief valedltory to the :' veter- Tlichmond won the next reunion city ever Savannah, TiaahviUe and The: reunion -went on .record vrlfn I a declaration that 1 "these reunions would be continued from year to year int Ions as there are as many aa four veterans left alive and able' to. travel to the reunion city and so long as the people of southern cities see fit to Invite them. : to : come.". The convention voted to accept an Invitation to sent' repreaewtattye to. the memorial exercises next year at .: Point Pleasant. Ohio, In ; com. memoration Of . the lOOth annlver sary of the birth of General Grant. OPERATORSCTO REFUSE TOljlENiiCONTRAuTS Concerted Moyement Under Way in West Virginia Against Closed Union Shop ; " WASHINGTON, Oct. 26. Decision of raany"West Virginia mine 'operators' to rsfusenext spring' to rerenter Intro wage '; contracts With their employers' unions was announced- today; -to the senate 'committee vinveBtigatingi condl-. tfons iithe..Westt Virginia fields; . The Tjpertorhosaid' fhat rt!oacrted -Af?nrh.siA' ft-ifia 1 jnove "was under, the.qloS-i eainniour8TOi':fwien-;.'tne time . ior re "lrswal of wages '-contracts arrives iApril :- "Dieclosure of ;. the;v operators- .' plans came- snortiy , aiter.: t- ; esier,. a former " union 6rganixd,' . had - testified that, acting under orders -of represehta- tlves of "the United Mine Wprkets, he had-vturned "over- strike relief benefit funds' o union men for the purchase pf guns prior to the recent disorders.j Hes-ter-lUserted that , be had'-handled .be tween. 13.000 and' $4,000 of suchIunds' tnv that way, taking atrike-fund. 'Script" Issued- for men.nbt then, in-camp or not found. ;and 'cashins . them at stores in the vrcihity. He told of having cptint ed more ; than 70 guns among the fmK ners of the Mingo district von'.ona sur- vey. . - i -' . : i . - ' ' - Hester was released - from; jail At Charleston last - Sunday : After having been held 110 days without, he declared."- having' had formal - charges prefer red; by the union ? officials upon whose complaint he had been taken into cue- tody.v W' -: - - . ' 'Mr.lMerrell declared the root of th West Virginia treuble": was the que tlon of law enforcement He adde with emphasis,' that West virgmir should be allowed to work it art, and asserting thatf had not federal troops been sent into the disturbed areas the state and' the districts affected would have solved the problem.. DR. GALLOWAY HONORED SAABY SONStOFi VETERANS V!a a" - - ' ' - v Elected ' Commander . of Army '.V-v-.' bf Northern Virginia 'Ai-A"- v- A --.-," -'-: CHATfANOOGA, Tenn-Oct 26. Judge ' Edgar iSciirry of WTlch its Falls, Tesas,' was unailmously elected comr mahder' in chief of the -sons of Con federate Veterar a at,th finals business session -of the - organiwiUon here to dayi' Judge Scu fry-succseds-JIathan B. Forrest of AtOanta, secrstary of Lanier university. : - ' ..-'" - ' " Dr.-W, CJ Calloway, of Wilmington, N l Ci was - named coir mander of the army of Northern ; Virginia, after Gen eral U. I" :Tatera had dijclined o stand for, re-election-V:: -'"'"'J- : j Other off icers -elected wersj .' P; S. Ethridg. of Chattanooga, com mander Qf -the department of the army of Tennessee ;:J S. Davenport of Okla homa,' commander of , the trans-afissis-sippi - department: Arthur H. Jennings, of L.y nchburgi ' Va.. hlstprlar... ' , , aicbw uiwi' muhder; case."- - - t,KOW IBf HSfANDS : Of JTJJttY --,X"t?.;i,- f ' ; sjilOW AhILX . Oct; : 26 .--The "case lpl WriSht'Huse a negro charged. Joint ly -with 'Mrs. Sarah' .Whitley-, of Wl- tlJX, H! ,ew hAthHardini-a honbr.at the.Tutwiler, hotel. .mi woman s nusoana. wn ,i wn. 11am Whitley, about-1 three -mbriths ago, was ; callelniddenlxtodayAna lato tonight went to th jury. Trials of the other, two are . expected ,to -proceed af ter verdict, has been . rendered in . the raents attrlbute4 MK ttXieyetec st. that he ha& been promised $800 to. kill rarmer. Aln - a statement In court the, inwas dead. - A - revolver was discovered beneath truck load ,of,to- baW over whi Btanding 'guardV Iwbltley was shot th.tate contend- w!e;e , wa elnis rjng i,,L..t ' it was -charged that the ne rd?d'ths shooting: while Mrs. Whiti. JeSS-th- tenefjnstlgated.it Tells . ' Birmingham Audience Race Problem Must be ' . HandledrCourage6iisly SPENDS BUSYI DAY With1' Senator -Underwood, JVlr. Harding Receives Ovation in ' Magic City 1 BIRMINGHAM, Ala:,: Oct. ,26. North and South, whites and blacks, were admonished- by , President Harding 'here today, to put. aside old prejudices and pretenses and set, the' face of the, na tion courageously toward a construc tive, and permanent solution of the race problem. " ; ' ' In a sweeping - presentation of his views, which was received with vary ing, manifestations of emotion by a crowd of several thousand whites and negroes, the President declared" social equality between the: racea must not j "be considered a" possibility, but : that ' the black map." must have an increased I political, ecouomic. and educatidnat -op- nn i n I live, true ' to its traditions of demo cracy. : . , - The address, o.ne of five delivered here by . the President during the -day's yisit to ; the 'Birmingham Bemi-cehtennial celebration, -was driven home witlu vig i , - orous gesture and deliberate utterance1 such as Mr. Harding seldom . has ' em ployed since he became chief execu tive. '. " 1 . He spoke with a" manifest determi nation. to -drive his shafts to the heart of racial disagreement and to make the pronouncement one of the most plain"-" spoken of his administration. ' Many Unable te Hear The' crowd before whom he appeared was "'paeked int the inadequate confines of oadrpw Witspn, Spark -and "many hundreds on .the outskirts, apparently I Jj unable 7 to hear," "4t"eptT' p . a 'hub-lubf, ci to. all but those "who were close by. j '-PepeaAed '. bust-s of -cbeeTlttg swept the segregate,; sections allotted ,t th negroes as they- caujjbt portions "of the speech 'rIatir?- political' and - econ?. j .i: n. iilr- wf 1 here and, therlr. was teaHsed snd ' bh- dered' b ' those: near' the ''spes'eKJu--J 4 -In other parts "of the .city. "duIag' a day- crowded .with events of maiiy va-' rieties,- Mr. Harding was receiyed. with"' ... PUV.I.CO, Vi- IVlCiWlV...UNUUUBUil tions. For . ft mile he r rode through surging- crowds. In Ja-street parade, a roar '' of cheering' accompanying' . him from start : to finish.' He was cheered nearly ' a, -minute wheit'he ippear'eol to speak' at a luncheonaiter;theparkvad dress, f and 'he i rccelveif' repeated-'jap-plause, , as a ttlred ;in; scholastic "cap iind gown, ' he' addressed 'the--students ; of Birmingham-Southern' college -and then wearing; a ".MasonjUs Apron,he'laid; the cortterstotfe f. a -now kmasonfc; temple.' Non-Partisan - Visit every where. h"e .went- he;-wasj;ccpm-, panied by, - Senator iCnderWo'od of Alaba ma, the Democratic 'leader of thejsen-. ate. At a reception late' in the day at the 'Republican 'club lie asked' Senator Underwood to stand rat 'hia side and shake hands with" each of -those in the line, and in his "' lunclieon -iddress he paid a warm tribute to' the .statesman ship of the Alabama legislator. ' Dur ing the early evening he paid -a call on Mr, -' Underwood's mother in r the -resl- dantial'jBectioV of' Birmingham.' ; " The' speech oh the race problem- was a carefully prepared deliverance, set ting forth the sPresident's" views in di rect ternis. in it !- he1 appealed' to the Republican -party to - desist from "de magogy" In making the black man. a mere adjunct of Republicanism;-warned the south thatjbiacks should vote "when fit ''to vote;" s.nd iniiisted that there must be equal -educational opportrfnity. Against soscial 4 equality he urged both races to stand "unc6rapromising ly""" and' suggested that "natural segre gations'; might' be the logical result of a properly; applied policy; Warns Wliltes -...-' r Twice the . executive departed from his manuscript once 'to declare he was "speaking, his., sentiments here in the south because he never wanted to say anything In one place he could riot say in another,, arid again" .to point a fore finger at the white section, of the au dience : and . warn that "whether you like it or not unletss our democracy is a lie, youmust stand for that equality" which gives the ' bltvck man a just economic opportunity. . ; ..Of the shorter speeches which helped make up the President's program, the first was" delivered to' members of the Alabama legislatun after his arrival here The President-took the -occasion to emphasise that; be : hftd ' come- on a non-political mission -and to caution them that the test of government, effi ciency . was. not, in' party, emblems' but fn service. A; If 'the Democratic party did not serve' Alabama, he said, it never couN cdntinue in power; vs ... - TAter a similar -sentiment was ex- nraed i at flhe . luncheon. given in Mr. Before ihe pad his tribute., to. Senator Underwood." the.'Demobratic leader had; alluded to the long .rlendshlp between the wa and. declared his personal re gard ior the President despite, their po. litlcaf differencesA Mr Underwood also referred - to hia tbeing:. selected .as Iforte of the delegates to :the armament con- ference ana, continues; - -. .- -. r -, . . : Together,-Says 4?nderwoed. -."The .President-and I-have held oppol site i views on 'the fundamentals of s po-" lit leal pTiriciplesj;hutwe are hdt; play ing politics now-- YB-nw -crssoa -.xne three" mile.ilimlt'Tan lj are fighting -16-gether the' battles of America.? ;: ' : ; 4 Again srthe cornerstone laying. Sen ator Underwood" referredHo the hopes of the nation In the armament confer ence and, appealVid ' to Jhe-Htasons -present ""and : to every" other Mason to give - . " - (Continued on Page vTwoJ' -v - t ' -'! Throughout the day the "President charge called upj .tbe ptlbilOv printer, insisted that his, visit to the heart." of i who informed , him. that- ha ,,hsd no t.h south was whollvviiofl'-nartisan. and 1 power, to stop .its pubilcation,' -siConse- Blanton. Will be Given One Hour to Address Members ; In Defense MONDELL IS FIRM Kepublican Leader'. Refuses to Accept Proposal to Substi tute Censure Vote WASHINGTON,:. Oct. 26. The house representatives- was -up- in the ?alr to night over the method of procedure to morrow on a resolution calling fop, the oustiivg of Thomas I Blantpn, Demo' crat, of .Texasjtnotwithstanding a state ment by Representative MOndell, of Wyoming, the '.Republican, leader, ,-that it "would be called up. 1 v -In the- face-of a plea from -Republi cans and Democrats alike for a reQ-.; lution providing . oniyMor severe ,can demnation and censure, Mr. MondeH de clared he- would not turn; back '- ..- ; K. The resolution, toVexp'el Mr. Bla'nton for causing to be printed in our highest government puoncation-oiojorcensive, nd obscene matter, 8aid Mr. Mondell, ,wHlTbe."caild-jrp atv.noon tomorrow.. Mr. Blanton will be given an . hour in nis s. own -. aerens?. . rojir-siius pis vpo , ReDUbllcans will vote :for his expul-: . . . m sion. I expect; about twq hours of -df-1 batevon the iaoJulovhlCfrv...caii-iftot. be amended or put. aside, for., a. substi tute, and I believe It "will be- adopted,'' , There were cJaims,,ho.weverv by- some. Republicans and Democrats; that. the two-thirds vote - necBSry . to expel would be lacking, and for!tthis-.reason they purged ao resolution of -censure. Those . insisting1 upon ; the. latter course asserted, that a , resolution of censure, calling also for a ptibliq rebuke by. the speaker, - would be put -through . with few:lf. any dissenting votes. ; .v ' ; ,.-.-( ... .attempts to' Speak ; - . ' Returning -to hia seat in the. house "fate, today, Blan ton -made an attempt to speaK, but was preventeo roy afpar- amentaryv situationv-,-. in. -wnicn tne charges' against hm; were in no way af- ifected, cAf.ter looking r over ; the record fnr m . fen e mimiTM.- iiaiKea wnn Speaker ;6ifiieU,:.who5assured him .that- he would be given, an. oppor.i3nity: to address the r house tsnerraw .bf pre r. It unam,,to-,o&taux- tne 'Trapr auring;ne afternoon, he .wentIwayflrst JfefUBlnjSf 6 make a public ststemen':. i.,.- -a s ,t Some; ,of the facta jeliting lo the Dubf llcation ot. Bnton'S; xtnsion.Qf ; reT marks". . were revealed " to. .members vto-, dav ? bv Mr. Mendell s after, cohf errink with theAhouse'printerr The t"exan has. been giveu therTight by; the, bouse to print a speech In th government print ing office .whtervra.n6t';AS4e on,; the floor. ' ' ' -', i'ftji "The manuseript was -Itumed oyer - to the printer's ant late' saturdays'Vaid "Mr. Mondell. CSahoT 811 lti- Was written the notice .riht I nA ioTiightfs ! record without fail.,- Th?4 ;dM ?npt reach the compositor, aptu earry;:mldniiph'; and when -tney,.xouno..v tne-. .. arnaavit, which was madt a part, o,: the .speech with many obce words," the, man in. quently, 30-odd, Hhousad'c0ppis - went Texan Call On Meet lug It had beftnexp.efitad' that1 the Texas delegation would meet during, the day to. agree on- a concerted 'plan, of .voting, bu,t 'there was no meeting, members de ciding that "Such t a? step was not ' ad vf sable. Nearly all ', the Texas, repre, Bentatives saJd thejr Vould vote against the Mondell resolution but. would Sup port a resolution pt.censufe.' A? ; . V . Although Democrats and , Republi cans . asserted the " issue was pot par tisan, the informal discussions touched often.on-the political angle in view pf reports that 'Blanton was preparing to entcv the "raqe for, United tates sen ator . If thr6wn ut of the house,; hs could not . conie. batik,' 1, elected, until the next congress t",..-A A; - A :. '' - A ' ;VA; ' V- A 't INJUNCTION IN PRINTERS' CONTROVERSY DISSOLVED " ."' - -.' -'- : Judge Stacy; Writes Opinion for , Supreme; j - RALEIGH, yOct f 2 6---tri jqnctiori.1 se cured ' by non-unJIon printing-houses in Raleigh, against the members, ,o.f -the three printing, "trades . unions,, follow ing the strilA oh Mf.y 1 for the 44-hojir week' was dissolved-by the supreme court today," when "it., found-error "in" .the hearing' of the case before Judge W, M. B6nd, in .Wake county . court , and. held that evidence v then ? adduced- was in.ot sufficient to warrant' a continuance of the restraining order. '. vv," '' - .The -dplnion of the; court dissolvlngr;. the order without ' prejudice to -.- tpe rights of any of .the parties.1 was writ ten by Associate Justice W. H.'Staey, f . Temporary - restraining'' order was If is sued by -"'Judg-nllV':vCrfA'er;-md returnable feeforefr Jhdgei.iW, .ID -Bond.1' in. Wake superior- court,'. September " 3. The order, prohibited 1 tle - three, labor unions, -oftlers,'Tnemhefs,t"ald.era, A tors and assoeiatsi from, gathering in groups v around, -ths? 'pjaintifC printiriic shops or in any .way annoying -any pi the inon-uniop empioyesvof tbese- es tablishments t .brought into r' break' a strike. " v,' H::f?,j6i. f'u y .' ' SOON COMPLETE WATER "LINK EXTENSIO'S. OP. FIFTH r WARDt'..tH.;-n fa. little lesN than fortv min A ' WC- " ,?.j .r?:0i ..I'ne jlypa,oi :B,i.e.'. iiipvaia? .two more I "blocks ,..-will pomplete .; the : Fifth ward extension, , f-Tccording to arinounce- ment.madft yef teroayr Pfr y. wweu. Sif.. commissionerof,publlo works. The SJnVtf ws?staS' f?: , ning,. It .was. stated.. --. .. ,--, .The extension 3rill Include .the laylnsr of ;,.0, f eet bf 'llrlnoK pipe.1, -4,150 ' of BlxincT400 .of, eightTlhtih -snd.the?ih-etallatlon iot 19 i fir ;hydrantsv MK .Cant w.ell stated "yesterday, that he was"-well pleased 'with'' th progress.' bf the -work. -, w, ... , - .Jm he was being led back to bis celL ' I ant 'iwee potato; counties-" " ' I - (Continued-on Pjftge Two.):' :-.Aia;'s1 '; TVtAAA ;'A''v;; ivA.v.i.-r:-:,. 1 a. - a -v.- - , - ,.'".- , .A"' -A,,A'-'" "" V - ?'--.A'S.'r- - "x J - - - A'r, "- - - - " The former, emperor-, and -empress of j JJrV's -Jf t Austria-Hungary hpliaVi been cap- ISS!'? I t.d;Tly...theql;ua AV U Admir;tcnyysH the 4 K&$'i' K $ Hnn;sfin.rt.-v The. -fbrner - emr 'xL" press.ise4Ue'-w - te"-. iGplfyhir. .n-asbarhafiBihce their " imprisonment. i.- ". v .r . " . 4 'V;F Vl - u.V, .. . -. - ' kjjHf'V) liONDON, .Oc.'-26.-T(Bri Associated - yf Vj ' I ' "l Fre8.)Undrv no"Si)rfeunlstnbe will ' , r tK" l.'jl former- Emperor Charles,.Aof "v Austria--. - f ? 1 Hungary, , be al'owt)" 'to cpme's to'Ejig.- ''. r " land.. This was 'the "Vnswef toay ifti 1 J- ' . ' cfbclal circles to a ' reportedv4elre of ' '"v;', the.-' ex-e"; m'peror." to -aceepiexllln' ffie' , ' ' TV yM'Ift's : British' Isles and: to tir&upflilere. .' -'.. yT , ' : . ,'. --h-if-i-JJ St vjv-.' ..V'S''1 ?.,''-' 'Vv j,-.f'',vl4"v ? ( . ' - ". r:t, f,:r . f - :-aMv A--tv-' yv - r-&flt -v.A , Aro-Eytiwn' : -- s tt"-.T-.a'e! Go-a-iw4Ai" "ort T:,' At , : naptts?turt Deatif oirttejgttsil7: -';fr-.A;-' V A:'v' A:'RdabKeHrLead,'SAD.C LEAD, S. D., Oct -2. The bpdv bf Father A. B: .Belknap, . ,rector'or . St. Patrick's." Cathedral - here,' .was ;: "found today on ."Poor: Man'sG'ulcX.niiway,'. hear theeity. limits o'riad:""V-!t T- A i bullet, frorh' a "iareAiaUKre-revolver .had p,'ercfcd his-heartV The priest hrj been lured ,to: his death" ,py7jfan Who. a few in ji tesv bef ore, 'ha appeai t du -i T'aDier Belknap to cqn - with him- to administer the last sacraments Of the churcj to a sick many.;: ' . Tonight the . authorities of Lead .were without a clue- to; the: identity of . the Slayer. Bloodhoandswete- on, ths.way from Mitchell, S. D. and when they, ar rive, rsearch -,f or. . the...anurderer -will Mart. -' .-- v - .-:- .-' ' ;c:-VAji1 ' Thfoughout the Black HiU .scores of j men k were; ready " tonight to ' form posses. , .. . . A A "j "-'-- ' '- "" Jt was,about 3":15 "o'clock-this morn ing when a rhan -rang 'the bell -.at- the door of Bishop J: J. -Ijawler'a residence Where Father .Beftknap - lived; The young priest " answered", the,; call. Fa ther' Thomas HobenVahS? Father -Belk nap's - parents, alsollviog t at; the - . .. ; . . - --- t V. - , . - - . ? HADLEY TO DIE IN CHAIR Virginia" Ddclorr. Receives ;Verr A bUct of Jury' Wiifi: Perfect ; . ;" ; Self-Possession - : , RICHMOND, Va., Oct .26. A Verdict of , "guilty of murder. 'In .the1 first degree wals returned; , by a .- jury, in ,: "Henrico county., circuit court .here this" after) noon in th'e " case - of Dr. Wilmarth -. A. Hadley, former -Unflted. States army sujrgeon, wno was cnarsrea witn ,tne murder of hls'ifef''Mf84Sh'e:"tleeii Tinsley Hadley. whose body was , found in-jthe': James- fiver "near' hereV about v nree years. su. v... ,-. . .. . ; - ; ; '?"The JiVerdhet was -returned - after .the jury had. been out le"ss than forty ;min ute8c i The verdict carries with it a -sentence, of "death- in . the electric .chair at-the." state penltentiary.herev . A T A pf. ; -Hadley.t who ; stood up: while; the foreman of the jury rendered,: th.e.:'yer- tiet,- received it: without- a. tremor. 'Mrs. C.-Ji-Hadley, . the 'aged mother off.' the "now convicted i physician. 'i who j had 'come . from 4 her' home, in Friends- WOO1, iCXMt .WH 11UV lU'lHQ WBII.IVMIU wiieh the. jury .rendered itsiverdict : .The' Jury: reured -at :zv o'ciock ana Ibfeaiwlthiits'erdict p Couriseif or. jthe defense, ihrmediately .made a "motion-for a new trial,: oh- the' ground that the ver dict was contrary-to: the' law; and -the eyUenc jadge1H; Carter Scott stated JHadley, cool and collected; turned im a ytniM w tor hm .attorneys;; after Jthe'Verdicthad kun'MMti n.nd said: V"I .wish. you aren- jtleraenfto'teheretand'that,; I am;t more tijan ; appjeciatiye of the services yo a have rendered .me. Adhere was. hot y a fl i.w In ' the def ehs'e.''Therdoctof sm lied ler : home-, : heard5, a' .man asfel1 Father Belknap toJ cfome with -41101'-tooths home pi a-sick mens who.' was; about to die andvwho desired .the sacrament: of ex treme urietlori- administered.' ''- Father Belknap went- to his garage to get hie automobile. His visitor ac companied hint: , The starter on the car would riot .work and the pair left afloet, That -was the last occupants Of ' the-bihop's' residence 'beard of the priest" .until hs-. body, was found half i an nourjafetv-- It lay In the roadway, face downward. A large bruise, oh the back pf the-; priest's' head indicated . he. had. been -struck 'from behind with a blunt- instrument j Residents of tthe. vicinity told the po lice, they "hadv heard shots. J. Bishop "tawler , declared - tonight - Fa ther Belknap'had no enemies and never had received any threats.. . ' 'No description -of 'plifi .man . who called or me vnest w uuiamaoie, autnori-ttes.-say. 5 ..t :.". j ..4. J'' Ah examination of 'Father Belknap's automobile0 indicated -it had -been tam pered with, a'ccordirig ..to a friend, a "switch containing the starter having been removed.. y; A "; ReWards ..totallirig' H,5Q0 for - appre- ; hension it the slayer hhd been offered tonight. '.' ..1, . .., ' ' ': Father -Belknap' was .-.born - in 'Iowa July 4, 1891; ; - - .- - ' ; " BEER CAN BE LEGALLY PRESCRIBED IN 9 STATES Medicinal Use Not '; Allowed in ..' I , ' Other? Sections V v WASHINGTOrT; Oct '2ft-PrescriptIon of 'Jbeer las 'meuite"' under, the new treasury regulations; 'cah - legally be made in oril'y riltfe states', ' Wayne B. Wheeler.. general. counsel '. of - the Anti Saloon leag'u e '.'paid .' to'ciay, in a state ment: commenting on .'issuance of the regulations. AA A, .. t 'y '"'.-. -. ' ' These states': MrA Wheeler said,' are California, - Cpnnectlcut Massachusetts. Missouri,.; New -.- Je'rsey New -Yorky Penney ivaniaii', Rhode Island " and .Wis consin. .... Prescription of beer-' also is possible, he, said, in Jthe: non-prphibited portions of Liouisiana and Maryland. '. : -. i . i . , .. y IiENIOR COUTBUI-LDIXG i - - . MAK.NEW POTATO HOUSES - " (SfmUI ito Tkie Star.)- '-: AkKiNSTON,!N;;CiOct ;26i -The? num ber of sweet? potato storage - houses in Lenoir county has increased ;to half a dpxen'with the completion of houses an the farms ': of 'M. ' Eh Gray and J. J. Croom.. - Another- house has been com pleted across the ': boundary from,Iienoir In Craven; r. The vhew; houses have ca pacities -of from .-600- to:1.00o'. bushels. The' chamber of v'cbmmerce here is en couraging, other -farmers, to' build stor age -houses, and' through ihe ' Interest 'of that body .local ' banksare understood to be Sidinjr jwhere' heceasaty. t The chamber, 'of cojtrimerce ' hoJes ! to "stapl Hxe 'the isw'eet p,hd ,arid ;.mak ,1 pos sible ib'save .a; larger :partpf the; cop- Slderable.'productl6rilierv'i- V Nash arid Craven" coriritles; have, become . Import- Handsome residential Section of Tampa Left a Scene of 'a -Desolation SOME LIVES LOST Many Narrow - Escapes' and. Thrilling Rescues Reported ; In Storm Area. Five Known To Be Dead A In Tampa and Vicinity' TAStPA, Fla., ' Oetf 26v FUve per sons are known to be dead, in tsls city and St Petersburg, across Tam pa bay, as tKeL result of yesterda's storm, vrhlch caused a local proper ty damage . estimated at between 91,000,000. and 82,000,000. Tne sterna was the worst that nas strueTc tbis section since 1841.. .. r The known dead of Tampa aret Jimmle Jurrno, killed by live wire Tnesday. -' Mrs. J. D, Wilder, drowned today. Louis Voire, drowned Tuesday. : . . At St. Petersburg there were two known death si. - f F. O. WslfeWl8.'.waa rushed when m roof caved , in on ftlm. . i. J. W. Mcliean. JB, died of excite ment white closing the window of his home. V The entire water front of St. Pe-; tersbnr g was . washed away,, but as yet it is impossible to determine the extent of The damage there. The some . ISO residents- of : Passagrilld were saved, though ; the island was damaged A the - extent of approx imately ioo,ooo. f ! ' LAKEIxANI,. . Fla., Aot. ' 26. South Florida - spent . tody ; In recapltuatlrig . the damage estimated to, run weirnto minions of dollar caused, by- the gulf hurricane- which tore northeastward ly across, Florida :s peninsula yester-, day. . j. : -yr : . At times attaining a velocity or tw. miles an hjouri : the gale wrought de-, struction to smaller -oDStacieg in us oath; but only in a few' instances,, ac- life: V v" - '- V "Tu- 1 While there v nave Deen oniy mrw ir -four isolated cases of deaths fronj " the ? "storm it 13 feared1 the " clearing avray of the debris In Tampa's -wreck - ed '-portions might add to "tne list ' ; .Of " the cities "an'd towns' within a : radius of 'forty miles "of; ."Lakeland, that could be reached by automobile todays Tampa appears to have : suffered the 1 greatest damage. - Te bay shore drive residential, section from' Frank lin. street to . Port Tamapa is a ' pah- orama of destruction. .. i Trees are down, houses with roofs ' - torn away and foundations : weakened from the tidal wave .that swept in over the seawall from "Tampa bay- have collapsed and , logs and other debris swept in on the onrushing waters crest now graca wnat Were once the beautiful lawns of the" Hydr Park., section, one of Tampa's most fashionable suburbs. ' Along: the water : front "large sec tions of the Seawall were swept away and parts of streets were washed into the bay. Houses immediately adjoin inb the boulevard: were .crushed in by the gale without apparent resistance. Resort Destroyed Sunset Beach, a popular resort "of Tampa, - was completely destroyed. Small houses wer torn down and : washed away . and the white sands of r the beach now show 1 no ' veetige of ever having been . Inhabited. , v The downtown section of Tampa was more fortunate than the outskirts of V the suburbs, the damage in the city proper being-confined to the breaking of plate glass windows, the. tearing " away - of awnings arid the unroofing of buildings. A warehouse occupied by, the Gulf and ; Southern stearaehip: company was . destroyed as was part -of the Mallory.: line docks. Here and there throughout, the city are stranded; street cars, the victims . of the ' sudden: falling of - the city's power plant. Telephone arid electric -light wires dangle in a tangled mass, giving little hope of an . earlyi re- , V sumption of , service. .. - , ;" : . Conservative i estimates place tlte A damage in Tampa proper at $3,000,000-. The etorm travelling - north- appear-A ed to concentrate its full force on Ybor City, the'Latin. quarter of Tampa. Nearly . ,600 houses were wrecked in - . that section. In -the. Palmetto beach section approximatebly : four square miles of ground .was inundated. Wo-- . men. and children In this section , were ,-; rescued by a band of forty volunteers ; and carried .to.; safety in, the highlands . of the city. . All the dwellings in the Palmetto section were completely de- - mollshed : and f it is f ea,red that some 'if. of the rescuers may- have perished ss . . boats brought, ..into play ; were swept A out from shore , and .wreckage later :' gave . rhute. evidence. , .... :, - . Roof Ing- Torn Away . . " To get j back to'. Tbor , City, large ' sheets of tin ' roofing were torn from i ; the -roofs -of "business buildings , and hurled several '- hundred -feet against.. ;. houses to break - windows. Among the-. business, hpuses . being.; seriously dam- . aged in this section. were the. National ' Biscuit company.' Peninsula Paper com- , pany, C. 1H.-, Moorehouse,' Cumberland' . and LibertyvMill: company, J. Brant ley company ? the - Consolidated com pany, O very : and Owen company! Lucas Brothers, .. Jackson J. Grain T company, Perkins and. Sharpe and at number of -sraallerV Cuban, industries. A -1 ' " .f The anxiety felt for ..the' . safety ot some 30.0 students . of Southern College -at Clearwater : beach wjr relieved; this ?' afternoon when :: messengers reached Tampa stating, that all v the students? :H , were taken: across- the bay into Clear ; H water early - Tuesday, ,:: Fifty . automo-i ", biles from Clearwater negotiated wthe "y- long, bridge while th storm was iireak- ' Ing. The. - students and ' members of ". '.'' the faculty, .nftd with Vonlyr. their Im;-Cilr; mediate possessions.-' Several .of i theni A A; were taken .tc Grey Moss Inn at Clear- iwaterrr and -; ISrepo)rted ".some;-S!1ght I injuries "were sustained when that k,:.i. Sl!( fit Hi. 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Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Oct. 27, 1921, edition 1
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