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FOUNDED A. D. 1867,-VOL. CXNo. 17
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1922.
OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE.
Gravity of Near East Crisis
Is Evidenced by Successive
Meetings of British Cabinet
Three Sessions Are Held Thurs
day With the Fourth Sched
uled For Friday, Say
London Dispatches
WEDNESDAY'S ADVERSE
NEWS AMPLY CONFIRMED
jjore Turkisfc Troops Move Into
Neutral Territory, But Gen.
Hirrington is Optimistic
T-.-rox, Sept. 28. (By The Assooi-,-.
. :tcs.) The British cabinet held
:- .successive meetings today and
.; meeting: will be held tomorrow
- : This fa,ct alone is sufficient
c - : . r.t on the gravity, of the situa-
; trie near east, revealed by yes-
bad news, which has been am
: uifrraed and accentuated by to-
,M?patches.
T. - Greek revolution, which was a
r-:: and naval coup, seems to have
--: -rried out with surprising swlft
a?A completeness. Information
- a: Constantine is meagre, but
'-port had it that he was a prisoner
n- 'he revolutionaries.
r crown prince succeeds to the
-v while the victorious troops with
leaders at their head marched
tr: rrrr'hantly into Athens, which, pend
: 'li-1 formation of a new government,
ir. the handa of a military dictator
flup in the shape of a triumvirate coun
c : of generals. One of the generals is
v:I :r be the famous General Nider,
v ' -i. for a long time, was chief of staff
:;:.d war minister under the Venizelos
,i ".ministration and commanded the
Creek expeditionary corps operating In
?-;;th Russia in 1918.
Apparently the revolution was blood-1-s.
although an unconfirmed report
mentions' the killing of one minister.
Friendly messages have been ex
c1 Pntred between General Harrington,
I'.ritish commander at Constantino
5 le. and Kemal Pasha, discussing the
respective viewpoints in an amicable
r.utnncr. but the Kemalists show not
t: e -lightest disposition to recede from
eir position and Tefirse to withdraw
ti.v.r troops from the .Chanak sector.
Or. the other hand, according to gov
rrnr.it nt dispatches and correspondents
n the spot, an additional Turkish
force entered the neutral zone today.
Not only do the Kemalists" refuse to re
tire from the neutral zone, ignoring all
British warnings, but they are reported
t have declared they will not permit
the British to build fortifications at
i-ertaln. points within the zone.
in Constantinople it Is believed the
situation has been relieved by the Ke
irV.ist agreement to recognize the neu
::?.lity of the straits pending the arm-i.-::ce
conference. Another point on
:.e reace tde'is that General Harring
t r. still, jvrpfeses. conOd;nce in Ke
ma'.'s moderation.
A report has reached here, though not
rfnually, that the Saltan of Turkey,
Mohammed VI, has abdicated in favor
rf the heir apparent, Prince Abdul
Medjid.
The British government's delaying
is reply to the Russian note pending
further developments.
F.egarding the Turkish complaints
'hat the sea of Marmora is closed to
Turkish troops, the British contention
is that it has thoroughly maintained
absolute neutrality as between the
Creeks and the Turks and that the
whole sea of Marmora is free to both
t 'n e Turks and Greeks equally.
No authoritative Information is
to! incoming on the cabinet's views op
th new situation created by the Greek
revolution.
A Smyrna dispatch through Paris to-rog-ht
says that Kemal Pasha is dis
posed to accept the invitation to a
peace conference, with certain reserva
tions, but that the Angora assembly
has voted a large war credit.
All it is possible to say with confi
dence is that while peace has not yet
hen broken, some unforeseen' Incident
may at any moment provoke hostilities.
Backfire From Motor
Truck Starts Blaze
Garage
in Kinston and Other
Property is Burned
(Special to the Star.)
KIN'S TON. Sept. 28. A backfiring
rector truck was held responsible for
Pre at 4 o'clock this afternoon which
f utted the garage here of the etate
irhw-ay commission and did nominal
'image to the ice factory of Harvey
Hines and the Kinston Laundry cora
" my in adjoining buildings. The total
'mage was estimated at about J 7,500.
The building occupied by the state's
e 'Jtiipment was owned by Grover Cox.
This was gutted. .
P-oselle Farmer, a laundry employe,
" iffered a cut artery in an arm when
"- stream of water crashed through a
'indow and broken glass showered
port him. Quick response of the fire-
"":n prevented a disastrous blaze.
r ropprty immediately adjacent " Is
" alued at $500,000.
.VTHOI.ICS AUTHORIZED TO
COXTIJTUE THEIR ACTIVITY
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28. The Na-
vr.a! Catholic Welfare council was
uthcrized. today by the hierarchy of
: Roman Catholic Church of America
'o continue and to Intensify the actl
"le5 which have resulted In the great
' gocd during the past vear."
nrcmcement of the authorization,
'-ich churchmen said would clear up
' -:nty existing in soma quarters
" to 1 h ; scope of the wthf are conn
; ' w- .made by Archbishops Hanria. of
' n Francisco, and Curley, of Balti-:-,
- : the close of today's session of
" i-rr.ual meeting of the Hierarchy.
lho two archbishops, in their an
' Mtnt, said the N hierarchy re-
drri organLia'tion of th wel'irc
' Tf-.i an its own representative aid
'hf- exponent of ts'policI3 ii carrjTr
'- "ut plans for tfe wetfara . ct ' the
' -th.-i'.c people of Amer'lcA,alonedu
' -'i -' - ai. social an.I , related lixes, j-o
FUNERAL OF SENATOR
THOMAS WATSON HELD
IN HIS THOMSON HOME
Hundreds of Georgians Join
Congressional Escort; Seven
Thousand View Body
THOMSON. " Sept. 28. All that was
mortal of Thomas E. Watson, Junior
United States senator from Georgia,
was laid to rest lae thl afternoon be
side his mother and rather In a local
cemetery.
Hundreds -of Georgians, Including
state officials, Joined the honorary es
cort of colleagues of both branches of
congress, which accompanied the body
from Washington.
The funeral service was conducted
after a line of approximately 7,000
men, women and children had filed past
the cahket containing the body at the
home, "Hickorv Hill," Dr. E. J. For
rester, of Sparta, assisted by Rev. J, T.
Eakes, of this city, conducted the ser
vice. The service was conducted at the
home and then the caeket, heavily cov
ered with flowers, was carried to the
little cemetery located only a short
distance from the Watson colonial
mansion. The brief graveside ritual
wah soon over and the body lowered
into its last resting place.
Thomson had prepared"- for a large
gathering of Senator Watson's loyal
friends and ; shortly after the break
of da ythLs .morning, Georgians from
all sections of the state began to ar
rive to join the advance guard of
Wednesday.
The official senatorial party that ac
companied the body from Washington
was composed of Senators Dial, South
Carolina; Fietcher, Florida; Heflin,
Alabama and Harrison, Mississippi.
Congressman Charles E. Crisp, of Geor
gia, joined the party at Augusta.
Special trains were operated out of
this city this afternoon to accommo
date the crowds.
Wife of Slain Rector
A "Devil" in Opinion
Of Mrs. Eleanor "Mills
This Information is Gathered by
Detectives From a Neigh
bor of the Millses
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.. Sept. 28.
Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall, widow of
Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall, slain
clergyman, was a "devil" In the eye of
Mrs. Eleanor Heinhardt Mills, his choir
leader, whose body was found beside
his nearly two weeks ago.
This Information, with Its bearing
on a possible jealous motive for the
double slaying, was given detectives
today by Miss Millie Ople, a neighbor
of the Mills family. Miss Ople earlier
had told of frenquent telephone conver
sations between Mr. Hall and MrsI
Mills and of many visits made by the
slain rector to the Mills home.
Tho devil incident, she recalled today,
grew out of a pleasure trip to Point
Pleat ant. Jersey coast resort. The
party, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Hall
and Mrs. Mills was to start at 9 o'clock
on the morning of July 12, Miss Opie
said. When Mrs. - Hall failed to call
for her at' the appointed hour, Mrs.
Mills telephoned the Hall home, turning
away with the petulant remark that
Mrs. Hall wanted "to make the day as
short as possible," Miss Ople said.
After the outing, she said, Mrs. Mills
told her that Mrs. Hall was a "devil."
Wlllie Stevens, brother of Mrs. Hall,
was questioned again at length today.
The board of freeholders of Middle
sex county, on the recommendation "of
prosecutor Striker, 'today adopted a
resolution of a reward of $1,000 for the
detention, apprehension and conviction
of the murderer. The reward will (be
paid if it is proved that the crime was
committed in Middlesex county.
Great Prosperity Era
Is Predicted by Mrs.
Vanderbilt ip Address
Asheville Woman is Principal
Speaker and Honor Guest at
, Carolinas Exposition
CHARLOTTE, Sept. 28. Mrs. Edith
Vanderbilt, of Ashevllle.-honor guest of
"Vanderbilt Day" at. the Made-ln-Car-ollnas
exposition, today delivered an
address 'at the exposition grounds In
which she appealed for co-operation
between the Carolines and the counties
of North Carolina. She predicted an
era of great development and progress
in the near futu.re which, she said,
would demand the energies of every
citizen in behalf of their state. -
The Women's club, of Charlotte, en
tertained Mrs. Vanderbilt with a lunch
eon at noon, and tonight she was ten
dered a dinner by the chamber of com
merce. More than 200 persons were in
attendance. Mrs. -Vanderbilt, tonight,
was Chief figure at "Society Night" cel
ebration. ; M
Mrs. Vnderbilt;Un her speech, touched
on the subject of the. North Carolina
state fair, asserting, that It should be
made to represent Ithe best of all the
county fairs.- She stated exhibits from
other states were invited.
Referring to good roads, the speaker
stated that better' highways meant
easier marketing of .farm products, de
velopment of . schbdlSi " churches and
communities and ;the cementing of 'the
entire people toward roser co-opera
tion,, ,
Arrested For Alleged
Murder
44 Years Ago
(Special to the Star.)
ItTMBERTOX, Sept. 28. Joe B.
Kemp, charged with shooting and
killing Daniel E. McXelll in Robe
ion county, Ansrnst 15, 1S78, forty
four year axo, nas been arrested in
St. Augustine Fla.
Sheriff R, E. Lewis has Cone to
Florida for the prisoner it ho will
likely be trle-'iat the November
term of Rolr frhnimal court for
murder co' vjP :
century a & & '
almost a hall
Kemp 4"reaalsltion oaners
and ha-.. ;d to return to this
county v
Ker .about 18 years old when
the .-CTtoolt nlace and l now
-'.-v5 ;riner ''and 6 oi the 9 Jurors
T . "ducted the Inquest are dead.
- ; were two eye witnesses to
-;. iHSng and both of these are
'to be living in this county.
PROPOSED MERGER OF
BIG STEEL COMPANIES
NOT TO BE EFFECTED
Companies to Have Been Affect
ed Are Inland, Midvale and
Republic Iron
ANOTHER PIG DONATION
TO TRINITY BY JAMES
B. DUKE IS ANNOUNCED
Durham Tobacco King Makes
$1,250,000 Contribution to
Methodist College in
Durham
BRINGS FAMILY GIFT
TO FOUR MILLIONS
One Million Dollars of Amount
Goes Into Endowment Fund.
Other to Buildijtgs
BANKERS UNWILLING
TO FINANCE C01MPANY
Financiers Take This Position
As Result of Federal Trade
Commission's Ruling.
NEW YORK, Sept. 28. The proposed
merger of the Inland Steel company,
the Midvale Steel and Ordance com
pany and Republic Iron and Steel com
pany will not be effected, it was an
nounced today. The situation arising
from the action of the federal trade
commission in declaring that such mer
ger would be illegal, was declared re
sponsible for the decision.
The decision to abandon the three
company consolidation which was to
have been known as the North Ameri
can Steel company was strengthened,
it was said, by the unwillingness of
bankers to finance the merger on the
face of the federal trade commission's
ruling. .
While the commission's action was
expected to result in a modification of
i the - original, .merger . terras, tha . actual
what of a Hurprise in the financial dis
trict. Shares of the Republic Iron and
Steel company have been under pres
sure during the last few days in anti
cipation of a change In the merger
plans, today's reaction resulting in a
net loss of nearly two and one half
points. Midvale Steel and Ordance
shares have declined less violently. In
land Steel stock Is not quoted on the
New York stock exchange.
The original plans for an independent
steel merger Involved seven compan
ies, the Republic, Midvale, Inland,
Youngstown Sheet and Tube, Lacka
wanna Steel, Steel and Tube of America
and Brier Hill Steel companies. Exe
cutives of the seven companies made
a tour of the plants involved late last
spring. Shortly after they returned
to the city, the Lackawanna company
withdrew from- the negotiations and
announced that tentative plans had
been completed for its absorption by
tho Bethleham Steel company.
Soon afterward, the Youngstown
Sheet and Tube company withdrew be
cause of dissatisfaction with the cap
ital readjustment plan, feeling that its
plant was not being considered at
its true valuation. After a series of
conferences, two more companies
dropped out and it was finally decided
to go ahead on a three company basis.
The merger plans were attacked by
the Lockwood legislative committee in-
crtigating 1 cvse conditions and laierj
Dy tne eaerai iraoe commission wnicn
gave out a decision that the combina
tion, if effected, would constitute an
illegal monproly.
DURHAM, Sept. 28. Gifts tatalling
$1,250,000 and bringing the grand total
of donations of the family up to al
most $4, 000, WO, coming from James B.
Duke, the "tobacco king," for Trinity
college were announced today by Dr.
W. P. Few, president of the institu
tion. James B. Duke has again made large
gifts to Trinity. President Few an
nounced today that Mr. Duke has given
$25,000 to the new gymnasium; that he
will give $50,000 .towards a $100,000
law building: that he will give" $50,000
towards a $100,000 building for the
new school of religious training; and
that in addition to these gifts he is
adding $1,000,000 to the endowment af
the college.
These gifts are made by Mr. Duke as
his part in the pTogram for the im
mediate further development of the
college, which includes eight items,
first, increasing the productive en
dowment of the college by not less
than $2,000,OOD. Mr. Duke gives $1,
000,000 of this and towards the second
million $700,000 has been pledged and
it is expected that the remainder will
be pledged before June 1, next.
The building up of an alumni revolv
ing fund to at least $60,000 or $70,000
a year, which would represent the In
come on more than a million dollars.
More .than $40,000 has already been
pledged to this fund. It is expected
that every former student of the col
lege will contribute and fet contribu
tions from others to this fund. The
completion of the new endowment
fund and of the revolving fund is ab
solutely indespensable if the college
is to care for any further increase of
students, the number at present being
300 per cent, more than a rtecade ago.
The development of a fully organized
school of religious training; the com
pleting of the gymnasium, construc
tion of whloh is now under way. and
the erection of a building for the law
school are also essential. For thip
purpose there is ajContingent pledge of
$25000 in.addlUoa to the -450,0(0- that
Mr.- iDnire propose .to -give and.-1'be
graduates of the law school have jnade
plans to raise the remaining $25,000
Also the erection of another science
building, the buildinsr of one more
dormitory unit, and the construction
of a new central hiaclng plant are
badly needed.
Reply to Confederate
Criticism of Lincoln
Made by L. S. Pilcher
G. ,A. R. Commander Deplores
the Resolution Adopted by
the U. D. C.'s.
Shriners to Erect
Hom& in Charlotte
Proposed Structure is to Cost
Around $400,000
CHARLOTTE, Sept. 29. The Mosque
committee, headed by Illustrious Poten
tate Charles V. York, of Raleigh, is in
session here discussing plans for the
erection in Charlotte of a $400,000
Mosque to be the home of the nobles
of the Mystic Shrine in Western North
Carolina, it was annbunced tonight.
Slight changes, it is said, will be
made in the plans adopted by the
Shriners at High Point and bids will
likely be asked for tomorrow when
another session is held.
The committee is composed of Po
tentate York, Dr. W. F. Randolph,
past potentate, of Asheville; W. S. Lid
dell, past potentate; Illustrious Re
corder Thomas Griffith, and Treasur
er John M. Scott, all of Charlotte.
GREEK SHIPS ESTER SMYRNA
FLYING THE AMERICAN FLAG
SMYRNA, Sept. 28. (By the Assoc
iated Press). Ten Greek owned ves
sels steamed into the harbor tonight
under the protection of the American
flag and took off 20,000 refugees and
victims of the fire. The American navy
under rear Admiral Bristol is striving
valiantly to save the remainder, which
number not less than 40,000:
. ' 4'
WALNUT COVE MAN DIES
WINSTON-SALEM, Sept. 28.Adrlan
Van den Boom successful manufacturer.
Walnut Cove died at his home there
today. A native of Holland, (Van Den
Boom came to this country, 12 years
ago, first locating in Niagara Falls,
N.. Y.., and later going to Walnut Cove
where, he engaged in the manufacture
of collapsible boxes. . '
DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 28. (By
the Associated Press.) Commander in
Chief Lewis S. Pilcher. of the Grand
Army of the Republic, in a speech today
before the Grand army replied, in a
measure, to the attack upon Abraham
Lincoln, made by Confederate veterans
at their meeting at Richmond last
June.
"The recent venomous attack upon
Lincoln's character mace under cir
cumstances which gave it wide pub
licity," he haid, "does not lessen the
world's estimate of his worth. It only
tends to awaken the slumbering ani
mosities and rudely disturb the feeling
of peace and good will between federal
and confederate which had begun to
prevail throughout tlSe nation.
"Good may come of it, however, if
it awakens all lovers of truth and the
fatherland to scrutinize more closely
the character of the instructions in
the department of American history
that is given in public schools of the
land."
Commander Pilcher recommended
that action be taken on the proposed
resolution before the encampment
making the study . of Lincoln's life
compulsory in the high schools.
The commanfier is anxious that no
further action be taken by either eide
to disturb the growing good will be
tween the north and the south and it is
said no formal answer will be made to
the Richmond resolution.
Judge J. W. Willet, Tama, Iowa, was
elected commander in chief of the
Grand Army of the Republic at this af
ternoon's business session.
Eight Millions to Be
Spent in Improvements
By Coast Line System
SAVANNAH, GaV Sent. 2S. W.
W. Mackall, a director of the At
lantic Coast Line railway, has re
turned from a visit of the directors
of the Coast Line In New York
where; he says plans fpr spending
8,000,000 alonjr the line of the Coast
Line for equipment and ' double
tracking were perfected. Mr.
MackalL said this shows the con
fidence the railroads have in the
south. , "
The Improvements will include,
the double tracking between Sav- .
annah and' Burroush' " Jesu'n and j
Doctortown, Hardeeville and Yam- j
a see Junction ; and many other
points, he said, and a large amount
of new equipment will he purchased
ed, . . ' . i
Events Rapidly Approaching
Climax Near Chanak; T urks
Invade More Neutral Ground
All of Zone on Asiatic Side of Dardanelles Except
Immediate Chanak Area Occupied by Turks;
British Troops "Ready for What May
Happen;" Harrington Asks Meet
ing With Kemal Pasha.
REGARDLESS OF CONCENTRATION
BRITISH PREPARED FOR ATTACK
Reinforcements and Supplies Continue to Stream into the Assist
ance of the Tommies; Big Super Dreadnaughts Arrive in the
Dardanelles; Additional Air Forces Ready for Action;
Turks Now Have Only Machine Guns. .
OONSTANTLNOPLE, Sept. 28. (ByTtfie' Associated Press)
invents are approaching a climax. The Turks; have occupied the
entire neutral zone onthe Asiatic side of the Dardanelles with
exception of the Chanak area around which they have established
infantry units in a semi-circle, virtually investing the British lines.
The Turkish cavalry squardrons are retiring, and the British
troops, who are in strong force at Chanak are ready for what may
happen.
In these circumstances, General Harrington, the British com
mander in chief, has sent a wireless message to Kemal Pasha, at
Smyrna, asking for an immediate personal r meeting. He leaves
the choice of place to Kemal, whose reply is expected momen
tarily. m
Yussuf Kemal Pasha, the nationalist foreign minister, is
understood to have gone to Angora to submit the allied joint note
to the nationalist assembly, but in the meantime, -Turkish concen
tration are being pushed wiiv the greateste-speed.
British reinforcements ,e reaching here and the threatened
area, the super-dreadnaughts Revenge and Resolution, the most
powerful fighting machines afloat, have arrived in the Dardan
elles, while a battalion of North Staff ordshires and 1,000 men of
the British air forces landed today and marched, through Con
stantinople with bands playing. Their presence has helped to
bring about a reassuring effect.
The Turkish instructions to the men in the Chanak sector are
to advance the farthest possible without' meeting resistance. They
are now practiaclly against the Briish entrenchments? and ob
viously the situation can not be indefinitely prolonged.
Notwithstanding he Kemalists concentration around Chanak,
however, ithft' British are confident of holding their lines against
all odds. They declare that their flanksarereli protected by the
fleet. The battleships, with their 16 inch guns, can sweep the
whole area around Chanak for a distance of 20 miles, and it is
possible for the British to dismount some of their giant naval
guns and use them tor shore batteries.
The Turks at present have only machine guns in the Chanak
area. If they brought up heavy artillery, the security of Chanak
might be -seriously challenged, the British admit, but the en
trenchments in this sector are said to be more efficient than any
used in the. World war. Since September 11, 2,000 men from the
labor squadron, 1,000 from the fleet arid several thousand from
the army have been steadily building trenches and setting up gun
smplacements. -
DEPOSED KING KLEAGLE
OF KLAN RELEASED ON
EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGE
W. V. Guerrard Gets Clear in
Swain County Count, But Held
For Grand Jury in Wake
LITTLE OF INSIDE
GOSSIP LEAKS OUT
Bailey Quizzes Witnesses, But
They Tell No Secrets; Ashe
ville Membership Revealed
Democrats of Michigan Grand Parade Brings
Fail to Indorse Ford
As Party Candidate
State Convention Holds Time
Premature For Presiden
tial Indorsements
BAY CITY, Mich., Sept. 28. (By the
Associated Press.) A movement to in
dorse Henry Ford as a presidential
candidate in 1924 failed at the Demo
cratic state convention here today
when the resolutions committee de
cided such action would be premature
and too far in advance of he election.
The proposal, sponsored by the dele
gation from Adrian, which includes S.
W. Raymond, a brother-in-law of the
Detroit manufacturer, precipitated a
fight in the resolutions committee.
Those opposing: the resolution held
that Indorsement of Mr. Ford would
make the presidential issue the pre
dominating feature of the coming cam
paign in Michigan and detract from
the strength of Woodbridge N. Ferris,
the party's nominee for senator. Sup
porters of -the resolution argued that
Ford was the real instigator of what
they termed "the Newberry issue."
The convention refused to nominate
a candidate for auditor general, in
dorsing the incumbent, O. B. Fuller,
Republican, who is seeking re-election.
Mrs. Jessie C. Porter of Marshall was
nominated for secretary of state.
Other nominations were:
O. F. Barnes, Lansing, for state
treasurer; Thomas J. Cavenaugh, Paw
Paw, for attorney general, and Michael
Doyle, Menominee, to fill a vacancy on
the state supreme court bench.
New York Republicans
Nominate State Slate
ALBANY, N. Y., Sept. 28. The Re
publican state convention of 1922 com
pleted its work today, renominating
Governor Nathan L. Miller, of Syracuse,
and United States Senator William M.
Calder, of Brooklyn,' and naming a
ticket of state officers.
Adoption of a state platform which
indorsed "the administrative efficiency
and sweeping economies" of the ad
min istration of President Harding and
Governor Miller; pledged- support to
the principle of home rule and muni
cipalities: sponsored equal rights for
women and which ignored the prohibi
tion question, preceeded the nomina
tions. . - .
To An End Reunion of
Civil War Veterans
Gen. Carr and Gen. Ray Lead
Procession; Veterans Visit
Soldier Hospitals
ASHEVILLE, Sept. 28. The reunion
of Confederate veterans comprising the
North Carolina division, came to an
end here today follow.ing one of the
largest and most complete parades ever
held in the city. Following the spec
tacular parade the veterans were driven
over the Biltmore estate and many of
them visited the government hospitals
at Oteen and Kehilworth. In the wards
of the hospitals emotion several times
overcame patients who gazed from
their beds of sickness upon the bent
and gray veterans of a much more bit
ter conflict passing before them.
An automobile bearing Gen. Julian
S. Carr, commander-in-chief . of the
United Confederate Veterans, and Brig.
Gen. J. M. Ray, of Asheville, command
ing the fourth brigade, U. C. V., led the
parade and were followed by cars bear
ing brigade commander, sponsorial
staffs, officials, United Daughters of
the Confederacy, Sons of Confederate
Veterans, World war veterans and oth
ers. Riding in the car of the commander-in-chief
was little Miss Elizabeth Hen
derson, of Charlotte, mascot of the
Mecklenburg camp of veterans dressed
in a Confederate uniform, and as the
parade passed she doffed her regulation
Confederate hat.
Whether the North Carolina veterans
will meet in reunion next year has not
been decided. Some feel that the scat
tered lines will hardly make it feasible.
ftUAirTITT OP EXPLOSIVES FOUND
NEAR ROCKY MOUNT A. C. L. SHOPS.
ROCKY MOUNT, Sept. 28. No clue
has been discovered by the police as to
who left ten sticks of dynamite and a
small hand-male bomb in a vacant field
near the Atlantic Coast Line hospital
late yesterday. The theory is advanced
that the stuff was left by some one
who became frightened. The explo
sives were picked up by a negro.
FORMALLY RATIFY NOMINATION
BALTIMORE, Md.t Sept. 28. The re
nomination of United States Senator
Joseph I. France, at the primary elec
tion, September 11, was formally rati
fied by' the 'republican state .conven
tion here today: The platform warmly
commended the national administra
tion, i I
Star's News Bnrea-a
312 Tnclne Bull&InK
By BROCK BARK LEY
RALEIGH, Sept. 28. W. V. Guerrard,
deposed king kleagle. of the Ku Klux
Klan in North Carolina, was released
from appearance in Bryson City, Swain
county, for trad on charges of em
bezzling 517,000 of klan funds as the
result of habeas corpus proceedings
before Superior Court Judge Lyon- thia
afternoon. He was held under $5,000
bond for a possible grand Jury inves-
tigation iri Wake county, however.
The hearing centered on the direei
charges against Guerrard and very lit
tle inside klan gossip leaked out, de
spite a battery of questions leveled at
the states's witnesses by J. W. Bailey,
attorney for the deposed kleagle. These
witnesses were L. L. Fronneberger, unr
til recently klan organizer at Ashe
ville, and Dr. W. B. Thompson, "per
sonal representative of the Imperial
wizard," who came into the state to
take charge of the order with the dis
missal of Guerrard. .
It was revealed that the klan had
446 members in Asheville and 87 ln
Bryson City. Fronneberger testified
he had paid Guerrard $6 the member
for these and the state charged the
kleagle had reported only 36 mem
bers In Asheville and 17 in Bryson
City.
Mr. Bailey tried hard to find out
the condition of the klan In the state
but all Dr. Thompson would tell was
that "It is good." Mr. Bailey was sur
prised that Dr. Thompson had not read
the newspaper piece of the alleged late
grand dragon, Bruce Craven, But the
personal representative of the imperi
al wizard had not so much as heard
of the gentleman. Newspaper criticism
the country over had a reaction favor
able to the klan, said Thompson in re
futing Guerrard's claim of using $3,
300 as salary during the period of "ex
treme mental anguish."
The court did not concern itself
with the differences in the'-reports on
the Bryson City and Asheville member
ships since it .was revealed that the
transfer of "money ot IhJeeeiiwas-W&xie
by mail and Guerrard received' "the
money in. Raleigh., That would make
the alleged offence' dnC occurlng in
Raleigh and not in the mountain coun
ty, where the warrant "was issued last
week by N. E. Uttlejohn, the klan's
detective.
The order releasing him from . the
Bryson City warrant held him for the
Wake grand jury.
A sensation had been promised when
internal affairs of the klan in North
Carolina should get a court airing but
this afternoon's hearing was calm.
Guerrard was confident after court
yaat the action of the klan against him
has stopped, while the prosecutors, of
whom Dr. Thompson Is the chief, were
reported as expecting to issue war
rants in Franklin and other counties.
Guerrard came Into the state to take
charge of klan affairs in 1920. He
hired a great many kleagles, of whom
Fronneberger was the most prominent.
Fronneberger was engaged in Charlotte
In June 1920 and was an organizing
kleagle until last February, he testi
fied. He had cancelled checks show-
i ing where he had paid Guerrard $8
the member, he, himseix, keeping x.
Guerrard was to get a dollar a mem
ber and allowances for expenses mak
ing remittances of hie treasury balance,
to Atlanta.
. The deposed keagle is alleged to
have failed to turn over some $17,000
to Atlanta. In addition to a state
ment, giving himself $3,300 for salary
during the "mental anguish" period,
allowances for rent, travel and other
expenses totalling $8,000, It was de
clared that many kleagles hafl held
back payments on membership lnlta
tlon fees and dues.
Three thousand, three hundred bonds,,
each of a thousand dollar denomina
tion, got the signature of Governor.
Morrison this afternoon and tonight
and tomorrow treasurer Ben Lacy
take? them to New York where he will
add his slgnatuie and deliver them to
a syndicate of bankers. They are the
school loan bonds sold a few weeks
ago. Bond signing has got to be a
big job with these two state chiefs.
The Issues have all been made of thou
sand dollar bonds and the governor's
signature is required on each. About
five hours was required for the execu
tive to sign todays lot,
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State Retail Druggists
Want New Legislation
By BROCK BARKIET.
RALEIGH, Sept. 28. The legislative
bommlttee of the state retail druggists'
j&ssociation, coneidering needed legis
lation at a meeting here today, laid
plans for asking two or three acts of
t.he next general assembly tending to
the improvement of the profession.
Chairmen of county druggists' asso
ciations from several counties met with
the committee.
The druggists want legislation plac
ing the sale of drugs more strictly
under the supervision of registered
druggists. Quantities of medicine and
prescriptions go out from store, par
ticularly in the rural sections, lacking
the services o fa druggist qualified to
handle the preparations, it was said.
In all probability the druggists will
ask the legislature to provide for an
inspection of drug stores. They have
been handling their own inspections at
a cost of $5the member, and it is con
sidered that, this is. a state duty,
The committee also gave further con-,
slderation'to the move to, get a drug
gist' on the state board of health-
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