North Carolina Newspapers

Weather Fair Thursday and Friday FOUNDED a. D. 1867.—VOL. CL—No. 760. 16 Pages Foil Leased Wire Service of the Associated Press OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. pen by Orders Naval Court Martial forOfficersWho Figured in Coast Disaster 1( Will Be Largest Single Ac tion of Kind in Naval History ( OMM ANDER DAVIS. OF AULMINGTON, ON LIST Vice Admiral Wiley Will Pre side Over Trails, at San Diego AV \sh i.'-'GTON, Oct. 21—The largest ■ rt martial In the History of ’ was ordered today as a re itif 'iav • ■ - , „[• inquiry into :lie lor.s of li„5|]-c,yers off Honda point. Cal., *'* Wn-< -’iber 8. squadron eomman ;!S.; ' s, commanders of destroy flotilla navigator, will be brnugit* 1:1 trial at San DlaB° before a ^q/rc'-irv Tenby acting jn the flnd . ‘ 0r‘,;,e b -ard of inquiry as report “j ,0 him ordered that the court sas einn boairi at once. 5 „]lf. cr-uary emphasized that in „«j0li of r.u officer named in the list c, th0«P t„ face court martial should D‘ he I ike'll to imply that such of oCer has been held responsible for ;bThae*nf«cVrJi whose trial was recom mended are Captains E. H. Watson and I’obert Morris, commanders W. S. Pye. p Divi-i W. H. Toaz. VV. U Calhoun; h commanders W. P. Seed, H. O. -oesch P. ’1. Hunter, It. H. Booth, lo LI k. I'- Blodgett. "r (,e list includes the commander of -.•Madron and of division 11 nml 33. ivhich made up the large group, and even tiros of the destroyers Del hv Woodbury. S. P. Esc, roung, Mch-• ,,,'and iT.auncey, all of whlcu were rinded on the rock off Honda Point. Wa* Greatest of Peacetime The disaster, characterized by na.val yficers as the "greatest peace-time ever sustained by t.Ua> United Oates naw" occurred at 9 o clock at AT when the destroyer group was : the course of a practice run, Inade 'late visibility, due to fog, inaccurate ,-rin^s from shore radio etatlons and inrecorued currents ere among the •allsfs put forward by- the 'crews of hips, but the initial • reports to ■e department developed feature to official demand for a deeper Inquiry. inadequate explanation has been giv ,n officials say for excessive apeeg cf knots maintained in unfavorable veather conditions nor was It explaW-t d why seven ships in succession f0> owed the leader" in crashing on the rhe board of inquiry hoard byCap n \v. V. Pratt, convened at the tan izo base and response to the wide /rest In the case, secretary Denby. lered that its session be public. Officers are Bnrrcd ifficers summoned before a court rtial were automatically barred m active service. • J’ 'he general court mtir.ial will Con t of vice admiral H. A. Wiley, com nder of battleship flee*. President ar Admirals L. M- Nulon and J. V. ase. captains DeWitt Blamer. E. H. npbell. W.s. Crosslev and S. E. ses t.t Commander E E. Bratton. OKLAHOMA ASSEMBLY RAPIDLY TAKES CASE OF WALTON IN HAND Five of Seven Counts in Im peachment Bill Are Ap proved by House OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 24.—(By the Lssociated Press).—With seven counts | tgainst him in the impeachment bill 'eing- perfected by the lower h%use, iovernor J. C. Walton tonight contin- j led his refusal to recognize the au hority of senate resolution to suspend iim and awaited a hearing in court ’to morrow to determine whether he or i ^ieut. Governor M. E. Trapp is the leg-| 11 y empowered chief executive of the tate. At that time the court will rule on an pplicatlon to make permanent its writ f prohibition which restrains Governor V’alton from interfering with the du-* les of Lieut.-Gov. M. E. Trapp, as act mg: governor. The house adjourned shortly before lx p. m., concluding a day that had een replete with feverish preparations °r the impending trial of the chi$f xecutive. The House today approved five ar •mlps in the impeachment bill, bring mgr thP total to seven. Every charge hii" ?ar considered has been approved y heavy majorities. !. The Governor tonight stands accused Diversion of public funds to his par anal use. Prohibiting the convening of legally ordered grand Jury. Use of official influence to acquire private reflit • nd property. Accepting of ribes to approve a 'legislative bill. aspersion of the writ of habeas Cor as. Tin lawfully preventing * meet ■ r of the state legislature. Atteinpt fl prevention of a special state elec 'rr. in violation of law. After a long inference with his attorneys Oaver or vValton opened the court action to ‘Die the question of who was gevsr-, nr by filing in district court an WW]: rtion for an Injunction agalnet !‘>utenant Governor Trapp to restrain ' n from assuming the duties tecutlve office. HACKS ARB POITFOHBD Halifax, n. s., Oct. 24.—The trus ts of the International fisherman's rphy late today announced that the rRf race of this year’s championship “tween tbe American, challenger Co bnbia, and the Canadian defender. ,|up Nose, had been postponed from ’■x! Saturday until npxt Mopday at te request of the American Race com* luattee. • . WEEVIL IS MENAGE TO WHOLE NATION, COTTON MET HOLDS Committee is Working to Pres ent Concrete Program to Session Today NEW ORLEANS, La., Oct. 24.—Con certed'action to convine congress and the country that the cotton boll [weevil is a national and not a sectional ' problem was tihe keynote of discus j sion at preliminary sessions today of I delegates from every cotton growing state here for the national boll weevil menace, conference, which begins its general session tomorrow. The feature of the session was the appointment late today of a commit tee of investigation which went into session immediately to formulate a program for presentation to the gen eral meeting tomorrow. Whether it would be able to complete its work before tomorrow was problematical. Dr. W. R. Dodson, dean of the agri cultural college of Lousiana. heads the commission and his associates include farmers, bankers, planters and federal and state agricultural workers. The personnell of the committee includes: R. W. Lieby, of North Carolina. Today’s meetings were informal and were designed to give every one who had experience in fighting the weevil an opportunity to discuss it. The talk rang;ed from methods of planting to the mechanical devices for dusting the plants. In this connection Dr. Coad, in charge of the United States depart ment of agricultural experimental station at Tallulah, La., where, for more than a year, scientists have been at work on the weevil, explained the various steps taken and expressed the opinion that calcium arsenate is the most' effective weapon yet discovered. The experiments at Tallulah are be ing conducted with air' planes as bne means for the dusting the plants, the planes discharging the posoin wihile flying over the fields. mm storms < TAKE HEAVY TOLL OF SHIPS AT SEA Several Vessels Reach New York Barfly Battered From Vicious Gales NEW YORK, Oct. 24.—Furies of the deep, stirred by- the northeast gale that blew from,' Monday night until noon today took their toll in ships on the high seas and swept destruction alone the Atlantic shores. The William S. McDonald, an ad venturous schooner of an alcohol ply ing character from La Havre, N. S„ battered by the gale throughout the night was set afire and abandoned by her crew of seven, 18 miles oft Sandy Hook this morning. They were res cued by the tanker San Manuel. The fate of the steamship that sent nut a call for help Monday night, re porting she was in distress some where off the Delaware coast, remained a mystery. Numerous trans-Atlantio steamships, buffetted and damaged by the seas, reported they would he de layed many hours in reaching P • The Laconia, from Southampton; the fen Juan, from Porto Rico; the Mara ciabo, from Venezuela and the Fred erick VIII, from Christiana, the days arrivals, were battered and damaged to some extent. The Maraciabo had tost part, of her railing. . , Hundreds of small craft, lying in harbors and covers along the coast were destroyed or swept to sea. Printers Assemble For Annual Session Patriotic Exercises Are Enjoy ed at Mt. Vernon WASHINGTON. Oct. 24-~® t^o^the fnatures occupied most of the Ume today of the delegates attending the 87th annual convention of the ■United Typothetae of America. * After a general session this morning the Typothebaerlans spent the afterhoon ** Mmint Vernon, where patriotic ex “i, *£;?“ LietHO public printer, a^ the government printing ok*0 ffi".SitntTZ the S and Baltimore locals of the organiza tl0The delegates were addressed today hv A D Goldsborough, general secre tary of the Merchants and Manufac JSrers association of Baltimore; B. J. Cattel. of the chamber of commerce of Philadelphia; W. J. Phillips, of the Boston typothetae board of trade, and former Representative J, Adam Bede. 6trht'repOTt'ot the commlttee on nom inations which was expeoted today, vva* postponed until tomorrow, when J special session will be held to re eivp it., v_ , praaftBB DRAWS CLOSE ' TORONTO, Oct. 24—The board of llrectors -of the Canadian General alwTrlc company today approved the p”4«4 arrangement whereby Ahe ieneral Electric company will obtain t controlling; interest in the Canadian, lompany. SALVATION IS FREE FROM PRICE, GYPSY SMITH TELLS CROWD He Speaks of the Manner in Which Christ Was Treated in Jericho MANY MORE PERSONS ACKNOWLEDGE SAVIOR Announcement is Made of Sue cess Which Attends Daily Prayer Services Reaching- for his Bible which rested upon the altar last evening, Gypsy Kimth raised it tenderly and told his audience "if God had said in this book that entrance Into Heaven would cost ten thousand dollars, there is not a man or woman in Wilmington that would not scheme and save every pen ny in order to accumulate the required amount; yet a free grace fails to move some of us.” *he evangelist never ceased in his efforts to force the issue that seems to uphold pride in preference to honest discourse touched upon the sin of pride because of the great walls that it has caused to be erected between God and humanity. The Opening prayer was offered by the Rev. J. T. Warren, pastor of the Southeide Baptist church, which was followed by an announcement by the Rev. J. E. Purcell in which he stated that with each day the men’s prayer meetings were growing with evident interest and numbers. He was sure, he said, that these meetings had much to do.with the increased numbers of con fessions for the past two evenings. The evangelist read for his evening lesson part of the 18th and 19th chap ters of the book of St. Luke and ac cepted tor his text the first verse of the 15th chapter of St. Luke In Its en tirety, reading. "And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.” In the cutset the speaker admitted that h? could not conceive of the cool ness of the people of Jericho in the knowledge that Christ was to pass through the city and be in their midst and with the exception of a few who wero determined to seek an honest ac quaintance with Him, people seemed to be going about their business, shout ing doubts here and there about His merits, knowing at the same time that He was coming as the great Nazarine. Here the Gypsy drew a striking il lustration that seemed to fit, the case at no ether would. ’’‘Suppose,” na'said, - '‘that'-'President Coolidge were to announce that he would be in Wilmington tomorrow* for the purpose of paying the people of your splendid city an official or social visit. "Regardless of political scruples, peo ple from possibly every part of your state would throng ’here to pay their respect and homage to the chief exe cutive of our nation. ‘‘With him would ’ be his personal staff and the big press associations would have their representatives with the party in order that every word spoken by the president might be re corded and on Friday morning from Maine to Frisco people everywhere would know that he was your guest and whatever speeches were delivered by him would be ead by them with geat inteest; yet, when Jesus Christ passed through Jericho he was almost unnoticed. He was not received with pomp and bunting and no entertain ment was accorded Him—no entlius iasi’c announcement was made of His coming.” Speaks of Lukewarmness >Ieif- the evangeilst described the evident lukewarmness with many peo ple in Wilmington regarding the series of meetings which were being conduct ed. * Some- of us act a3 though we have nothing to do in the matter even in the face of the fact that It has been cle&riv demonstrated here in this'tab ornacle within the past few nights that the spirit of Jesus Christ is right here among us and is proving His divine right to claim the souls of men and women who are anxious to accept the sweetness of salvation and need the aid of some friends to urge them to take the step that means so much to them,” decared the speaker. "God’s spirit surrounds you and is coveting you, and if you have vision you can see where there is no *iny sparrow that tails whose funeral is not visited by Ocd. If you could vision, you would see the divine spirit in every blade of grass. "Riches get you nothing unless jou have health snd pouvr to reason things cut for yourself. Ford, with r..U' h:s rn Lions, would he worth nothing to himself if he lost his reasoning to morrow and Mr. Rockefeller could not enjoy a moment's rest If he failed to digest his food. (Continued on Page Seven) JURY IS DEADLOCKED * MACON, Ga., Oct. 24—The jury in-' the case of Dr. C. A. Yarborough', charged with rioting in connection with floggings in this county, was still locked up late today unable to agree after more than :t hours deli beration. SUPREME TRIBUNAL REVERSES LAND CASE OF BLUE VS. CITY Holds That Legislature Only Can Authorize Sale or Dis position TRACT ORIGINALLY COMPRISED 103 ACRES State vs. Oliver, Another New Hanover County Case, is Affirmed / Star News Bureap, 312 Tucker Building. By BROCK BARKLEY RALEIGH, Oct. 24.—Land deeded to the state In 1889 by the city of Wil mington for use as an encampment for white soldiers of North Carolina na tional guards and which reverted back to the city some ■ years l.ater when it had been abandoned as an encamp ment, is the property of the munici pality and subject only to the power of legislature to authorize sale or disposition of it, the supreme court held today in reversing the lower court jin the civil suit of Luther A. Blue vs. I the city of Wilmington and board of councilmen'. j , Follows the Deed Blue alleged provisions in the deed I that entitled him fo ownership for land upon the abandonm out of it as a military encampment. The supreme court disagreed with this contention decidedly, however, andoheld that the | language of deed conveys the clearly I intended idea that if the land ceased to I be used for an encampment the city of Wilmington should take uncondi I tional, absolute estate in fee free from | all contingencies. ■ The tract of 103 acres was original ly intended to be used as a public park t upon abandonment of it by the state. | The following opinions were filed I today by the supreme court: i Other Decisions Carolina Power company vs. Hay wood, et al, Chatham, affirmed. Dill-Cramer-Truitt Jcorporation, vs Reynolds, et al, Onslhw, reversed. Overland Garage vs. Herr, Lenoir no error. 5, State vs. Allen, Flanklin,.;new trla; Richardson vs. Egerton, ; ranklin modified' and affirmed. % Ferrell vs. Southern Railway, et al [Wake, no error. Bank vs. Sherron, Wake, newi trial. State vs. Oliver, New Hanover, af ! firmed. P • V 1-CBIue AfshJlitJL of WMnjCpgton, et Al, 'New Hanove’r, reversed. I Layton vs. Godwin, Cumberland, dismissal. Jones vs. McKeel, Greene, judgment affirmed without written opinion. Suggs vs. Oakley and Cannon, Pitt, judgment afflirmed without written opinion. News Digest GENERAL Secretary Denby orders court mar tial proceedings for officers in Cali fornia destroyer wrecks. Scandalous charges are hurled at Forbes in Washington at the senate investigation of the veterans bureau. Oklahoma house approves five of seven charges against Governor Wal ton. Steamer is reported sinking with 25 passengers off Florida coast. Senator Underwood opens his cam paign for president. STATE Auditor Baxter Durham and Treas urer B. R. Lacy subpoened to appear before Sampson grand jury at Clinton in connection with pension fraud charges. Cape Fear fair gets underway after bad weather at opening. Supreme court reverses decision in ! case of Blue vs. City of Wilmington, and affirms verdict of State vs. Oliver. W. J. Burden, Wilson jeweler, at tempts own life. LOCAL Several remaining members of Ger [ man steamship Hans Hemsoth desert. U. S. S. Case slated to arrive here today for navy day observance. J. A. Taylor named to board of navi gation and pilotage, vice T. F. Wood, resigned. EDITORIAL Wilmington chamber of commerce takes forward step by indorsing Clinchfield lease. Death of General W. E. Kyle re moves one of few remaining Confed erate leaders. Wilmington’s fair Is a credit to the state and city. Where our grain exports go. DOG JUDGING TONIGHT AT SOUTHEASTERN FAIR Dogs entered in the livestock shows at the Southeastern fair will be judged at 7:30 o'clock tonight it was announc ed last night by James E. L. Wade in charge of this department. Judges will be Richard Stokely, Nor wood Huske and A. L. Oliver. ANOTHER CRISIS ON REPARATIONS FACES ALLIED GOVERNMENTS Germany Wants a Hearing With Commission on Her Ca pacity to Pay LINES ARE EXPECTED TO BE SHARPLY DRAWN France May Be Lined Up Against British, Italians and Belgians PARIS, Oct. 24 (By Associated Press) —Germany’s formal application for a hearing: before the reparation commis sion on the subject of ner cily to pay Is considered in authorstivo cir cles as haying brought the whole pro blem to a new crisis. The German re quest was contained in a note pr sented to the commission by Dr. May er, head of the German reparation de legation in Paris. It is anticipated that it will'bring up an issue between the French delega tion on one side and the British, Bel gian and Italian representatives on the other, the three later being known to favor .a hearing for the Germans, rhe British and Italians have been rtcludied in this direction for M. Poln raire, it is recalled, his all along con tended that if any re-estimate ot Germany’s capacity to pay were made, t should be done by the reparation commission, but he has hitherto avoid ed committing himself as to whether the commission might take up that juestion in the present circumstances, rn his last' interview with Herr Von Hoesch, the German charge De’ af tairs, he declared he would not eon >ent to consideration of any such ques tion by the commission until the passive resistance has entirely ceas :d. French Take Firm Stand. It is understood that the French will ■egard the resistance as having ceas ed only when deliveries in kind are resumed on the reparation account. The Germans, in their note today, resume that the resistance will he con sidered as having ceased but the de iveries have not yet been resumed, ind if M. Poncaire clings to his pre vious attitude, the instructions io the Vrenoh delegation on the commission vi 11 be to oppose consideration of the lerraan request. The majority of the commission, it is jnderstood will not insist upon con sidering Germany’s request that she ie heard if France stands out again n t, though certain members have ex jbessed the opinion that the gravest rrisiS. HatTBeen poached in the gepara ion ploblcm, and that it may are safS y passed if the Germans are heard, vhilev if their application Is refused .rib result likely will be to plunge lermany into an inextricable situation. Price May be Cut In French circles the granting of a (earing to the Gerfnans on the capa city of their country to pay would be hought tantamount to an admission hat the total of reparation due from Jebmany may be further reduced, and t is gravely doubted whether the French premier has reached the point vhera ih is willing to make such a :onsession. Senator Underwood Opens His Campaign Declares South Must Name Its Man This Time NOCONA, Texas, Oct. 24.—Senator Oscar W. Underwood, of Alabama, formally opened his campaign for the democratic presidential nomination here today. Prom the platform of his train here he said I have come to ask something of you; I have led the . democratic party in both houses of congress for years. I am a southern man bred and born. We are approaching the time when the democratic party must name the man to carry its banner in the nextelection. It has been 80 years since the south carried the banner of democracy. It has been 80 years since the south elected a president of the Uhited States. "I am going to give the south a chance to select a southern man to carry the banner of democracy. The south must assert itself, and I be lieve if the south asks, the great demo cratic north will recognize the right for you to carry the banner, your self. "It you don’t think I am the man to carry this banner, send your dele gation to the convention pledged for another southern man, but let him be a southern man.” FIREWORKS SCARE DOG AND HE FLEES PAIR. A pointer dog belonging to Mrs. P. <3. Seitter, became frightened last night when the fireworks at the Cape Pear fair went off, and broke away from the dog tent, where he was en tered for a prize, and fled. He is white, with brown head, and answers to the name of Don. SAMMIE’S SUBMARINE SOLDIE RS Help’s a. qujyter of U. S. Infantrymen from oFr't "'Snelling taking, a ,cdldi*a'*4r plunge-while Shouldering tiill flcld equipment and heavy rifles. It’s one of theiy little jobs as soldiers, . > • ' < Wild Charges Fly Before Committee Probing Affairs of Forbes and Vet’s Bureau * OFFICIALS WILL GO BEFORE GRAND JURY ON PENSION QUERIES Durham and Lacy Receive Sum mons to Appear Before Samp son County Probe Star Bureau, 312 Tucker Bldg. By BROCK BARKLEY RALEIGH, Oct. 24.—State Auditor Baxter Durham and Treasurer Ben Lacy :have subpoeped to place before the Sampson county grand Jury certi fied records of the list of pensioners and pension lur.ds paid out for that county, it was learned here today. The Sampson grand Jury Is investi gating alleged irregularities in thd administration of pension fund, fol lowing up reports to Scate Auditor Durham several weeks ago that pen sion checks for Confederate veterans dead for three years had been en dorsed and cashed. Mr. Durham will furnish the grand jury with the Sampson pension list as certified to by the pension board of the county for each year since 1917. Me. Lacy will present cancelled checks covering all payments to Sampson county veterans during the last five years. Following the discovery of evi dent irregularities in the administra? tion of the fund in that county, Major Durham ordered a checking of the vital statistics for the county on file in the state department of health. This work is reported to have re vealed the names of a number of de ceased veterans whose names had been retained on the county list and for whom checks had been regularly issued, these checks later being en dorsed and cashed by some person not designated. The investigation of the alleged irregularities has been launch ed under the direction’of Judge Henry A. Grady, whose home is in Clinton, the county seat of Sampson. The order of issuance for pension checks is as follows: Each year the county pension board certifies to the state auditor the list of Confederate veterans and widows of veterans qual ifying under the pension law. Cheeky are issued semi-annually and trans mitted- fro the ’couTrty '^l«’k toI,^<S{u~t, tO»l .distribution to 7the.tpanifoiters. STEAMER IS SINKING WITH TWENTY-FIVE PASSENGERS ABOARD Wireless Locates Ill-Fated Ves sel Off Florida Coast; Yamacraw to Respue JACKSONVILLE, Oct. 24 (By the As sociated Press)—The Boston and Gloucester steamer Maseotte is sinking in four fathoms of water near Cape Canaveral off the east coast of Florida after having sprung a leak about 10:30 o'clock this morning according to a telephone message from the United States coast guard station at Cape Canaveral. The coast guard cutter Ya macraw, of Savannah, Ga., is rushing to the steamers’ aid, according to in formation at the coast guard station, and wae expected to reach here about 7 o’clock. So far as is known no lives have been lost and it is expected the steamer can be kept afloat until the Yamacraw arrives.. The Maseotte, of about 1,000 tons displacement, formerly belonged to the Peninsular and Occidental steamship company, but recently was sold to the Boston and Gloucester steamship com pany. P. J. Saunders, Vice President and General manager of the P. & O. said tonight that the Maseotte was on its was to Boston, where it is to be reconditioned and put into service be tween Boston and Gloucester. Informa tion at the coast guard station at Cape Canaveral was that she ws bound for Havana. A dispatch from Daytona stated that the Maseotte had 24 passengers aboard. The point of origin of the ship has not been learned. Mr. Saunders said the last heard of her she was at Key West. Efforts to communicate with the cape were unavailable. The Maseotte is a combination freight and passenger steamer. Fayetteville Fair Opens With Parade i .. - Exhibit Will Continue Through Saturday, Announced (Special to the Star.) FAYETTEVILLE, Oct. 24.—The Cape Fear fair got away to a good start today. With clear skies and with good weather promised for the remainder of the week, officials of the associa tion announced that owing to the rain which marred the opening Hay yester day, the fair will be continued through Saturday. With all exhibits In place and all attractions in full swing, in cluding the nightly fireworks display. The Fort Bragg band headed today’s parade, followed by the mounted mar shals, including a score of pretty girl marshals, a number of decorative and advertising floats and a detachment from Fort Bragg marched with massed colors. A battery of the famous 75s from the Second field artillery executed a drill. ' . All Kinds of Scandal Conies Out As Elias Mortimer Takes Stand FORBES IS ABSENT THROUGH ILLNESS Former Director May Get Chance to Defend3® Himself During Next Week ■WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.—(By Associ ated Press.)—Intrigue, debauchery and corruption In connection with con tracts for veterans’ bureau hospital were charged today before the senate committee investigating the bureau. - Elias H. Mortimer of Philadelphia, formerly a representative of the Thompson-Black company of Chicago, was the witness. He testified that while seeking a hospital contract in 1922, he loaned $5,000 to Chas. R. Forbes, then director of the bureau; that on another occasion he advanced him an additional $1,000 or $1,500 and that none of the money had been re paid. Moreover, the witness told the com mittee'that James W. Black, a member of the Chicago firm, now dead, had told him that he understood J. W. Thompson, the other partner, had made advances to Forbes aggregating $32, 000. Mortimer testified also that ho had paid Fobes’ expenses on various trips about the country, official and unofficial. Bad Boose Parties Mortimer’s story, which required four hours for the telling in a crowded committee room, was interspersed with incidents of .what he described as "drinking parties," at which he said; were present Forbes, Mrs.. Mortimer, himself and others. The trail of these parties, as he outlined it, led from Washington to Atlantic City. Philadel phia, New York, thence to Chicago and San Francisco and up and down the Pacific coast. They culminated, ac cording to his story, at Hayden Lake* Washington, where Forbes and some women guests, on a dare, jumped into a lake with their clothes on. Becoming "disgusted,” he said, after the Hayden Lake affair, he returned ro bpoKane a* ter a quarrel with Forbes. He explained that It was about a personal matter and the com mittee did not press for details. The row was renewed on the train ,Q,n. the return trip east, tl*e wi.tne&a .a continued and ' Waftt tS'i»d: Astoria hotel, New Yorrk. Both pei>' sonal and business matters entered in to the last quarrel, he stated, addin? that Forbes had been "taking up mat ters of money with Thompson over my head.” More Scandal is Oat After the break, Mortimer said he wanted to see Forbes about a hospital contract for Southerland Construction company on which he later received a commission of $2,500. He found him In a Philadelphia hotel, he said, and Forbes not only was surprised, but embarrassed at meeting him there Questioned about papers in connec tion with the matters to which he testified, Mortimer said most of . them J ee£r Sa0len from hiB apartment in the Wardman Park inn, this city which had been entered three differ ent times after the return from the trip to the Paoific coast. He could not say whether any one connected w«;h the veterans’ bureau had a hand in the matter. , Mr. Forbes, who made a .dramatic apppearance before the committee at the opening of the hearing Monday was absent today as on yesterday’ John F. O'Ryan, of New York, counsel for the committee, suggested, however that he be given an opportunity to ap pear before the committee next Tues day or Wednesday-after the resump tion of hearings. This finally was approved by the committee. Forbes Is III The former director came from Beattie hospital candition from to attend the hearing - -' — ““v “oai ui|( and is said to te In a serious physical . , J „ a malady which his friends declare he suffered with before 1 his departure for Europe early this year and before his resignation from the bureau at a time when his admin istration was under sharp fire from senators and representatives and mem bers of the American legion. Wilson Jeweler Attempts Suicide {Special to the Star.) WILSON, Oct. 24.—In a moment of despondency, brought about by 111' health and nervousness, W. J. Burden, local jeweler, who conducts an exten sive business In Wilson’s busiest dis trict, shot himself in his store Just be fore closing time Tuesday afternoon. He was rushed to a local hospital, where it was found that the pistol ball took effect Just under his heart, miss ing that organ by a very narrow mar gin. It is said that his business affairs ar> in fine shape and that what , brought about the attempt at destruc tion was overwork and worry. Latest reports from the hospital are to the effect that unless some unfor seen complications set in he may re cover. THE STAR URGES BIG FAIR CROWD Because of the marvelous displays depicting the enordeou* wealth of the Cape Fear country, The Star' takes pleasure in henrtilr urging folks of tUa section to turn out In n body for the remaining days of the great Southeastern fair. There Is a liberal education in every booth and stati on the. grounds. No ex pense has been spared to make this year’s fair tke beat;