THE EVENING
GRAM
"ROCKY MOUNT
LEADS THE WAY
EVERYDAY"
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ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. MONDAYAFTERN()ON, JULY h, J)20
VOL. XIV. NO. 319.
PRICE 5 CENTS
THE WEATHEB ' Y
fair Tonight and
Tuesday,
.1 .hi.L.lj
THE IRISH OUESTIOWEVEHTS SHAPING
PRESENTS A FIGHT
Lively Job Amalgamade all
Interests Presented at
Convention
THE IRISH PLANK IS TO
HE FOUCIIT. TO FINISH
The Convention Apparently
Marks Time While , the
Platform Committee Con
tinues Its Work Behind
Closed Doors- -
j 11 1 1 ft U , , 1 1 1 V H 1H IV . lilt . tin-
anralgaiiiiitinn .of ill,' various elements
assemble here for tin' forinataioii of. a
r,:.. ,1 ,.i,. . 1 ' U-...I.
tit!
new jiarly continued . behind chucd
doors this morning, while the couveu..
tion of forty nine anil the labor p:ti ty
marked .'time.' Kvorythiug appeared to
..lie procecdiuii oirsolic.iulo wilh; a simile
note (if :cxcit eiiieut provided by a .plat
form light 011 flu1 I rish ' iiit imi.
The negro (ph'st'ieu Was .brought lie-
. fore t hp con vent ion by a ih'ih minister
tut 'Detroit... '-HiC-WHs introduced" as a
speaker fiir the naTiouul nss.iviat ion for
. tht-'advancoincilt -of colored" "'Tci j ).t '-. .J'J.
O. Thompson, a lecturer for the, nat ion,
til u on-partisan league', told t he '4 coitr
ventinii delegates of. state en;cr'prises
.initiated l,v ilie league, aoiiiini'-t rat inn
in Ninth lial-et.i. He s.ti.1 the league
liad given.", union labor a 1.1 . il hail asked
. and then some more. . '...
Dm ins; the . .luug wait for cull I' ei i-nce
it iiio t - mi ii.l.oi a Hale, of New .Vork,
telling .of !(. u i it at ion proceed ins of
1 he ' f ciler.ii 1 gov ei run cu t ,' n! tacked . At.
. tvniey , lieiieral I'ahtii-i and won up-
an -e. 11:1.. told his audi; net" that
llarley I'. ( In istemeii of f'tah,- proiiii -'
iieut chairman lit' 1 he ownveiirHiu, was
(Hi' -lit' the firs.) .icfen...ri of the I. V.
V. .: The ' iicl(';;ates cheered at this llu
1ii ('hairtiuiii i'liri-- ciisen was forced
'to .'icktidwledo,!'. by b iv he-;.
The. if. purtiHciil of lulor has isincc
heii'iiie emancipated,; II. i!'- 0 . I, ileal
''j-'iiji with iMIuici liv t lie ('oiiraye of ianiis
. l'ost. . Hi re the delegate-,, a number of
tin ni rising nave three cheers the
assistant secretary . of labor ivImhc im
peachment has been urged 'by' A ft orite v
tiyuei a I 1 'aimer, I la Ie . ret erred t r him
self, casually .as an oi.l fashioif id rev-
' ulut iouai y Amoi dean. V lie assorted, that
Attorney (icnornl l ainier . has the
."highest' ideals am! ,:lo' lowi"t f.r:ie':'
tiees of any oflicial in our histoiv.';'
GRAIN KING SAYS
NO FAMINE PRICES
Sees Cost of Living Gener
ally Set for Slump; Flour
and Potatoes Cheaper
t Hr
Kdward M. Thierrv, N
1
Stat) Curie. i.:i. ot.
Clileago, .l ily lL'. Here's a . sllil
rav of liofe fiir relief from Ihr..v.
li. r. i.. '
ItV-J
.'.It v-
lames A. I'll Me n uivps it.
I'
it I en,
"lain
for
Kim- nf .the i Wheat I'll
tl idi
r'.: eai'itaiist; idiilunt lirio.i .1, is: i;ee
oiriiized as the irrealest itia.in autliority
'.'.in the 1'nited States
I'm ten sav:
NO FAMINE PHICES
DUE NEXT WINTER
:''.' Flllliilii' food ..prk'cs
iire not coniinc;
down t . or
next
winter.
r'lour niurlit tn .c'onii
f i:i n Imrrfl.
l'ntalo. iiice will .jirobaldy
cut-in
half.:
Cost of wearinir a; pard
l.:i
down to stav, down. .
Karm labor, shortage is no
: longei
jeriou.f I'robleni.
re(..le are over' th.-ir ' 'buying
' fever. ....
Transportation tie iips may help to
lirine; food prices .down by preventing;
bitr exports tn F.uri.j e. .
. t'ost of livinir . generally won 't tie
higher with some things coilisj; down
mind noiiP uniii up. .
Uriellv. that is the sumniin); up of
the situation l'tten made in an evelo
ive interview t'lven the New-paper
Enterprise Association.
I'iitteii recentU was rpicted as savin.,'
"lie was "tired of tlic world's present
strife and disi'ontent " that "niil.iidy
widies to work aalid evervhody wants
to make ensv nmnev ' ' and wauled to
net nwnV from it till. He i" 't m'll'nn
avnv f rom it.
ON THE JOB WITH
HIS EYES OFEN
Wliilf li' lia retired from the pr.si
dewv of the lio.'i-Wl of trnslees of
jNorthweHlern llliversilv. While Ins
ph'lantliropif s total a million and a
iialf, lic'fs lit TiiH desk every day in In-,
.office Across1 tlie.ntri'et from the board
of trade, with one rvo on the yrain
market nnd the other on tlie nnnierrms
crnipHiiicM in whu'li n in n din i tor
lle'n .fiS, with white hair;; and inn
. tuehp,' with liii! )ows, a sl.-a.ly .
liniri- traine, lncimen in . i"
ltnoitv linmM with a 'fionil Rri;
gn.ilr and an ever prrese'il
TiK ten is still, in lnisiues.s ii
i. in. biiiiws pvervihuiL!
wid
1 1 s- r.
to hi
there lr
Iici n Him ... - .
to know about (frnm the fi undal ion
of the world's fond supply.
" Mninlv FikiiI price ri'duet on m Ihc
.i...... u'.i.,u ,l. ,.n,ls on herder the
uui'vue .--i " ""r - ,
pi l inir wheat crop of mi. count ry n I
Caiind.1 yields-Wititifiiilv,",. :n '0-1-
A I . 1 Hi in lr . it will.
ICII. ........ . - ,
iiHioin .fiin. lire slilendid. I'rices
' v.i.i finn-n Wefive been pay
BIIU1UII twiii. v........ ... . . .
i i ar,o a liuibe . 1 wouldn t
be surprised to see that cut in lialf.
FOR THE NEW PARTI
FOR COMING SEASON
Warehousemen's Assoc To
Meet at Wilson Tuesday
to Handle Matters
GUESTS ATiARI$ECUE
A Number of the Bright
Leaf Buyers are to Leave
for Georgia and South
Carolina at Opening of
Season" Next Week.
As a forerunner for the opening of
the tobacco inatket in 1 liis section will
be the gal herin ; tomrHrrnw in . VViTsuU
of the lueuibershii, of the ; North Caro
lina, Warehousemen s association hit h
has as its chief pin pose the election of
oflicers aand the setllini; jif the date
for . the starting nf t hi" season in liast-
eru Carolina, and enjoying a baiiiec'ue
ilinuer tendered by Wilson, tobac
I'OllixiS. ,,' '"-. .
v .Mr. W. K. 1'enner, ol this city, is
president of the ussncial ion iian-d when
Ihcy gather toinorrow at. Wilson evry
local vsar.eliouse association t hruiiyhoiit
the toliaccn bolt "will be . represented
and several dales' for' t he , tt a 1 1 inu of
the tobacco s(.,'is(.iii a re 'expect ill tit be
ad va nee, I, 1 hoii;;h that jjnif-, o cue rally
aici pteil is about Seitenilii r. Jsl, - and
it. -is -knnwii ; here that . Ill 'date . of
August ;;ii il I,,, advanced, iinad. chaMr
piotU'd liy at least two of the liii'tp't
ura rket s.
follmvinir the. nieetiiiLt toiniirrow
events -wll follow in sucessiiin until
tlie ' (vji.-n i iivr date nuii the .lirst real hai
peu'ini,' o far as t he senre. or liiore of
buyers of the briilht . leaf herd are cini
cerneil .comes with- the npeniii;; of the
markets' in (!enri;ia and Soul li Carolina
on 'I'licsday; .inly L'nth. fur this eeiit
there will be upwards (if ;i ilfiznn lm
will leave the eity next Sunday to be
on hand "li the, i!i-irkets in the distant
slates Tuesday morning. Iiiclu.ied
allium; ihn-e w Ik will ' 'reprr'sent lucal
tiruis are .Miosis-, i;.-'!'. I in vis a lid Sid
Lee, nf the . W, I.'. I cna. r fubacci.
i'o. Messrs. Il'iiiee l.ea an.d I',. (I. .luhtl
-on,.ot the (leiirce A. I, on- Toliacco t.'o.
Mes.-rs; .(leoitre Jurton, ; -Will Ailanis
and f. li. N'oelJ, of I he (ledr;.,, . (;..,i
rott Tobai'cd "(',,. Mr ll.'ll. t'uthrell,
l.ioctt and Meyers Tobacco i 'o., and
Messrs, ('. (lordon Smith .ami W. T.
fuller, . for Ihc t.'hina niericaii . Tii;
liaci'O and Trading ('o.
liesiites the above named ue'nt leilien
who w ill ' l einaili through the live to
S"'eii w eeivs of the SnnMi ( ' .' rol i na ri 11 . 1
fieorfria season there are expected ipilfe
a- nitnibef from this; city, who will .-(jo
down to -waHli t ho opening and th
i rciul of t he . price i, w hich is o-uau v
taken as nu -'jmlex jif u liat may b, ex-,
pected when thi' so-isiin starts here.
SEES POSSIBLE
SLASH IN FLOUR PRICE
. ' So when i('(iuh -even sn-ea lb d e i:
PH'ts '- sav faniihe ' .rices are due iiext
w iiiTei', I -a v liii! . L
; .' : f.v eti . if Ilie. wheal crop isn't boiin
tifnl,. do nut hulk fur. hiyln'r prices,
Wc'ai1 ;ut. iiiiich more than vnoiic;h for
ouiseh cs. We will jjive'. F'liropp what
CM-r transportation, facilities, will let
us. lint (.veil if the exjiort drain i
I'".; one, pin es ,,! lliuir nusht not !i.
ha'hef. Ai.d many things: will be
lower,
"df there's a ;; ioi crni tlonr should
ni down to 1L to a barrel.'
lattoir emphasized this j oi'it :
" With the hij.:h cost uf livin;v enmiiii;
down, the.- natural . sequence Will be.
fewer .labiff (.lemiuids. . I eat id be
th" i.iim'sf kind .of hel;i in !ip adjust
i. '.'.! ni;. j hiiios yeneratlv,' ..
;"-Sprinjf wheat, erojis won', b,' ready
f ri a not her "six to eiiit w'ei'Us, ' . sa id
fatten. ' '.We can't fell, what l-Jtiropc
will want Vor. what they-can, (jet-;, tlie
li ,t becn'usc w e. can 'I tell, yet .what
t ho rest . of , t he world 's, wheat supply
will be and the second because of the
t ra n -pnriat ion t ie op. "
TRANSPORTATION LACK
MAY HELP THE U. S.
" li.-ick .of traiisiortati(iir.inay ludp
to lirine; food price? down li 'i'e bi'i'.iusi
of the dif liciilty of shiiiin;; it to- p"r's
for Kurope. And I do not look for
heavy baviny of 'options by Kurope--av
any; price because they n 'ed ' it so
badly oveer there-for Ivunpenn buy
i ts (jot st line; very badly V "i is auo .1 nd
sJ 'cuJatoM - eyeuerallv iiti their let's
pulled. ;
"In the next 12 inonths the I'tiife I
Stales and Canada may hnve lo supply
Kurope wilh tilifl. million .bushels nf
wheat or at least a niiniiniiin nf ,i."jii
million bushels. Arirent ine . 'u. t rvitli;
to buv back lnillion biislu Is tilrea v
Id Kurope and has stripped .. sliii-
uients. , . Anst ralia s crop is .. sJnlrf
tlirom;h drought.' India's shipninV; .pro
hibition is still on, 1,'iiumaiiia ..will onlv
have a slight surpliM and Hussia is a
noiiativo factor.".
i'at.li'ii (leelart'd . the flaVin labor
"hortane was oreat Iv exac;e;erated : that
Ilie situation had ehaiifred entireolv in
t!',' past .ill (lavs. He said he knew i
eolleec bov in Kvanslou who wenl to
Kansas Id ijet a job in the wheat
held and returned because the fnri.i
labor market there was glutted!
1NLUSTRIES AR3 .
LAYING OFF MEN ,
"'I Ins is liecniise industries have
been laving off lots of ineti,' Patten
said, ' Railroad conditions have some.
things to do with it. Hut take notice
'ae people lire ever their liiivni';
l er. Thev nre n 'mliidinl, Shoe
lactornw are working half time, be
(li'se evervbodv is ovi stocked. I lie
woolen mills nf Pluliideljiliiii uiso-'lire
on a hiill-tinie Schedule. f
"I do not see much ehatice of iin
prnvement in the industrial world.
( M.dtiiilly prodn tum and deiiiand
are reai'hing an aliumeiit verv
healthy movement in the high cost of
living barometer." - .
FIRST REUNION OF
RAINBOW DIVISION
Thousands Gather, at liir
mingham for Celebration
for the Veterans
CITY OUTDOING ITSKLF
The Salvation Army Lassies
are Serving Doughnuts
and Coffee and Cigarettes
and Candy to the Large
Gathering
' liii luiiieham, July l. Thousands of
ieup!e are here today fur the yat h. riuo
of t he Ifaiubow .-I'Jnd ) division uorlil
war veterans, which ;' waft tY'iiiialiv
opened ' to'dfiy.- "with wilcuininv; nd
drsses by lead inn eitix'eus and re-
ipoiis-es by; vet era ns. '. .. '--. -
The pni;;rani ; iiiidudi'il the ii it veiling
of the two liron.e. tnblefs.to those who
lo-l tlieir iivesTa t he. service. Tin; pro
Mi-Mtii touiiihl eoilisted uf free' movies
and vaudeville, street dances and auto
rides about- the city. 1 l ei irh n n l- aand
(ufl'ee. ciareties and candy .' are dis
trihuted free. Jo the visitors by iniiii
hers of the Salvation Army.
FEDERAL PRISONER
ESCAPES FROM TRAIN
Clad only in Underclothing
Man Leaves Train at Con
cord Early Today
: I'oncanl. X.-, ' V., .I.hily l.-i-( 'bid uuly
ih, -'Ills' uioierclothiiii;, lieor'e Kini;, a
pi isoner,. en idiite froni i-.w York To
the Federal prison, at Atlanta i-ia ped
t'rom a Southern . Hailvv;i.y - iiasseiioi.r
train as. it was. leaving, the station, here
early today. Tin, . man find been locked
in". thi' drawing -room with ' another
prisoner, and it is nut kluiwii as tii
how he es.capedi unless '. Ire-' ci i-.wled
Ihi-iiugli a wiinlow. Ilevas last seen
liv the negro train ,orler running to
ward , a rriink.'; King issaid to- have
l.ieeli convii.ted (if tlie. theft, (if Jin an
t ollKibib''.. ' .' . . .
FREMONT SUFFERS
THREATENING FIRE
Call Assistance from Wilson
Department Gets Quick1--1
Response
W ilsi hi, duly 1 Sunday . itiorui ng
beeiween :l nnd o'clock' ;a.
all f ruin-l-'reiliont was sent to the Wib
.soji (ii-'o ilejiart nielli, 1 n . a very -ui.ri
,vii ile I li e c hief l.aiica-1. r and lil'tecji
tire lighters., aboard (Hie of .Wiliro.il ':
lav;;c I. a I'ranee lire troclvs. were in:
tlieir way , 1o the. neighboring , tm ii!
'Ilie lire" originated -ill and was i-unj
lined to vllif Ai . ih-Iv lo '.-I. I Mililui ':
which is oc('iiiied by the lilcks Hard
ware .t'lonpuny. All lln ir iiooks, sim-ks
and ricc(i'unts Were, desi rnyed. ..Thcii''
was no iiiurance-4iii thet' things. Tlie
building' was partially iiinieif,' .
EMPRESS EUGENIE
DIES IN MADRID
Unusually Well Until tak
en Suddenly and Ex
tremely 111
Madrid, dulv 1. , I'ornier empress
Kugonio, of i-'ralii'e, who died here this
morning, was ill only avtew liouis lie
fore her death, she was iiiiusiiallv well
mi -.Saturday' and she. lunched here at
dday. -A short t.iine later stie be
came ill, experiencing severe ahiluiiiiuul
jiains;. The physician King Alphoiisu
w:i. siiniiiK.iied and lie in turn called
two idhers. TlO'v were, however, un
aide, to relieve the -patient.- and death
followed. . ' .
FREIGHT STEAMERS
ARE INA COLLISION
Steamship Lake Frampton
Sinks off Atlantic City,
N. J., after Collision
New ' Vork, duly 1'.'. The ste.'i mshi,.
I.aki' I'rnniptou, owtied bv the I'uite.l
States shipjiing .board, bound from
ow, York to .Norto'llv, was . niuik nil
Al.taiilie City, N. .1., . a f ter it diad c(d
lidod with the steamshii 'minis, ac
cording to wirelesa adviives received bv
the I', vS. ina'ritrme I m rc.-rtt here,'
1 he I oinus also was damaged, and
anchored until '.'after, daylight, but i;
exieeted to prroei-edt o sonu' nearby
port today. .
'I hi oo nf the crow of the Lake
Framplon nre. missing. The LiXe
l''rani,.ton, a ve.o-el of -1,-Ofl tons, was
operated liv the West linlos (stenmship
( oinpanv.
Aged Negro Released
liy Supreme Court S. C.
Spnitnnsburi;, S. ('., .July lU.Thc
State Siijireinc ( (mrt in nil order-re"-eeived
lien- lodav set a--.de ihe ver
dict of guilty and ordered tlie release
uf George Kellev, nn ageil negro of
Cownena. thifi, poiinfv. cnnvictpil ..f t-
tenyded attack upon a little wh'ite girl
snu tenteneed to 10 years imprisoiiineiit
The court held there was no ;videnefl
upou which to base a conviction.
KING ALBERT
sf' .
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v!i
K.-1i..,.. ;; -
., : ( liit-iw i
w oi kinnn 's
i.-ili. King Aliierl, of (telgiuiu
I'limi'. :iml (jtii ii.ig hiji A i-it in
coinpriivat ion law Whiidi, he 'It
The- I
Oil
lapli. shows Cn. a nit Kin
Plan Submitted Would Dh
charire Obligation in
Thirtv Years
They Call Attention to Ger
many's Ability to Payand
Ure This be L'orne in
Mind Iieiiuest jJTaximum
Sum be Fixed, i
s a, lielgiiim, .1 lily-12. (ieiu:iny ciiii
f ii tii l fat lire engagement y (inly if f hex
a re ba.scd on her linn ucia capacity , said
a statement ' (iiitliiiiiig . t he Herliii guy.
i'liimenl 's piau for. operations sub
liiilteil t. tlii' allied premiers. In re .to
night, I he ..: (Icraiau
ani (',- i'lle sintvuii tit
budget niii.st bat
. t it -i t I'.l ,' Hi there
r. .i-e in the l.liial
Wiiiild lie a rapid
iiig debt and .the al
ity and i-a'piB itv
oi ine uaiioii lo pav. .: Ih.'re was .;i
a-si'iti'd there. iuiir be im further
m a ii :t inn
tlenuaii :
tuioianietital basi.s
ei on'omv '. w hicle !i
it ii ni
already . .much
thai I lernia liy 's
as . a . basis, t he
p;i rat inn . obhgn
a nullities which
Hiu it ed tii ;;o'-'.
cahened. A sinu lag
liiitlt y In j :; is u.s'eu
id incut a-lvs that n
nils be ex pre-sed In
would 'lie live I ami
iif-.' The stipulations
a vii u tn (leriiiany '
cs and thereby i oiii
lis in money an, ii,
Jjeaty of : ersadlcs,
(it pe. dally Jo- ;t he; if
to lie .iiiadi.' with,:
(iiiaucial cal'aiit;.,
rise iill obligui im
acnoril ii;g tu the
This' wuiild 'r.elale
pciiM' (tj- t he n mi v
ot occitj at ion hil-h
to-bi
laid
oa i I
a tiioney and
part ly in kind, ...' ;
: iii.'ipiesi also -,v a - rnade. th.it the ai
ties t llie iieiximiim illns of .oayiiieiit
for reparation und iipou the dischare,e
of the,siijii that the (jermau fuverii
nient would be .free of - furl her obliira
t ions. . ' : 'V
FOLES DlSrLEARED , .
AT ALLIED ORDER
,K,a,. I :,'!:, ill ni, ;.l illy ; 1.. - The I'oIWi
dele c.i I. ion at t he coiif rence inub r
stood to be e: nno h ilir sat ilicd with
the' terms of. tlie allied note tn t he li'iis
sjan o.ii t en ernment irnjit.si n - an
anuistice betneen thi: I.olshevitvj. and
I'i'lisli armies. h, feel, hrr-wiVi r,
that they will he judged , to accept;.
HARDING CONSIDERS
THE H. C. L. PROBLEM
Senator Harding an(fCum
mings Meet with Head
Ohio Grangers ,
-Marion, Ohio, .fitly -. The 'trim
portatiou and hit'li ciwt-iif living prob
lems were di-eus-oil at conferences to.
day between .Senator llardiiij; and Sen
ator ( ''luiirnirnjs, of Iowa, chairman of
tiie Interstate t'liiuuieree tlomiuittee,
and. ,f. lj. Tabor, nf liarnsville, ' Ohio,
head of the Ohio, State 'ir.iMj;cr.' Huth
ciiine ..at tlie senator - reiiuest. ; .
Stephens Was In
ior unusual Munis
.New Vork,- .Inly I -V harles (.euri;,
Stephens wlm ;wa kil.ld yesterday in
1,'oine; over Niao.'ira rnlU in a barri'l,
was a barber ext.n'ii rdin.irv.- His hobby
was perfnrni ma spectacular stetils for
which he received three nbbniis. live
noli! medals and sue silver tiiednl-i. llic
specialties ineludia kissiue, a linn in
its den,, shaviiie rust ulnars in a lion's
(ten. iioxym in n lion a den and
cinite jumps from a balloon, .
p.'iru.
Tuskogee '.Institute,.' Ala., July
With representatives present
12.
from
every state in the Vnlon, the National
Association of Colored vWomen 'a Clubs
held" .' its first Fession today In the
chapel of Tuskogee Institute,
1 1. ' ;.. -r. i. i -'S
13
GERMANY WANTS TO.COX MEETS WITH
KNOW SIZE OF DEBT
AND GOV. COX
.it ;,'ir LVr'
1
i,.
w "WK'- art
..-j.. vi 1.1 . '
i
jit"
7-
t:.j.. via.aj;;.sviv
' .vft
"voc
vas much unpr
iiicinuati praisi
lared was a ' '
sseij by Cox 's
d, t'ox highly.
ord
his
for
model fur the world,
liiel!. :;
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Democratic -Nominees Make
First Plans at the Ohio
State Capital
KIDES IN DAY. COACH
The Democratic Nominee
for President Confers
With His Running Mate
and Gets Back on -Job of
Governor,. at: Columbus.
GOV. COX MEETS
ROOSEVELT TODAY
Dayton, Ohio. Jnvl 12. Gov.
ernor Cok returned to tkn State
execntivo oltite this innruiiiR,
ulieic. dnriii!; the day, ho will have
his lirst mcotinjr. with Franklin D.
Koo.sevclt, lim runuuig ni.ite, at the
huad of tho Democratic tickot.
GOV.' COX RIDES
j IN DAY COACH
.1 'oliunliiis, .1 u ty lil.- (liiyernur
the I lemocrat ic noliiiinee, Caiv
( o,
lii r.
siime
'I his
1'rniil 1 hi vt on t oda V,:,i.rep;
red to r
MS .I'iilt ICS ;
:. I l ei noon I.
i ' I'. Ki.o-
t the eXeciit i c. of '!( ,'.
was t o confer wit h I'r
nk
l l'l
th-
-evelt, ti i - ri i mi i n,y male,
oni liavtou to (.'olii'iibiK,
his way t
K.i.yei iior rode jn the day ciiai h
was .iuit bv fiieiids "who rt'i'i
and el ill f r n 1 ulated him, At. th
road 'stiitiiin here I lie jrovcriior
ill,) he
Kin 'ed
1,1.1
S'lllMlk
a II .Is vilh
lid -t.'itiin
im niber of .railroad men
i employes,-. after, whieii li"
t to t he e,ecit iv.1 -, oflice ill
aidt ol. . .
wi
t (Iin
he state
NEW THEORY IN
WANDERER CASE
Sixteen Year Old Girl May
Have had Part in Prompt
ing Murder
I hicairo, .lulv
Karl Wanderer kille.
li in ' 1 mliber becansi'
ii I tl yea e old "irl Wii
A . theory . that
Ins wife and a
f his int crest, i a
advanced bv the
police loda;
in his cell.
nf ronteil with the end
Wanderer for the lirst .lime
lost his eoaiposure nuimentarilv and
then' denied the ;iri hud had any in
lliieiice on hiv desire In be free. In
on - of his st a1 e'lient.s to the police he
had declared Ihal he killed her to be
lii'e lioiii the care ot his wile and the
baby they expected text month.
The e;irl, dnlius Sell mitt, told the po
lice l-vhe. had known . Wanderer . soine
(line and had ioiU' "to nil amusement,
i amp wit h hinr .several, t imes. She was
not held, however, as the police failed
lo find that she had ,'iny knowl!'d;;e of
the inuhler plol which was carried out
in the lobby ol Wanderer's apartment
on ; June 21 .
Two Irue bills . 'i-liaririnjr Lieutenant
Karl W arideri'r "aand t!'. stranui r who
he used as u dupe were voted lodav bv
a grand jury, ; .- ''
COTTON MARKET
Vork, .lulv 1:.'. ( niUn futures
linn. : July. :)fl. oil; Oc-toher.
Iiecemlier, .tl.OH: January 1 .('." :
New
opened
::!..".(:
Man ii, ;m.
Tue cotton market opened firm at an
advance of Jl to Id points on Liv-r
pool luiviiig, which has been act. ye
siiiiv. the unlavorable cron news of last
villi. October contracts sold up t"
.(.'..tn, and December to 31.90, making
advnnee of. -about' 10") to 110 points
from the low level of ; la.st ' 'Friday.'
Thco was , considerable realiing at
these figures, while covering - became
I ss active. , . . ,
A declaration of war always brinjfs
down tho suicide rate of a country
while a fiiiaucial panic increases it.
'"s1 v i ? t
Unit r 'f) , Jf.
-
ROOSEVELT-TITO
SEELEYTO ENDOW
CHILD'S HOSPITAL
Asheville Hotel 'Proprietor
M akes ""A n nou n cc m cji t of
Plan for Hospital
WORK TO START SOON
Owner of Grove Park Inn to
Ituild and Maintain, a -big
Hospital for .Crippled
Children on Sunset Moun
tain. Arheville. .lulv IL' - I're.l L. .Se.deV,
owner ol tiiove I, aik Inn. aiilloi'iiced
he woulil iiniiiedu' tely . Const met ani
iiiiiiiiliiiu a h(ispitat"for erippled eli'il
ll'eii .1 r the nilits . iil' the hotel.
W i I li ill few Weeks two buildiugs will.L
In under const met ion a ml others a ill
be i iiiisl riicted as (lie heed for; lliein
i- felt, it a,s .stated. .A Vile on t'unsel
nioiinlain has been selected lr. W- I'-
lleib.-il, nf tins en. will he i ll . , or
Ilie nii'dical. stalT. He will b' assisted
liy a staff (if upecialiNts,. all of whom
Will contribute their .service;". ; ,
UPTON PREPARES
VESSEL FOR RACE
Little Bit of Ireland is-Floating
Around off the Jer
- sey Coast
New hork. duly I J.-l here 's a litlle
bit of Irelaiiil boatiiii; off the. Jersey
coast and its ruler is a fannluir figure
in yachting llauuels and cap. Its Sir
I hoiiias l-ipton and his "navv " six
craft st rony invaillii( th.v 1'nited
tSates to capture the America '" Cup
in n v a e Ii t sun n ' battle oil hniniv Hook
this moiit h.
the man to whom n larfre patch of
water is nu alien sicjit thinks nf the
cup races as a tew impromptu jousts
between n couple of sailing sloops which
cost a nut' inure than the average man
can aflord. lie does not realize thai1
these vnclitK all dtheir crews have to
!'ii throiii'li a period of training ns
long as that of anv foot ball team and
a thousand tiiiio more costly. -
Uv purchase or charter i-ir Thoninsi
has amnsseii hit. Ile t. In addition to
the chnllcnjier, Slinmrrn k IV., ainf the
tunl horse, I hu. IM-meter Hhamrosk,
'iKm'imyi' stt'Hm- y.ieht -Viftorta," the
llaishiji ol the fliot, im whiclthe vet
eran vachlsitiaii liven, anchored each
night in t he- ! I ildsnli.
I hen there Is the househunt Killar
ney, tuelved KUiigly away in the. sheltir
ot the lloolv. On the Killarnev reside
the crews of the I wo racing craft.
Hut this does not complete the ll ot
There is the tug Oovernur Smith to
tow the sloops to the .starting line an 1
a snappy speedboat to run errands.
Numberless small' r launches nnd din
L'eys .: don '.l count in this yachting ar
Ui'ada. ' ; " ;
Ilie Irish baronet has his dailv schedule--
c movable ijoitgh, but 'ills, nt
i present a business to which he ndheres
I as closi Iv as the broker daily watches
hi.s ticker. : .
l.ach iHi"v Tie steams down to the
Hook from New Vorkjo watch the challenger.-'
his sweej-'hearl,. . the elderly
batchelor caljs her match le r speed
ayaiiist the. trail horse '
l.ach iiav, as dusk ajiproaeliefi. he
iiolds contereiice wit) his band of
yachting'" experts, suggesting little
I Ji.iih.gi' ; 'liiie, litiy 'Hiinges there,
smiiiithing iiiit a ripple in a club top
sail which to the. .landliiblier. (its exactly-
or clipping n few inches from a
topmast with, which, to the uninitiated,
And each day he cont line s to .deal
there seems nothing wrong. .
And each iiav he colli nines to ileal
out dollars to the loll members of Ins
ariuaila. hor it is an expensive Hport,
this ipiest (d a hiiiidn'd guinea cup and
victor (ir loser, Sir 'Jhoinas Will have
paid nut 1 1 1 ( r than a million dollars
lor Hits, year's races alone.
At o clock, exce)t in most iiislress
lug wealher, raising ol Sir 'lioiunHT
personal Hay a green shainnick on a
held id gold betokens that the vice
coiiiiiuidore of the Koyal l ister ) acht
club is aboard, awake mid ready to re
ceive quests. '! hese Invariably include
a corps of newspapermen, Mont, of
them eone for breakfast, stay for
lunch and linger for dnim r, and as
sea air breeds nu appetite, the yacht '
birder receives a blow which Would
make the .ordinary housewife (piivcr in
(lies- ilavs .of - high prices.
I In ii the Victoria weigh anchor.
Hecognied bv all harbor craft, she re
ceives salutes from sootiest tug to tuost
ina, jest ie . batt lesh ip, ' - .
Sir I hoinas stands on the bridge
the familiar. Mil' picketed. Iicllaunele 1
tiLMire u ho for years ban crossed the
Atlantic1 to win the trophy on
which
he has set Ins heart. He strokes
his
gravxoatee and Ins face wrinkles into
a roguish gnu as he swaps vurns for
vara with Ins iniiiiincritbli' guests.
fur Sir .Thomas muni have Ins joke.
One of which Ih1 is particularly tond
concerns a visit once paid him nt. ( owles
by former Mnvnr John Fitzgerald of
Huston.
The baronet was entertaining a group
of Americans when sinldeiilv Jt was re
ported to him that the royal launch was
headed for his cratt.
'The king or the queen','' cried Sir
riiiinias and at once began drilling his
guests in court etiquette.
Hu: the rnval launch, which -rarely
carries anv but
royalty, arrived with
a rolie iankee. ' 1 " :
It seems that Fitzgerald, wishing
to pay a visit to his friend the Irish
.yachtsman, had been unable to "nd a
craft which lie deemed sufficiently nut-
fy 'to bring him alongside. But finding
the royal launch at. the royal landing
stage, he pronounced it ' a Recent
VERMONT'S CHIEF,
DECLINES TO CALL
THE- LEGISLATURE
Accused of Sinister and Far
Reaching Influence Be
ing at Work
WAS RECENTLY IN A'
MEET WITH HARDING
The Governor Points That
the Measure is in Direct
Constitution and Invasion
of States Rights.
Hut In ml, Vermont, July 12. Tha
governor s proclainatioii followed.
crinfcronrcTvhicli was hold at Wh
ington recently with Senator Uarding,
the Ifepiibticaii presidential , nominee,
at. which it is understood the question .
of the rat illeiition being completed by . -the
Ifopublican legislature of Vermont
wa taken up. Jn giving his reanoni
for refusing again to call a special e
sion, (Invernur ( leinents said the pro
posed ameudnient. clearly invades the
state 's rights as laid down in the eon
stitiituin of Vermont. . .
'1 hat the present legislature irai
elected lie tore . the question was
brought up and that the people of the
state have had no opportunity to ex
press themselves' on the issue. , The
governor firoposed that, for the coming;
election that candidate for election b
required to declare themselves on it.
(loverunr (dements ' proclamation .
scried "ns it stands and i interpreted
bv the Supreme Oourt today, the fed
eral constitution threatens the founda
tion of free popular government. The
seventeenth amendment to the consti
tution had been lobbied through con
gress and state legislatures by federal
agents-nnd that the eighteenth imend
nient had been forced through by pow-
eriui anil irresponsioie organizations
operating through paid agents with on-
limited t uinls.
"It is now nropoaed to force through
the nineteenth amendment for woman
sufi rage without consulting the male
vote of the laud, I have been asked
to overlook these consideration! as a
matter of party expediency, but thin U
nomine for pnrtv expediency, tint
principle Ami woe unto partv.
invadi a well established prineipij oi
popular government will surely aufferv
to the end,, ' ,
Hutlniid Vt July 12.Oov. Element i
todav lisiied n proclamation refusing
tn. call the legislature In special cession.
ro iniiKe . posaitne rntincaiion or tn
federal amendment for woman uf-
rage. ' , . , ; -
MRS. CATT MAKES
BEPIOU8 CIIAKOE -
New York, July 12. When Informed
of (.overnor ( dementi' refusal to call
a special session of the Vermont legia- i
lature to consider the Susan B. An- V
1 lion v snlTrnge amendment, Mrs. Carry
( hiipinan ( att, president of the Na
tional American Woman Suffrage A
siiciation, today gave out the following
statement
"If it is correctly quoted the deci
sion of Governor Clement is to con
trary to the dictates of his office and
the will of the people that It convince
me that there is a sinlser and far
reaching lnlliieneo behind it. To un
cover this sinister and far reaching in
fluence promptly shall he our task."
The work (if - ratification will ba - v
pushed strongly forward in Tennessee
and North ( arohna, she declared."' -
Kinston Short of
Its Ten Thousand
Washington, Julv 12. Census figure
announced today included Kinston, '.
C H.77I increase 2,776, or 3H.7 per
cent.
enough boat" and ordered it to th
Llpton yacht.
Meanwhile the Icing and qneen, reach-
! ing the . stage, beheld in amazement;
i their launch dashing away from them.
.And Ilie master of the small craft, on
J Ins return, had this explanation to
make the gentleman had Introduced
himself as ''the mayor of Boston, Unit
ed States if America," which the roy
al yachtsman, impressed, compressed in
to ''the Mavor of Amcriea." And of
course a man who womd dare march
onto the roval landing stage mast hava
stepped onto it with roval permission.
And so, chatting of kings and stow
aways, vachts and intrigues, he enter
tains Ins guests until the Hoot ia
reached. And as Sir Thomas ia never
so well cast na whin he ia playing the
host, it is an en lovable trip, this joy
ride down the bav to the serious work.
I 0f the dav.
The rncinir slooos. Ivinir at nIinv
with mainsails and club topsails set,
awaiting arrival of their master, look
as alike as two pea to the landsman.
And the vegetarian simile ia carried
out by the hulls, both painted a lively
Irish green. The only apparent differ
ence is that the Shamrock IV is just a
little greener than ber partner, for even,
her decks are emerald.
As soon ns the Victoria's engines are
stopped, the veteran of international
r gattas boards his launch to inspect
his craft before they aet out. From that
moment he become lost toall but
thhigs maritime. ' s
Hound the course Sir Thomas follows
his sloops as they ruce and after the
finish again holds parley with their
skippers,' Then it's back "to New Tork.
in the evening the day's work dona.
Japan has tha greatest number of
divorces each year tif all the nation
of the world, hil the United
is second. ,