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I =. North Carolina: Mostly cloudy Wednesday and Thursday; probably ■ local rains in west portion; Durham MAan Mieer YESTERDAY’S CIRCULATION Vo Issue Same Day One Year Ago 8945 ■ thirtieth year. , DURHAM, N. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1923. FOURTEEN PAGES. PRICE—Daily, 6c; Sunday, 7c State Department Gets . Copy Of Demands Made By The Chinese Bandits Bandits Seek Withdrawal of Soldiers and a Supply of Food and Clothing NEGOTIATING Shortage of Food Caused Bandits to Toss Chinese Captives Off Cliff UTTER FROM PRIEST Says Bandits Notified Rela tives In Order That Bodies Might Be Removed—PaH Bearers Climb Mountain* (By the Associated Pres*.) \Vashington, May 29.—Specific terms of the Chinese bandits for the release of Americans and other foreigners still held cap tive were cabled to the state de partment today by Minister Schurman at Peking vVho said that the bandit leaders had reiterated their five demands to the Chinese officials on the night of May 26. The terms pre sented were as follows: 1— Withdrawal of soldiers. 2— Central government to furnish the bandits regularly with food and clothing. 3— Ten thousand bandits in the southwestern district to be form ed into four mixed brigades un der the direction and control of central government which should tarnish arrangements and amuse ment. 4—The central government to give six months pay in advance, also arrears of pay not to ex ceed a total of six months’ pay. 6—Upon consent of the central government to the above terms, an agreement to be drawn up be tween the central government and the bandit chiefs to be signed in the presence of a rep resentative of the diplomatic corps to act as guarantor of the agreement. The announcement issued by the state department made no comment on these terms. I Thaochwang, May 30.—J. B. fowell. Shanghai newspaper pub isher, recently paroled by the Su chow train bandits to arrange terms V for the release of the kidnapped for J^eigners, today arrived here on his third trip from the outlaw’s moun tain stronghold and reported that negotiations were proceeding favor ably. * * Shanghai, May 29.—Shortage of food in the bandit's stronghold at •. Paotzuku before the kidnapping of /'a number of foreigners from the , Shanghai-Peking express May 6, caused the bandits to throw Chinese prisoners from one mountain cliff, ac cording to information today from Father William Lenfers, German , priest, who has made several trips to the outlaw headquarters. The in formation from Father Lenfers, which came in a letter from the, pre. late at Linchen, declared that the k t prisoners’ feet were bound and each was labelled with his name and identification before being hurled to death. One of the prisoners, a wom an, was thrown over with her child in her arms. Later the bandits notified the fami ,, lies of the massacred captives and relatives were permitted to remove , the bodies, identification being * facilitated by the tags. “One Christian Chinese who al ready had paid $1,800 for the release of his son, today took delivery of « the corpse,” Father Lenfers wrote, adding: “Many pall bearers still are climb ing the mountain. '. “Tse only way to maintain peace ‘here Is to enlist the bandits and 1 keep them iiv. this territory for years as a police force, since they \ alone are familiar with the inacces 'l sihle mountain fastnesses and trails, v “if they withdraw leser bandits will band together and cause a simi lar situation in the future.” Father Lenfers denies that troops # were in league with the outlaws. He , declares that the soldiers have been oesieging the brigands for months near Paotzuku, resulting in an acute shortage of water and food, i The raid on the train at Suchow, the , priest says, was in the nature of a division to force the troops to with draw from Paotzuku. * 4 / ** JL. i j , ♦ S f I $ \ ♦ ONE CONCERN MAKES OFFER _i Willing To Take Over Sev eral Big Ships (By the Associated Tress ) New York, May 29.—The Ameri can ship and commerce corporation, of which W. Averell Harriman, son of the late, Edward H. Harriman, is chairman of the board of directors, has entered a bid to the United States shipping board indicating that its willingness to take over the oper ations of the Leviathan and nve or six of the largest "vessels operated hy the United States lines, it was learned tonight. In addition to the Leviathan, it was stated that the bid included the George Washington, America, Pres ident Buchanan, President Roose velt, and President Harding, good weather MEMORIAL DAY Washington, May 29.—Memorial pPy weather, according to tonight's forecast for the territory east of the Mississippi will-be generally fair in the upper Ohio Valley, the lower lake region and the middle and north Atlantic states. Unsettled weather with scattered thunderstorms was for the lower valley, Tenenssee and east Gulf States and South Atlantia elates. Assurance was given that cooler temperatures would prevail la Middle Atlantic States aad —* portion of tbs Ohio i DEATH OF KITCHIN HOURLY EXPECTED Congressman Claxule Kitetvin (By the Associated Press.) • Wilson, N. C., May 29.—The . death of Claude Kitcliin, Demo cratic former minority leader In congress, was momentarily ex pected at a local hrsHtal late today. Mr. Kitchin was suffer ' ing for several weeks with stomach trouble, began sinking shortly after three o’clock this afternoon, and little hope for his , recovery is expected. His wife, daughter and son is at his bed side. It was said that Mr. Kitchin was making a last remarkable fight for life. At nine o’clock tonight. Dr. C. A.. Woodward, Mr. Kitcliin’s physician, told the Associated Press that the condition of the minority leader was “very criti cal,” and unless there was a de cided change the end was only a matter of hours. .M ... I ■— NURSES ASKED TO STUDY LAW Association President. De livers Address (By the Associated Press.) Raleigh, May 29.—Nurses attend ing the twenty-first annual meeting of the North Carolina Nurses’ asso ciation were urged to study exist ing laws and plans for the correc tion of defects in the legislation gov erning the nursing profession today by Miss M. Pearl Weaver, of Hen dersonville, in her presidential ad dress which followed the formal opening of the convention. The first day’s program including addresses by President Weaver, and Senator Royal Copeland, former health commissioner of New York; Miss Frances Ott, of Elkhart, In diana, one of the oldest members of the American nurses association and chairman of the private duty sec tion of the association; and Mrs. T. Palmer Jerman, of Raleigh; presi dent of the woman’s executive coun cil. ' , The convention, with seventy or more in attendance on the first day and others expected today .and to morrow will run through Thursday. It will be followed on Friday and Saturday by the nurses’ institute which will be held . by the state nurses’ association in co-operation with the state board of health and the federal childrens’ bureau. SAUNDERS TO FORM COMPANY Will Attempt To Launch New Chain of Stores (By the Associated Press.) Memphis, Ten. ,May 29.—The pro posed organization of a company to establish a, chain of wholesale gro cery businesses ' as announced to day by Clarence Sanders, president of Piggly Wiggly stores, Inc., who declared at the earns time agree ments had been signed between him self and members of pool which fi nanced the recent sensational trad ing of (he stock of the company on the stock exchange. ‘Harmony prevails” asserted Mr. Saunders, between all out-of-town Piggly-Wiggly interests and himself, adding that agreements signed by representatives of Memphis, St. Louis Nashville and New Orleans, investors were entirely acceptable to him. The Piggly Wiggly executive will be given further time to meet his loans for which he placed stock of the company as collateral, it is un derstood. .The agreement provides he is allowed under September 1 next, to liquidate half of the loans, the other half to be met on or be fore January 1 1924 it 18 understood. The proposed caln of - holesale houses will extend through the south and west, Mr. Saunders said. This does not mean that I will lose my Indentlfy with Pigglly Wig gly, he said, “Nor that Piggly Wiggly will be side tracked. My new Jjlaos will allow both buslneeeee to broporated on a Joint Inula that SOT reduce the expenses of both,” FRAUD CASE IS COURT FEATURE Government Attempting To Convict Alleged Oil Swindlers (By the Associated Press.) Fort Worth, Texas, May 29.—The government today began prosecution of evidence In the fraud case against “General” Robert A. Lee, H. H. Scharz and Charles Sherwin, oil promoters, in federal court. Earl ier in the day counsel for the de fendants in presenting the case to the jury, said he would attempt to prove that the claim set forth in literature sent through the mails by the defendants were correct and that the government contentions were not. The defense claims Lee is a descendant of the former Con federate commander, General Rob ert E. Lee, and a geologist. The first witness was Postoffice Inspector John S. Swenzen, who in vestigated the Lee interests. He pointed out various circulars and literature which he said Sherwin and Scharz admitted had been sent through the mails In further an nouncement ' of selling their stock. The papers Included “high powered" oil circulars and a pamphlet entitled “The Honor of the Lee’s.” This last told of the achievements of the Lee’s, of the days of the Revolu tion, and of General Robert E. Lee,, concluding With a list of the alleged geological successes of “General” Robert A. Lee. POINCARES! CONFIDENCE VOTE Senate Expresses Confidence By Voting Large Ap propriation (By the Associated Press.) Paris, May 29.—Any doubts as to the solidity of Premier Poincare’s position were set at rest tonight when the chamber by a majority of and his government and voted him anad his government and voted him the tponey needed to cferty-. out his policy in the Ruhr. y The chamber’s vote on the appro priation of 35,500,000 francs for the expenses of Ruhr occupation for the month of June, was 605 to 67. The debate took on the appearance of an assault on Poincare’s cabinet. M. Tardieu severely criticized the government’s mehods and demanded a settlement with Poincare whether he would change them, at the same time declaring to the chamber he would vote for the appropriations. The premier showed plainly he in terpreted this method of debate as an attempt to shake the cabinet with out immediately overthrowing it He called on M. Tardieu and his friends to vote as they talked and said he would not admit that oratory could shake the confidence in the . cabinet. This summons to the opposition to come out into the open put the chamber into a dilemma; many of the deputies showed by their ap plause they approved of M. Tardieu’s words, yet were not ready to attempt the overthrow of the Poincare min istry. The premier declared flatly he changed nothing into the methods decided upon in common with the allies, that he would not call out another to reinforce the occupying troops, as demanded by M. Tardieu, asserting that any increase there would add to the expenses without aiding to efficiency. He challenged the chamber to decide between the govrnment and the government’s critics. POLICE HELP WITH STRIKE Trained Officers Go To Aid of the Guards (By The Associated press) Essen, May 29.—The arrival of trained police at Bochum and at other strike zone's in the Ruhr to day was welcomed by the German officials as being certain to liquid ate the unrest among the large numbers of workmen now on strike. The officials predicted there now would be little more trouble from the “Reds.” Sixty-five police from Duesseldorf were sent to Bochum to reinforce the firemen and guards who since Friday night had been beselged In the headquarters of the firemen. On the arrival of the police there was a rapid disappear ance of the workers and red armies. WEATHER FORECAST FOR THE BIG RACES (By The Associated Press) Indianapolis, May 29— Occassional thundershowers, with the tempera ture ranging at about 72 degrees a bove, was the official forecast fob Indianapolis tomorrow. Shoqjd rain prevent the ctart of the race, or if the down pour should be so severe aB to necessitate the flag in of the divers, the contest will be run on the following day, The rules committee discussing the question said that the race if stopped before 100 miles were run, would begin anew on the following day. Airplane Trips Norfolk, Va., May 29.—Commenc ing this week, probably Wednesday or Thursday, dally mall trips will b) made from Washington to Hamp ton Roads and return by airplane, according to announcement made to day at the Hampton Roads air eta TWO KILLED AND OTHERS INJURED Reidsville, N. C., May 29— James Pillow, 14 am) his sister, Birdie Pillow, 16, son and daugh ter of John Pillow, of this sec tion were killed; John Pillow, tlife father, so critically injured that he may die; and his father, I. C. Pillow, probably fatally inpured, while Mrs. Thomas Mitchell, aged 23, was seriously hurt about 7 o’clock tonight when their au tomobile was struck by a South ern railway passenger train Just outside Reidsville. SYNOD SELECTS MEETING PUCE Two Hundredth Anniversary To Be Observed In 1926 (By the Associated Press.) Hickory, N. C.. May 29.—Selec tion of Philadelphia as the place for the 1926 synod, elections of various boards and committees, and adoption of resolutions pledging support to Catawba College, Newton. North Carolina, were the Interests of the business transacted today by the synod of the reformed church In the United States in session here. Delegates urging Philadelphia 3S the meeting place for 1926 synod based their arguments on the fact that the 200th anniversary of the First Reformed church will be cele brated that year and the Schaff building, now in process of construc tion, will be dedicated. Allentown. Pa., and Indianapolis were also bid ders for the next synod. Adoption of the resolution pledg ing the synod’s support to the col lege was urged by Dr. George W. Richards. Lancaster, Pr., Rev. Fred erick Kiefer, Frederick, Md., James I. Gould, Philadelphia, Rev. W. W. Rowe, Hickory, Dr. A. D. Wolflnger, president of the college, and J. C. Leonard, Lexington, N. C. SEEK RECEIVERS FOR MILL FIRM Four Colton Mills Are In cluded in the Proceedings (By the Associated Press.) Grensboro, N. C., May 29.—Receiv ers are asked for four North Caro lina cotton mills, alleged to be in Im minent danger of insolvency, in a suit filed here today in the United States district court, seeking the re covery of nearly $200,000 said to be past due. The action is brought against the Mecklenburg Mills company, the thwjin nuiiiii inns c&r.wi the Coal and Iron NattonaTTOTOC of Near York, trustee. The four mills involved are the Mecklenburg mill at Charlotte, the Clyde and the New ton mills, at Newton, and the Nancy mill in Montgomery county. All are allied under the leadership of a group of Salisbury men. Named as officers and as owners of the greater part of the. common stock are J. D. Norwood, M. L. Jackson and John C. Lawson. The action is brought by Warwick Aiken and Claude C. Crawford, of Warwick Aiken and company, of Memphis, cotton dealers, suing for themselves and for other creditors of the Mecklenburg Mills company. WYTHE M. PEYTON HAS RESIGNED HIS OFFICE Asheville, N. C., May 29.—Wythe M. Peyton, highway engineer for the ninth district, has tendered his resig nation to the state highway commis sion, effect/ve July 1, it was an nounced today. 4 Mr. Pewton was the second man employed upon organizatoin of the commission eight years ago, and was for three years engineer for the first division, comprising 22 coun ties. CONTRACTOR REARRESTED Originally Acquitted On Murder Charge (By the Associated Press.) Asheville, N. C., May 29.—After being allowed to go free by a coro ner’s Juhy, following the shooting of Jake Rush, negro worker on a high way project in Henderson county, last Thursday, C. N. McMillan, mem ber of the firm of Plott and McMil lan, Florida contractors, was arrest ed yesterday on a bench warrant, re turnable before Judge P. A. Mclilroy and was bound over to superior court on a charge of second degree mur der and released under bond of $3,000. Details of the shooting could not be learned tonight, but it is under stood that the rearrest of McMillan came after an Investigation by Solicitor James M. Carson, acting un. der Instructions of Governor Mor rison. WOMEN For constructive advice on marriage problems you’ll thoroughly enjoy reading DOROTHY DIX TALKS Appearing on The Herald’s Social Page regularly on Monday, Wed nesday and Friday. Dorothy Dix Is the highest sal aried newspaper writer of any woman In the world. If you are not a regular reader of her talks start with the one In this Issue. t U. S. SUFFRAGE LEADER SPEAKS IN ITALY. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, American suffrage leader, addressed the congress of the International Women's Suffrage Alliance In Rome, Italy, after Premier Benito Mussolini had promised to extend to the women of that country the right of suffrage, with certain limitations. It was the first time In the history of Italy that a pre mier presided at a women's suffrage meeting. Mrs. Catt is shown addressing the congress in the first photo graph of the meeting to reach this country. KIWIS MEETING GETS GOOD START Special Attention Paid To Under-Privileged Children Yesterday (By the Associated Press.) Atlanta, Ga., May 29.—Under privileged children, the crippled, the diseased, the child who "stands baffled and confused at the bar of the juvenile court,” have found a staunch friend in Kiwanis Interna tional, that organization was told by Dr. Owen R. Lovejoy, general secre tary national child labor committee, 1 . an address at the national con vention here late today. The speaker told ;the Kiwanis their work in the past year or since they have counted upon the single ap prvoed activity of "service for under privileged children,” has helped to make the work of the child labor commltteo easy. Aside from the general session of the afternoon, at which reports were received from several standing com mittees and addresses made, the achievements of the delegates today were centered in •. score or more of conferences. Every phase of Kiwanis % ork was discussed In these smaller gatherings. Tonight the delegates and visitors were entertained with a glimpse of the Old South, when a series of tableaux, aong and dance numbers and music was staged by the local conuBtttea under the name of “Plan | Mtarqgyn*'*"1 W band of the 24th lnfjtftfy--regiment was brought up from Fort Benlnng, Georgia, the army training school to furnish mu sic for the occasion. The scenes de picted life on an anti-bellum planta tion, the “big houje,” cotton fields, log cabins and groups of Held hands at wprk and play, winding up with a big fight among the hands. Dr. Lovejoy In his address de clared that since "upon the Kiwan Ians has devoted much of the leader ship of the people of this country In a right attitude toward all t>rob lems of child welfare. He would sug gest that most of the needs of American children are not dramatic, tl t most of those who should be thoughtfully classed as “under privi leged” are not in immediate danger “It-is the long, s'.o./ beating of monotony and dead circumstances on the tender surfa-e of the child's life that presorts the most appalling peril to his well beinj,” he said . ldlng that to the crippled, the dis eased, the juvenile court product must be adde all chilren who are enled the advantages of a real sys tem of education. “We must aid a large percentage of the 1,060,000 children catalogued by the United States census as child laborers and to these we must add another group, probably of equal numbers, employed o.. our modern, industrialized farms.” The speaker outlined the types cf child labor and discussed the legis lative standards sought < • meet the situation. He indicated direct ways in w ch Kiwanis International can lift the burden from- the back of the under privileged child, including: A school for every child in Ameri ct udeqtat j ;eachers, salaries, a health service as broad as the com mlinity to every child brought to it; a system of playgrounds and parks for every city child; abolition of child labor in fields, factories, work shops and tenements; and a hearty welcome to every homespun lad who drives Into your city on his dad’s lumber, wagon or automobile, were urgedaby the speaker. One of they personal matters to come before the Kiwanians at the present convention, according to leaders, today, Is the question of holding a convention, for careful, scientific revision of the organic law of the organization. A resolution such a convention already has been presented to the resolutions com mittee, It was stated, and will be presented, to the convention at a later session. The question has been under discussion by Interna tional officers for sometime, it was stated, and attempts will be made to get some definite action at the At fanta convention. MISSING MAN HAD THE CASH Investigation Into Sinking of Rum Runner (By the Associated Presa.I New York, May 29.—Investigation into the mysterious sinking of the rum lugger John D. Wight, off Vine yard Haven, Mass., with a loss of nine lives several months ago has revealed that James A. Craven of EynJhurst, New Jersey.' one of the victims had $100,000 In his pos session when the ship sank, federal authorities said tonight. The money eras musing when Craven's body was washed up on.the bsach, .. . . { Clara Phillips Is Back In America; Talks To Reporters (By the Associated Press.) New Orleans May 29.—Clara Phillips, who escaped from Ja'l in Dos Angeles last December alter her conviction of the mur der of Mrs. Alberta Meadows, returned to this country today from Honduras in tho custody of Califo:nia officers and (anight was resting in the Orleans Parish House of detention be fore starting tomorrow on her long jet’ ney to the Pacific eojs*.. The former Waco, Texan girl who stepped from tho liner C'opnn, was not the Clara Phillips, Orleanions had expect ed fo see. They were prepared for a woman desperate over her recapture after one of the most sensational escapes ever ac complished in this country. Mrs. Phillips, was on deck as the Copan drew in her pier, with her sister. Miss Etta May Jackson, Under Sheriff Eugene 10 HAVE BIO DAY Will Dedicate Handsome An drew Johnson Memorial Building * (By the Associated Press.) Greenville, Tenn., May 29.—States men, congressmen, and many others prominent in the life of Tennessee and the nation will mingle with thousands of lesser ranks In pay ing tribute to this historic city to morow to the memory of Andrew Johnson, at the dedicatory services of the handsome memorial building erected by the State of Tennessee. Tho plans for the formal presenta tion of tl^ memorial to the state on Decoration Day, which assumed a national atmosphere from the build ing, have grown under the program embraces a notable array of speak ers. Surviving relatives and descend ants of fhe seventeenth president, who has been discovered by some of his friends as the "most unique charactep” in American history, will take no Active part In tho exercises. Governor Austin Peay, of Tennessee, is expected to deliver one of the most notable, though brief, address es since his inauguration. Representing the national govern ment, Colonel Guy D. Goff, a vet eran of the World War, has been announced as one of the chief speak ers of tho day. He Is from -Wash ington. g Among others prominent in tho life of the state on tho program for speeches are Colonel L. E. Reeves, of Johnson City, Tennessee, a per sonal friend of the great statesman, and Charles L. Sevier, the only sur viving pall bearer who officiated at the funeral of Mr. Johnson. Tho memorial building, encasing tho hut' where president Johnson learnod to read and write and which he later used us his tailor shop, will be formally presented to the state by the Mother’s cluh, of Greenville, legal custodians. GARVEY HAS BAD SAILING Black Star Line Stock Sales Were Easy (By the Associated Press.) New York. May 29.—The elo quence of Marcus Garvey, self-styl ed ‘‘provisional president of Africa,” caused negroes to Invest their money In the Black Star Line, witnesses testified today, at Garvey’s trial on charges of using the mails to de fraud. Louis H. Schenzk, a laborer in the government printing ofllco in Washington said he was so Impress ed by Garvey’s eloquence In an address In a Baptist church in Wash lngton that he bought stock by mail. Edward Orr, a music writer, said Garvey’s oratory induced him to buy $106 worth of stock. He de clared he later obtained a Judgment against Garvey but had not collect ed on It. All but 40 j^pr cent of the money obtained from* stock sales went to ray the expenses of the De Luxe Bales expeditions, Harry R. Wttklne, salesman in chief of the line testi fied. * Watkins testified that he and his salesmen continually violated date laws of Virginia and Ohio and tt | Garvey knew-It. V Blscailu:, of Los Angeles. Mrs. Biscailuz and Deputy Walter Hunter. She looked at the hun dreds of cur'oslty seekers on too pier apiiuicntly with little interest and when newspaper men an.l photographers oo.irdel the vessel With customs o"'l :l ils did not hesitate to pose for In numerable photographs. She wj.h immel nte'y subjected to a bairage of questions bui Mr. Biscailuz rnd Superintendent Maloney of the local police end ed the interrogation by an nounclng that she would be per mitted to receive reporters at police headquarters. Mrs. Phillips did not make the ;outney from the pier to head quarters in police patrol. In stead, Super.n endent Maloney placed his personal car at the d.pposal of the Calhorntn offl.’T and his prisoner. IENISTO PRESENT VIEWS To Speak In Behalf of the United States on Mexican Estates (By the Associated Press.) Mexico City, May 29.—Charles B. Warren at tomorrow’s meeting of the mixed United States-Mexlcan committee, which is Investigating questions between the two countries, wilt represent the attitude of the United States under inatcrnational law with regard of great Mexican estates and their division among small agriculturists. Mr. Warren's exposition of the United Stated gov ernment's view relative to pust methods of paying owners whose lands aro expropriated is expected to consume only a short time. He will be followed by one of tho Mexi can commissioners who go at some length into the Mexican govern ment’s Ideas concerning tho splitting up of large estates under the exist ing agrarian law. The chief point Involved concerns tho Mexican proposal to indemnify land owners wlt.h federal and state bonds and whether such payment would be Just and dequate. Tonight the United States commissioners were studying with Interest a decree of President Obregon published today modifying tho agrarian law by ex empting certain lands from expro priation. This morning's meeting of the mixed committee saw the conclusion of tho Mexican commlsisoners' argu ment relative to subsoil rights under article 27 of tho Mexican constitu tion. This statement had occupied the attention of the conference since starting May 14, except for two sessions which wore devoted by Mr. Warren to outlining tho atti tude of the United States. A four-hour meeting last night be tween the United States commission er and President Obregon has caused considerable interest. FIGHT NAMED IN FLOGGING One Member of Party Makes a Confession (By the Associated Press.) Birmingham. Ala.. May 29.—Con nection of eight of th ? nine men un der Indictment for the kidnapping and flogging of Dr. J. D. Dowling, city and county* health officer' In May. 1922, with the case, by Charles W. Tyson, confessed member of the hand, marked the second day of the trial of Krnesy G. Jocks, first alleg ed member of the party to be tried. Strenuous efforts to Impeach the testimony of Tyson occupied the af ternoon, Introduced 1 j the defense after the state had closed Its case testified to good reputation of Jacks and the alleged bad reputation of Tyson. SMALL BOY HURT IN AN ACCIDENT Winston-Salem, N. C., May 29.— Sutphln, four-year-old son of 8. C. Sutphln, was run over by a deliv ery truck, driven by G H. McB'lde herd this afternoon and suffered a broken leg and arm and other In jutes which are expected to prove fatal. The child was removed to a hospital. McBride, arrested by the police is held without bail. Neigh bors of tbs Stupain child, say that the little boy while plain* *•» into the street In front of the tnth * Former President Deplores Agitation Stirred Up By Fundamentalists TALKS P L A I N Each New Discovery of Sci ence Is a Revelation of God, He Asserts COPELAND MAKES HIT Delivered Annual Com mencement Address at N. C. State—Illness of Con gressman Causes Speculation Herald News Bureau, Times Building. H s 1 e i g h. May 29.—Evolution, which was scored on, so to speak, hy Dr. McDaniel of Richmond, in the delivery of Meredith College’s baccalaureate sermon Sunday, came hack strong at the exercises of the graduating class today. Dr. R. T. Vann, former president of the col lege, in delivering the Bibles which annually accompany the diplomas presented the graduates, deplored the agitation by the fundamental ists of fancied clash between science and religion. Said he: The church has in times past gone up against science and has had to take water. Science isn’t religion, but neither Is religion sci ence, and the average scientist is a believer in God and knows mors about him than some of those who abuse science. The church is con stantly being forced to enlarge its concept of Dlety, and each new dis covery of science is a revelation of God. Dr. Royal S. Copeland, former health commissioner of New York city and now member of the Uni ted States and talked of as a Demo cratic pesldentlal possibility, who de livered the commencement address at State college this morning, made a fine impression on Democrats from all over North Carolina, many of them prominent and of force in the primary. He dealt with the need for Am erica to straighten out her world relations. Among his striking utter ances was one to the effect that he would never support a man for Con gress whoso conception of public service confined itself to his section or fell short of a vision that in cluded the world. It wouldn't bo any trouble to etart a political argument here today. The Capital has taken on the ap pearance of a legislative session. State college commencement brought together a large number of legisla tor’s past and present—the new board of 60 trustees being composed to a considerable extent of law makers—and others came along to be with the crowd and for one thing and another. Among the tlems of gossip arc a report of the impending resigna tion of another member of the state administration and all sorts of con jectures as to probable candidates for Claude Kltchin's seat In Con gress in case that statesman does not recover. For Mr. Kltchin's shoes It seems that four or five are being considered. Pre-mature and hardly courteous, perhaps; but death comes to all men and there must be a vacancy before it can be filled. BOWLES MADE OPEN DENIAL Says He Did Not Seek As sistance From Morse (By the Associated Press.) Washington. May 29.—Former Hear Admiral F. T. Bowles, who had charge of ship construction for the Emergency Fleet Corporation during the early days of the war. denied today at tho Morse trial that ho ever had proposed to Charles W. Morse that tho latter use his Influence with William McAdoo to have Bowles appointed general man ager of the Fleet Corporation. COURT HOLDS TO DECISION American Cotton Exchange Held Guilty (By the Associated Press.) Albany, N. Y.. May 29.—The court of appeals today affirmed the de cision of the American Cotton Ex ehance of New York of a fe'.nny In that the exchange maintained a bucket shop. The exchange, incorporated In 1916 under the membership corpor ation law, with private members, largely non-residents, maintained a room at 81 Broad street. The ex change was sentenced by a lower court to pay a fine of $1,000 and re ceivers were appointed. BOYS HELD ON ARSON CHARGE Alleged To Have Burned Bam For Revenge Norfolk, Va„ May 29.—Charges of arson were filed today against two school boys, sons of R. A. Loebsack, who It) now in Norfolk county jail serving terms for violating the state liquor law and housebreaking. The warrants against the lads were Is sued on Information furnished C. N. Hodges, Norfolk county farmer, whose barn was destroyed by Are. Hodges testified against the elder Loebsack in his recent trial, and he claims that the boys set fire to his barn from a motive of revenge. The lads ware taken In custody whan they called at the Jail to visit their father. They denied tbs a*, by 9otae» Mm