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WHEN
FIGHTING UtlAVr RAILROAD STRIKE
NEVYORKDOCTOR
FORMER EMPRESS OF
GERMANY IS ILL
KILLED IN CHURCH;
BY INSANE PERSON
E
AT PEACE PARLEY
' J
OUR KILLED
TORKto.. JTY
10 BE DISCUSSED
RAILROAD STRIKE
APPARENTLY OVER;
NORMAL SERVICE
OFFICERS
BREAK
UP GAMBLING GAM
Ex-Sheriff Lee Joyce Killed and
Special Deputy Jim Mat-
: thews Fatally Hurt-
THREE NEGROES KILLED
IN SURRY COUNTY TOWN
When Officers Enter Hegro Bes
- taurant In Walnut Cove, He
jrroes Reported to Have Be
gun Shooting; Feeling Bna
ninf High, According to Re
port Late Last Night
Winitoa Balem, April 18. Ex-Sheriff
; Leo Joyce wma killed, Jim Matthews,
'peIl deputy, ii shot through the
,aeek and probably fatally: wounded,
and tare negrde. were killed In ft fight
, : between officers and negroes at Walnut
''Core, fifteen anile, from thi. city, latt
this creamf
According to report received hire,
the officer attempted to break up a
, ear J game, aaid to hav been in prog
reas in a reitaurant operated by Nick
Bairatoa, ft negro.
When the officer entered the res
taurant the negroes, fteeording to the
report received- her by the police, be
gan ahooting. . Ex-8beriff Joyce ia aaid
to hare been killed immediately and ia
addition to the neck wound, Matthew.
,waa badly beaten. Peeling i running
' high in Walnut Cove, according to re
port. - -;'
GREENVILLE TO HAVE
SERIES OF MEETINGS
Greenville, April JSV-Rev. KV R- "D.
Wilson, who' will preach at the Jarvis
Memorial Methodi ehureh during th
simultaneous aneetlngs thi week,, doe.
not eeaeht arsnger.; Ha. bold.
hia-h o.ttio la the work ct th Meth
- .... v . - . ... . .
w ant ia bunni vhvuu, uwuh
tto kia ability as a eonatructire leader
' be ba been given many reipoasibls
. position. . '" '' '!'-:-':
Rev. D. K. Walthall, DD, of Wayne
bero, Va, will arrive Tuesday next,
te preach through the aerie of service
te be held at th Presbyterian ehnreh.
. Dr. Walthall ia a very snceesafnl pastor
j - ...,.- ...... -. nor pnui ou ion nana uf
lr.U JSSEZi ?La 5 . whito he admire the "great achieve-
frSaSSLS L'imenU" of th. adminktrStion, he doe.
exposition of the Book of Book. He ia
always in great demand in th. Synod
ef Virginia, and the Presbyteriane of
Greenville feel highly pleated that they
were able to aecure .hi help for ten
days. ' "
MAY ADJUDGE ARMY MEN
IN CONTEMPT OF COURT
Asheville, April 18, A th result of
- ft soldier', statement in police court
yesterday, Judge Well may bring
charge of contempt of eourt against
officers, or "non-coras," at the United
States Army Hospital at Oteen, found
guilty of preventing soldier from ap
pearing at police- court whea um
: numed. s
He hat ordered an investigation ef
the esse ef Private Oti Noble, who
stated ia police eourt yesterday that
ha was refused permission by bia. eor
; poral to com' to eourt on the previous
day, following hi arrest. When be told
the eorporal he had been arrested and
aummoned to appear ia polie eourt
that moraine to answer the charge, he
was told, according to hii statement, to
go oa with ant work. . ,
"GREATER PERCENTAGE" WILL
RETURN TO THEIR JOBS.
New Tork, April 18. J. J. Mantel,
chairman of the Railroad General Man'
agar Association, issued statement
; this evening thnt "by far the greater
. percentage" ef the striking railroad em
' ployea in the Idetropolitaa district bad
reported today for duty. The railroad.
proceeded at aooa to fill permanently,
he said, th place of men who had fail
ed to report. ,
, Te Maaufaciare Artificial Silk.
Wilmington, Pel- April 18. The Du-
Poat Company aad the Comptoir De
Textile Arufieiela, of Paris, have ea
- tered into am agnesaeat fee the f ovmar
tioa of a hew company for the manu
facture of artificial ailk, it was an
nounced here today. The new concern,
te be knewa as Us DuPont Fibre Bilk
Company, will be capitalised for
tfftOOflOO. Leonard A. Yerkei has been
eiectea presiaent ' oz the . company,
wniea expects to nave its plant herein
full -opsratioa within ' a year.
Vote Ketera t Week.
' Pittsbargh, Pa April 18. Striking
BalUnsore and Ohio railroad traiamea
ef the Coaaellsville-Pittsbargh division
met at Connellsville today and voted te
return! te work at 7 o'clock tomorrow
morning, according te aa official art
nooaeement issued by ths company
.here tonight. Several hundred men are
affected by the vote, road officials said.
Mmhants Jeta Oak.
Bristol, Vau, April 18v Merchants
handling overalls are Included ia the
pledge signers ia the Norton, Vs., over
all club which now ha membership
ef several hundred, according to ad
vices received here tonight Th mer---unit
arree to wear overall and to
t f 3 tii profiteer stuff." I
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The former German Empress, Augusts
Victoria, i reported to be critically
ill, and announcement of her death
nay be' expected; at any tune.
The; Cracker State to Express
Choice for Democratic Norn
' ; (nation For. Presidency ;
.Atlanta. Oa..' April ', 18. Georgia'
i choice for tc Democratic nomination
. T til -1- .
-1
thrrt e,nldate are entered. They are
lAUoxney G dI PsVr-JL'niUdSt
Senator Hok Smith,- of Georgia, and
Thoma E. Watson, former FopuUat can
... . . pr;,1n( ..a ..11 v.r
Georgia anther ana publisher. -
la addition to their own qualities-
tlona for the nomination the candidate
on their backer have brought the peace
treaty and League of Nations in the
ontett. Georgian have been asked te
ndorne the Wilton admiaistratioa and
the League by voting for Palmer. Sea-
. . c l.t. I ..i ; .v. i a . v .
not indorse it in it entirety. He advo
cated and voted in the Senate for reser
vations to the League. Mr. Watson has
long been on of the most outspoken
erities in Georgia of the admiaiatration
and the league. While he ha not trav
eled the - a tats to mate ' cam pairs
speeches as have the other two he ha
mad his position known through hi
puoiieauons.
CONGRESSMAN SMALL TO
; SPEAK AT CONVENTION
St. Louis, April 18. Republican and
Democratic National eonventiona will be
called upon to insert plank in their
platforms demanding that Congress en
act comprehensive legislation for water
way improvement according -to dele
gate, arriving tonight for the third aa
nunl convention of th Mississippi Val
ley Waterway. Association, to be held
here .tomorrow.; -r . , ... ... .
Among th speaker, at th conven
tion will be Representative John. H,
Small, of North Carolina, president ef
the National Biv.r and Harbor Con
gress. ? - . . ' -;;,
SUPREME COURT WILL
RECONVENE AFTER RECESS
Washington, April, 18. Th Suprem
Court will 'reconvene- tomorrow after
a three-week, recess. ;Th. feeling pre
vailed in soma quarter today that aa
opinion on th -validity ef - tb prohi-
bitioa amendment might be .rendered
tomorrow. A decision in th govern
ment', suit ts dissolve- the ; so-called
anthracite - coal trust, argued last Os
lo oer, eiao ia expeetea at anytime 'by
omciais or tne iwpartment or justice.
POLICE TO REDUCE COST k J -
OF UNIFORMS IN KIN8T0N.
Kiniton,- April JS The police may be
the first to take a .hot at th high. coat
of clothing her.. Chief Charles Thomp
son ia investigating-th merits of var
iou. grade of khaki, and may uniform
th force for the summer at a cost of
ft little more than 430 man. Public
apirited men threaten to .. organize" an
overall club any hour. Scores of repre
sentative business and professional men
are willing te don mechanics, trousers
ana galluses the moment tome one seta
the example, aad stick to - them all
summer.. In some quarters am canal
clothing league" ia proposed, a "en
tirely compatible". with equal euffrace.
BadieaJ advpeate of th overall move
ment would have women don dresses of
cheapest .materials for street wear, and
both sexes to stick to ."everyday", clothe
for all aorta ef occasions. v. ,
. Brooke Te Speak In Greenville. '
Greenville. ADril 18. Aubrev L.
Brook, candidate for the Uaited States
Senate, will .peak in . the courthouse
during the noon court recess Tuesday,
April 20. He is a splendid speaker, and
the people of th. county are invited to
hr him. - - ,. J
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ON 3 CANDIDATES
Supreme Council of Allies Holds
First Formal sessions :
AMERICA NOT TO HAVE
REPRESENTATIVE PRESENT
Three Premiers Bepresented
4 Great Britain, ..Italy an
4
franc at San Remo Meet
ing; International Exchange
One of Subjects to Be Dis-
cniied.
San Bemo, April 18. (By the Asso
ciated Pre.) Questions in connection
with the pence treaty wit6 Turkey will
eomnrlse the first business to be taken
ud br the Supreme council or the auie.
at it. first format session nere tomor-
r. Thi was decided upon at a con
ference today in the Duvachan Palace,
where the sessions are to be held, at
tended by Premier. Nittl, of Italy,
Lloyd George, of Great Britain and
Millerand of France.
It was agreed that daily commun
ique, should be issued, a. upon the oc
casion of previou. .essions or in. couu
ell.
It developed definitely today that the
United State, would not be represent'
ed at the conference.
' America Not Represented.
Th prim minister of the three
arest ' power Nittl, Millerand and
Lloyd George, hav expressed very de
cided regret mat tne uniiea cnsies gov
ernment waa taking ao part in what is
regarded as on of the final act. of
the peace conference.
At far as tt can be sensed, the feel
ing here 1 that the absence of America
ia only temporary one and that the
reason, for her present detachment are
likely to disappear.
-." For the present, however,, th prime
minister., foreign minister, and Am
bassadors . of France. Great Britain.
Italy, Japan, Belgium and Oreee at tbe
meeting are occupied with problem, par
tieolarly affecting themselves and there
is ao disposition to dwell unduly upon
ths lack of American parttelpatioa. - .
Tha Hmt. meeti- f the eorifprer
will U opened at U' otlocSTtomorrow
morning - , .
- TO Disease Eichanee.
Aaother subject which has not been
much mentioned aa yet, but which will
be brought before the council before tt
close, will be th condition of interna
tionsl exebang and the position ia
which Italian industry haa been placed
by lack of eoaU The Hungarian treaty
will have to, be passed upon Anally, with
the prospect ahead that the present
Hungarian government may refuse to
ign it- Then there ia the vastly im
portant Question of compelling Ger
many to fulfill the treaty of Versailles,
regarding which an ear Jy declaration by
the conference l expected. '-
Session, will b held morning and af
ternoon, with ths possibility that even
ing meeting. . also may be arranged
for. .
Th Jugo Slav are not represented
here and it appears doubtful if . th
Adriatic question will be taken up.
SWEDISH GOVERNMENT
NOT TO EXTRADITE KAPP
Switserland Takes Position
Tormer German Chancellor
Committed No Crime '
Berlin, April 17. Th Swedish gov
ernment has decided that it will not
grant extradition of Dr. Wolfgang
Kapp, leader of the Herman reaction'
ary revolt of March 13, in th event
such action i. requested by Germany,
th newspaper Vorweerts ha learned
from aa authoriatlva source. Th. gov
ernment take, tbe position that the
offense of Dr. Kapp who was arrested
at Boedertelje yesterday is not extradi
table. The newspaper expresses tbe
hope that the German government will
be able to find some means to prevent-
Dr. Kapp-'from brewing further mis
chief." ' , . . V
r . SaBwsassssssssa - ' "' - .
Stockholm, April 17. Dr. Wolfgang
Kapp, who wis arrested yesterday, ia
being permitted to live at hotel and
to walk about th city la the custody of
detectives. The airplane in which Dr.
Kapp entered Sweden was piloted by a
lieutenant, Juterbroeb, who ha return
ed to Germany. '
YOUTH FOUND DEAD ON
- SIDEWALK IN TWIN CITY
Winston-Salem, April 18 Th officers
aay tonight they have no definite clue
regarding parties who killed Inther
Harris, age 18, who wa. found dead
with hi. throat cut, lying partly on the
sidewalk at corner of Liberty Street
and Patterson ageau at a lata hour last
night Two young negroes were arrest
ed' today but investigation; reveajed
that they were innocent Harris" home
was at Bonds but he has been working
I sa cigarette factory here for two
years. His father arrived Lore tonight
and took . charge of the bodv. Th
crime ia puzzling to th. officers.
DIES IN ACT OP BECOMING
MEMBER Of THE CHURCH.'
Richmond. Va Anril tw-,a.i;--
at ths altar whila Hain-r m.-Iw- i. ,v.
Seveath Street Christian church today.
rreston u. uodd, age 48, died Instantly
of heart disease. The Bev. H. D. C
MaeLaehlaa was in the art e
lag him ft member ef th. congregation
wnen vod reeica and fell into tbe
aisl. ' 'i
Except In Isolated Sections,
Railroad Officials Report
Return to Work
T0RESENT DEMANDS TO
RAILWAY LABOR BOARD
Tn Chicago, Original Strike Cen
ter, OffloialR State Walkout
Loses Iti Effectiveness While
Brotherhood Chief i Take Ao-
tion to Eevoke Charteri of
- Union! - v
Th. natioa-wlde railroad strike ap
parently has .ollapsed.
Except la t few isolated sections,
railroad official, reported last night
the bulk of the men who followed the
leadership of John . Grunau. a Chicago
trainman, had returned to work.
Normal passenger service wss virtual
ly restored, they aaid, while substantial
progress had been made ia moviag the
vast amount or xretgnt tnai ass oeea
accumulated through the country, es
pecially la th east, during th. past
thre week.
Many of th striker, went out with
out presenting any grievances aad
later announced that failure to receive
Increases la wages granted to other
railroad men prompted their action.
Th strikers, who 'acted ia defiance of
the railroad brotherhood ehisf. had
generally returned without aay definite
promisee of more pay.
Te Revoke Charters.
Ia many cues, however, they have
been ' assured their demand, will b
presented to President Wilson's labor
board which is empowered under the
Federal Transportation act to settle
disputes between the railroad, and their
men. The board, i aow eitUng ia
Washinsrton. . .."-'V- .
In Chicago, tbe original strike cen
ter, railroad - efrieials ' , reported th
strike had lost its effectiveness, while
brotherhood chiefs declared action would
be taken today towards revoking tbe
charters, of .locals whose members re
fused to return to work br midnight
Saturday. Net more fian, t,OO0 men are
reporter -t.e om zit Jy,mroa
efkcials altheagb tBrse figure were
disputed by Grunau jnrho claimed the
strikers ranks were anbrekea aad that
a meeting ef outlaw union head,
from all seetioua of th country would
b held there today to make plans for
continuing th strike. In the New Tork
district it was spparsnt most ef the
striker whose numbers were variously
estimated from 4.000 to 20.000 had i
turned. 1 Two thousand employe of the
Hudson Tubes, which carry thousands
of commuters into New Tork daily from
Northern New Jersey points, were the
only united and important hold out.
Th Tubes have been closed to paasea
ger traffic since the me walked out,
Apm Pth - .-
Resume Work Ia Detroit.
In Detroit an attempt will be made
today to resume .witching operation
with volunteer crew recruited from the
rank of idle factory worker. Ia
Cleveland all local freight terminals
with th exception of the ' New York
Central, Collenwood Yard and th Erie
Jtauroad, were still tied up, but pas
senger service through the Union station
was normal.
The return today of several hund
red striking Baltimore aad Ohio train
men of the ConneUsville-Pittsburg di
vision i expeetea to mark general
resumption of freight service ia that
district. A few Pittsburg terminal xaea
are .till out
Virtually normal condition were re
ported ia the Buffalo, Toledo and Phil
adelphia districta where the majority
ef striker, had already' returned to
work. Strenuous efforts were nude last
night to break up the strike in Colum
bus, Ohio. . -
Ths principal effect of the strike thna
far has been the closing of many in
dustries because of their inability "to
obtain eoal, raw materials, and frelvht
ear. to more their products. On hun
dred, thousand men were reported idle
la the Detroit district, similar number
In the state of Ohio and 85,000 ia th
Connellsville eoke region with many
score thousand other, out ef work ia'
other section, ef tbe country. No where
has there beea a vital iaterruptioa of
th. food supply. f
INSANE MAN RECENTLY LEFT
HOSPITAL AT WILLIAMSBURG
Norfolk. Va.. April 18. Dr. O. W.
Brown, superintendent of the Eastern
mat hospital for tb uaa at Wil
liamsburg, in statement tonight de
clared " that "Tomai W. T'Simpkins,whd
killed. Dr. James Markoo . ia New
Tork church this morning, voluntarily
earn to the hospital for treatment on
March 13, and left oa April 13, of
this year without permbmion.
Dr. Brown declared that the man Is
an Englishman and that . h . called
himself Shelley at time, that beina-
th aam of hi wife and that while ia
I ... CeaUaa4 aa Pag. Tw4
AMERICAN SQUADRON IN
POLAND BOMBS BOL8HEYIKI,
With the "Polish Arany at the
Front. April IJ (By the Associated
Pre.) The , Kosciusko Sqasdrew.
the America, air Bait operating with
the Polish ferees, today 'flew aieety
miles behind the Bolshevik llaes aad
rslded ths Jltosnir railroad JanetUm,
stethwost sf Kiev. The Americans)
lew tow sad attached th railroad
yards crowded with troop trains,
dropping bomb and saing their ma
chine gene.
a w. ai I
A. P. Whitney, vtee-presideat of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, who i.
fighting the "outlaw" rail strike. According to Mr. Whitney, the backbone of
the atnk haa beea broken by the brotherhood in th Chicago district.
REBEL MEXICAN TROOPS
MAKES RAPID PROGRESS
Sonora Commander Cl&imi to
Make Thirty Hfles Daily In
i -; ; Spite of Carrania ; ,
Agua Prieta, Bonora, April 11 De
spite resistaaee from Carraasa soldier,
General Angel Florea, 8oaora oommaa-
der, has progressed at the rat of thirty
miles a day, according to a message re
ceived her by Francises Elias, a leader
is the PoQrarolntioiuirr movement.
After defeating Carraasa force y ester
day. thirty kilometre south of Guano-
chill, Sonora, killing 12 soldier, cap
turing six wounded and thirty anwound
ed prisoners. Gen.' Florea was quoted
.. having found a locomotive, aine ears,
"plenty of arms ' and some Bones. The
prisoner were ssid to iaclude six offi
cers.
More than pae thousand troops, prin
cipally Yaqui Indians, have assembled
in Agua Prieta. Five hundred more are
at Naco, a feW'milea south of hers, and
one thousand more en route. Tbe troop.
at Kaeo are reported to have thirty
Browning machine guns.
The state of Nayarit. Mexico, has en
dorsed the step, taken by Honors against
the Carranza government, according to
a message received last night from Gen
eral P. Klias Calles, commander in chief
of the Honors forces aad acting gover
nor. . . .
RUSH KENTUCKY NEGRO
TO LEXINGTON PRISON
Fears of Lynching- of Colored
Man, Charged With Assault
On White Girl
Lexington, Kr April 18. Lucian Jen.
kins. 27, negro, cbnrged with assaulting
-yesr-old Willie Trimble, ofDanrille,
Kt was rushed to the Lexington Jail
from Danville, early today to thwart a
possible lynching at .the bands .of a
mob in Danville. ,
Jenkins, who with Keith Phillip., 15
year-old white boy, is charged with
kidnaping the ' Trimble child Friday
sight, taking him Into a cornfield aad
striking him on the head with ft hammer,
denies knowledge of the crime.
Jenkins wa. spirited est of the Dan-
vlHe Jail last -night-by officer while
a mob wa. outside demanding entrance.
The light in the jail suddenly were
turned out and while th plaee wa. in
darkness Jenkins and the officer es
caped, later member, of the mob' were
admitted., to tne jail ana maae. ft
search. , 'V
Jenkins, a grocer a delivery man, ad
its bavins- had trouble with the Trim
ble family because of the manner in
which he delivered groceries. ;
Jteports from van vine iniugm were
that the town waa quiet. , Tbe Trimble
boy ia reeoveriag from a - fractured
kuU. i--.";' V. ;' :
THIS -STILL-TURNED :UT:
WHI!
ISKEY IN A HURRY
Hickory, April 18. Deputy Collector
. PV Jnsea aad Dcouty -Sheriff W. J.
friut Mittnred - a blockade still
near Bakers Mountain, thi. county, late
Thursday that waa turning 4ui liquor
at the rate of two gallons ' an hour,
M TTnn ranorted. today Th Still
waa in full operation and -was making
whit lightning in a Bnrry. - a nw wperw
..i ma nnt learned, made
his get sway. ' The still wss a.70-gsl-
loa outfit aad waa or an copper con-
.trnetion. ;
Clinton Socllard, noted New York
poet and novelist, haa returned to the
north after .pending several day ia
Hickory with friends-He mad a trip
to Bakers mountain with a party of
friend and composed two short poems
en famous scene there. Miss Pesrl
Little, a local composer, hod set several
of her verse to music and the, were
appreciated by him. Beollard -was d
liglitd with th poem of John Charles
McNeill and declared they hould hav
a larger circulation.
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TWO KILLED WHEN -
- MEN ARE RUN DOWN
Paul Taylor and Sam Wilkeraon
Victims of KegTo'i Backless
., t ness Near' Hew. Bern . ,
S (Special to New. aad Observer.) ,
New Bern, April 1S Paul Taylor, ef
Pollocksville,' was killed. Sam Wilker-
son, one' of, the employe. ' of - local
shipbuilding plant, was fatally Injured,
aad 'Frank Johnson wa painfully in
jured whets- iif Cad H 14 touring ear,
driven by Harvey flaskins. eolored, and
ewaed by the Marks family, ran down
the white 'men on Pembroke road two
mile front . th city thi afternoon.
Wilkerson's skull wa. - fractured. ' He
was removed to a hospital where he ex
pired tonight shortly before 10 o'clock,
- There were nine negroes ia the car
aad - th driver it aaid to have beea
giving the machine all tbe ga. possible
aad traveling at 'a speed of 40 mile
or more aa hour. After striking th
three white men the machine crashed
dowa aa embankment and turned turtle
and was almost completely demolished,
but none of the occupants were killed,
though several were injured.
The driver was badly lacerated by
flying glasa, bnt made hia .scape before
the police arrived on th seea and i
still at large. Four of th occupants of
tb. machin are ia jail her sad th
officer ar. scouring tb territory for
th other men;
Tnylor wa a soa of Frank Taylor,
of Pollocksville, and a brother of Mrs.
E. T. Pender, of Jtnlelgh. H was about
30 years of age. Wilkeraon was about
45 year old. .
THREE PERSONS KILLED
IN AN AUTOMOBILE WRECK
Richmond, Va April 18. Three per
son were instantly hilled tonight st
Glenn Alien. few mile north of Rich
mond, when a Richmond-Fredericksburg
and Potomae passenger train crashed
into aa automobile. - Th. "dead art
Mis. Margaret Dunnvant, and Miss
Adelaide Brosdus, Richmond, and Miss
C. Scott, of T.ppannock, Va. , o
Miss Jones, .another occupant and
Alfred Broadus, driv.r of th ear, were
seriously injured. ' -
FIVE HOURS OF. FIGHTING
IN LONDONDERRY MELEE
BemrtVAprit ls Stick, stone and
iron bar. wer freely nsed and revolver
hots occasionally were exchaujei ia a
five hour, melee at- Londonderry last
evening. Three separate attack oa
soldiers were made by civilians and
factional fight, occurred between Union
ists and Minn rein era. .There necessi
tated frequent charge , by the police aad
military, in which twelve persons were
Injured. Their wounds .wer treated at
the local infirmary. . . ' -
. The polie barack. at Bossville wer
considerably damaged ,by a mobr-Tw
Arrests Were' aide ia tnis Ttnnreettoar"
DRIVE STARTS OFF IN ' V '
CHURCH WITH ENTHUSIASM
'Burlington, April 18. Report reach
ia here tonight say that - the Mea
aad Million. Forward Movement finan
cial drive etarted off with deep interest
nnd enthusiasm today. Many churches
made the complete canvass and west
over the top. The goal of eighty dollar
per member on a five year basin seem,
to be assured. Advertising headquarter,
her is jubilant oVer the reports of th
day. -
KINSTON MAN'S CONDITION
REPORTED TO BE SERIOUS.
Goldthnro."' April 18. Tbe""eonditioa
of Leo Albrittoa, of Kinston, one of the
men who waa seriously hurt in aa auto
mobile accident last week, ia not im
proved .ad fear, are entertained for his
recovery. The other three " mea hurt
whea the machine ran off an embank
ment i reported to be tt well .
could be expected. ,
Shooting Takes Place In Fash
ionable St. George's tpis-.
copal Church
PHYSICIAN ENGAGED IN ;
TAKING UP COLLECTION
Stranger Whips Out Revolver As
Dr. James Markoe Beaches
His Tew and Shoots Him Ia
Bead; Tires Several, More
Shots As He Zsoapes But
Tin ally Overpowered . ' ;
Nw York, April Ma-Dt. 1 Jame
Markoe, ft well known surgeon wa shoV
and killed today whil taking up th
offering at the morning servie ia tli
fashlonabls St." Georges ProtesUnt
Episcopal church, 13th,", Street, aad
BtuyMvant Plae ia th old aristocratic
district of NwYejrk. . ..' .
Hi. aiaallaat waa captured after ft
short chase by group of parlsboners. .
H. gave nam first as Tmo. W. Bhel
ley aad later a Thoma. W. Blmpkiu.
Th polie Mild h. told them be had
capd Thursday from th Eastern,
SUt hosplUl for th intaa ' at WU
liamaburg, Va. . '. . . : i
Whips Oat Revolver,
Dr. Markoe, wealthy vestryman of
the ehnreh, waa friend aad personal
physician to J. Plerpeat Morgan, also
a parlehtoner there. He wa 66 year,
old. Th church wa crowded with
parishioners, many of them represent-'
tivee of the wealthiest families ia
New York whea tb .hooting took place.
Dr. Mark, was walking dowa th left 1
aide taking ap collection whil th
ehoir was singing aa anthem. At h '
reached th 12th paw from th rear ,
and leaned over to pass th plat, Bhsl
ley who wa seated aext to th aisle,
whipped out a revolver aad fired at th
physlciaa. Th bullet struck him over
the left y aad h ollapsd la tbt
aisl. r, ,x --i": J -.; " ";
, Several women sereaiueft ' a4 tnea ,
rushed 'front their .eats, torn to the
1.1 a tt. Aj Ami irfliipi tn rid r
salt of hi. saaailant BheUey, with th
1 V J I , 1 ... . J . .
revolver in sis nana, ivbiivu vr nv
body of th physician, to ma out of th
church. Th choir, led by Charle Baf
ford, continued ilnging ia aa effort
to quiet th congregation.
Shelloy continued .hooting. Hit see
ond .hot, directed st members ef th
congregation who were pursuing him,
whea wild. Joba C Tied ma a, th MX-
ton, dropped to th floor ia time to
neap th third ballet, . which grazed
th cheek of J. Morgan Jonet,
Another Shot Fired. .
Shelley then ran from th church Into
Btuysevant Bquar. Georg. E. Brewer
was the first man to reach htm. He
grabbed th man's arm but BheUey
managed to wriggl himself loos long
enough to fire another shot,' - which
grated Dr. Brewer's thigh. By that time)
several other member, of the eongrega
tion had thrown Shelley to th ground
and war holding him dowa when ft
policeman arrived, haadeuffed th pris
oner and took him to th polie .latioa.
Meanwhile, Dr. Marko had ' beea
carried out ef the church and placed in
aa automobile. A.'h was being lifted
into the ear h regained consciousness
long enough to say "I will b all right"
aad then eollapsedr" H wa rushed
to the Lyiag-Ia Hospital but was dead
wben brought into that itstituttoa.
8helley freely admitted that he had
shot Dr. Markoe, according to th po
lice. "There are lot more who are
going to get it too" be is reported to
have said whea queetioned ' by de
tectives; A
Search of a euit ease Bhelley had
checked at th Pennsylvania terminal
reveaiea ui police say, several raaieai
paper and pamphlets. H. lso had a '
draft card showing he had registered.
September 12, 1918, Uader th name of -
Thoma W. Himpkins. S03 Fourth Bt
Sauk City, Wis. There war also v
eral business card, reading Thomas
w. Bimpkins," and ia th lower corner '
"representing Swift County Printing
Company" and Kerkhovea Banner. .
A letter addressed to him and found
ia the .uit ease had the address, 6118 '
Pea body street, Duluth, Mian, The po
lice believe it wa. from hia wife, -
About two year, ago, Shelley told ..
the police, he escaped from th insane ,
asylum , at Fergus Falls. Minn., after '
three unsuccessful attempt. Six month.
later he went to Gary, infl- he aaid.
and there bought revolver which' bo -
haa. carried ever aine and with which ..
h. did. th shooting.
ESCAPED FROM AN INSANE -
, ASTLLUM TWO YEARS ACa
Fergu. Fall., . Minn., . April - IS.
Thomas W. Simpkin, alto knows aa
Thoma W. BheUey. who shot Hr.
Jame Markoe ia a New York church to-
day, had beea aa inmate for som tims
of th Minnesota. State Insane 'Asylum
here, up to two year age when he made
hi escape, t He wa. committed to th
asylum! from Duluth. His mind, it is
believed, became affected through study
of spiritnslism. . Hs had a wife snd two
children in Duluth, who returned to.1..
England after Simpkin's committal to
ths ssylum. : - "
Befor h succeeded - In . escaping .
which wa accomplished by knotting -
bed clothing together and lowering him
self ' from a third (tor window, h
had mad 'two attempt, to get away but .
L . . A. .
oa eera eeeasioa was rerapiurea. ctmp
kia waa not regarded a. dangerous here,
having a cheerful disposition. While
here he elaimed to be in communication
with spirit and .honed ft reUout
leanings