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TRUNIC IN YHICH DODY CF YOUNG WOMAN WAS FOUND
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Stats Prl:cn
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ACITATIOri PASSED, SAYS ME
Governor States - That IT It
Simply Declinina- Cflcial
Status To "Self-Appointed
, Guardians At So Koch Per
Guard j" Jeasley, Explains
Present Prison Work
While Governor T. W. Bickett dm
making it plain that the Undines of
the, agent of the Prisoner' Belief So
ciety, in the so-called investigation late
: prison conditions la North Carolina win
' hay ao weight in tela Bute, Mr. Bolaad
T. Beaaley, State Commisaioaer of Pub
lie Welfare waa explaining 'that there
' if nothing to be concealed and nothing
"for Mr. Dudding or any other uninteU
ligent agitator te put is ail tuna nosing
about."' -.
Governor Bickett yesterdey read the
Ndws and Observer Washington cor
respondents interview with Earl Dad'
ding, head of the Prisoner Belief So
ciety in which Dudding ttated that the
Governor waa two weeks lata in hia op
position to an investigation, the inquiry
already having been made, and the ee
' ciety just waiting for the complete re-
Port. . ,
"There is nothing to prevent anyone
from visiting State prison institutions.
aaid Governor Bickett. ' "There are reg
ular visiting daya for the Bute Prison
and the county convict eampa are open
te the world. Bom of them are not
even screened against fires. What
am doing is to refuse any official rec
ognition of self appointed guardians at
so much per guard." v . v
. . Declaring that Dudding gets his infor
mation by the very existence of a law
in the State that doea not exist every-
, where, the right of correspondence given
to prisoners, Mr. Beasley went late some
detdil in a statement issued yesterday
on the prison work being don in the
Btate now. s J ' .
"We have sense enough'te know," he
aid "that we have passed the period
f mere unintelligent agitation in the
. BessleyV Statement. ' " ' '
Mr. Beasley'a statement follows t
f While there is no particular call for
we to aaa anything to wast ueverner
Bickett and the daily press aaid aboat
the ' allegations ef, Mr, Dudding his
somewhat frequent allegations, in fact
-regarding prison condition is this
State, still X feel it would be helpful at
the '-moment for tne to say e word or
two as to 'what is being dona in the
. . i . - a . .
ouito nun time in nuo w present
and ultimate handling ef not only per
sona who are imprisoned but as to the
genera! problem of law breaking. There
is nothing to be concealed and nothing
for Air. Pudding or any other unintel
ligent agitator to put in bis time Boe
ing about. In an attempt to treat these
natters intelligently-and in the light
ef the best thought now current in thV
United States, no ona that I know '..as
anything to conceal With the irfvesti-
gation and the thoroughly up-to-date
. m I . .A.f, ' 1 .
u passed in xnn, uiose 01 us woe nave
not only a legal responsibility', but bare
also assumed a moral responsibility aver
and above the legal one if possible, to
ognUed-that the period of unintelligent
agitation waa passing, and that the time
for Knowledge and intelligence to be
added to humane sentiments bad come.
And this is the line along which we are
trying to work. No half-cocks 1 prison
reformer can. - understand , why -11
things are not dona immediately when
he says it should be done, whereas we
know that these question have so many
ramifications that rspid-fire methods a.t
wholly useless. . -
Officials Stadv Problems.
": Tor Ave weeks now more than twentr
public welfare officials of, the 8tae hae
been at the State University studying
under the most skilled instructors tht
the great American Bed Cross, the Uni
versity's Chair of Public Welfare, aad
the State Department of Public Wtl-
fare, can provide, the multitudinous
problems of pnblio and social welfare.
including Crime, reformation and treat
ment of prisoners, prison" institutions.
etc. One of the notable instructor who
has been here is Dr. Glueek M New
Tork, .who is recognised aa ona ef the
big students of the questions in the
country. Since Dr.- Ulueek spent two
years conducting a psyebiaetrie ellnle at
Sing Sing where bis findings nova been
'recognized as of great scientific social
mine, and is the author of several books
of recognized standing on the subject,
Mr. Duddng, even in one af his greatest
brain storms, could hardly accuse us of
proceeding blindly. , . -
"More thsn this,' there are two respec
ts bit organizations in thi eountry for
the purpose of prison administration
and reform and thase organizations em
brace in their ' membership possibly
very one of the big men of the coun
try in this line. There are the Na
tional Prison Association first. 8unt
Collie, Chairman Varner aad myself
and from time, to time, ethers in the
State, regulsrly attend the national
meetings of thia body, aad seek in every
way possible to discover anything help
ful ana te interest tne memoers in our
State. " -
Make Stady of Condition.
- "The other organization, The National
Committee on Prisons and Prison La
bor, has at our request, made an ex
hausirs study of North Carolina prisons
and conditions. ' This committee w
recognized during the war by President
Wilson and in relation to their field
Contributed valuable service daring the
war. Their pnrpor is the social and
Individual rehabilitation of prisoners
through better business and occupa
tional therapeutics, a better under-
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' SxtySix f-o-..crj
FICL7.ES FCH FISCAL --
North Carolina Forwarded
. $m.2C"3,C07.77 To Jed
feral Treasury - Durin; Tttt
1 Year; Total f rife Eiioni
Collected Larjest CInca Tit
Bureau 7as tailzied
New and Observer Borean,
603 District National Bank Bid.
., By JL & POWEIX.. V
, (By Special Leased Wire.)
Washington' July tfi. Of the more
than five billion dollar in internal
revenue taxes collected aad deposited
during the fiacal year ending June SO
last, 'North Carolina forwarded to the
Federal treasury ltVUp007.77, nearly
sixty -six million dollars mora thaa any
ether Southern State. '.
The department says this represents
the greatest annual tax collection nine
the revenue bureau waa established in
1863. Tha-eost of collection will ap
proximate fiity-lva cents for every UOO
eoUeeted. . -
IncesM and Kaceaa rrefits
The income and excess profits tax
netted the trensary 3U53,737J3 and
from .mmeellaneoua taxee $lMO,TSt
13&97 waa received. Bespeetively, North
Carolina famished i5,03J J87i8 end
12473201 of the grand total. : .
Texs. with collections sliahUy above
1M million, is the only Southera But
that arrproechee North Carolina The
second New fork district, which includes
the old third New York district, is the
only New York district ahead of North
Carolina. The Chicago, Bostoa, Detroit,
Cleveland, Philadelphia and Pittsburg
districts arc the only ones in the coun
try that pass the North Carolina mark.
BMtkera States Totals. ,
The combined total duUeetiona in the
Southern States, aa reported, are:
Arkaksoa ................ 12,233,877 SO
Alabama t9fi0&5M
riorida ................. 1S3V53SJ
Georgia 42,665,782-53
Kentucky. 47,7B1122.5
Louisiana ; AO JI84 J23 Jw
hiarylaad (inelndinf Del- " . '
aware aad D. O,..... ,150,752,457.81
South Carolina ......... 6.5341A9
Texaa 103,0O4OJ9
Tennessee , ,iJS437.07
irginia (S districts) J3 138 j;
,K. C. Depweit Amenta, im.
Of more than pa sain 2 interest in con
nection with the report just released, by
the department is a statement from the
Comptroller of the Currency showing
that there is a depeeit account la Aorta
Carolina for on in every tea persons in
the State Tdis appliea to - National
banks only and doea not include. State
iastitutiena. , . . . t, ; '
The population of the ftate, accord
ng to the 1919 estimate, hi 1,497.868 and
there are 265,000 bank accounts, snak-
ag a fractional differeneo in the ratio
of bank aecouata to people. There) are
87 National bank in the State. .
Foreign Trade Fin res. -
Another interesting statemsat eon-
eernisg the Snaaeiol coaditioa cf the
United States. Just released; follows:
tight billion one hundred and eleven
million dollara represents - the total
value of all export shipments from the
United States during the fiscal year
ended June SO, 1920- The greatest value
in the history of the country1 foreign
trade. Thia ia aa increase of Mt9,00V
000 over the experts of 7.232,000,000
during the fiscal yeor 1919, according to
official figures issued todsy by the Bu
reau' ef Foreign and Domestic Com
merce, Department of Commerce.
-The imports of L239.O00JD00 lu the
fiscal year ended wirn June exceeded
by 12.143,000,000 the import of S3,09,.
000,000 In the fiscal wear 1919. -,
Imports ia Jane totaled $553,000,000,
(Ceattaaed e Taae Twej
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JOHNSON OPENS FIGHT
: 'TO ESCAPE SENTENCE
Attorneys. For; Xtgro FngiUst
. Make notion For Accept
; .'I; ' ance of Bail ' : '
Cbicasjo, July 26. Jack Jokaaoa.
xormer beavyweight cnamptoo, begaa a
legal fight today -to escape aerviaa? a
one-year prison seatenca for violation
ef the hUau act when his attorney
gathered before Judge Alsehuler ct the
Cire-i it Court of Appeale aad made a
motion that ball be accepted for hia re
lease pending uppeal for a new trial.
Johnson, who has been a fugitive for
eight years, waa not ia court, as he wss
ia jail at JolieVlU., pendinr the 'out
come ef kis fight to obtain bail. Ha waa
tskea off the train -at Joliet yesterday
Iter Zfloa negroes had gathered at the
station here to rive him a. welcomiar
demonstration " - .
When Judge Alsehuler learned that
Federal Judge Carpenter waa ia the
city he refused to hear the motion.
Judge Carpenter heard the motion for
bai! before Johneor fled for Europe ia
1912.-Judge Carpenter 7 is recovering
from a minor operation. at hia home.
and efforts will be made by Johnson's
attorney to have him hesr the motion.
Altbouch Johnson forfeited a bond of
130,000 when he fled f toa- the country,
his attorneys said today they were pre
pared te furnish bond up to 100,000 to
bring about Job t son's release. , . s
J-hnsoa s attorneys wjnt to the home
f Jude Carpenter, where they learned
the jurist was toe ill te hear the mo
tion. Judt-e Carpenter Intimated the
motion could not h:-e his attention for
at least -thirty days.
The attorneys then reerrntared befcre
udje Alachaler, who deomed to take
ry eetion, saying he felt thst tls case
thould receive the attentica ef iaigt J
Cari-ctee, , . J
At the left is the trunk in which
American Hail way Express Company at
woman was Mrs. K. Leroy, who-was 14iss
er waa shipped to New Xork from Detroit, and the seen of the investigation baa been shifted to the latter place for solu
tion. The trunk was unclaimed aad remained in the warehouse for more than a month. David Demareat, at the right,
aa employe of the warehouse, opened the trunk and made the discovery. '
Begin Nation
For Man In
Chiefs of Police In All Large
Cities Looking Out For
V ; Eugene Leroy h," J h
POSITIVELY IDENTIFY, ;
WOMAN AS LERQY;S WIFE
Detective Leares For tlrmlf.
ham To Get A. A, Taturn,
IsrolTed In Case '
Detroit, , Mich-, July 28. Search for
Eugeae lroy, whoee "wif s s mutilated
body wss found jammed in a trunk
shipped from Detroit to New' York, ss-
sumed aatioa-wide proportion today.
Police in every large city the eoun
try -were asked to aid, in the cearch
after Patrolman Lee Trunjbull, of the
Detroit police ;. department, lad failed
to' identify a. man givinf the name ef
Key Millea and held by Chicago su-
thoritise ,pn Si g - in,v etignt- jt s ta-
. . '4 ' Jealousy a htotive.
, Thst jealousy' asd revenge played a
part la the cuppsed nrdr is the re
ported contention of Allan A. Tafum
sow La Birmingham, Ala, and who told
the. police there ;he knew lira, Leroy
intimately in Detroit , several months
sgo.v Tatum's name waa written on the
trunk that contained the murdered
amn' hnir.; H xnraaMd the belief
it ia raid, that Leroy may hav killed
hia' wife through jealousy. ' when ' he
learned that aha had been ia Tatum's
company and that Tatum s name was
used on the trunk with revenge ac the
motive, - .;. . ' .
- -Take Tatam te Detroit
A Detroit detective left today for
Birmingham te .bring . Tatum to this
city, if possible, in an effort to throw
light em Leroy'a , whereabouts. A sec
ond trunk believed to have bcea neat
to New Xork and-thought to contain
the vital organs of the murdered woman
is being nought. ' , v
iaeuttrr Dead rvewtaa.
Poaitivc idsntiflcatioa of the dead
woman was obtained, the poHec say, by
Patrolman, and Mr. Trumbull am
others, who recognized clothing found
in the trunk with the body aa having
helonced te Mrs. Leroy A sweater
which Mn. . Trumbull once had bor
rowed was amonc ths cloth i nr. .
Felice investisation todsy inaicatea
that Mrs. leroy bsd bcea married pre
vionsly te her marriage to Leroy. Ac
cording to Information in the hands ef
the police, she wss the divorced wife
ef a Southern pugilist named jaeasoa
Her msiden nsme if said to have been
Katherinc Dixon, and. her home was ia
piarariue, was.
" . . Description ef Leroy.
'.Leroy'a description, ac sent today to
police departments, in all large cities,
follows: Age, 23 or 14: height, S feet
101-8 - Inches weight. 15 pounds;
smooth' face, cwartby 'mplexionj jet
black hair, combed straight bsek: sear
on left leci teeth rood Avcn,
When Inst seen. Leroy wore a dark
f rein coat, green eoft hat, silk shirt,
bow tie, ta oxfords. .
.' Planned te Leave Leroy.
lira. Leroy bad planned several time
to- leave - her kuhand,, lira. Trumbull
told poliee today, but was deterred by
the fear that Leroy might use violence.
On cue occasion, Mrsj' Trumbull said,
lira Leroy told her her husbsnff bad
brought home a dagger. '
would leave -'iim tomorrow, but I
am afraid ha would kill me, Mrj
Trumbull said the woman told her.
8everal days later the ' two women
were oo a shopping tour, when, accord
ing to Airs. xrumDnii, Mrs. Leroy
bosjrht a. quantity ef chloroform and
she had heard that Mrs. Leroy attempt
ed to take her life that night.
Sirs. Trumbull will be cent' to New
Tork te Identify the body, if It is found
it cannot be returned here. Police Com
missioner Inehee announced tonight,
t. ..,,- .
TATCM SATS HI IS EAGER
TO GO TO DETROIT A ONCE.
Birmingham, July 26. A. A. Tatum,
ths Birmisghsm linotype Operator, who
had figured prominently In the Detroit
trunk mystery, said 4oday thst he was
eager to go to Detroit at onea and gi e
any information he could about the case.
Tatum is technically under restraint
by local police, but has not been locked
up. lie bas been spending most of his
XConUns.ee; pa Pg Three,), j "
the nude and mutilated body of a young
New York City. Detroit detectives working
Katherinc Jackson, of Mississippi, before
Wide Search
Trunk Mysteiy
TWO riCDEPUTIES
Unofficially Reported Revenue
Officers Under Fire-Were
, i Exonerated 4 .
CASE AN OUTGROWTH OF
v RECENT STATE PRIMARY
Understood Complaints Dealt
Chieflj With Opposition To
Ratification of the Suffrag
; , Amendment j ' Some Further
" . Deyelopments E z p eo t e d,
Burleson Gives Warning;
Srftia-WrfarTJurentt
- Y frOi District Katl. Bank Bldg.
.' 1 , ': By S. E. POWELL . v -
''''? (By Bpecial Leased Wire)
Washington, D. C- July S9 An of
ficial confirmation today cf a report
that formal charges had been lodged
against two deputy collections of . in.
ternal revenue in North Carolina was
followed this afternoon' by a report
that an Investigntion, recently marie,
had resulted in the exoneration of the
J - men Undor fire.
The report .thst the men have been
exonerated 'lacks official confirmation,
but come from semi-official sources,
and is sponsored by a man with a re
mote interest' in the investigation
which, it ia said, hai been concluded
without prejudice to the d artmental
standing of the deputies.
While Commissioner Williams de
clined to discuss the matter for publica
tion today, it waa intimated at his. of
fice that thers may be "something of
interest" in the next few days. News
paper men whe visited the department
to make, apeeifle inquiry aa to the
charges against the deputies were told
that it was impossible for the commis
sioner to discuss for publication the
North Carolna ease, but an invitatio
waa extended to return in a "day or
two. , -"--J.
Outgrowth ef Prlnmry
, Charges'. were filed it waa learned,
soon after the first primary ia North
Carolina and although ths department
was silent as to: thi nature of the com
plaints, it was learned elsewhere that
the commissioner' ear was reached
largely on account ef the opposition
among these federal officials te ratifl-.
cation. of the suffrage amendment. So
fsr as their activity , ia the guberna
torial campaign was concerned, no
grievouc wrong has . bcea done. The
charges, nevertheless, wsrs related.
The names of the deputies who wsrs
under fire msy not be mads publie un
less given out la North Carolina, al
though there) is a 'possibility tht ths
week will furniih further and mora in
teresting development.
Of Interest in the same connection is-J
eianeson bivee vc sruinn
a warning issued by- Postmaster tiea
eAl Burleson today to postmasters isnd
postoffice employees te carefully re
frain from engaging la pernicious pn
litleal activity during the pending po
litical campaign.
The postmaster general' order went
t), Cvery postoffice ia the eountry and
quotes the Civil Service rules promul
gated far the purpose of keeping fed'
ernl employee out of polities. It says:
"Presidential appointees arc forbid
den y statue to use Jheir official au
thority - or influence te coerce the po
litical action of any person or body, to
make any. contribution for a political
abject to any ether officer of the United
State, or to solicit or receive contri
butions - for political purposes from
other federal officers er employees, or
to discriminate among their employees
or nppueauta for political reasons.
"Otherwise, presidential appointees
will be allowed to take such a pert in
political campaign as is taken by any
private citizen, except that they muat
not use their offices to control politi
cal movements, must not neglect their
public duties, muat not esuse public
scandal by their activity.
''Competitive employes, while retain
ing the right to vote and to express pri
vately their opinions on political sub-
Continued ea f sge To.).
CLEAR OF CHARGES
woman waa found ia the warehouse of tho
on the ease have reason to believe the
her marriage. The gruesome eontaia-
GRAHAM luQUIRY
TO START MONDAY
Special Commission Will Hold
First Sitting In Durham
At Four O'clock
The investigation by a special com
mission into the recent eonduet ef the
Durham Machine Gun Company guard
ing, three aegroe suspects ia the Ala
mance county jail ia Graham, will be
gin Monday morning, August 1, accord
ing to announcement cf Governor T. W.
Bickett yesterday,
- The commission, composed, ef former
Adjutant General B. 8. Boyster, former
Judge H. W. Whedbee, aad CoL A. B.
Boyden, Confederate veteran, will as
semble in Durham Monday morning at
tea . o'clock, aad "will proceed, at the
conclusion ef the inquiry there, to .Gra
ham -where the lavestigatioa 'will be
completed. t . . t
Effort will be made in Graham, te
how that the Durham Machine Gun
-Company fired , without ' . provoeatioa
when Jim Bay, a eitlzea. waa killed aad
two ptbeswtiUseiia were fHKwd; Heat
ed denial in -that towd ToUowed state
ment of Cirtnln M. B. Fowler, ef Dur
ham, commanding the company, that
mob attacked the jail and. that the
troops fired la defense of their prison
Crs. The statements of Captain Fow
ler and members of hi company were
to the elect that masked men fired ea
a machine gua guard outside the jail.
from the edge of a corn field, come ef
the bullets narrowly missin, the sol
diers. . These statement are framed ia
adffidavits, while sixty-sir eitixena-ef
Graham recently signed a statement de
nying that a mob formed, aad stating
that the enly persons on the streets
ebout the jail at the time the shooting
took place were the three who fell under
the fire of the machine gun company
and ui son of the jailer. 1 i
EPIDEMIC OF DARING :
ROBBERIES IN CHICAGO
Two : Bandits and Two - Pay
, masters Shot and I2S.000
Stolen As Besnlt yii
Chicago, III- July 2L Two', bandits
and two : express company paymasters
were snot, one or the latter probably
fatally, and 25,000 stolen ia twe dar
ing payroll robberies ea the West Side
within twenty minutes , ef each ether
this afternoon. All of the bandits es
caped. . '.. "'.,.'.. -'' :-
Earlier In the day twe younr men.
wao nave been holding up branches ef a
ehain store grocery system, perpetrated
their fifteenth, robbery within a month.
escaping Witft g70U. ;
rive bandit in a tourlne- - car fourbt
wltn in roe express company messes
gera ia front of the Bart, Schaffner aad
Marx clothing factoryH in the heart ef
lie densely populated West Side, sad
escaped with a ateel box containing
wo after twe of their number had been
wounded. . : .
More thaa fifty shots were exehnntVc"
in the fight while 200 pedestrians end
employes of the - factory looked ea.
George Hsubroek, one ef the expreee
paymasters wss. aht tbrourh the head
and ia not, expected to live. Another
messenger, Charles Gaude, was wound.
ed la the leg. .'s,... ", .
After Haubrock fell, one ef the rob
bers grubbed the box but waa ahot down
by Gaude. A second bandit anatched
ap the money and threw it into the
car, but was shot before he could fol
low, and collapsed . across the running
board. - "
wis companions dragged toe otb-r
wounded man into the machine, and it
dashed off with, one injured mnn cling
ing to the running-board A motorcycle
policeman gave ehase, but lost the trail
after having gone several blocks. .
. Shortly after the first hold-up, three
srmed men drove up to ths Peterson
Machine Works, almost at the edge ef
the Loop district, and took 15,000 from
Abe Nelson, a saloon-keeper, whe la a
stockholder in the concern. Nelson had
just reached the plant With the money.
which he bad drawn from a downtown
bank. The men escaped.
The two wounded bandits were ar
rested tonight on Information fur
nbhed by a doctor who had been called
to treat them. One of the robbers is
not expected to live. : .
Xarthqaake Rocks Baatiage, Chile.
Santiago, Chile, July 20. This city
was rocked by a strong earthquake at
12:20 o clock this mornirg but little
si unajs has beep, reported
Democratic rcmir,c3 : fukcs
CcnsSdcrnbls Prcjress On
eteMsnmsssssBB
UriAELE TO CARRY OUT
HIS SECLUSION PLAN
Says His Address Will - Be
--'Just Lone; Enooh To Tell
The Story;" Judge Johnson
Eays Democratic Chances in
The West Arc Good; Be
. eeires Other Visitors
, Dayton, Ohio, July 6V-GoTernor Cox
made eonstSernble progress today on
kia address for August T aeepting the
Democratic presidential - nomination.
The governor found, however, that he
was anablc te carry eat hia plan for
nocking himself ia his library te work
oa the speech, but between several vis
itors, the candidate put ia some good
licks U drafting his address.
The address the governor said will
be "just long eaongh te teU the story ,f
but because ef its embryonic stags h
could snake ao definite predictions as to
length. Ec is te send it ia installments
as subjects are eomnleted te hia news.
paper effiei here for composition and
then ha promised 'to use the blue pen
ell vigorously- ea proofs to eliminate
every unnecessary word.
Between shifts ea hia address the
governor today conferred with Judge
J. (A; Johnson, ef the Ohio, supreme
court, who made the Cox nominating
speech nt the Ban Francises convention.
It waa their first meeting since the con
vention and Governor Cox thanked the
judge for the successful outcome ef his
effort. ...
West Ia For a snot rats.
i"be Western people eeem to realise
tans uovernor Cox is one ef them, in
their ideal and aspirations, said Judge
Johnson, who toured the West ea route
to hia home at Springfield. "They, be
lieve Governor Cox is for the people.
They refer te him as 'Jimmy, like The.
4 ore ktoosevelt.was called Teddy. It
Indicates a feeling of personal interest
and regard, as I believe Cox Is the first
presidential candidate since . Teddy
whose first name is being popularly
and generslly ued. ,
. Other Caller of the Day.
Another sailer of the Governor's was
Oscar E. Bradf ut of Xenia, Ohio, ef the
Ohio Farm Bureau aad a director f
the Feleral Farm Bureau aa well ac a'
former member cf Freddent Wilson s
industrial commission. Agricultural af
fain were the principal topic of hia con.
fsrenee with . the Governor, whe . also
had a aoeial call today from Job a D.
Bprecklea, Jr, of California. Senntor
Pomerene, Ohio member of the Senate
committee investigating eampaixa ex
penditures, is te see the Governor to
morrow regarding continuaaee ef the
inquiry during the campaign. ;
FIND TWO STILLS ON
EDGE OF CHAPELT HILL
first One Unattended At. Time,
' and Second Dropped Bj
Burning Kegro -
Chapel HilL July S(fvLess thaa
Coarter of a mile outside the corporate
limits ef Chapel Hill aad aboat the
distance from Franklin fit rest,
where a number of well-known citiaeas,
lnelodulng several University profes
sors, live. Chief ef Poliee S. F. Lone
sad Deputy Sheriff Frank Ivey, ef
Orange county, captured - iS-rallen
still, which Chief Long sayc showed cvi-
deaee er having recently bcea ia operation.-
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Shortly after the two officials found a
furnace, carefully hidden under a ctecp
bank ia heavy underbrush, they heard
aoiaee ia the woods and found a negro
carrying the copper still on hia back.
"hen be aaw the officers the neare
ran. Deputy fcberill ivey shot once in
the air to stop him, but the negro, some
73 yards sway, kept rut. A second
bullet -drilled a" dean hole, .through the
still, aad from that instant""-the aegro
ceased te carry it any longer. When last
sees the black waa keaded ia the gen
eral direction of the Atlantic ocean.
Oa their tour of investigation the offi
cers found one furnace ea the south
side ef the Durham road aad then a sec
ond foresee ea the north aide. .
thief Long thinks' the Tint furnace
was used to make corn liquor and the
second blackberry brandy. The various
parts ef the still were hidden at dif
ferent, places ia the woods, but the
officers Xosad them all.
DECK OFFICERS SIGN :"-''
. , WORKING AGREEMENT
New Tork, July 16. Change ia word
ing rule aad increased allowaneee a're
provided for dck officers ef Americas
seagoing steamships ia the annual wage
aad working agreement signed tcay nt
a conference of representative of the
officers, ship - owner aad : the United
States Shipping Board. ' No increases
in- wage are made bat the agreement
provide for clearer interpretation of
the working rales, subsistence nnd lodg
ing allowaneee for officers en shore
duty and allowances for officers while
traveling by train er boat to join their
ships.
The present ngreement between' tne
ship-owners, the shifigtag board and the
marine engineers has been extended
ninety days, it waa nnnouneed, to give
the National Marine Engineers Bene
ficial Association further opportunity to
consult its members aires: the Atlantic
and GuU coasts. WUIiam 8. Benson,
chairman of ths shipping board, has
consented to n similar extension in the
caae of the radio operators. , - .
Shamrock " And fnVWVlMs.3
Have It Cut Tcizy, If Tb
Weather Permits -
RESOLUTE LEAD!" 3 BY
' TWO MILES AT THE L'J
Twenty-rive Kile Gale cf Cit.
nrdaj Cad Departed, Ho'.v-;
erer, Taking All Little Can;
Hook Zephyrs With It, JLzl
"Race Was . K"ot , Tinishel
Within The Eix-Honr Lfci'i
Sandy Book, K. J, July Z6. The S3.
mile Bandy Hook gale that drove de
fender Besolutc and her British chal
lenger Shamrock TV back to shelter last
Saturday went into retirement ' today,
taking all the little Bandy Hook nephyrs
with it, aad ths fifth and decisive racd
for the America's eup was called off af
ter four and e half hour In a virtnally
breeselcss ses
. The third attempt to run the race that
will settle. ISO's yachting supremacy
will be made tomorrow, wind and
weather permitting. The course will be
the came that the rivals tried to cover
today fifteen miles to windward' and
IS miles to leewsrd.
- Ssoolnte'e Men Confident.
Although their favorite failed to win'
today, Kesolute's supporters took great
comfort ia the fsct that 'the was lend'
lng the challenger by about two miles
when the match was declared off. Mess,
ared ia actual progress toward the far
away stake ia the prevailing wind, thia
meant about aa hour's sailing, for the
defender had consumed a trifle more
thaa four and a half hours la cover
lag nine miles of the course. '
Both yachts, however, had .covered
considerably more actual distance than
nine 'miles, for immediately nfter the
start Captain Charles Francis Adams,
2nd. ef Besolate, and Captain 'William.
P. Burton, of Shamrock IV, got into a
luffing match that took them far off the
course and well 1 toward the Jersey
shore. . rf .
, Kssolate Psases Shamrock.':
. When they finally came about after
an hour and 20 minutes cf sailing that
bad carried them enly a short distance
nearer the mark than they were at ths
start, Besolute had picked up the SCI
second lead Shamrock IV took at the
stnrtvand soon passed the Green chal
lenger. : .
But the breath cf wind that had given
the committee sufficient hope to start
the race had died cut by this time and
the sloops fairly drlftsd until the match
wss declared off. ; ; . . "' ,
Todsy's was the second race, of the
eerie te be celled off beeauce neither
boat was able to finish within the al
lotted six hours. Ths ether '"no-race"
stent waa on July 17 and ended with
Reaolut4 five miles ahead cf the chal
lenger. -; ..... 9 ... -
SIB THOMAS LIPTON WOULD
. CHALLENGE AGAIN FOR CUP.
Oa Board Steam Taeht Victoria. July
28.81r Thomas Liptoa todsy definitely
announced thnt he would challenge again
for America's cup if he failed te lift it
with his present entry.
"I will not do so for a year," he said,
"aa it would only be sportsmanlike to
wait that long la order te givs some ene
else a chance should they so desire."
In niaklng this announcement, the
Britsh ports man by no means admitted
or even intimated that his present effort
would aot be successful. . . '
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR ; '
. VICTIMS QF. ACCIDENT,
Inter Remains of Father and
. Daughter Silled in Grade
y . Crossing Smash U :
TV l Lab . Jnlv flT!ia fmml
vfcee ever the remains ef Mr. William
Daniels, 8r, nnjl his tea year old daugh
ter, Sarah, whose tragic deaths occurred
st Graves Crossing, need Stantonsburg,
eunaay nnernoon wnea tne automo
bile ia which they were ridine .Waa
truck by a Norfolk Southern passengei
train, were conducted this afternoon by
the Bev. Mr. iloyle, pastor of the Elm
City Methodist church at Elm City.
Following the funersl services the re-.
maina of father and daughter were
brought to Wilson aad interred ia
hlaplewood Cemetery. ..
The ether persons la the machine at
the time, who - miraculously escaped
death, are still la a local hoslptal for
medical attention, nnd it ia aaid pros
pects are for their recovery. The In
jured arc Mr. Stephen Daniels, Mrs.
W. W. Farmer aad Master William
Daniels, Jr.
Contrary to first reports, It was learn
ed that little Miss Sarah Daniels wa
not at the heel of the ear at the time the
tragedy . occurred, . but that the ma
chine wa driven br her 12-vear-old
brother, William Daniel, Jr. , 4 . ;
RELEASE COL J. E. HUNT
FROM TECHNICAL ARREST
New Tork, July 26. Col. John E.
Hunt, former commandant of the Fort
Jay military prison here, wss release 1
from technical arrest in quarters today
Immediately after the army court
martial, which bas been trying him on
charges of neglect of duty in connection
with ths escape of Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll, wealtny droit dodger, nan re
ported its findings.
The dccLm of the court will not
be made known until sfter it has been
reviewed by the commanding general
of the Pepartment of the Kast. Ths
fact thJt Colonel Hunt was rclr.nt 1
from nrrcst, however, snd not ordered
eonfined or dismissed from the srvic.
was construed by army men as a ti,--..; 4
jesuit:?! ...