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and Oibi i . 1 1 ...... Generally fair Tawdry i4 Wednesday, not tnneh chaage la Umperatare. , - - n jour ta" K9a i r live di) ttCr r . i In order to avoid fc.no. i. a single c4r. 11 .li IK VOU CXIII. NO. ! 58. TWELVE PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH. N. C, TUESDAY MORNING,"JUNE 7, 1921. TWELVE PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS TAR HEELS FAIL TO LAUD JOB Oli BENCH III DISTRICT COURT i.: ' ' '- .if-S.IIHJl IB-', Hoehling Gets Place For By James J. Britt and ' Colonel Ike Meekins' NEGRO COMES TO AID V OF FRANK A. LlNNEY Writes Letter To Senator Over man Urging Him To Continue Tight In Behalf Of Bepubli - can State Chairman ; Adher- enti and Opponents Gather r'For. Hearing Tomorrow News aad Observer Bureu -" ' 603 District NaU. Bank Bldg. "' fty EDWARD E. BRITTOX. (By Special Leased Wire.) i- Washington, June d. Now comet tie la when Colonel "Ike" Meekins and I. 13. Britt, erstwhile Congressmaa, atntt "hang their harpt on a willow tree, for ytoday President Harding ' named at Btf eeleetion for Associate Justice of tbi Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, Adolph A. Hoehl- iag, aa attorney of Washington, a resident of Cher? Chase, .Md, just across the district line, as the successor to the late Justice Ashley M. Gould. The'eamlidney of J. J.'Brift had been heralded fur s;:i tlTrte, while that of Coloacl I.evi.n-t, t.s largely in the making. But the two- North Carolina Bepublieaas can bow only ware a kiss to the judgeship which hat flittered away. The Washingtoa lawyer has practiced here about SO years and his the endorsement of the bar f the dis trict and the district Bepublieaa or - gaaization. He it a son of the late Bear' Admiral A. A. Hoehling, of the Navy, who was stationed here during a I considerable part of his se tries in the JXttff.y a--.-; v , v , Cornea to Llaaey'e Aid. Almost on the eve. of the "trial" of . Frank A. Linney for heresy to the negro ' contingent of the Bepublieaa party a North Carolina negro raises bit voice , and comet- to- the aid of Linney. His regro champion it C. M. Epea, of Cteenville, who in the course. of a letter' te Senator" Overman calling for eon tiaued aid from kirn for the confirms- j tica of Linney as- district attorney of the Western district of North Carolina aayt: ; v I know there it absolutely no protest (agaiasi Liancy by the masses, for they stand with the President,' and further that ths defeat of Frank Linney will not help the negro one whit, but dam ago hire, for the act that bat net taken the measure of the white man will be staple to do torn indiscreet things." In one part Of hit letter of ' endorae " meat, Epea aays that he hat voted the National Bepublieaa 'ticket tine Presi dent Grant; the DemoeratU Statt ticket in North Carolina tine Governor Bus sell, and the ' Demoeratie legislative ticket since 1888, stating at hit ret son: Vi voted for Democrats in North Car ilina for the reason that they bare done ; more in North Carolina for the. negr and education than any other party or ganization. The best interests of the entire (negro) race in North Carolina it to let men like General Julian Carr, Governor T. XT. Bickett and a boat of others direct affairs a while longer. The Senate should stand by the Presi dent. The confirmation of Linney will r.ot harm, for all the white Republican! : endorse h:s course. Of course, if the President would - nominate Colonel A. M. Scales, of Greensboro, , at was done ia the ease of Judge Connor, they would ' still protest. The men who are fighting Linney fought President Tsit because he appointed Judge Connor." Ia M ipease to the letter from Epes Senator Overman wrote him that he was doing the aentiblo thing, that he hat voted - for the confirmation, r-f Linney and ' toped that he would bo confirmed. , Linney On Hand. Frank Linney ia here ready for the investigation anil hit aid;s art also - gathering, aa are alto hit antagonists. In company with former Senator Marion Butler and B. H. McNeill, he called on Senator Overman this nlorningto leara .f the program of tha hearing before the sub-committee. It was reported at one time during the morning that the tub-committee which is to hear the case "would meet, to Senators Overmaa and Cummins, the other members of the euj-eommittee, went to the office A Senator Ernst, the chairman, but Sena tor Ernst was not there and the definite statement was made that there would be nothing doing till on Wednesday afternoon when .the ojen meeting will be held. Iredell Metres, of Wilmington, now a : apecial assistant attorney general, is her to take up matters with the De : partment of Justice and also to aid Linney, having called on him with a proffer of service. Bepublieaa National Committeeman John M. Morehead, is here also, his a double-barreled purpose, , one to boost for linney, the other to attend the meeting) of the Bepublieaa national committee, which on Wednet- - day it to elect a chairman at successor to Will H. pays. The negro antagonists of the Linney nomination have not yet put ia an ap pearance, but it is understood thst from North Carolina there will be B. K. Bruce, of Winston-Salem, and D. , C. Suggs, of Winston-Salem. W. H. Han mum, of Livingstone College, C. N. Hun ter, editor of tha Raleigh Independent, and W. H. Ancrum, nn attorney of Bit- leigh, also are- expected. Henry Lin . coin Johnson, of Georgia, the, negro member of the Bepublieaa national committee, will be on hand, at he is deeply and directly concerned in th attitudaof the Harding dminietratios towardt tht negro, having in hit bonnet the bee buzzing for the office of Regis ter of the Treasury. And here ere eipected representatives of seven! negro organisation! which are fighting ' tht Linney nomination. No Joka to G. O.P. The affair ia no joke to tht Bepubli- (Continued on page four.) Sought No Race Suicide As Long As ; There Are Smiths and Joneses Twice a's Many Smith Babies Born. Latt Year a .There Were - . Smiths in North Carolina in the 1790 Census; Williamses Second With 1.138 Babies. One of Them Named "Metho dist Conference Williams"1; So long at there are Bmtths, Wil .liamses, Jones and Browns, the spectre of nee tuieido ' need never bo feared in the State. Last year, whea Dr. they were 'hero, and even to this good day, they do multiply aad people the the land. Proof I - . ; v v . When the first eensut takers weat their waya in North Carolina 130 yean ago, they found 723 familiee of Smiths in North Carolina. Last year, when F. M. ' Begister, keeper of vital statistics got .through tabulating the new babiea in the State, he found just an even 1,400 new Smith babies. And then the Williamses. The first Sam Bogera fonnd 653 people by that name in 1790, and reported to Dr. Begister last year were 1.138 babies by the name- of Williams. Next coma the Jones, somewhat lest fecund, but prolific to a degree. In 1790 there were 57 families by that good name, and last -year thoir deseendaata added 919 to the population of the State, i The Johnsons and the Devisee broke even in the new-baby record latt year, with 78S each. In 1790 there were 43 families of Johnsons found in the State. The Browne had somewhat less of a start 130 years ago, with only S49 of that name, but with an even Miss Hollon Bundy Meets Death When Boat Overturns; Funeral Yesterday . Selma. June S. Mist Hollon Bundy, age 20, daughter of J. H. Bundy, of Selma, waa drowned Sunday afternoon in Holt't Lake, a few milea from Smith field, whea the boat in which tht was riding with, a friend overturned. The tragedy-occurred about 6:30 o'clock, and although the. body was recovered from the water less than thirty minutes afterwards, every of fort, to restore her to life failed. O. W. Bauer tad MM Bundy were in one boat and Luther O'Neal and Miss Rosa Sasser, of Bkleigh, sister of Miss Bundv's companion, were ia another at the time of the accident la tome man ner the boat occupiask by Mn Banter and Mitt Bundy overturned in SO feet of water just a rew feet from the beat carrying Mr. O'Neal and Mist SatMr. Misa Sasser became excited' and came near overturning the other boat It wet necessary for -Mr. O'Neal to carry her to land and then - rush back in an ef fort to save Mr. Sasser and Mist Bun dy, who were struggling in the water. Mr. Sasser fought desperately to bring the young lady to safety, but before land eould be reached the looted her hold and tank. Others joined ia the rescue party and pulled Mr. Sassser from the water. He had begun to turn black from strangulation nnd his con dition today was tueh that he wst unable to attend the funeral services for the young lady. The body of Miss Bundy was recovered a abort while later, but efforts to bring her to life failed. v. ' rThe remains of Mist -Bundy were brought to her Lome here and the fun eral services were held from the resi dence this morning, being conducted by the Bev. G. B. Perry, of the Metho dist Church, her pastor, assisted by the Bev. Br-Twttsend, of the -Baptist Chureh. 'The body was then taken to Mount Olive, the old home place, where it was interred thin afternoon. A large number of riends from Sslma and this section accompanied . the remaiat to Moutn Olive. Mias Bundy was a popular young lady of this section and the newt of her tragi death was received with deep regret bv her many friends. " The num erous tributes attested to. the high es teem ia which she waa held. The de ceased it survived by her father aad ttep-mother, Mr .and Mrs. J. H. Bundy, one silted. Miss Emma Bundy, one brother, JWmW Bundy, one . half sister, Ifrs. Elizabeth Wintlow, of Corapeafe, and three half-brothers, WilLfft. Bundy, of Gnmberryj C. A. RniylTT, of Norfolk, and 0. J. Buady, of Mount Olive. r ' HELD FOR MURDER OF WILSON COUNTY MAN Dosse Bifiett Alleged, To Have Killed Sid Boyken With a Shotgun ' . i " . Wilson, June 6Sid Boyken ia dead and Dotsey Bisseti it outj under bond of 1,000 for hit tppearanee at the next term . of Wilson county superior court on a charge of murdor at the result of trouble tt the home of Bissctt Suadty night Boyken Is slleged to have entered the home of Bissstt ia s drunken con dition and to have threatened a a at tack on Bissott's Wife. Bissett is said to have, secured a shotgun and killed Boyken outright BilU John Bissett, cousin of Dotsey Bissett, and Arthur Bokyen, brother of the deed maa, art said to ' have been witnesses of the tragedy. .. .- .... , Bissett wat . brought . to Wilsoa and admitted hit guilt when arraigned. He wat plieed nader bond of 11,000. The deceased was a notorious character in thia eeetlon. - " Frierson to Retire Washington, June 8 Upon adjoura meat of the Supreme Court today. Solicitor, General William L. Friertoa announced that he would retire from offiee July 1 to become associated in the general practice of law with Good win, . Weitsel aad Bresnahaa ' of this city. In the pest four yean he has represented tht United States Nin all in come tax and other revenue litigation before the Supreme Court, YOUNG SELMA LADY DROWNED IN LAKE Some Other Figures. : , 700 added to the census In 1920, no immediate alarm ia felt that the race may become extinct A eturdy ' race, these ' Jonee aad Smiths aad Browne aad Williamses and Johnsons aad Davises. Aa infusion of tWr blood into the veins of s- tiont suffering , declining birth rates aaiffht work wonders. A sturdv. and withal, religious people, - believing much in naming their children after the prophets of old. and a patriotic people. There were a whole division of them in the Americas Expeditionary Forces. " :- . Even in these latter timet they re tain their patriotism, even to naming their children. Comet bom one of the WUIlamtet from Flanders Fields, aad th first Williams baby bora ia named England Ireland Belgium rranee Wil llama. Aad religious! One of the Smith babies born . last year waa named Methodist. Conference William. Ia the paces of the irst eensut there are ; hundreds - named Patience, Obadiali, Ubeo, Esekiel. A list of " the first - names of the people of that day reads like an index ta the Old Testament And they ttill name the babiea out of the Bible, and tome few out of their geographies. To Discuss Court Decision On . Municipal Finance Act; Gov emor At Asheville . Asheville, Juno eV Governor Cam eroa Morrison arrived from Baleigh Sunday morning aad will apend a week's vacation nt the Battery Park Hotel, expecting to remain until next Sunday. The Governor received several callers aad hat granted a number of appoiatmeatt for the week. The Governor discussed the situation growing oat of the Supreme Court's ruling that the Municipal Finance Act it unconstitutional, with, several per sons expressing the belief that a special sessioa of the Legislature will be un noeeajary to eMatn financial relief ef cities of the State. The Governor aid he believed the cities -would be able to borrow enough money to tide them over the next two years, from their lo cal .banks. Mayor Gallatin . Roberts, President of the North Care Una .Hanieipal As sociation, arranged to nave an later- view with the governor. Mayor Hub erts had not decided wether he would ask the executive to call a apecial aessioa ef the Legislature, but intend ed to go late the situation thoroughly with him. i Mayor Roberts has been asked by several North Carolina mayors to call a meeting, either of the executive com mittee or the entire membership of the North Carolina Municipal. Associa tion, within the near future. The mayor aid today if be ealla tueh a meeting, it probably will be of the entire mem bership. Jamee F. Baraott, - representing the State Labor organisation, bad aa in terview with Governor Morrison today ana plans to go into mattera pertain ing to the textile strike in North Carolina. Governor Morrison discussed State highway prospects and waa en thusiastie over the strides that will have been taken when the present program is carried out Work will toon be ttarted, ' tho Governor said, on construction of the system of good roads, to be completed within the next two or three years, entailing an expen diture of 930,000,000.- The eommissioa had first outlined a program that would extend over a period ef five years, about 110,000,000 to be expeaded each year. Through the advice of the State executive, the program waa changed to be completed aa mob as possible, without a neeesssry waste of funds. The plan as now outlined will call for com pletioa before 1924. The Governor diseussed the textile situation from a genevsl viewpoint aad expressed the opinion that nothing of a aeriout consequence would occur and that State interference would be Unnecessary and he deemed it unwise at the present time. He quoted his letter to the representatives ef both strikers and employers, ia which he stated that he hoped no trouble would arise where the calling of State troops would bo accessary and trusted that the county and city ; officials would be able to eope with the situation. With all available men working to repair telephone lines put out of com mission by the rain, wind and electrical storm - Saturday afternoon, . officials of the Asheville Telephone nnd Tele graph Company expect to , hnve all telephones working by Tueedey. The storm pnt 800 'phones out of order in the eity telephone cmeials said to day. This wss the largest number of phones disabled : by a single storm ia the city ia many years. June 13th to 18th BUfery Makiag Dates . - a ent . a v u v- m MMit if sj McrcaBncieV lag Mm EtU . Raleigh's Trade Week One Satire Week ef ...;: Sensational Yalaea. MAYOR ROBERTS TO CALLOTi MORRISON TRIAL OF PEACOCK PROCEEDS RAPIDLY STATE RESTS CASE Eleven Witnesses For State Testify To Shooting Of Chiei ; - Of Police SIX WITNESSES" FOR DEFENSE ALSO HEARD Testimony ! For Defense De signed To Substantiate Con- "- tention That Dr. Peacock Was Wot Mentally Balanced; State's Witnesses . Graphi cally Describe - Shooting Lexington, Jane 6. Seventeen wit nesses were heard this afternoon in the trial of Dr. J. W. Peacock, ef Tbomas ville, for the killing of Chief of Police J. . Taylor.. The State rested its ease after using eleven witnesses to prove the facts and immediate happenings of the killing of the policeman on one of Thomasville't main streets on the morn ing of April 16. The defense put en six witnesses, practically all of whoso evidence was intended to show'an un natural mental and physical state oa the part of the defendant on the morn ing of the homicide. "Tell my wife Chief Taylor b dead aad ehe need not be afraid any more, inane uoa," vr. reaeock told tome one who answered the telephone at his home, testified E. L, WebbThomasvllle druggist aad witaesa for the state. Thia exclamation waa made, aaid the wit nets, after he had accompanied the de fendant into hit at ore immediately fol lowing tae snooting. Story of Sheeting; Bev. Jim Greea. evaaaelith, A. H. Yarnor, with whom Taylor was talkiaa when the shooting began, A. T. Peace, la whose store the pistol shots were fired, and Charles Shaver, who bears ia hie body oae ef the bullets that passed through the dead chief, all testified to the manner of the shooting. Varner told ef the two shotgun shots fired from Dr. Peeeock'a window aad of Chief Taylor running into Peace's grocery store. Shaver aad Peace told him the wounded man ran around into the stors and ttarted back toward the front door. Shaver said ha aad Bob Alexander took hold of the wounded man. and that he suggested taking him to a doctor. At thia time Dr. Peaeoek appeared at the door aad began shooting, with a pistol. its grst sbet hit both the chief aad himself, eaid the witness, and at the eeeend shot Taylor fell en hit face. Dr. Peaeoek advanced aad fired twice mere into the back of the head ef the pros trate maa, continued Shaver. Dr. Pea eoek passed by him en ha left the store ana expressed sorrow at hit injury, say iaj aa ia not tee Shaver aad did not know until then he had been hurt. Mr. Webb alee told incidents of the shooting aad said that he eaw Dr. Pea eoek walk acreta the street te the front of Peats s store with the pistol held down by hit tide ia the left hand. He eould tee Taylor feeing the front door or the grocery store as the fistt shots were fired. He arrived across the street wbea the shooting ended aad a(ked Dr. Peacock to come into hie drug store, The physician paced the floor, wringing hit hands, saying be "Had to kill Tay lor, that the officer bad ourncd his barn aad had accomplished threads made against him. The witness told of burns the phy sician had about his head aad neck. W. H. File saw part of the pistol shoot ing and was aear when Dr. Peaeoek left Peace's store, but did not hear him speak, as had been testified to by Bev, Jim Greea, who had understood a re mark to have been made by .Dr. Pea cock or someone with him about "get ting through." Mr. Webb had explained that he had probably said that tho bul let that hit Shaver weat through Chief Taylor. Doctor On Stand. Dr. J. . Hobgood described the wounds on the body ef the dead maa and said he, doubted that the shotgun wounds, which covered the face, neck, arms and upper part of the chest would have proved fatal of themselves. Either o fthe four pistol wounds made by bul lets of 45 calibre would have caused death ia his opinion, said ths witness. On erou examination, the witness said Chief Taylor waa a very muscular msn. weighing about 30 pounds and was 89 years old. D. J. Lamb and Charles Touuts, Thorn Seville polieeme and Burgess Morris, deputy sheriff of Thomssville, testified as to the srrei; and other incidents. The barn wss burned around tno o'clock, ssid Officer Ltmb, who said he went to the fire, but did not see Chief Taylor there. After the shooting Dr. Peacock expressed sorrow for shooting Bhaver and for the trouble the killing of Taylor would cause his owa family, but said he wae not sorry he killed Taylor, this witness said. Officer Vounts ssid he was at the Peaeoek home whea the prisoner left for jsil at Lexington and that he hissed hit ftmily aad young lady office assis tant good-bye. H also said he saw the body of Chief Tsylor oa the floor of Peace's store end noticed that the belt and holster were on, but that he had no pistols. Both officers said that the Chief carried two pistols and thst they did the Mnue. Lnnili had said th" eMef wat a very fine shot. State s Witnesses The examination of States witnesses wat conducted by Clyde R. Hnev and Solicitor J. C. Bower, while . E. Raper conducted the eross-evaminirtion and direct examination of defense witnesses When Officer Tount left the stand the state rested and the defense called a half doea 'of their witnesses to be sworn. G. T. Cochrane, member of the eounty board of education, wat the first witness, for the defense. He hail known Dr. Peseoeb for twenty yes rs. He went to the fire at Dr. Peaeoek't borne and seeing burns on1 the heed, neck, hands and feet and bearing the doctor com plain of suffering severe pMn about the h(ad, he went and got medicine for ro- , . (Ceutlaaed en Page Fear.) ' , ., t REPUBLICANS TALK : OVER POUCY TO BE PURSUED III SOUTH Sub-Committee, Discusses The -Question Of Cutting Down Representation ; ; NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO MEET ON WEDNESDAY One Of Plans Being Considered ' Is. To Deny Representation At National Contention To , Districts Failing To Place Candidates. In The Field For Congress Hext Year Washingtoa, June eV Preliminary to a meeting here Wednesday of the Be publieaa national committee a tub-committee today discussed the question of representation of 'Southern states at national conventions . of the party. While no definite conclusions were reached, those in attendance, including Postmaster Genera) Hays, were said to be of the opinion that Southern dis tricts which fail to place Republican candidates for Congress in the field in 1928 should be denied the privilege of sending delegates to the next national convention. Such a policy, in the opinion of membert of the sub-committee, would tend to stimulate party organization in the South, although it probably would maenally cut down Southern represen tation in the 1924 nation! convention. To (lake Keeemmeaeatloeia The sub-committee wiU consider the question further tomorrow aad expects to have its recommendations ready for the full committee Wedc,sday, In addi tion to adopting a policy oa the South ern question, the committee is expefced to fill the vacancy caused by the resig nation of Mr. Hays as chairmsn. , It wst considered certain today that John T. Adams, of Iowa, vlce-charimaa of the national cevmittee, would be selected to succeed Mr. Hays, who will formally submit his resignation Wed nesday. Ralph T. Williams, national Committeeman from Oregon, it was said, will be selected to succeed Mr. Adams ss vice-chairman. . Women To Be Present Members of the women's executive committee, made up of seven women, will participate in the discussions of the national committee. ' Preliminary te thia the executive committee will meet tomorrow .to plan organisation work among women voters. . .Members of the sub-committee after today's conference declared they were convinced an effort must be made to build up bonafide Republican organise tlodt in Southern localities that in the past have been slow to plsee party candidates in nomination for State and Federal offices. It was predicted ' that if n policy of reducing representation were adopted -Bepublieaas in the South wonld immediately become mere active, and it might, not be neeesssry to deny many districts representation at the eon veutioa four years hence. No Feasible Plan. Leading Republican politicians snd national committeemen from various Southsra ' Btatea have outlined plans they considered feasible, but no group it waa stated today, had united on one program. For that reason, it was ex plained, the sub-committee was still undecided as to what course te pursue, The question of Southern representa tion, it was predicted, would overshadow all other matter! to be discussed Wednesday by the committee, members of which ssid to be determined to adopt a definite policy that will invigorate the party ia the South. MANY HURT IN ACCIDENT IN LOUISIANA METROPOLIS "No-Accident Week" Demon stration Takes Fatal Turn ; Serious Smash-up New Orleans, Ls., Juno 6. Two fire men are dying, a score of other persona, mostly firemen, suffered mionr injuries and two fire engines and five- auto mobile! were smashed ss a result of a "No-Accident Week'" demonstration this afternoon. - The accident occurred at the eorner of Canal and St. Charles Streets, ia the heart of the eity, and was witnessed by a large erowd. The fatally injured fire men are Daniel Hanly, akull fractured, and Edward Schaefer, ribs crushed aud injured internally. The demonstration was to start -it four o'clock, when in response to m gen eral alarm, the fire apparatus was to proceed to the foot of Canal Street, where an improvised four story struc ture was to be tho scene of a mimic fire battle. Ae record number of private automobiles was parked in the business section snd police say this caused the accident. The fire eugines crashed sidewise snd many of their occupants were tossed high in air. One, a-pumper, woe thrown into be entrance of a clothing store, across the twenty-foot sidewalk. A abort timo before the a:cident, Max Grodiky need 91 wo run down and killed by n truck which the police say was speeding. MRS. THOMAS N. PAGE DIES IN MASSACHUSETTS Southboro, Mass., June 6 Mrs. Thom as Kelson Page, wife of the former Upited States Ambassador te Italy, died here, today. She was 63 years old. Mrs. Pnge wss murried lirst to Heary Field, of Chicago, in whose meuieory she dedicated tbo Field CoTlcetioa in the Chicago Art Institute. She became the wife of Tbcmn Nelson Page in 1S93. The former Ambassador was nt the bedside., when death came. . Mrs. Page will bs buried in Washington, -EXTRA HOLIDAY. Kew Fork. Jane 6. The New York cotton eiclnnire todnv announced -en extra holiday, Saturday, July fi. -.,,-. DRASTIC MEASURES TAKEN TO CLEAN UP FLOOD-SWEPT CITY PRESIDENT ISSUES AX APPEAL IN BEHALF, OF ' , SUFFERERS IN PUEBLO Washington, Jane eV President Harding Issaed a reeaeat today to the people ef the United States to assist by contributions to the Amort, can Bed Cresa ia rendering aid to the people of Paeble, Colorado, be. cause ef Seed conditions. In a formal statement addressed to the peeple ef the United States, the President ashed that ceatriba. tioaa be made at ence for use by the Red Cross In Patble and tar. rounding stricken territory. The test of the enseal followet "To the Pee! of the United ' . States! -.-'. "Overwhelming disaster- ha come to tho ' people of ' Paeble nnd tar. rounding district. Realisation ef their ta Seringa mow, aad In the day a to come prompt me te fcesae aa ar gent roejaeat to all whose sympathies are awakened assist the la bars ef the American Bed Cross, which hat elckly organised to deal 'with the rat great need and will etaad by ntll hornet and heme Ufa can be re established. Contribution) msy be seat at once through tho office of any chapter, er directly to the Red Cresa keadqaartera tt Waahlagtoa, for as In the atrictea territory. - (Signed) "WARREN G. HARDING." APPEAL IN BEHALF E Trinity Trustees Urge Success Of Campaign; Commence ment In Full Swing Durham, June S. Aa appeal in be half ef the educational campaign now being carried on by tht Southern Metho dist church waa issued today.' by the board of trustee! of Trinity College, in annual sessioa. The appeal waa directed specifically, to Trinity graduates and to the Trinity constituency of North Caro lina, 'calling upon them to eo-operatq in the extended days of the campaign. The members - of the board present united unanimously . with Joseph O, Brown, president ef the board, and with Dr. W. .P. Few, president of Trinity, in emphasising the importance of carry ing the ' campaign to s successful end during the extended time. The appeal says : "The trustee appeal to the Trinity graduates and to the entire Trinity constituency in the in terest of continuing snd in behslf of the great cause of education which is for another week to engage the attea tioa of the people of North Carolina and throughout the Southern States.' Announcement waa made of the sd dition of seven new members of pro- fessinnl rank to the Trinity faculty for next year. Assistants were also named. President Few stated following the meeting that provisions had thus been made for the licginning of instruction in the Southern Memorial building, tha first unit ef a co-ordinate college for women, next year. All courses with the inception of the rcionee courses lor young women of the freshmen snd sophomore clssscs will be held in tha low building, the cornerstone of which will be lsid tomorrow. The meeting of the board of truitoct continued the sixty-second Trinity com mencement begun last night with the I nccalaureate sermon by Bishop U. V. W. Darlington, of Huntington, Wes'. Virginia, From 0:45 to 11:13 tonight the annual reception was stjged in honor of the members of . the graduat ing class. Prominent members of the class with members of the faculty wero in the receiving line to greet the sev era! hundred friends and alumni in at tendance. The rooms of East Duke building were appropriately decorated for the occasion. Senator Hitchcock, who delivers th, commencement address Wednesday morning, will arrive tomorrow in com pany with Senator Overman. The latter is slated to make a short speech st the alumni dinner, which will he spread ia Angicr Duke gymnasium. P. A. Linney, 06, will respond to toasts for his class at tho dinner. . . ' COLLEGE FOR WOMEN TO CLOSE EXERCISES TODAY Stndent Activities Featured Yesterday's Program; Bepre sentative Kelly To Speak Greensboro, June 8. The third dsy of the commencement exercises of the North Carolina College for Women was featured by student activities. Tho Adelphian, Cornelisn and Dikean societies held their meeting, this morn ing. A reunion of the blue and white classes followed, ending with a lunch eon. Beginning at 0 o'clock the senior class exercucs were held on the college lawn. Ton lull t the college orchestra gave a concert, conducted by Miss Helen Mayer. The concert took the place of the ususl commencement oratorio. The eolfbge auditorium was packed by an appreciat ive audience. Many people from points over the State are attending the com mencement exercises. Tomorrow will see the exercises eome to a close. At 10 o'clock Congressman M. Clyde Kelly, of Penmylvanie,-will deliver the literary address. Presenta tion of constitutions and Bibles will follow. Governor Cameron Morrison will then award the diplomat to the graduating class. There are eighty-one graduates this year, sixty-six in arts, six in science nad nine la nutie. EDUCATION Every Able-Bodied Man In Pueblo, Colorado. Ordered To Apply Himself To Re moving Debris From . ' ; Streets EFFORT BEING MADE TO GET ACCURATE FIGURES ON FLOOD'S DEATH TOLL' 0 6 u n t Discloses - Forty-two Bodies In Pneblo , Morgues and Ton Mo r ; At-; 8t Charles Mesa, Health Au- , thorities Taking - Steps T Prevent , Outbreak Of. Dis ease and Sanitary Surrey Of City Is Being Made; Many Bodies Washed Away By Waters Probably Will Never BO Becovered ; Gov. ernor Shoup Takes ; Charge v and Issues Proclamation Urging People Of State To Come To Aid Of Flood Suf ferers Pueblo, Colo, June S. (By the Av toeiated rress.) Systematic and drastic action to ascertain the number ef dead aad to clean the city ef Pueblo, flood- -stricken for three days, was began thia afternoon. Acting under military au thority, Ltebt. Col. Paul P. Kewlon ordered every able-bodied man to apply nunteir to ine xasa ox removing aeont from the streets, at a measure to pre- vent danger from fire and pestilence. The order ban sight sees f rem the eity. and makea work eompulaory, either for -" the ttipuiated pay er nader military guard without pay. , The eity hat been divided into eight wards for a Unitary survey, and eaehf ward hat been assigned two doctors and . four nurses. The people are being in structed bow to prevent and combat disease tad infection. Three iaolation hospitals have been established aad Dr. John, C. Cornell, ef the United States Publis Health Service at Denver, who , ia assisting Dr. W. E. Buck, eity health oAeer, declared the situation ia well ia : hand. He aaid there viae no epidemic of contagious disease aad that only five eases of chicken peat hid been re- -ported te the authoritiee tinee the fined. ' Volunteer doctors from Colorado Springs ' and sixteen front the Pablie : Health Service at Denver are aidiag the Pueblo hospitals. l ' - - , f ... Fifty-two Dead.' , A careful check by the Associated' Press shewed forty-two " bodies ia morgues here todty. Te this list were added tea more known dead' when a . reporter for the Pueblo Chieftain mtde his wsy from St. Chariot Mesa, six miles down stresm, to report the number of ' bodies recovered there. Many bodies probably never will be 1 found, at they were carried down stresm below Pueblo by the terrifie force of the flocd. Search ef the bulldiaga waa eon- - dueted today aa workmen were engaged in clearing them out. Borne recovery of bodies hat been mtde, and in eases where bodies are known to. have been-' found, it wst impossible to learn where they had been taken. , No Accurate Figures. . No estimate can be made accurately of the number of persona witting. An effort to do this was made by the Pueblo Chieftain aad thia newspaper had a litt of approximttely twenty-five per sons. This had to be revised frequently as persona were found. With the recession of the water from the inundated districts Pueblo eitisent were tblt to make some estimate ef tho damage wrought by. the angry watess ef the Arkansaa and Fountain rivers, stretching an irregular, far-flung oval, thirty blocks long and of a maximum width of - twelve blocks, eomprrVng about three hundred aad fifty eity; blocks, the damaged area, after the cur tain of water had been withdrawn, pre. sented an aspect of desolation that' forced many observers to revise tho . early estimste of 110,000,000 to oae nearer to fifteen million dollars. A number of large and important business buildings on taeh tide of tho area were dettroyed aad maay othert were teriously damaged. Coventor's Preclantatlon In a proclamation, issued at Colorado Springs, Governor Shoup aaid: "The havoo wrought by the recent floods in Colorado is appalling. Many parts of the state have been affected, but the greatest damage apparently has been doae ia the Arkansaa Valley. Tke flood probably reajed it largest harvest of human lives and destruction of prop erty in and about the eity of Paeble. It is impossible at this time accurately to eatimate either the loss of life er of property, but the toll will be very heavy. ' Knowing that the response will be prompt and generous, I ss chief execu tive of the State call Upon the people -, of Colorado to contribute te the relief of the flood '.ufferers. The eity stress it great and their needa moat pressing. It will require not dayt but weekt aad' ' perhaps even months to relieve the sit uation. 'As governor, I have on behalf of the people of the State, accepted the offer of the American Red Cross , to take . general charge and supervision ef the ' relief work. Its official now are en the . ground and actively uadertaking the:., bereuleaa task. , 1 Trm a personal inspection of muck ' of tho flooded area I eaa state that tha situation is serious. I, therefore, make " thlt urgent appeal for prompt and gen erous response." - ( COLORADO GOVERNOR ASKS FOR QUICK FEDERAL AID WtshingtoaL Juae-8 Senators Phipps and Kichoboa aad all Colorado mem-' Continued en Pago Four.) r
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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