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REPUBLICAHTALK
L RESULTS
People Of Country Finding
They Bought "Gold Brick"
In Electing Harding
PRESIDENT NODS FIRST
ONE WAY, THEN ANOTHER
foreign Policy Of Administra
tion Remaim Undefined and
Nothing Attempted To Limit
Armament; "Peace Resolu
tion" Still Up la Air; Tariff
Act Oivci No Relief
The Nfcws tod Obserr Bureau,
603 Pitrict National Bank Bl!g.
By EDWARD E. BRITTOX
(By Hppfial Iascd Wir?)
Wtirirington, Jt 26. That the un
try is finding that it bought a "gold
brick" with its return to power of the
Republican party at the Iit election
ia steadily working it way into the
mindi of the people of the different
sections. The glittering promisea of
the Republicans, and the wonderful
things that the Harding administration
. was going, to d lava sot the. roseate
hue today that they had when there
was the d : r 'i of March jubilation of
toe. Riv !' a i i t:king office.
It I i xii- iiumths since that
time, and it has been "tomorrow' that
has been the answer to the query to
the Republicans when were they going
to make good. Business has slumped
straight along, and the famous normalcy
of President Harding has become hard
times in the business life of the nation.
In an effort to stop the down grade
procession of events the Republican
leaders are running around in eirelea
talking big talk, but accompliahing
little.
Little Progreu Anywhere.
The heralded "peace resolution'
that was to send the Tilaliring blood
into the business arteries of th coon
try is still the battle-dore and shuttle
cock performance of the House and
Senate with the man in the White
House first reported a nodding one
way then th other, and steadily play
ing golf. No one has yet beea able to
find out with certainty what is the
foreign policy of the administration
We have got nowhere in tlte matter of
the limitation of armament The
"emergency tariff bill" so far as known
here has done nothing to aid the coun
try. The Republican leaders are in
tangle over the proposed protective
tariff, with open revolt aa to the- tariff
on lumber. Excessive, freight rates are
paralysing the industries, and pro
dueera. Nothing that Congress hasdone
jtvei a promise of lower Jaiea a Ro-
publican promise".
Is it any wonder tl.at evidences
throughout th; country point to the
fact that ti.i people are getting in a
safe and anna frame of mind toward
tbi democracy and are recalling ' to
mind what it did to prove of real
service to the nation f Just one illustra
tion of the steady trend back to the
party of the people, an illustration
that I have straight from Senator
3. Thomas Heflin. A few days ago he
was in Galena, 111., famed as the home
of Abraham Lincoln. It has been a
Republican stronghold, the whole dis
trict has been Republican. And yet
Senator Heflin found on his visit there
that a Democratic mayor had been in
office two weeks, that Galena has bo
come a Democratic town. Tha, people
had awakened to the fact that they had
been buncoed by Republican promises,
that prosperity has failed to arrive,
and that affairs were on the toboggan.
Oa Hone Back Bat Not Moving.
Yet R publicans sing a song of the
"achiever-cnts" of .the Republican party
in the 114 days it has been in complete
charge, plus the two years that it has
had control of Congress. Tai ng note
of the preposterous claims of achieve
ments" of Republicans made by a- party
organ, and exposing the falsity of the
claims made by that paper, the Wash
ington" organ ' of the adniiniatraiioa,
aator Pat - Harrison, of Mississippi,
Wat interrupted by another Democrat,
Senator Wolcott, of Delaware, the Con
gressional Record giving the following
account of the query and reply:
Mr. Wolcott: Does the article say
that these things which are not yet
finished are achievements of the Repub
lican party!
Mr. Harrison: Yes, they claim these
as achievements.
Mr. Wolcott: I am very much remind
ed of something I read. I think it was
something that old Benjamin Franklin
said about delay with which he was
meeting in not being permitted to sail.
The governor of the province had con
stantly told him the ship would tail the
next day, and old Hen said Lc was very
much reminded of the sign of King
George en the tavern always on horse
back but never moving on.
Thus fittingly hat Senator Wolcott
designated the Republican party today.
It it on horseback, but the horse it
ridei it on a merry-go-round and it la
getting nowhere at yet
Executive Sessions Hantbaga
Of all the humbugs with which the
Washington newspaper correspondents
run uo against the oxeentive session
bnsinesf takes the cake. The Blair and
lanney hearings are first-rate illnstra
tiont of this, as it alto the present hear
ing in the ease of Capt Edmund O,
Chamberlain, of Texas, Marine Corps
aviator, whose story ef a sensational
battle with German planet en the went
era front wat held to be faUt by the-
Navy Department The inveatigatioB
now being held he been obtained by
' the Texts Senators, who declare, their
1 faith la Captain Chamberlain's ttory
and yesterday the newspaper men were
excluded from the hearing before the
" Senate naval committee. Yet-despite
thai the papers thit morning had an
ceonnt of the testimony given, just at
. many paper had aeeounta of the Blair
and iinney "executive hearings. At
the Iinney "executive" hearing a sum
bet of members ef the House -and va
' ,(Centiae4 m Pn
GETS NOWHERE IN
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Capt. R. T, Crowley, superintendent of the seventh district of the Coast Gnard with headquarters in ElirabetU
City, scouts the theory that pirates borded the schooner Carroll A. Dcaring, which wont ashore off Cape Loukout
with all hands missing several months ago, but Mini Laura Wormcil (insert) thinks differently. H!ie is the daugh
ter of W. B. Woruiell, of Portland, captain of the" ill fated ship, and is responsible for the world wide intestigation
instituted bv the Government to ascertain the eauses of the disappearance of some twenty ships in the last twelve
months. Whea the schooner Deering was found at sails were tet but there was not a soul on board.
Army and Navy Airmen ta Try
Another Bombing Test Tomorrow
Battleship Iowa Will Be Taken
To Sea and Movements Con
trolled By, Radio
FIRST EFFORT WILL BE
TO LOCATE THE VESSEL
Bombing Squadron Will Then
Be Summoned From Naval
Bases Off Hampton Roads
Washington, June 26. Tho oil bat
tleship Iowa, operated and maneuvered
by radio MBjulset, will attempt s to
elude the navy and army airmen off
the Atlantic Coast Tuesday in an ef
fort to deMoSsrrft that aviation has
not reached the point where the defense
f the coast may be left entirely in
the hands of the new branch of the
national defense system. The fliers, .for
their part, will pend every effort to
find the Iowa, wftile the Teasel it stili
well off the coast and having found her,
to raia a shower of , dummy bumbt on
her decki. T - .
The Iowa experiment will be the
Second of a series of testa conducted
jointly by. the Navy and War depart
menu to test the usefulness of aviation I
against naval vessels under various con
ditiont and to provide both airmen and
naval constructors with data otherwise
unobtainable on which to base innova
tiona in the design of aircraft and sur
faco vessels. Jn the first tests, con
ducted last week, one former German
submarine was sent to the bottom by
aerial bombs in 16 minutes asid two
others were sunk by destroyer gunfire
Ohio to Control Movement
The Iowa and tho battleship Ohio,
control ship, will station more than
100 miles off the coast between Hat-
teras and Delaware Cape tomorrow
At dawn Tuesday Capt. 1". L. Chadwick,
of the Ohio, will break the seal of an
envelope containing secret instructions
from the Navy Department and at
"zero hour" the Iowa will be headed in
the general direction of the mainland.
For the purposes of the experiment
the Iowa will represent an enemy fleet,
the Ohio, exercising complete control
over the Iowa by radio, will be about
five miles away.
At the instant the Iowa heads for
the beach, squadrons of fast scouting
seaplanes, manned by naval and army
personnel, will take off from the waters
of Hampton Roads and. form long
scouting lines parallel to the coast
sweeping for miles out to sea in search
of . the "enemy . fleet. -At Hampton
Roads and at the naval air base, at
Yorktown, Vs., squadrons of light and
heavy bombardment planes, including
number of huge marine corps Martin
bombers, will be tuned up ready to hop
off the instant contact with the enemy
t reported by the aerial scouting
forces.
No Reatrlctioaa Placed
No restrictions will be placed on
Captain Chadwaek at to the manner in
which he may maneuver the Iowa dur
ing the test except that he must keep
the ship within one hundred miles of
shore between Hatteraa and Cape Hen
lopen and headed in the direction of
the mainland. He will be allowed to
ttop, btek and tig xag the vessel aa he
pleattt with the dea at simulating as
far at possible the probable moves of
aa enemy approaching the coast in time
of war in the face of an aerial defense
At toon at the air forces have lighted
the Iowa, radio, tignala will be tent to
the bombardment planet btck at the
base giving the location of the "enemy"
and simultaneously the eeouting planet
will dash to attack the Iowa and drop
small bombs on her deck with the ob
jeet of clearing : away all personnel
above the protected decks.
When, the bombing tquadrous arrive
they will hurl .dummy bombs filled
with concrete inttead of powder, weigh
ing up to halt a ton, at the vessel. At
each division of the planet exhausts its
bombi it will return to the bate. More
than fifty aircraft of various typet wiU
be nted in the problem. The only re-
ttrietiont placed oa the airmen are that
they most at all time maintain maxi
mum speed d remain at aa altitude
of at least four thousand feet Thit
altitude was decided ear at . the safety
limit for , planes operating against
battleship capable of setting up aa anti
aircraft barrage.
Two DtetiBct.Prebltms -
Tuesday's experiment is of particular
interest to arm and navy officers be
cause it embodiea two distinct and im
portant problems. The first is the
ability at the alrmea to find sn enemy
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tMf - RALEIGH, N. G, MONDAY MORNING, JUNE
.WOMAN THAT STARTED INVESTIGATION
4 ...
He Climbs Aboard Another
Band Wagon and "Cusses"
Henry "Link" Johnson
The News and Observer Bureau,
603 District National Bank Bldg.
By EDWARD E. BRITTON.
Washington, June .26. Marion Butler
climbs aboard another band wagon to
night and proceeds to Jray his respects
Henry ''Link" Johnson in another
nterview, in which he manages to keep
pretty squarely in the middle of the
road. There's nothing new in it
save hit "cussing out" of ''Link" John
son. Former Senator Butler in hit in
terview teniirht laid:
"Linney will be confirmed, but it is
a pity that it is to be done in a way to
eave a brown tste in the mouth, lhe
funi'lcil kind of a hearing ia, of comic.
much to be regretted. The notorious
and discredited negro leader, Henry
Lincoln Johuson, whose very name cost
us in North Carolina more than 30,000
votes at the last election, was thereby
given a frco and nation-wide official
stage on which he could strut both as
the accuser and also as the self adver
tised trial judje of Mr. Linncy.
This offensive, discredited Georgia
negro leader was thus given an oppor
tunity to carry out his publicly pro
claimed threat to get Mr. Linney on
the stand and cross-examine him. When
this notorious character and his secret
well-wishers and nssistauts in our State
and in other States in the South found
that they could not beat Mr. Linney's
confirmation, they seemed to have sud
denly shifted their tactics; at any rate
the "Link' Johnson cross examination
was cunningly changed to a grandstand
play of relenting, forgiving, and ac
cepting Mr. Linney, to be followed by
motley love feast. That was a sight
for the gods of the nether world.
Obviously, it was essential for us to
get Mr. Linney confirmed by any means
that were fair and honorable, other
wise the Republican party in our State
and-the-whole South was dead fw a
quarter of a century or more. Just to
the same degree that this issue was vital
to qs, it was equally vital to the un-
American machine political leaders of
the bouth of both parties and therefore
tho tenseness of the political play by
each diametrically opposed politico
group was equally opposite. Their poljti
cul life was at stake it was a political
funeral of gigantic proportions was it
to be a Democratic funeral or a Rcpubl
can funeral!
Then Mr. Butler returned to the mat
ter of the hearing. ''That small dark
cloud which started no larger than a
man's hand and which was apparently
under cunning Democratic inspiration
was ' fast growing into a "black race
issue storm of ominous proportion, when
it ws fortunately rendered innocuous
by a silver lining in the person of Col
I. M. Meekins. He promptly came to
the bat and proved to be the savlou,
and the hero of a most critical aitus
tion. He boldly accepted authorship o'
the famous Linney campaign white iu
premtcy letter and frankly stated that
he had no retraction or apology to make
therefor. At this point the notorious
'link Johnson (whom I consider the
worst enemy of his race in America)
arose to interrupt or cross-examine
Col. Meekms, beginning in substance
as follows:
'Col. Meekms, you and I ars friends,'
whereupon Col. Meekms promptly re
torted:
" Tarn not eonicions that we are, or
were, ever friends.'
' "Here the bell rsng upon ths first
Republican bull's eye shot It wss the
hour's stroke of hope and Inspiration
to every honest snd decent man and
stomas from the Potomrt to the Rio
Grande, who wanted to see the chains
of racial and sectional bondage. In ths
Bouth broken, so as to make in ei
white political slavery in our beautiful
and beloved southland. Every patriotic
eitixen of the nation who it aow suul
deafly veil: Informed as to the. basic
existing eonditioni ia the Booth knows
that such white slavery in the Bouth it
today aa issns more vital to the welfare
of all of the people of the South and
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BUTLER
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Franklin D. Roosevelt and
Hamilton Holt Head Nation
Wide Movement
tt
New York, June" 25. Plans ,for the
nation wide movement for tho estab
lishment of the fund to endow an award
which will bear the name of Woodrow
Wilson were announced yesterday by
Franklin Roosevelt, chairman of the
National committee.
,'Tliis award will bo known as the
Woodrow Wilson foundation," Mr.
Roosovelt said. "Its purpose will bo to
recognize and further ideal for which
Mr. Wilson stood. In raising a fund for
tho permanent endowmei.t of this award
the American peoplo will he given nn
opportunity to ejpress their apprecia
tion of Mr. Wilson's services to hu
nianitv.
"Hamilton Holt, the editor ef The
Independent, has beaa imnUA Atwact a
executive director of the fund, and he
has assumed active charge of tho work
The Central 1'nion Trust Company of
New York is to act as (repository and
treasurer. - Head4uaitcrs havo been es
tabhshed at lfio Nassau street.
'Cleveland H. Dodgo has been named
as chairman or tne temporary rxecu
tive committee. Other members of this
committee are Frank 1. Cobji, Mrs. J
Malcolm Forbes, Edwin F. Gay, Mrs. J
Borden Ilarriraan, Edward M. House
Adolnh 8. Ochs. Frank L. Polk, Miss
Virginia Potter and Mrs. H. Otto Witt
penn.
The movement had its origin last
March in a meeting attended by mem
bers of Mr. Wilson s former ouicial
family and several hundred men and
women who wished to honor Mr. Wilson
for his service to the world. At this
time it was decided to ask friends and
admirers of Mr. Wilson in this country
and abroad to subscribe to a fund as
memorial to his work. A committee
was formed to decide on the means o
carrying out this i.lea and they hav
adopted a plan for the rnisinc of a
fund.
TWO MILLION MORE MEN
THAN WOMEjy IN AMERICA
Women Outnumber In North
Carolina, Censvs Figures
Show
Waaiiiutrtno, Juno " 5ftV There" w'or
2,090,132 more males than females n
the United States in 1920 making th
ratio 104 to 100 as compared with lOfi
to every hundred females in the period
of 11H)0-10; tho census bureau an
nounced tonight.
A preponderance of males 1ms bt
ahown in every census due primarily
tho announcement said to the consider
able number of foreign born resident
among whom the males greatly out
number tho opposite sex. Thirteen per
cent of tho country s total populatio
iri 1920 was foreign born.
Every 8tato except Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, New York, North Caro
lina, South Carolina, Georgia and Alt
bnma had excess of males over females
These seven states had ratios ranging
from 9C.3 to 100 for Masaachusettes, to
99.9 for North Carolina.
HOCKSTERS MIST TAY TAX
Hendersonville, June 26. Hereafter
produce ' p 'dlors in Hendersonville
who do not raise the vegetables they
sell, will have to pa a city lieense tax
of $3. This wss decided on Wednesday
night at the meeting of the Board of
Aldermen.
Surely Found .
No matter how particular you may
be, there's some reader of the Want
Ads who has vacant - the identical
room you've moat panted sad in the
locality you' have' always preferred.
Not one, but dosens of readers of
the Want Ads, are anxious to secure
tenants, and they prefer ths "par
ticular class for many reasons.
8o, to secure the very best and
moat prompt results, put - a little
"room wanted" adli thft effecttvo
want , directory the Want - Ad
Columns-rand you'll be sure to find
the room too want - '
' Phone 127 our Want'Ad Maa wilt
gladly call for your ad.
27,1921,
TEN
G0LDSB0R0 WONIAN
Mrs. Ellis H. Massie, Former
North Carolina Heiress, Suc
cessful In Suit
"SPOILED CHILDREN OF
RICH" JUDGE STATES
Court Refuse To Grant Ali
mony To Wife But Signs Or
der For Husband To Return
$8,000 Which Mrs. Massie
Spent Out Of Her Own Funds
After HerMarriage
(Special to Thet News and Observer.!
Owensboro, Ky., June '.'(!.- AU that I
can say is that I think the plaintiff in
this case is entitled to a divorce. 1
hink it would bo better for both iar
to the suit. Surh was 'he brief
lecisinn of Judge 11. W. Shell, lato
esterday afternoon in the cue of Mrs.
rdie Grantham Massie, forncr (lold-
oro, IN. ., heiress, against r.ms IL
Massie, son of an Owensboro millionaire,
oth called "spoiled children of the
rich."
Judge SWk tlwchncJ to grant to Mrs,
Musie any alimony, saying that it had
eon shown by the -record that her
estate in North Carolina is worth from
50,000 to :,0OO and that her in
come ranges from 110,000 to 120,000 i
ear.
"The Kentucky statutes are plain o
he point of alimony," said Judge
Stack. "Where a woman "haT air income
f her own and is not dependent on
nycne tho law dots not intend that she
shall receive-alimony."
Ellis Massie is the only son of R
K, Massie, whom the wife's attorneys
eclnred to be a millionaire. Judge
Slack said the defendant might inher
his father's fortune but that he could
not enter into the young man's future
expectations.
Previous to ruling oil the ilitutir and
alimony questions, Judge Slack ren
red a decision in the cusn against
Ellis 11. Masiio as guardian of his wifa
n which he sought a settlement of heri
estate when they were married nt Gold
oro, N. ('., in May, 1!H, after a speedy
courtship, Mrs. Massie wns not of age
and her brother in law was restored
is her guardian and her husband ap
pointed.
She inherited her estate from her
father when they came to Owensboro to
reside, tl7,0f0 of Mrs. Massie s funds
was deposited In an Owensvoro bank. In
the suit for a settlement of the estate
it was nlleged that Mrs. Massie was
allowed to spend t8,000 during the time
she Hred with her husband and restitu
tion of this amount was asked. Attorneys
for Mr. Ma9Sie declared that Mr. Mas
Sio's income was not sufficient to give
to his wife all the luxuries she demand
ed and that she insisted on using her
own funds.
ludso Slack ruled that Mr. Massie as
his wife's guardian, had no legal right
to allow her to waste her estate and
ordered that he restore to her an amount
of approximately K,000. Mr. 'Massie is
under bond ns guardian. Mr. and Mrs.
Massie lived together until March, lt20,
when she alleged in her petition bIio was
forced to leave him on account of his
treatment of her. Mr. Massie denied
II the allegations made by his wife
and contested the suit for divorce.
Mrs. Massie was in the swimming pool
nt the Owensboro Country Club when
informed of Judge Hlack' decision.
well, I am certainly glad it is all
over, said Mrs. Massie. "I had made
up my mind to be satisfied with any do
cision and this one certainly does
please me." Mrs. Massie said she would
remain in Owensboro another month.
"PEACE" BY FOURTH
AIM OF REPUBLICANS
Leaders In Congress To Get
Together On Compromise
Resolution
Washington, June 26. To have the
l nited States technically at peace by
July 4, Independence day, appeared to
be the aim of Republican leaders in
Congress in charge of the Knox Por'er
peace resolution. .
Senator Lodge of Masaehusetts, chair
man of the Senate a-nd House conferees
on the resolution returned tonight from
Massachusetts prepared to renew nego
tiations early this week, probably Tues
day.
Early agreement du differences be
tween tho Seiia-to and House resolutions
is predicted: by republican conferees
who are expected to reach a compro
mise basis before calling in the Pe.no
eratie conferees for formal action. The
compromise most widely discussed
would mould a part of ecsrn of the
Knox and IV-Vr resolutions inti a
new conferees' drnft, taking the Poier
plan for declaring a state of peaces in
stead of rcpealin,; the war resolutions,
as proposed by the Knox resolutions. It
is believed that the conferees will'
adopt the Knox reservations as o
Ainer':.i proper.? rights snd other
features of the Kwe.x plan.
8VES RAILROAD UNION
BECAUSE HE LOST JOB.
Chattanooga, June 26. Wilinrn Fclton,
formerly employed by the Southern
Railway, has filed suit in circuit court
here against the Brotherhood of Railway
Traiimsn, asking $5,000 damages, sl
bglag that the union caused him to be
dismissed from the railroad's service,
it became known today, -.
The wit involves two questions which
have Sever been determined n Tenrrcl-
GIVEN
DIVORCE IN
KENTUCKY
COURT
se courts. One is wjieeroiLjL average pricirnfr-wheat jumped
aon-anion- laborer who hae been dis
ehargod nt th) instance of union labor
has any remedy at law and the second
it whether an incorporated labor organi
sation may be cued for monetary dam
ages resulting- from the loss of tbsi
Wlfoi .... .
PAGES TODAY,
LIGHTNING STRIKES RADIO -STATION
AT ARLINGTON
W.hlfto, Jim J. The biff
atval radio eiatiea at Arlington was
track sad badly damaged by light,
lag early tealght. At the Navy
IVparUMBt H was said the ylawt
aid b sat f eaaamtaalea teveral
days, tfcoifk Ike extent f the dam
age had not beta determined. Coast.
I traffic, Ikrladina broadcast ached
b ad tiara signal Mat at twlc
aigntly, wilt be taasadd several
days.
B
Foul Play May Have Caused
Deaths Of Entire Family On
Kentucky Farm
Mayfleld, Ky., June 20. The bodies
of five adults and ' six children were
found in the ruins of the home of Ern
est I-awrence, a farmer living about
seven mile from here, whi.-h was de
stro.ved by fire !a--t midnight. There
were indications that the dead may
have been the victims of foul play and
at a coroner's inquest held hern today
a non committal verdict was returned
The dead are Ernest I.arenci, 31
his wife, 2.. and the three children
ranging in age from five years to
.i lou'U months, Otis Drew, 28, and .wife
as, and three children ranging from
four years to four months, and DieLmer
Drew, 23. Lawrence and Otis Oren
were brothers m taw and the Drews
were brothers.
Neighbors who were attending a nic
nic about a mile from" the Lawrence
house, a long structure of only two
rooms, saw the blaxe about 11:30
o'clock. Two young men, the first to
arrive on the scene, were unable to
enter the house because of the 'ire, but
climbing a tree nearby could s. the
bodies lying en the floor.
An examination of the bodies, wbi
were burned beyond recognition, show
ed that one of the women bore wounds
thnt seemed to have been made by some
sharp instrument. Tho dress of the
infant which this woman is thought to
have been holding in her arms was
drenched with blood.
In one of the rooms in uhich several
bodies were lying was a revolver run-
tainirjf six empty cartridges, a shotgun.
i rifle with a curt ridge that had been
liseharged and another exploded car
tridge nearby, a double bitted axe on
the bed springs near the body of one
of the men, and a large oil can which
had been kept in the yard.
Particles of clothing were clinging
to the bodies of tho men, showing thnt
they had not retired before they nuit
death.
Screams of women and "hiljreu end
several shots are said to have been
heard by neighbors shortly before the
fir was discovered.
ACTIVE STEPS TO
SETTLE TROUBLE
Ulster Cabinet Meets Tomor
row To Consider Premier
George's Letter
Belfast, June 26. (By the Assiciad
Press)--A meeting of tho Lister cabi
net has been called for Tuesday bv Sir
James Craig, the Premier, to eonsidor
the letter of Prime Minister Llovd
(ieorge inviting the leaders of North
and South Ireland to a conference for
the purpose of trying to bring about a
reconciliation between the factions in
Ireland.
The letter reached Sir Jinnes by cour
ier this morning simultaneously with
the Sunday newspapers commenting on
the letter. Sir .lames replied immdi
ately informing Mr, Lloyd George that
ho was sumoning a meeting of the
Ulster cabinet for Tuesday and thrtt he
hoped to secure the attendance of ii!l
tho members.
"Yon rest assured no time will be
lost in conveying the result of out de
liberations, his message concluded.
Today Sir James was in conference
with his chief supporters. The gert(ral
feeling in Tlfnst is that the Ulster men
will demand that the terms to be 'lis
cussed at the proposed conference shoil
be strictly limited, especially exclul
ing the subject of a republic.
BAPTISTS MAY ELECT
WOMAN AS PRESIDENT
lies Moines, Ja., June "(. 1 om;eS'
shared genera1! interest with the .id
dresses on today's program of the
Northern Baptist convention and the
possibility' of a woman becoming "be
next 1 resident of the convention wis
discussed when the name of Mrs. Helen
Barrett Montgomery, of Rochester, N
Y., was mentioned in this connection.
President W. J. McGloethlin, of Fur
man University, Cfreenville, 8. C, wa
a speaker today, and the convention
sermon was delivered by Rev. Dr. W.
B. Ilinson, of Portland, Ore.
Names of other prominent Baptists
who figure as presidential possibilities
included James C. Colgate of New York,
now treasurer of the New World move
ment fund.
-Those delegates who have befyi put
ting forward Mrs. Montgomery's? name
point to her record as one of the ab!rat
women lenders smong the Northern
Baptists snd to the record made by fite
women's American Baptist foreign mis
sion society, of which she is President.
ADVANCE DURING MAY
MADE IN FARM PRICES
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Washington, June S6. Prices of farm
crops advanced during May from the
general level of prices obtaining aince
June, 1920, according to a report is
sued today, by the Department of Agri
cultures Bureau of crop estimates
last month from LH to 11.21 a bushel ;
corn rose three cents to a basis of 02
1-8 cents; rye from $1.05 to fl.12, and
apples from (1.43 to 1.69. The report
snowed a slight decline la prices for
hay, eggs and ehiehens aad a drop of
10 eents a pound f Qf buttert
ELEVEN BODIES IN
BURNED
UILDING
PRICg FIVE CENTS,
CRAZED YOUNG MAN
SHOOTS fi!RL THEN
FIRES ON HIMSELF
Miss Ecklin In Washington ,ln
nospitai and Chances For
Recovery Slim
DOCTORS BEGGED BY
MAN TO LET HIM DIE,
Leslie Cox Shoots Sweetheart
Twice As She Walks Along-
Street With Another Youna;
Woman and Young Man;
Crowd Gathers and Threat
ens Perpetrator Of Shooting
(Special to tho News and Observer.)
Washington, N. C, June 26. Crazed '
with jealousy because ho saw his sweet
heart in company with aathr- awn,
Leslie Cox, ago 2), shot Miss Lola Eck
lin, age IS, twice through the body and
then turned tho revolver upon himself,
Inflicting a serious wound in the ab
domen, this evening shortly after 7
o'clock. Miss Lcklin is at one of the
local hospitals at the point of death,
while Cox is at the other local hospital
begging tho physicians to allow him to
die. The girl's chances for recovery
were said tonight to be very slim.
The shooting occurred on Fifth street,
and was witnessed by a score or more
persons in the immediate neighborhood.
A largo crowd of other people quickly
gathered and threats of violence against
the crazed young man were beard, but
it is not believed that any effort will
be made to put them into effect. A
special police detail has been stationed
-lit the hospital where I'ox is a patient.
Well Known In Washington
Both Miss Ecklin and Cox are well
known here. It is said that they have
been going together but that they quar
reled about two weeks ago and that Cox
had not been to see the girl since. He
is reported to have told her that if he
ever saw her in company with another
man he would kill her.
This afternoon Miss Ecklin and a
girl friend went out walking with two
young men. After taking some pictures
in tho outskirts of town, one of the
young men left them and the other
young mnn accompanied them to the
citv.
As ithey were wulkimr slowly along
Fifth""street about 7 o'clock, footsteps
were heard belied but no attention
was paid to them until Miss Ecklin
wsa suddenly seized by the arm snd
swung around. The others in the party
turned to see Cox with a revolver ia
his hand, which he brandished, his face
denthly white and his body quivering
with excitement. ,
Fires Twice Into Body.
"Whnt did I tell youf" ho shouted,
and before anyono could reach him h
thrust the pistol against tho girl and
fired. Her body swayed slightly and he
fired again, the second bullet Liking
effect within four inches of the first.
Dropping tho girl he stepped back a
paco and placed the revolver against
his own body and" pulled the trigger,
then falling with his face to the pave
ment. Tho young woman was taken te
tho Washington hpJtpital while the young
man was carnejrto the Fowle Memorial
hospital.
Miss Ecklin regained consciousness,
but at 10 o'clock tonight she was in a
critical condition. Cox was operated
and the doctors think he will re
cover.
Miss Ecklin la a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Ecklin, of tins city. Cox is
employed in a local business establish
ment.
WANT NO WOMEN ON
JURY TO TRY WOMAN
Defense In Mrs. Kaber's Case
Determined To Challenge
Women
Cleveland, O., June 26. No women
will serve on the jury that is to try
Mrs. Eva Catharine Kaber for first de
gree murder of her husband, Daniel F.
Kaber, when her trial opens Tuesday,
if the defense can prevent it, Francis
W. Paulson, Mrs. Kaber's attorney, an
nounced tonight. He declared they art
too cold-blooded, especially with meaV
bers of their own sex, and that he will
exercise all of his 16 peremptory chal
lenges, if necessary, against women.
"My cxix rieuce has been that women
jurors nro morn cold blooded and merci
less than men,'' Mr. Paulson said. "They
ars less moved than men by the emo
tions that go to decide a case of this
kind.
"Tho history 6'f the world shows that
whenever one woman has sat in judf
ment on another she has been hard OS)
thst woman.
"We will challenge every woman for
cai.sf, and if that faiU, are ready to usa
every one ef oar M peremptory ehal
lengei to get rid of them.' .. .
About one-third of the names In the
jury lists are those of women.
Steamer Abandoned at 8ea.'
Savannah, Ga., June 26. The British
itermer Bessij Dollar, Savannah for,
Vancouver, sends wireless message re-. '.
porting a schooner on fire and aban-;
doned in latitude 28.35 North, longitude
79.45 West. Biggin j aflame and schooner
a total loss. ; .,
CHESTNUT COLT WINS -
'GRAND PRIX DE PARIS
Parts. Jane ttt-(By the Assoc,
stede Prees.) Th Grand Prix da
Paris waa won today by J. Wateoa's
colt Lemonora. Flecholr was second
Harprerate third. .The pars was
valued at four haadred tkoaaand
frsaee, the largest stske ever pnt
ap ea a French race coarse.
Ltmolora came a en the aU
aids after all the French horses had
, tired aad . area - easily by tws) '
' laifftha, Beveatoesj horses started