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WEATHER TODAY " Fair Tonight and Saturday. MMHItMM Vol 19; No.JUh, SENATE TO DELAY SUBSIDY BILLF8R FAIL ELI WUl Be No Vote on Ship Subsidy Bill At This Session; Gives Opera tors 10 Per Cent Profit 9 (By Harry B. Hunt) Washinton, Aug. 4-"Out of the frying-pan into the fire" seems to be the future immediately ahead of the United States Senate. For no sooner will the Senate have concluded with the tariff bill, which has split party ranks wide open, than it will be confronted with the administration's ship sub sidy measure, over which a scarce ly less bifter battle seems certain. . The House will take up the sub tidy bill soon after it reassembles Aug. 15, following its midsummer recess. Hearings already ' have been concluded. Action by the House before the middle of Sep tember is considered probable. Drara in Senate But there will be no vote on ship subsidy in the Senate at this ses sion. Even if the tariff bill is finally cleared by 'the time the House passes the subsidy measure along, the Senate 'Will balk at any final action until after the ballots Nov. 7 indicate the direction and vio lence of prevailing political winds The aim of the subsidy bill, offi cially entitled "A Bill to Amend and Supplement the Merchant jua rine Act of 102V,n is to get gov ernment's vast merchant fleet into private hands' and into the business of carrying: world commerce. But the Senateaking the view that there isn't an over-abundance of . commerce requiring shipping just now. but that there is a notice able volume of political dissatis faction and unrest, believes noth ing will be lost but much gained by proceeding with caution. What Bill Provides The subsidy bill would provide for the American public, through direct and indirect tribute to Am erican ship operators, paying what ever sums might be necessary to give operators minimum annual nroftts of 10 oer cent.' j. .. vessels now owae ty n gov ernment would be sold to private operators under terms allowing 15 years to complete payment with four per cent interest on unpaid balances. ' A loan fund of $125,000,000 would be established from which Drivate shirtownera could borrow two-thirds of the money necessary to build new vessels. Such loans would be made for . 15 years and two per cent annual interest. Owners of American merchant vessels, in computing net income for taxation, would be permitted to deduct a sum equal to the in come derived from operation in foreign trade provided they invest double the amount of the resulting saving in taxes in building new vessels in American yards. Shipping Board Function The direct subsidy provision of the bill authorizes and directs the Shipping. Board to enter into con tracts, on behalf of the United States for the payment of com pensation to .vessels owned by Am eriean citizens and under Ameri can registry. . . Contracts may run for periods of -10 years, and the government payments would be made at least every aix months. The amounts paid would be based on the speed and tonnage of the respective ves sels. . ; Regardless of speed, one-half cent for each gross ton for each 100 miles is proposed. In addition, vessels capable of 12 knots an hour or more would be paid an addition al sum -in proportion to speed, up to two cents a gross ton on every 100 miles for vessels of 23 knots or over. " ... '; How Much It Costs What this would mean may be . indicated by computing what Un cle Sam would pay a fast 10,000 ton carrier between New York and European ports. , . - At the maximum rates.' such a vessel would draw two and a half .cents a gross ton on every 100 miles. On the 3000-mile trip to Europe, a - fast 10.000-ton shin would earn in direct subsidy $250 a mile, $7500 for the "voyage over, or $15,000 for the round trip. It is the reaction of the Ameri can taxpayer to these figures that has -House and. Senate members uneasy.' "Subsidy," it is generally agreed, has art unwelcome sound to most American ears. For that reason despite the fact that it ia a pet ad ministration measure, there will be no haste in pushing it through. ;' Vnn thm nm.n r-Mi. it la (n.iai. ed one should not speak of "subsidy.!?-but of direct and indirect aid to the American merchant marine. . . ' - , . But how mviclr,aid,'' if any. Con gress finally will grant will depend to no small degree on what the people, who will pay the bill, say when they cast their ballots Nov. ECINS i SALISBURY PHOJIES TO BE SILENCED IN HONOR OF DR. BELL Salisbury's battery of 2,312 tele- . .mm tB . . phones will oe silenced lor one minute this afternoon while em ployes of the telephone companies of the country, from the bosses down the line to the telephone girls, pay a silent tribute to the in ventor of' the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, who died Wednesday, The millions of telephones thru- out the country will be silenced simultaneously, and millions of wire conversations will be momen tarily stopped in honor of the man who made them possible. The tribute will be paid about sunset, the hour of the burial of Dr. Bell on the crest of Beinn Breagh Mountain a spot chosen by him. , The local telephone office could not say just what time the jinglityr of bells would cease Xs they had not received notice up until late this morning. They were to be no tified from the division office at Charlotte some time during the day. E FOB SCHOOL CLOSE Tells of Work in Raleigh; Colonel Boyden and Professor Kaiser Also Speak. The summer school conducted at the Ellis street building for teach era or itowan county came to a close today after a run ' of six weeks under the direction of Miss Catherine. Albertson. of China Grove. The feature of the last day was the able address by Mrs. T. W. Bickett, of Raleigh, who is con nected -with the state health de partment, having in hand the de partment which deals with mother and child. Mrs. Bickett came to Rowan to make this address and to visit among the people of the com munity in the discharge of her work. She was introduced to the Summer school this morning by Mrs. T. E. Johnston, who referred to the magnificent work which she is doing in educating the women of the state to a more exalted moth erhood and caring more intelligent ly for the ehidrsn of the atate. ' Mrs. Bickett told of her work, how it was planned and arranged how it is being directed from the capital city where the state has headquarters for the most excel lent health work it is carrying on under Dr. Wat Rankin, v She told of her work, how it cam to be set and how it is earned on tinder the co-operative direction of state and federal authorities. She told what it seeks to do and what she is do ing to make it function to the good of the mothers and children of the state and for the good of tha state. Mrs. Bickett shows by her earnest appeal that her heart is in . the work, that aiding the mothers and the little children of the state is a hieh and lofty ambition with her. Certainly good results can and will follow this earnest woman s endeavors. Mrs. Bickett was followed by Mr. A. H. Boyden and Superintendent Kiser. Mr. Boyden spoke of the ...-. .-J -....,... l. work being dose by Mrs. Bickett and Mr. Kiser spoke of the school work of the county, the good work uivkici wn iiu ivft taut;, ui wiv of the summer schools and the plans for the schools of the future. Following these talks the classes were resumed 'and teachers did their work right up to the final ad- Journment The summer school as been well attended and the re suite have been very gratifying. BIO LIST TO BEAT V IN EVENING POST'S CONTEST THIS WEEK Farmers who have waited until the last few days to bring, their product to enter The Evening Post's "Wlhat Cm Tnwjm Ria" contest "have a high mark to sur-J pass. U D. - Peeler, Salisbury Route 8, up , until noop today had a list of 70 products to his credit Only several lists had been sub mitted up until this morning. It is expected that others will drop in on the last f ew dajss. i, Read TRIFLING V TRAVELOGS And Learn 'the . Laugh r the Georgraphers Missed f Laughs f Geography's full of 'em. But the Tegular geog- raphers overlook most of the etuff worth seeing and tell- 'ing about v ' . :. '" W. H. Poterfield is a veteran newspaper man; a sightseeing Washington' correspondent. He. is skipping around , America .for NEA Service looking for what Rand & McNally leave out.'. .. Chicago is the subject of his travelog. - ? v ' Its On Page 7 MRS B1CKETT HER FIXING DATE FOR VOTMHF NOW ABANDONED Senate Awaits Report of Committee on Resolu tion of Senator Gooding of Idaho. (By Associated Press) Washington, Aug. 4. An at tempt to fix by unanimous consent a date for a final vote on the ad ministration's tariff bill appeared today to have been definitely aban doned but private negotiations were under way limiting at least some curtailment of the discussion. Some Republicans believed these might lead to results but certain Democratic senators ' are under stood to object to limitation of de bate until after sections of the bill dealing with duties on sugar and hides had been disposed of. While proceeding with debate on the bill today the senate awaited report from the committee on con tingent expenses on the resolution introduced yesterday by Senator Gooding, of Idaho, chairman of the Republican agricultural tariff bloc, proposing investigation by a spec ial senate committee into the fin ancial interests of senators and their relatives in industry, proper ty or commodity affected by the adoption or rejection of duties pro posed in the pending bill. Munsey Attacked By Gooding Washington, Aug. 4. Frank A. Munsey, owner and publisher of the New York Herald, was charged in the senate today by 8enator Gooding, of Idaho, chairman of the Republican agricultural tariff bloc, with fighting the administration's tariff bill in the interest of his in vestments in (Europe. Asserting that Mr. Munsey had interests in steel plants, mines, glass .factories, pottery plants, woolen mills.. 16 beet sugar factor ies and other industrial institutions in foreign lands Senator Gooding declared it was "not hard to under stand why Mr. Munsey has turned his hounds loose on these senators who are trying to protect Ameri can industries and American labor. "Nor is it strange that he has singled out members of the tariff bloc of the senate, for without the steadying Influence -of - the - tariff . . , -L . m ' m. m &... oioe mi propaganda Dy Mr. Mun sey, Mr. Gormen, the international bankers and their kind would have defeated any attempt to. pass the protective tariff measure at this session." When Senator. Gooding closed bis resolution for investigation was reported adversely by Chairman Calder, of the senate expenditure committee; MBS. FRANK CLINE FOUND A BARGAIN Mrs. Frank Cline found the flint Evening -Post bargain this morning in a lavender aress at jsnrd s De partment store. Other bargains distributed ht the stores advertis ing xor dollar day have not been found as far as could be learned . 1 , V W . ioaay. rnowever, mere were no strings tied to the bareains and others may have been found, with out it being known. The Evening Post man looked around And saw several of them still where they were placed Wed nesday arternoon. The directions to three or four were very clearly stated in Yester day's Evening Post and should have been found. The one found by Mrs. Cline was not so easy as no directions were given, the onlv directions were that it was in a . . . ...... .- lavender dress. Those for which no directions were given were traced in goods, presumably for sale on dollar day. However, the managers of the va rious stores were not consulted and some may have been placed in goods that were not likely to bs disposed of. There were ten slips good for one dollar distributed. GERMANS TRANSFER BIG SUM FROM THE BANKS (By Associated Press) Paris, Aug. 4. German banks in the, last 48 hours have transferred to. Holland and Switzerland be tween 60 million and 70 million French francs on deposit in Ameri can and other foreign banks in fans, the Associated Press learned this afternoon The money was hurriedly withdrawn, it is under stood, in anticipation of it 'being seized by the French government as part of the penalties imposed on Germany for refusal to pay the two million pounds sterling install ment due forrjvate defjts con tracted before ' the war . with France. - JURY TO GET PEAKS CASE LATE TODAY Winston-Salem, Aug. 4. The fata of J. I Peak, who has been on trial here SlneC Monday Charged with the murder of H. B. Ashburn, local insurance agent, December 2, last, is expected to be placed in the hands of the Jury late this afternoon.- There were eight arguments by counsel, four for the defendant and the same number for the state. Solicitor Graves concludes the ar guments this afternoon. T7 VT 7 ' SALISBURY, N. FRIDAY, AIJ61JST 4, 19221 SOUTHERN OFFICIALS AND SHOP CRAFT REPRESENTATIVES TO MEET TOMORROW TO DISCUSS STRIKE , (By Associated Press.) Washington, Aug. 4. Representatives of the six striking shorj crafts unions on the Southern railroad will meet in Wash ington tomorrow with W. II. Miller, vice president and in charge of the operation of the the settlement ofMhe strike on Harding several days ago to the The conference is a result o-eneral chairmen of the unions The Southern railroad, acting separately from other large lines of the country has made no Las it refused returning strikers seniority privileges. No statement would be made in advance of the meeting by Southern officials as to what prospects they saw for the succcrs of the conference. BIG HAIL 11 SWEEPS NUMBER II. C. HUES Iredell and Cabarrus Hard Hit in Some Places; Rowan Gets the Edge of the Storm. , (By Associated Preea) Raleigh, Aug. 4--With stones large enough to split watermelons wide open on striking them and with a fall reachdne a depth of 12 inches in some places one of the most severe hail storms in re cent years swept through portions of a number of counties in west ern and Piedmont North Carolina late yesterday afternoon, causing damage to cotton, corn and other growing crops, according, to re Dorta reaching here this morning, Tha' itan trweot throuefa Parts of Cabarrue, Rowan, Iredell, Alex ander and Walkes counties. 1111 reached a depth of 12 inches in some sections 01 ireaeii. it .a w If 1 a. f reported at Stetesville. and ice was still on tne ground in some sections of Cabarrus county this morning. Sections of Rowan Hit. Reports reached here early this morning that the hail storm was quite severe in the Kennapolis section' and W sectioiur?f "Rowan to the northwest of that town. Some people reported some ef the stones there to be ms large as hen eggs. It was said considerable damage was done to growing crops and fruits. ' There was also a alight fall of ball along- the Yadkin river section of Rowan but it was said the fall was not so heavy nor the atones to large and little damaee was done in the sec-, tion around the toll bridge and to the west, and east C there, so far as could be learned. ' 10 KENTUCKY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS SEEKING REELECTION BY VOTERS (By Associated Press.) Franfort, Ky., Aug.. 4. Ten Kentucky congressmen, eight of them democrats and. two republi cans will go before the voters in tomorrow's primaries . asking for re-election. Charles F. Ogden, of Anchorage, republican, will not ask for his seat again from the voters of the fifth district and Maurice H. Thatcher of Louisville, has no opposition on the primar ies. This district normally is re publican. Political observers believe the political complexion of Kentucky's delegation in the next congress will be about the same as it has been for two years. R. Y. Thomas, democrat, m the third district is unopposed tomorrow, but probably will have a stiff fight in November. Three Republicans are seeking the nomination in this district and in the past it has been a political bat tle ground as the voters a, re about evenly divided as to political affili ation. Political battles are not on the stage this year as many of the can didates have no opposition in the primaries aid there are no repub lican candidates in the sixth and seventh districts. " The eight democratic-incumbents have opposition for renomination in only the seventh and nintn dis tricts while John M. Robinson, the republican incumbent from ' the eleventh district, is unopposed for renomination. : ,,. v s FIRING BEGINS WHEN ; STATE TAKES OVE' CONTROL OF MINEjS (By Associated Press) Staunton. Va.. Ausr. 4. First hostilities in connection with the,emoon from his home on Beinn taklrtsr over of the mines bv the 1 State occurred today when the na-' tional guardsmen doing guard duty were fired upon from ambush. The fire was returned bv the guard. .-. Later firing was taken up over the entire areas. ' .Automatic rifles were hroueht into action bv. troops and firing continued for more than an hour in that district EEMiG system, to consider proposals for the basis suggested by President executives of all railroads. of an invitation extended the concerned by Mr. Miller. attempt to break the strike nor REFORMER'S AX England Expects to Soon Modernize "Most Reac tionary" in World; Many Plans Offered. London, Aug. . The house of lords' 'England's legislative upper chamber, is threatened with the reformer's ax. From the democratic viewpoint, the house of lords is probably the mos-t reactionary senate to be found in any country today! The thing that makes reform abso lutely essential in these demo cratic days is the fact that the great majority of its members hold their seats by virtue of de scent from some peer who was summoned to some mediaeval par liament' by a warrior monarch, who did not greatly care about the "rights" of more common folk. Under the unwritten constitu tion of ''Great Britain, the house of lords consists of J'princes of the blood and the lords spiritual and temporal." Of, the nrst grade nowadays, only royal dukes are eligible for membership, and for many -years they have flisereetiy refrained from voting, 00 that the Throne should not be compromised by intervention In party politics. The present royal dukes are thf Prince of Wales, as Duke of Corn wall, the Duke of York and Duke of Connaught. The "lords spiritual" are Hm ited to two archbishops York and Canterbury and 24 bishops all naturally of the Church of Eng land, as this is the staite religion. . Piwrtnt Membership is 785. -- The 'lords temporal'' are the holders of various kinds of peer ages, and their number is limited only by the number of new crea tions, all holders of which auto matically take seats. The present membership 01 the bouse ox lords is 735. The "lords epirituar hold their seats for the tenure of their ec celsiastkally ' appointments, but the peers of England, Great Brit ain and the United Kingdom take their seats on reaching the age of 21 and retain them for life without risk of being unseated or. option of resignation. Just how to modernize the house of lords is a question on which scarcely two people agree. The older type of political thinker in sists that the mere fact that a peer does not have to worry about getting tumseli elected or re elected places him above momen tary and possibly "unhealthy" agi tation and scares and renders him fitter for impartial revising le Mslative work. For many generations it has been an axiom of British politics that the lords may not interfere with national finance or-taxation. Premier Asquibh's liberal ov em-men t came back with a email majority, after the 1910 election, and proceeded to pass the "Par liament act" more popularly known as the "Lord's Veto hill"- which specifically barred the lords touching any measure certified by the speaker of the house of com mons as a "money bill." It also limited the lords' veto to delaying the passage of any bill more than two years provided no election in tervened ' and the house of com mons still desired to enact the measure. DR. BELL TO BE BURIED IN LOFTY. LOOKOUT THIS AFTERNOON AT SUNSET (By Associated Press) Sydney, Nova Scotia, Aug. 4. The body of Alexander - Graham Bell will be laid to rest this aft- Breach Mountain, in ' wihlHh - h had spent 35 successive summers. At sunset interment will be HANGING HOUSE OF 0 made in the granite tomb blasted in the summit of the mountain, on a part of the Bell estate. The body will be borne to its burial place on this high pinnacle by representatives of the Bell es tate. There it will be laid away in its loft lookout with simple ceremonies. v reST NEXT-PEACE MOVE IN R. R. STRIKE 10 MM) 10 Union Officials Await Word From President Harding; Both Dead locked on Seniority. (By Associated Press) Chicago, Aug. 4. Developments in the railroad strike situation to day were confined to speculation as. to what the next peace move would be and reports of violence at various points within the past 24 hours. Union officials here were await ing word from President Harding regarding their message of accept ance of his proposals, for ending the walkout. Railroad executives and strike leaders maintained their attitude on the question of seniority, the executives insisting that the rights 01 the menwho stayed at work and the new men be protected, and the union chiefs holding out for restoration of these rights to the strikers. Two deaths resulted from vio lence, one at Edgemont, S. D.. where a switchman on the Chicago, Burlington ft Quincy railroad was shot, and the other at Chicago where a carpenter employed In the Illinois Central shoos wss beaten to death. WATCHFUL WAITING IN RAILROAD STRIKE CASE There are no new developments locally in the strike of the South ern's 1,500 or more mechanics, ap prentices and helpers at this point The strikers held another of their regular meetings at the Strand theatre this morning and another meeting of the executive commit tee of the local shopmen wss held in the grand jury room at the court house put it was ssid at the close of the meeting that nothing . new had developed and there was noth ing 01 Interest to the general pub lic. : ' It now' appears to be a matter of watchful waiting for the South era's men, at this point as well as at othej jxinU on. the system where seeps are located, i ne men are anxiously awaiting the conference to be held in Washington tomor row between Vice President Henry w. Miller of the Southern railway and the general chairmen of the six shop crafts on the Southern. Whether, the men on the South era would be granted permission by their International officers to negotiate a separate agreement with the road now seems to be the uppermost question. Nothing as to this has been heard officially and probably will not be until after the meeting in Washington tomorrow between Mr. Miler and represents' tives of the shopmen. Then the question' of a separate settlement may or may not be taken before the union heads in Chicago. In the meantime, as stated above, it is case of watchful wsitlng, with ev erybody hoping for an early settle ment whereby the men now out may return to work. HE USED 28 POCKETS TO SMUGGLE LIQUOR New York. Aug. 4.- Only 19 years old. but believed to be the chief of a band of 15 bootleggers which have hitherto evaded all attempts to catch them, John Coyle was locked Up in the Poplar street "Station. Brooklyn, to await hearing in the 'Adams court today on a charge or disorderly con duct Meantime the police are holding two jackets', each containing 14 pockets, all of them capacious enough to hold a quart bottle of whftkey. which were taken from Coyle in two trips he made to the steamer Ville d'Oran, of the Ward Line, plying between the United States and Cuba. The Ville d'Oran, lying at the foot of Montague treat in Brooklyn, was first visited by Coyle. federal officers, becom ing suspicious of him, examined him and found under this coat the first of the heavily pocketed jackets. They kept the jacket but released Ucyle. John McCurdy. bead-of the Ward Line police, again saw the youth dodging about the Ville d'Oran's deck. When he called to Coyle the tatter fled. ' He stopped when Mc Curdy sent three bullets whistling bout his head. McCurdy found he was wearing another bootleg jacket He turned hfm over to the police, who lodved him behind the bars. FOIL8 PLOT TO BLOW UP BUFFALO TROLLEY CAR Buffalo. Aug. 4.-Wfltt is be lieved to have been another at tempt at destruction of life and property in the campaign of ter rorism now oeing waged in con nection with the street car strike was frustrated by Sheriff William weidow and Deputy She riff Meagher. They discovered a bun dle of 12 sticks of dynamite on the track near Depew. . A car carrying several passen gers passed over the spot less than five minutes after they removed the explosive, AWAITED nun X Uwm Tourist WmieM Defending He Wp3 From 3 DARING AVIATOR WILL ATTEMPT A COAST TO COAST FLIGHT 'SUNDAY (By Associated Press) San Antonia, Texas, Aug. 4. Lieut. II. J. Doolittle, of Kelly Field, left the field at 7 o'clock this morning for Jacksonville, Fla., in preparation of an attempt to make a one stop flight from coast to coast Doolittle expects to leave Jack sonville Sunday morning at 8 o'clock. Tho only stop proposed will be at Kelly Field Monday morning when he will replenish his fuel supply. Doolittle is going on the author ity of the government to deter mine the feasibility of coast to coast one stop flight trips in the future. EARLY MORNING FIRE AT STORE OF H. E. RUFTY There was a fire at the store of H. E. Rufty ft Company on Park avenue near the Kesler mills this morning about 5:30 o'clocK that would have proved very disastrous had not the blaze been discovered when it was and the firemen promptly appeared on the scene. An alarm was turned in from box 63, and when the firemen arrived they found the storeroom - well filled with smoke, but the point of tne nre was soon located and by the use of the chemical apparatus it was soon extinguished. The Maze had started at a point where matches are kept, this being under a counter about the middle of the store on the west side, and there is a possibility that rats may have been the cause of the' fire. The damage to the stock'1 of goods was only slight, hut a cash regis ter was badly damaged and there was some damage to the building in close proximity eo where the Maze orfejnated. -.. ..v W00DR0W WILSON ON DAVIDSON COMMITTEE '.Charlotte, Aug. 4. Woodrow Wilson, ex-President of the Unit ed States and former student at Davidson college near here, today accepted an appointment as mem ber of the Greater Davidson cam paign committee, according to the announcement of Malcolm Lock hart, directorWf the campaign to raise $600,000 for the expansion and endowment of the Presbyter ian institution. The committee of which Dr. Wilson is a member ia organized to present the needs ofidwmed It advisable to remove the Davidson to its friends and alumni, 1 negroes to the stats penitentiary and to build "A Greater Davidson for a Greater Southern Presbyter ian Church." FORGO ELKS' TEETH. DEPARTMENT A PLEA (By Associated Press) Washington, Aug. 4. Don't buy elk teeth for watch charms, stick pins or other ornaments, is the plea of the department of agricul ture, for the price of each pair of such teeth is the life of a member of the country's small and fast diminishing herds. They are very pretty ornaments, and for many years have been used by Indians, especially the squaws, for that purpose; but the difference is thait the Indians used only the teeth from animals slaughtered for food- and their hides, while the white man kills the elk, extracts the two teeth and wastes the rest Thousands of bull elk have been killed in the Yellowstone Park region by hunters who illegally poach upon the government pre serves, and, despite the vigilance of rangers and guards, shoot down the elk in all seasons, merely for the teeth. The fashion of wear ing these bits of bone as watch charms, cuff links, stick pins, and hat pins has been steadily grow ing as the once vaet herds of elk dwindle and vanish and are threat ened with entire extinction, ac cording to the biological survey. 1 The hunters Teceive high prices for the teewu NO EFFORT MADE TO OPEN HICKORY SHOPS Hickory, Aug. 4. Although the Carolina and Northwestern rail road shops employ only 35 men and helpers, this short line- is af fected by the strike and no effort has been made to open the plant It is stated, however, that the en gines and other rolling stock are in fairly good condition, and the only serious damage since the strike be gan was that to a passenger loco-1 motive about ten days ago. The . shopmen here were not affe:ted by the labor board's wage cut the management sai4 , i t LARGEST EVENING CIRCULA TION IN PROPORTION TO ' X CITY'S POPULATION IN , NORTH CAROLINA - ! m PRICE TWO CENTS Man and Wife in Southern! . Pines Hospital; IIus band May Die; Negroes Are Captured. Carthage, N. C, Aug. 4. A. E. Ketchen, of Miami, Fla., was shot and perhaps fatally wounded while defending his wife against three negroea last night near Southern Pines. Two of the negroes who attacked the autoists have confessed, ac cording to Sheriff Blue. Three have been placed in the state peni tentiary for safekeeping. The Ketchens were en route by auto from Miami, Fla., to New York and were camping along the roadside when the attack occurred. Held la Penitentiary Raleigh, Aug. 4. Three negroes' arrested in connection wih the shooting of A. E, Ketchen, of Mi ami, Fla-, and an attack upon his wife, were brought here shortly before noon today from Carthage by Sheriff Blue and placed in the. state penitentiary for safe keep ing. According to Sheriff Blue, Mr. and Mrs. Ketchen and little child were en route from Miami, Fla., In an automobile to New York City, were camping along the road when three negroes entered the tent about 1 o'clock this morning fcnd demanded money. . 4- 1 Ketchen tried to reach for his pistol when one negro immediately opened fire, the bullet striking' Ketchen in the breast and going thru his body. At this point Mrs. Ketchen grab, bed her child and ran out of . the tent t She was pursued by two of .uienerroes ana attacxea. 4,-.4. l " The -negroes then returned to the tent and robbed Ketchen of all of his valuables including money, pistol and Jewelry. A wateh belonging to Mrs. Ket chen was found on one of the ne groes and money and other things in possession of another, all hav ing been identified by the Ketcni!f . this morning as the assailants. Two negroes, according to Sher .' it nin. 1 j- .i- (umuv cumpiot com fession but the other negro under arrest declares that he is innocent. Mr. and Mrs. Ketchen are at a hospital at Southern Pines. Ketchen is seriously injured hut has a fighting chance. Mrs. Ketchen is suffering from . nervous shock. Feeling was so high and intense at Carthage and Moore county this morning that Sheriff Blue in Raleigh for safe keeping. NORTH CAROLINA NURSES TO MEET IN GREENSBORO Negress . ! Winston-Salem, Aug. 4.-1A meeting has been called by Presi dent Kate, Masten, of the North ' Carolina Nurses Association of l district No. 2, to be held in this -: city on August 9, for the purpose) of selecting delegates to attend tha state convention, which will be held at the O. Henry Hotel, Greens boro, on September 6, 6 and 7. District No. 2, known as thf , Winston-Salem district , covers it counties, and is composed ox be- tween 96 and 100 nurses, and is en of the largest districts in the state. The counties covered by this dis trict are Ashe, Davie, Davidson Forsyth, Alleghaney, Rowan, Sure ry, Stokes, Yadkin, Watauga and Wilkes. . . - . ; One of the chief purposes of the , state convention at this time is to bring before the nurses of thd state the topics that were discuss -ed at the national meeting whiclj was recently held in Seattle, Wash WOLVES SEEN IN JERSEY Easton, Pa Aug. 4. I automobilists returning from week-end trips through New Jer eey and New York, reported en countering a pack of wolves be tween Belvige and Huckettstown. One motorist exhibited a broken window in his coupe which he said was caused by a ' wolf leaping against it Several motorists said they were followed a considerable : distance. . . ' o HIGH COST OF NAVIES. Riga, Aug. 4, Shorn of naval power by the Washington confer ence, trance recently oilered Lat via the destroyer Hassard as a present She is over 200 feet long and makes 30 knots an hour. The Latvian government mass inauiries. however, as to the cost of ooerstinsr a vessel of this rrrs. 'and as a result of the inform obtained it may be compelled t j I decline the gift i i
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