North Carolina Newspapers

Editor and Publisher. ''cnTl’ME XLVIII. if® lORRISOH II ISSIIt CALL FOR SPECIAL COURT TEH Soon to Try the Negro, John Gott. rnTE for trial D STIFF IN CERTAIN if Resrular Judge Presides It Will Re Held Week of Oc tober 29th or Week of November the sth. \ r (><•!, 4. —Governor Mor ■ anen!' "ii " ill issue a call for a r! '"*.i'vm "f Mitchell County Superior c TV:' order to expedite the trial of ' " i\,W alh gel negro assailant of a r'ol'l white woman of near Spruce See ret ary. Ijr . ( ,|. (l n .; ;1 1 is !.. he before Judge T. n Findley r-'idnit judge ■of the 17th r- tc wF < h includes"""Mitchell County. ' j „f court will have to be 4 ”'Tt%, r eithet the week of October 20 i '.‘ji/w.ck of November sth, the only (iate*. rhe jurist has in the near fu- arn.ri'iiig to' the North Carolina j c Mir t calendar. j solicitor of'tlie 17th district. John ! |]. lV( is probably will prosecute the 1 . of John* Cioff. j Everything Continues Quiet, s ~ I’inr. Oct. 4. (By the Asso •msl I'n’ssF— l Onler after a week of rder and excitment. seemed to have tow restored here today. Troops were J ,] ll{ y in the town, but their presence . st+med little needed. Negroes, who last ( wed; mail*- hasty exits, following the at-; tark on an aged white woman by a tie- . vrore back at work on the j town eonstrirr'tion. in the mines, and out | i'i the county on the roads of the state highway system. No one seemed Jo no tice the negroes, and they were unmo- Iwtcd. Feeling which ran high here earlier in * •I,e week seemed to have subsided. The I troops served as a constant reminder of • Civernor Cameron Morrison's edict that . ifiler must be restored and the negroes Mt in peace, bur the town folk and I t -e in from the country seemed more ' j.;. I 'r«te(l- in the tri-county fair than in ! rhe who have returned and those J expected back today. < I spraie Pine Conditions Again Reaching j Normal. Spruce Pine, Oct. 3.—With negroes I V" were driven out of Spruce Pine last r»k In untied bands of angry citizens! 9' ruing to their jobs on highway con >:ri'-::oii and in rlie mines, tills town to- | ■'passed on*' of the most normal days si!'- the troops came here last week. ] wing an attack upon a while woman , h a uegroe. which caused the deporta- Piir negroes arrived this afternoon I'M Spartanburg. S. C.. and as in the ‘a * 1 of other m*groes who have returned. •a were escorthl to the construction 'aiiip by eava'ry. Negroes who returned y*srerday worked today on highway pro nd were nor molested by citizens; T.xpianarion of the mysterious lights ll s ' "iI from on** mountain top to another v ' diis morning and which caused the ■ ‘ ‘h . f two stpinds of soldiers to the - ! tint;i:i.- to investigate, were still lack-j mtught. '("he soldiers found noth- : ■'■i '"it „( the ordinary. Reports reach- I - ■!' t!mn many of the -mountaineers j '' " "H'cil at the return of the tie-| ' m: ha- molested those who 1 “ ;lv - •’•‘turned. | Ihe members of the mob j I '-urried «.ut the deportation is ex j'j the end of the week. A ■"'"tt current Imre today was that Oov ,"" r -birvison i- Icing urged to ro • * '■ '•»muty authorities not to press the ] r,' !',' a being given that the 1 ' tg negroes will not he molested. " -r ’ prevalent is that mem-* lfcs,roy Stalks in 801 l Weevil w,, ; Ail,.,'' M " T " n ' ' r “• campaign in' " ,l|l,! - v - *.»th Carolina, to Nfom ii;r,l'.'' sl ** <H .dton stalks two or vb*‘fore frost, thereby pre jn H1 v ecvii f|. oln putting itself ' l '“* :, l i' i<>ii for hibernation.- has tP a,.,' , " va "T cotton experts of v "f agriculture, which ad ; ' t - - 1 ' most effective ifrans of l’-ains i- . * weevil in the coast ; ' I ' w of the weevils thus tv ■J'\ U \ V ’ ! i! '' s l>ring. Aiken •p, ' "" meetings in other com ni(*t)i(),iv v " experts to explain the -Mi orchestra has been furn natH-rs ! j"‘ , ‘ , ' ,nv <ls. ‘The news* l,ii,;, 1( . , ng their assistance and 'Ar, , j ' a •’ assisting in dtsiribnting ai, ~\ . ' nc.osing them in letter and ; ril , ( ': ( ‘ ,:H in-to-farm canvass is be • v f.,„ ui*- the signature of ev *' \ c*t »ll ** > i • ! to qestroy 'vp, n j . -s f) ' toher lOtli. Lite -acriticed if necessary. Ktird- s E f[; < !" ]V '* S,K,< * Sale : 'it t 'i,l Sale starts Friday J'l'tinlay ” an, l lasts through ' • <.uV.;i,p Their 34 stores s „ t .j “ and their custo buy ti*,. "* the lo\V jirices 'tf!l yV..* -li . ’ 1,1 a full page ail. antj, i, ''' of these prices. a F'l buy i~. ' ‘" ir "biter shoe wants ''■'w y tl !1 Equity Receiver. ilw! >n fVdet-,,1 /•' ‘ 'Petition" was !^ivp r f f|f ■ "' U T today for equity an burt(*r s - ■ Bidding & Company, npnai-^i. -r-j flll dealers in women’s fifth Av Uiij ' I: * s *be fashion* THE CONCORD TIMES. CONVICTS IN KENTUCKY | PRISON STILL FIGHTING Men Have Barricaded Themselves in the Dining Room—Planning to Drive Them Out. Eddyville, Ky., Oct. 4.—This morn i iug’s sun swung up over Lyon’s county hills to light the scene for a tense drama, the successive acts of which were being unfolded on probably the strangest stage I on which men ever w<4e caused by des tiny to play upon' in Kentucky. I Hemmed in by the grim gray stone' r walls of the western Kentucky state pen liteutiary, three convict murderers who yesterday killed on guard and wounded I three others, one of whom-died this niorn ’ ing. in an attempt to shoot their way to freedom, were barricaded in a three story brick dining Voom. the central structure of the prison plant. The con victs apparently were conserving ammu nition for their automatic pistols and waiting. , ■!- From behind the walls of their fort ’ j ress the desperadoes faced a sudden ,j death. # . - ( he first plans today for driving the j the desperadoes from the stronghold 'without further h«s of life included an | ingenius scheme to use the pipes of steam < heating plant for forcing tear gas and j red pepper into the room where the men * tH - e hidden. The gas, and pepper idea, however, was abandoned as impracticable after a survey of the situation. Instead, plans were made to train machine guns on the , building, maintain steady fire, and at | :rn opportune moment rush to .the struc ture with the guards and state soldiers i who number tpore than 100. INO SOLUTION SO FAR OF MURDER MYSTERY Body of Man Found in Girl’s Dressing | Room at Sciithside Bathing Beach. • Pittsburgh. Pa., Oct. 4. —Investigation jof the Pittsburgh murder mystery tojlay centered about the identity of three girls, ja snapshot of whom was found in the (clothing that covered the torso of a white man when it was discovered yesterday in the girls’ dressing room at South&ide Bathing Mleach. situated on the Monon gahela River. , A trial of blood led a group of boys to a grave more than 175 feet from the (dressing room Tuesday night where the man's head was found buried more than la foot deen in the sand. Near the spot was found a suit of blood stained under (clothing, leading the detectives to believe the head was wrapped in the garment and carried to the spit. Disastrous - U«*e a t Blowing Rock. j Hickory, Oct. 4.—Eight buildings, in (eluding the postoffice, at Illowiug Rock ' were burned last night entailing a loss | between SOO,OOO and $70,000. The flames started at Lentz Brothers gen- I eral merchandise store shortly before I midnight and burned practically an en tire block before they were brought un , der control. J Mall Delivery Service Increased at Ashe ville. Asheville. N. <’., Oct. 4.—Mail deliv ery service here was increased this week, necessitating the employment <*£ six new j carriers. j bers of the mob are willing to submit to a minor charge in connection with the deportation and to promise good beha vior in the future. Neither of these reports were confirmed today in official circles and no indication has been given that the original plan, to arrest and j prosecute members of the mob. had been altered. Hundreds of -Mitchell county citizens visited tri-county fair here today and the crowds maintained good order. No estimate of the length of time , troops will be here is available at mili tary headquarters. It is known that ’ i feeling against the negroes is much I stronger in the county than in the town, j and the negroes who began work today !on road projects in the county will be the first to work outside the town limits I since the deportation last week. They j will be afforded military proction if it : becomes necessary. Governor Morrison's orders are that the Troops shall remain on duty until all danger of molestation by the whites is past. No one here is willing to ven ture an opinion as to when the danger ous- period will end. Ship and Water Transportation Commit tee to Meet. Raleigh. Oct. 1. —The North Caro'ina State Ship and Water Transportation Commission will meet in regular ses sion here October 10 and 11, at which time, it has been announced by Dr. D. D. Carroll, secretary of the commission, a conference relative to the development of some port on North Carolina’s sea board will be held by members of the commission with Edwin J. Clapp, of New York, regarded as an authority on matters concerning ports, harbors and water transportaion. Mr. Clapp- lias supervised the making of surveys of the Charleston and Baltimore, harbors and many other ports. Members of the North Carolina Ship and Water Trans portation Commission say he is an ex pert in his field and' a man whose ad vice will be valuable to them. The en tire firfct day of the October meeting of the commission has been set aside for - the conference with Mr. Clapp. In a telephone conversation with friends ; > here yesterday, (’apt. Kenneth E. C aid well. commander of Company E. stated j that all of the members of the Concord , com pony are in excellent shape at their , camb at Spruce Pine, where they are i ! going snecial duty at present. Capt. i Caldwell was unable to give any idea as - to the length of time the meVi will have s to remain in Sprue? Pine, but intimated • that the oonmany probably will be there - ’ for some time. 3 ‘ i National Banks Cannot Have Branches. "Washington, D. C.. Oct. 3.—National banks are forb’dden by law from en -5 gaging in the branch banking business, ¥ even within the cities in which they j . f are located. Attorney General Daugherty s holds in an opinion explained today by - the joint Congress-oaal Banking Commis s sfon by Comptroller of the Currency Dawes. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS LOCATE POISON IN IRS, WEBB'S BODY. ' OFFICERSANNOUNCE Grand Jury to Make Investi gation to Determine Weal thy Woman Was Murder ed, As Is Believed. GRAND JURY TO MEET NEXT WEEK It Is Believed That She Was Victim of Slow Poisoning, and the Action of Friends Started Investigation. "White Plkins, N. Y., Oct. 4. —Poison has been found in the kidneys of Mix. Gertrude Gorman Webb, wealthy New York and Philadelphia society woman, and the Westchester County gr&nd jury, it has been anouaced. will investigate her death in an endeavor to see if she was murdered. Several witnesses already have been heard by the new jury, among them Dr. Wm. J. Meyer, who attended Mrs. Webb just before her death and who first indi cated that she died under mysterious cir cumstoiK-es, and Mrs. Margaret P. Jtthn stone. wife of a former New Y’ork judge, who declared her childhood friend had been tl#* victim of slow poisoning. Dr. A. O. Goettger. toxiologist, who ex amined Mrs. Web’s vital organs, reported late yesterday that certain quantities of poison were found in the body. The grand jury put the case over till next Monday when the investigation will be begun in earnest. THE COTTON MARKET Was Rather Nervous and Unsettled Dur ing Early Trading Tbdaly.—October Off. New York. Oct. 4.—Ttie cotton market was rather nervous and unsettled during today’s early trading. There was some covering at the opening, prompted by wet weather in the southwest 'and thetfe seenml to be just about as much trade buying to fix prices as there was hedge selling by the South. The market op ened steady at an advance of 10 points to a decline of 3 points. October sold >ff to 28.57 or 3 points net lower, and later months showed net losses of 13 to 18 points with December declining to 28.24. Cotton futures opened steady. Oct. 28.75; Dec. 28.40; Jan. 27.00; March 37.88; May 27.95, C AROLIN A -TENNESSEE CO. IS VICTORIOUS IN POWER BATTLE Sustained by Supreme Court in Chero kee County Cases. Raleigh. Oct. 3.—The Carolina-Ten nessee Power Company emerges victo riously from its long-fought legal battle over power rights in Cherokee county, with the handing down by the Supreme Court this afternoon of a batch of twelve opinions, each upholding Trial Judge Mc- Elroy’s decision in a dozen contemnation proeedihgs. The court found, with Judge MbElroy. that the Carolina-Tennessee Company has prior water rights in Cherokee coun ty and that the claim of the Hiawassee Power Company and other defendants that the Carolina-Tennessee was not ’proceeding in good faith and had not fulfilled all the requirements of its char ter was without supporting evidence. GOVERNOR MORRISON FAVORS PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY Would *Let People Show Preference in State; Wants to Go to Convention. Hiarlotte, Oct. 2.—ln announcing last night his candidacy for membership in the North Carolina delegation to the Democratic National Convention, Gov ernor Morrison declared he had no de cided leanings toward any man now re garded as a candidate for the Presiden tial nomination and advociated the hold ing of a primary in North Carolina, "in which the people may be allowed to reg ister their choice of a Presidentian can didate.” Prominent Young People Married in ♦Charlotte. Charlotte, Oct. 3.—Miss Alice Ger trude Walker, daughter of the late Rob ert.!. Walker aud Mrs. Walker of Char lote. and Starke Spottswood Dillard, of Lynchburg. Va.. were married tonight 'at the Church of Holy Comforter, the rec tor, Rev. Robert Bruce Owens, officiat ing. Owing to the recent death of Mr. "Walker the wedding was a quiet affair. The bride’s one attendant was her sis ter. Miss Roberta Walker. The groom’s best man was Dr. Powell Dillard, of Lynchburg. The bride was given in marriage by her brother, Alexander "Walker. Among the ushers -was Pats Dirq, of Lynchburg. Ya. The% mar riage was of wide social note owing to the prominence of the bride and bride -1 groom. Magnus Johnson Causes Stir at White 1 House. » Washington, Oct. 3. —Magnus John son.' the new senator from Minnesota, has been here and gone. He is not as wild as pictured. At the White House today .he talked softly and walked gent ly. He created quite a stir among the officials and the visitors there. Every body seemed to be eager to get a look at him. ' Mr. Johnson has a face like that of the late Col. Theodore Roosevelt, with out the rows of fierce teeth. | Among those to meet Mr. Jphnson. by I accident at the White House were Ma j rion Butler and Marshal L. Mott, for ; merlv of Statesville, but more recently 'of Ok aiioma Mr. Mott was very much 'amused at the way the crowd eyed the man with the hoe. CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1923 CIVILIAN DICTATOR TALK IS HEARD IK i BERLIN AT PRESENT - If Such a Dictator is Estab ■ lished Hfe Refim* Will Be Supported by* Marial Law, Under Present Plans. STRESEJMAN HAS ' LOST HIS CONTROL 5 At Present He is Powerless , For Cabinet Resigned.— ; May Be Appointed Dicta tor, if Plans Materialize. i Berlin, Oct. 4 (By the Associated Press). —With the retirement of Chan ' cellor Stresemann*b coalition cabinet there is talk of the establishment, of a civilian dictator supported by martial law. I)r. Stresemaun himself is spoken ; of iu some quarters as well fitted to take over such an office in view of his expe rience iu econoihics and finances. Mean while he has been invited by President Ebert form a new ministry, j The resignation of the cabinet came last night after the four socialist mem bers Uad withdrawn following their re jection of a compromise proposed by the chancellor on the eight-hour law. The bourgeoise members voted to retire in a body and authorized Dr. Htresemann t<f inform President Ebert of their decision. The chancellor returned from a visit to (the President after midnight and imme diately received the German editors, to' whom he reviewed the events leading up to tl|e retirement of his ministry. It is noteworthy . that although the cabinet members among themselves were ' in full accord on till issues, this concur- | rence of opinion was lacking in individ ual parties from the ministers represent ed. MAN KILLS HIMSELF IN FUNERAL PARLORS John H. Pleasants Committed Suicide During Funeral in I*os Angeles Under- | taking Parlors. Los Angeles, Oct. 4. —John ILj Pleas ants, 40, walked into the chape] of an j undertaking establishment jghile a fun- j ! eral service was being conducted .yester- j day, stopped at the casket and asked : "Is thiH a funeral?’' •• J “Yes,” some one replied:' Pleasants then drew a pistol and shot i himself in the head. He died one hour ] later. Was Native of Asheville. j Laurel. Miss., Oct. 4. —John 11. Pleas ants, who killed himself yesterday in Los Angeles, was from 1904 to 1919 second i vice president and mannger of the Laurel Mills here, one of the south's largest cot ton industries. He was a imftve of Ashe ville. He leaves a widow and one son. j DAUGHTERS GET TO REAL PROGRAM .TODAY , Formal Greetings Received and Opening Preliminaries Hekl Wednesday Even- i ing. Greensboro. Oct. 0. —With formal greetings received and all the opening preliminaries out of the way. the annual state convention of the United Daugh ters of the Confederacy reached its real j program today. The morning session, called to order at 9:30 o'clock by the] president, included roll call by chapters,! introduction of general and honorary of {jeers, and consideration of busbies mat ters. • At 1 o’clock the convention is to be entertained at a luncheon at the North Carolina College for Women as guests of the I,ions and Civitans clubs. This evening will be featured bv pres entation of a "Children* of the Confed eracy,” a program under the direction of Mrs. Charles 8. Wallace, of Morehead City. Says McTiguc Will Fight-. Columbus, Ga., Oct. 4.—Mike Mc- Tigue, light heavyweight champion of the World, was ready to defend his title against Young Stribling. of Macon, Ga., here this afternoon, according to an an nouncement made at noon by Major J. * Paul Jones, head of the American Legion, lost post, promoting the fight. Major .tones declared the fight would start at j 4 p. m. Central Time. ■ • A cement sidewalk is being laid in • front* of the Baptist Church and parson* . age on the west side of Spring street. 11 t '•cf'v S i e Rube Race, One of the Series of Twentieth Century Wonders at the Coming Ca ' , |ptt|j^fi Wl^: , . l - ' >»rnis. County F%ir ;lAN MAN" FOUND I NOT GUILTY ANO IS BACK IN OLD ROLE; Fred G. Thompson Freed in' i! Chicago Court Where He' , Was Charged With Killing Richard Tesmer. / | VERDICT GREETED . WITH CHEERING i Throughout the Trial Thomp son Retained Feminine Ac tion, put Changed Some After the Verdict. Chicago, Oct. 4.—Acquitted of the charge of having shot and killed Rich ard C. Tesmer. wealthy insurance brok er in a. holdup last summer, Fred G. Thompson last night reassumed the per manent role that for fourteen years per mitted him to go unchallenged as a wo man, and eleven years ago to marry Frank Carrick. Feminine throughout the trial in his actions, gestures and remarks, despite the rough male garb of the jail prison er. Thompson us if startled by the ver-1 diet, womanlike, shrank toward bis conn-1 sel as the jury foreman pronounced the words, of acquittal. He immediately recovered, kowever, and the temperament of the old days as a cabaret entertainer asserted itself as Thompson swung up on a fsbl? and .re quested nobody to go until he had thank ed everyone. Cheers and cries of ap proval of the verdict were .shrieked as | men and women rushed about the "man j woman” to congratulate him. | JUDGE PERSONALLY NABS WORTHLESS BOND FORGER Knocks Him Down in Turkish Bath and Sits cn Him Till Cops Come. I Chicago, Oct. 2.—Judge Francis Bor rolli got a man today he lias been seek | ing for a long time. The judge found him in a Turkish bath, koneked him j down and sat on him until the police arrived. The Judge ’was peeved because the prisoner, "William Meyer, is said to have slipped over four worthless bonds in (Court, on the strength of which Georgf' | Holmes, accused of four robberies, was | released. The bonds were signed "David ; It. Lee.” Two men who are alleged to have induced Meyer to affix that name were arrested today. All three were held on charges of perjury and conspir acy. ~ With Omj Advertisers. During October the Concord and Kan napolis Gas Go. • wifi give, absolutely free with every Chambers Fireless range purchased a Humphrey Radiant fire as | shown in their ad. in this paper, j The Parker Shoe Store says m a big 1 three-column ad. today that it qan save you from SI.OO to $3.00 on each pair of j shoes you buy there. Read the ad. for I proof of this'statement. i. j Why delay buying your coal and pay I more? See ad. of A. B. Pounds. The Cabarrus Cash Grocery Co. has j just received another car of Spartan ! feeds. # H. B. Wilkinson-can tell you how you can cut (down your cost of living for the i next six months. Fill out the coupon i in his ad. today. There is no better way to save than 'to take out some shares in the building and loan association. See ad. today of 'the Cabarrus County B. L. and S. Asso*- ; ciatioa and see frilbert Hendrix?at> opoe. TV. A. Overcash offers you men's suits and Overcoats at very attractive prices. 1 Palls in. Asphalt: Hardens; Haver to ’ Chop Hirti Loose. Canton, Ohio, Oct. 3—After chopping I with axes for more than two Siours Jo- I day. workmen succeeded in rescuing P. ! P. Hassan, 30, from a block of asphalt j where he had been imbedded all night, i Only his head, right arm and shoulder were visible. , Hassan fell over a small embankment into a pool of warm asphalt while walk ing near an asphalt plant last night. ' He became exhausted trying to free him self, and lay down. in - the meantime the asphalt hardened. His calls for help were final’y heard by a workman shortly before 6 o’clock this morning. ». Remaining conscious, Hassen directed the cutting away of the asphalt which held him a prisoner. Has sen apparently suffered no serious ef fects. HOW EARTHQUAKES ARE MEASURED Some of World’s Greatest Scientists Are Endeavoring to Foretell Them. Washington. I). (’.. Oct, 3.—Tl , cataclysm that plunged Japan Y* ing has aroused scientists all o' , world in their endeavor to foretell,' with some degree of accuracy, the coming of a j great earthquake. These terrible volcanic upheavals are already recorded, measured., and tabulat ed by amazingly delicate instruments, but all the devices possessed by science i have not as yet been able to predict when and the overwhelming forces of Nature will next break loose. Seimology. or the science of earth quakes. is one of the oldest known sci ences. for when the Romans were snb dying ancient Britain the Chinese com pleted an instrument designed to record the shocks that so constantly harrass the Far East. This took the form of a copper sphere, .abouts twenty-live feet round, with a long pillar at the top which was sus pended so that it could swing in any one of eight directions. The sphere con tained eight dragon heads. In the mouth of each of these was placed a ball, so that when the pillar was moved by any trembling of the earth it would knock a ball down, thus showing in which di rection the earthquake had occurred. British scientists later devised a .‘-cy mograph which consisted simply of a basin of treacle. When the earth shook the treacle moved, and left a mark on the side of the basin that indicated from which direction the shock had come. The instruments are much more com plicated now. and shocks can be record ed and measured in observatories fully j 10.000 miles away from the, scene of the; disturbance by means of The sensitive Miine-Shaw seismograph. This consist., of an upright column supporting without friction a horizontal boom which sways according to the earth tremors. A needle at the end of the boom is slit to allow a spot of light to fall upon sentitized pa per, and thus shows a straight line when the instrument fc at rest. When there is any movement, however, the light shows it. and a clockwork attachment records the exact time of each “tremble.” The place of origin of the shock is lo cated by the t%ie taken for the shock to *be recorded, for there are three types of earth "waves.” which rush outward at varying speeds. The observer knows that if. say. l(it) seconds elapse between the first and second shocks, the earthquake is 1.000 rrtiles distant, and so on. By m#ans of records taken at two or, three different points, it is possible to determi)|e almost ' where VJie trouble lies and the area over which it operates. At some observatories as many 4,000 shocks are recorded in a year, although, of course, nearly all of these are very slight, most of them being the result of disturbances beneath the ocean bed. . According to the most up-to-dute au thorities, earthquakes are caused by the solid outer "crust" of the earth gradual ly “creeping” northward. This move ment, however slow, causes an enormous strain in places, and when the strain becomes too great the earth cracks. In order to increase their knowledge of earthquakes, some of the world’s great est scientists have experiments with, ar tificial explosions in mines, and they hope .that in time they will be able to warn the inhabitants of volcanic districts when disturbances are likely to occur. UNITED DAUGHTERS OF CONFEDERACY MEET Annual Convention Being Held at the O. Henry Hotel. Greensboro. Greensboro, Oct. 3. —The annual State Convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy opened here this morn ing at' the Hotel O. Henry. The first formal session of the convention will take place at 8:30 this evening when ad dresses of welcome and responses will be delivered and greeting received from other organization. The convention continues until norm Saturday. Mrs. Rivingtou Schulet, of New York, general of National United Daughters of the Confederacy, and O. tV Smith, honorary president of the Virginia unit, are among the honor guests of the convention. Germany’s Come-Back on Sea Alarming to Her Competitors. Copenhagen. Oct. 3. —German shipping is showing remarkable recuperative pow ers, so much so that other maritime states are today concerned lest this "dreaded competitor soon will regain her old position.” The quotation is from the Scandinavian Shipping Gazette, which publishes an article on the sub ject. In 1020 Germany had 420.000 gross tons of steamers and motorships, accord ing to this authority, and in June of 1023 a total of 2.510.000 tons. “Bitter complains are made against the resumption of the German competi tion in practically all waters, but per haps principally in South American seas,” the Gazett says in conclusion. Hurt Trial Underway. Raleigh, Oct. 3. —The government made a coup today at the trial in United State district court es Eddie Hurt, army deserter charged with the murder of Angelo Anari. private of Fort Bragg. August 31, 1022. Raymond Horne, pri vate at Fort Bragg, put on the .stand by the prosecution, testified that Hurt con fessed to the killing one night in Feb ruary while both were fleeing as de serters. The confession was made. Horne said. I one night in a shack where the pair stunned to s!e» n and brought about by -a stricken conscience. blue was originally made from the hoof of the horse, but now it ! consists principally of iron, potassium, ! and sulphur. It was first made in Prus sia. No serious earthquakes have been felt in England since -350, when London was badly shaken and part of St. Paul’s ca thedral fell. ♦ . j If straightened out, an ouuee of spid- j er.web woul<| extend three hundred and! fifty miles. I* ■ \ $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. SETTLEMENT OF THE V..,uio iii OKLAHOMA IN HANDS OF COOHI Members of Legislature Seek * Authority From District Court to Hold Special Ses sion at Once. GOVERNOR FIGHTS VOTE COUNTING Still Trying to Prevent Elec tion Board From Making Canvass of the Votes Cast on Tuesday. Oklahoma City. Oot. 4 (By the Associ ated Press).—Members of the Oklahoma legislature bent on instituting impeach ment charges against Governor J. C. , Walton, went into district court here to day to test their authority to convene as an inquisitorial body without a call 1 from the Governor. Meanwhile in a separate court battle, the Executive was marshalling his forces to prevent the vitalization of a constitutional amendment passed in Tues- I day’s special election which would dele ’ gate this power to the legislature. A lengthy fight is in prospect. Members of the legislature have declared they will take the ease to the U. S. Supreme Court if necessary. Until a final decision is rendered, however, they have pledged to essay no further meetings. Hearing on application to make per manent the district court injunction ob tained yesterday by Governor Walton to prevent the state election board from certifying returns from Tuesday’s elec tion to the Secretary of State is set for October Oth. Head of Man Found by Groqp of Roys. Pittsburgh, Oct. 3. —Three boys play ing on the bank of the Monongaliela River tonight found the head of a man imbedded' a foot or more in the sand. The head is believed to be that from the headless body of a white man found to day in a girls' dressing room of the Southside bathing pool. The boys among hundreds of others who had searched the river bank all day, were at tracted by a fpw whisps of hair in a pile of small rocks. Poking among the rocks und sand with sticks they uncovered the head which was taken to the morgue and placed beside the headless body. The body remains mjhfewtHied - tonight but language experts dectai'ed that an in scription in Arabic Tatooed on (he left arm was the name “Hasan n Haftmod.” MRS. RIKER ESTABLISHES VALIDITY OF HER DIVORCE Custody of Child by Marriage to Hackett Vested in Grandfather and Uncle. Statesville, Oet. 2.—The suit of R. N. Hackett against Mrs. Lois Long Riker was tried in Wilkes Superior Court to day before Judge Findley and a jury. The issues in the divorce case were found in favor of Mrs. Riker, and ay decree signed by the judge upon the issues es tablished the validity and regularity of her divorce in - her suit against Hackett in Nevada, February 15, 1910, and is made a judgment of the Superior Court of Wilkes and entitled to a full faith and credit in this state and elsewhere. As to the custody of the only child of the maryiage, 10 “years of age. the de cree as to this matter for the time puts custody in her grandfather. Judge B. F. Long, and her uncle, J. Gordon Hackett. The decree also provides that the child continue in school for the scholastic year at Hillside. Conn., where she had been placed before this action of her mother. It also decrees the right of visitation by the parents. As to the suit of Hackett against Judge Long and his wife and Franklin Riker he’ took a non-suit at his own re quest. Mrs. Riker left tonight for her home in New York City. FIGHT ON INVISIBLE EMPIRE HAS JUST STARTED—WALTON “1 Am Still Governor.” Says Oklahoma Executive, Who Declares Martial I^aw Status Throughout State Will Remain Unchanged. Oklahoma City, Oct. 2. —Governor J. C. Walton issued the following statement at *9 :30 o’clock : “The fight on the invisible empire has just started in Oklahoma. "I am still governor of the state.” At that hour the returns indicated that a majority of 250,000 votes had been cast in a special election today for a measure opening the way for the state legisla ture to consider impeachment charges against him. Martial law status throughout, the state wjll remain unchanged, the execu tive said. Troops which had been held in re serve during the day for any emergency were not used, he said, and no disorders or requests for services of guardsmen were received. Scores of Automobile Dealers Applying. j Raleigh. N. C., Oet. 4.—Now .that the i automobile title registration act passed by the last General Assembly has gone into effect (October 1) William H. Rich ardson. private secretary to Governor Morrison.-reports that scores of automo bile dealers throughout the State are applying for notary of the public com missions. The new act requires automobile deal ers to give affidavits testifying to the sale of automobiles tp purchasers. So, to prevent inconvenience and expense, the automobile dealers are arranging to have notaries of the public in their shops, .4 *aid. I Moscow has forbidden jokes about Jesus. NO. 25.