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= = g§ERKILL, Editor and Publisher pMEXLVUL ithusiasm Running at fever Heat in New York Ktoc Fiiiinir Principal Kt<of Nt'-v 'ork. ■•nlP 'TES AKE W‘iVn.l. OPTIMISTIC ■ gpini Made Now to Min lion Delegates to ■port Smiib. -No One to Have Certainty. ' ' ic Tarty is <>f pre cl district of JB to i lie tramp t lie blare of ' , -runners from ' candidates n new arriv ' oi.ite the leg- HB '. .Old their fav- .. > Imtel Will. G. of howling li.\ him to the ~:i• 111<■ d back an as „ - aimed it' alleg ing A! Smith. the history of the v;i . thousands lie went. BB',| V . Smith men con- the last of t.i ted their eoll ..r:a!, ; • the partisans |H,. idatcs only re -18. rejiea ted their jj^Htie two lead |B.'. : . • • Se;i:1 1or Ralston situation 4 ; to disregard his • formally be |H , ortieials put the their Madison ||B • and set tile " fall of~the vtii!i to support Smith. . A drive to swing into BH Smith was ipsti eiiairiuan of the ;*r.. and one of the lead- Smith forces. j|H Platform Tigiit on Con veil - tion Floor. |H .I.'/ Homer Cum- j |H' . who slated to H^E~ resolutions coni- all troubles i - various planks that the Democratic jjH . Would he adjusted in B 1 " ' on the conven- may I>c avoided. 'os.'iipns of the |B" *i"i former national 'pportunity will be s,; ’• In- heard on every H Ouinnan I lull Sick. ■ 'hairman Hull. |B Nit inn.il (‘nnimittee, ■ today recovering |B|' .a,, exhaustion from iiidiip.'tion. He col |B" hi;: doctors said they |B o 1.;.- t,, open the cou ■f'fiptii 1! „i(| Music Wanted. ' 1 »■ -If police search : M.i. .-,'i Square Gar- Hi uocratic conveu- piccolos and bass t i' id.'tols and bombs, itV*- 11 rion have an- K."' ,! ; i 'ti , ' a! !y that one band, and ■V n, ‘ h<* allowed within 'aim. ~f the Garden while an* on. f1,, -Kits with choriiK will be per- Ki- a ST" n 'i-iiMirs of dark hdl ‘“""h'hues. 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'y small j»ar- THE CONCORD TIMES j M’ADOO CONFIDENT HE IS “CHOICE” Delivers Address Declaring Democrats Will ’Recover Government From Privi lege and Debauchery. New A ork. June 23.—Progressive de i nioeracy will recover the American gov , ■ Pftimeut from privilege and debauchery, | and set it again on the high road of I moral standards, William G. MoAdoo | declared today in an address of greet ■ iugs to delegates from nine western 'states. Hawaii and the Philippines, who | came across the continent in two special I train-!. i Facing the cheering delegations from ! j a balcony in front of his uptown hotel. , the'candidate for the Democratic Presi-j ! denrial nomination told them his cue- | | mies were spreading the word that after i a few ballots they would turn away from * him. There were criee of “No, no” from the | crowd, which choked Fourth Avenue fori a block. Gov. Smith More Confident Than Ever, j New York, June 23.—(Jov. Alfred E. ' Smith and Franklin 1). Roosevelt, his [ manager, joined in a statement today , that ‘‘the situation looks better and bet ter every hour" and that information com ing to their headquarters from various state delegation leaders showed a "rapid growth of sentiment for the Governor in the last day or two." Former Mayor John F. Fitzgerald, of Boston. who conferred with Governor Smith, asserted that the New York Gov ernor would be supported by virtually the entire Massachusetts delegation, and if nominated would win Rhode Island. Con necticut and New Hampshire as well as Masachusetts next November. Underwood Wants Anti-Klan Plank. New York. June 23.—Senator Oscar I nderwood made his first appearance at convention headquarters today to be greeted by his adherents and to make public the text of an anti-Ku Klux Klan plank which will be presented to the plat form committee in his behalf by Forney Johnson, of Birmingham, selected to v place the Alabama senator in nomina tion. The plank reaffirms the party's declaration of 1856, directed against the “Know-nothings." and declares a simi lar issue now is pending in connection with the Klan. Will Support Senator Robinson. New York. June 23. —Senator Robin sen, of Arkansas, democratic leader of the was placed in the field of ' Presidential candidates today by the Ar kansas delegation, which resolved to sup port him first, last and all the time. 1 Former Governor Brough, who will noni- 1 inate Senator Robinson, took charge of affairs. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Easy -at Decline of 12 to 20 Points.—July off to 28.37. New York. June 23.—The cotton mar-, ket opened easy at a decline of 12 to 20 points today because of relatively easy Liverpool cables and favorable weather reports. Prices stiffened a few points on renewed covering by July shorts, and price fixing 'was reported for the trade, but rallies met increased of ferings and it was rumored that some of the more favorable crop advices ■> from the southwest were accompanied by sell ing orders. The market soon worked off in consequence, July declining from 28.35 to 28.37, and 'October from 25.55 to 25.42, the general list showing net losses of about 20 to 25 points in the early trading. The opening prices were : July 28.50; Oct. 25.55; Dec. 24.80; Jan. 24.55; March 24.80. # “ Radio Waves Move Switfly. Cleveland. *June 23. —The fact that radio waves can be made to go “there and back in nothing --flat” was demon strated at WTAM, station of the Willard Storage Battery Company, broadcasting from the Cleveland Plain Dealer studio. A late dance concert of request num bers was being put on the air when a fan called the studio by long distance telephone from St. Thomas, Ontario, placed his loud speaker to the eleplione and sent back over the wire the same music that was being sent out by wire less fifteen feet away. _ The speed of the round trip of the signals was so great that the music came back from Canada at the same in stant that it was going into the mi cronhone in the next room. To complete the circuit of sound, tele phone wires carried the signals from the studio to the transmitting set, seven miles away, straight across Lake Erie. From St. Thomas they were put on the wire again, going about 400 miles around the lake to get back to the studio. And the return was instantaneous with the start. Frank H. Farris Is Named Rules Com mittee Cliairman: New York. June 21.—Frank H. Far ris, of Rollo, Mo., of the Delegates-at large to the Democratic convention, has been selected as chairman of the rules committee- This committe has assumed unusual importance during the present convention because of the possibility that it may have to deal with the abroga tion* of the two-thirds rule- The Senator Could Be on the Platform. New York, June 21.—The national committee and the convention manage ment would be pleased to have Senator Simmons occupy a seat on the platform. It is unlikely that the senator will ac cept. It is suspected that one considera tion is he does .not care to have it said that he is seeking in some way to in fluence members of the delegation. I Madison Square Garden, New York, on the eve of the Democratic Convention Opening, showing how sections have been alloted for speakers, convention officials, etc. In the pit under the speaker’s stand will sit the various leaders who dictate maneuvers of the delegates. ST. JOHN’S DAY TO BE OBSERVED TOMORROW Expect Occasion to Be One of Greatest of Kind Ever Held at Oxford. Oxford. June 23. —The anniversary of St. Jolin’u Day which will be celebrated at the Oxford Orphanage Tuesday. June 24. will be the greatest and most sig nificant one in its history of half a cen tury of anniversaries. In order to ar range fen* the day’s, events -tJHe.-erpemTlg hour for the exercises has been changed fr,;in the time-honored noon hour to 11 a. 111. For several years the orphanage has been undergoing a steady. carefully planned program for promoting greater efficiency and care in the maintenance, training and education of the 3SO chil dren at the institution, and the celebra tion St. John’s day will mark a culmi nating point of progress. The completion of the William J. flicks Memorial Hospital, the additions being made to buildings, the installing of a new electrical department, and great developments in the school of printing and changes of improvement in other de partments and on The campus, is capped by the erection of one of the most mod ern school buildings to be found or is contemplated in any orphanage in the United States. The Grand Lodge, will on the 24th day lay the corner stone of this building which it authorizes to be built at a cost of $85,000. The build in. to be completed by school opening in the fall, will have 16 class rooms, be sides all the appointments of an up-to date primary, grammar and high school building, office, teachers’ rest rooms, book room, cloak and hat ro(*h, etc. Ample provision is made for ventilation and lighting. The building will occupy a site north of the stand .used on the 24th and oilier great occasions. Dr. W*. R. Burrell, pastor of the First Baptist Church. Monroe, will de liver the oration, and Prof. E. W. Tim berlake, Jr.. Wake Forest, will respond to the address of welcome delivered by Grand Pursuivant B. S. Royster, Jr. The past twelve months have seen a deepening of interest in the orphanage on the part of alumni, and Superintend ent R. L. Brown has already received enough letters and other assurances that this year will be the biggest alumni gathering ever having place at the in stitution. Alumni of the orphan age are scattered widely and are filling responsible stations in life. Words of love and remembrance have been receiv ed from Europe, South Atlan ta. and western states of the Union and from numerous places in North Caro lina. In person and spirit more of them will be heard from on the anni versary than ever before. These suc cessful men and women are the acid test. The ph.vscial directors of the bojis and girls will give special demonstrations of school work and training. The addi tion of physical training departments lias resulted in great improvement in bodily development and health, and the mental benefits have been very marked. Ample provision has been made to sup ply barbecue jind refreshments for the occasion. Poland Would Refund Debt. Washington, D. C., June 23.—Ladis law Wroblewski, minister of Poland, laid before the American debt commis sion today a proposal for refunding the $150,000,000 Polish debt to the United States. Gen. Smuts Resigns as Premier. Capetown, S. Africa, June 23 (By the Associated Press). —Jan Christian Smuts, premier of the Union of South Africa, yhose party was defeated in the recent elections, resigned the premiership to day. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS CONCORD, N.C., MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1924 SCENE OF DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION Lieut. Maughan Again T ries Flight Across the Continent Left Mitchell Field Half a * Minute Before 3 O’clock *■ on Third Dawn to Dusk At tempt to Cross Continent. reacheiTdayton ABOUT ON TIME i | Delayed There, However, by i Engine Trouble. —Almost Reached Goal on Second Flight Made Last July. i Mitchel Field, N. Y., June 23.—A lone l airman. Lieut. Russell I* Maughau. this ' morning began a race with the sun in j the hope of spanning one-tenth of the | earth's circumference before his path is jdarkened. Two unsuccessful attempts in the past [ year had not dampened his ardor, and I following a light breakfast he took the i air in his 375 horsepower single-seater j plane at one-half minute before three j o'clock eastern Standard Time. Crizy Field. San Francisco, lies 2,070 I miles west as the crow flies. The aviator , will go somewhat farther in his jump j between four inland fields, where fresh supplies and a few minutes’ rest await ] him during the flight which is scheduled I to consume 10 hours and 40 minutes, just | four hours less than the maximum ! amount of daylight afforded him. | On July !)th of last year he set out ! with the same hopes on his first trial. I Midway across the country a small mo | tor ailment forced him down. Ten days j later a second attempt was begun. This promised success through every hard stage of the journey until Rock Springs, Wyo ming, *OOO miles from his goal was reach ed when an oil leak of no consequence in repairing, but vital in the air, forced him down. lie was to stop today at Day ton, Ohio. St. Joseph, Mo., Cheyenne, Wyo., and Salduro. Utah. Passed Over / Ohio. Dayton, Ohio, June 23.—Lieut. Rus sell L. Maughan landed at McCook Field, from Mitchel Field, N. Y., at 7 :05 East ern Standard Time, and took off at 8:15 in his third attempt to span the conti nent from dawn to dusk. He made the first 575 miles i-n 4 hours and 7 minutes, slightly better than his schedule. The flight was delayed one hour and 11 min utes here for repairs to a gasoline line. Passes Over Illinois. Quincy. 111., June 23.—Lieut. Maugh an passed over this city at 9:30 a. m., Central Standard Time. Half of Journey Over. St. Joseph, Mo.. June 23.—1 n fine spir its and with his plane in good condi tion, after flying 1149 miles since three o'clock this morning. Eastern time, Lt. Russell L. Maughan landed at Rosecrans Flying Field south of St. Joseph at 10:52 o’clock, Central time, this morn ing. He hopped f° r Cheyenne, W yo., at 11:37. Sec. Mellon To Testify Thursday. New York. June 23. —Secretary of the Treasury Mellon 1 , who had been subpoe naed to* testify tomorrow at the trial of Gaston B. Means in Federal court here on charges of violating the prohibition law, will not take the witness stand until Thursday, it was agreed by both sides to day. The press of official duties made it inconvenient for Mr. Mellon to appear before Thursday, it was explained. Those who have least to say usually say it oftenest. FIVE KILLED DURING WIND STORM SUNDAY One of Worst Storms in Year Swept Nebraska, South Dakota and Othe. States. ft Chicago. June 23p—One of the worst summer storms in fyears swept almost the entire upper Mississippi Valley late yesterday, taking at least five lives and doing hundreds of thousands of dollars property damage. Nebraska. South Da kota. Minnisotta and Illinois were hit by high winds and hard rains. Three per sons were killed in Chicago and two in Minnesota. Macon Painter Shot Down. Macon. Ga., June 22. —H. L. Lanier, 51. painter, was shot down' bn the street this aftrnoon when lie passed the home of 11. E. Kitcheus. The shooting is alleged to have been done by Kitchens, whom witosses say exclaimed : "I’ve got you where I want you.” Doctors at a hospital state that there is little chaitce for Lanier to live. Be fore he became unconscious Lanier charged that Kitchens had stolen his wife several months ago but he denied that he precipitated the clash this a* ••- noon* After Kitchen emptied his gun a mob began to form for the expressed pur pose of lynching him. Officers arriving from police headquarters on motor cycles [dispersed the mob and placed Kitchen under arrest and he is being held without bail. Mrs. Lanier told the police that Kitchens shot in self-defense, but eye witnesses state, the police say, that Lanier was unarmed and that after Kitchen shot Lanier in the back be con tinued to fire into his body as Lanier lay prostrate on the ground, begging for mercy. Kitchens gave his age as 36. JVlrs. Lanier says she is 41. 3 North Carolina Cars Seized. Danville, Va.. June 22.—Prohibition Officer Grady Stultz, of Martinsville, a few night ago captured .singlehanded a caravan of three automobiles and 350 gallons of liquor. All of the drivers es caped abandoning their cars all of which bore North Carolina license plates. The machines were • large touring car>. Stultz ambushed the caraven near Oak Level* They were riming close together without a pilot car and were trapped so quickly that it was all they could do to leave the cars. West Virginia Farmer Fights 6-Hour Battle With Posse Before He’s Killed Marthinsburg. W. Va.. .Tune 22. —G. E. Speight, a farmer, wanted in con nection with the killing of T\ C. Craw ford. a state policeman, was shot to death by a posse today during a gun battle lasting more than six hours. Speight, had barricaded himself in a barn and was found fatally wounded with seven bullet wounis in his body when a part of the posse rushed the barn. He died a few minuter later. Lieutenant M. B. Lilly, a member of the posse, was slightly wounded in the face when struck a g ancing blow by a bullet. No < ther member of the posse was injured although officers declared hundreds of shots were fired during the battle. Speight was located today after the posse undv, command of Sheriff Wil SIX-FOOTER KNOCKED COLD BY A WOMAN Lands Solid Right. Breaking Plan’s Jaw; Goes to Jail As a Result. New York. June —Mrs. Ada Viola, short and stock, yesterday landed a solid right on the jaw; of Max Saun ders, six-foot doorman of a Brooklyn hotel, and saw him removed unconscious to the Coney Island hospital as she was escorted to court by three iwdicenien. Hospital attendants said that Saun ders, whom Mrs. Viola accused of insulting her, was suffering from a broken jaw and a possible fracture of the skull. The woman was held in SI,OOO bail charged with felonious as sault. Witness to the encounter stated Saunders said ‘‘no parking here.” when Mrs. Viola and her husband drove up in front of the hotel. INTER ALLIED MEETING TO BE HELD IN JULY Premier McDonald and Premier Herriot Are Already Making Plans for the Conference. London, .June 23 (By the Associated Press). —Prime Minister MacDonald told the House of Commons this afternoon that his conference with Premier Herriot of France, was preliminary to an inter allied conference to meet in London probably July 16th. The statement issued last night cov ered the ground of the conversation, the Premier, said, but he added “it is high ly desirable that America should be rep resented at the inter-allied conference of July Kith. We are not at the mo ment in communication, but a communi cation to that effect will be made to the American government at once.”_ 50.000 Harvest Hands Needed. Washington. June 22.—Fifty thou sand laborers must be imported into the Kansas. Oklahoma and Texas wheat fields to harvest this year's crop, the labor department estimated today. Special railroad rates have been obtain ed for harvest hands between points with Kansas and Oklahoma. Three Killed in Auto Accident. Mobile. Aid.. June 21. —Three persons were killed when an automobile plunged over an embankment into Fowl River, 18 miles south of Mobile, today. The dead are: Mrs. Fannie Arnett, about 45 years old; her son, Stein, aged'll; and Marguerite Rosarge. Other passengers iu the automobile escaped injury. With Our Advertisers. The big Birthday Sale at the Parks- Belk Co. is still in progress and many attractive bargains are being offered n<pv. Goods in the store are being sold at or below cost. Cotton on the local market today is quoted at 28 1-2 cents per pound. limn Dean and composed of 20 state js>l icemen and 100 citizens had circled the mountains of Berkeley county for 24 hours hunting for him. The man. armed with a rifle and pistol, took refuge iu a barn and wdien he refused to surrender, the battle began. After li|pursi of filing Lilly headed a squad that rushed the baru and found Speight fatally wound ed. He declared his intention to sur render but died a short time later. Speight was charged with having killed Trooper Crawford Friday night when the officers went to arrest him upon a charge of having threatened to kill a county auctioneer, who had been ordered to sell Speight's property for a debt. $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. DRY AGENTS CHARGED nn H FIRING ' ON INNOCENT PARTY | Two Atlanta Men in Hospital j in Greenville as Result of Bullet Wounds Received In Night Fighting. AUTO HELD UP BY THE AGENTS Four Men Were in Party and Two Were Not Injured.— Warrants Sworn Out for Officers Doing Firing. . Greenville. S. C.. June 23. —E. M. Iv ey and Herndon Thomas. Atlanta busi ness men. are in a local hospital suffer ing from bullet wounds said to have been ■ inflicted at 4 o’clock this morning in an exchange of shots between Federal pro hibition agents and a party of tourists from Atlanta. The shooting occurred on the highway between this city and Hen dersonville. The other members of the party, A. J. Martin and J. M. Foley. Atlanta newspa per men. were pot hurt. They declare that a party of men blocked their car coming down the mountain and one man rushed into the car seizing a canteen of , water on tlie seat. Other men supposed to be officers, opened fire. Martin and Foley stated, and two of the Atlanta party were wounded but not seriously. The fire was returned but none of the officers was hurt. The officers then brought the wounded men into this city for treatment. Warrants have been taken out for the arrest of Reuben Gosnell, federal prohibi tion agent. John McCauley, state consta ble, and McCauley’s son, Albert. War rants were taken out shortly afterward by officers for the arrest of Mr. Ivey and Mr. Thomas. SELLS CURRENCY FOR 50 CENTS ON DOLLAR Mysterious Financier WVh Two Suit Cases Full of Bills. Is Sought in Flor ida. Tampa. Fla., June 21.—Officers of ; two counties tonight are searching for ! a mysterious man. who, is is said, ap peared at a blacksmith shop at Winter ; Haven, Polk county, with two suitcases filled with currency and sold a eonsid ; enable sum to a blacksmith for 50 cents on the dollar. The blacksmith, declared to be a re putable citizen and well-to-do financially, said the man drove up to his shop in an automobile Friday afternoon and asked hiin to get into the car to “see how it runs’ ’intimating that he was having trouble with it. A mile or more from the town, the blacksmith said, the man asked if he “desired to make some easy money,” and then opened a suit ease containing packages of SIOO bills. He sold two of these to the blacksmith for SIOO, stat ing “the money was from a hold-up and I was afraid to spend any of it my self.” According to the blacksmith, the man showed him another suitcase which was filled apparently with bills of SI,OOO de nominations. He made arangements to ifeturn to the blacksmith shop this Af ternoon to meet friends of the blacksmi u and sell them more of the money. Offi cers were notified and were concealed in the shop at the appointed hour, but the mysterious financier did not appear. Examination of the SIOO bills bought by the blacksmith revealed they were genuine and not conterfeit as was at first suspected. According to the black smith, the mysterious stranger had two pistols, one in his lap, and said in planning his return trip this afternoon, that only one man at a time “could approach his oar.” W. J. Bryan Arrives With ‘Peace* Plank. New York, .Tune 22. —William Jen nings Bryan, on his arrival here today, announced he would attempt to have a “peace” plant, as well as one relating to campaign contributors, written iu the Democratic platform. He is undecid ed. he said, whether to make a fight for a clearout declaration for prohibition enforcement, such as he waged four years ago at the San Francisco conven tion. Noted Lawyer Dead. Yonkers, N. Y.. June 23. —John F. Brennan, attorney for Mrs. Anne U. Stillman, and associate counsel for the New York Central Railroad, died sud denly of heart disease at his home here today. x With a dozen circuit swats to his credit so far this season. Thrasher, of the High Point team, is the Babe Ruth of the Piedmont League. Australia is the world’s largest pro ducer of wool. WHAT SMITTY’S WEATHER CAT BATS , Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday, probably scattered thundershowers. NO. 99
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