eK RILL, Editor and Publisher
/PLUME xlix
|-3 Floating Today
Over Broad Atlantic
A
in . standing by to Render
i n \ Help That Might Be
Vwc-sarv as Giant Zeppe
tin Continues Her Flight. |
PrtT MESSAGES
\OT picked up
}
,i Through Other Sources
Known the Giant Ship
4 far Has Had No Trou
,ie of Any Kind.
tit. 1 •'». —The Zeppelin
Atlantic*, and the navy
( i- <?atiding by to render
. aid be needed by the
. ' epoch-making jour
j iiAshafeu. Germany, to
r i-t. N. •>
\\, ni from the ZR-3 came
J . v |.an of aeronautics, but
r j„ 2 , laid not reached a point
„.,v\ apparatus could make
'■ H ] „ 11,1-. run ships stationed at
* , i the ocean aud through
" A imv - of information efforts
f jnade m k.-eji in touch.
On na W. Steele. American
s . ‘ j’ rfr on I>* ard. who will take
n ,| nf the dirigible upon her arrival
iik nii't. fold the navy department
radi 'gratu today of her de
#re f r nn Cr.miany where she was
5 {or the American government in
fortv : ty witli the terms of the ar-
a dding tlia’r she sailed smoothly
i the start and passed over the Bay
tviiv without incident.
L southern route is being followed,
s-r t!;i' lag craft in the steamship
Mcross the Atlantic which goes
rav of the Azores Islands to Bermu
ki weather conditions when the zep
i naciu ' I’.iTinuda doubtless will in-
officers in command
fe- flkht 'in selecting the route they
ufo. northward.
| v diip i> headed on regular
c . •, niurse she will reach the At
v h.-i of t!:e United States either
S <’.. or the mouth of the
k ;h I’,ay. As the southern route
long way around from Germany,
pi. i: •> assumed at the Navy I)e-*
pi: that the Zeppelin commander
jbi.iiiuv the shortest course he could
in IVrnmda for Lakehurst in order
s.:;t.sf t >eie. two omer Ameri
jjv: .fa rs and Major Kennedy of
as u sir servi«*e are on board the
Piisses Fayal.
!■ Azores Islands. Oct IB (By the
i>i:>!u l’re>s). —The giant dirigible
’ (1 Faya! at 2 :35 o'clock local
fternoon on lier way to Lake-
M -I. She was Hying in a westerly
tti'.n traveling at a good rate of
y ail was well on board the
% which was clearly outlined
it-t sfcy. Weather was fine with
•tLw.s riy breeze blowing.
ZR-3 Over Azures Islands. !
f r:.. Oct. i:{ (By the Associated
**•—The giant dirigible ZR-3 reach
b Azores Islands at noon. Greenwich
f * !l a. m. Kastern time) according
I wireless i>n>-sage received here.
Expect ZR-3 Wednesday.
«-:iur . \ j Oct. 13. —Officials at
C3V:| ! ■' ■" station here expressed belief
the ZR-3 would arrive here
II a• n Wednesday. The officials.
!r "‘ r the basis of a 4.300 mile trip.
Hhturb-tnee j,, p a tli of Zeppelin.
Ellington. Oct. 13.—A moderate
-aain- in the mid-Atlantic was re
practically in the path of
, " the naval ships on observa
'!:'v in connection with the trans
*»* flight.
H(i COI’NTY
Rl'M RENNER SENT VP
Bootlegger. Os Prominent
to Atlanta Penitentiary
■**• a"T:( li t. 12.—Lewis Long, al
"l'wstati* bootlegger, and said to
Soottes most spectacular rum
lr - was M nfenctHl to serve a year
in the United States prison
* "ivii by Federal Judge E. Yates
t I:l imday afternoon.
convicted on n wuisanee
and selling whisky. He also
, whbky. Notice of appeal was
j^ a f :V 1 * *.<hm 1 Jyi.nd posted. Long ex
a preference for the prison at
11 - ven an opportunity to
11 the Atlanta pen and
:r - unity roads by Judge
r ' an S !>eaks in New Mexico.
f T, i | t' X' w Mexico, Oct. 11. (By
Heii Press I. —(’has. IV. Bryan,
1 1 1 presidential candidate,
hen* last night, his ninth
* !‘ :u - that: all of his efforts iu
'"Hiion people, particular
'o lna-ka. had been based
' Principles advocated for
!| i' It a her “W. J.”
"‘"pie to call on candidates
I ‘i'Ane 1 li<‘inselves specifical
-1 the campaign the nom
ta-iu who refuses to
*!'•>. i’ ’ '"’t issues aud talks gen
place in office.”
Hll l . :
su,t (,f Swallowing Pin.
ttt'iuL. I - *' r H.—Carroll Herman,
German '* of Ir - and Airs. L.
Etpit a ] . '‘tawba county, died at
*'‘ >tf, rduy as the result of
!^«;rH n tn OPCn safpt * v P in * The
i!i fl the 1 Wai l of the oescopha
heart covering,
in the '",' 'v ,fm > TI Germany is the
°* the j” 1 according to the re
a'v,,s Commission..
THE CONCORD TIMES
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SHENANDOAH NEAR. CRAS<H ,
IX TRIP OVER THE ROCKIES
• Big Dirigible. Tossed By Cross Winds,
j Just Misses Hitting Mountain.
I Aboard I.S- S. Shenandoah, .-n route
from Fort Worth. Texas, to snn Diego.
Calif.. October 10. —Struggling into a
rearing wind that whist’ed down a
j mountain canyon en«t of Cochise. Ariz..
the dirigible Shenandoah, the pride of
the navy’s air fleet, proved her worth in
her greatest emergency during the oark
, ness of the enr'y morning ' when she
answered the helm and scraped by a
mountain peak at 700 feet altitude and
negotiated the dangerous gap in saiety.
At 3.07 o'clock there loomed ahead
. the black gulch between Pina Tinol. an
| 11.000-foot peak on the north, and be
tween I)os Cnbezas. a mountain of
7000 feet to the south.
Tlfe moon had disappeared and the
railroad tracks, which had been a dim
tine on the shadowy sands beneath,
faded out of sight.
Freight Train Guides.
Providentially a freight train twink
led into sight from behind a mountain
wall, and with this as a gilide. the
Shenandoah's nose was headed into the
pass.
The wind, which had joined with her
motors in driving her at a speed of 73
miles across the State of New Mexico,
had changed. Now it was roaring
against her. down the canyon at 2o
miles an hour.
The ship had climber to an altitude
of 7200 feet to be.as near a level w>th
the peaks as possible.
“Hard left." ordered Lieutenant
Lansdowrte on the bridge. The rudders
turned, but the big craft exposed' her
full length to the air edies that came
whirling over and around {he peaks.
The Shenandoah was bobbing like a
cork. All motors were driving at iT
speed which would have sent her along
at 50 miles an hour in a calm, bur she
deemed to stand still, hesitating.
Tll the control car the nerves of the
officers responsible for the safety of the
ship were tense. It seemed that every
man inside the huge bag of silk was
straining in sympathy with the craft.
Slowly she drofted to the right, and
a wall of mountain arose out of the
darkness so close that it seemed within
arm’s length. It was but a moment be
fore the whirling blades of the propel
lers were taking hold and gently, with
but a second to spare, she slid forward,
away from the mountain that would
have torn her fragile sides into shreds.
The Xghte of Fccb*s<» "v-. c-d
ahead at 4:12 a. m„ but the 'Shenan
doah’s' troubles were not over.
Twenty minutes later rtie green
switch lights of the cattle side track of
Manzoro were below and the ship was
at the mouth of Dragoon pass, narrower
than the former one and without moon
or favoring winds.
Again fate was kind: another freight
train showed the entrance to the shad
owy passageway, of canons. Although a
mile and a ha’f in the air. the big ship
was only a few hundred yards anove the
sides of the mountais and lower than
some of the peaks.
Drawing ahead at a speed of 74 miles
an* hour with a wind That roared
through the tunnel-like canyons, the
giant craft at times rose unry between
the highest peak, it was at an altitude
of 6SOO feet, following a new and un
charted course with only a winding
white ribbon* f highway and a glisten
ing black railway track as uncertain
guides. At other times it skimmed, the
ground so closely that frequently jagged
mountains almost walked in this Levia
than of the skies.
Before reaching the foothills of the
Rocky Mountains, the Shenandoah pass
ed over El Paso last night, sailing over
the mountains, twisting, turning, rising,
falling like a great bird, until the tor
tuous Rio Grande glistened ahead, the
giant craft turned here nose toward the
city’s lights, hovered a while over the
border metropolis and then sailed
majestically on. leaving the Texas
plains behind at 7 :50 p. m.
-STUARTS IN THE STATE
PRISON AT RALEIGH NOW
Father and Son Accused of Murder, Plac
ed in Death Row.
Raleigh. N. C., Oct. 13.—C. W. and
Elmer Stuart, father and win. sentenc
ed at Southport yesterday to die in the!
electric chair on November 2Sth. today
were occupying cells in the death row
at the state prison here having been
brought to Raleigh last night. The
Stuarts were convicted of slaying de
tective Leon George and deputy marshal
Sam Lilly. prohibition officers in
Brunswick county, on July 28, last.
Desert Caravans Disappear Before the
Modern Motors.
London, Oct. 9.—A plan to substitute
a motor car service over the deserts be
tween Bagdad and Persia and Constan
tinople and Persia, to take the place of
the old caravans, is being undertaken by
an English firm. The firm at present
is operating a service between Haifam,
Damascus and Bagdad. . m
The trip between Baghdad and le
heran* the capital of Persia, will take
three days and the ticket for the trip
including hotel accommodations and
I meals, will cost about sllO.
With Our Advertisers.
The Citizens Bank and Trust Co. will
act as the trustee of your will.
All stock of the Cabarrus County B. L.
& S. Association is non-taxable. All the
’ stockholders share alike in the profits.
The new party frocks and evening
: dresses at Fisher’s are beauties.
; The Parks-Belk Co. has just received a
; complete line of suiting at 39 cents a
yard, regular price, 50 cents.
, The rubber-cored golf ball was used
1 in America some five years before its
adoption by British players.
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GOVERNOR CAMERON MORRISON
•# ’ <* : -'v
Pa •- , , * ' |
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Governor Morrison will speak at the court house here tomorrow night at
K o’clock on Water Transportation ami Port Terminals. f"
GOVERNOR MORRISON TO
SPEAK HERE TOAIORROW !
Pert Terminals and Development of Wat- *
er Transportation to Be His Subject.
Governor Cameron Morrison, who is I
making a tour of the state at present, j
will speak in Concord tomorrow night on •
port terminals anil the development of!
water transportation. Governor Morri- |
son will speak at the court house at eight!
o'clock.
Governor Alorrison’s subject is not a
political one and he is being sponsored
iu his present campaign by members of
both parties. Prominent Democrats and
Republicans have joined together in an
effort to put across the terminal anjl wat
er transportation bill and in his address
here Governor Alorrison is expected to
be heard by Democrats and Republicans
alike.
The people of Nortli Uaroliua in the i
j
whether or not the State will undertake \
to develop water transportation and port j
terminals. Governor Alorrison is an ad- j
voeate of the bill and will give his side >
of the question in his address. The sub- *
ject is one of vital interest to the State
and persons who desire to know some
thing of the matter should hear Govern- |
or Alorrison.
i
AIR. AND MRS. GLEASON
RECOVERING RAPIDLY l
American Missionaries Were Injured in ;
Attack Made by Fanatics at Rangoon 1
Lis! Week.
Washington, (Vt. 13.—Rapid recovery
of Air. and Airs. Paul Bleason, American i
missionaries injured in an attack by j
fanatics at Rangoon last week was re- j
ported to the State Department today by I
Charles J. Pi stir, the American consul
there.
Gleason received knife wounds iu the
head, neck and back, and Airs. Gleason
two cuts in the forehead.
The consul reported that there had
been no neglect on the part of local au
thorities.
Forty-three Cases Good Liquor Seized, j
New York, Oct. 12. —The Norwegian
steamer Sagatind with 43.000 cases of
liquor aboard, and the small British I
schooner Diamatina, carrying an unde- j
termined amount- of liquor were seized j
by the coast guard cutter Gresham today |
off Sandy Hook.
The Sagatind had a crew of 25 men |
while the Diamantina was manned by a ]
crew of nine.
Dawes Plan Organization Established.
Paris, Oct. 13. (By the Associated i
Press). —The reparations commission for
mally announced today that the Dawes
plan organization lmd been fully estab- j
lishod aud that the German government j
had complied with all requirements to |
date under the agreement made at the re- I
cent international conference in London, I
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CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, OCTOBER 13 ,192*
CHEKIANG FORCES FOUGHT
HARD FOR LOST CAUSE
Did Not Know Armistice. In Which Lead
er Virtually Admitted Defeat, liad been
Signed.
. Shanghai. Oct. 13 (By the Associated
j Press). —Chekiang forces holding the de
| sense lines west of Shanghai, unaware
I that they were fighting, for a lost cause
I and uninformed that an armistice had
been signed last night in which their
leaders virtually admitted defeat, con
tinued firing into the enemy lines this
i afternoon.
A train from Nansiang, twelve miles j
west of here, brought in 300 Chekiang.;
soldiers who, when apprised of the turn
of events, joined other Chekiang troops ]
at the railway station north of here,
where an impromptu auction of clothing
j and equipment was held. A number of
| military motor cars were sold to bidders
j for $lO and upward.’ 4 **. -
| PRINCE OF WALES IS
VISITOR IN CHICAGO
! Tinting Greefeed British Heir When the
Train Reached Chicago Early Today.
Chicago. Oct. 13. (By the Associated
Press). —The Prince of Wales was greet
j ed by a throng when lie reached the en
i virons of Chicago today and descended
| from his train at Lake Forest to be the
! guest of Liuis F. Swift. He arrived iu
j the suburbs shortly after Ba. ra.
The prince and his party were whisk
i ed away by motor ears to the Swift es
i fate for breakfast. The royal visitor
| was expected to remain at Lake Forest
j until about 10 a. m. when he was to be
i brought to Chicago for a round of visits
i to points of interest, the first being the
! rock yards.
Preacher’s Car Searched for Liquor.
Knoxville, Tenn., Oct. 12. —An auto
mobile conveying Dr. E. F. Brown, pas
tor of Knoxville’s half million dollar
Baptist Church, his wife and family,
while returning to Knoxville from John
son City, where the minister had just
concluded a successful revival, was stop
! ped and searched for Whiskey by prohibi
i tion officers Saturday night. “I thorough
ly approve of the conduct of the officers."
was the comment of the Knoxville par
i son.
Refuses to Review Clements Case.
1 Washington, Oct. 13.- —The Supreme
| Court today refused to review the con
! viction of R. H. Clements and other for
j mer employees of the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe Railroad on the charge of
conspiracy to obstruct the mails and in
terfere with interstate commerce dur
j ing the shopmen's strike in 1922.
Choir Leader Lislocates Arm.
Princeton. N. J., Oct. 13.—An awful
j casualty of Saturday’s Prineeton-Lehigh
j football game was revealed today. Wil
liam Al. Alillard, of New London, Conn.,
j threw his right arm out of joint in di
recting the singing of Princeton rooters.
FdNOTCIBEB
TARIFF MEASURE IS
ATTACKED BY DAVIS
Presidential Candidate De
clares That Bill In His
Opinion Violates Constitu
tion of Country.
(TRADITIONS ALSO
VIOLATED BY ACT
Candidate Says Bill Gives
President Power That He
Should Not Have—Gener
al Dawes in Kentucky.
Indianapolis, Iml., Oct. 13. —It is the
opinion of John \V. Davis, Democratic
nominee for President and former presi
dent of the American Bar Association,
that the Ford ney-McC limber tariff bill
violates the constitution of the United
States.
Mr. Davis announced this belief in
an attack made here on the tariff act,
and reiterated today that the law “not
only violates the constitution of the
United States but also violates one of
the deepest traditions of the liberty-lov
ing peoples of the world.”
In support of this contention the can
didate cited the clause in the measure
which he says gives the president uncon
trolled discretion to raise the rates or
the tax or lower them ns much as 50
per cent. It makes no difference, he
pointed out. that the act had stated that
the President must be advised by tariff
board before rates were changed.
Dawes in Kentucky.
Louisville. Ky.. Oct. 13.—Beginning a
two days drive for Kentucky’s 13 elec
toral votes, (’has. G. Dawes, republican
vice presidential nominee, had on his
program here a noon luncheon meeting
with party leaders, followed by a recep
tion, radio speech at 3 o'clock and a for
mal address at the armory tonight.
j MRS. HALL-QUEST AND
MAJOR HART ARE FREE
j Both Are Divorced and Expected to Be
Married in Near Future.
j Chicago, Oct. 13. —With a divorce
i granted today in Cincinnati to Mrs. Ros-
I annual Hart, the last obstacle to the
* marriage of Mrs. Shirley Knox Hall-
Quest 4-hose, husband obtained a divorce
here iafct Tuesffay ’to enaßle hcre ft wcTT
Frederick William Hart was removed.
Mrs. Hall-Quest left her hotel last Tues
day night after the news of the divorce
granted to her husbafid had become pub
lic.
Major Hart, a public accountant, re
mained at his offices here but left the
city last night. His partners said to
day that the major was away on busi
ness, and would not return before Thurs
day and that the marriage of Mrs. Hall-
Quest and Major Hart would not take
place early this week.
Wife of “Perfect Ixner" Gets Divorce.
Cincinnati, 0., Oct. 13. —Mrs. Rosa
mund Hart obtained a divorce from Fred
erick William Hart “perfect lover” of
Mrs. Alfred Lawrence Hall-Quest in the
court of domestic relations here today.
Alimony agreed upon out of court con
sisted of. $5,000 cash and one-third of
Hart's income for the remainder of Mrs.
Hart's life.
BLOW COLD ON STRAW VOTE
La Follette Aids Deride Literary- Ligest
Poll as Grotesque.
I Washington. Oct. 11. —La Follette rep
resentatives here today issued an attack
011 the Literary Digest poll, and the Am
; erican Federation of Labor ridiculed it.
, La Follette headquarters asserted that
I the tendency of the “straw ballot" was
j "toward the financial interests.” Pointing
! out that in the past the Literary Digest
‘ was far from the actual results, they
; add: “Such grotesque results might in-
I dicate that the Digest in running its
polls is actually what some persons have
charged it with being—an agency of big
business —which in the natural course of
\ business buys larger advertising space.
| Certainly big business opposed the sol
j diers’ bonus and favored the Mellon plan.
| So did the Digest poll.”
Matthew Woll, spokesman for the Am
' erican Federation of Labor, thinks that
j the public is discounting the straw vote.
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1 Mis. Ratnseur Dies on Street at Salis
j bury-.
Salisbury. Oct. 11. —Mrs. G. A. liain
• seur, of China Grove, fell dead in this
! city this afternoon. Mrs. Ramseur had
1 looked after some business Uptown and
| had taken a street car 011 her way to
\ Miss Edith McKenzie's on South Fulton
I Street. Leaving the car she had walked
f a short distance when she suddenly fell.
| A physician hastily summoned said
If death had been instantaneous, the cause
if given as heart trouble. Mrs. Ramseur is
;| survived by the following children : Miss
I Mary Ramseur, who is doing mission
I work at Graniteville, S. C.; T. M. Ram
il I seur. of Baltimore; Mrs. Bate Alien, of
II Kernersville, and Summie Ramseur, of
i ' Salisbury. Funeral arrangements are
,1 not announced tonight.
ill Jim Jeffries, former world’s taeavy
!;! weight champion, has gone into the
ill movies, enacting 3the role of the village
:| blacksmith in a film comedy. The part
;:| should come natural to Jim as he learn
:| ed how to swing the big hammer in his
"I days as a boilermaker.
Noted Band Leader Dead.
i;j Reading, Pa., Oct. 13.—Monroe A,
j Althous. noted band leader, died at his-
J home here last night in his seventy-sec
:i ond year.
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iff Cotton on the local market today if
iJ quoted at 22 1-2 cents per pound. Cot
'2 j ton seed at 52 1-2 cents.
HON. R. L DOl GHTON
SPEAKS IN MT. PLEASANT
Candidate f r Congress Heard In- I^arge
Audience in Auditorium Saturday
Xiglrt.
Hon. R. L. Doughton. of the
congressional district, spoke to a
and enthusiastic audience SatuJ
’ night at the auditorium at Mt. Pleas
ant.
The meeting was presided over by
Mayor Otha Barringer who in ft few
wey chc.sen remarks inTroduced Major
|W. A. Foil, of Concord, candidate for
the State Senate.
Major Foil began by paying his re
spects to Isaac M. Meekins. of Eliza
beth City. Mr. Meekins. in one of his
gubernatorial addresses, intimated, it is
alleged, that 225 of the State banks
I should be closed. Major Foil proceed
ed to show that there would be a great
danger of a panic in North Carolina
w*cre this to be put into effect. He
also pictured to his amlie'nce the incon
venience which would be theirs were the
bank at Mt. Pleasant, which is solvent,
closed for no better reason ‘ than that
which Mr. Meekins had to offer.
Air. Foil then stated that Mr. Meek
ins was a promoter of a bank at Eliza- 1
beth City and that the bank had failed,
therefore Mr. Meekins could speak from
experience. It was further stated that
if the banks of North Carolina were not
closed until Mr. Meekins became gover
nor. they would never be closed.
To the statement of Mr. Meekins
which claimed for a representative of j
Surry county the responsibility for the]
good reads in North Carolina, Mr. Foil i
made a flat denial. He went further j
to say that H. S. Williams, who was at 1
that time in the Legislature from this j
county, voted against the good roads |
bond issue every time it came to a vote
in that Legislature. .
Mr. Doughton then took the floor and I
made, according tfc persons present, one
of the host energetic speeches of his
career. Mr. Doughton showed what he
had done as representative from the
Eighth district. His first point, was
that, of his record in getting money for
North Carolina for good roads. Air.
Dcugliton stated that he had been influ
ential in having nine million dollars
worth of roads put in the state with
federal money. *
As to agriculture, it was shown that
there had been a constant effort to pro
mote this important branch of industry
not only in North Carolina but also in
every state in the Union.
Air. Doughton praised Mr. McLean,
Democratic candidate for governor, very
highly. Among other things which Air.
AlcLean had done of importance, Air.
Doughton pointed out, especially his
work as a member of the War Finance
committee.
The Federal Reserve banking system
was given high commendation and it was
said 'that had it no been for this stystejn
4N(tm hr* the t
there would have .been a disastrous
panic following the war. The matter
of the increased cost of agricultural im
plements was spoked of and it was shown
that since 1914 there had been a doubl
ing in thi* prices due largely to the Alel
lon tax.
In regard to the . North'Carolina school
system, Afr. Doughton said that he be
lieved that there should be 110 lagging
in this work until every boy and girl
had the same advantages. 110 matter
whether he lived in the city or in the
country.
Air. Doughton took a dig at the Re
publican leaders and spoke -of the 109,
009 dollars which Air. Falls received for
giving the oil leases to Air. Dohen.v.
The address was closed by making a
tribute to John W Davis with whom
Air. Doughton said he sat in the House
and a tribute to Woodrow Wilson.
STATE STILL TRYING
TO GET I)R. PEACOCK
Will Apeal Case in California Courts If
That Procedure Is Possible.
Raleigh. Oct. 11.—No word has been
received at the State prison today from
Warden Sam Busbee as to further de
velopments in the fight to get Dr. J. M.
Peacock from California. Major Hugh
Love, the prison chief clerk, was ex
pecting a report tomorrow on the status
of the case as the result of the Cali
fornia judges’ order releasing Peacock
under habes corpus.
Attorney General Alanning. question
ed tonight, was not familiar with the
California laws relating to appeals iu
habeas corpus proceedings. The Harry
Thaw case, he pointed out. was appealed
to the Supreme Court of the I nited
States, but he did not know if Cali
fornia legal procedure would permit an
appeal.
Further action depends on attorneys
for North Carolina engaged in Califor
nia bv Warden Busbee. It was con
sidered certain that if an appeal can be
■ taken from the judge’s decision it will
be done.
- - prison officials are represented as de
• termined to take every step possible in
1 their efforts to get Peacock.
I _
> Five Trainmen Killfu.
1 New Milford, Pa., Oct. 13—The en
-1 gineer and fireman of a pusher engine at
• the rear of a freight train were killed and
1 three other trainmen injured today when
• a Buffalo passenger train on the Lacka
s wanna Railroad running through a heavy
■* f OK crashed into the slowly moving
1 ! freight one mile west of here. No pas
‘isengers were injured, it was said.
f ■_ -= ——
e WHAT SMITTY’S WEA’IUKR CAT
SAYS
l. EEtJEzt: --i:
Fair tonight an#?vVsday. lfttle change
in temperature.
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
FIGHT OK RUM SHIP
TEN VESSEL
IS TAKEN TO PORT
Norwegian Steamer Saga
tind and Her Cargo of 43,-
000 Cases of Liquor Seized
by American Cutter.
CREW MEMBERS l
IN BAD SHAPE
Some Were Drunk, Others
Shot and Still Others Bad
ly Briused and Captain
Was Locked in His. Cabin.
New York. OcR 13.—Rolling lazily on
a gentle swell in the lee of Sandy Hook,
with her crew of 32 in irons and her
cargo of 43,009 cases of liquor under
government seal, tile seized Norwegian
steamship Sagatind this morning awaited
j disposition at tlie liquids of the Federal
government. There was nothing to sug-
S gest the tumultous scenes which had
j been enacted on her decks before the coast
! guard cutter Seneca sighted her floating
I aimlessly about 40 miles out of New
| York without a helmsman. When the
Seneca came upon the Sagatind just be
fore dawn yesterday the lookout of the
| cutter hailed the ship, and receiving no
response, fired three shots across her
bow. When there was no sign of life
aboard, (’apt. It. L. Blake, of the Sen
eca ordered his men to board her. acting
under a law permitting seaich of a ves
sel known to lx* in conimonica'tion with
the shore.
The customs men found two ts&iiors
asleep in the wheelhoiife. Below deck*
they found the rest of the crew.
Some were asleep, some were in their
bunks nursing broken bones, and some
were staggering about in a drunken stu
port. Nearly all were nursing black eyes.
The captain was found locked in his
cabin with 12 rifles and six revolvers be
side his bunk.
“AIEEKINS DID SAY IT.”
SAY NEWSPAPER MEN
Gastonia Journalists Ready to Take
Oath As to Rank Utterance.
Gastonia, Oct. 11.—That 001. Isaac
AL Aleekins. Republican candidate for
Governor, did state in his Gastonia
night- tfcat 225
Stare Btillfo ought to be closed up be
cause of ill management is testified to
by prominent, citizens here, who heard
him.
The Colonel in his Concord speech
Friday denied this, saying “I did not
say at Gastonia or anywhere else that,
there are 225 banks in the State that
should be closed.” Three newspapermen
of this city, arc willing to sign affidavits
that Meekins said here.
“There are 520 State banks in North
Carolina today and 225 of these ought
to be shut up as they are being managed
by men whom God Almighty never in
tended to be bankers.”
Hugh A. Query. Daily Gazette edi
tor and correspondent to the Associated
Press; Emmett D. Atkins, business
manager of the Gazette and Charles
Ala rehall, reporter and correspondent
are willing to swear to the above.
GERALD CHAPMAN IS
BEING SOUGHT AGAIN
Escaped Prisoner Is Believed to Be the
Slayer of Policemen at New Britain
New York, Oct. 13.—Gerald Chapman,
mail robber, who escaped from the At
lanta prison in April, 1923, now is being
sought for the murder early yesterday
of a policeman in New Britain. He has
eluded the police of New York. Connecti
cut and Alassachusetts with the same
skill lie showed in escaping three times
from the authorities .after his capture
in 1921 for a million dollar mail robbery
in this ofty. His confederate in a rob
bery which yesterday led to the killing
of a policeman was Walter E. Shean,
son of a well known family of Spring
field. Alass. Shean was captured as he
was entering an automobile waiting near
the store which the pair undertook to
rob.
Police said that Chapman did the
shooting.
Says He’s Youngest Johnny Reb Alive.
Albemarle. Oct. 11. —J. L. Gilbert, a
well known Confederate veteran of the
Aquadale seClnon. was in Albemarle
Tuesday. He claims to be the youngest
Confederate veteran living. Not only
that, but he says he was the youngest
Confederate soldier who carried a gun
jn the war between the states. He is
new 74 years old and the >tory of his
enlistment into the army of the Southern
Confederacy is an interesting one. At
the age of 12 years, which was in tin*
early part of ’O3, Air. Gilbert says, one
of his brothers, who was already in the
army, came home on furlough. His
brother was in Captain Howell s com
pany. which company was at that time
located at Wilmington. M hen young
Gilbert’s brother was ready to return to
his company, the twelve year-old lad de
cided to accompany him. He hung
around camp for some time. Then the
company under Captain Howell was or
dered to move to Fort Fisher. “Captain
Howell told me,” said Air. Gilbert, “that
I would either have to return home or
enlist as a soldier, and as I did not
want to go back home. I decided to en
list.” Air. Gilbert was engaged in some
of the fiercest battles of the war. He
fought arCund Petersburg and Richmond,
and wasin Hoke's division at the battle
of Bentcnsville, this State.
The United States Department of
Agriculture estimates there will be 12.-
■ 787,000 bales of cotton produced in the
United States this season.
NO. 29.