Editor and üblisher ■ OIE l,x m MEN OF 1111 SESSION jsheville now L \ Holding Its An- Uieeting at Grove Park LFourteen States Rep- Led at Meeting. Lent heard ‘ in his address Otit What Has Been Lin Past and Outlines [v Suggestions for the lire. _ [, , (1 !, i; The annual report . \.-w!u>. r. President, con th ’future "1 nrwspaperdom in L 1 i iis mvnniplishmeuts of the 1:1 t | u . features this morn- L‘Southern Newspaper l’ublish f -it the opening of the ou ii -i ar drove l’ark Inn. It >! meet ins of the organization ,*avel of Mr. Newniyer fell* fraoruins basiaes> session there L r p|' rr ,eiitation present from L rn -rates. Lv'iiver's report was an effective L As-oeiation's work of 'the |onpertnnity for future use- L relation to the general newspa [ ti u . South. Besides his re- V-Mu-iation also heard reports L r , ami coimnittee chairmen. L x c_, July ti. —Pointing out L newspapers the opportunities Lfities for the future and re ftiif past performances marked [spot- «»f President A. (I. New- Lniial re[N»rt to the members of hern Xwspaper PubPshers* As lin se-sion here. Lmyer -rated lie would deviate [ established custom of solely L j WS f performances and denied br to place 10-fore the members Cfrankly his impression of the Is for future Southern* newspa- Lw. and direct the attention of ier- to certain obstacles, as well CaaitV-, lie added: ”1 am con time has come when only [patin. open understanding ot all ■ our present organization situa- Eyou Intelligently instruct. your liicers as to the course you de la likew -e members of the r Xwspaper Publishers Associa te 1 f bK it can be seen, lie add- I orie-Tinrd of the membership sup r nia -i" r newspaper organizations P eamtor makes for certain dup o ettttort and of assessments. He f ■ Member to support "first and I own new-paper association P'tntrt inconrng officers to meet [committee of the A. X’. P.. A. P a fiton or co-ordination I ‘it group- will draw the Icm i tmdeniahly possesses” and |! ,0 "maximum effieieney” P ogieul assessments. kiu» a " N ' nw,|,l hers able to do K- '' associations, saying I vii'ii . 8< ts ils a house. I a important need. Its es- I '*atinn\vi(ie influence is tre- f *■ added. 1,1 ll ' l “ n Williams, who be ; u *“ association in the ■a* dj,| H u- ! ," r a ' ertain amount of |ilr v 1 " * • -hdinson, treas thp members I s ‘ more to rcaji greater re- I battle «_„■ . fii'N-e ,Ih ‘ se( ‘ or, d rate I’k'ni ( . ( U j ts ‘Escribed as the seri- Kr. n (i "' ll,Ul K the association Kmoiint l " i ath 'ntifirt the school at I M'oprted by the A. Jm. The M . aT or a V (, f this n r ' urged final dis • n ‘«tter. ami 1 " 1 ,;n,, rcs of the past :|)| i l 'j‘. ,N fur the future I ‘"K Kroup advertis ■ t..T " m«: lU J ‘ ,s [)i P in Ocean. W WCV".* Cuol anj', 1 !' 111 ,I,p °ccan to ■l 10 President came Kh n f 1 rs - Adolhpus „ 1( ’. President's naval ir > a pool in rMt'Jig th«. w protected I " Ul 'i by rocks. THE CONCORD TIMES FORTY-FOUR BODIES MEN FROM WRECK OF PICKWICK CLUB Were Victims of the Disaster Which Occurred During - Morning of July Fourth In Boston HalL WORKERS ARE ON THE JOB STILL Brick by Brick They Are Re moving Debris With the Hope of Removing All the Bodies From Wreckage. Boston, July G.—The 44th body was taken from the wreck' of the Pickwick Club, once a gay night resort, early today just fifty hours after the timing of the “night before the 4th“ revelers were flung down and buried with the collapse of the building. All night long the search had gone for ward. Cnder the concentrated glare of dozens of arc lights an army*of men had patiently, brick by brick, worked their way down through the mass of debris, pausing now and then to lift another unfortunate. By this t me they had found nearly all. "Ella's” body, Miss Ella Cauley. was brought out pitifully bruised. In her j dress she found the money for which she had smiled away the broad bandings of! the guests that she might realize her hope of marriage and a home. MRS. THOS C. LINN, OF SALISBURY IS DEAD Wife of Prominent Member of Rowan * Bar Dies After Illness of Several Months. Salisbury. July s.—Mrs. Annie Doll Stahle Linn, wife of Thomas C. Linn, member of the Salisbury bar. died at her home here. 120 South Fulton street, to night at 8.30 o’clock., following an ill ness of several months. Mrs. Linn was born at Gettysburg. Pa., the daughter of Henry .T. and LouiSe Stahle. of Gettysburg, Pa., and Frederick. Md. She had lived in Salis bury for the past 35 years. She leaves, besides her husband, hree children: Stahle Linn, of the Salisbury bar and now on hi** wedding tour in Canada;,: Mis*- Mary Linn, society editor of the Salisbury Post: and Thomas C. Linn. •Tr.. of the reportorial staff of the New York Times. The hour of the funeral had not been set tonight it was announced, but will probahl.v be either Tuesday or Wed nesday. MAN CRUSHED TO DEATH IN JAWS OF BIG CRANE Was Setting on Crane Unnoticed by the Operator When Machine Was Set In Motion. Rock Hill. S. C.. July 3.—Benjamin Wynn, of Union, S. Cl, worker at the site of a dam under construction above Rock Hill, lies dead today in a hos pital here as a result of an accident which occurred last night when he was crushed between the iron jaws .of a huge crane. Wynn was sitting in the crane unnoticed by the operator when the machine was set in motion. He was rushed to the hospital here but died shortly after the accident. Rel atives were summoned and arrived early today. Burial will be at I nion today. With Our Advertisers. In a half page ad. today the Parks- Belk Company gives some facts regarding the closing of the stores. Read the ad. and you will understand the position this firm takes in this matter. - New Victor Records, player rolls ; pi anos, players and Vietrolas at the Kidd- Frix Music & Stationery Co. See the list of New Victor Records for July in the ad. of the Bell & Harris Fur niture Co. today. The Southern Railway System will op erate on July lflth, a popular excursion to Florida points. Round fare fi-om Concord to Jacksonville $15.50. Other points included in special rates. See ad. Negro Found Dead in Woods Near Raleigh. Raleigh, July 3.—Walter , Snipes, negro carpenter, believed to have car ried big sums of money, was found dead yesterday aftrnoon in Oberlin woods, several miles from Raleigh. Death at the hands of sotneoody to the jurors unknown” was the verdict of Coroner Waring’s jury. The dead man was found after his body had been sev eral da vs in the woods. His pockets had been turned inside out and there were ■ other evidences of robbry. He worked for a local contractor. , f The head of the old man as, ba( ’ y . battered by some kind of a blunt v- strument. liars Off Artomla! I(s Heat Ha!oh« X- a a riz Julv 4.—While the Mid : ,Cn Ari t arp hieh southern Art century mark are nign. natural ; S J -w?h»t"“ioca y ba«or or brood {Md store maaaser reported today ( that three e*** w.hk-h he left on a « ' ,h?L we"» To. eraehed today and that three hunky ehieke ‘, m< ' r *' 10 n here for perot,ire has been above 100 h*™ many days. Aw *!r‘Sf r w^-p« i o anncnfneeiuent' here today s a\-; : JBS.'W! rss ss-“ ■ When a Mountain Peak Fell Off . I * < - v .. n * .. m x 1 -- < i a c" ' 3 f ■x- ■ • '.ssß ■ :lwi: -• ••x mmk- i a L Um land8lld» HENRY WINECOFF INJURED BY NEGRO THI MORNING' Altercation Between Glenn Winecoff ami Negroes Results in Arrest of One. Other Escaping. Henry Winecoff was injured tlrs morning when he was struck by a negro, Brooklyn Brown, with the butt of a gun after lie had gone to the negro's home to | investigate a quarrel between his son, Glenn, and Hardy Brown, father of the boy. His condition was said not to be se rious despite the fact that the physician found it necessary to take a number of stitches in closing the wound oil his head. The quarrel started early this morning when Glenn and Hardy Brown began arguing and then exchanged blows. Har dy's family,.his son and his wife, en tered the altercation and drove Glenn from the farm which belongs to Mr. Winecoff. Glenn then went home and told his father of the affair. The two of them re turned and when they did, they were met by the negroes led by Brooklyn Brown, who had a gun in his hand. Mr. Winecoff) attempted to disarm the black and when j he did so, he was struck on the head. j Police were notified and arrested Hardy 1 Brown but have not beep able to find I jus boy yet. A Iwariug will probably be held this afternoou at Recorder’s court, j EUROPEAN PARTY DOING FINE FIRST DAY OUT H. W. Blanks Semis Radio Message to Tinies-Tribune Saying “All Well.” ■ Members of the party sailing Saturday from New York with H. W. Blanks for 1 an European trip, were ‘‘all well” Sun-' day. according to a message sent by Mr. Blanks late Sunday afternoon to The! Times and The Tribune. The message j was sent by radio from the steamship Leviathan via New York City and read: . “Wonderful trip. All well. Notify I friends. \ “BLANKS.” This message sets at rest rumors that some members of the party were unable to get on the Leviathan. In some man ner such a report became current here yesterday morning but apparently it was without foundation. Before leaving Concord Mr. Blanks made arrangements to send messages to The Times and The Tribune at stated intervals, and if he is able to carry out his plans relatives and friends of- the members of the party can keep in touch with them througli the medium of these messages. THREE THOUSAND AND FIVE HUNDRED LICENSES SOLD Total Number of Tags Disposed of An nounced * Today.—Amount Is Nearly Fifty Thousand Dollars. The total number of licenses issued from the local officer of the Carolina Mo tor Club, which has its headquarters at the Y\ M. C. A., up to date is 3,409, sold for a total amount of $40,402.05. The number of licenses sold Saturday was 2GO for an amount of $3,782.50. The drop in the sales which has been expected for several days came today when many less than the usual number applied for _tags. The new tags have been on sale since June 15th. . Mrs. Lee Ffnlayson Died, Yesterday at Virginia Beach. Mrs. Lee Finlayson; mother of Mrs. E. T. Cannon, of this city, died last night at Virginia Beach at 10:30 o’clock. She had been seriously ill for some time and her death wAs not altogether unex pected. . E. T. Cannon, who was in Concord when the news of Mrs. Finlayson’s death came, left this morning with Dr. J. C. Rowan for Goldsboro, where the funeral is to be held tomorrow morning at 7 o’clock. Mrs. W. H. Wadsworth, Mrs. I, E. Roger. Mrs. J. B. Womble and Luther Brown left early this afternoon for Goldsboro. Mrs. Womble is to sing at the fuheral and Mr. Brown will be a pallbearer. Captain Amundsen Is Given Noisy Wel come. Oslo. Norway, July s.—Captain Roald , Amundsen, with Lincoln Ellsworth, his American colleage, and the others who accompanied him on his north polar ex ' pendition. came to Oslo .today in„tbe spa plane N-25, which they were able to salvage from the polar ice for their re turn to Spitzbergen. ' From Spitzbergen the explorers were brought to Horten on the government steamer Albrewhelmer, f reaching port at midnight last night. *.■■— 1 11 ~ We got down late today. The alarm 1 4 clock rang but we decided maybe it was the wrong number. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS CONCORD, N. C., MO NDAY, JULY 6, 1925 | BEGIN INQUIRY INTO KIDNAPPING OF MEN Sheriff Seeks to Solve Mystery of Kid napping of VV. I). Mason and Law rence Bowman. Chattanooga. Tcnn,, July G.—Sheriff Tom Felman this morjimig began an in- > vestigatkm into the fttor.v told by Dr. I IV. I). Mason, local; veterinarian, and j Lawrence Bowman, alleged feudist in j aid of prohibitions officers that they had i been kidnapped on Signal Mountain and kept captives for ten days. The two men who disappeared on June 23rd were found yesterday morning by Jim Thomas. | mountaineer, who was hunting stray hogs, handcuffed and tied to trees in the wilds about fifteen wiles from Chata nooga. Bowman and Mason were in a serious condition as result of their experience. Bowman said while driving along the road at night they were set, upon by five 'men wearing tow sacks ovci? their heads, over powered. and taken into the woods. Bowman and Mason-had been lured to the mountain by,a fakd telephone message | and were returning home when attacked. (Their disappearance was discovered next day when Mason’s ear was fqiind on the ■mountain with blood stains on the running [board and containing bats of the van j Posses immediately took up the search j | and combed the mountains including the i I place where Bowman and Mason were found, bearing out statements of the vic tims that they had been moved to differ ent trees each lrglit of their captivity. NO INQUEST INTO THE DEATH OF ALBERT MADDOX Coroner Thinks Man’s Death Was Due to i Blows Received From Belt at Pump Station. • ! Rock Hill. S. C., July 6—Coroner Mc ; Corkle of Yorke County, today derided 1 that an inquest into the death of Albert i Maddox, hydro electric power operator of the Southern Power C’o., would be unnec essary. Maddox died Saturday afternoon after being unconscious since Thursday” when he was found at the company’s develop ment project seven miles from Rock Hill. A private investigation by the coroner, he stated, revealed the fact that Maddox was struck by a belt of a pump at the dam which threw him down an embank ment. Two marks found on the dead man’s body, one on the left side of his neck and one on his left arm, were caused by the belt, the coroner decided. EYCK OF COMPETITION BOOSTING COAL PRICES i This Is Suggestion Made by the Federal Trade Commission In Report Prepared Foi\ Congress. Washington, July 6.—Congress is ask ed in a report by the Federal Trade Com mission to restore the anthracite industry to a “normal, competitive basis” and thus assure an adequate supply at reason able prices. The report dealing with the past high prices of the fuel viewed “persistent ef forts of the Department of Justice to disintegrate the anthracite combination” as successful to a large degree, and sug gested similar action by Congress to ob viate high premium prices in times of ac tual or anticipated storage. Complete restoration of competition in the indus try, in the opinion of the commission would be preferable to price regulation. 117 PERSONS IN EAST KILLED ON JULY FOURTH Various Causes Given for Deaths Which 1 W’ere Reported in the Eastern States. j New York, July 6. — At least 117 eele ' brants of the Fourth of July week-end are dead in the East and 175 injured. I Restrictions on old fashioned ways of celebrating hefd deaths by fireworks to twelve, but motor accidents killed thirty ’ four, while fourty-four are known to Wave perished when a Boston building col lapsed during a dance. Twenty-five were drowned. Airplane I crashes killed two. About 145 of the j injured were automobilists. ' Governor tj> Address Press Meeting. > (My the Associated Press! u ' Raleigh. July 6. —Governor A. W. Me ■[Lean will leave early Wednesday for 0 Asheville where pn Tbitrsday evening lie ‘ will address the North Carolina Press 11 Association. a . ' . 24 Salary and Wage Commission to Meet. I Raleigh. July G.—The state salary and wage commission will meet Wednesday a to begin the draft of its final report fix s ing wages and standardizing the hours of work for state employees. I THE COTTON MARKET Opened Barely Steady at Decline of 6 to 15 Points. With Prices Later Declin ing 25 to 32 Points. New York. July G. —The cotton market opened barely steady today at a decline ■ of G to 15 points in response to relative ly easy Liverpool cables and reports of J more favorable weather in the South over | the two day adjournment. Local trad ers were apprehensive that the rainfall had not been sufficient to relieve the droughty conditions in Texas, but the lower temperatures were considered bene | ficial and the market here showed net losses of 25 to 32 points by the end of the first hour, October selling off to 22.82. Private cables said Liverpool had declined under local and provessional selling on reports of ra ; ns in the South and that spinners were showing little interest, while Manchester anticipated a lower bas is, as a result of last week's government report. Cotton futures opened barely steady. July 22 05 ;Oct. 23.05; Dec. 23.00; Jan. 22.00; March 22.87; May 23.07. JACKSON AND SKIPPER ARE DECLARED GUILTY Kidnapping. Secret Assault and Battery Verdict to CmnbN-fertff Flogging TriaL Fayetteville, July 3.—Walter Jack sou. farmer, merchant and bank director of Robeson county. anti Tom Skipper, farmer of Cumberland county, were found guilty of kidnaping and secret as sault and battery when a verdict was re turned at G :25 this evining by the jury trying them in Superior Court for the flogging of Rudolph Williard the night of May 2G. They will be sentenced by Judge H. A. Grady tomorrow morning. Both defendants were locked up for the night after taking leave of the female members of their families, who showed much grief. Jackson exhibited traces of emotion, but Skipper con tinued to bear the same solid calm that he had shown throughout the trial. Jackson is unmarried but lias been at tended through his trial by his two sisters and aged father. Skipper is a married man, his bride being sister to the wife of Rudolph Willard- Jackson has been out on bond of $5,000. ITALY AROUSED OVER THEFT AT ST. PETERS Pope Himself Taking Keenest Interest in Investigation of the Bold Robbery. Rome, July 6.—The Pppe himself is taking the keenest interest in the inves tigation of the robbery of the treasury of St. Peters Friday night when thieves escaped with precious objects valued at more than 1,000.0000 lire, but irreplac able because of their significance to the church. A storm of indignation and horror is found in all circles of Italian life at the audacity of the crime. Minister of the Interior Federozoni has taken personal charge of the police investigation. ENGLAND HAS SENT NO NOTE TO THE SOVIETS However. Government Ready to Take Whatever Action It Thinks Is Requir €cl London, July G.—Foreign Secretary Chamberlain today told the House of Commons that Great Britain had sent no note to Russia regarding recent events in China, but that the British government “reserved full liberty to take whatever ac tion it might think was required.” He was referring to reports that the British might break diplomatic relations with Russia because of the soviet influ ence in the recent Chinese troubles. \ Prepare to Dismiss Oil Suit. Cheyenne, Wyo., July 6. —Counsel in the government’s suit for annulment of the Teapot Dome Naval Reserve lease held by the Mammoth Oil Co., appeared before Judge T. B. Kennedy in Federal Court here today to formulate the decree dismissing the suit, in accordance with Judge Kennedy’s recent decision. Counsel for the government, Atlee Pomerene and Owen J. Roberts, also j will take up with the court the fixing jof date before which an appeal by the I government to the eighth circuit court ! of appeals must be filed and the continu ation of Teapot Dome receivership • meanwhile.* The Mammoth and other interested ; Sinclair--cpnipanies were represented at the hearing by Gebrge C. Hooveh of AVashington; G. T. Sanford and R. W. Raglan, of New York, -and- John W. I Lacey, of Cheyenne. The fire lo#« in the United State for i 1023 amounted "to $335,000,000, the largest in the history of the country. 1 Boy Gets $20,000 MBU William Hays, 19, gets $20,000 for four months work as office boy for the late Charles Herboth of St. Louis. Herboth in his will ordered one-third of his $740,000 estate di vided among his employes, and the courts ruled Hays was entitled to . . ane thlrty-second of this share. KIZER IS RETIRING AS ROWAN SCHOOL CHIEF Superintendent of Schools For Past 34 Years—Succeeded By George Howard Salisbury, July s.—Prof. R. (i. Kizor is this week retiring' as head of the Rowan county school system, a position he has held for the past 34 .rears. He will, however, eontinlie a vital connec tion with the system in an advisory capacity so that the schools of the county may have the benefit, of his knowledge in school administrative mat ters. During his 34 years of consecutive service, Mr. Kizer has served under seven state superintendents. Prior to his connection with the county schools he has served 15 years as superintendent of the Salisbury schools and has taught in the- county. Professor Kizer is sueceeiled as coun ty superintendent by George Howard. , >vbo ctmjes from the state educational forces. Air. Howard is a son of George Howard, of Tarboro. He lias held several important positions with educational institutions in the state. He taught at Goldsboro, in the North Carolina col lege at Greensboro, was county superin tendent of Edgecombe and in that posi tioin put on the first trucks to be used in the state to convey rural children to school. This summer he taught rural administration in the university of Ken tucky. STATE STILL IN GRIP OF UNUSUAL HEAT WAVE No Relief in Sight From High Tempera tures for Next 48 Hours. Raleigh. N. C, July G.—With North Carolina still in the grip of a heat wave that promised maximum temperatures ranging up to 05 in various sections of the state today there was no relief in sight for the next '4B hours, it was stated at the office of the wgather bureau here. By 11 o’clock the temperature at Raleigh had reached 00 and was climbing. An 8 o'clock observation showed 81 per cent, humidity. AA’eather officials here pointed out that there were 17 days in June with a maximum temperature above 00 and that out of G July days so far only one furnish ed a maximum under 00. That was July Ist when the maximum was only 84 de grees. June broke all records for heat dura tion section of North Carolina. >■ “ ' Charlotte’s New City Hall Near Comple tion. Charlotte, July 5. —Charlotte’s new municipal center being erected on East Avenue at a cost of more than $(>00,000 will be ready for occupancy by the of ficials of the city government before the end of the month. J. A. Jones, contractor, announced today. The new central fire station and the police and city court buildings, two of the four structures in Jthe group have been completed while the city hall, the i main building in the group, will be ready in about two weeks, according to Mr. Jones. The city’s new municipal center will be somewhat unique, according to city officials. The city hall, a large struc - ture* costing between $200.00 and $300.- 000, is located in the center of a group of buildings housing the various depart ment of the city government. Three oth er buildings, the fire station, the city police station and court building and f the health building are included in the . work now being rushed to completion. I The plan of which the buildings were [ erected is such as to provide for ex- J pansion at any time.| To Investigate Workings of New Postal j Rates. ) Washington. July 6—Plans were com ; plted foday by the joint Congressional 1 commission for exhausive hearings in va t rious parts of the country on the work* - iugs of the new postal rates. i The co mm mi ssce is made up of three members of the Senate post office com- I mittee and three members of the House t eommmittee, and headed by Senator f Moses, Republican, of New Hampshire. Call for National Bank Statements. Washington. July G. —The comptroller of the currency today issued a call for r the condition of all national banks at s fife close of business on Tuesday, June *3oth. $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. FRENCH REPORT BIG -""'CESSES 111 THE ' muuROCON FIGHTING Several Riffian Attacks Have Been Repulsed With Heavy Losses to Invaders, Late Reports Say. SUCCESSSESAID NATIVE PEOPLE Have Restored Confidence Which Natives Had Lost In Some Sections.—lnvad ers Have Been Routed. Fez. French Morocco, July 6. (By the Associated Press). —It was officially an nounced today that the French would re move all women and children from Knza as a precaution. Sunday night the French admitted reserves on the front near Kaza. The French captured all arms and mu nitions of the attacking tribesmen. These successes, French officials said, have produced excellent effect on the Morae cans whose loyalty to the French has I been doubted of late. Severely Defeat Invaders. Fez. Morocco, 'July G (By the Associ ated Press). —The French severely de feated Abdel Krim’s tribesmen in two engagements yesterday. The natives at tacked Ain Mntous and Kisfane. They lost heavily at the first and were routed at the second place. Take Extra Measures. Rabat, French Morocco, July G (By the Associated Press). —French military authorities announced that they have “had to take special measures because of the hostility of a number of tribes along the eastern sector has become so pronounced. The French government admitted Sun day that the defection of the Moroccan tribesmen previously friendly to the French had strengthened Abden Kritn and given the French a seriou's setback. MRS. EDWARD JOHNSON OF CHAPEL HILL, DEAD Acting Adviser to Women at University Sommer School Stricken by Apoplexy. Chapel JHtl. JuTA' 5 —ATns. Edinrrd S. Johnson, acting adviser to women at the University summer school, died here sud denly at 7:30 o’clock last night, follow ing a stroke of apoplexy. Mrs. Johnson had just come back after supper to the old East dormitory, where she was chaperon in charge, and was speaking to one of the other chaperons when the stroke occurred. She died five minutes later, before medical aid could be summoned. Mrs. Johnson had been matron of the women ■ students at the University since the death of Mrs. Clark two years ago, and during that time had been in good health. She came to the University from her home in Charlottesville. A r a. She was 53 years old. She leaves a sister, Airs. ,T. T. Lawson, and a nephew, George Lawson, both of Chapel Hill. COTTON EXPORTS RUN BIGGER THAN EXPECTED Three Smplus Producing Countries Send Out Above Normal For Tima of Y’ear. Washington, July 5. —Exports of cot ton from each of the throe important sur plus producing countries are running heavier this season than in any season since 1914-15. Department of agriculture figures made public today disclosed that the amount exported from the United States in the nine months from September, 1024 to May. 1025, amounted to 7.731,000 bales, as compared with 5,243,000 in the same months last season. Egypt exported, from September to February 1,080,000 bales as compared with 1,030.000 in the same months of 1023-24. The department pointed out that if this ratio of increase is main tained to the end of the season, the Egyptian exports "Will exceed the 1922-23 total of 1,486,(K)0 bales, which was the largest amount exported in any season since 1913-14. Part of City Destroyed by Fire. New York. July G. —A cablegram re ceived by the consulate general of Co lombia today reported the destruction by fire of a large part of the city of Mani zales, 110 miles northwest of Bogota, capital of Colombia. The commercial section of the city was wiped out, ’the cable said, with a loss estimated at s2o,* 000,000. American Saves Life of Constable. Shanghai, July 6. —A Chinese about to attack a municipal constabulary from behind, was *hot and killed here Satur day evening by a sailor from the United States destroyer Mac Leish, who came to the rescue of the constable. WHAT SAT’S BEAR SAYS Fair tonight, slightly warmer in ex treme west portion; Tuesday fair in east and local thundershower* in west por« tion. j NO. 103