North Carolina Newspapers

IhEKKILL, Editor and Publisher ume L Bryan’s Body Reaches [ Washington For Burial 0 Will Be Held To-' In Church Vhich He Worshipped le In Capital. URYESCORT r OR the funeral SeneeTaTthe Church v will Be Carried to n o-ton Cemetery Where 'ill Be Buried. "11, , ;;i». —William Jen lgl""' to Washingtou ; v j iii' late rites of the e logins his long rest in j j 'is iuuidst a great com-1 ff; illustrious dead. , ,ni v. hieh had borne 111 ''ll | V t«»n Tenn- reached the' litii, eai'b t.tiay. but its ar- I r ,.v,'rfi)t throng in waiting. . z , ( ..isket was taken from the undertakers parlors, but retnoved to the New York [V-doterian t’hureh where fun j he eoinim ted at 3p. m.j .i do'iC'.will be closed at noon , '“. (1 ‘eti for funeral services' |,j„ te.l hy the Rev. Jos. It. Sizoo. | „ vin . will begin at 3 p. m.; Sraiidutd Time, and will be t , l by radio. Fifteen minutes ; [), ehureli quartet will sing as a 1 ~ Mr. Bryan's favorite hymns ‘ undiy bight" and “One Sweetly I Thought." The former was the alsi of President McKinley and j p at his request at his funeral. Honorary Pall Bearers. lugton. July 30. —The honorary j r ers at the funeral of William* i Bryan will he: ir (leo. W. Norris, of Nebraska; H.'iiryTl Ashurst. of Arizona ; Kenneth McKellar. of Tennessee ; Morris Sheppard. of Texas; Rep iveTom A. Oldfield, of Arkansas; i paniels. of North Carolina, for rvta.y of t lit* Navy; (’has. A. . of Washington : Clem Shaver, Virg’niit: and Col. I*. H. Calla .. uisville. Ky. [ilitary Escort for Body. ngton. July 30. —A military es atrompany the body of William s Bryan to the grave and he will nl with military ceremony but firing of the customary farewell j batteries of field artillery dis-1 will meet the funeral cortege at I s of Arlington national cemetery J >rt it to the place of burial. ! colonel in the Spanish-American J r. Bryan would be entitled to an j f full regimental strength if the 1 military ceremony were carried Hie modified program was agreed ter the arrival of Mrs. Bryan to irevor. as calculated to bear tes <f !ih- service, and at the same ieet his devotion to peace, trtillevy units tentatively selected guard of honor are batteries A. c 'if the tifii Field Artillery, sta- . v Fort Myer. Tlie third cav t'l. also from Fort Myer will take ; i nirtege and an army bugler has j signed t" sound tai»s. t H grave the American Legion tarei>- will be replaced by a de iiou-ei.mmissioned officers of the army. nil group of government officials- Mrs. Bryan at the station. She in good spirits. despite the M the long journey from Tennes !" Lad arisen early an hour before h reached Washington, and told Te had lmd a restful night, hhately upon arrival the widow rtv ".'re taken to the LaFayette, White House, where they will the funeral services toinor will be joined tomorrow morn " J. Itryan. Jr., and a daugh- Mw Coiiiuioner. Mrs. Grace Har who are coming here from Cali * Capital Pays Tribute. bin S ,0 '>. July 30—At the elian- niuil . v time, he sought guidance l'lihhc servic.-, William Jennings u parting benediction to- Pm ,!lf ‘ of the national oapi tnun Tennessee, where he ny Ids Body was taken just be \ork Avenue Presby ■llhto i, i u . tato un til noon '' 1 ' h nfter a short religious -he 1 ii’ombed at Arlington * ' "li' thi> casket reached the lit- '' I'lacT of worship nestling in 1,11 N'-w York Avenue meets ( jj , 111 *' rt of the downtown '•rowds had gathered to tu ’ t ' t 0 9t<- Commoner. While p r • l||,lt l'rr "roup had filed before upon his serene fea takto ■ !lJ| ' a little time in an "i l»arlor in another part of the jtial (],,t. • - ■ ‘ _ t l) ( , ; a "' of police were placed th/ l ( l! ‘! 1,1 traffic and to W,Jr" tln,M),w s '°w procession 11 :1t the door and passed i bp l)f * urp -at the altar. Half of ti, \n had been removed ' ;,i rtag draped the remain til after ' i • ibis fl ' “* '‘lun-ch services tomor s >frv j" Wa ' ! > he the only emblem »vhJ | jV V" *! is country, but jilans dnring the morn hix a,.!* !nii dary touch would be ay* wloV T Curving in memory of Wof, h ‘ T WorP f t lf> uniform as a if.,,. UlllK ' rs during the Span- Quoted art-in I baud wiii 1 ery men and a mili uttvt the funeral proces- THE CONCORD TIMES ♦- — sinn as it < enters Arlington Cemetery and sold er will lowpr liis body into * tb<‘ grave while a bugler sounds a fare well. But there will be no farewell rifle volley, and he will make his last journey from the church to the cemetery as the ordinary citizen does, and not upon the lumbering caisson prescribed for those ‘wfx> claim full military- honors. ,I 8 . ADDRESSES TEACHERS Jule B. Warren Yells Teachers Something of Work Thcfr Association Is Doing. Greenville, N. C„ July 30.—1 n an ad dress heft re the student body of the East Carolina Teachers College liere, Jule B. Warren, secretary of the North ('arolina EducaCon Association, discussed the im portanee of the teacher's assuming a pro fessional attitude and knowing the details of her chosen work. Mr. Warren ixnnted out that the pur pose of ilie Association was to create better conditions educationally in the State from two standpoints, that of the teacher and that of the citizen. He told his hearers that last year the organiza tion had a membership of approximately ten thousand. Out of the fee of $2.00 each teacher receives a subscription to the North Carolina Teacher, the Associa tion’s official organ. This magazine is published specifically for the teachers of the State and operates on finances fur nished by them. The Association. Mr. Warren stated, also operates a placement bureau, to the! privileges of which all members are enti tiled. The entire income of the organiza tion is dedicated entirely to the service of teachers and education. “The State Association is the means through which the leaders of the teaching profession in North Carolina hope to accomplish the dream of an educated State in the next generation. ‘‘The Association has a complete or- < ganization in every part of the State and it hopes to be in a stronger position to < push forward the educational program of the state than ever before.” WANT P. & N. TO EXTEND LINES TO WINSTON-SALEM Several Cities Represented at Conference in Salisbury This Afternoon. Salisbury, July 30. —Several hundred ( citizens from Charlotte. Winston-Salem, ( Spencer, Lexington and Concord and oth er towns are expected here thiß after- , noon to join with Salisbury in an effort | to gef James B. Duke to build the Pied- ( mont «St Northern Railway, plans for } which were interrupted by the world war. j, Former Governor Cameron Morrison, j who has taken a lead in the movement, j is expected to arrive here from Blowing < Rock'ethis afternoon and lead the meeting j in the Rowan County court house at ( 3:30 this afternoon. Walter 11. Wood- 1 son. of Salisbury, will preside. * t The public is invited to attend the i meeting and a large crowd in addition to 1 representatives of neighboring towns, is i expected. 1 - DISPATCH SAVS ELEVEN STRIKERS WERE LIMED \\«»r Members of Chinese Mobs Who Gathered Before House of Chinese Of t: :al. I .--don, July 30.-- An ag; uey dispatch from Hong Kong says eleven Chinese strikers were killed at Canton by the 1 bodyguard of an official before whose house a mob had gathered demanding a 1 daily cash allowance. The dispatch re fers to “an influx of Russians from \ lad ivostok and Canton” and savs rliat two Russian ships have arrived at AA hampoa, an outpost 27 miles from Canton. The characteristic of these Itusian ships is not indicated. There arc a large number of “white” Rusians in various parts of China where they lied from tlie Bolshevik regime in their country. The dispatch does not indicate whether the “influx” at Canton is by “reds” or ‘‘whites.” Deep Solicitude for Wife by Mr. Bryan. Dayton. Tenn., July 27.—The deep so licitude which William Jennings Bryan exercised consistently toward his wife was demonstrated by innumerable re minders of his thoughtfulness in the last few days of his life. *■? When the former secretary of state reached Dayton a news reporter injuired if Mrs Bryan would follow him here. . “Yes, she is coming up,” responded) the Democratic leader, “but I would wish j you not to make any report of that. 1 J jam anxious that Ae shall not be dis turbed by reporters at stations along the Each day of the Scopes trial Mrs. Rrvan sat in the corner of the railed area in ‘her invalid's chair. At frequent in tervals her husbhnd would leave his place among prosecution counsel to come Ter and aimre himself of her comfort. Sixteen Killed in Wreck. Tours, France, July 30. Sixteen pei sons were killed and a number injured when an express train from Leinans M Tours jumped thi tiack today near the Station of St. Antoine. British Tennis Players Winners. Newport It 1., July 30.— Members of tbe In'avfd at the Newport Casino this non- Tag ln lir three days tournament with Harvard-Yale team. American Ambassador toJapan Dea* Tokio (Wednesday) (By th( L A V a ,„l Press). —Edgar Addison Bancroft, American ambassador to * (Wednesday) morning at Kartqzawa Ciraeette consumption in the Umtec States has increased from three and one h«?f MlHon in 1905 to 75 bilhon an 19 24. | HIS LAST WORD OF PRAYER | Church Where Bryan Worshipped | Shortly Before His Death ** l * l " " ** '■» —1 H „ ni| B | ||| <| 1— |[| ||Bi ' jag K 11 lH m | j» H H S M piwi 1 .■ - < v j ymmmmmmmmmmmmrnmmmmmmmmttimmitKmmm This is the’interior of the little church at Dayton, Teuit., where William Jennings Bryan attended worship for the last time and for the last time in pub lic raised his voice in prayer. The cross marks the pulpit occupied by the Great Commoner. ' GETS VERDICT AGAINST RAILROAD COMPANY Richmond and Petersburg Connecting Company Given $455,438.55 in Suit Against R. F. & P. Richmond, July 3ft. —The Richmond & IVtersburg Connection Company, Inc, was awarded a verdict of $455,438.55 to day in its suit instituted in Richmond circuit court against the Richmond. Fred ericksburg & Potomac Railroad Company. The illness of Judge R. Carter Scott, who prepared the decision prevented its being w*ad ia: tlie- ver dict was made public by counsel who announced the order the court will is sue. The suit was in the form of a motion for judgment whereby the connection company sought to collect approximately sl.ftoft.ftftft from the railroad. ' It was claimed that the Richmoip], Fredericks burg & Potomhc violated a lease <>f the connection company’s property. The amount Pile judgment sought included back rentals plus damages for $750,000 with interest to date from 1919 when it was claimed the terms of the lease were violated. FIND YOUTH WHO SHOT MRS. BOWEN IN SWITZERLAND Shooting Was An Accident, According to Alleged Confession of Youth. Basle. Switzerland, July 30. —A six teen-year-old boy lias been arrested and charged with killing Airs. Mary Levitt Bowen, of Berkley, Calif., who was found dead near here in a park yesterday. The police says lie confessed but claims he shot Airs. Bowen accidentally. Investigation reveals that Airs. Bowen was killed by a revolver bullet. Her jewelry and money were found on her body. Air. Bowen has cabled from Berk eley that the body of his wife will be cremated and the remains shipped home. Airs. Bowen had arrived here a few days ago to attend lectures in Basle University. She took a stroll early yes terday morning in the woodland of a park about five miles outside the city, where her body was found. Marks upon the ground indicated she had crawled about 150 feet after being shot before she collapsed and died. Big Americans Called by Heath Since tile War. Washington, I). C., July 30. —The death of William Jennings Bryan adds one j more name to the unusually long list of j prominent Americans who have died since the world war. Among those who answered the summons were: Former Presidents Wilson and Roosevelt, Pres ident Harding, former Vice President Marshall, Senators Philander C. Kuox and Boies Penrose, of Pennsylvania; Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massachusetts; Knute Nelson, of Minnesota; Robert M. LaFollette. of Wisconsin; Frank B. Brand/egee, of Connecticut; Medill Mc- Cormick. of Illinois, and Thomas E. Wat son, of Georgia; Edward Douglas White, Chief Jusstice of the United States; As sociate Justices William It. Day and Mahlon Pittuey, of the Supreme Court of the United States; Representatives Champ Clark, of Missouri, and Claude Kitchin, of North Carolina. Arctic Expedition Wedged in Ice Pack. Washington, July 30. —The MacMillan Arctic expedition became wedged in the Melville Bay ice pack yesterday, but no tified the National Geographic Society today it expected to get out when the fog lifted. s Rome, N. Y., is making extensive prep arations for the forty-fifth annual tour nament of the National Archery Associa tion which is to be held there during four days of August. The tournament this year is expected to be notable for the unusually large number of women par ticipants. In England fewer women are earning theif own l iviri E s DOW than thirty years ago. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1925 ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RELATIONS I To Convene at Bluge Ridge Tomorrow for a Three-Day Session. Blue Ridge. July . 30. —The sixth an nual conference on Human Relations in • Industry will convene here tomorrow for a three-day session, and is expected to bring together several hundred southern industrialists employers and employes, for the study of mutual obligations and to i consider plans for the more thorough humanizing of > Among themes tom* discussed will be the stabilizing of employment, problems of management and of personal service j and welfare work, industrial training, progress of the labor movement, world forces affecting American ndustry, the social significance of economic laws, re ligious aspects of industrial questions steps. The list of speakers ' includes many figures prominent in American industry, as well as a number of authorities on social aqd religious subjects. Among them may be mentioned John E. Edger ton. president of the National Alanufac turers’ Association; AV. B. Ferguson, Newport News shipbuilder; AV. B. Aloore. of Birmingham, president of the Ameri -1 oau Cast Iron Pipe Company; Bishop F. J. AlcConnell, of Pittsburgh, national -1 ly known speaker on social and indus trial problems; E. S. Cowdrick, of New ■ York, member of the ’Society of Indus trial Engineers; James AI. Alexander, of the Tennessee Furniture Company, Chat -1 tanooga; P. AA r . AA’ilson, former member 1 of the British parliament and authority ‘ on international questions; Major AV. T. I Alorgan, of Atlanta, Ga.. and Charles i R. Towson and C. C. Robinson, of New * York. In addition to the addreses, round - table discussions will provide opportun ' ity for full expression on the floor. There . will be social group meetings a’.so for ’ textile workers, metal workers, wood 3 workers executives, foremen and person - nel directors. i The conference will be under the aus , pices of the Industrial Department of lithe Young Men’s Christian Association, Hand will be directed by E. G. AVilson, in e i dustrial secretary for the southern re- J B*on. Statesville Ledger Will Start August 10th. _ Statesville. July 29—At a meeting of the stockholders of the Link-Pickens Publishing Company held in the Vance Hotel assembly room last night, It. 8. ; Pickens was elected president; W. D. ; Turner, vice president; H. W. Link, I secretary-treasurer. The following were | named as directors ; It. S. Pickens, H. ] W. Link. W. D. Turner. I. T. Speaks, 1C A. Stearns. N. Sankey Gaither. Cowles 1 Bristol. J. A. Hart ness, W. M. Barringer, i Fred H. Deaton. The uew local after- I noon newspaper, which will be known as the Statesville Evening Ledger, will begin j publication on Monday, August 10th, ac j cording to a statement made today by Mr. I Pickens. It is not the! purpose of the j publishers to issue a edition at the beginning. Anotlicr Held. Basle, July 30. —A young Austrian farm hand named Jona Hammerschlegel, is accused of murdering Mrs. Mary Levitt Bowen, of Berkley, Cal., in a park near here yesterday. He shot her with an army revolver and attempted to take her liangbag, officers allege. True Story Magazine for .September, a Macfadden publication, contains the first | installment of "The Wrongdoers,” the true story of a gang of thieves who robbed the.-rich to help the poor. In Flirting With Fire,” a little college girl unbosom herself and Hhows the hollowness of wild parties and false popularity gained through drinking and petting parties. *T Told My Husband Everything and Then ** j n Which Betty has her ups and downs, is misjudged for a time—but read her story. **************** * NEW SERIAL STORY ’* & BEGINS TODAY * r • The Tribune’s new serial story, ‘‘The Limited Mail,” fcutgins in tlrs issue. The first installment may • be found on page four. This story SK is said to be one of the most grip- ping and interesting Tb** Tribune has yet offered. It promises to be of much Interest to .those subscrib- %- ers who read it daily. -V * » ALAMANCE GIRL. MISSING SINCE FRIDAY, FOUND IN KNOXVILLE She is Arrested With Two Male Cotn panirns in the Tennessee City. rturlington. July 20.—Ruth Murrie. 15 year old girl runaway from her home on route 4, near here, last Friday, is under arrest with two male companions in Knoxville.* Tenn., according to a mes sage received by Police Chief It. D. Rain at 1:30 o’clock this afternoon. Her companions are said to be J. E. Clay ton and L. H. Lyerl.v. unknown here. E- M. Haynes chief of police at Knox ville. advised the local police official in his wire, that the girl he is holding de clared she was Ruth Murrie and was in a Ford automobile, which slie told him she had stolen from her father. Ira Murrie. On his return from a trip to Salis bury and Charlotte this morning, where the missing girl was reported seen by several gas filling station employes, the father said he believed the girl was a victim of a sudden mental disorder, as she had been at certain periods in her life. Along the route followed in the vain search for her it was reported she was reduced to a pitiful state without funds, and at several gas stations had succeed ed in buying small quantities of gaso line on credit. Food had been given her. it is said, by different ones who did not know the circumstances of her leaving home. Members of the family had been in much distress since it became known the girl had idled her time in Burlington last Friday afternoon and night until 11 o’clock and then drove off toward Greensboro. The Knoxville police will be advised to hold the young men companions of the girl until a thorough investigation can be made, to determine how and for what, purpose they were traveling with her. It is believed they may be young men she may have known or recently met somewhere in North Carolina, pos sibly High Point, Salisbury or Char lotte. . THE COTTON MARKET ' Although Opening Was -Steady, Market Subsequently Dropped 17 to 18 Points. New York. July 30.—Rain news was still the governing influence in the cot ton market early today and although the Opening-was steady at 2 points advance to 1 point decline, the market subse- ; quently dropped 17 to IS points under previous close which carried October to 24.81 and December to 24.84. Private "advices said good rains fell oy er the western Texas and large areas in north and east Texas, besides Oklahoma. Reports of rain in the southern half of Texas were received, but less atten tioiT was paid this phase of the news con sidering the favorable developments else where. especially the bearish private re ports from the Sooth Atlantic ami East Gulf States. Cables were irregular. Liverpool, the west and south spot traders were leading sellers at the opening here. Cotton fuetures opened steady. Oct 25.00; Dec. 25.05; Jan 24.45; March 24.73; May 24.94. Thinks President Would Not Draw Crowds as Bryan Train. On Board Funeral Train En Route to Washington, Bristol, Va..-Tenn., July 29 —“I don’t believe a President could have brought out such a crowd as we are experiencing today,” Fred Conette, news agent on the Bryan train, said en route to Washington. He has been on this line for twelve years and had never seen such assembl ages of men. women and children, as met the Bryan train and paid last .honors to the departed chieftain of religion. last time I saw Mr. Bryan, 1 he said, “was in Chattanooga. I pointed him out to some people that didn’t know him. It was about a week ago. “I sold papers to Mr. Bryan once on imy train and have always admired a j man ’with the friends he has.” Boys, Not Flappers, Are African Problem New York. July 30. —Even where the “tom-tom” beats in darkest Africa, the older fears for the younger generation. But it is not the flapper of rolled socks and flowered knees who causes the fathers worry— it is the youth who wears a straw hat and drinks patent medicine. The sociological anxieties of the na tives were revealed with the return to day on the steamship Samaria of Dr. Ar thur L Piper, once of Buffalo. N. Y., who since 1913 has been in the most remote mission of the Method** Church at Mwata —Wamve, in the Masumba district of Belgian Congo, where he has been studying leprosy, sleeping sickness and malaria. Bryan’s Last “Proof” Call to Christian Arms. Chattanooga, July 30. —Reposing if the desk of George F. Milton. President and editor of the Chattanooga News, is a document that many believe today wil go down in history as one of the mosl masterful glorifications of revealed relig ion ever written since Bible days. It is the Commoner's last proof. It is, veritably, Bryan’s call to< Chris tian arms .from the Great Beyond. There are nine sheets,of it, galley length ! each sheet bearing the corrections, in pen cil, made by the great Nebraskan but i few short hours before he went to mee the God he labored his life long to glori fy. Singer a oti^ I iinUrtMlT x lS® - ~ H *|gßgfirr~' Her voice won her a S2OO prize, of fered by the Julliard Foundation. She’s Jane Crawford, 17, and ®h« " lives in Hollywood. HOW THE POPE’S RELICS AND JEWELS WERE FOUND Alertness of Detective Made it Possible For Jewels to Be Found. London. July 3ft.—The detailed story* which has now reached London indi cates that the recovery of the relics and jewels stolen from the treasury of St. Peter’s, Rome, was accomplished under circumstances which suggest the most melodramatic of detective fiction. But for the alertness of a detective, it seems, the priceless treasure might never have been found. The detective had noticed that when ever there was a function in the great church to which thousands of pilgrims flocked, a short, stodgy man strolled casually about St. Peter’s square, seek ing to enter into conversation with chance acquaintances among the crowd. The police marked the man down as a confidence trickster, and he was watched. It was found that he was a shoemaker in one of the suburban quarters of Rome, and the detective who had first noticed the man determined to discover his reason for frequenting the square. In the shadow of the columns the of ficer scraped acquaintance with the shoemaker and exchanged n few' fivrtive words, posing ns being a visitor from New York to Rome for a little “business.” He also displayed a wallet full of money, and a friendship was struck up- The shoemaker hinted that if the American were keen on a little deal he could sell him a wonderful collection of whi<4i -he \yfis expecting any day frWtn' Paris; He isJsgid to have con- that the goods were stolen, and that in order to sell . without loss of time the jewels would be let- go a,t a low figure. * -' Shoemaker and detective departed the best of friends, and it was agreed that as soon as the package arrived the “visi tor from New York” would be notified. When a few mornings later the police were called in to investigate the sensa tional theft at St. Peter’s they were completely mystified until it was sug gested that possibly there might be some connection between the shoemak er’s diamonds from Paris and the stolen gems from the treasury of the Vatican. Meantime the detective met the Shoe maker in the square, and asked him casually when the diamonds would ar rive as lie was leaving for home in another day or two. The shoemaker An id the package, had come, and it was agreed that at night the American should come to the shoemaker’s shop, where the goods would be delivered. At 9 o’clock* the two entered the shop, and after putting up the shutters, the shoe maker led the way to a back room. Here, still in sacks, were the wonderful jewelled sacred vessels and relics ij*6m the Vatican treasury. A price having been agreed upon, the detective started counting out the bank notes. At that moment there was a nock, ami when the shoemaker opened the door he was quickly handcuffed by officers who had been waiting outside for a given signal from the detective within- The treasures were taken back to police headquarters and the \ aticari notified. A custodian from St. Peter’s certified that the treasures were intact, including the episcopal ring of St. Peter. A few diamonds had been removed from a eross. but these were found later in a pair of shoes hidden in the shop. The police of Home be’ieve that it had been planned to steal the whole col lection in the papal j treasury. The thieves, however, were frightened by the unexpected return of the caretaker and hits son to the room next that in which entry has been made to the treasure chamber through a hole in the wall. Kiim Planning Offense. Fez. July 30.—Abdel Krim, directing the plans of rebellious Riffian tribesmen, is getting ready to play his last card in the shape of a drive on the holy city of Ouezzan, about sixty miles north west of his objective, Fez. The French command, however, is doing everything necessary to deal with the drive, speed ing reinforcement to vital points, jiost ing heavy artillery around Ouezzan, con structing defenses and placing squadrons of tanks and armed cars in centers from which they can be dispatched rapidly whenever they are needed. 1 All is in readiness to break Abdel Krim’s effort, causing him heavy losses, but the French attacks with whith it is planned to smash his power once and for all, will not take place now, chiefly for climatic reasons. Some give advice! others bestow sympathy, but only occasionally von will find a man who takes hold and lifts. $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. INIS TO' PRONE JO *W WORTH OF r WHINED LIGHTNING . ' i Dr. Edwin R. Scott Will Ask Navy to Assist Him In the Tests Which He Says Will Prove Successful. “DEATH STROKE’' IS INVENTION Dr* Scott Says He Can Wipe Out Life on Land or Sea With Invention—Will Test It With Vessels. San Francisco. July 30. —Assistance of the Navy Department will be asked by Dr. Edwin R. Scott in tearing bin “death * stroke” in the form of “canned light ning" which he claims will revolutionize war tactics. Dr. Scott said he wished to convince government officials of the efficacy of his invention as a death-dealing agent. He plans to make the test off the coast of California in September with an old bat tleship or pilotless airplane or both. These I he said he would ask the government to provide. A few of the possibilities at tributed to his invention by Dr. Scott are: “Destruction of all life on land, sea or in air within a radius of 20 miles; dis abling of all radio apparatus within a similar radiu«; destruction of super structures of battleships at distance of ten miles or more; the bringing down of airplanes from height possible for n plane to achieve; destruction or dis abling of land formations at long dis tance.” CHARLOTTE MAY LOSE - EMPLOYMENT OFFICE Commissioner Grist Makes Sharp Reply to Protest Against Dismissal of W. H. Vause- Lenoir, July 29.—The city of Char lotte has started out in a mighty good way to lose the state employment of fice declared F. D. Grist, commissioner <s>f labor and printing, here this after noon before leaving for Asheville. The trouble js over the coming dismissal of AV. H. Yause, now. manager of the of fice. and his replacement by another man. Yesterday Commissioner Grist receiv ed the following message from Harvey W. Moore, mayor of the city of Char lotte. The message was sent to Mr. Crist at Raleigh and forwarded by mail to him here- It reads: “Commissioners of Mecklenburg county, the chamber of commerce of Charlotte, and business in terests concerned protest dismissal of Vause, employment agent. County and city support will be withdrawn unless amply sufficient reasons are given us for _ dismissal.” Mr. Grist's reply to this message was as follows: “Your telegram received by mail |rom Charlotte this morning. This is the first information that I have re ceived that the citys of Charlotte, Meck lenburg county. and Vbe Charlotte cham ber of commerce have taken over the af fairs of the state department of labor and printing. Vause draws his salary from the state and I authorize same. His services will be discontinued on July 31 regardless of protest. The matter of withdrawal of support by county and ♦ city is a matter to be decided by the governing bodies of these divisioins. If they are interested more in personality than in service to be rendered, they can withdraw their services and lose both.” Commissioner Grist stated yesterday afternoon that Fred E. Walters of North Charlotte had been selected for this post. Waiters is an ex-service man, and was with company F. 105th engiqfers dur i ing the world war. FINANCES NOW TO GET PRESIDENT’S ATTENTION President to Confer With Chairman of House Appropriations Committee. Swampscott, Mass., July 30.—-Presi dent Coolidge will turn his attention to government finances and the possibility of further retrenchment of federal ex* penditures with the arrival tomorrow of Chairman Madden, of the House apppro priations eommmitee. « Word was received today that Mr. Madden was leaving his home in ( hi cago and will arrive at White Court to morrow. His visit will give an oppor tunity to discuss with the President the gigantic job of preparing the annual ap propriations bill and of exchanging views as to what additional economies can be effected. Major Hingston. medical officer ot the 1924 expedition to Mount Everest, was able to hold his breath for 04 seconds at sea level, but could only hold it 14 seconds at an altitude of 21,000 feet; The word heaven w derived from a WHAT SAT’S BEAR SAYS Partly cloudy Friday, probably occa sional Aoweiu tonight and Friday, slight ly warmer in extreme weut portion to* | night. NO. 7