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THE CONCORD TIMES
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
News Spotlight on These
1/01/A. FISHER, AINTDRJEW KE^VON
rpRw , NICHOtAS‘.'K. BUTLER. cJOKNT R . PRENTICE.
Lola Fisher, the actress, was seriously ill at Yonkers, N. Y,
Andrew Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury, may be a wit
ness before the Senate Committee investigating expenses in
Pennsylvania and other primaries. Nicholas Murray Butler
denied he was a candidate for President on a wet platform.
John Rockefeller Prentice, grandson of the Oil King, won a
$75 prize for excellence in Latin at Yale.
KIWANIANS ARRIVE IN
MONTREAL FOR CONVENTION
Seven Thousand Members and Visit
ors Crowd City; Simultaneous Con-j
tinent Meeting Tonight.
Montreal. June 7. —Six thousand
Kiwaniuus have already arrived in
this city and reports are prevalent
that two thousand more will arrive
from the United States and Canada
during today for the opening of the
19th annual convention of Kiwanis j
International here this evening. Ho
tel reservations made by delegates
from all over the North American!
continent same six months ago have
crowded Montreal’s biggest establish
ments. The Mount Royal, Windsor,
and Queens hotels arc jammed to ca
pacity. With the arrival of several
thousand more convention visitors
during the next twelve hours the
city will be ready for the three-day
International gathering.
Thirty bands, accompanying more
than 1,000 musicians, will be iu a
parade tonight when all the assem
bled delegates and Montreal orgatrza
tion will march through the city to
be reviewed by Dominion government
officials and Kiwanis president, John
11. Moss, of Milwaukee. Wisconsin.
The opening session in the city au
ditorium, the “Forum” will start at
7 o'clock, eastern standard time, and
the program will be rebroadcast over
the United States and Canada from
Station CHYC. The 1.550 clubs on
the continent will gather in their re
spective cities tonight for simultane
ous meetings with the convention ses
sion here for unified expression' of
good will aud friendship which has
existed between the two countries
for more than a century.
Khvanians from over the North
American continent attending the con
vention will leave on June 11th for a
57-day trip through the British Isles
and continental Europe. The S S
Doric, of the White Star Line, and
several other ocean liners are sched
uled to arrive at Liverpool on June
19. Other intersting hostorical cities
to be visited are: Birmingham, Lon
don, .Taris, Berlin and Rome.
Messages from the Prince of Wales,
President Coolidge, Premier King of
Canada, and Lord Byng. of Vimy,
governor-general of the I>ominion,
will be read tonight at the opening
“All Kiwanis Night” session.
Louisiana’s -Strawberry Festival.
(By International News Service)
Hammond, La., June 7. —Louisi-
ana’s Strawberry Festival was pro
vided an added attraction when a pro
hibition sleuth whiffed what he
thought was strawberry wine galore
displayed in the show window of a
Hammond drug store.
Pints, quarts and gallon bottles,
filled with wine-colored fluid, were
with’n view of all passers-by.
Planning a clever coup, the dry
agent ordered one quart bottle and a
jug of the sparkling commodity. The
clerk was arrested as he passed the
“wine” across the counter.
Later the sleuth ascertained that
ho had been tricked.
The bottles contained geyser wnter
colored with cudbeag—'and nothing
more.
Settles Arkansas-Tennessee Boundary
Dispute.
, ' Washington, June 7.— UP) —The
‘ Supreme Court today formally ap
proved the boundary between Arkan
| sas and Tennessee, carrying into es
! feet its recent decision in the bound
ary dispute between the two states.
COMMENCEMENT AT
N. C. STATE COLLEGE
Bishop McDowell to Preach Bacca
laureate Sermon—Other Exercises.
Raleigh. June 7.— —The thirty
seventh annual commencement at
State College will begin this evening
at 8:30. in Pullen hall, with the
baccalaureate sermon, which will be
preached by Bishop William Fraser
McDowell, of Washington, I). C.,
president of the board of education
of the Methodist Episcopal Chur A.
The choir of the Edenton Street
Methodist Church will furnish the
music for the baccalaureate service,
with Mrs. Alice Stitzel Gray as so
loist.
A large number of the former stu
dents of the college are expected to
return to the campus on Monday,
which lias been set aside as alumni
day, for the various class reunions
and to attend the exercises in con
nection with the dedication of the
new D. H. Hill library.
Dr. Edwin Mims, of Vanderbilt
University, and O. Max Gardner, of
Shelby, will be the principal speakers
at the dedication, which will be held
at 4 o’clock Monday afternoon. Dr.
Mims will deliver the literary ad
dress on the occasion, and Mr. Gard
ner will make the dedicatory address.
Other speakers will be Hobart Up
john, of New York, the architect, who
will give a description of the build
ing ; Robert N, Page, of Southern
Pines, chairman of the building com
mittee of the board of trustees, who
will present the building to the col
lege ; and President E. C. Brooks,
who will accept the structure for the
institution.
SAYS MARRIED MEN
HAVE LONGER LIVES
Chicago Health Commissioner’s Fig
ures Show Their Mortality Lowest.
Chicago, June 6. —The wag who
asked “Why do married men live
longer than single ones?” and then
answered,” They don't, it only seems
longer,” was wrong in only one re
spect. They do.
Dr. Herman Dundesen, City
Health Commissioner, today made
public records of the health depart
ment for 1925 shewing that for each
age period married men have lower
death rates than single, widowed or
'divorced men.
Out of every 1,000 men from 25
to 35, those who died include 15 who
are divirced, five who are single and
only four who are married. From 35
to 44 years, the married man is even
more safe, for 18 divorced men, 14
single ones and only eleven married i
ones dip. Between the ages of 53 and
04, 56 divorced men( 49 bachelors
and only 29 married men die.
| Above 65, Dr. Bundesen asserted,
'the ratio is even more favorable to
the espoused group.
May Continue Cranford Case.
Albemarle, N. C., June 7.— (AP )—
Indications were today with the con
vening of Stanly County Superior
Court, that the trial -of Nevin C.
j Cranford, former “convict boss”
charged with murder would not be
heard at this term «of court.
While the State has not asked con
tinuance, Solicitor Don Phillips has
indicated that he would do so.
Cranford is charged with whipping
and threatening three negroes so
“cruelly” that they, died as the result.
The case, called several months ago.
was continued upen the state’s re
quest.
CONCORD, N. C„ MON DAY, J 0 N E 7,1 926
1 BELIEVE JEALOUSY
AND LIQUOR CAUSE
Os TEXAS MURDERS
Four Persons Were Killed
and Several Others Were
Wounded in Shooting
Affray in Houston Home
ALLEGED SLAYER
AMONG THE DEAD
iR. R. Tarter Is Said by
Eye-Witnesses to Have
j Been Slayer.—Woman
J Among the Dead.
Houston. Texas. June 7. —OP)—
Jealousy fanned by a prolonged drink
ing spree, is said by police to have
been responsible for four deaths early
today in a Houston suburban rot|-
denee, with a lifth momentarily ex
pected. Two white men and a negio
woman also were wounded in tie
shoot i ng.
It. It. Tarter, Port Arthur. Texas, a
steward on the freighter Brush, tied
up in the Houston ship channel, is
said by eye witnesses to have been
the slayer. Tarter’s body was found
some three hours after he ran amuck,
in the house in which a party was in
progress, a pistol near his body.
In addition to Tarter, the dead are:
Mrs. Edna Milam, about'B3, at whose
home the shooting took place; A. J.
Latienalis, 31, Houston; and John
nie Domming. of Port Arthur. Texas.
William Sonnier, 25, of Port Ar
thur, Texas], is in a serious condition
and no hope is held for his recovery,
hospital attendants said. His jugular
vein was pierced by a .32 caliber bul
let and lie has a superficial wound in
the right shoulder.
Anderson Beckman. 22, of Port Ar
thur, .Texas, was shot through the
right tlrgh.
A negro woman, Cora Robinson, of
Beaumont, was shot through the leg.
Ambulance drivers found her a half
mile from the scene of the shooting.
According to Beckman’s story to au
thorities. he went to the Milam home!
Sunday afternoon “to drink some
beer.” Later he said Tarter came in
followed by Domming and Sonuier.
“Tarter left the room.” Beckman
said. “Edna (Mrs. Milam) and
s< together. When Ic»o
(meaning Tarter) returned to the
heme he drew a gun and started
shooting at Domming. Domming fell
and Tarter shot Edna. She fell and
as Sonnier tried to run he was snot
down. Alex Lationlais jumped up
and was shot falling over Sonnier.
“I ran out the back door and was
trying to get my car out of the back
yard when Domming ran out that
way calling for'his mother.
“I went back after him and was try
ing to carry him to the car when Tar
ter came to the back door and started
shooting. I got shot in the leg, then
we both fell to the ground.”
Police and sheriff’s deputies were
summoned by ne ; glibors who heard
the shooting. and upon being told
that Tarter did the shooting instituted
a search in the ship canal area. The
report and flash of a pistol shot led
the officers to a pier where Tarter’s
body was found, the weapon which he
is alleged to have commited the crime,
by his side.
The three young men were arrest
ed and are being held for questioning.
A justice of the peace withheld a
verdict pending a more thorough in
vestigation.
LJL.D., Conferred on Josephus Dan
iels.
Huntington. Pa., June 5. —At the
jubilee commencement of Juniata
College here today the address was
delivered by Josephus Daniels, of
North Carolina. This college has as
its president Hon. Martin G. Brum
baugh, who was the war Governor of
Penusylvaiiur-duriiig the World War.
Mr. Daniels spoke of the place and
.service of a college in this uge, hold
ing that the chief purpose and need
was to “train men for service in
church and state.”
The degree of L.L D., was confer
red on Mr. Daniels by the college,
the citation, after references to his
services as Secretary of the navy and
journalist, said“A Christian gentle
mnn whose life has been given free
ly and fully to the service of the
King, living in the imminent power
and guidance of God~ and helping
other to walk the ways of the Son
of God.”
With Our Advertisers.
Cool summer frocks at Parks-Belk
Co.’s, $9.75 to $16.50. New hats
$3.95 to $8.95. Crepe dc Chine dress
es-$9.75 to $19.75.
Have the “house on wheels” call at
your home (town or country) and
demonstrate Loth’s three cooking speed
range—“a cooking speed for every
need.” Special sale and factory dem
onstration June 7,8, 9. • Call, phone
or write Yorke & Wadsworth Co.
Cunning voile dresses, simple, sweet,
serviceable, at J. C. Penney Co.’s. In
1 to 3 year sizes, only 98 cents.
The Ritchie Hardware Co. sell Fire
stone tires. Read the big three-col
umn ad. which tells you about them.
Rules in Hammer Case.
Washington. June 7. —OP)—A false
oath in bankruptcy proceedings con
statutes perjury, the Supreme Court
today held in an appeal by Charles
Hammer from New York City, that
the lower court was reversed because
I Hammer had been convicted upon the
I testimony of one witness.
She’s Cause
■: v '
Msrwin Lefferly shot himself j
i in front of the home of Ade
laide Bartels, seventeen, at
Hempstead, N. Y., to “see if
she’d fed sorry.** She did,
j and he’s happily convalescing.
I ' m 1 ' '
: LLOYD GEORGE DEFIES
j CRITICS, DARES OUSTER
Former Premier Refuses to Accept
Dismissal From Liberal Party.
Manchester, June 5-—“ I have no
intention of accepting my dismissal
from the Liberal Party,” declared
David Lloyd George, Parliamentary
Liberal chief, in a fighting .speech
before the Manchester Reform Club
today.
The speech was in answer to the
recent attack by the Earl of Oxford
and Asquith, head of the Liberal
Party, and his followers, who virtu
ally read Lloyd George out of the
party, or at least out of his leader
ship in the House of Commons.
“I see no signs of my being driven
from the leadership of the party in
the House of Commons,” added
Loyd George. Then, referring to his
plans to increase the agricultural
productiveness of England, he said he
intended to continue fighting for his
land scheme and that he "’anted to
see a revival and regeneration of con
tentment, happiness and health in
the country districts.
The former Premier Cecited the
publicity attending the internal dis
pute within the Liberal Party and
criticized the fact that the letters be
tween him and Lord Oxford had
been published. The reasos they had
been given to the press, he said, was
because he had not attended the
meetings ofthe “shadow cabinet” of
the “shadow cabinet” of the Liberal
Party.
“If there is to be a split, let it be
a real quarrel and not a rotten
quibble,” he declared. “Sir John
Simon (one of the Liberal lenders)
in a speech within the year said that
they thanked God for Mr. Lloyd
George. He now says he meslad the
Deity on that occasion * * * If
they mean to drum a man out of the
Liberal Party, because he erred on
the side oL conciliation with million?
of British workmen in a great dis
pute—then, on that proposition, 1
will fight right through to the end.
“As long as the constituencies th it
have stuck to me for thirty-six years,
amid know me best because I am one
of them—as long us they continue to
return me to Parliament and there
ii< breath in my body—l will be ji
Liberal member of the House of
Commons with all that it means, all
that it implies, all that it involves.”
SALISBURY’S BOARD
SPLIT IN A WRANGLE
Mayor Henderlite and Three Alder
men Stick Together Against Five
Other Members.
Salisbury. June 5. —Salisbury now
has two sets of aldermanic commit
tees as a result of a split meeting of
the city government Friday night.
Mayor Henderlite and all eight mem
bers of the aldermanic board met in
a called session last night but when
a proposition was made to pass on
its second reading an ordinance that 1
restricted the mayor in the appoint- <
ment of committees Mayor Hender- j
lite declared the meeting adjourned 1
and he and three of the aldermen <
left the building. The other five al- I
dqrmen continued in session and i
passed the ordinance later naming i
committees to look after the city’s
business. The personnel of the com- i
mitees it\ the same as it was last c
year.. Mayor Henderlite had made i
change for the present year but these i
changes were not acceptable to the i
five aldermen. The five aldermen <
named one of their number, J- R. i
Maynard, as city auditor to pass oil i
all bills, and selected five attorneys to
act as advisory counsel for the city, s
Present status of affairs indicates
that another breach has occurred be- I
tween Mayor Henderlite and his
board.
Destroying the 801 l Weevil.
(By International News Service)
Biloxi, Miss. June 7. —As a re-j
suit of Mississippi’s declaration of <
war on the sweet potato weevil sev
eral months ago, the pest has been
almost completely destroyed, -and an
excellent fall crop of potatoes is in
prospect.
A large force of men were em
ployed by Dr. K. L. Ooekerham, as
sistant scientist for the department
of agriculture in South Mississippi to
combat the weevil.
Prospects for at least a normal po
tato crop are reported in other sec
tions of the state.
Judge Pettigrew Dead.
Atlanta, Ga.. June 7.—OP)—Judge
Charles L. Pettigrew, of the Atlanta
municipal court, died today after an
illness of two months.
Ross Family Refuses
To Accept Dellinger „
As Missing Rel/c
BIGHAM’S THIRD TRIAL
Twice Convicted Slayer of His Family
of Five to Again Face Trial.
(By International News Service)
Florence, S. C., June 7.—Stocism,
which has marked Edmund D. Big
horn’s five years of “living death” un
der the shadow of the electric chair,
today had waned into mingled hope
and anxiety.
For this week the twice convicted
slayer of his family of five again
will get a chance to prove to a jury
that he is innocent of the wholesale
slaughter of which he is accused.
Bigham’s third trial will begin June
10th in Horry county circuit Court.
From liis cell in the Florence coun
ty jail, the prisoner, jaded after his
long confinement while his counsel
waged the longest legal battle on
South Carolina court records to save
him from his doom, said today that
lie only wanted “to get through with
it nil.”
“I am innocent—and they can’t i
send an innocent man to the chair;”
tie cried vehemently.
Having twice heard the death sen
tence fall from the lips of a judge, ]
and seen hope after hope deferred by
the higher courts. Bigham’s third
trial probably will write “finis” to
his long court career. He will either
by convicted again or gain his free-j
dom. according to a concensus of le
gal opinion in this section.. ,
The five members of the Bigham
household were found dead from pis
tol bullets January 15, 1921. The
bodies were strewn over the premises
of the. Florence county plantation, all
dead apparently from the same gun. ]
The, dead were: Mrs. M. M. Bigham,
the defendant’s aged mother; Mrs.
Margie Black, a sister, and her two
ittle adopted boys, John and Lee Me-1
Crncken. The body of Smiley Big- j
ham, Edmund's brother, was found]
dead or dying in a ravine near the ]
homo the next day, a pistol grasped
loosely in his right hand.
The State contends that Edmund
Bigham killed his family to become
sole heir to tire Bigham estate, which,
at the time, was said to have been
valued at around $75,000. Bigham.
offering an alibi, maintains that as
he drove up to the homestead on the
fatal day, he saw his mother* strug
gling across the road, blood streaming
down her face, and as she gasped a
dying breath that “Smiley did it,”
he caught her in his arms.
Edmund is the last of the three
Bigham brothers, all of whom have
had court careesr in South Carolina.
While the whereabouts of Cleveland
Bigham, once a prominent physician,
are unknown, he is generally believed
to be dead. He became a fugitive
after having been convicted of man
slaughter in the killind of his wife
near Murrel’s Inlet. His brother
Smiley—one of the victims in the
1921 slaughter—was also accused of
various crimes.
FINDING CHARLEY ROSS
IS CALLED RIDICULOUS
That Is Comment of MemJbers of
Ross Family Relative to New York
World Story.
Philadelphia, June 6.—Members
of the family of Charley Ross, kid
naped from his home here in 1874,
characterized the report that he had
been found as “ridiculous” and
another of the “false reports that
„*rop up periodically.
Walter L. Ross, a brother of Char
ley, denied that Mrs. Pierre Starr,
who claimed to have found the
missing man, was a relative of the
Ross family.
“She is an imposter,”
“She is an imposter,” said Mr.
Ress.“ and this is not the first titne
she has tried the same trick.”
Bobbed Hair Causes German Con
cern to Face Bankruptcy.
Berlin, June 5. —Although it is es
timated that less than 20 per cent
of German women, including school
girls, who still wear braids, have bob
bed their hair, an ornamental feath
er manufacturing company has given
the abbreviated hair styles as the
reason for filing a petition in bank
ruptcy.
The petition asserts/ that in keep
ing with shorn locks, hats have be-.
come so small that there is no longer \
any room on them for feathers. In l
response to the court’s question as 1
to whether the business could be
conducted by a receiver until styles
changed, an official of the Firmosely j
replied:
“The bobbed hair craze is just j
starting.”
Salisbury Woman Dies of Ptomaine
Poisoning.
Salisbury, June 5. —Mrs. H. J. j
Fenton, aged 37, • f South Long
street, died ear’.y Friday, death be
ing caused by ptomaine poison. Sur- j
viving is the husband and five small I
children. The funeral took
from Sacret Heart Catholic church 1
Saturday morning at 9 o’clock, and |
the body will be taken on the after-{
noon train to orth Philadelphia for j
interment. Mr. Fenton an<J family ;
were preparing to rove to Phila- j
delphia and were to have left for
that place Friday.
! The $77,000 receipts of the Pete
Latzo-Mickey Walker welterweight ;
title bout he’d at Scranton on May j
20 represented the biggest gate ;
ever recorded for a boxing show m
Pennsylvania.
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Boykin, and
Miss Bertie Dry spent Sunday in
Lexington with friends.
J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
Walter L. Ross, Brother of
' the Kidnapped Boy, Says
i Mrs. Pierre Starr Is An
| Imposter.
dellinger~seeks
ONLY HIS NAME
Says He Does Not Care
l, Anything About Getting
Money From Wealthy
Ross Family.
New York. June 7.—OP)—The Jialf
, century old mystery of the kidnap
ping of ( luirlie Ross was under a re
, viv ed cross fire of claims and denials
of solution today.
j Mrs. Pierre Starr, of New York.
! presented in a newspaper today a
j claim that she had found the missing
j Ross iu the person of a rugged South
i enter who had adopted the name of
W. ('. McHalc. Mrs. Starr claimed
to be a cousin of the late Christian K.
Ross, of Germantown, Pu., wealthy
J father of the child kidnapped Ja
1874. Mrs. Starr brought the man
she da ms is Charlie Ross to New
! York from the mountains of North
Carolina.
j Members of the Ross family now
living in Philadelphia immediately
, branded her story as ridiculous. Wal
ter L. Ross, a brother of the kidnap
ped boy. said:
• “She is an imposter and this is not
the first time she has tried the same
trick.”
! Mi-Hale, or~Julius Coleman Dellin
ger, as he was also known in North
Carolina, declared he wanted no mon
ey but only his birthright, anu sa ! d
j he knew he had been abducted as a
| child. He told of having been enr
] ried through the South in his youth
] by a wandering tinker and gunsmith
who went by various names.
This man. McHale said, admitted
to him that he was not his father and
promised some day to tell him who he
was. but died without fulfilling his
promise. One of the theories of Char
lie Ross’ abduction was that he had
been carried off by peddlers. Two such
men on whom suspicion was settled
were caught and fatally wounded
while robbing a hou?s. One of them
said the other could solve the Charlie
Ross mystery. Both died of gunshot
wounds before telling anything.
Christian K. Ross spent $60,000 in
searching for the boy before he died
in 1897. In a book about the search
he said some .300 children bad been
put forward as his son. Since his
death the solution of the mystery has
been claimed many times, btft each
claim proved without foundation.
Mrs. Starr said she had affidavits
from many persons who had known
the present claimant since -boyhood,
telling of incidents which coinc’ded
with the few clues unearthed after the
kidnapping.
THE COTTON MARKET
Easy Cables and Vavoratne Weather
Reflected in Opening Decline of 2
to 7 Points.
New York, June 7. —(A?) —Relative-
ly easy Liverpool cables ami reports
of favorable weather in the South
were reflected in an opening decline
of 2 to 7 points in the cotton market
early today.
July sold off to 18.16 and Decem
ber to 17.35, but covering and trade
buying of near months Id the market
fairly steady during the first hour.
The early selling seemed to be based
chiefly on belief that the rains or
showers late last week had relieved
drought conditions in the western belt
and . the forecast for generally fair
weather with normal temperatures
udring the week evidently made a
favorable impression on sentiment.
Private cables attributed the decline
in Liverpool to hedge selling and li
quidation.
Cotton futures opened steady. July
18.17; Oct. 17.45; Dec. 17.37; Jan.
17.30; March 17.46.
Youth Builds Biplane.
(By International News Service)
Pascagoula. Miss.. June 7. —A bi
i plane which was built by J. D. Crane,
| 17-year-old Pascagoula youth, with
] his own hands. today was at the j
I county-owned landing field near hcre|
j awaiting the arrival of an experienced j
] pilot to give it a try-out.
Experts who have examined the
! plane declare that it is capable of
! making a sustained flight of 240 miles
l and a speed of 65 miles an hour,
j The youth purchased all his ma
| terial for the plane with money he
! earned while working in a local print
! ing shop, and put the plane together
j in his spare time.
The machine weighs 550 pounds.
* has a wing spread of 22 feet, a
i length of sixteen feet and a height of
! seven and one-half feet. The frame
1 is built of cypress and steel, and the |
I wings are of mercerized cotton. The
! engine weighs 125 pounds. It is 30
j horsepower. >
I Make Good Will Totr* to Johnson
i i City, Tenn.
• Statesville. June 6.—Under the
auapices of the Statesville Kiwanis
club, with ex-Sheriff J. M. Deaton
I heading the committee, an Iredell
{County Good Will tour to Johnaton
jCity, Tenn-, has been defnitely plan-
I ned, leaving Statesville Tuesday
morning, June 15.
The world’s largest hotel, now
under construction hi Chicago, will
have over 3,000 guest rooms.
REPORTS TODAY BQ
-o i SHOW CHANGES
I IN OVERMAN TOTMj
‘j
1 Senator Continues to Lead
I Robert R. Reynolds by
Large Majority.—Nine
teen Counties Complete.
OVERMAN LEADS
IN 13 OF THESE
Several Western Counties
Expected to Add Some
thing to the Total of
Asheville Candidate. / j
Raleigh, June 7. —( A »)—Lee Slater
Overman, who for 23 years has served
North Carolina in the United
Senate, apparently will return to Vaat
body for another six years.
On the face of incomplete unofficial
returns from Saturday’s primary. %
incumbent running for re-nomination,
ou the Democratic ticket early
maintained a lead of
; 30,000 votes, with slightly more tkau
! half of the precincts in the state re
porting.
j With 893 out of 1717 precincts ac
counted for, representing the scatter^
] vote in 67 of the 100 counties. Oyer
. i man had 80.781 votes, while ReyuoHa
. j polled 56,312 votes,
i In the early stages of the returns
j Senator Overman maintained a ;
lof 2 to 1 over ’liis opponent, but Mt.
j Reynolds’ strength was rei»orted £co,m
the western counties and this load
i was cut down, though at no sta*£ of
1 t'lie race did Overman lose the lead.
Though Mr. Reynolds cut into ttao
Overman lead, in later returns today
lit appeared there was [ slight chance
of overtaking Mr. Overman though a
number of western counties in which
Reynolds was expected to i&ow
strength had not reported. These,
however, for the most part, were not
densely populated and the vote from
practically all the counties with large
| cities had been reported. In in
, the Democratic primary a total of
234,771 votes was cast, so that using
this figure as n guide it appeared to- 1
day the major portion of the voto
had been reported. Thf vote re
ported early today included nineteoh ’
| complete counties and of t*aese Ov*r- .
. man carried 13. The counties goiijg .
in th? Overman column are: Anson/®
Camden, Chowan, Clay, Edgecombe,
Forsyth. Gaston. Harnct, Iredell, New
Hanover, Pamlico. Rockingham and
Rutherford. Reynolds polled a ma
jority in Buncombe. Henderson, Hert- •
i ford, McDowell, Perquimans and
II Polk.
In the two contests for
sional nominations on the Pemoratic
ticket the incumbents had what ap
peared to be safe majorities. In the
ninth district, with 117 out of 223 '
precincts reported A. L. BulwipjUe i
polled 17,087 against 826 for J. A*
Dimmette.
In the tenth district, Zebulpn
Weaver 4iad 17.670 votes, while l?e
--lix Alley had 6,750. with 169 out of
220 precincts reporting.
STAGE FIST FIGHT
IN HOUSE COMMITTEE
Representative Rankin, t'oimnissipii*
er Felling and Latter’s Counsel in
Fight.
Washington. June 7. —C4 1 )—An ex
change of blows, the throwing of aii.
juk well, and a glass of water, took
place today at the capitol in a light
between Representative Rankin. Dem
ocrat. of Mississippi, on one side aud
Commissioner Frederick A. ‘Fgjjakfe *£
of the District of Columbia, and
counsel, Frank J. Hogan, the
other side.
The encounter was staged before
(be House judiciary committee. y«;here
the investigation of Mr. ad
ministration is underway.
Mr. Hogan received a slight injury
about the left temple, but the
ticipants were separated before others
were hurt. Representative Rankin
admitted the throwing of the ink well,
Hogan the throwing of the glas of
water, and Fenning said he did all
in his power to reach Rankin with
his fist, but was unsuccessful. Ran
kin said someone had struck him, and
that he thought it was Fenning.
The fight was precipitated when
Rankin became angered over an inter
| ruption by Hogan to his line of ques- I
I tions.
ChurrhHi Has Narrow Escape.
Westerhain. England, June 7.- —OW
—Winston Churchill, chancellor, of
the exchequer, had a narrow escape
this afternoon when his automobile ,
collided, with a motor van. Both
machines were badly smashed. The
chancellor escaped unhurt, but tile
van driver suffered a broken riband
other injuries.
i.C,
Editor of Preachers Magazine Seo- I
tenced to Prison.
Bt. Louis, June 7.—C4 s )—William t
E. Rutledge, 64, editor of the Preach
ers Magazine, was sentenced by Fed
eral Judge Faris today to serve four
years in prison for use of the mails
to defraud in promotion of the Econ
omy Oil Company. Rutledge was con
victed by a jury last Friday.
Russian women have the reputa
tion of being born politician*.
THE WEATHER
-■ ' ■ ■
Fair tonight, rising temperature in
centra! and northeast portions. Tues
day fair. Fresh southwest winds, .
other injuries.
NO. &7