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President Coolidge named Professor E. P. Warner and P.
Trubee Davison assistant secretaries, in charge of
for the Navy and War Departments respectively. Charlea
S. Wood, national campaign manager for the Association
Against the Prohibition Amendment, was summoned by the
Senate slush fund investigating committee. Chang Tso Lin,
Chinese general, allows officers a number <tf wives in pro
portion to Iheir rank. General Wu Pei Fu charged.
JUDGE HORTON IS BETTER
Desperate Illness With Cerebro-Spin-1
al Meningitis—Regains Conscious- !
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, Jitly 5. —Suffering from a
malady which has been diagnosed as
a form of meningitis, J. Lloyd Hor
ton. former judge of the Superior
Court, is very seriously ill at his
home here. He had not been feeling
i well for several days and Friday nf
! ternoon became quite ill. Since that
I time he has had several convulsions
—indications of meningitis—and has,
lapsed into unconsciousness several :
times.
Judge Horton, tTiough originally i
from Pitt county, has made' his home •
in Raleigh since his retirement from'
the Superior Court bench about two ,
years ago. Elected to this office ’
while but 28 years old, he was one |
; of the youngest men in the state ever j
to preside over a Superior Court.
He served three years before retir-.
ing. .
jf The condition of JPudge Horton;
was reported Sunday night as being!
| much improved. The last serum treat-1
I ment was on Saturday
| night with bopeffll results, and his’
physicians were greatly encouraged j
| last night. He was more rational.
j than he had been. While still serious-1
ly ill, he had a good fighting chance
last night.
THE EVER PRESENT
MUSCLE SHOLS MATTER
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About 30,000 Lots Have Been Sold
Within a Radios of 15 Miles. j
(By International News Service)
Sheffield, Ala., July 5. —Congress
t will win the undying gratitude of
high-pressured real estate dealers by
continuing to take its time in decid
ing what disposition to make of the
government's power plant at Muscle
I Shoals.
Nearly 30,000 sub-division lots have
been sold within a fifteen-mile rad
dius of the power and nitrate plants
since the Muscle Shoals controversy
first reached Congress, it is said, and
all the realtors now ask is that Con
gress occasionally renew its* discus
sion of the .Shoals question, and then
postpone action. /
When Congress adjourns, the real
estate men say, demand for lots sub
sides. Then, when the Senate and
House begin to buzz anew over the
problem, there is a more gratifying i
public response to sales talk.' .
Champion Cabbage Grower.
Albany-JJecatur, Ala., July 5. —R.
C. McWhorter, of Longview farm,
i gained the title of “Champion Cab
! bage Grower of Albania” when he ex
i hibited a cabbage here weighing 13
11-2 pounds, which probably estab
j lished a record in this state.
McWhorter, who is a werll known
| truck farmer, declared Uhat this year
! the farm will yield a number of cab
bage heads weighing nine and ten
pounds. However, the giant 13-
pounder was the only one to reach
that weight, he said.
All the men in Concord who want
to enter the “Y” tennis tournament,
the winner of which will represent
the city in the State-wide meet, are
requested to hand in their names at
j the Y. M. C. A. at once.
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Land and buildings used for golf in
this country are worth $1,800,000,000.
j More than 300,000 acres are devoted
i to the sport.
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SHORTAGE OF WATER
IS STILL ACUTE
At the State Hospital at Morgantoiy.
—Engineers on the Ground..
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh. July s.—While the short
age of water, due to the drought, is
, still a'cute at the State Hospital for
the Insane at Morgantqn, engineers
are now on the ground going over the
situation and it is hoped that opera
tions will soon be set in motion look
ing toward the obtaining of a supply
of water that will be adequate under
, all conditions. Governor McLean re
ports, following his return from a
j trip through the western part of the
j state, during which he stopped in
! Morganton. If efforts now under
* way are successful, it is probable that
1 the State institutions may unite with
; the town of Morganton in a project
to obtain the water supply from the
■ Catawba Rriver. If this is done,
it is felt that the matter of water
' supply will be settled for all time.
lAt present both the State Hospital
! and the School for the Deaf obtain
: their water from springs and small
i streams on the nearby watershed of
I the mountains. This supply, how-
I ever, has been found to be too vari-
I able, especially in dry weather to be
1 dependable.
At present, with the-School for the
Deaf in its vacation period, its water
supply is being turned into the mains
of the State hospital. If this were
not done, it not believed the hos
pital would be able to get along.
I The final report of the engineers
working on the situation is expected
I this Week. In the meantime, every
effort is being made to take care of
the situation, the governor reports.
“Hobo Girl” in Trouble Again.
(By International News Service)
Atlanta, Ga., July 3.—Alabama’s
movie-stricken “Hobo Girl” again is
the guest of Atlanta police.
The Fort Payne, Ala., adventuress,
undaunted by two years of vain ef
fort to break into the Hollywood
limelight despite the fact that her
youthful ambition has been thwarted
. time and time again by tbe long arm
of the law and parental authority,
was held by police here pending word
from her relatives in Alabama.
Minnie Lee Horsley, the 18-year
old “hobo girl” is not unknown in
Atlanta, as she paid an involuntary
visit to the local stronghold of the
law in ; October, 1924, on her trek to
the Golden West.
At that time, however, tfue was
sentenced to serve thirty days in the
stockade, but escaped from a third
jstory window by sliding down a drain
pipe.
Apparently Minnie has not yet
been cured, and' still cherishes the
hop* of reaching tbe capital of movie
dom. According to police, the girl
insists on going to Hollywood, and
refuses to return to the security and
comfort of her parental home.
Lightning Strikes Church.
Winston-Sa’em, July 5.— (4*) —Sev-
eral people were injured, one fatally,
when lightning struck St. Marks
Methodist Church,, near this city,
Sunday afternoon while church ser
vices were in progress. H. T. Boles
received injuries when a window cas
ing was knocked loose and hurled
across the church striking Mr. Boles
on the back of the head. \
| Seventy-five thousand cherry trees,
' imported from France, are being
[ planted iu northeastern Kansas.
CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY. JUXT'S, 1926
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President Present To
Participate In Great
Historic Celebration
A NEW RAILROAD SIGNAL.
Color Light Signals on Double-Track
Line of Southern Railway.
Charlotte, N. C., July 5. —Color
light signals, declared by Southern
• Railway engineers to be the hist
word in electric automatic block
signal protection, are now in service
on the entire Washington-Atlanta
double-track line, (137 miles, replqc- 4
ing signals of the three position
) semaphore type.
1 The color light signal is a recent
development, consisting of a series of
three lamps mounted vertically be
hind colored lenses on a mast with
an oblong sheet metal background!
These lamps produce a light whicli
can be easily distinguished at front
2.500 to 3,000 feet in bright spu
light, giving an indication which en
ginemen can recognize even more
easily than the position of the sema
phore.
The color light signal is considered
: a distinct advance in signal practice
Jislnce the same indications (red for
I ■•’top, yellow for caution, and green
for proceed) are used both day ant|
night. As there is no mechanism, rh«t
color light signal is less subject to
failure than other types. Another ad- j
vantage is that the lights are placed j
directly in the engineman’s line of
vision.
The Southern was a pioneer in
the introduction of color light
signals, having installed them on tbe
Atlauta-Birmingham line in il>24.
In order to extend them over the
Washington-Atlanta line it waa
necessary to replace N2l signal**.
The entire line from Washington to
Birmingham, 800 miles, is now equip
ped with this most modern type
• dgnals, operated by alternating cut
rent fed from n power tranapiission
line of equal length. This is tlw long
est continuous installation or> this
kind iu existence.
INDIANAPOLIS STREET
RAILWAY MEN STRIKE
Union Officials Says 1100 Men Are
Idle But the Company is Maintain
ing Partial Service.
Indianapolis, Ind., July S.— UP) —
Indianapolis street railway employees
who are members of the Amalgamat
ed Association of Street and Electric
Railway Employees, on strike
here today. Union officials said 1100'
men were on strike but the street car
company officials insisted that less
than 400 were out, A partial ser
vice was being maintained on nearly
all lines.
The* strike vole was taken at a
a meeting of the street car men early
today.
City officfaTs recaljlng riots of the
car men’s strike in 1913 ordered the j
mobilization of all police and firemen j
and organized emergency aquads. l*a- j
trolmen rode on all cars operated tfiis j
morning. No violence was report
ed, however.
Meteor Falla Into Atlantic Ocean at
Wrightsville Beach.
Wilmington, July 3. —Coming out ’
of the west and traveling at a high
rate of speed a meter tonight fell
into the Atlantic ocean off Wrights
ville Beach.
The object was first sighted by
residents at 8:10 and it was travel
ing at such a rate of speed that it
quickly disappeared into the gloom-
It attracted wide attention and was
said to be one of the largest “shoot
ing stars” ever witnessed in this
section.
Traveling through space with
lighting-like speed, the meteor left a
trail of fire behind. The object had a
tail approximately four yards long
that reflected all colors of the rain
bow as it continued on its journey.
With Our Advertisers.
There are now 745 J. C. Penney
Co. stores in this country, extending
over 44 states.
Striped Silk Washable Dresses
$4.95 to $6.95 at Parks-Belk Co.’s.
See about some other dainty dresses
in the new ad. today.
The Yorke and Wadsworth Co. has
just received a solid car load 8f At
las Mason fruit jars at 75c, 85c and
$1.25 a dozen.
Rugs for everybody at the right
prices at the Bell & Harris Furniture
Co.
Mebane Left All His Property to
Wife.
(By International News Service)
/ Wentworth, N. C., July 5.—8.
Frank Mebane, of Spray, >vho dide re
cently in New York, left all his es
tate to his wife Mrs. Lili Morehead
Mebane, it was disclosed when his will
was offered for probate. No apprais
al of the estate was given, but the
estate is said to be valued at round
$2,000,000.
Thirty-two cattle brands famous in
the early days'of the Lone Star State
are being cut into the stone of Gar
rison hall at the University of Texas.
Gold bearing gravel is being dug
up by steam shovels on the State high
way north of Cle Elum, Washington.
The region was mined years ago, but
most of the miners migrated to Alas-i
ka and the Yukon at the time of the
Klondike gold rush.
The actual city of London covers
only 675 acres and contains a popu
lation of 13,709. The metropolitan
district of London, however, has an
area of 443,424 acres and a popula
tion of more than 8,000,000.
The American Legion Convention in
Paris to 1927. it is estimated, will
cost $15,000,000.
Arrived in Philadelphia at
10 O’cock for Program
. in City of American In
dependence.
EXPOSITION NOW
OFFICIALLY BEGUN
Mr. Coolidge Spoke at the
Exposition Grounds and
Party Enjoyed Round of
1 Activities.
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i Pnitadelphia, July 5. — UP) —As host,
flto the President of the United States
1 who today began his fifty-fifth year,
the birthplace of American Independ
ence arranged one of the greatest cele
| brations of t’ae nation’s birthday to
i day.
- Instead of historic Independence
i Hull where most of the previous cele
l brations have been centered, the Ses
qui-Centennial International Exposi
tion was the center of the holidays
arrangements.
With an official opening today by
j the President, the exposition will con
[ tinue until December Ist in observ
ance of 150 years of American free
dom.
With the arrival of President and
Mrs. Coolidge at 10 a.,m„ the pro
gram'called for the presidential party
to move through troop lined streets,
the exposition grounds, with a salute
of 21 gunsnas he passed the monster
Liberty Bell at the exposition grounds,
and a 48-gun salute on his entering j
the navy yard.
A motor trip to the exposition
grounds, ami an address by the Pres
ident at the municipal stadium were
next on the schedule. The features!
for the -stadium exercises included the
singing by the chorus of states, which
1 includes more than 1,000 voices re
cruited from every state in the Union.
After the stadium exercise the
schedule included luncheon with May
or Kendrick, visits to Independence
Hall. Carpenters Hall, Old Christ
Church, and the new' Delaware River \
bridge, the planting at the civic center
ill Camden, J„ of a slip from the
willow trees which shaded Washing-,
ton’s tomb, and an address in Cam
(let) at the ceremony marking tlm -op
ening of the South Jersey Exposi
tion.
The President observed his 54th
birthday yesterday quietly. He will
leave for his vacation in the Adi
rondaeks tomorrow afternoon. '• i
Given Salute.
Philadelphia, July s.— (4*) —With j
a salute of 21 guns, President Cool
! idge today was welcomed to the Ses
j qui-Centennial Exposi
j tion commemorating the 150th anni-<
i versary of American independence.
Proceeding down Broad Street es
corted by the historic first city troops
the President was given a continual
ovation en route to the grounds.
He was taken first through the ex
\ position property by Mayor W. Free
■ land Kendrick. The President alight
ed from his motor to view a reproduc
tion of the old High Street of Revo
lutionary times, now Market Street,
the main artery of modern Phila
delphia.
A brief inspection of the nearby
navy yard followed, and then the
presidential party drove to the huge
stadium where 20,000 persons had as
sembled to do him honor.
Mayor Kendrick delivered the offi
cial address of welcome.
On the platform besides the Wash
ington party were Mayor and Mrs.
Kendrick; Mr. knd Mrs. Edward
Loeb: Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Austin;
Hon. James M. Beck; Mr. and Mrs.
E. T. Stotesbury; Gov. and Mrs.
Pinchot; Senator and Mrs. Pepper;
Representative and Mrs. Vare;
Charles B. Hall; Mrs. Sarah Vet
terlein ; Major and Mrs. E. H. Hicks;
Captain and Mrs. D. E. Campbell;
Lieut J. F. W. Gray, Rear Admiral
and Mrs. Thos. P. McGruder, Col.
and Mrs. Joseph W, Beacham; Col.
and Mrs. Cyrus Radford; Director
of Public Safety and Mrs. Elliott;
Samuel M. Vauclain; and James F.
McCandless.
Celebration at Charlottesville.
Charlottesville, Va., July 5. — (4*) —
Montieello, the home of Thomas Jef
ferson, was dedicated' as a national
shrine at the celebration here today
that climaxed three days of exercises
commemorating the 100th anniversary
of the death of the author of the
Declaration of Independence and the
sesqui-centennial of the signing of the
historic document. The handsome
estate was purchased with funds
from popular subscriptions. It is
situated on a mountain top overlook
ing the city of Charlottesville and
the University of Virginia.
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Hunger Striker Dead.
(By International New-s Service)
Huntsville, Ala., July 5. —Hunts-
ville’s hunger striker is dead.
Zacharias B. Reagan, who w r ent
without food for more than two weeks
in the 'Madison county jail, died one
' day after physicians had warned him
that he wou'.d die unless he agreed
to take some nourishment.
Reagan was arrested late in May
on a charge of murdering ’his wife.
The tennis court at the Country
Club has been improved greatly in
the past week by Club officials. They
have generously extended {he use of
the court to the Y. M- C. A* during
the preliminary and the state Wide
tennis tournaments to be held here
|in July and August.
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collected by the W. C. T. U«
was used in purchasing al
coholic evidence, William B«
Wriglil,: director of prohibi
tion enforcement in PennsylJ
Vania, told the Senate Com«
inittee. 4
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ONLY FIVE MORE DAYS
Get Your License Tag by July 10th
. or Pay the Penalty.
Tribune Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, July 5. —Only five days
more in which 275,000 automobile
owners can secure license plates for
the 275,000 cars. And if they are not
secured by the night of July 10,
those who fail to get them must pay
the penalty. R. A. ~Doughton, Com
missioner of Revenue announced to-
I day, in stating that only 125.000
i licenses had Deen secured up until
Saturday night. He also stated posi
tively that there would be absolute
ly no extension in time.
If people had pureaasea licenses
that first 22 days they were on sale
as they have during the past week,
all would now have been disposed of,
for they have been going at the rate
of 10,000 a day this past week. How
j ever,' if the laggards apply at once,
lit is possib’e that all may be taken
! care of by the end of this week, since
Jit is possible for the Automobile
License Bureau to take care of the
demand much faster than hereto
fore., due to its large organization
#and more adequate equipment.
“For the past week we have had
our entire field force iu the various
offices helping to take care of the
public and its demand for licenses.
This will continue throughout this
coming week, “said Commissioner
Doughton. “But beginning Monday
morning, July 12, all of our regular
inspectors t. with the Auto Theft
Bureau, together large num
ber of deputy inspector will be plac
ed in the field all over the State
with instructions to bring in every
automobile owner who has not yet
secured his new license plates. It
must be remembered that all those
who -do not secure their license
plates by the evening of July 10 are
subject to arrest and the penalty
provided by law.”
“However, the Commissioner was
optimistic, saying that most people
just put off such matter until the
last minute more from thoughtless
ness than anything else, and that
they really do not intend to defraud
the State.
Although afl other State depart
ments are closed today, the Licence
Bureau is remaining open all day
here, as are the branch offices, so that
people may celebrate July 4 on July
5 by getting their license plates.
Automotive Trade Association.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, July 4.—Plans are under
way to accommodate the largest gath
ering of Tar heel auto dealers and
th£ir families Jn history when the
North Carolina Automotive Trade As
sociation summer convention is called
to order at Wrightsville Beach Au
gust 9-10. Official headquarters will
be at the Seashore Hotel and all bus
iness sessions will 'be held' there.
However, the management has served
notice that it will be unable to ac
commodate all the delegates and many
reservations are being made at va
rious other hotels and cottages.
Henry W. Masten, of Winston-
Saleift, president of the association
has asked the dealers to make, their
hotel reservations direct and to regis
ter for thfe convention now by notify
ing Coleman W. Roberts, secretary, at
Greensboro. \ .
Publie and Private Improvements in
Mississippi.
(By International News Service)
Biloxi, Miss-, July s.—Public and
private improvements which are now
under construction, authorized or pub
licly projected on the Mississippi
coast call for expenditures totaling
$63,169,840.26. as compared _with a
building program of $50.425.037.~8 m
the same area two months a ß°*
These figures were made public m
: a survey just completed by the Mis
sissippi Coast Club. The figures m
■ etude construction and improvements
i on the entire coast between Moss
Point and Bay St. Louis.
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son, New York actress, was
taken in Montreal, where she
weht to testify against Rich
ard Thorne and Philip Elliott,
scions of prominent families,
accused of attacking and beat
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PUSHMOBILE CONTEST
To Be Held at Charlotte August 23.
Ten Cities Enter.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, July 4.—Ten cities have
definitely entered and inquiries have
been received from New Jersey and
California regarding the national
pushmobile contest which will be held
August 23rd at Charlotte prior to
the world sprint race classic on t*.ie
speedway there, H. W. Park, natiop
al director, announced today.
Formal entry has been filed by
Winston-Salem, Greensboro, High
Point, Charlotte, Hamlet, Concord,
Lexington, Thomasville, and Green
ville and UoTtimbhi, 8. ©.
Director Park has returned from a
swing • through western Carolina.
“Not only the yourigsters are inter
ested in pushmobiles,” he said, “the
adults are enthusiastic also.” My
boy under 18 years of age is eligible
to enter the contest if he constructs
his own pushmobile, which is a min
iature, homemade autoftiobile. Power
is furnished by the “mechanic’* who
must push with both hands. The
“pilot" steers the machine. Boys
15 # to 18 will race 300 yards; 12 to
15 will race 200 yards and lads under
12 will go 100- yards. Gold watches
will be presented to each pilot and
mechanic in three classes and
gold medals will go to second and
third place teams in each event. En
tries close' August 7th.
NEW YORKERS WORRY
OVER SUBWAY STRIKE
Deadlock Between Strikers and
Transit Company—Would Affect
Passengers Daily.
New York. July 4. —New Yorkers’
suspense over the threatened subway
strike remained unrelieved tonight.
The answer of the Interborougti
Rapid Transit company to the state
transit commission’s proposal of ar
bitration, already agreed to by the
employes, will not be given until to
morrow. Acceptance of the arbitra
tion proposal by the company is the
only thing that will prevent the
strike from starting at midnight to
morrow, according to the ultimatum
of the company’s motormen and
switchmen. The men demand higher
wages.
Representatives of both sides met
separately today with members of
the state'transit commission, wnich
is endeavoring to prevent a tie up of
transportation facilities that would
affect nearly 4,000,000 passengers
daily.
Frank Hedley. president and gen
eral manager of the Interborough
asked that he be given until noon to
morrow to make his answer to the
arbitration proposal. The employes'
representative who had stipulated
that the answer must be made by 9
o’clock tomorrow morning agreed to
an extension of three hours.
Acquitted of Murder, Now on Honey
moon.
(#y International News Service)
Miami,-Fla., July s.—Acquitted of
a charge of second degree murder in
connection With the fatal shooting of
William Andrews. Jack Healey, car
penter, today is on his honeymoon.
The bride is Miss Mary Palmer,
the auburn-haired “star" witness of
the defense in Healey’s trial. The
defendant and the witness were mar
ried a few minutes after the former’s
acquittal.
Opening of New Bridge.
(By International News Service)
Bainbridge, Ga., July s.—Thou
sands of persons were here today for
the dedicatory exercises of t'ne open
ing of the Flint River bridge, in mem
ory of Decatru county World War
heroes.
Telegraphing a denial of the rumor
that he was to retire from business,
William Randolph Hearts announced:
“The time to retire ig when God re
tires you and not before/’
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HARRIS AND MOORE
HEB IN VOTES
OF LAST SATURDAV
W. C. Harris Defeats Judge
Thomas H. Calvert in
Seventh District and
Moore Leads in 20th.
SOLICITOR/DAVIS
IS ALSO DEFEATED
D. M. Clark, of Greenville*
Winner For Nomination
For Solicitor.—Votes lit
20th Not All Counted.
Raleigh, July 5. —(/P)—One Superi
or Court judge and one solicitor failed
of renomination in Saturday's sec
ond primary. This was clearly in
dicated today on the face of prac
tically complete returns in the sev
enth judicial district, and less ebm
plete ones from the fiifth.
The defeated candidates are Judge
Thomas H. Calvert, of Raleigh, and
Jesse H. Davis, of New Bern. The
nominee for judge in the seventh is
F. C. Harris, city court judge of
Raleigh. ‘Mr. Davis was. defeated
for renomination as solicitor in the
fifth by D. M. Clark, of Greenville,
The result of the judgeship races
in the twentieth where the contestants
were Walter E. MooTe, of Sylva, atid
James D. Malone,. of Murphy, Was
still uncertain with less than half
the precincts in the district heard
from. Mr, Moore, however, had a
comfortable lead . over his opponent. *
BOY SENTENCED TO
LIFE IMPRISONMENT
For Furnishing Poison Liquor to
Cousin, Causing His Death.
(By International News Service)
Pensacola, Fla., July s.—The day
18-year-old Jesse Odom was sentenced
to life imprisonment for fufnishipg
poison liquor to Archie Alexander, his
young second cousin, because he was
“too popular with the girls,” was to
have been the youthful slayer's wed
dinf*day, it was revealed here today.
Although the youthful prisoner
pleaded guilty to a charge of second
degree murder when his case came up
for trial, an alleged confession writ
ten by Odom ami made, public today,
declared that he was innocent 7 of the
charge against him, and he pleaded
guilty only to escape the electric
ebaif.
“I took my chances at making a
plea of guilty,’’ the confession said,
.“and now I am of the firm opinion
that before I die, even if it is in the
State penitentiary, I shall have tne
pleasure of knowing that n confes
sion will have been made that will
lift this awful charge from. me. I
didn’t give Archie the poison. Jt
girl and a man did so. and time Will
prove that I am telling the truth/’
Young Odom was indicted on k *
charge of first degree murder, but
when he offered to plead guilty to the
crime in a lesser degree, he was sen
tenced to life imprisonment. „._
“Yes.” Adorn admitted today, “the
day I was sentenced to life was to
have been my wedding day. ‘’She
trusted me.” » ' ’
The girl he was to have married, it
is said, whs the girl who had figured
in the [beginning of jealousy between
Odom and his young cousin. This
was not, however, the girl who is al
leged to be partly blamed for prepar
ing the poison for Alexander.
War on Fish Outlaws.
(By International News
Sfauttgart, Ark., July 5. —As g re
sult of the Askansas game and limb
commission’s declaration of war oni
the “Wolf of the waters," approxi
mately 2,000 pounds of alligator gars
have been captured and destroyed
within the past week.
The game and fish commispjop,
which is determined to rid the waters
of the state of this outlaw fish, de
clared that any one of these lfats,
would consume more game fish in one
day than a good angler would catch
in a week.
Fourteen of the gars taken from
the once popular fishing resort at
Bayou Meta, near here, weighed be
tween 100 and 140 pounds each.
Jury Hung on Case of Moses Slay
ing Egyptian on Beach.
Shennnnadoah, lowa, July 4. — A
mock trial of Moses for murder in
connection with the slaying: of an
Egyptian, prior to the march of the
children of Israel from bondage iu
Egypt, held as an inducement today
to church attendance, resulted in a
hung jury. One obstinate juror in the
men’s Sunday school class of the
First Presbyteyian church, where
the trial was held, persistently held
but for conviction of Moses for first
degree murder. Claude Porter, demo-,
eratic nominee for United State* sen
ator, acted as judge of the mock
court.
Barber to Die in Electric Chair.
(By International News Service)
Atlanta, Ga., July s.—Mell M.
Gore, former Buckhead barber under
sentence of death for his alleged part
in the slaying of W T . H. Cheek, well
known grocer, will die in the electric
chair July 16th.
Gore was re-sen tenebd to die follow
ing action by the Supreme Court in
denying bis appeal for a rehearsing of
THE WEATHER
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday,
scattered thundershowers Tuesday.
Moderate southwest winds.
NO. -JOS