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July 10.—UP)—Ree {ords of the Bankers Trust Ca. whose ] baukrutpey proceedings last week brought about the closing of more than eighty small banks in Georgia and Florida, will be presented to the grand jury tomorrow by receivers for the banking institution and officials of the state banking department. The investigation will be conducted by the sol eitor general of the Atlanta dis trict. The granting of a petition for re ceivership by the bank of Unatilia. Fla., early last week brought about a suspension of business by the Bank ers Trust Go., and a restraining or der from the Superior Court prevent ing officials of the company from- al tering ; n any way the status of the banks for which the company acted as financial agent. With the institution of bankruptcy proceedings came an announcement from the state banking department of the suspension of business of 4K small banks, virtually all members of the Bankers Trust Co. chain. Added suspensions Thursday and Friday brought the number of bank , suspensions in Georgia and Florida to more than eighty. JEWS LAMENT THE FALL OF JERUSALEM Black Fast Day Has Been Set Apart for Mourning for Centuries. New York. July 19. —Hebrews the world over will gather at temples and synagogues at sunset tins evening to usker in with prayers and all the im pressive .ceremonies of the Jewish ritual tftc* TWta B'?d> ‘ Fast. tvH- li will last until the stars appear tomor row evening. For centuaries Jtie day. known ns the Jewish Black Fast, has been set apart as a day of .mourning ror the race. It is the most solemn holiday on the Jewish calendar, but, i unlike the Day of Atonement which I is regarded as the most sacred, is I more of an anniversary event, inas- j much as five of the greatest national I misfortunes befell the Jewish race i on t’iiis date. The fast commemorates the day when the Jews were doomed to re main in the wilderness on their way to Palestine; the dual destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnazzar and Titus; the fall of Botha and. the drawing of the plow over Jerusalem and the Temple a year later in order to transform the place into a Roman j colony. During the 24 hours of t'ae fast the rigidly observant Jew eats and* drinks nothing. The reform Jew, however, does not hold so tenaciously j to some of the old-traditions. Dur- 1 ing the entire holiday the orthodox j Jews devote most of their time to • prayers. In all the synagogues spe cial rituals are held and one of the features is t’ae reading of the "Ivinots” or Lamentations. In orthodox sane- j tuaries an old custom of removing the shoes and sandals during the* sol emnities and sitting on the ground is observed on this occasion. In some of the European countries were Jews are not accorded equal rights this holiday is of special sig nificance, as on this day special ser vices are devoted to the Zionist cause and for centuries it has been a cus tom of the wealthier Jews throug'li out Europe to make pilgrimages to Palestine at this time to visit the ancestral sepulchres and the ‘‘Kosel Hamairovi’ or the eastern wall, the only part of the great Jewish Temple still left intact. Since the close of the late war and the redemption of Palestine and Jerusalem- from the Moslems these pilgrimages have great ly increased in size and number. It is also a custom for the Zionist organizations throughout the world to hold meetings on Tisha B’ab, for the belief has been held among the Jews, especially the orthodox elemfent, that if Palestine ever were restored to its original owners, the restoration would take place on this day. In recent years there has been in corporated in the observance of the day special prayers in temples and synagogues in memory of the Jews slain in the war. The day also has been made the occasion for a general appeal for aid for the millions of Jewish sufferers in the devastated war regions. The nine days preceding Tisha B'ab are known as the “solmen days’’ and during the entire period observ ant Jews are prohibited to solemnize marriages, visit p'aces of amusement, partake of meats or enjoy any form of recreation. It is only apiong the strictly orthodox, however, that the observance is carried to this extent. Granville County will soon be a leading swine growing section ac cording to the interest the farmers are taking in feeding demonstrations. Twenty pure bred Berkshire gilts were recently distributed to club boys by the county agent. Triple Murderer - m bL Mai iIRRI I ||f - 5 tfra I Bjfl Hr * HFjh| W * I® BrJI H m Ahb jilßßbb Ibhl ..... wmmmmk James Grauit (left), who was arrested by Circa go isilice after murder ing three of his victims in banditry. Grauit is shown being questioned bv Lt. Wojciechowskl. who captured him. GOVERNOR COMMENDED For Refusing to Pay Any Attention to Dudilin? Charges. Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh. July 10. —Not only is Gov ernor A. W. McLean continuing to receive letters commending him for his action in the Man sol case, but letters are also ' being received com mending him for his refusal to pay any attention to tilt* charges of E. E. Dudding. of the prison reform asso ciation, whose charges that the State prison farm at Caledonia was “an out post of hell” and that prisoners had been shot in the back while shackled, were effectively shown to be false by The Tribune correspondent recently, following the printing of Dudding’s charges in a Raleigh morning news paper. In one of these letters to the gov ernor James H. Holloway, of Ridge way. N. C., says: “Another thing which I especially desire to commend you for is your at titude towards the New York prison reform jackass. He has libelled the State before and almost got away with it. but you put a spoke in his wheel right off the bat when you re fused to dignify his false insinua tions by any official notice whatso ever. I travel all over this state, as you know, and I have yet to see one single case of cruel or inhuman treat ment of prisoners. “I have a brother who travels much in North Carolina and he was at my home the past week. The paper containing Dudding’s chargesof cruel ty against the- prison farm manage ment came while he was here and he was very indignant and told ine that lie was at the farm last week and went there frequently and that never in his life had he seen a liner or more attractive place. He remarked that it was a shame that such trouble makers should be allowed to run at large. lam certainly glad you re fused him any encouragement in his efforts to discredit our good state’s name and reputation.” BANDITS FORCE MAN TO OPEN VAULT FOR THEM Escaped With Week-End Receipts of Kansas City Amusement Park. Kansas City, July 10. —(^)—Five bandits early today kidnapped Sam Benjamin, manager of an amusement park here, forced him to open the vault at the park, and escaped with several thousand dollars, representing the week-end receipts. Mrs. Benjamin and (laughter, Lois, were taken along by the bandits. The Benjamin family was ambush ed near their home in the residential district, forced into a car and taken to the park,. Two watchmen were bound and gagged. The loot amounted to between $5,- OOOand $20,000. The Benjamins were released by the bandits after the rob bery. Man Shot By His Dog. (By International News Service) j Hardy, Ark., July 19. —As soon as James W. Richardson, 63. farmer, recovers from shotgun wounds in his right hand, “Spot”, his bird dog, will he tried on a charge of malicious shooting. A few days ago, while Richardson was hunting, “Spot” leaped over a shotgun lying nearby on the ground and ’his foot drug the trigger The gun was discharged and Richardson wounded. “The case will be nolle prossed,” explained Richardson, “looks like an accidental shooting, and Spot saw a covy of birds, anyway,” Richardsop’s right foot was mangled in a saw mill mishap two years ago. Elected President of Textile Asso ciation. Savannah, July 18. —IV. H. Gib son, Jr., of Mooresville. N. C., was elected president of the 'Southern Textile Association, and Greenville, S. C., chosen as next meeting place of the association at the closing ses sions of the convention yesterday. Some farmers in Ashe County are so determined to have a pure bred bull in the community that, they are subscribing two years’ service fees lin advance. CONCORD, N. C„ MONDAY, JULY 19,1926 BANKING SITUATION IN STATE SOUNDER No Danger of Georgia Bank Failures Having Any Effect on North Caro lina Banks. Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh. July 10.—The whole bank ing situation in North Carolina now is sounder now than it has been at any time within the past six years, John Mitchell, State 'bank examiner said, when asked if there was any danger of the bank failures having any effect upon North Caro lina banks. “There is not present in North Carolina any system of chain bank ing which could produce a situation similar to that which has recently developed in the state of Georgia,” said Mr. Mitchell. “So far as has been ascertained, * the relationship ex isting between banks of this state and the hanks in Georgia, is of nuch a nature that no harm to North Caro lina banks can possibly result from the Georgia failures. “The whole 'banfcing situation over the state is sounder now than it has been at any time within the past six years. There is no occasion for alarm. The banking structure of the state is sound and merits the full confidence of the public,” Mr. Mitchell concluded. THE COTTON MARKET Affected by Cables and Favorable Weather Market Opened Easy With First Prices Lower. New York, July 19.— (A*) —Affected by weaker cables and generally fav orable week-end weather, the cotton market opened easy today with first prices 11 to 13 points lower. • The South, Liverpool, spot inter ests and the Southwest all sold mod erately on the opening call, folllowed by a large covering-by room shorts that rallied the market a few points after October had dropped to 17.17 and January to 17.15, or 11 to 14 points under Saturday's closing. Pri vate reports reported mostly clear and warm weather over the belt since Sat urday, with possibly less complaint about insects, although one promi nent Alabama spot house claimed its investigations showed that the crop looked better than it really was. Cotton futures opened easy. Oct. 17.22; Dec. 17.17; Jan. 17.20; March 17.38; July 17.53. Bible and Flag For Schools. (By International News Service) Benton. Tenn., July 19. —Purchase of a Bible and a United States' flag for every school in the county was the first thing Polk county’s school fund was used for. All schools in the county open to day for the summer session and will adjourn in time for the autumn har vest. School supplies for all the schools in the county were purchased from the fund this year in wholesale lots and expenses to children will be small. “The law requires that the Bible be read each day in school and that the flag float above the building each day,” explained the superintendent. Yellowstone Jail Razed; Nary An Inmate in 82 Years. Yellowstone Park, Wyo., July 19 —(A s )—The Yellowstone National Park jail has not held a prisoner in. its thirty-two years of existence snd now has been razed. “The only thing the jail has held, has been 'quor which has been found cached by rum runners from the Canadian border,” a park official ai sorted. The jail was built in 1894, when the park was under the administra tion of the United States army. At that time prisoners were housed in the army guard house. Franc Drops Again. Paris, July 19.— <yp) —The opening quotation on the franc this morning was 45.22 to the dollar. Later it dropped to 48.30. Sterling opened at 220, then went to 235. Tom Tarheel says the best diiy s work done farm recently was when the family went swimming and then enjoyed a picnic supper in the i nearby woods. SEEKING CORRECT THEORY TO SOLVE ILLETTBORDER t'ki (From One of Four Clear j i Cut Theories the Officers 1 Hope to Get Evidence Enough to Trap Slayers. | CRIME FIGHT IS BELIEVED REASON Editor Had Been Fighting j Vice in Canton and His Enemies Are Thought to Have Killed Him. Canton, 0.. July lfi— OP)—From one of four clear-cut theories in the murder of Don R. Mellett, Canton p.ub isher, authorities expect to deduce Evidence sufficient to trap the slay ers. The most promising clue is the tele phone call received by Mellett a week ago Inst night, warning him of as sassination and describing to him al most to tie letter the manner in which occurred four days later. Rewards totalling $25,275 for the apprehension and conviction of the slayer may bring in the definite clue for which authorities have been grop ing since the murder shortly after midnight Friday morning. In an apparently imminent strug gle for a political balance of power in this city, factional strife it is be lieved may become so bitter that val uable information may be mnde avail able. Spite work among members of the underworld at whose doors the crime Uas been laid may bring out the de sired lead. Finally there may be some good clue heretofore uncovered w T hich wi’.l come to light at any moment, and clear up the mystery. As public sentiment in church and civil circles crystallized yesterday in to a campaign “to clean up Canton” as a result of the publicity given the murder, a petition was prepared to j Governor Donnhey imploring him to I open a separate secret inquiry. Mel-! Jett’s murder from the first has been , considered the result of his editorial! snd personal activities against vice' apd corruption in Canton polities. ! V INDIANS DANCE FOR FAVOR OF StJN GOb Seventy Picked Braves Have Been Dancing Since Saturday. i Pocatelo, Idaho, July 19.—(A*) — ( "With aged braves dropping from ex hnustion three score Bannock and | Shoshone tribesmen today continued to dance about a groteque totem pole in their efforts to win the favor of. the sun god for another year. Starrt- j i/ig at sunset Saturday, seventy se-| lected tribesmen began slowly to have ; about the totem pole on the dance grounds at t'he Big Bend and Port- j neus River. The dancers represent more than , 1,000 Indians from the, Fort Hall reservation, and are as sembled for the dance for the first time in four years. The present pow wow was permitted by reservation, officials in condition that the Indians I would refrain from former barbaric practices. Wearing only a small banket held j about the waist by a beaded belt, and a weasel pelt suspended from the neck, the dancers have been painted by their medicine men with fantastic designs supposed to please Rie great spirit. Thus lightly attirde, they hop about to the beat of tom toms, the shrill blast of birch whistles, and the chanting of their squaws. FREEMAN CASE WILL TO TO JURY TODAY The Last Argument by Counsel and Charge by Court Will Occupy the Af ternoon. Charlotte, July 19.—(A s )—The case of Nellie Freeman, on trial for slay ing "her husband on the night of May 22nd, will be in the hands of the jury late tonight. ■ Arguments of Frank R. McNinch, 1 for the State, and Jake F. Newell, for the defense counsel, had been com pleted shortly after noon. Mr. Newell’s speech required one hours and forty minutes. He devoted a great part of his time to the testimony of alienists who had declared the girl below normal men tality. Artie Trout Survive in Frozen Streams. Tanana, Alaska, July 19. — -(A*)— Arctic brook trout are found in all mountain streams throughout Alaska, being quite abundant in the extreme headwaters where they spawn. The ar. tic divide is no barrier as all creeks flowing north into the Arctic ocean teem with speckled trout. In Alaska, stories are told around camp fires of the extreme hardness of the arctic trout, which may be just fish stories or an exception to the rule that all frozen fish are dead fish. Herriot Forms Cabinet. Paris, July 19. —(A*) —Edouard Her riot, leader of the radicals, has suc ceeded in forming a cabinet to re place that under Aristide Briand, which fell Saturday. He announced this afternoon that the final lineup of the ministry would be given out tonight. Only ne galfer, John all, has held the amateur and open championships of Great Britain at one time. Tips was in 1890. j. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher SHIE WITNESSES TAKE OP MORNING • IN CRM CASE Three Witnesses Were to Be Heard When Court Convened This Morning After Week-End Recess. cranforeTwill TAKE fHE STAND It Is Predicted Now That Case Will Not Go to the Jury Before Latter Part of the Week. Albemarle. July 19. — UP) —A s'xth death in the Stanly County prison system was Jaid to Nevin C. Cranford in his trial on murder charges in Su perior Court here today. Two witnesses. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Teeter, testified that Carl Meadows, a white prisoner came to their home sev eral years ago. suffering from wounds he said were administered by Cran ford. and that he d!ed on the follow ing morning. Mr. Teeter said that Meadows was in a bruised and beaten condition. He said that one of the man’s hands was broken. On cross examination the witness said that he had not seen Meadows for some time before he came to his house, although he had known the prisoner. A. J. I)ese told the court of seeing Cranford hit negroes over the head with a stick. This occurred on the Badln road in 1914, he said, while negroes were lifting “shanties” to put on wheels, preparing to move camp. Will Vanderburg, of Albemarle, for mer presouer under Cranford, testi fied that he was practically deaf be cause of a blow on the head. He said that Cranford struck him with his fist. Another Death Laid to Cranford. Albemarle, —uly 11) (A 1 ). —The State resumed its case today against Nevin C. Cranford, former Stanly county convict superintendent, with three additional witnesses to be introduced before resting. Indications were this morning as court convened at 10 a. in., that it would be Friday before the jury be gan its deliberations. - V" Cranford, on trial for the alleged slaying of James Terry and James Howell, convicts, is expected to take the stand before the case is concluded, in his own defense. NORTH CAROLINA IS SHORT ON PUBLIC LIBRARIES Has Only a Fraction Over One Per Cent, of the Libraries of the Coun try. Raleigh, N. C,. July 19.—OP)— While North Carolina, with more than two per cent, of the nation’s population, pays the fifth greatest Federal taxes among the states, she has only a fraction over one per cent, of the public libraries of the country, figures compiled by the American Li brary Association and printed in the current issue of the North Carolina Library Bulletin show. Also while there are 9,706 persons per library in the service areas of all libraries of the nation as a whole, there are 10,615 persons per library in North Carolina. North Carolina has only 69 libra ries, operated by both public and pri vate associations, while the nation has 6,516. Os the North Carolina li braries, 32 are tax supported and 37 are supported by associations. In the service areas of the libraries of the country there are 63,244.970 persons. In the same areas in North Carolina there are 732,442. Out of the total of 3,065 counties in the country, last year 222 coun ties spent public funds for library service. In North Carolina 12 out of the 100 counties spent public funds. North Carolina’s poor showing, however, may be attributed to the fact that 70 per cent, of the total popula tion is without local library service while the percentage for the United States and Canada without such ser vice is 45. This state’s rural population, how ever, is as well cared for as the rural population of the United States, the Library Commission points out. For ty-seven of North Carolina's counties are entirely without libraries, and the same is true of counties in other states. Gives Rules For Long Life. (By International News Service) Mobile, Ala., July 19.— Live the Golden Rule, drink tea and coffee but not to excess and work hard for a long and happy life, is the advice of Mrs. Lucretia Alexander, who cel ebrated her 100th birthday here last week. Coming to this section in her ear’.y childhood, Mrs. Alexander re members many Indian skirmishes with settlers, events of the war with Mexico and the Civil W ar. The eentenation is frail in body but has possession of all her nebtal faculties. She has one living child, 80 years old, out of seven she has raised. She has seven grandchil dren 32 great grandchildren and six teen' great-great-grandchildren, prac tically all of whom live m Mobile. She was married twice, the last time at the age of 90. Eating cooling foods is one of the best ways of keeping good natured in summer, say home demonstration workers. "71 V s * Accuse J&^q Dr. Ti E, Walsh was accused of responsibility for the death of Edith Green, whose dis membered body was found near a Boston cemetery lateroatiuna) Newsreel. * ■ - ■— .»- WILL THE SURVEY BE MADE? To Survey or Not to Survey Seems Still to Be the Question. Tribune Bureau, Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, July 1!)-—To survey or not to survey still seems to be the question. For once again has the Welfare Commission met and adjourned and departed with secrecy the, watch word. For not a comment will any of the members make with the regard to the deliberations concerning the electing of a personnel for the Wom en in Industry survey. It was pre dicted a week ago that full announce ment of all details would be made “within a day or two.” Then each day found a new postponement. • Aft er the meeting Thursday it was said that ‘‘it was almost certain that an agreement would be reached Satur day.” But when the commission ad journed Saturday afternoon, after a somewhat elongated session, at part of which . Governor McLean was present, there still was no announce ment forthcoming, other--than '•that “no decision had been reached.” Sp there the matter still rests. .' It "was intimated that another session of the commission would be called on Monday, Tuesday, or Wed nesday, or sometime in the future— but no definite date has been fixed. And in the meantime public senti ment in favor of the survey, which a month ago was whole-heartedly in favor of it. hae hit the toboggan. At present, qs far as the public general ly is concerned, no one gives a con tinental whether the survey is made now or not. Attention now is turning to the question of who is causing the de lay. Is Mrs. Kate Burr Johnson. Commissioner of Child Welfare, and chairman of the commission, to blame for the delay, as has been claimed for several days, is her re pugnance for E. F. Carter, executive secretary of the commission, and her opposition to his plans for conduct ing the survey still holding the machinery in idleness Has the in jection of the question of having the Society departments of the State University and of State College further complicated matters? Nobody knows —that is, no one will admit knowledge of the situation. And when any member of the commission is approached, merely the echo answers. Not that the members of the com mission would not like to make a statement. Both A. T- Allen, superin tendent of Public Instruction, and Dr. G. M. Cooper, actirig secretary of the State Board of Health, looked as of they would give almost any thing to spill the whole works diid get it off their mindajt Saturday after noon when questioned by newspaper men for about the one-hundredth time this week. Mrs. Johnson even admitted that nothing would please her more than to make a statement relative to the situation. But because all three members of the commission have pledged themselves to the Gov ernor that they will not discuss the matter until everything has been i e cided. And it looks as if that may be a long time- Although Governor McLean denies that he has been called on to act as a referee, it is pretty generally un derstood that .if he has not < started umpiring the situation already—as seems indicated by the fact that he has attended the last two meetings of the commission—he is pretty like ly to have to call a few strikes yet if .the matter is to be settled. It is also evident that the mem bers of the commission realize the fact that the delay, with its rumors of politics and petty grievances, has already materially injured the pros pects for the survey in that it has shaken public confidence somewhat. Consequently it is expected by those in closer touch with the situation that matters will be amicably ad justed and that right shortly. The St. . Cloud barber shop will move to it* new quarters in Hotel Concord tonight, and will be open for business there tomorrow morning. The installation of the new equip ment has been completed. Concord patrons will walk into one of the most modern shops in the state in the morning. Senorlta d’Alvarez, the Spanish tennis champion, is also an expert at i billiards- uHAPftLL TRIAL M l STATESVILLE; l| HOLD BIG INTEREST * Minister of the Asheville Church Will Be Tried on Charges Growing Out of His Arrest in Memphis* THIRTEEN JURORS FOR THE TRIADS Dr. F. J. Prettyman,, of j Gastonia, Will Preside— ] None of Court Ministers Live in Statesville. * Statesville, July 10.—44*)—The church trial of I>r. Ashley Chappell, pastor of the Central Methodist Epis copal Church, South, Asheville, prom ises to be quietly and expeditiously conducted, according to indications here today. Before the court of thir teen ministers, convening here tomor row*. None of the men concerned in the trial of the immoral charge resides in Statesville. The proceedings will be held in the community house of the Broad Street Church. Dr. F. J. l’rettyman, of 1 Gastonia, will preside over the trial. The trial committee includes the following pastors of the western North Carolina conference: R. M. Hoyle, Belmont; Ira Erwin, DavidsOn; \V. S. Womble, Newton} L. D. Tuompson, Salisbury; R, S. Howie,j Mocksville; T. J. Houck, Thomasville; W. It. Ware, Forest City; W. E. I’oovey, Marion; 3ft. T. fcmathers, Hendersonville; T. F. Marr, Waynesville; E. K. McLarty, High Point: G. D. Herman, Charlotte; and A. L. Stanford. Charlotte. ACT AS PROSECUTOR AGAINST DR. CHAPFfeL Rev. Mr. Pickens Leaves Today For Statesville, Where \Trlal Ww He Hold. Albemarle, Jul/ lfi.—Rev. C. M. Pickens, paator of Central Methodint church of this city, expects to leave for Stataesville Monday where he will take part in the church trial of Dr. Ashley Chappell, of Asheville, who will then answed before n cannonic tribunal for alleged immoral con duct. Rev. Mr. Kckehs has been pointed prosecutor, and he has his case well in hand for the fight winch will possibly be tiny center of interest next week, especially to the member ship of the Western North Carolina Methodists conference. As soon as the trial is finished, the Albemarle minister will leave for California, where he will spend his summer vacation. Mountaineer Moonshiner Passing tiht. (By International News Serviced Louisville, Ky., July 11).—The mountaineer moonshiner of Kentucky is passing into history. No longer does the mountaineer raise corn around his little hovel, grind it into “mountain dew” and sell his “white mule” products at the nearest town. • The march of progress is reaching him. His children, who attend the red school houses on the hillsides, are educating him. Good roads and autos have placed him in closer communi cation with the outside world. , William O. Maya, federal prohibi tion administrator of Kentucky and Tennessee, is authority for the above views. Cheap whiskey made in cities and nearb-by towns, sold under the indtUt taineer's price, has also flooded tile market. “The coal industry and drillitu for oil and gas wells has proved more profitable for the mountaineer,” ex plained Mays. Fight Obscene Literature. (By International News Service| . : Memphis', Tenn., July 111.—A war to the finish on obscene literature that is on sale -at the news stands- of this city is well under way by the Par ent-Teachers Association who have so licited the aid of the city attorney in their fight.. An appeal to the department of justice at Washington to bar “these filthy, horrible” magazines from the mails has been made. City Attor ney A. B. Klewer has prepared a bill for the suppression of obscene litera ture to be presented at the next ses sion of the State legislature. With Our Advertisers. Men and young men’s Tropical worsted suits .511JK) at J. C. Co.’s. Other suits from $9.90 to 122.50. The Parks-Belk Co. is offering some great bargains in their dress goods department, from 40 to 50 per cent, off. Ladies’ spring hats at half price and less. Big savings all orer the store. • t You will find at the Bell & Harris Furniture Co. house furnishings that insure lasting satisfaction. A full bus load is expected to en joy the complimentary trip through western North Carolina to Happy Valley Lake Estates to be given -by the local office of that well known realty company tomorrow. The bus will leave at 9 o’clock tomorrow morning. Another will go Friday morning ■ r—— nssiv—rsSL THE WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Tues day. Moderate north and northeast winds. NO. 6