North Carolina Newspapers

Me ki Ltus Republicans L ne County Ticket; E ea r State Chairman r 1 Cline Named a* K, tc For sheriff ■ Ed Gestlcr. For ■of m\ TALKS ■qVtthe state 1 Plan of Oruaniza- Kid E\P resses H°P e B 0 ,000 Republican ■ jn the t all. I - f'.-.hn^r^; '-minty W" ‘ i M at i'l'iirt ■ h , 1 »•' Chesses V 0! ,r.,,f ii'iwn of ( ■\,' n( l in a MU,,torJ ! ■ ‘ miiiie-l ramliilates to j ■^ v \ oamlar'l in ' 'abar- j yeiv lli'i-wni'iw Jack- Ermaa. and O. F. 1“ '< ■v ,-aiiiii(!'ttt' for rli** s«*at, Bm\v lieid In H. i- Dough- j '"'.ke for .non* than j Ehat ln- I'-rmn.l the ac ■ „f liis nary. wlnn*. ■\ „,, s’Miko hut briftiv j ■Y r Si.-Ur <»r --■. -,, L ;i> ;.«• wont along E r Al.:.di in- i'"!'-' t<> "V --■ n^ ; itic i-any in the ■ h.': i adm-'-'S at 1 : 1<» Bmu fifty !"-:-Min«i in the ■ j,-, fr.v minutes the iiicre;t>»'il ami by - to;- t la- <•» <n vent ion. almost tided. The iike- that present. ”s asm when for* ■ Csri fs was tioiai ■ tj, 4 Vfiirion ballottcd tyf-r- naming a ean ■ atiiimai’itinß a real B( »-r.-ii t!ie convention Bffan'li'i.-.te f<»r the State , v M.-i'Oti Good- K i’■'/- were placed in tiie fact that Mr. ij oilman sai<l they Du the first ballot hut (lood >:: -u-tiie next roll |Bu::."i' convention K- t’ • AN. .Fames. H . M.i'oii t i' eid - T. Cline. >ur i;. Kd. Kest ' Deeds —It. M. Bp>-Mi*>. W. L. Yost, ■ff-Ernest Porter. M- Vi' ai1,..!- \\\ It. I)or -0. Lentz. "f County Connnis- B. Harris. ■" i'e: i.l'Mii it' —W. A. Harris Kmerson. of Bn I\ I ex. of No. ft; ami Bty. of No. 1(1. ■f di M ciintlidates were W Olll oppMsitimi. ineluding Bits. Y'st atnl Mr. Lentz. Belt. Andrews was voted Bt.frk nfj court mid register h*- wjis (h*f(‘ated on the Hwh time. wfiv placed in nonii- ■ w Harris for cliair ■ but one roll call tbs same was true of ■**i! Mr. Porter and Dr. for coroner. H. •F , l>prently had pretty Bond’.ic eandidates when ■to the convention. This B* tratw ! cs|iecial!y when H 3, e cennnissioners was Hr-' ft 'ie bailot was needed ■*. front the nine B y ,^"r, ‘ the eonvention. H O , nominated the fol -0 erH ; T,, ln f ■f,. P:,ul -V Moose. Wade B 1 X. iVtrea. ■' P F. Harris, who called B"‘"dor. asked Itiiford K.i 1 a > temporary K' s B, ; !s s “ ! -warics. The ■'' ' r W:ls ; •nude perma- Bm,' lv tj ‘‘ first ltepnbliean I H s in *»»»>’ llr V A ‘■'hue':, tnid not M ”ue months ' ° u ’ ‘‘"'inty exeeu- B«t > tIJ, Was - ° lliy i,n av - Bdvi, " ,lv ‘‘ nt ion. 1 low- E A ' Vlls s,, 'wHir several B tin* prm-e<lure : Itr 1 »« '■'>"rge*i.. and E'w >r :in< ' s P"ke with m the J",!'? v :,n an llour - B I''' ~!" 'r °f his ~f the B^ w . ti : Fordney-Mc- : "’iff which he ■ Prosperity ( ,f t ] l6 lias T" f,,r !: ‘ b ° r -i ■ th - tariff hv ' WV *- v: ~ of v laanufac ■ 11, V V : ,I,i ' 1 l-»ve ■w 1 ; - oism „f ■*»tr aiu , ' r " s! ' ' - b > for ■%,, th . n "; T: * World P iw ■ m S\vi ty , r "' 'vhite ■ T , 'hat he ■ n,i ( .e) THE CONCORD TIMES $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance# i CONTINUE WATCH FOR PRISONERS Possnwn Seeking to Locate 15 of Oon j viets Who E»ca(>ed From Michigan | Penitentiary. t lonia, Mich.. Aug. 30.— UP) —With j 5o convicts who escaped Saturday j from the Michigan state reformatory j here still ut large, possemen today in- j i t< unified their search in the belief that j nt -st of them are# hiding in wooded section.; between a radius of .100 miles' of the reformatory. Officials are of the op'niou that the general alarm sent out shortly as ! ter the os--ape stopped many of them in their Rights from the d’strict. The dispatch with which posses were form ed. and the thoroughness of the road patrolled led them to believe many of i the missing men are bottled up in 1 the area. After fleeing hundreds of miles in stolen automobiles and finding their outlet cut off in every direction, five convicts yesterday we.re intercepted by a posse on a road between Albion and Marshall, Mich. One, Russell Andrews. Detroit gunman, was cap tured when he attempted to flee with his companions. The others were sur rounded in the swamp and two of them captured last night after a pistol battle when .they ventured out of their trap. John Oberghaus of St. Louis, one of the latter, was shot and seri ously wounded. The other. John I‘a fjuin. of Detroit, then surrendered without further resistance. A fourth convict was captured afoot near Kalamazoo yesterday. He : s j Herbert Yeager, of Detroit. Six were j captured Saturday. . POWER OF SPAIN’S RI’LER QUESTIONED Serious Situation Prevails Due to a Challenge Made by Officers of Gen. Primo de Rivera’s Power. London, Aug. 30. — UP) —A serious situation prevails in Spain. It is rumored t’.iat a group of army officers has challenged the authority of Gen. Miguel Primo-de Divera, the dictator premier. who lias ruled with a strong arm since September, 1023, when a coup d'etat he overthrew the govern ment of the Marquis of Alehueemas. No details of the situation have rcat’ued London although it is indi cated in dispatches coming from the j 1 Franco-Spanish frontier that the ' Spanish railroads have been but un- 1 der civil guards, and that three Span ish warships ’have sailed for Tangier, the international zone iiv northwest Morocco, which Spain has recently (demanded should be given up entirely : to Spanish rule. I THE COTTON MARKET ‘ * i Opened Steady at Advance of 1 to 7 Points, December Selling at 17.76. New York, Aug. 30. — UP) —The cot- ■ ton market opened steady today at ad vances of 1 to 7 points. December selling up to 17.76 in response to rela tively firm Liverpool cables and the bullish average of private crop ad vices, particularly from the South. Buying was checked by a better weather_outlook, however, and for the approaching Labor Day adjournment and the government crop report st’.ied uled for publication this week. Private cables reported good trade calling with local and American buy ing in the Liverpool market. Cotton futures opened steady. Oct. j 17.75; Dec. 17.76; Jan. 17.78; March! 17.02; May 18.00. Will Air Charges of Brutality. Raleigh, Aug. 24. —Charges with re gard to alleged brutalities to prisoners by Raleigh police officers will be pre sented to the Raleigh city commis sioners by T. D. Parish and “other Raleigh attorneys” on Thursday, Au gust 26th. it has been announced. Chief of Police J. Winder Bryan said he knew nothing of the grounds upon which the complaint could be based, but said that he was perfectly willing to have any facts presented to the commissioners, and that he welcomed any hearing that dealt in anv way with the police department. Mr. Parish declined to reveal the exact nature of the charges. _ New Accounting System at Pnson. Raleigh, Aug. 21.—1 n conformance with the orders of Governor A. W. McLean as director of the budget, a mechanical accounting system is being installed at the State prison here by George G. Scott & Co., of Charlotte. This is in line with t*ne policy of the administration to install a uniform accounting system in all the State de partments and institutions, so that a complete statement of receipts and disbursements for any given day may be had. The new system was put in to operation today. Hiking Pastor Killed By Fall in Hot Spring. Livingston, Mont., Aug. 26. — Wandering into a hot spring while walking in the dark, the Rev- Gilbert j Eakims, twenty-seven, pastor of the (First Presbyterian Church- at Sara toga Springs, Wyo., received injur ies from which he died last night. Forest rangers rendered first aid, but Mr. Eakins died in a ambulance on the way to Mammoth. With Our Advertisers. Boys’ school suits with one pair knickers and one pair golf %kjiiekers. , |5.90 to $13.75 at J. C. Penney , Company’s. Read new ad. Victor records four for a dollar, at Bell & Harris’. lATTERS TO RECEIVE ATTENTION BV NEXT GENERAL ASSEIiBLY ( Five Months in Advance I Matters Are Taking Def { inite Shape for Presen tation to That Body. j EIGHT MONTHS SCHOOL TERM ONE ! Reform in Education Sys tem, in County Govern ment, in Convict System Among Many Others, Raleigh, X. C„ Aug. 30.-- UP)— Though the General Assembly will not meet until January, 11)27. a number of matters are taking definite shape throughout the State in preparation for their presentation to that body. Five months in advance of the session it appears that subjects which will re ceive atteutLon of the the legislators will include the eight months school term and reforms in the educational system, reforms in county government, reforms in the convict system'of the counties, evolution, survey of wom en in industry, and perhaps the sal ary and wage commission and tax re duction. Then too. Governor McLean is expected to have a definite pro gram to present to the legislature which no doubt w'H include, among other measures, those seeking great er conservation of water and forest j resources. Other measures which j have been hinted at from time to I time in the Capitol corridors but for 1 which there is no definite move afoot concern the Australian ballot and elec tion reforms and the short ballot. That educational matters will come before the General Assembly may be stated as a definite fact. At the last session there was expressed a great deal of dissnt ; sfacttion with the oper ation of the equalizing fund and this led to the appointment of a special commission to study the school sys tem and make recommendations for its reform. This commission has made an exhaustive study and expects to have its report in shape for presen tation to the Governor several weeks before the opening of the session. An other phase of education which no doubt will receive consideration is the eight months school term. State Sup erintendent of Public Instruction A. T. Allen is definitely committed to the eight months school term as a minimum and his department, through State School Facts and j speeches has made a definite campaign | for this minimum. The North Carolina County Com-! missioners Association and the North Carolina Bar Association have joined hands to urge a program of county re forms in the legislature. This pro gram will have as its base the report made by a committee headed by Dr. E. C. Brooks to the county eomm:s sioriers convention which recommend ed certain reforms. Chief among these reforms would be the overhaul ing of the fiscal systems of counties, centralization of power and responsi bility iii making disbursements and and definite budget systems. A hot fight is predicted when this pro gram is presented for the county com nrssioners have gone on record as fav oring the collection of taxes by the commissioners rather than the sher- I iffix. The sheriffs association has j gone on record as opposed to any I such change and both factions are ■ laying their lines for a battle if fthe question is presented in the legisla ture. The impetus given the matter by the Cranford case at Albemarle is ex pected to definitely place the matter of county convict systems before the legislature. At the present time the State has only a supervisory power over such systems, which at its best amounts only to a rather loose regu lation. A definite step is looked for ward to by social service workers in the presentation of a measure to abol ish the county convict camps and lodge all such matters directly with the State. The much d scussed survey or wom en in industry is expected to be pre sented to the legislature. When Gov ernor McLean called off his proposed survey some time ago he suggested that the matter be taken before the legislature by, its proponents. The women are expected to make that a part of their program and it is re garded as certain the General As sembly will have this matter to han dle. There is little doubt that the Gov ernor will have a definite program to present to the General Assembly. At the last session his measures were the most important handled and rev olutionized the state’s affairs, partic ularly in the fiscal departments. Mr. McLean lias given no inkling other than through speeches as to wlmt he will propose but it is known that he plans to devote considerable time this fall to working out his recommenda tions and it is expected that some of these recommendations will be follow ed la*ter by measures having his offi cial approval. The Governor is in terested greatly in the matter of con servation both of natural resources , 0 f the State and its waterpower and forest reserves. He believes that utilization of North Carolina’s raw material and inherent resources will r mean a gfeat step for the State’s in . dustrial progress. He also 1 'cl;'? up 7 on the conservation of its forests as a prime necessity and this naturally t links w : th his bplief on water, as the chief protector of water supply is th< CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, AUG UST 30, ~ 1926 TRAINfiEN KILLED, PASSENGERS HURT ! AS TRAINS CRASH ; Head-on Collision Results in Two Deaths as Freight ■: Train Runs Into Halted Suburban Train. SWITCH SERVICE 1 DID NOT WORK ■ Officials of Railroad Think ■! Failure of the Automatic i Switch Was Sole Cause of the Accident. Chicago. Aug. 30. — UP) —An engi neer and his fireman were killed and ■ several passengers and train employ ■ ees injured, two probably fatally, early today when the locomotive of a Penn sy’vania railroad freight train crashed into the engine of a Ilrtch Island P««» senger train knocking it over near 1 the Beverly Hills station of the Rock Island. Joseph Risberg, fireman on the Rock Island train, was crushed to death in t’ae cab of his locomotive, and Engineer Stewart Kaufman died;, in a hospital. A. R. Matthews, 40, Ind . engineer of the freight train al< so was probably fatally injured, while the Pennsylvania fireman and necr were less seriously hurt. Five] passengers on the Itoek Island in* bound suburban from Blue Is’.and were bruised or cut by flying glass, and others were severely shaken. The suburban train had stopped to take on passengers when it was struck by the outbound freight. Railroad officials said signals were against t’l»e freight, but that an interlocking de vice at the crossing which should au tomatically derailed the freight ap parently* had failed to function. Alleged Baron Attempts Suicide. Albuquerque, N. M., Aug. 30.—Ctf*) youth held in jail here, who claims to be Baron Frederieh Yon Krupp, Jr., attempted suicide in bis cell early today by eating the tips from a quantity of matches. He he came -violently ill, but physicians stat ed that the would recover. T’ae right angle for approaching, difficult problem is the “try” angle. tree. He feels that methods should be worked out to conserve the water I for use by municipal plants and also J for waterpower. He looks forward to | the time when the development of ! waterpower will solve the problem of labor shortages on the farms by car rying conveniences to the farms. He believes the State should be ready and know the extent of the power devel opment and water reserves of each of its streams. He no doubt will sug gest legislation along this line, and in fact has so indicated in his speeches. The governor also is strong for fis cal reforms and it is believed any plan for revising the fis(*al systems of the counties for the benefit of the tax payers will have his support. The subject of evolution will be in troduced in the legislature by I>. Scott Poole, who originated the bill to bar teaching of the subject which was defeated in the 1925 General Assembly, Mr. Poole has announced that he will re-introduce his measure this term. Just how far the matter will proceed is uncertain. Hast spring, evolution was causing quite a stir in North Carolina and the Com mittee of One Hundred led by Judge Walter H. Neal and two outside or ganizations opposed to evolution kept the matter in the fore. This has all died down, however, and in recent months the subject lias been scarcely mentioned. M*r. Poole has announced no plans for any campaign on the is sue but has definitely said he expects to bring it up in 1927. Whether the Salary and M age Commission will be the object of at tack in the General Assembly is a matter not yet determined. When the Commission first got well into its work, there was some criticism and at least one leading legislator voiced the opinion it was exceeding its authority. In recent months the Commission has been proceeding with its work with out the criticism which attended its earlier efforts and no definite move against it. So far as is known, is un derway. Tax reduction has had fleeting mention in the Capitol lobbies follow ing announcement of the surplus in •he general fund of more than a nnl * lion dollars at the end of the first sis -1 cal year of the McLean administra tion. The 1925 General Assembly greatly increased the tax burden and when the surplus was announced there was some mention of giving the peo ple the benefit of the saving. No defi nite move in this direction has gotten underwar and it is one of the matters which probably will not come to the front until the General Assembly is ready to meet. During the past two years the Aus tralian ballot system has been men tioned from t : me to time and this may be an issue in the 1927 legislature. At the same time there has been a lefinite move afoot to reform the elec tion system of the State and from time to time there has been noticed a voice raised in favor of reform or abandonment and resumption of the convention system. Mention also has been made of the short ballot which would give the, Governor the rigM of appointing his state officers, or cabi net. THRONGS GATHERED IN STREET BORING I VALENTINO FUNERAL j M Entire Block Near Church i tj Was Closed to Traffic i I * During Funeral of the j Screen Star. i s STORES CLOSED TO : L ALL BUSINESS ; 'Police Placed on Duty to ij Prevent Such Disorders s') as Occurred During Last Week. New York, Aug. 30.— (A 3 )—The en- I tire block in which St. Malachi’s * Catholic Church is located was closed to traffic this morning for the fun ■ eral of Rudolph Valentino and ordered I roped off to keep back the throngs of curious persons. ' Store owners in t’iie block agreed : to c'ose before and during the ser vices beginning at 11 o’clock and a * large detail of police was ordered to i > duty to prevent repetition of disorders j , that took Vaee last week when thou- j Sjands fought to view the screen sheik's j body as it lay in the undertakers’ es t tablislnnent. | , The Rev, Edward F. Leon, pastor Uof the church, was named to ce’e- I brate the requiem mass, assisted by j f| Father Congedo, a boyhood friend of i | Vae actor. The Rev. Win. Donohue, j [• chaplain of the Catholic Actors Guild, I was designated sub-deaeon. Gqido Cicolini, of the Chicago Op- j era Company, and Dimitri Onotri. of i -the San Car.o Opera Company, were I * selected as soloists. Two women who played important roles in the life of the filmdom’s great lover were among the six chief mourn ers. They were Jean Aker, Valen tino’s first wife, and Pola Negri, who announced time ago she expect ed to become liis third - 'wife. Broadway Pays Farewell Tribute. New York. Aug. 30. —( A *) —Broad- way, where Rudolph Valentino once worked as a dish washer, today paid a farewell tribute to the man who died at the height of his career as shiek of the movies. L The famous thoroughfare was lined xvith many thousands as tlw funeral * cortege moved from the funejpal church at Broadway and 60th street. t<i St. Malachi’s church in West 49th street, -two miles away. Numbers of the police formed squads, and 263 regular policemen in cluding a mounted squad, patrolled the funeral route and stood guard outside the funeral parlors and the church. Pola Negri, the polish actress who announced before Valentinos death she was engaged to marry—him. and Jean Aker, the dead actor’s first wife, who had said she was reconciled to him just before his death, followed the body into the church. Miss Negri, dressed in severest mourning, and sobbing audibly, was immediately behind the silver-bronze casket. Then came Miss Aker, and bringing up the rear of the little cor tege of women were the representative of Miss Winifred Hudnut, his second wife, and Mary Pickford. As the casket decked with flowers from the automobile load that follow ed the procession, was carried up the nave on the shoulders of eight pall bearers, a solemn hush fell upon the audience. x Rev. Edward Leonard, officiating at the mass, marched slowly forward surrounded by his assistants and altar boys, lace covering their black sur jilices. The voice of an unseen sex tet rose from the apse as Father .Leonard sprinkled the casket with holy water. A nurse and a doctor in white smocks stood by the entrance as Miss Negri and the group of seven women in black entered the church. The sobs of Miss Negri could be heard above the voices of the sextet. The body was borne to the central altar above which a fresco of the na tivity was revealed by the il lumination of censers. The coffin was placed on the altar steps and the sol emn high requiem mass was begun. Manley In Sanatorium. Atlanta, OTa.. Aug. 30. —(A 3 ) —W. D. Manley, principal figure in the court investigations of the Bankers Trust Company and allied organiza tions., is confined in a local sanator ium and w : ll be unable to attend the 1 hearing today in Federal court on the personal bankruptcy peition filed 1 against him, at which his wife. Mrs Waleria Manley, is to be the outstand ing witness, Mr. Manley’s physician announced early today. Mrs. Manley was to occupy the ma jor portion of the day in the hearing before Commissioner Joe Abbott, ac cording to a schedule arranged by R. 11. Jones, Jr., attorney for a number 1 of Manley’s creditors. Getting Tennessee’s List Ready. * (By International News Service.) Chattanooga. Tenn., Aug. 30. —The Stone Mountain Memorial associa ‘ tion has launched upon the task of selecting 100 names of Tennessee * Confederate veterans which will be 1 carved oil. the State’s Tablet in the ‘ chamber of the “Hall of Memories” 1 at Stone Mountain. 1 The United Daughters of the Con i' federacy is assisting in the selection 1 of the names. t Encircling the walls of the his -1 toric shrine at Stone Mbuntain -will f be ealled the “Hd!l of Memories” - and there will be 13 tablets each dedicated to a Confederate state. ROAD CONSTRUCTION IN STATE IN DANGER i OF BEING HELD UP |As a Result of the Two '. I Suits Asking Injunctions Against Continuing the! j Work on Present Routes j BASED ON THE NEWTON CASE There Js Another Obstacle Placed in the Way of the Commission in Its Road Construction Program. Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Ra’eigb, Aug. 30.—Additional high way construction in the State is in danger of being held up indefinitely as the result of two suits asking that the highway commission be enjoined from continuing construction along present routes, basing their .conten tions on the recent Newton highway j decision .of Justice Brogden, of ' the | State Supreme Court, in that the j present routes do not coincide with [ the routes laid out on the legislative man which was made a part of the highway act of 1921, and which, ac cording to Judge Brogden’s decision, cannot be departed from by the high | way commission in locating roads. J Thus another obstacle is placed in the i path of the highway commission in j its road construction program. One of these suits is in Wake coun ! ty, in which citizens of Varina are | seeking to enjoin the construction of the “Yellow” route, which does not run directly through Varina, pnd to force the construction of she “Red” i route, whieh would bring die paved highway through the center of Va rina. And - among other contentions is the one that according to the map of 1921, this, route must pass through Varina. The second suit is being brought in Lumberton, in which Judge G. E. Midgette is asked to grant an injunc tion restraining the highway commis sion from constructing that section of road between Red Springs and Pem broke, instead of following the old route on into Lumberton, on the grounds that it does not follow the route as laid down in the legislative map of 1921. One of the principal arguments cited in the petition ask ing the injunction is that according to the Newton highway decision, the highway commission must follow the route as indicated on the legislative map. Counsel for the petitioners, who consist mostly of property owners along the route that was abandoned by the highway department, is headed by Judge L. R. Varner, formerly a member of the State Supreme Court. The highway commission explains that in the Robeson county ease, it has,decided to drop down from Red Springs and connect with route 20 at Pembroke, rather than to continue on along the old route toward Lumber ton, because approximately seven miles of new construction could thus _be eliminated, at a saving of about $250,- 000, the only difference being that the new road would connect with route 20, whieh is already hard sur faced, at Pembroke, instead of farther in toward Lumberton, where the old road enters route 20 and proceeds on into Lumberton. But property owners along the old route are hopeful of obtaining the in junction that will stop construction of the new route and force the build ing of the old, at the added expense of $250,000, because of that part of the Newton highway ease opinion in which'it is pointed out that because the Newton-Statesville route failed to follow the route at) indicated on the legislative map of 1921, it was in violation of the will of the legisla ture. And the same factor enters into the petition for an injunction on the part of the Varina residents in the Wake county case. In Wake county, however, construc tion work has already started on the “Yellow” route, opposed by the Varina citizens, which will mean increased expense and delay if the injunction is granted by .Tudge Thomas H. Cal vert. It was thought that the mat ter had been settled once and for all, as numerous hearings were held by the highway commission before actual construction work started, at whieh the Varina people were heard in full. But at the recommendation of John Sprunt Hill, district commissioner, the “Yellow” route was finally adopt ed, despite the objections of the la rina people, and construction work started. Thus the prediction of The Tribune correspondent, at the time decision of the Supreme Court in the Newton case was announced, that the deci sion set up a dangerous precedent that would cause the highway com mission endless delay and cost the State millions of dollars, is alread. being borne out. Whether or not Justice Brogden will grant a rehear i„g of the Newton case by the Su preme Court, and thus remove the STS for these other suits seeking to enjoin *the highway commission, re mains to be seen. 100 Reported Killed* Leningrad. Kuswa, One hundred persons perished wnen th” 6 Russian steamer Burevestnik Tided with German steamer Grame in the Morskoi Canal near here last night. A majority of the victims were Russians. J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher Mrs. Jarratt Killed 1 In Auto A', ’dent In Today GERMAN SETS MARK v 1 I IN CHANNEL SWIM . j I Gtto Vierkceten Crossed the Treach- J i erous Channel Today in Less Than i Fourteen Hours. , I)over, Eng.. Aug. 30.—(A*)—Otto ierkoeten, of Germany, today swam the English Channel. He landed at 2:15 o'clock this as-J ternoon at Langflon Stairs, halfway, between Dover and St. Margaret’s } Bay from Caj>e Gris Nez. France, * where he entered the water at 1:35 a. ra. The elapsed time of tiie swim, ac cording to the figures, is 12 hours and 40 minutes, or nearly two hours bet ter than the record of 13 hours and 31 minutes, established by Gertrude Ederle on August 6th. Vierkoeten’s landing was witnessed by only a few soldiers who ran down from the Langdon battery above the beach. The soldiers carried the swim mer to his small boat which con veyed him to the accompanying tug. Issues Challenge. New York, Aug. 30.—G4 > )~—Cabling her congratulations to Otto Vierkoe- j ten, latest conqueror of 'the English Channel. Gertrude Ederle today chal lenged the German record holder to a race* across the channel next summer. Her cablegram follows: “Congratulations on your great swim. I hope I can race you across the channel next summer to bring the record back to my sex and my coun try. Good luck.” POLA WEEPS AT THE BIER OF HER LOVER “Why Didn’t You Bring Him Back to Me?” She Asks. . New York. Aug. 29.—P01a Negri stood today by the bier of Rudolph Valentino. For an hour she stayed by the casket, opened by special i**r mtesion of the health department so that she might look upon the face of the “movie sheik,” to whim she was reported to have been engaged. Then weeping and nearly prostrat ed, the Polish film star left the gold room of the Broadway funeral chapel where the actor's body, had been ly ing for the past week. Her 3.000 mile journey from Los Angeles ended, she returned to her liotel where she* had rested for a few hours after her ar rival this moruing. With the report that Miss Negri had entered the undertaking estab lishment, a morbidly curious crowd quickly gathered. When the actress was led weeping from the building, the crowd overran the police line and one patrolman had to leap on the running board of her limousine to push off several clinging to its side to get a glimpse of the grief-stricken woman. “She is prostrated and cannot see anyone,” said S. George Ullman who was Valentino’s manager and who met Miss Negri at the train. “I have exchanged very few words with her myself. When L met her at the train she wept, demanding: “Why didn’t you bring him back to me?" When Valentino and I left Holly wood the last thing she said to me was “be sure to bring Rudy back to me.” A large blanket of red roses sent by Miss Negri was placed today over the casket containing Valentino’s body. Small crowds were congregated outside the funeral chapel, through out the day, but only six policemen were stationed in the vicinity which had been the scene of huge disorder ly crowds while the doors were open to the public last week. The room where the actor’s body lies is filled by 400 floral wreaths, which it is estimated cost $25,000. Humor in Gathering Vital Statistics. Raleigh, Aug. 30. —Vital statistics and their tabulation ordinarily would be considered something of a “dead” job, but frequently those who receive and file death certificates get a good laugh out of the letters that accom pany Riem, or from replies to letters asking for more information for the board of health files. Recently it was necessary to se cure more information to complete the record on the death certificate, say, of one Mrs. Sara Jane Plumpkins. So a letter was sent to the informant signing the death certificate, asking! thot the “maiden name of the mother of the deceased” be supplied. In a few days the following reply was re ceived : “Sarah Jane Plmnpkins, s'ue didn’t have no house maid, save Miss Jinny Smith.” . 3 m Little Changes in Textile Industry'. Washington* Aug. 30. — (A 3 ) —Little change occurred in the American cot ton spinning industry during the first half of 1926, the commerce depart- 1 meat reports today showing plants to have operated at 96.5 per cent, of their single shift capacity, as com pared with 96 8 per cent, in the cor responding period of 1925. In New England the aggregate number of active spindle hours was 4.14 per cent, less than those of t'ae first half of last year, while in the cotton growing states the total was 2.44 per cent, higer. White Man Lynched in Georgia. Waycross, Ga.. Aug. 30.—C4*) —Dave Wright, white, of Douglas. Ga.. was taken from the Coffee county jail to day and lynched. He was accused of killing Mrs. Sophie Rollins Sat urday night. Sheriff Tanner said he was overpowered by twenty-five white men and the keys taken from him. W* ' . * 4f: 9 i Her Sister, Mrs. Laura Les* | lie Ross, and the Latt#rt Son, Thomas, Escaped Serious Injury. CAR COLLIDED 1 WITH ANOTHfc* Accident Occurred oil i Sharp Curve Near Net* ton.—Driver of Concert! Car Reported Killed. Mrs. A. H. Jarratt, wife of fhA principal of the Concord High School ♦ and member of one of Concord’s irio’sf prominent families, was almost in stantly killed shortly before nooff fd- | day in an automobile accident at Nw ton. Nathan White, negro driv<£¥ df the car. also was probably fatally fid¥t in the accident. The first news of the fatal erikfcti came in a telegram from George Mc- Clellan, Western Uiron Operator At Newton, addressed to Miss Vir*rnif ; Foushee. local Western Union tor. This message said Mrs. Jnrrd’ft: had been killed and that Mrs. LAUra Leslie Ross and son, Thomas. tVHd also were in the car, were riot ' ously hurt. Mrs. Roes and son, it also stated, were carried to a Hickoi hospital. Miss Foushee was asked td notify Mr. Jarratt. A few seconds later Mr. Jarett iK£-' ceived a message from H. C. HiCks, of Hickory, who sa'd Mrs. Jarratt was seriously hurt. Relatives underatifN' from this message that Mrs. Jarrffit? was not instantly killed. In his message to Miss FousfiCfcy Mr. McClellan said the car the was riding in was completely w'reCtdd*. The party left Concord this mdrd'-* ing for Montreat, riding, in a Bttlbfc car. The accident occurred just Cnfcfc of Newton, relatives have been advis ed, the Concord car being struck heA\l -by a Buick roadster, first mes from Newton said. What lmppChCd to the driver of the coupe was not stated at that time. White had been driving for Mrs. Ross and her sisters, Misses Lena and Betty Leslie, for several months, and was considered a careful driver. < In conversation with a Newton cit izen, a representative of The Tribune and The Times was told that Elite Jackson, of Newton, was driving the car which collided with the Concord car. The New’ton citizen stated further that he talked with Mrs. Rees Atftiet* the accident and that she told him the Concord car was not going faster than 35 miles an hour and that it was on the right side of the road. The crash, it was stated, occurred at a sharp curve one mile below Newton ou s the Lincolnton road. Relatives here of Mrs. Jarratt HUVP not attempted to make auy fuiierSt plans. "=r. Mrs. Jarratt was 40 years of Atfe and is survived by her husband, three children, Miss Frances. Hal and Bruce Jarratt. and four sisters, Miss es Betty and Lena Leslie, Mrs. Rceri and Mrs. W. L. Bell, all of Concord. Miss Frances Jarratt is now in Eu rope with the Concord Y tours. She will arrive home next week. News of the death of Mrs. Jarratt spread through Concord rapidly and caused deep sorrow in the deceased's wide circle of friends. Mrs. Jarratt spent most of her life in Concord and was actively identified with all phases f of public life. In another telephone call with Newton at 2 o’clock The Tribune was advised that the coupe which struck the Leslie sedan was driven by Ellis Jackson, and his home was given as Charlotte. He was rushed to thp Hickory HWa pstal, it was said, and it was reporf ed in Newton that he too was dlpflttf. The Associated Press Report of Trftfr edy. Hickory, Aug. 30— (A 3 ) —Mrs. Ar. 11. Jarratt, of Concord, was almost instantly killed, two other persons were possibly fatally injured near Newton this afternoon when an au tomobile driven by Ellis L. Jacksott. of Charlotte and Newton, collided with the sedan of the Concord woman. I At 1:45 p. in. hospital attaches here said that Nathan White, negro’ 'chauffeur of Mrs. Jarratt, and Jaclt ' son were both still alive. Little liojie. however, is held for the negro: Mrs. T. L. Ross, also of Concord, Thomas Ross, 11. and a negro maid were in the car with Mrs. Jarratt but I upiie was seriously hurt. , .. rj j Mrs Jarratt was the wife of the principal of the Concord High School and was on her way to Montreat for several days. . Jackson, who is auditor of Catawba ] county, was on his way to Charlotte 1 preparatory to his wedding tomor ! row to Miss Lelia Simpson, of Ba- I rium Springs, it was learned here**; i this afternoon. He is injured about , i the chest and head. White is said to have his head lcrushed. i! During courtship an ounce of flat j t<*ty is worth half a pound of choco lates. ______________________________ ■ j ; j THE WEATHER I I Partly cloudy tonight, slightly eocl ■| er in central and east portions pre -1 j ceded by thundershowers this nfter ‘ i noon er tonight on the coast. Tups- S | day party cloudy. Moderate west jand northwest winds. NO. IB