North Carolina Newspapers

■U ' :L :i Ijgve Arrests Made I state Have Halted ly ork 0 rk of Robber Gang I land P^>rS: ■ Think Km* 1 11' 1 - , ■ in Charlotte and I'hßrnkc' Co t-ang Knrki'i.vED fe Key Was Ov- I C° urt ; I "7 V The po f'^lW H-> '"'’"T ■ Inn a ( "Hilt I’.' " MM' H nlllllllttl 1 , • ■ .... xvitb :irf'-1' Bavins Kt're and at K.i Vi-h of al- WF\ h ". Vni.ler arrest are EL 'the r"ld>e.t.v "f the de ■ rfore of d. I’> leey vk; Co. ■ tine ;igo :i! which time ■ ~/ „f .was seen red. K'n.vta! inspeeinr- and the K.b,ni tr.ie'ng the -gang’ E all ah‘its the sea- E. iv.iiil of the lMtind-np Earning wli'eti IT J. Alc- Rcii-i r |iitte. was bound over Ebur" ■ Superior t’ourt on K sec did decree robbery. Rthe accused men are now ■Us'irtsli. bait of them ehnrg- Rby "the !• "till authorities Rdircriiy ;'*'srio;isibh‘ for the Krhmngli at Haleisln postal ■~, |y. r p inday that 02 : n- Rviiri'its parts of the coun ■, n ,,rking in an effort to K-jib gang for s nne time.” Kj rjit- gi.vcrnment had al- K&MH.fli'n in an effort to Hity. nf the "gang" ro jus of the alleged ring Kiddy ;it Rielimninl. it was ■baiitiiiiiiieement of the au- Clyde Earnhardt, is : Hjiav implicated .McCarthy H alert the arrests that Mrs. Earnhardt lives Hh'ftvm East"iiia. and says admitted to her that .die resided here. is being s night in ease. |Hr:V sahl that a number 7 charged aga’nst the H The inspector said that ■fey is not a full fledged Hf& samr. lie was familiar Hqeariiiiis. and wired head* H® which two men and a ■fs'nt to assist in the Ivey HP f ■files answer WM\ MKI.EETT’S SUIT R Conspired With ‘Any One R r Husband or That He ■t«i Murder. P°s S' : *|,r. _2— (>P)—Louis Rtton. charged with first de- R r eontuH-tion with the ■ bui R. Mel.lof. Canton pub filed an answer in fed-1 Rto the Slno.dOO damage by Mrs. Florence Mellett, j R k w ’idow of the slain pub- j E?*' F'bn. ISen Kudner. Ala- ! R Patrick Eugene AlcDer- RWo.Pa. P ar-wer. tiled by his attor- R '■Uoruaii. denied he had ■ Fb‘d Kudner, or Pat*. R(( Mclieriiintt. the fugitive ■ the subject of a nation- E®connection with the miir [“■; i' l the answer were r.ot ■!.."* '! ,l ""tion of conspiracy Rl the murder of the 1 *t represented a | and all statements'’ P ln '•"* petition. W* Accent Peace Plan. I, Sept. 2.— (A>)— A ■ "ttieiit for settlement of t 'I Manville-Jenckes ftj . * ll!<l 'Bill in Man villa, C,] st ° '* ,i; '. ,tk ‘ r between the lift n'' ** Tuesday night lt";r r of . a ~at' °nal guard, ■'• reache#t- ... , • r ' In-.. (. ‘ lar ;l confer- Kp. r "' W| 'tmr Pothier and 1T,,,, a " afternoon. The tenlr va , its ai 'F ,rm Tl by the Id " ‘"'F' Previously had ro i>r - PNto T n Plnr ' f,, ‘ Are For - E! n Tf 'l the Time 7'f t, ‘* r,,, '» , ng to- Rcgrani, r 1,1 '''“stern R time . ": !,I,:u| y "’ill refuse w. 0 ""Ptirers over Pae j r r.i . . | ef t!lt “ cV 10 night |Pr.nri,. P !!j!‘ lU ' V< Mated that Real I :l :i l’p‘> not only I 'F r Shft nU l ” ,u ‘ Entire Rd been m : ', r " tiU, ‘ <l that the 1-f r„. bw,a HS“ it'took R- —ceW time. Rfiostry'':^^ 1 !M * ‘dton In ptem,.: ,n «ou;h. Ei lJ,l onal o • » R ? “ Te nu ' '' s s ''rvice) R a billion d'di ' • 2 ~ The ■ n ° n iiuli, . ,irs "»^Psted r i^pindl?' i , ;,, :f ,JVer half m three v... 1 1 'ountry. F'*" Nort'h has ■ 8 industry 11,11 t<U ‘llV(‘st b.v the Kk. 1 ‘'Vib- Merchants THE CONCORD TIMES $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. ‘ NORTH CAROLINA 18 ADVANCING IN EDUCATION l Those Who Do Not Think So Are f Either Blind cr Will Not See. I Raleigh. Sept. 2. —Despite some won d be iconoclasts and imitators of j H. L. Mencken, who would ’have the I I public believe that North Carolina not j only is at the bottom of the eduea-1 tional ladder but is willing to remain there, cold figures and hard facts, ■ while indicating that there undoubted ly is room for improvement, show that Nor h Carolina is advancing educa tionally and that those who do not (“.link so are either blind or do not want to see. For according to math ematically correct figures, based on cold-, unprejudiced faets, and utterly without the factor of enthusiasm or partisanism, a comparison of the school efficiency in the various cities and counties of the State is given in the current issue of School Facts, just off the press today, which indicates the rc ative standing of the schools in flie various sections and shows the increase in rating over previous years. Two indices are taken, the academ ic index and the financial index. The academic index is arrived at by tak ing the average of five factors that enter into the academic side, namely, percentage of enrollment in average daily attendance, average length of term in days, scholarship of teachers, percentage of total, enrollment and the percentage of normal and under-age enrollment. The average qf all these is taken, and the academic index es tab’ished as being 0G.7 for all the st’liools. city and rural, in 1924-25. The financial index for the same period is established as being 52.3 and the general index, taken from the av erage of the academic and financial is fixed as being 59.5. Using the same indices, the rela , tive rating of the schools in 1923-24 and 1924-25, show that rural schools increased from oft 1 per cent, to 53.1 per cent, in that one-year period, while city schools showed an improvement from Sl.l per cent, to 83.9 per cent, in the same period. During this same one-year jieriod the index of the schools for the entire State as a whole increased from 56.9 to 59.5, or 2.6 per cent. By referring to the table which is pfinted in connection with the ex planatory matter in School Facts, it is noted that there was an increase 'in the rating of both rural and city schools in every factor but one. that which Was the valuation of school property per child, in the case of city schools, according to School Facts. ‘‘The significant feature is not so much t’iie improvement and growth being made as is the wide difference in the size of the scores in the two systems”—rural and city. “Take any factor desired, and it will be found that the city schools on the average are far superior to the rural schools. There is a difference of more than thirty points in the general index of the rural and city system.” Hie article states. New Hanover county ranks first among the rural system of schools by having a general index of 75.6. Cur rituck county being a close second „with a score of 75.5. with Pamlico and Durham counties, respectively. | taking third and fourth places with 1 scores of 72 9 and 71.9. These four I counties are classed as "Efficiency Group A” by making a score of 7ft or .above.. The year previous only two i counties were in this group, New Han over and Pamlico. In the next group are fifteen coun ties, led by AA’ilson county, with a score of 68.1. Last year there werp but fourteen counties in this group. Last year Greensboro led the city systems with a score of 93.1. and ex ceeded its score of the previous year b.v 1.2 points. Durham. Wilmington. Winston-Salem and Raleigh. Asheville, Charlotte and High Point come next in order, all being in class A, with an average score for the entire group of 86.5. In the second group of city schools, Salisbury takes the lead from New Bern, which had it the year be fore. with a score of 87.3, the next in order being Elizflbetb City, Kinston —which advances from sixth to third place—New Bern, Wilson. Goldsboro, Concord, Rocky Mount and Gastonia. Tail-End Electric Signs For the Cres cent Limited. Washington, D. C., Sept. 2.—Hand some electrically illuminated signs will be carried on the observation plat forms of the “Crescent Limited,” the famous de luxe train operated be tween New York. W ashington, At lanta and New Orleans by the Penn sylvania railroad. Southern railway system, West Point route and Louis ville & Nashville railroad, beginning Sunday, September 26th. The signs will be rectangular in sh'hape with dark blue background, showing a gold crescent and a field of stars and the name. “Crescent Lim ited*’, in white, the color scheme be ' ing the same as that adopted for use ' in printed matter concerning the train ; which has been given wide distribu -1 tion. I Similar signs are carried on other ■ high class trains operated b.v Hie Southern, a distinctive color scheme being selected for each train. Up to » this time they have not been carried 1 on the “Crescent Limited”, due to f restrictive regulations governing the • New York terminal which have now * been removed. The famous Senpent mound, in i» Adams county, Ohio, attributed to the s mound-builders, belongs to Harvard University. | Shocks France W 111 ! I I ' HHHHH j I E V fiß E > 9 S f . u E.!?? Ifmß l- l&iC I-- (JHT : ' \ 15-MR 'mb H Baston Guyot, wealthy French broker, was accused of stran* gling Marie Louise Deulaguet* a French peasant girl, while motoring with her. The crimg shocked France. ftaUrauloeri Newsreel) _ : j m OTHER INJUNCTIONS Wuik .Moppea 01/ Highway Routes in volved Till Matter is Settled. Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh, Sept. 2.—While attorneys for the State highway commission are appearing before Judge W. M. Bond today in Louisburg asking that the plaintiffs who obtained the injunction against the commission halting work on the Varina-Raleigb link of route 21, be required to post sufficient bond to indemnify the contractors who have been required to cease operations, other attorneys were reported to be busy preparing another petition ask ing for another injunction that would halt the paving of the stretch of high way between Zebulon and Middlesex along route 91. Though this suit has not actually been filed yet, it was said that owing to the success which has attended the filing of petitions seek ing injunctions, based on the recent Newton highway decision of the Su preme Court, that the disgruntled re idents of Wendell who oppose having the starting point of route 91 located at Zebulcn instead of Wendell, favor bringing suit. The selection of Zeb ulon as the starting point 'of the road, instead of Wendell, will save about two miles of construction between Zeb ulon and Wilson, according to the highway commission. Despite the claims of the plaintiffs in the A’arina case that the contractor can work on the end of the road not affected b.v the injunction, even the transfer of bus outfit would entail much expense, and it is pointed out that as long as the entire route re mains in controversy, it is not pos sible to work on only a small portion of it. * All bridge work has been stopped, despite the fact that two “carloads of steel and a carload of ce ment just arrived on the ground, and pouring of the concrete was in prog ress. In addition to the halting of the work on this bridge near Fuquay Springs on route 21, affected by the injunction, the contractor with his outfit of 100 mules and 15ft laborers has been forced to stop work. It is to cover the loss of money and possible damages as the result of this cessation of work that the highway commission is asking bond to cover. "Mrs. Manley Husband’s Guardian. Atlanta. Sept. 2.—OP)—Judge Sam uel H. Sibley in United States dis trict court -here today appointed Val era Rankin Manley guardian for her husband, W. D. Manley, president of the defunct Bankers Trust Company, in Hie bankruptcy proceedings against him. Immediately after Airs. Manley filed a statement which also was signed b.v Manley’s attorneys, agreeing to an injunction of her husband’s es tate as a bankrupt because of his in ability to pay his debts. First Bale of Cotton For Richmond County. Rockingham, Aug. 31. —The first cotton of the 1926 crop ginned in Richmond county was ginned at the Dockery gin here this morning, and brought in by J. T. Latham, of the eastern part of Richmond county. His two bales were sold to W. T. Covington and Company for 17 cents. The first bale in 1925 was 1 sold here ten days earlier than was the case this year on August 21. CONCORD, N.' C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1926 PEGGY CAVANAUGH WILL TESTIFY SI MELLETT HEARING i She Is Erstwhile Sweet-j heart of Patrick McDer- i | mott. Missing ‘Key Man’ to Murder Mystery. GIRL SOUGHT j SEVERAL DAYS | Another of Trio of Women Sought in Connection J With McDermott’s Part in Crime, Is Held. Canton, 0., Sept. 2. (A 1 ) —Testi- ! mony today before Hie Starke county J grand jury investigating the murder j of Don R. Alellet, Canton publisher. | will be featured by the appearance of Leggy Cavanaugh, Cleveland, erst while sweetheart of Patrick Eugene McDermott, missing "key man” in the 1 mystery. The girl has been sought for sev eral days by officers armed with fier subpoena and was located yesterday by Cleveland police. Another of the trio of women sought in connection witii AicDermott’s part in the alleged murder plot testified yesterday. She is Thelma Davis, who roomed at the same address ns McDermott after the murder. The third of the three who were I still missing when the grand jury re- j convened the first of this week, is | still being sought. She is Catharine | Barnes, landlady at the rooming house in Cleveland at~ which AlcDerraott stayed. Aliss Cavanaugh is said to have accompanied McDermott on his trip to Alassillon several nights after the murder, when he is alleged to j have met a “pay ofF’ man. Accord ing to Steve Kascholk, informer. Mc- Dermott was to have received s7sft for ’uis alleged part in the conspiracy. COURT CASES Several Cases Disposed of in Cabarrus Superior Court During Wednesday* Wednesday was a profitable day for Cabarrus Superior Court, an unusfal l.v large number of civil cases being disposed of during the day. In the case of the Mishawaka U‘r & Woolen .Manufacturing Co. Foil Mercantile Co. a verdict was ordered for the plaintiff. It was said the complaint had not been answered although filed on time, so a verdict of $377.46 with interest from Decem ber 15. 1925. was ordered for the plaintiff. In the case of Ola Isenhour, ad ministratrix. vs. Dora Elsie Bundy, a verdict for the plaintiff was returned by Hie jury. Damages in the sum of SSOO were awarded. The case of the Fixall Motor Co. vs. N. H. Linker was continued as was the case of Silar Starnes vs. A. J. Linker. A compromrse was reported in the case of Cabarrus Alotor Co. vs. J. L. Ketnef and the case was ordered dismissed as of non-suit. In the case of.Mable Heg’.ar, exe cutrix. vs. J. Frank Cook a verdict of $l5O for the plaintiff was re turned. The defendant is to pay interest on that amount from March 9, 1925, and all costs in the case. It was announced that the case of J. B. Colt Co. vs. G. C. and Airs. G. C. Miller had been settled out ol> court. The defendants were ordered to pay the costs. The case of L. D. Talbert vs. Lon H. Handy was continued. The court being advised that no answer had been filed in the case of P. J. Hartsell vs. AV. T. Hooks, a verdict for the plaintiff was directed. The plaintiff is to sell an auto, cows and mules on which he has a mort gage to get the sum of $455.35 and all costs in the case. Any surplus will go to the defendant. The plaintiff also won in the case of Furst and Thomas vs. J. L. SiniHi, A. V. Soop and G. F. Rogers. The defendants are to pay $495.29 with interest from November 8, 1925. One judgment passed by the pre siding judge. P. A. AlcElroy during the trial of criminal cases, was or dered stricken out by him yesterday and the defendant Fannie White was given another chance. Prayer for judgment was continued for two years upon condition that the defendant be of good behavior and appear at the April and October terras of Cabarrus Superior Court Tor two years to prove good behavior. Babe Ruth Signs SIOO,OOO Contract For Vaudeville. New York. Sept. 2. —Babe Ruth 1 has broken another record. Today he signed a $100,090 contract for a twelve weeks tour over Pant ages western circut after the next world . series. Pantnges’ agents here say it , i‘ s the largest contract of its kind ; ever signed in vaudevillefi the Bambino will make the tour alone — being his own supporting east. The tours open in Minneapolis and will take the horqe run king to the Pacific coast returning east be- fore the spring training season be gins. i k -- “ | With Our Advertisers. > Only the best materials nsed in . Red Cross mattresses. See new ad. . of Bell & Harris Furniture < Y>. J Silk Frocks for junior mH s< * s *J* $ the newest autumn styles at L. s Penney Co.’s. i„ the new satins and other fashionable fabric^. TAGGART DEMANDS II BE OIITTED ; FROM "SHOW BOAT” j 1 Former Senator Threatens } to Bring Suit Against the j. Publishers of New Novel I by Edna Ferber. (NAME MENTIONED WITH GAMBLING The New York World Says Taggart Demands That Three Paragraphs in the Book Be Omitted. i ' New York, Sept. 2.— (A*) —Tom j Taggart. Democratic leader of In- I dinna, has threatened a SIOO,OOO libel | against Doubleday Page & Co., pub lishers of Edna Ferber’s novel, “Show Boat.” unless three paragraphs re ferring to himself and gambling are deleted from the book, the New York World says today. Alore than 135.000 copies of this novel, Aliss Ferber’s twelfth, have been sold already. Her last novel, “So Big”, was awarded the Pulitzer nrize ns the best American novel in 1925. j The former United States senator, and owner of French Lick Springs, has demanded, says The World, that j three paragraphs mentioning “Tom { Taggart”, “West Baden” and “roul -1 ette” be removed from all unsold j copies in the hands of book dealers, j and from future editions, j The offending matter was printed in the August number of the Woman’s Home Companion, The World says, but there is no mention of a threat against the Crowell Publishing Co., | the magazine’s publisher. The World says reports of the libel suit threat were confirmed by Air. Taggart, Tom Taggart. Jr., and Fred A'an Nuys, of the Indianapo’.s firm of Ra'ston, Ga,tes, Lairy & A'an Nuys. “It has been proved time and l again,” The AA'orld quotes Air. A T an Nuys as saying, “that Air. Taggart and the French Lick company have not n penny’s interest in gambling, either at AA'est Baden or French Lick. There has been litigation on this point In which the charter of the French Lick company was attacked on such grounds. Air.. T*fcggart and the company have been acquitted, in all these cases, and we regard this unexplainable reference of Aliss Fer ber’s novel as damaging and libelous. Unless Doubleday Page & Co. com ply with our request immediately we will bring suit for $100,000.” j At the office of Doubleday Page & Co. it was declared that nothing was known of the matter. Aliss Ferber admitted receiving a letter but said “as far ns I know there is no intention at the present time to stop sale of the book or to delete or amend it in any way.” AIRSHIP TC-5 LANDS TO GET MORE FUEL Ship Making Trip From Langley Field. Va., to Scott Field, Illinois. AVaskington Courthouse,.Ohio, Sept. 2.—OP) —The army semi-rigid airship TC-5, bound from Langley Field, A T a.. to Scott Field, 111., landed near here at 11:15 Eastern Standard Time today to re-fuel. The sh ; p had encountered no trou ble at all, but had simply exhausted its gasoline. Members of the crew said the ship ran into bad weather in the early flight and in bucking the elements used up more fuel than had been an ticipated. V- They said they were blown 150 miles out of their course in AA'est Virginia and \ T irginia. The unweildy airship. was landed publicly in a field a mile south'of here. QUEEN MARIE HOPES TO VISIT MRS. B. F. MEBANE She Replies to Invitation Extended By Prominent Woman of Spray. Reidsville, Sept. I.—Several weeks ago Mrs. B. Frank Mebane, of Spray, cabled an invitation to Queen Marie, of Rumania, asking her to visit her in her home at Spray. She received an immediate response most grac iously saying that she hoped' to ac cept. Airs. Mebane hopes to have the pleasure and honor of arranging a motor trip to Asheville and Blow ing Rock, and if time allows. Roar ing Gap, as Mrs. Alebane says, our mountains are our chief glories. Airs. Mebane has been twice a guect of Queen Alarie. one formal visit and one made directly on Queen Maries invitation at her palace at Buch- 1 arest and her summer palace in the Carpathian mountains. Lieut. Bettis Will Be Buried at His Home Town. AA'asbington, Sept. 2.— (A*)— -Lieut. Cyrus K. Bettis, army air pilot and Pulitzer aviation prize winner, who died yesterday from injuries received in a crash in Pennsylvania, will be buried at Fort Huron, Alich., his home city. Decision to have the interment in Allchigan was reached at a conference between army air officers here, and the former aviator’s mother. Airs. John Bettis, who arrived here early today. A foreman in a lumber camp in the Cascade Mountains, AA rashing ton, stepped iftto a hole and found that he was standing on a bear en joying its winter sleep. In the News Spotlight | ! iN’EVTONT D M all *• ■ . Kk. jH w Jg ' fljj JH M . HhP» ~.A-, ''f-'&jjBBl/p j PRINCE RUPKECHT Newton D* Baker, former Secretary of War, urged can* eellation of all war debts. Independent Government bureau* should be placed under cabinet members, Representative William Wood, of Indiana, declared. Ex-Crown Prince Rupprecht, of Bavaria, was the central figure in a huge Ger* man Royalist demonstration. Alex J. Groesbeck faced heavy odds in his campaign for his fourth term as Governor of Micbiean. THE* FOOTBALL SEASON There Will Be New Coaches at Duke University and Wake Forest Col lege. . _ .Raleigh. X. C., Sept. 2.—OP>— With new playing 'wysteme, new coaches and the element of uncer tainty w’hich surrounds the raw’ ma terial from w’hich the teams must be built, the football season will be w’elcomed back into North Carolina this fall. The pre-season predictions of the sport followers are filled with uncertainty due to the many changes which have been made in coaches, systems and players since last fall. Interest will be centered on the gridiron game w’hich the University of North Carolina team will play this year for a new playing system will be inaugurated—this being the Notre Dame opn, aggressive system. At Duke university and AA'ake For est, new coaches will direct the destinies of the squads and fhey are expected to introduce their own methods of playing the game. North Carolina State and Davidson, the other members of the North Caro lina “Big Five,” will continue the style of last year this season- Three colleges of North Carolina will open their gridiron schedules this fall under new coaches. Caro lina w’ill have “Chuck” Collins and AV. J. Cerney, former Notre Dame 1 players. Duke University will start under Jimmy DeHart, former Alen ; tor for AVashingtori. and Lee and he will be assisted by Eddie Cameron, a former backfield star of the Gen ' erals. AA'ake Forest will be under James Baldwin, one time coach of 1/chigh and formerly coach of Duke University. The new coaches will have hard as signments. Carolina, Duke and AA r ake Forest will find numerous veterans missing from the line-up when the call for 1926 candidates goes out j and important positions will have to be filled with new men. AA’ake Forest’s chances for hold ing the state title which has been won two successive years are not bright. The Demon Deacons have lost several outstanding men includ ing Greason and Ivarlinskint. At the University of North Carolina, it is reported, the losses will not be felt so much as some exceptionally strong freshman material is available- Sport followers analyzing the com parative strength of the teams ahead of the season's opening give David son the edge. However, North Caro lina State is expected to show up well also for the Techmen have a numlber *xf veterans returning and i some good men coming up from freshman ranks. The State team in stituted something new’ this year by training a month ahead of time near Montreat, N. C. The squad is now’ in training and will return here in time for the opening of college. At Davidson, Coaches Younger and Tilson will lose only one or two of the strong 1925 team. The AVild cats have show’n tin usual strength the past two yests and now’, as dur ing those two seasons, they loom as strong contenders for the title. Among the smaller colleges. - Lenoir-Rhvne is regarded as out standing this fall. Elon, Guilford and High Point College will put out their usual type of elevens, it is expected. Elon will introduce new gridiron coaches in A. R. Van Cleve and D- O. Sander. Tiie population of the whole world could be placed in Rhode Is*and the smallest of the states. J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher VII/l/R WOOD THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady on Further Covering But There Was Little Buling. New York, Sept sJ.—cot ton market opened steady today at an advance of 1 to 8 pyinta on furth er covering, but otherwise there was very little buying. After selling at 17.81 at Pue start. December eased off to 17.75 under liquidation and south ern selling. Nothing further was heard of the! possible development of a tropical J storm in the West Indies, And part j of the early selling may have been 1 promoted by another of the private j end-Augiqd: crop reports, which placed ■ the indicated yield at 15,500,000 or; within 12.000 bales of the mid-August j estimate of the same day. Trading remained very quiet, how- j ever, and the market held within a; point or two of yesterday’s closing figures at the end of the first hour. Cotton futures opened steady. Oct. 17.74; Dec 17.70; Jan. 17.87; March 18.12; May 18.10. Lm 1 Stack Declares Asheville Needs “Cleaning Up.” Asheville. Sept. I.—Judge A. M. Stack, of Monroe, declared from the bench in superior court here today that Asheville needed to be cleaned up. 1 “I would like to swap places with Judge Cameron Macßae in police '•ourt for about 90 days, “Judge Stack remarked, inspired by evi dence given iq, the case of Charlie Clapp after it had been brought out ! that pool rooms are being operated in I Asheville under the name of “recrea- ] tion parlors.” “Not that I have any fault to j find with Judge Macßae,” Judge} Stack hastened to add, “but Ashe- j ville has an extra burden because of its floating population, which con stains many criminals and needs to be cleaned up. Pool rooms, just like boxing matches, tend to breed crime. An attempt will be made at the next session of the legislature to lega'izei boxing in Buncombe county, and the i good people should make sure of their representatives before , they elect them.” Splendor of Mars. Washington. D. C., Sept. 2- —This Autumn the planet Mars will be in. opposition and nearer the earth than at any time since the summer of 1024. when it made its closest ap- * proach to the earth in over a cen tury. It is already a splendid object in the eastern heavens just after mid night, and astronomers all over the world are making arrangements to photograph it and its stupendous system of lines that look like canals, wnich many are now <onvinced the Martians have constructed to aug ment their limited water supplies by utilizing those which flow from the melting snow round the poles in the Martian summer. On October 27, a week before Mars is actually in opposition to the sun, the earth will make its nearest ap proach at a distance of 42,000,000 mile<\ The automobile in vfhich Arch duke Ferdinand and his wife were murdered in 1014 has been offered for sale for the twenty-fifth time since the tragedy, but there are no buyers. Superstitious persons believe that the car, b'ood red in color, is bedeviled, inasmuch as four of its owners have died in it and it, has [ killed and injured several others- VEAL LOAF BLAMED j ! f" n °loi WHICH! piWiVERCOIti I - - <4 J1 Persons Stricken Present at Christian En-ji deavor Picnic Held at Peoria, El. 7 si ; SEVERAITPERSONB MAY NOT LIVE _ _ - * yj 75 Persons Called Physi cians and 100 Others Re-*: covered With Their; Home Remedies. Peoria, 111., Sept. 2. —C^)—~Veall i loaf was blamed today for the illness j of nearly 200 persons stricken with j ptomaine poison after the annual pi<N§ j nic of the city Christian Endeavor ho-!’ i cieties. A half dozen of the cases were so' serious as to prohibit the removal of patients from their homes to hospitals, and physicians despaired of the liVeSNI; of two girls. Two clergymen were among t'je ferers whom doctors were called to i attend several hours after church lead-; I ers and young people concluded yes- I ferday afternoon’s outing with a bap* ! quet spread beneath the trees. It was expected that both Rev. J. Bum* ! mers, retired, and Rev. R. F. Joop, pastor of the First Church, would recover. Physicians who attended the vie*; tims agreed that die poisoning was the result of tainted veal loaf which had been prepared in advance for the pic nic. • Within a few hours of the me#! the number of seriously ill had niohjit ed to seventy-five, and it was estimit-, ed that another 100 persons were af fected but recovered with the admin istration of home remedies. WILL BURY VALENTINO IN FILMLAND CAPITAL Screen Sheik’s Brother Agrees to Have Body Taken to Hollywood For Burial. New York. Sept. 1. —Hollywood, where Rudolph Valentino rose to world-wide fame as the screen’s fore most lover, will be his final resting place. , Definite announcement that would be made in the California city came tonight on the arrival on the Homeric of the late star’s brother, Alberto Guglie’.mi, from Italy. All } arrangements for the tran«con|ide»<;*> al journey have been completed by iS- George Ullman. the late actor’s | manager, and the body will be start - led on its way west tomorrow eveu | ing. [ Two special cars have been cn-' (gaged on the Lake Shore United, j leaving New York at 6:30 p. m. At; | Chicago the earn will be switched to ! the Southern Pacific route to <*o«u- Iplete the journey to the coast. Guglielmi at first seemed, to b«; undecided ns to the place of> inter ment. but after a 45-millnte con sultation in his stateroom with Mr. Ullman. he made the announcement that his brother’s body would be taken to Hollywood. “Having received the consent of j my sister to act for her in respect to the place of burial.” he *aid< “ayd after consulting with Mr. * Ullman . I* decided to give to the American peo* j pie my dearest possession—my broth er. j “It was because it was indicated jto me so clearly that all America 'loves and wants him and-also cause of the affection of the Italian j American people as well arf bf all his (American friends that made me re solve to do this. We will proceed to Hollywood as arranged tomorrow.”* | Pola Negri met Guglielmi ,'on the I pier, kissed him three aid j burst into tears. “Yea. I think he was engaged to Pola Negri,” said Guglielmi, “but my brother did not tell me, every thing about it. Certainly, they loved each very much.” . ’ * jNO SPECIAL RIGHTS FOR UNITED STATES % I That Is Opinion of Delegatee Study ing American Reservations to the; World Court. Geneva. Sept. 2.—(A*)—The opinion that the United States should have ■ the same rights in the world court as members of the league of nations council, but no more was voiced by l ! many delegates at today's session of the international conference convoked to discuss American reservations to membership in the court. If the opinion weighs in the con ference, it may be impossible to ac cept the fifth American reservation requiring the consent of the Cited, States to request ihe advisory opin ions from the court on questions in which she claims interest. The reason for this is that the law of the league of nations is so obscure that it is uncertain whether unani mous or only a majority vote is neces sary when the league council asks the court for such opinions. More than $216,000,000 was paidl. to unemployed workers in the Brit-, ish dole in 1025. THE WEATHER Mostly cloudy tonight and Friday, showers Friday and in norths-»*t por tion tonight, somewhat cooler Frf4 Iday. Moderate southwest winds, prob-. ably becoming northeast Friday. NO.; 19