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These s '’-"' H**>n going Re §■-at. ami noth- Y.r in a nmn - a h as < Xiath |H M"1 >■ w- !i . ounties [Hpcly ain'iiinr of dissat |Hi:ru maimer in which |Hpni!ii''ii; has been cnr |^Hv 2rj.-ibli.-ans. ami there Rih I'iumge to Dem- H , : all the I>em- * in addition about mix- v.'.i' h arf in the ■tin v.'hi.-ii anything j mi which the Hi pub’i i*t?. hat whi.-li from all wiii very prob *vr:i;ir. iirovided a ma -1 at - that are reg ■i: a. nty Dem- i ®Pf n, ting no trouble in ever in e,tod style, *fthe politii-u! leaders ini * pNilirting that Mrnli iHayW'Oi>,ayard ®adav h L f hnvm - Harnett i!l be dosephus sight -, ," IPd speaker ill 0 f a r a political fctta. ’ rs - v "i county in btf n °»- S to Hiow as was «nj, b, ' ra Hut of get ~ **fi] it .. f an)l,, n. Halbert \T a ’!' l 7 A. Mor- in pi" Hill Satur- THE CONCORD TIMES $2.00 a Year, Strictly in. Advance. Contrite Voter, Strayed From Fold, Lured Back by Gardner’s Eloquence Marion. Oof. 31. —The political, skeleton of one of Morion's staunchest Democrats was laid bare and the strayed voter brought contrite into the fold to plead for forgiveness by j ihe far-famed eloquence of O. Max !Gardner, ofj Shelby, in a campaign ' ••sermon” here. The repentant one, Harvey R.iTnk-! ctn'.iip. was discovered alone, -in bis suffering as the crowds jostled from the court house after the subsiding of oratory. ' ’ FVom the ituspyinntbetie stream i.l;ere emerged the comforting arm of :i friend. Dr. Guy S. Kirby, county l THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady at Advance of 3 to 7 Points But latrr Eased Off 2 to 4 Points. New York, Nov. I.—o4*)—The cot ton market opened steady today at an advance of 3 to 7 points in res|»onse 1 to the higher Liverpool cables, reiter- < ated reports of improved demand for 1 ■ cotton goods in Manchester, and ofln- j ; tinuntion of the buying movement re-: i sponsible for the firmness on Satur- j | day. The advance met considerable] ’ southern sclHng, however, .supposed to r be largely in the way ofliedging. and after selling up to 12.73, January re j acted to 12.Q5, |he market ruling i about" 2 to 4 points net lower at the] 1 end 6f the first hour, i. A private report stating that pres-1 i rnt prospects pointed to a erop of at I least 17.500.000 bales was about in j line with expectations, but may have j encouraged some local selling on the j opening advance. Private cables reported covering with local antTßombay buying in the i Liverpool market. * Cotton futures opened steady: De •eeinber 12.60; January 12.72: March ' 12.07; May 13.22; July 13.44. J , I QUEEN MARIE CONFERS WITH DAKOTA FARMERS j Wants Suggestions That She Can Car ry to Her Rumanian Fanners. i Queen Marie's train, en route to Fargo. N. Dak., Nov. 1. —(J*) —Queen Marie of Rumania turned to North l Dakota farmers today to ask their ad j viee how to help the farmers of her | own country. At a radio station in St. Paul last night the queen invited Dakota farm- S ers tp meet her today to discuss ag i riculture with her. I *She arranged to take into her car i at succeeding stops two farmers and 1 their wives, and »*■ informal chats j with them learn how they till the l soil, what their crops are, how they j manage their homes, and how they j reap a profit from their acres. An Indian bonnet awaited Her Maj | esty at Mandan, where North Dakota ! Indians in tribal eosutmes arranged la dance in the Queen’s honor. To I further enliven the day the royal par ity also welcomed an opportunity to ! ride horseback at Medora. where in the Bad Lands section a rodeo was assembled. — destroyer ordered TO CEIBA, HONDURAS Ordered to Protect American Lives and Property as Result of Over throw of Govetpim^nt. Washington, Nov. 1. —04*) —An Am erican destroyer has been ordered from Bluefields Nicaragua, to Ceiba, Hon duras, to protect American lives and property there. The destroyer was asked for by the American consul at Ceibo, who last week reported that inmates of the pen itentiary there had combined with rev olutionist and seized the town, tempo rarily ousting the federal forces. . While the trouble in Ceiba has sub sided since control reverted to federal ! hands, the uncertainty of the situation ■ I in the consul's opinion, made it desir- j I able, to have an American naval craft i there to guarantee protection for for- j eigners in the event of revolutionary uprisings in the neai* future. With Our Advertisers. Captivating coats for girls S2OB to ! $14.75 at J. C. Penney Co.’s. In lovely styles and Penney quality. Go to Bell & Harris and see the new suggestions they are offering in living room furniture. The Yorke & Wadsworth Co., in or der to help the farmers get more for their cotton, will allow one-half cent per pound more for cotton than the local market, to be taken in trade or on account. See ad. The Goodyear all-weather tread i j tires are safe on any kind of road or street and in all kinds of weather. Will Offer Alibis. Somerville; N. J., Nov. 1. —td 3 ) Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall and her two brothers Henry and Willie Stev ens, who go on trial Wednesday for the murder four years ago of Mrs. Eleanor Mills, will testify that they were elsewhere at the time Mrs. Mills and Mrs. Hall’s clergyman husband were slain. Counsel announces that the three defendants will take tSie stand and of j fer alibis. Their trial for the mur der of Dr. Hall is set for later. Seek Accomplices of Mus®»lim’s As sailant. Bologna, Italy, Nov. I.—C4 3)—Hav ing escaped assassination for the 6th time in the four years he has been Premier, Benito Mussolini, whose slo gan is “live in danger,” was undaunt ed as ever today as search was made for accomplices,of a youth who tried to kill “II Duee” and then was lynch ed by infuriated fascisti yesterday. Miss Mary Harry left Saturday I n’ght for McKeesport, Pa., to visit her IsJter, Mrs. F. S. Marshall. chairman. The arm slippy n } )out j the shou ders of the sufferer. "Wfint in the world is f.io matter. Harvey?” the chairman asked soli.eiD ous\v. ‘‘Tell me all.” Blankenship drew a coat sleeve across his eyes. “I want to confess” he said. "It's } just like this: Two years ago I jsfratebed the Democratic candidate' j for county surveyor. Max has mode! •me fee 1 so ashamed ,that I promise! Mere and now that if I can ever be I forgiven for it this one time I'll never ; do such a thing again. j "I no going to» keep straight from • l now on.” ELECTIONS TOMORROW IN NEARLY ALL STATES First Nafi nal Eketian Since Coolidge Victory in 1»24. IVashingron. I). (*.. Nov. I.—To morrow. in the first national-wide election tdnee the Coolidge ticket ! fswopc the country in P)24, 34 United j StntfH senators, the entire member ship of the House in the 70th Con ■ gress (with the exception of four j members already elected in Maine), j ; more than 30 governors and many j jother Staten officers are tfi be j chosen. Arkansas and Georgia have ■ named Smte officers only and will ] Select representatives in the coming \ election, in many of the States mem- ! bers of the legislature n'r*> are to he 1 ! <*hr«en. In some of the Southern | States Democrats only have been nominated, while in others Socialist. Progressive or other third party tickets are in the field. The election ban been hard fought ] in the pivotal States, with the chief thought nmong the political leaders of preparing the stage for the presi dential contest to take place two | years hence. Twenty-one Republicans now ■ holding seats in the United \ senate and six of the present Demo cratic members are up for reelection, j Indiana will choose two members of j the tipper house. In Maine, where a j vacancy exist because of the death ] of Senator Bert M. Fernald last August, the special election to i choose hk successor will not be held | until next month. In the senatorial field the issues ' are complicated by extraneous sub-! jeets sueb as the wet and dry nnis- ■ tions, racial and religious prejudices ' and the Ku Klux Klan. While the j political strength of the parties, gen- j erally speaking, may be expected to j be polled in their normal strength, t yet there are certain to be losses by,-j reaoon of eroos-currents that will tip-y <#f*~Cftteuiattmr>e-> ' 2- ' .1 In the East and Middle West the ; outstanding senatorial battles are in j New York. Massachusetts. Pennsyl-! vania, Illinois, Indiana, lowa. Ohio j and Wisconsin. California and Or* 1 - ] gon in the far West are the scenes of interesting senatorial contests, while in several ofthe States of the North west the fights are complicated by j the third party movement. Some of the gubernatorial contests | are of nation-wide interest, especial- | ly that in New York, where Gover ! nor A1 E. Smith, the Democratic j incumbent, is opposed for reelection i by Ogden L. Mills, as the Republican | standard-bearer. The frequent men- j tion of Governor Smith’s name in i connection with the Democratic j presidential nomination makes the j outcome of his contest for re-election I of' country-wide interest. Propositions for modification of j the Volstead Act or other forms of attack on the existing prohibition ] laws will be submitted to the voters in eight States. In two States. New York and Illinois, the proposition to be voted on is identical, calling for a modification of the \ olstead Act. In these two States and in Wisconsin and Nevada no State law will be af fected by the vote, which in reality will be only a straw poll to ascertain the sentiment of the people. In Cali fornia, Missouri, Colorado and Mon tana the wet attack, if successful, j would demolish some or all of the State prohibition enforcement struc ture. In California the struggle is particularly bitter over the proposal to repeal the Wright Act. the special i prohibition enforcement law of that State which allows co-operation be tween State and Federal officers. In Oregon a petition has been filed which will bring about a vote in 1928. In the election of 1924 these nine I States polled nearly 10.000,000 votes, or about one-third of all the votes east. Therefore their vote on prohi bition in tomorrw’s election will represent the opinion of a third of the people in the whole country- B. A. Sides Initiated Into the Phi Kappa Phi. - Raleigh, Nov. 1. —B. A. Sides, of Concord, was among the eleven seniors at State College to be initiated into the F’iii Kappa Phi, national honorary fraternity at a banquet to be held here tonight in the, college Y. M. C. A. Membership in this society is a dis tinct honor, as high scholarship and character are required to -make a stu dent eligible. For three years Sides has been outstanding in scholarship, and has also taken part in various student activities,- especially m ath lete, a nd he 18 now captain of the track team for this year. Girl is Run Over and Killed By Wagon. Charlotte, N. C., Oct 31.-Anme Stephens, ten-year-old daughter of Mr and Mi*. F. S- Stephens of Hun tersville. died this afternoon as the result of being run over by a wagon yesterday. The little girl was nding ion the wagon with her two brothers 'when she lost her balance and fell under the wheels. ' Cotton on the local market today is quoted at 11 3-4 cents per pound. CONCORD, N. C, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1,1926 i DR. NORRIS WANTS CHANGE OF VENUE; GIVES HIS REASON Counsel for Minister Says “Combination” in Tar ! rant County Makes Im • partial Trial Impossible. MAYOR MEACHAM IS NAMED IN S MOTION He and Several Others, Id* eluding Member of K. df Said to Be Leaders Si the “Combination.” * Fort lVorth, Texas, Nov. I.—(>P) — Attorneys for I)r. J. Frank Norris, charged with the murder of Dexter E. Cbipps, Forth Worth lumberman, filed a motion for a change of venue, i ion the ground that Dr. Norris could j not obtain a fair and impartial trial ! in Tarrant county. The motion was filed wMen court ! opened, and with it a lengthy apple* i oation setting forth the reasons for j change in venue was present. It j charged that a “combination’' exists against Norris in Fort Worth and j Tarrant county. This “combination'’, the document declared, is composed of enemies ,the I fundamentalist minister has made by ■ his attack on Roman Catholics, vice rings, evolutionists. Fort Worth eity officials and otMers. The application mentioned the Knights of Columbus as j an organization opposed to Norris, { stating that there are between 5,000 j and 6.000 members of this body in; Tarrant county. The application declared that the leaders in the “combination” are May or H. C. Meacham. City Manager 0. E. Car, L. B. Haughery, manager of Meacham’s department store; Geo. J. Kreyenbul, local secretary of the Knights of Columbus, and “others to the petitioners unknown.” The petition was signed by Sterling iP. Clark, former sheriff; Lee Joyce, WANT TWO HELD FOR SLAYING PUBLISHER i State Asks That Two Men Now Un | * der Arrest Be Held in Connection With Don Meilett’s Death. 1 Cleveland, 0., Nov. 1. —OP)—First murder charges were filed h« *c | today against Ben M. Nadel and Da* j Pfaff. Cleveland, said by the police ■ to be bootleggers, in connection with j the slaying of Don R. Mellett, Can | ton publisher. The warrants were brought ’here by Ora Slater, special investigator in the Mellett murder, and Police Chief | Wise, of Canton. The charges were j filed to prevent release of the two men i of habeas corpus charges which have j been filed ih common pleas court. The warrants were issued at Can i ton and signed by Prosecutor C. B. j MeClintock, of Stark county. 1 Filing of the charges against Pfaff I and Nadel followed investigation here j by Cleveland police of fiie hiding here ] of Patrick Eugene McDermott, while i a nationwide search was being made | for him in connection with the mur | der of Mellett. , MOTHER ANT) SIX BABIES DIE FOLLOWING ACCIDENT Were Fatally Burned When Two Trucks and lutenirban Car Collid ed. Dayton, 0., Nov. I.— (A*) —A moth er and six babies died of burns suffer ed in the wrecking of a truck when an automobile collided with au inter urban car and another truck early to day. Six persons were injured three possibly fatally. The accident occurred when Joseph Capozzi, his entire family and Mrs. Frances Alio and her three children were returning home. Capozzi was driving a truck and ahead was Sam j Tripoli, taking his mother-in-law. Mrs. Rosa Vitrano, home in another truck. Witnesses said that as the two trucks crossed a bridge Capozzi at tempted to pass Tripoli and drove lib machine head-on into an iuterurbaii car. The truck driven by Capozzi burst into flames, and the one occu pied by Tripoli and Mrs. Vitrano caught fire. Dies From Injuries Sustained in Game. Winston-Salem, Oct. 29. —Albert Goodson, Lincolnton high school foot ball player, died in a hospital there today as the result of injuries sns* tained in a practice game two weeks ago, according to a message received here tonight by his brother-in-law, S. D. Howard. Goodson was the sou of G. R. Goodson, member of the (North Caro lina General Assembly, from Lincoln county. Daughters Killed He Demands SIOO,- 000 Gastonia, Oct. 29.— Asking SIOO.- 000 for the death of his two daugh ters. Laura M. and Bertha .E. Wright, who died of injuries received when an automobile in which they were riding, was struck by a railway passenger train last August, Wright, of Bessemer City, today vlcc * a suit here against the Southern Railway Company. Six young gir'sj died in the acci dent which occurred on highway N°- 2 at a grade crossing two mile* weet of here. Concerning men, women are illogi cal; to believe all men knaves is un just, but to believe any them sa’nts is just nonsense. DEMOCRATS EXPECT YUM 11 POLLS IHSOOTH TUESDAY lit This State Republicans Have Been as Active as { in Any State in South—j Seek Seats in Congress) I i WATCH FLORIDA WITH INTEREST •It Is Said the Republican! Party Has Made Head-! way There.—Democrats! Are Certain of Victory. Atlanta. Ga., Nov. I.—Cfl 3)—Con tents for senatorial and congressional seats in Virginia. North Carolina, Louisiana and Kentucky, and a heat ied gubernatorial race in Tennessee drew chief interest in Tuesday's elec tion in the South with confirmation cf Democratic nominees a mere for mality in most states. Active republican opposition to the reflection of Senator Lee S. Over man. has been made in North Carolina by Johnson J. Hayes, who is popular jin the western section of the .-state; while in Kentucky Senator Richard P. Enrst, republican, is opposed for re-election by Congressman Alden W. Barkley. H Republican opposition has develop ed in six North Carolina congression ,al districts while in Virginia demo- I eratie candidates for three seats in j Congress have republican opi>onents. j While the candidacy of Governor j Austin Pea.v, of Tennessee, holds] chief interest of voters incumbents in j two Congressional districts have re- j publican and independent opposition, i Governor Pony is opposed for re-elec-1 tion by Walter White, republican. In the first Louisiana district, James O'Connor, democratic incum bent. has republican opposition in Gus Gertling. "While some republican opposition has developed in one Senatorial and j four congressional campaigns in Flor ida, chief • interest centers in the strength of the republican vote. In Georgia Senators W. L. George is unopposed for re-election, as are 12 candidates for Congress. In one dis trict the republican candidate conced ed' defeat and withdrew from th? running. Dt. F. G. Hardman, dyreo j'crttic nominee for Governor, will be i I formally confirmed. In spite of the republican inroads] in the democratic ranks of Alabama, j Hugo L. Black, democratic candidate J for the Senate, was openly conceded j election oved Edmund H. Dryer, his republican opponent. Bibb Graves, democratic nominee for Governor. - WIND, RAIN AND SNOW THREATEN MANY LIVES j Storms in Southern Europe Are Send- I ing Rivers Higher and Many Are Overflowing Banks. ’ Paris, Nov. 1. — (A 3 )—Disastrous storms of wind, rain and snow con tinued to ravage soutbwgestern Eu rope and the rapidly rising rivers of Belgium and easter France threaten to overflow their banks. No section of France has been spared. Even Nice, where there is supposed to be perpetual sunshine, is deluged. A curious phenomenon has been particles of fine yellow sand which accompanied the rain. The sand apparently was brought across Cue Mediterranean from Ariea by the si rocco which has been blowing for the past two days. The large freight steamer St. Octave has been driven aground in St. Anne’s Bay, nearCher bougr. BANK ROBBER KILLED AND PAL IS WOUNDED Men Were Trying to Roto Branch of the Bank of Detroit. Detroit, Oct. 29.—(/P>—One bank robber was shot to death and another wounded today when a passing patrol man thwarted their attempt to rob the branch of the Bank of Detroit al Chopin and Michigan Avenues on the West Side. Frank J. Dombecky, the patrolman whose shots dropped the two robbers, was wounded by their return fire. A third bandit remained at the wheel of an automobile and escaped. A Jfourth victim was John Skiman ski, a jeweler. He was trimming his store window near the bank when n stray bullet struck him. All the wounded men are expected to recover. Refuses to Have Doctor; Is Dead. Owensboro, Ky., Oct. 28. —Mrs. Beulah Norris, wife of Rev. L. R- Norris, a Holy Roller preacher, died today following her refusal to allow a physician to give her medical at tention. Throe weeks her husband was arrested on a warrant sworn out by her father, George Gipe, charging him with attempt at in voluntary manslaughter for refusing to seek medical aid for his wife. The case, however, was passed indefin itely. Mrs. Norris leaves nine small children. In a single year more than 78,000,- 000 rabbit skins, valued at nearly $12,500,000 were exported from Australia. These figures do not in clude the large number of skins utilized locally, nor the value of rab bit flesh as food. The language of Roumania is a Latin dialect Introduced -by the (Roman colonists. — I i In the Spotlight of the News wfe aflflr +-.->• >< - *F? JBHKF'-v- KS>? GLORIA | WINFRED BOCKEFDAER ( M>IEY ASTOR I Mrs. Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, his widow, was awarded $85,000 in return for dower rights in the estate of Reginald C. Vanderbilt, in Rhode Island. Henri Berenger, French ambassador to the United States, was expected to attempt to reopen the debt settlement question. Winifred Rocke feller, daugher of Mr. and Mrs. Percy A. Rockefeller, routed a burglar from her Greenwich, Conn., home. Mary Astor, film star, broke her engagement to Irving Astor. HOUDINI, THE GREAT MAGICIAN, IS DEAD His Works of Magic Had Mystified Audiences in All Parts of the World. Detroit. Mich., Oct. 31. —Harry Houdini, the magician, died today. The noted escape artist, whoso adeptnee* at freeing himself from straight-jackets, chains, and cells, mystified audiences in all parts of the world, died after a second surgi cal attempt had been made to save his life from the effects of peritonitis. Houdini >vas operated upon last Monday for appendicitis. Houdini, popularly supposed to be of oriental birth, was born in Wis consin in 1874. the son of the Rev. Mayer Samuel Weiss. His theatrical name was early acquired through legal procedure. As one of the outstanding person ages of the American stage and lead er of magicians, his popularity lasted for a quarter century. Beginning his stage career as a trapeze performer, he toured the world. His versatility was evidenced by his winning the Austrian Aeronautical association prize in 1010. It was during his journey through Asia that he became interested in mysticism and shifted his role to that of magician. Houdini counted among his audi ences the royalty of Europe and A%ia. He wrote numerous treatises intended to expose spiritualism as a fraud. His book, “A Magician Among the Spirits,” created a furore among i professional spiritualists b.V its ns- ( sertions that the practice was. “bunk.” j One of his public challenges of long standing that he could duplicate or expose any seemingly magic feat was accepted by Raymen Bey. Egyp tian mystifier. in August. The Egyp tian had created a sensation by re maining in a sealed ••offin under water for IS) minutes. “Short breath* and conservation of oxygen did it,’ said Houdini, who entered the coffin and stayed there 90 minutes. — i Plan 100 Acre Rose. Garden Near Chicago. Chicago. Oct. 2b\ —OP) —Plans for the world’s largest rose garden were announced by two commercial flor ists with the purchase of a 100 acre tract near Chicago, on which green houses sheltering nearly one million square set of rose plants will be erected. The two florists already have two twenty acre gardens growing Premier roses, which they say have displaced the American Beauty in public favor. I Millions of these blossoms are ship pe from Chicago every year. The climate and soil here, florists say.is most favorable to roses,* though all the commercial production is under glass. Concentrated Li?. From “Parking Spate,” by C. C. Brander, in The Detroit Free Press: Concentrated lie: “And jpst as the young man came into the room, ’ said the flapper, “I happened to think that I had my knees crossed. I was never so embarrassed in my life.” —t The new Canadian Professional Hockey League has a compact cir cuit of five cities, Hamilton, Niagara Falls. London. Stratford and Wind sor. The schedule calls for a season of 32 games, opening the middle of November. , ' J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher DOCUMENTS IN THE McPherson case gone “ r ‘ i '■ , Trunk Seized in New York Is Being Carefully Guarded as Result of New Developments. Los Angeles, Nov. 1.—04*)—Disap- pearance yesterday of the sixth group j of documents which the state has used I for evidence in the Aimee Semple Mc- Pherson conspiracy case caused Dis trict Attorney Asa Keys to take ex tra precautions today toward guarding the trunk seized in New York recently as the property of Kenneth Ormiston. fugitive radio operator. The trunk, packed with gowns, robes and other articles of feminine apparel, which Keyes says will definitely link the Angeles Temple evangelist with the former radia operator in a con spiracy to defraud justice, is due to arrive here today. K>yes has arranged to have detec tives receive the trunk from the car rier and remove it to a secret destina tion where it will be opened and its contents examined. Oberammergau Planning Passion Play For 1030. London, Nov- 1.- —Lang, who was the “Penitent Thief” in the last pro duction of the famous Passion Play at. Oberamergau, is in London pro moting the sales of the beautiful caiving* for which his village .is noted. Lang says that although the next production of the Passion Play is not until 1930 the villagers—there ]are 2.000 of them —are already dis j cussing the prospects and speculating * upon the cast. “But who shall play the various characters,” he says, “will only be decided upon tfhen the committee sits to make the, selection.” Lang says that he received the equivalent—in German marks —of four dollars for his last five months \>ork in the play. “I had to remain." he says, for 20 minutes on the cross as the ‘Penitent Thief.’ The strain was severe, and I suffered from ‘pins and needles’ in my limbs. 'W hen I got down I had to massage myself to re store circulation. Only a very strong man can take the part. There will’ be many changes in the 1030 production, says Lang. “The Christ of the last production will be too old. and there are several men in the village among • whom the choice will rest.” at Rowan Courthouse Dedicated to Mr. Overman. Salisbury, Oct. 28. —A young tree standing on the county courthouse lawn was the afternoon dedicated to Senator Lee S. Overman, for “ser vices rendered state and nation.” The Women’s club of Salisbury dedicated the tree and the attendant exercises were witnessed by a number of fel low townsmen of the senator. State Senator Walter H. Woodson paid tribute to Mr. Overman- Presentation of the tree to the county was by Mrs. H. C. Daniel and it was accepted for the county by register of deeds, Max Baker. Immediately after the exer cises a reception was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Ram say. Several matters of interest and j importance to the speed boat owners . are to be brought up for discussion ‘at the annual meeting of the Ameii eaf; Power Boat Association, to be i held in New York October 23. 11ER” IS DEAD ’ nr I tR FIGHT WITH ® PUL AND OFFICERS James Cunniffe Killed by William Olsen and f ttirfc£ .1 Others Died in a Fight Started by Men. POLICEMAN ONE j|J OF THE VICTIMS Woman With the “Killer* Also Slain by Olsen Wht» in Turn Was Killed by the Police Officers. Detroit. Nov. 1. —C4*)— crim inal career of James “Killer” Odti niffc. sought in connection with 0 half dozen major crimes, iaeluding murdefr and maily robbery, came to ah here yesterday in a furious pisttH bat 4 tie Which cost the lives of three other persons, and resulted in the wodttding of two more. The "Killer” and an unidentified woman companion were shot to death j by a pal, a man known here as Wil liam Olsen, who in turn was kilkd 1 by a policeman, but only after he bad i shot to death another officer and j wounded a bystander. The slain policeman was Erfiest Jones. 35, patrolman; Ephraim Ran cour, killed Olsen in the exchange of shots after he himself had been wound* ed. Ernst Burns, a resident of a fashionable apartment house where the shooting occurred, was struck by a stray bullet. The officers had answered a edH tb the apartment house to investigate a ; report of shooting there. When tfee wounded Rancour finally gained en trance he found the bullet riddled bodies of Cunniffe and the woman who apparently had been slain by their companion. Approximately $1& 000 in currency was scattered about the apartment, and police expressed the belief that the three had quarreled over a division of the money believed to have been the loot obtained itt robberies. Ouniffe, Olsen and the woman came here shortly after a series of crimes in New Jersey and New York in which Cunniffe was accused of par ticipating. ‘ „ J DISTRICT MEETING OF KIWANIB INTERNATIONAL (To Be Held at Charleston November j 11th and Eth. Embracing 86 dab*. Charleston, S. C., Nov. I. Plans were rapidly nearing comple tion here today for the sixth annual convention of the Carolines district of Kiwanis International which- will be held November 11th and 12th. T’ae district embraces 86 clubs of North Carolina and South Carolina. Local committees headed by W. A. Weir* general chairman, are putting into final shape plans for the convention. The program calls for the conven tion to .open with an address by May or Thomas P. Stoney who wilt be fol lowed by Paul M. Macmillan, presi dent of the Charleston club. District Governor Felix Harvey, Jr., of Kins ton, N. C.. will preside over Jf&e- ses sions. .j • . * . Delegates reaching the city the night before the convention opens will be entertained at a “pep" at the Francis Marion Hotel by. Karl Jansen, impersonator. Following the opening addresses of the convention, appointments of com mittees and reports by the. district governor and the lieutenant governors will be made, taking up the remainder of the morning session. Qroft'p con ferences also will be held, with the presidents, secretaries and trustees meeting separately. A luncheon will be tendered the visitors after the s sion by the Charleston club and dis trict committee reports will take fbe time of the afternoon session. • Thursday evening, John IJ. Moss, of Milwaukee, immediate past presi dent of Kiwanis International; In ternational Treasurer Hein* will make addresses at a banquet. • The t convention will conclude it* business session the morning of No vember 12 and a program of sport* and other entertainment has beeh planned for those remaining for the afternoon after the final business sen* sion. • * CHARLESTON AGAIN PORT FOR BANANAS Steamer Docked There Tbla Morning With 35,000 Bunches of Fruit- Weekly Schedule Begun. *2 Charleston, S. C., Nov. 1. —G Charleston again took her place »• one of the banana ports of the United States when the steamship San Bruno of the United Friut Company line docked at the Southern railway pier with a cargo of 35,000 bunches of the fruit this morning. The San Bruno inaugurated a weekly service to thii port, and a steamer is scheduled from Central America every Monday, bring ing banana cargoes for distribution in the Carolinas. Georgia, Florida, Vir ginia, Tennessee and Alabama. The resumption of the use of Charleston by the United Fruit Company for the importation and distribution of trop ical fruits comes about eleven years after the service was discontinued. _ THE WEATHER Fair tonight and Tuesday, farmer in west and north central portion* tonight, and on the coast Tuesday. Colder Tuesday afternoon in west por tion. Diminishing northerly winds be coming moderate south and southwest. "N 0735"