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SHELL HOLE YIELDS, UP
BODIES OF 7 AMERICANS
Search of Nearly a Decade Is Finally
Rewarded.—Were Buried By the
Enemy.
Washington, July 30.—From the
shell tortured earth about Mount
faucon, wheke nine years ago Ameri
can and German lines Ivere locked in
the grim struggle of the Meusse-Ar
goune drive, the bodies of seven young
Americans of the 79th division who
gave their lives in that fight have
been yielded up at last to end the
long suspense of grieving relatives.-
Late in June, rewarding a search
that had lasted almost a .decade, field
workers of the graves registration ser
vice in Paris came upon a fllled-in
shell hole where the bodies They
were ranged in their common grave
in an orderly row, laid there almost
beyond doubt, not by comrades, but
by enemy hands. In the group were
numbered the casualties of a platoon
of company, F. 315th infantry, in
cluding Lieutenapt William A. Sheen
han, of this city, platoon commander,
sustained on the morning of Septem
ber 29, 1918. On that morning the
four day advance of the division was
held in check by German resistance
organized in the woods near which the
bodies were found.
Sheenhan and his platoon had driven
on a little beyond the line of the
other platoons in the last attack on
these woods. The young officer and
six men of his detachment whose
bodies lay with him had already been
ordered back for reorganization of the
line when they fell. There was no
chance for their comrades to carry
them back or to bury them, for the
ground they left passed at once into
German control. ,
That night the regiment was re
lieved. Not until after the armistice
in November could Sheenhan’s brother
officers reach the spot again. Three
trips then failed to locate where he
and his men lay. Twiqe again rela
tives or friends went from the United
States but with no better success.
It remained for the tireless vigilance
of the graves registration service
tracking down every clue to missing
comrades to find its way at last to
the shell crater that served these
seven war dead for a tomb.
Sheenhan and the six men, all pri
vates, fought and died on that Sep
tember morning. The others were
Irving S. Roffis, of Brooklyn, New
York ; August H. Rittmiller, of Balti
more ; and Jesse E. Schall, of Phila
delphia, all of Sheenhan’s platoon of
F. Company; Edward C. Moran, of
Philadelphia, and Henry Faller, of
Pottsville, Pa., both of H. Company, of
the 315th, and Ellis Eskowitz, of
Baltimore, of C Company, 313 regi
ment of the same division.
BONE DRY CLUB TRAILS
WILKES BLOCKADERS
Mysterious Organization Said To Be
Active In Effecting Arrests.
Winston-Salem, July 30. Dry
agents who are making -it hot for
blockaders and bootleggers in the coves
and mountains of Wilkes, tell of the
help they are getting from a constant
ly increasing membership of a mys
terious organization known as the
“Bone Dry Club,” whifh has for its
object the stamping out of the illicit
liquor traffic and which performs its
work so well that blockaders and rum
runners have become frightened.
Deputy Administrator Osteen’s hot
drive against the illicit liquor element
was inspired by the club, according
to a newspaper report. Its members
first began their activities up in Elk
tand Moomer townships in the “State
of Wilkes.” The influence gradually
spread. Now it has members in many
of the eastern townships of the coun
ty ; a branch has been established just
in the edge of Ashe and one up under
the Blue Ridge where the counties
of Wilkes and Watauga come together.
Back over in the Fair Plans and Trap
Hill country is the nucleus ofi another
“club,” which is spreading terror to
the liquor law violater.
Dry Agent Prevette tells of stalking
a blockader.* He was seen in the brush
and a rifle was levelled at him. He
stood up and made himself known to
the resident of Big Brushy Mountains!
The man said “Lordy, I thought yod
was one of them ‘dry bones,’ and I
was just fixing to let you have it.
$25 REWARD OFFERED.
For Conviction of Motorists Who
Injure Persons and Fail to Stop.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, August 1.-A jiermanent
reward of $25 for information leading
to the conviction of motorists who
injure persons and fail to stop has
just been announced by the Carolina
Motor Club, through C. W. Roberts,
its vice president. This, reward is
offered as an evidence of the c\ub s
belief that accidents on the highway
of the state have decreased since the
new uniform motor vehicle code went
into effect. ,
Two months ago the club offered
SSO for the arrest conviction of
“hit and run” drivers and four re
wards totalling S2OO, have been paid.
In the four convictions only one de
fendant was forced to serve a jail
sentence. , . , „ ~
“We have been convinced, said
Mr. Roberts, “that this reward has
caused many drivers to stop at the
point of accident, as required by law
and we hope and believe it will elim
inate many accidents. In furthera “ c ®
of this belief the Carolina Motor_club
will continue to pay a reward of $-o
to anyone who ascertains identity of
a ‘hit_and run’ driver and secures J
conviction. We interpret a hit and
run’ driver as one wh6 injures a person
with a motor vehicle and refuses tq
stop.
Japanese Soldiers Accidentally Killed.
Tokyo ( Aug. 1.-OP)-Twenty of
ficers and men were killed or '' oun £;
ed during naval maneuvers off Kiushi
Island this morning in the explosion
cf three mines on the middle <|eek of
the. mine layer Tokiva, says a dis
patch to Asahi from Kiushi.
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NOTED EVANGELIST
AND MOTHER CAN’T
AGREE ON TROUBLE
Principal Cause of Trouble
Between Mrs. McPher
son and Mother Is Seen
as Division of Property.
MOTHERWANTS
TO GET HALF
Women HaVe Agreed to
Hold One More Confer
ence in an Effort to Make
Agreement on Matter.
Los Angeles, Aug. 1. —04 s )—The
principal cause of trouble between
Aimee Semple McPherson and her
mother, Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, was
unmasked today as the two warring
leaders of Angelus Temple vowed their
willingness -to meet once more and
discuss the elder woman’s demand for
a “50-50” split of the property which
they have accumulated sin.ce starting
their big religious enterprise. The
temp e often is referred to as a mil
lion dollar concern. ,
Plans for the conference -were an
nounced last night after Mrs. Ken
nedy, who recently was ordered re
moved as business manager of the
church, had declared she would con
sider no settlement except an equal
division of receipts of the'institution.
Mrs. McPherson said she was will
ing to bar from the meeting her church
committee, watermelon and lemonade,
all three of which have incurred the
displeasure of Mrs. Kennedy. The
church* committee never has been rec
ognized by .the evangelist’s mother.
-“I can’t talk to her,” Mrs. Kennedy
complained * to reporters. “Every
time I try to talk to her at a con
ference she just eats watermelon and
drinks lemonade.”
Neither Angelus Temple, huge build
ing overlooking the Los Angeles park,
nor the adjoining magnificent struc
ture which houses the Bible School
are involved in Mrs. Kennedy’s settle
ment terms. She listed however as
part of the fortune which she would
insist on her daughter dividing, prop
erty surrounding the Temple. This,
she said, included $65,000 worth, pur
chased durilig last year- . _
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MAY PURIFY WATER
BY BOOTLEG PROCESS
Raleigh Folks Are Told to Use Char
coal for Removing Bad Taste and
Odor.
Raleigh, July 30.—Bootleggers who
sell if possible, a brand of liquid that
out-smells and out-tastes Raleigh’s
water, evidently have contributed a
scientific formula which will make
Raleigh’s drinking pleasanter.
The bootleggers hare told Raleigh
folks how to take fresh corn liquor
and make a beautifully colored con
coction from it. They recommend the
charcoal keg. Today Assistant State
Chemist L. B. Rhodes tells Raleigh
how to doctor its water:
“Get some wood charcoal which
is the same as the fire coals that
have cooled from a wood fire and which,
if clean, are satisfactory. However,
it can be obtained at the drugstore and
possibly at the hardware. Fresh
charcoal is-the best. Beat this in a
cloth tp coarse particles. Put in a
gallon bottle together with a little
over three quarts of water and a very
small pinch of ordinary baking soda.
Shake a little and set aside two or
three hours or better all night. It
only remains now to remove the char
cial from the water. This is done by
straining on a large funnel through
either filter paper, wet chamois skin
or ai>sorbent cotton. If it has stood
long enough the carcoal settles and
the water cau be carefully poured
off.
“The result of this simple treatment
is a colorless, odorless and tasteless
water, quite potable. The chlorinated
organic material, which is the cause
of the odor, is thus effectively remov
ed with certain other impurities.”
WOMAN ATTACKED BY
NEGRO IN HER HOME
Has Two Knife Wounds and Possible
Fracture of Skull as Result of At
tack. .
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. I.—o4 s )—
With two knife wounds and a possible
fractured skull, Mrs. Emma Jones,
32, was in a serious condition at a lo
cal hospital today following a crim
inal attack early this morning by a
negro intruder in her home.
The woman was struck on the head
with a brick and stabbed with a knife
when she attempted tb repulse the ne
gro.
Groome Nenamefl by Statesville Cham
ber.
Statesville, July 31 —The board of
directors of the newly organised
Statesville chamber of- commerce, l ln
session here Friday elected Mailey T-
Groome secretary for the next 12
months, at a salary <\f $4,000.
It arranged for another meeting of
the stockholders to be held in the
courthouse Tuesday night, August 9
to* ratify the by-laws, select an office
and transact other matters that may
come up.
Groome served as secretary of the
chamber of commerce last year, hav
ing been appointed by the city author
ities. The recent election in which
the city of Statesville voted to sup
port the chamber of commerce by tax
ation called for a new organization
and new officers.
Child Badly Wounded While Playing
With Gun.
Norwood, July 31. —On July. 28
while playing with a gun, Jack.
Hutchinson shot and nearly killed
his playmate, Elwood Lisk, son of
Mr. T. Lafayette Lisk. Both chil
dren had been in the habit of play
ins with guns. The shot went
through the abdomen and liver of
the young fellow. As the shot went
all the way through the body there
is great hope of his ultimate recov
er*.
CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, AUGUST 1,1927
CHAMBERLIN MAKES
FLIGHT FROM DECK
OF GIANT STEAMER
Hopped Off the Deck of
Steamer Leviathan This
Morning But Flight to
New Jersey Was Halted.
HOP OFF FINE
FROM THE LINER
Gained Such Speed on Lin
er’s Runway That Plane
Took Air as Gracefully
as He Could Wish. .
New York, August I.—-04*)—The
U. S. Lines reported at 10 o’clock this
i morning that Clarence Chamberlin had
alighted at Curtis Field after taking
off from the deck of the Leviathan off
Fire Island at 8:14. Chamberlin had
intended to fly to Tterboro, N. J., but
fog caused him to change his mind
and land at the Long Island flying
field. He announced his intention of
taking the air shortly again to fly to
Teterboro.
The U. S. Lines said that as soon
as Chamberlin landed at Curtis Field
he telephoned the shipping office to
report that the flight was a complete
success. He said that he could haye
gone on to Teterboro, but as there
was considerable fog, and as there
was no necessity for running any risk
he decided to come down at Curtis.
Chamberlin reported that the takq
off from the Leviathan was even better 1
than he had hoped for.
Chamberlin told the shipping of
ficials that he gained such speed on
the unway that his plane took to the
air about halfway doWn, It had been
expected that the length of the run
way with his flattened end would be
hecessary to get the plane into the
air successfully. The shipping com
pany estimated time of Chaniuerim s
arrival at Cuttis . field at 9:40
o'clock.
It was said the Leviathan was 120
miles at sea when Chpmberlin hopped
off.
HOPE SOON TO PAY OFF *
LAKE' JUNLASKA, DEBT
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Methodist Assembly Is Now Enjoy
— trg* “t npreerdented Era of Pros
perity.”
Lake Junaluska, July 30. —Hope
that the “unprecedented era of pros
perity,” upon whic6 the Methodist
Southern assembly has been Munch
ed, may result soon in liquidation
of the debt of approximately $30,000
on its property here, seat of the as
sembly, was expressed at a meel|,n?
of the board of commissioners so
day.
The view was advanced that tnis
might be accomplished in time to
transfer the entire plant to the
Methodist Episcopal church, south,
at the next general conference. So
optimistic were the commissioner:-
on this score that they fixed a day m
August. 1928, as a tentative date for
a jubilee meeting to celebrate the
occasion. >
The debt, it was said, has hamp-r
ed the assembly’s work and hitherto
prevented acceptance of the property
by the general conference as a con
nectional enterprise.
Approval of several forward look
ing projects by the board today was
pointed to as an indication of the
growing prosperity of the assembly.
These included proposals to give
each of the' 14 active bishops of the
church a building lot at Lake Jun.-i
--luskn and establishment here of u
biblical seminary.
A committe was appointed by th°
board of commissioners to formulate
plans for the proposed seminary aft
er it had been favorable discussed.
The, institution' which would be con
trolled and operated by the church
as a special school for special ease*,
was proposed for the benefit of can
didates for the ministry and minis
ters who are not able to meet en
trances requirements in standard
Methodist institutions of learning
because of Jimited educational ad
vantages-
SEVEN BUILDINGS AT
WAYCROSS, GA., BURN
Fire Started In Kitchen of Hotel and
Spread Rapidly Throughout the
Business District.
Waycross, Ga., August 1. — (A*) —
Fire starting in the kitchen of the
Exchange Hotel-here at 4 o’clock this
morning destroyed seven business es
tablishments in the heart of the city
before it waS brought under eontrol.
Fire fighting apparatus hurried here
from Jacksonville, Fla., assisted in
quenching the blaze which threatened
the whole business district.
The loss was not estimated.
With Our Advertisers.
Goodyear new all-weather ba’loon
tires grip and hold. Go to Yorke &
Wadsworth Company and see these
new tire*.
One and two-piece frocks, only
$7.95 and $9.85 at 1 the Gray Shop.
Tbe Southern Railway will run a
special excursion to Washington on
the night of August 10th.
Ten-piece walnut dining room suites
at Bell & Harris Furniture Company.
Final cleamup of all summer dress
es and hate at Belk's.
All hats, coats and suits one-half
price and less at Fisher’s.
The J. C. Penney Co. has grqwn
from one 6mall country store 25
years ago to 885 stores today.
William T. Nail Dead.
Salisbury, July 29. William
Thomas Nail, 44, and for years an
invalid, died this morning at the.
home of his stepfather, A. L. Jones.
Mr. Nail wae severely injured some
weeks ago when he fell from a sec
ond story window at hi* home.
William P. Clarke of Toledo has
been elected to his twenty-fifth con
secutive term as president of the Am
erican Flint Glass Workers’ Inter
national Union.
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There were no death sentences in
Scotland laat year* __
No Priestly Ceremonial in
Mexico During Past Year
Mexico City. July 31.— (A*) —For
one year today, Mexico has been with
out priestly ceremonial in any Cath
olic church, as a result of the govern
ment’s religious regulations.
-Probably no other country over
whelmingly Catholic has ever known
a twelve months where : n no priest of
that faith has officiated in any of its
churches.
The Mexican Episcopate ordered
its priests to withdraw from their
churches and to cease services there
in, concurrently with the ,taking ef
fect of the religious regulations, as a
protest against them. Until that
time Catholic services by priests in
its churches hgd newer in Mexico
been stilled for 1$ day since the Span
ish Conqu ; stadotes brought the Cross
to the western world four centuries
ago and planted it in the ruins of the
Aztec Empire which they overthrew.
Mexico’s religious problem has ex
isted since the middle of the last
tentury, but it had slumbered for sev
eral decades until made acute again
last year by President Calles’ pro
mulgation of the present regulations.
Those regulations limit and super
vise activities of the Church and its
priests and require the latter to reg
ister with the civil authorities.. Cath
olics maintained that such registra
tion would be acceptance of the Mexi
can government instead of the Pope
as the supreme authority of the
church ; that the regulations menaced
religious freedom, constituted Catho
lic persecution, and would destroy
that church in Mexico. Calles insist
ed that his only purpose was to en-
STOP FOR PRAYER
AND NEGRO ESCAPES
200 Men in Party Searching for Negro
Who Attacked White Girl.
Nashville, N. C.„ Aug. I.
Nash county officers and civilians to
day continued their search for Paul
Bradshaw’. 30. negro, al.eged assailant
of a 13-year-old girl Sunday. The
negro who was arrested escaped from
the officers when 'lie asked that the
car in which he was being brought to
Nashville stop, in order that he might
be allowed to “get out and pray.”
He fled and has not been seen since^
The negro w r as near capture barly
this morning when members of a posse
came upon him not far from Bailey
in abandoned shack. He was attempt
ing to free himself from handcuffs ap
plied' when captured.
He dashed for a door, however, and
knocked down several men, eluding
capture.
At noon today the posse had beeiT
increased to nearly 200 men heavi'y
armed. Violence was feared if the
negro is captured.
Bradshaw is described as five feet
ten^inches high, bald headed, has scar
on his head, and knee has been cut.
He was formerly employed by a farm
gr living near Bailey.
Reported Surrounded.
Nashville, N. C., Aug. I.— (A*) —Tom
Bradshaw, negro, alleged to have as
saulted a white girl of Nash county,
was reported surrounded shortly after
noon in wood* near Bai ey, according
to the sheriff.
ACTIVE BISHOPS WILL
GET JUNALUSKA LOTS
Junaluska To Make The Gifts; Clears
Up Debt Os $300,000.
Lake Junaluska. August 1. —The
fourteen active Bishops of thhe Meth
odist Episcopal Church, South, will
each receive a gift of a building lot
at Lake Junaluska, seat of the Meth
odist Southern Assembly, it was de
cided today, by the board of commis
sioners. meeting here, when they ap
proved the suggestion of General Su
perintendent Ralph E. Nollner. to
present a lot,to each of the denomina
tion’s Bishops, as a site for a summer
home.
'that the Methodist Southern As
sembly is launched on an unprecedent
ed era of prosperity, which in all
probability will result in liquidating
the debt on the property and turning
the entire plant over to the Southern
Methodist church at the next general
conference, was indacted by several
forward looking projects which the
commissioners approved at their meet-"*
mg Friday-. So optimistic are the
commissioners on this score that a
day in August, 1928, was fixed as the
tentative date for a jubilee meeting to
celebrate the cleaning up of a debt
of something like $300,(K)0 which has
hampered the work of the Assembly
and prevented its acceptance by the
general conference of the denomination
as a conneetional enterprise.
THE STOCK MARKET
Rising Price Tendencies Ushered fn
New Week in the Market.
New York. Aug. l.—o4>)—Rising
price tendencies ushered in the new
week in the stock market. BuJish
sentiment wae created by the reduc
tion in the call money rate from the
renewal figure of 4 to 4 3-4 per cent.,
the favorable crop outlook, and the
prospect for good fall business in sev
eral of the basjie industries.
High grade rails whose current div
idend yields is above prevailing inter
est rates w T ere again in brisk de
mand. Among the many stock* to
new highs in that group were
Atchison, New York Central, Chesa
peake & Ohio, Great Northern, pre
ferred, Northern Pacific, and Erie
common. Texas & Pacific and St.
Louis Southwestern also recorded sub
stantial gains.
Closing was strong. Totjfl sales
approximated 2,200,000 shares.^
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Says England Knows How to Treat
Women.
London, July 30.—England is the
only country which knows the pro
per place for women, according to
-Canon Daweon, headmaster of
Brighton College, Speaking here to*
day, he said of women:
“In Fjrance she’s a plaything.
“In Germany seh’s a drudge.
“In America she’s a goddess.
“But in England she’s a part
ner.”
National League fans expect the
three-club race between Pittsburgh.
.St. Louis and Cincinnati to furnish
an interesting finish to the pennant
struggle this eeasoa.
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force ttfe Mexican constitution. Neith
ed side has yielded.
Calles’ term of office expires De
cember 1, 1928. Catholics hope the
controversy may be adjusted under
his successor, if no compromise can
be accomplished sooner.
During this year of deadlock be
tween the government and church, a
so-called Catholic revolution has been
suppresseed by the federal authorities ;
the foremost Archbishops and Bishops
of the Catholic church have beeen ex
pelled from ''Mexico and are exiles in
tKe United States, jnostly in San An
tonio, Texas, and many Catholic lay
men have been arrested on charges
by the government that they plotted
revolution.
Recently President Calles ordered
the release of Catholics imprisoned
on sedition charges. The President’s
announced reason for that since the
attempted Catholic revolution had
failed, the. alleged lay plotters were
no .lpnger a menace to the govern
ment, ahd did not deserve further im
prisonment.
With the exception of the great,
.historic Mex'co City Cathedral, other
places of worship have continued op
en. The Cathedral has been closed a
y?ar. Churches are in charge of cit
izens’ committees. Worshippers en
ter them at will. Service are con
ducted by the laity, both men and
women, insofar as it is poss : ble for
them to replace priests. Religious
services are secretly performed in
private residences, although priests
and participants are subject to ar
rest.
GAME AND FISH WARDENS
FOR STATE ARE NAMED
Will Have. Supervision. Over Enforce
ment of New Kame Laws of State.
The Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, Aug. I.—-Division of the
state and county groupings into
twelve districts under the direction
of the newly named deputy game and
fish commissioners for the
tration of the state game law were
made public yesterday by Wade H.
Phillips, director of the department
of conservation and development.
Five of the districts follow, gen
era ily,~ the. limits of the five active
forestry districts, using the chief for
est warden in each of these for the
combined forestry, game and flesh
duties. In other of the state
where there are no active, forestry
organizations, special districts were
created fdr the game and fish law
Tfflrrtin istration.
The .iour chief forest wardens, C.
X. ( Mease, Black Mountain* 'district
No. 1; J. E. Long, Nebo, district No.
2‘: J. A. D. McCormick, Benn Level,
district No. 3; and E. P. Simmons.
New Bern, district Xos. 4 and 5, are
also deputy game and fish commis
sioners in their districts with the ex
ception of some counties where fire
game and fish work has been separat
ed and where they will work in co
ojjcration with the newly named dep
uty commissioners.
Newly created game and fish dis
tricts and Hie deputy commissioners
for each follow : _
District Xo G—W. M. .Tones. Thar
iotte, deputy commissioner, Meckien
berg. Gaston, Cleveland, Lincoln,
l *nion. Catawba. Iloke, Chatham, An
son. Scotland and I,ee.
District Xo. 7—W. C. T,iek. Rich
field, deputy commits iorier. Rowan.
Davidson, 1 redell, Randolph, Alex
ander. Stanly, Montgomery, Richmond
and Cabarrus.
District Xo. B—George A. Nieoll.
New Bern, deputy commissioner, ('rav
en, Johnston. Wayne, Wake, Carteret.
Duplin. Lenoir, Onslow, Pamlico,
.Tones and Frank’in.
District No. 9—Charles J. Moore.
Washington, deputy commissioner
Beaufort. Martin, Xaoh. Washington.
Tyrrell, Wilson, Hyde.
D’strict Xo. 10—F. A. Ruffin. Kel
ford, deputy commissioner. Bertie.
Northampton. ~Halifax. Edgecombe.
Hertford, Warren, Gates, Granville,
Chowan. Perquimans and A'ance.
District Xo. 11—J. A. Stone, Wil
mington. deputy commissioner. New
Hanover. Pender. Dare. Pasquotank.
Camden and Currituck. Mr. Stone is
»also a deputy fisheries commissioner.
District Xo. 12 —John C. Thomas,
Winston-Salem, deputy commission
er, Forstyth. Guilford, Stokes, Yadkin.
Davie, Rockingham, Caswell. Durham,
.Orange. Alamance and Person.
Appointment of eouiwty wardens, ex
cept in cases where the county forest
wardens will also serve in the same
capacity tinder the game and fieh laws,
have been made in only a few in
stances.
KILLING ONCE MORE
BECOMES A MYSTERY
Asheville Murder Beclouded By Re
lease of Suspected M*n.e—Was Ac
cused By Wife.
Asheville, July . 30. —The state’s
hope of pushing aside the black
cloak of mystery shrouding the mur
der of the pretty young widow, Mrs.
Annie Mae Burgess, Asheville
the night *f January 20. 1926. taded
out again Friday when Wilsey
Hensley, bus driver, accused by his
wife of having committed the crime
was released from Buncombe county
jail.
“I knew they’d find I wasn’t guilty.
I never in my life had murder in my
heart agnipst anybody. I am inno
cent.” With these words and with
out show off emotion. Hensley,
nonchalantly sauntered out of the
big steel gate surrounding the jai'
yard, jesting with jail officers as
he leisurely stepped ipto tbe gpen
air and sunshine 'to freedom.
Hensley, who had heen held for
since Sunday as n.
result of accusations made by his
wife. Gertrude Hens’ey. was order
ed released frona jail Friday morn
ing by Judge Nunn in Superior court
on motion of J F,d. v Ewain. SeTjcitor
Robert M. ..Wells consented to
Hensley’s re’ease. since he said 'in
vestigation by state’s officers had
failed to uncover evidence sufficient
to prosecute.
August 3 will be the 75fh anni
versary of the first interoo’legiafe
d»o*t race in wb*n Harvard
defeated Yale on I>ake AVinnepesau
kee, - .*
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
DIRIGIBLF IS BACK
HONIEi ER MAKING
RECOLi 1 FLIGHT
TheRS-31,\ % Ts Largest
Semi-RigicLfsirship, Cre
ated Record After Re
maining in Air 36 Hours.
CRUISE SAID TO
BE BIG SUCCESS
Ship Landed Twice on the
Flight Which Carried It
to Several States —First
Schedule Halted.
Scott Field, Belleville, 111.. Aug. 1.
— (/P) —Having broken its previous
record for sustained flight, the RS-1.
the world’s largest semi-rigid airship,
was back in its home hangar today
after remaining aloft 36 1-2 hours on'
a successful trip from Lakehurst, N.
J.
In response to a radio message last
night, a landing party.of 220 men was
assembled to bring the huge cigar
shaped craft to the earth and stow it
away. The drone of ite motors and
the sparkle of its red, white and green
lights heralded its com : ng. Circling
the field, the ship landed gently with
the aid of beacon lights playing on
and hangar. '
The last leg of the flight required
slightly more than 1 1-2 days, dur
ing which time the ship tried to land
both at Buffalo, N. Y., and-near
Cleveland, but was prevented by rainy
weather. Its crew of nine men com
manded by Lieut. Col. John A. Page
low, then headed the ship straight for
v Scott Field.
, Two landings were made during the
trip, one at Langley Field, Va., and
the other at Lakehurst.
The eru : ee, which is the longest ami
severest, test endured by tbe ship,
was pronounced a complete success.
SEVEN JN HOSPITAL
RESULT OF WRECKS
* —————
Three Automobile Crashes On No. 20
Near Lvmberten Yesterday.
Lumberton, July 30.—Seven people
were admitted to the Thompson
Memorial hospital behe late this after
noon within 30 minuses as the result
nf thsan niitnrnnhilr wrecks on route
20. Mrs. 8. T. Stone of Britts town
ship is seriously injured with a cut
on the head as a result of being struck
after getting off a* bus east of town
by a car driven by W. R. McFhail
and occupied by him and Wesley T.
Health of Charlotte. McPhail is being
held by county officers on charges of
reckless driving and assault with a
deadly weapon on Mrs. Stone and
Heath fs charged with being drunk.
The car occupied by Roy Thetnas
and two ladies from Hampstead turn
ed over five times near Chadbourn and
they were brought here. Mrs. Fannie
Walker and son Harry and Grace
Roberts of Lumberton were all
brought to* the after their
car was struck by one driven by
negroes. All of the seven except Mrs.
Stone and Mr. Thomas were expected
to be able to leave the hospital during
the night.
IF THOMPSON IS DEAD
FRIENDS DON’T KNOW IT
Chicago Excited When Some One on
Radio Said Mayor Was Dead.
Chicago, Aug. 1,; —(A*) —If Mayor
William Hale Thompson, of Chicago,
has been assassinated as an unnamed
radjo station broadcast last night, his
cloee relatives and political associates
are without knowledge of it.
Although hundreds of Chicagoans
wprp excited by the report that came
through their loud speakers last night,
those nearest the mayor personally
showed no alarm and received the re
port with only casual interest.
The mayor, they fXplained, is en
route home aboard his yacht from
northern Michigan and Wisconsin
points after attending the- governors'
conference at Mackinac Island last
week. The yacht was due here to
day.
Arthur W. Dunham of Ihe Osh
kosh Power Boat' Club is the new
president of the Mississippi Valley
Power Boat Association.
THE STOCK MARKET
Reported by Fenner & Beane
(Quotations at 1:30 P. M.l
Atchispn l,n
America# Tobacco B T42
American Smelting 168%
American Locomotive I^s
Atlantic Coast Line 205
Allied Chem cal 100
American Tel. & Tel. »■- 167 Va
American Can 61 Vi
Baldwin i/occmotive 250*4
Baltimore & Ohio VE2
Bangor __
American Brown —' *6%
Bethlehem Steel &4%
Chesapeake & Ohio 193*4
Chrysler V_ '• 54%
Coca-Cola
DuPont __ 295%
Erie «4%
Fleishman st)%
Frisco 116%
General Motor* 228%
General Electric 129
Hudson ,4* 01
Kenneeott - Cbppe 66%
LoriMard i 40%
L : ggett & Myers B 116%
Mack Truck 103%
Mo.-Prcifie Pfd: 2 107
Mo.-Pfcetfic 58%
New Central 157%
Pan. American B 55
Producer* Refiners 24%
Rock Island 114%
R. J. Reynold* 135.
Seaboard Air Line 42%
Southern-Pacific __ 125%
Stand. Oil of X. J, 37%
Southern Railway 133%
Studebaker -i 54%
Texas Co. 48%
Tobacco Product* 164
U. a Steel Jl 135%
Westinahouee I * 86
EXPECT TWELVE TO
SIGH FOR FLIGHTS
OVER THE PACIFIC
Already 7 Have Signed
For James D. Dale Flight
With a Prize of $35,000
Offered.
EXPECT FIVE
MORE FLYERS
Entry List Will Close at
Midnight Tomorrow-
Naval Officers Will Make
the Flight.
San Francisco, Aug. I.—C4>)—With
the entry list for the James D. Dole
mainland-Honolulu $35,600 flight du*
to c ose at midnight tomorrow; seven
planes were entered officially today
and at least five more Wgfe expected
to join the contest.
Announcement that Lieutenant K.
C. Hawkins of tbe iiaval air station
at San Diego had received a special
leave of absence to act as navigator
for Lieutenant Norman Goddard, of
the naval reserve .indicated to flight
officials that the navy was going to
try unofficially to equal the honors
won for the army by Lieutenants Les
ter J. Mai'and and Albert Hagenberg
er who flew from the Golden Gate
to Honolulu recently.
The lieutenants are said to be back
-led ‘‘by private interests” in carrying
the “good will of the navy.”
CHIEF'S ACCUSER
HIMSELF ARRESTED
C. W. Myers, of Greensboro, Charged
With Slandering Miss Lottie Eanes.
Greensboro. July 30.—C. W. Myers,
stormy petrel of the fight against
Chief Crutchfield, was arrested here
last night on a charge of slandering
Miss Lottie Eanes, Greensfeoro nurse,
at Leaksville on July 25 and was
released on bond of $2,000 pending
a hearing before Recorder Harry
Faggo at Spray on Tuesday mornifig.
Myers is charged with ' speaking
openly anil slanderously of Mia* Eanes
on last Monday, just two days before
the trial here in city court of W. Gs
Wilson. High Point man. on a slander
charge brought by Miss Eanes because
of terms used by Wilson in an affidavit*
which Myers had secured from him
and presented to Mayor E. B. Jeffress
as attacking the character of Chief
Crutchfield.
The slander charge against Myers
is brought by C. J. “Buck” Darling-*
ton, Leakesville printer* and is under
stood to be based on alleged state- 1
merits of Myers while in Leaksville
in effort to find evidence in support
of Wilson.
At the time Wilson was tried and
given a sentence of two years, to
which he has noted an appeal, evidence
was given that Wilson had only made
his affidavit at the repe..u»d solicita
tion of Myers and the' High Point
man, now out on bond of $5,000, is
understood to have repeated this state
ment since the hearing. Myers last
night denied the truth of this and
j said that J. I*. Alston, another man
! who has made an affidavit against
Chief Crutchfield, was chiefly re
sponsible for securing the signed and
! sworn statement of Wilson.
I/eaksville-Spray, the home town of
Miss Eanes, is understood to be great
ly stirred over the attacks- on Miss
Eanes and comment here is that
l Myers had best be careful next Tues
day if open trouble does not result
: before or after the court hearing. Miss
Eanes will have numerous character
witnesses for this place to aid those
of her native town. The most lively
subject of conjecture here is whether
Myers will attempt to bring any evi
dence to support his charge* against
the young nur*e or whether he will
maintain in court his denial here last
night that he had slandered the young
woman.
> - / ”
THEREE BUILDINGS AT
SPENCER ARE BURNEH
Damage Is Estimated at $40,000,
Blaze Believed to Have Started -In
Rear of Store.
Spencer, July 31. —Fire of under
termined origin last night destroyed
three buildings valued at $40,000 with
the goods housed in them in the
ness section Spencer.
The fire was discovered about 11:3C
p. m. and was believed to be under
control at 12 :30 although the fire de
partments of Salisbury and Spencer -
were still fighting flame*.
The lire is believed to have started
in a warehouse iu the rear of the
Linnock Furniture company anc
quickly spread to the two-story build
ing occupied by the furniture company
and later consumed the one-story
buildings occupied by the Spencer
News, a shoe repair shop and l
grocery store. It also damaged *.
fourth building occupied by a grocer:
store.
All of the firefighting equipment o'
Spencer,. East Spencer and Salisbury
as well as the apparatus of the largr
Southern shops was* concentrated or
the fire.
At 1 o'clock the fire waa under
control.
Rome to Entertain King Fuad.
Rome, Aug. I.—The Kiag of Egyp
is to arrive in Rome tomorrow fp>
a State vksit to tbe Italian Sovereign
King Fuad will be welcomed by Kins
Victor Emmanuel and the Governor
Rome, who will read an addreea o
welcome, as well as high autbo*tt4«i .
of state. During his four day*'
tbe royal visitor will be quartered 4*
the Cuirinal Pa’ace. There will
two gala dinners at tbe palace, a re -
ception at the Capital, a gala per
formance at the Argentine Tl*.*.
and an aviation exhibition.
NO. 12