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TRI-CITY
VOI.rME XIL NO. 200
LEAKSVlt LE, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, fiEptEMBER 11, V
TWO CENTS PER CORY
(By Associated Press)
r.ome. Sept. 11 —The best inf: m
ed opinion here is that Italy wil re
fuse any mediation of the settle, jnt
of the Fiume Question with J ?o
Slavia ae proposed by the latter.
Italy, it is declared, intends to et
tle directly with Jugo-Slavia in :tne
With the demands made for sc1 le
nient, setting September 16th, a: .he
date for a reply, even mploying or
cful means if necessary to the nd
of what she regards as an ini er
able situation imperilling her p :e.
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“AN: JUNCEMENT STOR1
Detroi:, Mich., September 11. -n
troduction of a higher rad. or,
bringing new and improved dy
lines to all types of Ford Cars, i an
nounced today by the Ford ft tor
Company.
The changes have just gone .to
effect and the various types are .>*
in production.
While the larger radiator has :r\
made standard on all types nd
while it has made possible other at
terments in body design, there i no
radical departure in construe >n,
but rather a general improve nt
which lias resulted in more gra aful
lines.
The new radiator sets an inch nd
a half higher than the former ad
has an aprdn bottom which joi a
similar apron effect on the fende on
either side, giving a highly fin. .:cd
appearance to the front of the -r.
The larjjer radiator also inert es
cooling efficiency.
Most conspicuous among the row
types is the Ford Coupe which i • of
entirely new body design and con
struction, resulting in a more trim
extxerior appearance, more com >rt
" able seating arrangement an 1 a
greater luggage -e«wying eap«*~-y- -
From the dash there is a gra ful
sweep in the cowl to the rad .tor
bringing a pleasing effect to the
,1f* front. The doors are wide and c pen
' forward making acces sand exit cisy.
They are heavily framed for rgid
ity and strength. The compart-ant
at the rear has been enlarge ’, to
afford increased carrying capr. ity.
The gasoline tank is under the teat
> with divided cushions to afford easy
filling of the tank from the right
side making it unnecessary for the
* driver to leave his seat. Venti itor
in the cowl and a visor over the
windshield add much to the attracti
veness of tfce car. A new rear fe .der
of more sturdy character also is «
rearure.
Interior fittings are of choice vna
terial and the arrangement of the
defeply cushioned seat has been ef
fected so that at the rear the:? it
a small recess shelf for carrying par
cels. The rear vision indow is much
i.iiger and oblong in shape,
windows have been equipped wit' re
volving type window regulators and
door locks are provided. Side win
dows are equipped with the level
, type window lifters.
-v Marked, too, is the improve v.e
in the Four-door-Sedan. Highly pop
ular since its introduction a year ago
because of its low graceful lines,
* the car now presents even much bet
v '■ ter lines and a sturdier appearance.
This has been brought about by
. < the installation of an entirely new
• * cowl with a graceful sweep from the
£ dash blending into the larger hood
: .md radiator. The change also af
>fords additional leg room for occu
pants of the front seat.
"In the open types, the touring car
' an drunabout, the cowl has been
?■ • enlarged and flows in a graceful
« curve to the higher hood.
^ ’ * The result brings a most pleas
. ing effect to the exterior appearance
- •= • of both types. The improvement in
the touring car which came when
* * the one-man top and slanting wind
■" shield were introduced, is greatly
enhanced by the larger radiator, tin
car appearing lower and more at
tfactivejthnn ever. The effect on tin
roadster is likewise most appealing,
giving it. a more rugged and sturdy
The new radiator also is exxter.d -
■ ' aA,1.'* <.r‘1’”‘d.,trnck chassis, afford
v ing hpuMMSted appearance and bet
ted CQftjfng to delivery services.
The' e new Ford types and the gen
eivdty totogniacd performance abil
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NORFOI. AMD WESTERN WANTS
ANOTHER BRANCH LINE NOW
(i'.y Assocrat«d Press)
j Washington, Sept. 11 —The Nor
j folk and Western Railway has ask
! ed apprr.v al of the Interstate Com
| rneree Commission for the purchase
i of the Bij Sandy and Cumberland
railroad. The property would be con
verted into a branch line.
GIANT SHIP Of ’aIR FLIES
FROM IAKEHURST TO NEW Y.
New oYrk, Sept. 11 (A5)—The giant
ah-hip. 2R-1 flew up from her hang
ar n Lake Ilurst, N. J., to visit New j
York, which was on its toes to greet ■
her.
REPORT TROTSKY KILLED
(By Associated .Press) |
London, Sept. 11.—A Central News i
lispatch from Berlin says it is re- ]
ported from Moscow that Leon Trot- 1
dty, Russian Soviety war minister,!
'ns been assassinated. The report is !
•'.confirmed, however.
Marine Aviator Es
tablishes New Speed
238 Miles Per Hour
Washington, September 11.—A
new mark for speed in the air was
... imo'd tonight by the bureau of
aeronautics iwhich, announced that
'itetfrenaht ~xr ■ H. Sanderstfh df the
marine corps, piloting- the plane
which will represent the navy in the
Pulitzer races at St. Louis in Octo
•cr attained 238^miles an hour over
a measured course today at Minne
ola, Long Island. The official record
s now held by Lieut. R. L. Maughar.
if the army air service,who raced
hr< ugh the air at 236.58 miles an
tour at Dayton, Ohio.
Hie mark today made during
builders trials in a straightaway
light, without the advantages of
living from altitude to obtain mom
enti m and the timing the announce
ment said was accurate, and acccrd
ng to standard practice.
Known as the “navy Wright fight
er” the plane was built under navy
ipc ifications. It is a bi-plane devel
'pir.g 700 horsepower, streamlined
ind with ene seat.
A description of the machine given
ut at the navy department said ii
; in effect an airplane built around
n engine to convert tremendous
iv. er into speed and that it proved
brT. a motor designed to carry 2,000
•; id bombs could be rendered ad
pi ble to the utmost refinement of
>n- traction and made to compete
ith the fastest airplanes ever built.
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10ARD OF INQUIRY AT
NAVAL DISASTER SCENE
Santa Barbara, Cal., Sept. 11. M**
—A board of inquiry is expected at
the scene of the seven wrecked naval
de.< roj -rs at Honda today to inves
tigr.; te the disaster which cost the
ivr; of 23 enlisted men and set a
-ec ■ rds for peace time naval losses.
The inquiry ifrill involve explanations
fro i the comma,nders of fhe vessels
wh' h went ashore in a fogSaturday
nif ‘.t while cruising at 20 knots an
hoi :• from San Francisco to San Die
sro.
82 DEAD IN RUSSIAN WRECK
I iga, September- 11.—A despatch
rec ived here from Moscow says an
exi .’ess train was derailed Saturday
at Omsk and that 82 persons were
killed and 152 injured.
ity. of the Ford under all motoring
conditions, promise to bring a great-'
■v 'omnnd than ever before as the
public becomes more fully acquainted
with the higher standards and great
er values which have been incor
porated. No changes are content
plated In prices.
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Cheap German Bricks Imported
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Tills shows the tirst of n seriesfof shipments of bricks from Germany, thut |
ore manufactured -at a cost very much lower than Is possible In America, being |
■ loaded on board a barge from the 8. 8. Westphalia at New York. Due to the,
’ strike of brlckworkers In this country at the present time, the German ship- j
I men! was rushed.
HAIL STORM STRIKES
TOWN OF MORGANTON
Morganton, September, 11.—A hail
storm of unusual violence the like of
which has not been witnessed here
In a veneration visited this section
>-his afternoon. Accompanying a se
•-ore electric storm hail in varying
degrees of force and size fell for at
'east 30 minutes. Quantities of the
tones was over the ground had the
appearance of having been covered1
he"vy sleet. It seemed to cover
a path three miles wide reports
from sections to the north and south
of Morganton being that it had not
hailed far beyond the town limits.
Late gardens are ruined, corn
strippe dto shreds and roofs with
metal shingles were badly damaged,
window lights were broken and lea
ves in some places lay in thick cov
ering under the Trees.
No outstanding instance of great
damage has been reported so far.
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$100,000 FIRE ON SHIP
Pan Pedro, Calif., September 11.—
I'.r-' has again broken out in one of
the holds of the steamer American,
Baltimore to San Francisco in port
here, and approximately $100,000
damage has been suffered, it was
said.
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7’:c Ladies Aid Society of the
Leaksville Methodist church are sell
ing sandwiches and cold drinks at
the Fair grounds. Everybody is cor
dially invited to buy.
AUTO WRECKS GALORE !
ON DANVILLE HIGHWAY
Danville, September 11.—High
ways and byways leading out of Dan
ville were littered with automobile
wrecks last night. There were three
on the Greensboro road it was re
ported one on the Mayfield road and
one more on the Chatham road near
Hilltop sanitorium.
The Mayfield road disaster was
the most serious.. According to Hugh
Evans he saw approaching him a car
traveling at a high rate of speed
and uncertain in direction. He pulled
two feet off the road and stopped
But the oncoming car crashed into
his and turned it over. Mr. Evans’
arm pinned under the car was frac
tured in several places. One of the
men in the car responsible for the
accident wrenched off the only li
cense plate on his machine and ran
into the woods. Passing motorists
stopped and gave chase but hey did
not catch him. North Carolina offi
cers arrived and took into custody
one of the three men in the car and
he was removed to Wentworth jail
Mrs. Evans was Brought to a local
hospital.
J. M. Vernon was driving a five
passenger car behind a slow moving
line of cars on the Dsign road when
he decided to overtake the machines.
He turned out -to overtake them just
as a car driven by W. E. Dodson ap
proached. They met head onf in a
collission. Dodson’s car was virtu-,
ally demolished. He sustained two
broken ribs and was gashed by glass.
Occupants in the other car were also
bruised. Vernon was fined ?10 at
Schoolfield this morning for reckless
driving.
Motorists with whom the accidents
were discussed today concurred in
the belief that Sunday afternoon driv
ing has ceased to Be an enjoyment
on account of the many mishaps and
the appearance of fast running cars
on recently improved roads.
THE GAZETTE IN EVERY HOME
78 Qts. of Bonded
Gin Captured. Agent
Puts up $2,000 Bond
f ' fillup nnrl if txroc liio nlon fn nail »f
Greensboro, September 11,.—
Seventy-eight quarts of bonded liq
uor labeled, “Gordons Dry Gin,”
were discovered and seized yester
day afternoon at 4 oclock on North
Elm street in the downtown business
section by L. L. Jarvis and L. R.
Wrenn, plainclothes officers of the
police department when they stopped
and searched a handsome Willys
Knight touring car driven by a well
dressed young white man describing
himself as James Hill, 28 years old,
of Savannah, Ga.
The officers at once seized the au
tomobile and placed Hill under ar
rest on a charge of transporting
whiskey. At headquarters Hill was
released when he furnished bond in
the sum of $2,000 in cash. When the
amount of bail was fixed by Chief
of Police George A. Crutchfield, Hill
pulled out a fat roll of bills fromjiis
pocket and put up in cash the bond
required. The case is set for hearing
in Municipal court this morning.
Reports last night said Hill had left
the city leaving behind him his tour
ing car $2,000 in cash, and 78 quarts
of perfectly good gin.
When arrested, Hill is quoted as
telling the police the car he was
driving was “paid for” it w^s his
’iquor, and it was his plan to sell it
for the purpose of realizing: *n am
bition to “get rich quick.” The gin
was packed in cardboard containers.
The liquor apparently genuine bond
ed goods bears 'What seems te be the
■authentic label of the widely known
English firm, Gordon Dry Gin Co.
Ltd.. London, Hfigland.
Hill arrived in Greensboro with hi*
load of gin about 8 oclock yesterday
morning. Being reliably informed
that the Georgia car was carrying *
a forbidden cargo, Plainclothes Offi
cers Jarvis and Wrenn riding in a
Ford car set about shadowing the
rur.i-mnner. From 8 oclock in the
morning until "4 oclock yesterday
afternoon Hill was under the obser
vation of the officers. He circled
about the suburbs, entered the down
(own section and made stops it is
-t ill her and there but every where
he went the Ford, Hill’s nemesis,
railed after him. When finally the
officers in the Ford ran alongside
he Willys-Knight and halted it Hill
readily gave up. He knew apparently
: hat he was under observation and
like a ship adrift without a port ot
call he saw the folly in continuing
his part in the game of hide-and-seek
which had been going on for several
hours.
Dash of U. S. Destroyer I >
Tokio's Rescue Ts i'raised
London, Sept. 11 f-'P)—The Kobe
correspondent of the Central News
says that refugees credit the dash
of the American destroyer 217 up
Tokio bay to rescu marooned foreig
ners in the Japanese capital as the
r.ost outstanding act of heroism af
t-r the earthquake.
Ocean going vessels rarely attempt
to steam farther up the gulf than
■'ol ohama and for 7i destroyer to go
through those shallow waters after
. soismis upheaval involved unknown
lar.gers. The commanders of other
hips at Yokohama warned United
'taces navy men that it was too
•ar!y t< at*- inpt to reach Tokio, but
the destroyer made the run and was
he first rescuer to reach the city
vfter the disaster. Two trips wore
nade and all the foreigners who de
sired to leave were brought to the
safety of the big ships at Yokohama.
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Half Of Tokio Entirely Wrecked
Tokiko, Sept. 11. <A>)—Probably
three-fourths of the hoses in Toi.u
are uninhabitable, for wniie ojdy
one half of the capital was destroy
ed, the other half was severiy dam
aged. Thousands who are sleeping
out, no doubt prefer this since the
earthquakes continue, some rath?
Making It Hard to L ing It in From Canada
Here, where the road from Montreal to New York crosses the Canada-United States boundary, every motor
tourist Is stopped and his. luggage Is carefully examined for contraband. The same search la made on every other
highway crossing the border,
-harp.
Mountains Topple Into Valleys
Arrivals from the HuLor.e moun
tains describe the remarkable effects
M the earthquakes ‘here; mountains
toppled over, filling1 up valleys and
burying alive many hundreds -f per
sons. 4||
U will take two weeks to dispose
f shedeadin Tokio, Yokjhoma, and
::r..landing villages that suffered
Jit-ally with the larger cities. Fe
piie privations, horrors, ami dam
gei, life is returning to normal. The
people are remaining remarkably
client under the most trying of eir
nn: stances.
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"irs. Karl Bishopric and Miss
tu b Farrell leave today for Spar
anburg, S. C., where Miss F-.rrell
i.i enter Converce College .
Misses Lucile Reid, Margaret ,1 ,r
•ihili: 1 and Bessie Clark leave We i
lesday morning to take up their
ti.eies at Salem College.
Ihe Parent-Teachers Association
if I he Leaksville graded school will
e- t in the auditorium of that t hail
c.’nesday afternoon at 3 ocl.i li.
- ae Border Book Club will meat
vitli Miss Merriweather, Wednc day
ftirnoon at 3:30.
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iss Ethoi Jones was hoste t to
iv , ral of her friend i u< the i ia
if Claudo II. Jone3 on Thursdn
' he guests were met at the :»r
Misses Audrey Hodges and >
Fowler who ushered them tc ha
">unch bowl where Miss Basse i •: n
;ci ■ od refreshing punch. They v.
he i shown into thr parlor an 1 lir
■:n.o room which were beautiful' de
corated in Autumn flowers.
/. fter very enjoyable musi a.id
:or. ersation all the guests iud .Iged
in an observation contest tn which
Mr. Clyde Strong was the lap k> din
ner of a minature Ford sedan
Then they were invited into the
dining room which was hatefully
decorated with flowers u||rig the
color scheme of wiite T»b4 yellow.
Miss Tones assisted by Sfr*. Claude
H. .Tones and Mra&Cb*>L.3 Bobbitt
served a delicious ice eouru follow
ed by mints. •