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CITY DAILY GAZETTE LEAK8VILLE. NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1924. PRICE: TWO CENT:* Convention Tickets Cause Stir And Serious Charges (By Associate^ Press) ' New York, June 24.—Sensational rumirs of the mysterigps diaapper ance of tickets to the Dmocntic National Convnrion and reports that -various candidats had been favored In the distribution of the much sought for cards of admission, ’flew thick and fast and were emphatically re puted by J. Bruce Kretner of Mon tana of committee on tickets. Taking refuge behind locked doora from Crowds which stormed in the corri dors, in a last belated effort to obtain admission to the opening session, Kremer denounced of irregularities in the dietribution of tickets as "ridi culous, silly snd without foundation ALASKA BISHOP WILL VISIT HIS PARISHE8 BY DOG-TEAM (sseij pws(00sey £g) Seattle, June 24.—When the Right Rev. PeterT. Rowe, Biefaop of the Episcopal Church in Alaska, reaches Point Barrow, Alaska, this summer it will be the first time he hag made an oficial visit within the arctic circle for throe years. Preparations have been mads by Bishop Rowe to tail from Seattle July 5 on the steamship Victoria for Nome, Alaska, and thence to Point Barrow on the revenue cutter Bear. After a call at Point Barrow Bish op Rowe will travel by dog team Southward, crossing the ssoantataa And traversing the Tanias and Yukon Rivers, visiting his whit# and native congregations along the route. He expects to be absent from Seattle al next winter. RANKS NEXT TO GOVERNOR (By A saociated Press) Santa Fe, N. M., June 24.—New Mexico, the youngest state, is the first in which a woman stands next in rank to the governor. The recent death of Lieutenant Governor Jose A. Baca hm left Mrs Soledad C. Cha con of Atbuque, the secretary ->f state, nearest in authority to the executive. Shou'd Goveinor James' F. Hinkle lea?? th state, doping his ahsnce Mrs Chacon would be acting governor. SOCIALIST-LABOR CANDIDATE j ONE PRESIDENTIAL FLANK (By Associated Pres*) Portland, Or*., June 84.—Frank T. Johns, a Portland carpenter, who was nominated as candidate for presi dent of the United States by the Seetalist-Lahor party at a recent con vention in New York, is planning e • speaking tour to spread the doctrines ei his organisation, but he doe# aot expect that Us will tend a man to the White Bouse this year. "In order o carry on a campaign ere must have a candidate,1"t ho said. "In this as in s'l our campaigns we will (treesf not the qua'ideation* or (h« life of any individual but the pyincipleg of the era^aiaatan." Be said the campaign would be on a one-plank p'atform which he stat ed: “Complete surrender if.the capi talist system for die prsent, capita - J list sywm."'% mzimg:*?' ‘ •' ___ -ILL._■ CM GOLF BALLS IN LAKE (By Associated Press) Salt Lake City, June 84.—Si* hundred or more golf balls were rv covered by sma'l boys when the «> KScial lake on aumbar four hole et Mfbley Park mun^yfc’ *•» Unk* LO C AL S -— * jlr. Dea os Jones of the Big paper is with the Gasvtie How. Mr and Mre A. L. Flanagan spent y: rerday in Martinsvil e, Va. Mrs E. E. Easley is spending a few dr ,73 at Luray, Va. Mrs L. M. Barksdale was home fr m N. C. C. W. to spend the week end .Miss Pearl Moore is visiting h:r Li-other, Mr Frank C. Moore and wife i . Roanoke, Va. Miss Eva Bullock of ilow'and is • lie guests if her sister, Mrs G. L ! eon Bridge Street. *••••**• Mrs Bennett Nooe returned ti /..ayton today after spendng a few days wth her husbad at the Carolina me. Billy Hampton returned from the l.'Dpital yesterday afternoon very r.: ich improved after an operation • appdicitis. Lssssss' Mr and Mrs' A. L. Whitehead and .1 Collins of Enfield, are vidtfcig .Mr daughter, Mm R. E. Foster on "'one Road. % ******** Messrs W. O. Jenkins and W. D. "r.rter are expected horn today from enver. Co o. where they attended "s gligtte.E ..... ... :. Js* Rev. John L. Suttenfie'd and wife loved into the Phillips house y*» i .day near the Woolen MR I, No-th ";r»y. »*»*»*»' Mr and Mrs F. C.Moore of Roan oke, Va. spent last Saturday wi'n tkair parents, Mr and Mrs D. E. Mo .re. Mrs D. F. King Sr. Mrs Lott-' ” eker and Miss Mebel have left for ‘ orehead City to attend the Baptist sembly. Misses Inez and Lottie Wkde •lent a week nd at home with their par 'll ts, Mr and Mrs J. P. Wade. They ire attending summer school at N C. C. W. **•*•••• A Vesper Service Weil he held on ' e Chautauqua grth^sSs on Wednes day evening at 7 o'colek conducted y Miss Betty Gordon, All are in > iteci to attend this service. 7.O0PECTS FOB NEW STATION VEBY 8LIH Man in engaged today cutting So corner of the Depot p'.atfom in ler that truoka may hgv, - morn om when approaching t\J depart* ng from the tatlon. The smell park that George Clark 'd out in front of the station In !ev ■g kindness, is to comt off the map, inly one lone tree will remain ip *el) ’ "'itory of fetter days. The decree vnt out that ven <his tree must So, • t after much importuning hy fiends, its life wi'l u* spared a. >aat for the prheent It is thought by maHn^ this chan 't there will be oom etgtugO for the present. There eras nothing said bout binding a retaining wall along ide the walk. I The promts of a new depot la the near future is not very encou-agiog unless the matter should be pre«en - ed to the Corporation Commission »nd that body should order a stiticn bui't as was don*' to Madipoa. LT. RUSSELL MAUGHN MAkES HISTORY IN CONQUEST OF AIK {By Associated Press) San Francisco, June 24..—Lieute 1 ant Russel! Maughan wrote a new and spectacular chapter in the history •ot man’s conquest of the air yester day when he spanned the North America continent in less than a day The hazardous and gruel ing flight was hig third attempt. He left Mit chcl field, New York at 2:59% eas tern standard time, ha'ted briefly at five refueling tations nroute across mountains and plains and arrived rt Criaay field San Francisco 9:47-15 o’clock Pacific time last night. : PLANE FORCED TO LAND i Winston-Sa'em, June 24.—An ar plane against the comer of a barn Chsr'es, of this city, Was damaged about 7 o’clock Sunday evening in a forced* landing made near the field used for flights. Char’es exercised excellent judgment by directing the plane against the cornr of a barn, thus breaking the shock before the ship hit the ground and neither he •nor his mechanic, Edwin Fusse'l, was hurt. _ i HIGH ALTITUDE RESULTS IN FANTISTIC BASEBALL —SB (By Associated Press» • | Sa't Lake Cty, J)ine 23.—Slugging believed to be unprecedented in or-; ganized baseball, atotal of 264 hits in a series of seven games between 1 th San Francisco and Salt Lake City clubs of the Pacific Coast league • played at the lical park recently, left, the fans gasping. An exp'anation other than the fallibility of pitchers was sought, since the Dauini oigy was participa ted in generally by players on both tenas* and*affected virtually all the twirlers of the rival clubs. J. Cecil Alter, chief of the weather bureau here, hazarded th opinion that the high altitude of Sa t Lake City 4,200 feet, had something t0 do with it. The ball finds less resistance in the rari fied atmosphere of the Utah metia polis than in the sea leve’ cities along the Coast, the forecaster raid, and he players are n better physical con dition: ? , This theory gained support among ports writers whc/ recalled the num ber of freak p ays here supposedly due to atmospheric vagaries. San Francisco won six out of the >even slugfests with a total of. 150 hits and 100 runs. Salt Lake City chalked up 114 hits and 70 runs. j VICTIM OF HAMMER ATTACK ' CONTINUES BATTLE FOR LIFE New Brunswick, N. J., June 23. Seventeen year old Veronica Schultz victim of a hammer attack said by jie police to have been committed ^ Friday night by George Mier, 18,' while the pair were riding in hia a i-1 tomobi e, tonight comtnued her tbat •ie againt death. Her condition was very serious, physicians said. Meir, who was arrested late Satur- . day night after Miss Schultz during a , moment of consiciousness named him 'as her assailant, today, according to the police, issued a statement in t ,'whch he explained he struck die girl after she became violently ill from drinking whiskey which he said was ’purcha:cd just a few minutes before. WILL NOT FORCLOSE on c. & v. Bondholders (By Associated Press) New York, June 24.—The finan cial understanding that the committee i for the first mortgage bondholders of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Com pany which has been given rght to {foreclose on bonds, will not exercise this right. Action was(talcen, it was laid, to protect bondho’dere rather than to liquidate their holdings. MEN ALLEGED TO H WE BEEN DRUNK WHEN H'>R8E WAS KILLED SUNDAi NIGHT The brutal ki ting of a sa.1 ’*; hor.e late Sunday night on the Sp.’ay-dra per road when three drunken men in a car ran into the horse biaakng both front ega. The rder , e. ape id wtfc slight injuries. The horse was the property of John Westley Haiz'ip, student at a military sciool. The young man was returning to Spray about ten o’clock Sunday night near Mrs Cox place, when the car stru l th* horse. Chief Vernon is determined to find the parties and see that they are I suitably punished. He is asking peo ple to be on the lookout for a' car that might show signs of blood stains as the horse was b’eedng badly. GAS METER COURSE FOR STATE COLLEGE Raleigh, N. C., June 24.—Gas me» tejmien from a majority of the south eastern states wll gather at the North Carolna State Co’lege here Monday, July 7th for a week of intensive study. North and South Carolina will be largely represented and a number will be registered from Florida, Ten nessee, A’abama, Virginia, Maryland and Louissana also. The course wil be under the direction of D~ T*. i Vauehan, Professor of Meo'.a.a.c Engineering at State College. Coop eratng with the college authoriti-s are official of the Southern Gas As sociation and the Southern Motor men’g Association, of which E. '1. Doudna, of the Carolina Power & Light Company, Wilmington, Vice President; and B. J. Blown, South ern Power Company, Charlotte, Se cretary and Treasurer. For the benefit of the metermen who; attend the course, experts from the meter manufacturing industry hav«%een engaged to assist as lectur ers. It has been recognized that the gas meter is an intricate instrument and the pub ic regarding its wo-fc ings. The result aimed at in tig pro posed course is more intellignt ser vice and greater benefit to the pu blic. The metermen who wi'l ta'ce the. course are expected to regster a. Holliday Hal', State Col|ege, on Mon day afternoon, Juy 7th. The first ses son wiJI be at 7:30 o’clock Monday evening and will be followed by a smoker. According to Professor Vau ghan the schedu'e of lectures has been so arranged as to take advan tage of every hour of the day and evening. It has been decided to issue certi ficates of proficiency in gas metei hand]ing. And to determine the qua'i fleations of those taking the coumi, questions will he distributed which must be answered and returned to the col ege to determine whether or not the student i8 entitled to a coj lege certificate. It is estimated that the expenses of the course will be not more than $20.00 for each student. UTAH SCHOOL CHILDREN FED ANTI-GOITRE TABLETS WEEKLY * (By Associated Press) * Salt Xake City, June 24.—Choco late tablets contaning ten miligraim of iodine each are to be given Utah school childrn every week as a means of ciunteracting goitre, according to announcement by state health offi cials. A recent survey showed approx; mately 41 per cent of the school‘boys and school girls to he afflicted. A deficiency of iodine in the drink ing water consumed by the children is the reason for the great) numbr A goitre cages, according to Dr. J. Wal lace, state epidemiologist. The Idjewi'd club will hold its r«~ guler metting Friday June, 27th. With Mrs Louis Rainey, at the Betty next month to 'consider means of pu * ing Dawes reparations plan into effect t Great Convention Opens In Madison Square Garden SUMS UP REAL ISSUES Mr. McAdcosummed up the reai issue* rf the 1924 ’ampa.tn, as fol OW3: 4 “To repal the obnoxious features of special priviliege, corruption and graft, and to prosecute al persons, Whether civilians or official, gui ty or conspiracy to defraud or cheat the government. “To rtmove the influence of in visible government froth treas ury and the federal rese'Ve system. • ‘'To aid the farmers by establiah l»r tariff bil', which taxes ,1 ■ com mon people for the benefit of spe cial interests and to substitute / tariff bi 1 which wil help reduce the cost ’°f living and do justicv to all interests. “To repeal the abnoxious features of Each-Cummins rai roa.1 act ana to set up in its stead a measure for I ailroad reforme which will eiimi tate wate, reduce transportation -’osts, cut freight rates and insur he operation of the railrodas for the benefit of the country. "To ad the farmers by establish ing lower freight rates and by de veloping foreign ma'kets which car absorb the surplus agricultural crops. To end the era of isolation and begin tne era of co-operation in fore ign affairs, to promote peace and further reduce th? burden of both land and sea armaments t0 the low est point compatible with . national “To protect the natural resources of the nation, particularly water power, whi'h must be developed In the interest of th pop'e and not ex ploited for private advantage. “To practice genuine, economy m ith equality of rights, civil, econom •e and social, for women. “To pra;tce genuine economy Tn government and progressively reduc axes to the lowest basis consistent vith efficient government and justice o deserving employes in the pub’h service. “To vigorously enforce all laws. To say that they cannot be enforced is not only to confess governmental impotence but failure of democra ic institutions.” CHAUTAUQUA SIGNED UP FOB ONE MORE YE'VE i The committe wno have been working for the past fw days to g*t ,he necessary 100 signers for the next vests’ Chauiauqua lacked but tlx more names early this morning and It v/ns said that these wou’d ’ e secur ed by noon today. Tbit then means Chet the Ci.auUuqu' wijl be here again test year. ■ It is freely stated that the program this year has been mueh bet'er than asi year, and it was beca.i&t of thus that a another contract was signed, as one man expressed himself. UNITED STATES WILLING TO ASSIT REPARATION (By Associated Press) » Washington, June 24.— United States is not on'y willing,^ but anx ious td assist Europe in pushing set ’ement a h.r reparations problems, but does not intend to participate in any polical difficulties over-seas, spokesman for president Ciojidge said in commenting on the proposed intera'lied conference in London next month to consider means o putt ing Dawes reparations plan nto effect. •-:-ifS'nDjfts i —.... Read Year County’s Dally Paper First ■ l’y Associated l'reas) Mi dison Square Garden, New York June 24.—The Demociatic cot venion came to order for it3 first session at twelve forty three o’c'olk. Aster delaying the opening to al V.v he police t0 straighten out a tr.ffic jam outside which was keep ing hundreds of deegates arid visitors from the hall. Chairman Cordcl H i 1 looking refreshing and better after his attack of exhaustion and heat stroke, brought down the gravel. Ir. brief words he called the great ar emb’y to order and gave way to C rdinal llayns, who offered the in v< anon. With a roaring demonstration f^r W iodro'v Wilson trie convention :n tei rupted its business while de'egate ai d visitors joined in a noisy a id yet respectiful tribute to late presi dent Ido' of the D<*mcra;y. Chee.s frr Cleveland, Jackson, Jefferson and Bryan had resound'd through th. r,r me of Wilson noise and enthusiasm broke ’oose. State etandards came ip q' cki/ from their places and so •! •> ■ floor was iar.imed witn a mass tf mi’ling, mschinery delegates pranc irs about, chantir.g the songs which b<;ome famaug in tht var days of W ilgon. Pat Harrison Speaks America needs a Paul Rever “Not a .Jphinx,” in the White House, to cull it back to duty and high resolve, Sena to.- Pat Harrison, of Mississippi, de clared today in sounding the keynote at the Democratic Nationa 1 Conver. In an address condemning "the R.pubican administration its policies, booh domestic and fireign the tem porary chairman called on Democrats ferywlitve, “wi'n victory within their grasp,” to unite again?l a com ur n enemy. ‘‘Oh for one in the White Hou^fc,” h_ said, “whose heart might be mel ted and courage aroused to sympath ize and fight. Would that ve once iri,.rc mi,lit see in t"at exalt d p -si- • '•ion one with the courage o fa Jaclcr son, the militant honesty of a Cleve >'ai d the matchless statesmanship tar. i the vine I ghting quain! s of a W jodrow Wilson.” AMERICAN PASSENGERS SUBJECT TO SEVERE TREAT'!’ (By Associated Preps) Yukohama, June 24.— Arr.eiican pr Tsenger^ on the steamship president M. dison, were subjet to rigorous and ro her discourteos customs cxnmina titng when the vessel docked today, Iir/dl higher officials were informed of the change in methods and inter vened and apologized. 'WHITE HOUSE TUNE IN 1 ON DEMOCRAT CONVENTION fBy Associated Press) ! Washngton, June 24.—The Whit“ the use tuned in On the Democratic con ivc.ition at New York upon cone union of the cabinet meeting. The radio sec i was turned on for interested group 'of liateners and the Presidents friends jeonsider it likely he will take a wire less seat at the convention during the \ evening. Of German inventoa is a projector .that it claimed to show objects with depth or perspective without the use of a screen. For signalling an e'ectric hand Jantern hay been invented that hed* j either white or red light* as the pro 'per button is touched. | "HE GAZETTE IN EVERY Ii>M*
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