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DAI LY GAZE i SEPTEMBER 27, 1924 PRICE: TWO CENTS Trouble Feared | Between Klan And * Sons Of Italy YWs (By Associated P-*) SteubenavHle, Ohio, Sept. 27.—With disorders between Klanamen and cone at Italy sad to be threatened at Fol lanabee West Virginia across die Ohio river from thi( city, forty special police wer« sworn in by Mayor Dillsr and twenty deputies sheriffs headed by Sheriff Stephens of Broke County, West Virginia are patrolling the streets of Mill towns. SPOTTED TYPHUS HAS BROKE OUT IN STRICKEN CITY (By Associated Press) Leningrad, Sept 27.—Spotted Tyhh us has broken out in this storm swept city adding its horror to the flood.' More than one hundred cases of the disease are being registered daily and Doctor* and Nurses are overwhelmed in the work of caring for patients. ZEPPUEN ZR3 WILL START OCT. 5 (By Associated Press) Friedrtehshsfen, Germany, Sept. 27. •—The ZR3 will start on its Trans- i atiantic trip to Lakehurst New Jersey on October fifth or sixth provided the weather 0ver the Atlantic i* favorable at that time, Doctor Hugo Bckener director of Zephelia Company an nounced. THOMAS TAGGABT UNDER OPERATION (By Associated Press) Boston, Sept 87.—Thomas Taggart Parmer Senator from Indiana was ofitntsd on ior Apgondleltis. The adapting physician said hit condition «**£* ifcJi ;i S* ROMAN RUINS W ENGLAND TO ENRICH BRITISH MUSEUM (By Associated Press) Horrogate, Sept 27.—Further de tails of the discovery near Harrogate of the 2,000year-old Roman city oi Isurhun make it apparent that the city covered about 70 acreB and wa* surrounded by a wall a mile in cir cumference, nine feet thick, and about < 29 feet high. The find is one of the most, interest-' ing made in England for 60 years, and has attracted the attention of, noted archeologist* of Great Britafh ■ and the contiinent The excavation were easily recognised as the ancient Roman city by coins and other relics found. Its location la on the exac spot indicated in the sixteenth cen tury maps of Roman Britain. Already much of the waU has been exposed, including portions of a mu! tiangular tower. Close by where po tions of a building, probably a grai warehouse, with the stone work in . perfect preservation. A Roman road 90 feet wide was discovered a short distance from the granary. ' , • Many coins and much pottery and glassware have been found aeitUrsd over tbs entire city. Tbs work will be continued uadi the entire city has been uncovered. It is probable (hat moat of the relies will he presented to the British Museum. ~ MANY BRITISH WAX dead wm-remain IN GERMANY (By Associated Press) Hamburg, Germany, Sept it.—The bodies of many British soldiers and Bailors who died in German, hospitals and prison camps daring tire war-wye to remain in the country pernuatly. The British government recently attrxfsg ciiewnere wn©re ccroewnw ire to be maintained. The largest burial rtsse will be in the OUadorf cemettry ©f Hamburg, .where a space for t#0 1 I Around The County ' And H* Town -v Lundy JHooctiins has been pieced under • $3,000 bond pending hearing in Recorders Court hi connection with the death of four year-old Willie Neal B«*e»en, a few days ago. There has been no intimation come out that Houehhu k at all to blame, but it does occur to many thinking men and women that the number of fatatties in tkia community the past year ealls for creator care, both upon the part of driver* and non-drivers. Parents must realize that if (hey permit their children to play on the streets, that it Will only he a matter of tiiije until they are brought home dead or injur ed. Our entire community come* nigh Muf guilty of criminalty in not pro viding sidewalks along our paved streets where motor and foot traffic is heavy. So, where the public collective ly has failed to provide safety the in dividual must use hn ertra degree of care to 0fset public neglect. It has been a serious question in my mind how an unincorporated com munity like ours can ever manage its public affair*. The automobile and the auto-truck calls for the systemizing of traffic and a public conversant with traffic rules. MR. WHEELER AGAIN “GOES AFTER GENERAL DAWES tunere-ia in northern Iowa towns to* Oea JfolnOs, repeat denudation of corruption he charged as existing in the. Republican, national administra tion and qrged re-election of Senator Brookhart, Republican, Iowa. ' At. Dess Moines before a night mass meeting Senator Wheeler reverted to critical considration of General Dawes his Republican opponent, on the score of the letter's proposal of a commis sion to consider agricultural problems and also on account of his relation as a banker with the failed Lorimer bank in Chicago. “All I have asked Mr. Dawes is hew dees he justify his conduct in this mutter, I “The nearest he has come to an swering me,” Senator Wheeler sa d, “was at Minneapolis last night. There be said that a man—Mr. What’s Hi Name Wheeler, is the courteous way in which he put it—was raising a bad smell. Naturally I was not uite satiated with that answer. They said that in Congress when the Hd wa-. token off the Teapot Dom$. You have not forgotten what they said about your own able senator, Smith W. Brookhart, and his committee, In one investigation. Mr. Dawes surely has a better answer than that, and I hope to get it from him. itute for bund Das Moines, Iowa, Sept. 27_Lis MAGAZ1NE FOR I (!y Associated Press) Ralejgh, Sept. 27.—Student* of the rtftte institute for the blind «t Rele'gli will bo given the pleasure of reading 'a magasine published in the Braille lysteui of type for the entertainment of Mind children through the courtesy jof the Lions dub of this city whieh has voted to send the magazine pub fished by the national Lions organisa tion to the institute monthly. On» magasine fat every ten student will be sent to die school during the mhos’ tertn and each student yiU. be sent i copy during the summer months. PRESIDENT ASKS STONE , TOUXMC WTO CORRUPTION CHARGE ' Washington, Sept. 27.—President CeoUdge ha* tinned over to Attorney General Atone for investigation tbarges of the law enforcement league Philadelphia, that there is “politi chl corruption all down the Use in Pennsyiveoia by fedtrol ofiie holders MYSTERIOUS TUNNEL UNDER CITY GIVIS * CAPITAL A STIR Network of Underground pot tages Found Under . Washington SOME BLAME PASSAGES ON GERMAN SPIES (by Associated Press) Washington, Sept 27.—The capital c!ty hummed tonight with unrestrahj ted excitement over a little mystery all its own—the discovery of a net work of under-ground tunnels or a laby rinth of catacombs in the exclusive northwest section of the city. I Speculation has evoked many stores Some credit German spies with do ing the work. Others connect it with eivii war days, while still others des cribe it aa -the rendezvous of unserpu ious plotters or bootleggers. This much is known. The tunnels were discovered yesterday when a truck wheel broke a hole in what ap peared to be just “plain” earth. Some one entering this hole found it dropped into a passageway about four feet wide and seven feet high. The passageway was lined with brick. The tunnel leads in one direction for apveral yards only to end in > concrete barricade, which apparently has replaced an old wooden door once opened on a terrace. Another pass ageway several yards in length comes ti an abrupt halt when ■ it approaches tie foundation of an apartment build ing. Apparently this passage dee cends, but is blocked with rubbish and debris. A third tunnel starts near the rear basement door of a private dwelling It can be traversed about 10 yards when loose earth and brick preveu' further passage. A passageway lead ing from it also is filled with debris The owner of the dwelling said the tunnels w®r® there when he purchased the property about 18 months ago. He added that he never had explored them extensively, and had filled up one of the paaaagei t° prevent en trance to his yard. .jGagineen Mid the masonery in the faMttl seas -of the *B®et~Btonstructldh and must have cost thousand of dol lars. A date “1928” was found on one piece of concrete block. Some oJd residents of the neighbor hood says the tunnels were discover ed more than 20 years ago and for gotten. It also is said that they have been unearther several time in recent years by construction workers. But Washington, meanwhile, is absorbed in a mystery. FRANCE WOULD POPULARIZE REMOTE DESOLATION ISLAND (By Associated Press) Le Havre, France, Sept. 27.—An exhibition has been organized at the Harve museum to awaken interest in Kerguelen 0r Desolation Island, about 90- miles long, lying in the Indian Ocean half-way between South Africa and Australia, which was officially taken over by France in 1898. Rene E. Bossiere, of Harve, has made frequent visits to the island an! is endeavoring to develop it econo mically by sheep rearing and as a hunting resort for the adventurous Etienne Peau, curator of the Harve museum, was recently sent there on a scientific mission ard returned with many interesting specimens of flora and fauna. A French company on the island employ* 200 people from Oct. 18 to March 10, who prepare and ex port hide*, thelli, tusks, oils, etc. Sea elephant* abound in great numbers on ti>e shores of Kerkuelen, and provide wonderful sport for the hunters. SKELETON OF MASTO DON FOUND UNDER CITY STREET (By Associated Tress) Denver, Sept. 27.—Eigteen feet below the surface of a street here re cently a laborer unearthed boot tftit were pronounced by scientists t9 have been part of the skeleton of a masto don. The teeth andjawbonc were in tact. J. B. Flggins, director of the Col orado. Museum of Natural History, hasarded the guess that the bones wen about -2£00 years old. Mr. Fig gins said science never had found a complete skeleton of a mastodon, but had pieced together parts, found, us ing the proportions indicated. Unprotected metal rusts rapidly in the tropes. _ ENGLAND WATCHES PASSING AWAY OF VICTORIAN FIGURES Lord Knolly’s Death Follow Closely That of Sir Dighton Probyn SERVED LAT KING EDWARD 40 YEARS (By Associated Press) London, Sept. 27.—The death of Lord Knollys, following closely that of the venerable Sir Dighton Probyn, is another reminder that the great Edwardian circle is drawing in. Both Lord Knollys and Sir Dighton spent their long lives in the service of Eng land’s royal amily. Lord Knollys, formerly trusted con fidant of Queen Victoria, served the late King Edward for more than 40 years as private secretary, a capacity in which he also served King George until the weight of years forded hi8 re tirement. His contemporary, Sir Dighton Probyn, for many years comptroller of the household of the late sovereign, in fulfillment 0f a promise he made t» King Edward when the latter was dying continued on in the same capacity with the widowed Queen Alexandra. The Queeni Mother, now going on 80 years, and herself in feeble health is bowed with grief at the loss within a short space of time o two trusted friends. Queen Alexandra js in tb seclusion of Sandringham, and s great are her infirmities that her friends conclude she will not agair appear in public. 1 The servant of three sovereign.’, of two of them in a very confidential ca pacity, the recipient of many royc confidences, the possessor of man; court secrets, Lord Knollys had a div ersified character and a wide know ledge of the world and its ways. H knew King Edward in all his moods and wai that sovereign’s trusted com panion when he was Prince of Wales. No offer could ever tempt Lord Knoljtys to diiplge any of tho material ft possession concerning wiiat went on in inner court circles, with the life of which he had inmate know ledge. An American publisher is said to have sent him a blank check so that he could fix his own price for a book of court reminiscences. The check was torn up and thrown into the waste paper basket. In the good old days when King Ed ward as Prince of Wales was doing what he could to dispel the gloom which enchrouded the mid-Victorian court, Lord Knollys was often the butt of the practical jokes which the heir to the throne and his set dearly en joyed. On one occassion Lord Knollys had the laugh on his side at the expense of one of the practical jokers of the royal set. “Bay" Middleton, the famous sportsman, had p penchant for catching a friend by the coattails and ripping the garment to the neck. Lord Knollys one evening offered a particularly tempting chance to Capt. Middleton, which was at 0nce seized upon, to Wales, who, however, was surprised to observe Lord Knollys’ un concern. On inquiring why his secre tary did not seem to mind the ruin of a perfectly good coat, the Prince of Wale8 was informed by Lord Knollys that, suspecting Capt. Middleton’s in tentions, he had taken the precaution of borrowing one of the captain’s coats for the evening. THE JOY CHIL DREN BRING Berlin, Sept. 27.—It is the hobby of Dr. Laura Taurau to collect chil dren. Sheds a welfare worker in Ber mu, ana ner nouse is constantly tilled with little boyi and girls dor whom she finds homes. “It is a wonderful recreation from the cares of my pro fessional work,” the doctor said, “to come home every night with two or three new children tagging at my skirt*. ONCE ROYAL COACH | SHELTERS HOMELESS FAMILY OF PRAGOfe ' 'By Associated Press) Prague, Sept. 2T.—There is, in the outskirts of Prague, a settlement of poor families living in discarded rail way carriages. Among these coaches is what remains of the luxurious pri vate ear of the late Empress Elisa beth of Austria, who was murdered Geneva in 1898. / Law Enforcement Encounters New Difficulties On Job LA FOLLETTE MEN MAY t RESORT TO LAW Louis‘ana Workers Threaie.. To Bring Court Action If Senator’s Name Is Not on State Ticket <By Associated Press) New Orleans, Sept. 27.-—Court ac tion in an effort to have the names of Senators LaFollette and Wheelc placed on the ballot of Louisiana wa threatened today by LaFollette lead erg as a result of a ruling by Assist ant Attorney General Ogden relative to the qualifications of those voter, who sign the petitions to have then placed on the ticket. It was held that only those person who had declared upon registering thatl they* were independent voters were qualified to sign the petition ne cessary to have the names placed on the ballots. Only a handful of such persons are registering in the city of New Orleans. The petition, bearing a* least 1,000 signatures, must be filed with the secretary of state by tomor row night. STATE COLLEGE NEARS 1,500 ENROLLMENT At noon on Tuesday, 1,230 students bad enrolled ait State College and it was announced at the Registrar's Of fice that more than two hundred others had sent in applicadons for admission. Most of these were expected to regis ter during the week. With dormitory facilities for only 1,000 students, College authorise# have been very much concerned with pro* of the students have been given tern* porary quarters in the wards of the infirmary, arid others have ' found rooms in homes near the campus. Every effort is being made. It was stated, to care for the increased at tendance, which has seriously taxed ther dormitory capacity 0f the College. Ten days after College opened last year the enrollment was 1,022. Thn year, six days after the opening, tin registration shows a clear gain oi twenty-five per cent. Listed in the en rollment are more than a hundred students who came to the Collegr without previous indicating their in tention of entering. Although class work started on Fri day, September 19, it is expected that students will continue .to enroll for the next few weeks. By the first of October, it is said, the registration should be about 1,500. The Freshman Clas* b«s more than 500 men. BREAD RETURNS - FROM WATERS 1 (By Associated Press) Ontario, Cayw Sept 27.—Bread “cast upon the waters” last winter ir the form of a meal to an aged tram]; is returning in abundance, aocordim to P. H. Beasley, an Ontario restau rateur. In gratitude for a meal given him an old miner told Beasley pi the lo cation of a desert mining Heine neat Bandtburg. Beasley investigated ant' i> now exhibiting gold which he say: came from the mine on which he filed a claim, following the tip of the man he befriended. MINE EQUIPPED WITH AIRPLANE *By Associated Press) Reno, New., Sept. 27.—Regular oper ation of an airplane in connection with th ebusiness of mining, believer , to be the first attempt of this sort, is the plan of C. I. Tastman, general; manager of a gold property near Min den. Eastman, an ace of the British Flying Corps during the World War,! taid he hoped to use the plane not only to travel 60 miles to the mine electric plant, but„also for other “err ands.” It is Eastman's claim that, he will be able to accomplish in a day what take neatly a week; April is the month of the bumper tornado crops. (By A.ssoeiaied Press) Philadelphia, Sept. 27.—Joseph Steele, President of the Law Enforce ment League of Philadelphia, re.ign ed as head of that organization as a result of the telegram sent to Presi dent Coolidge by tha secretary of the League in which he said he possessed evidence of corruption among federal oiiice holders in Pennsylvania. UNITED CLAN DETECTIVE CONVICTED (By Associated Press) Raleigh, Sept. 27.-—A Wake county jury convicted Tom Dunn, local priv ate detective, of false pretense fol lowing testimoney, in superior court yesterday, that he as an organizer for the United clansmen solicited a ten dollar initiation fe.> from an ap plicant for membership in the Ku Klux Klan. The United clansmen, a rival and, allegedly, an imitator of the Ku Klux Klan, has existed here for some time. W. P. Jones, a farmer, te tified that he paid Dunn ten dollars for what he thought wan an admittance fee in the Ku Klux Klan. THREE LADING CANDIDATES HOST OF CAPITAL CITY (By Associated Press I Washington, Sept 27.—With the arrival of John W. Davis, Washington found itself the host to three leadi'' presidential candidates. Davis reached here early this movn ing to complete the major trio. Ths other two being Coolidge and LaFol iette. Hi# Democratic nominee held forth <. S * »«"> from IS» House and Coolidge, LaFoltette re* mained at hit office at the capitol. HUGHS WILL BACK ROOSEVELT IN N. Y. STATE CAMPAIGN (By Associated Press) New York, Sept 27.—Assisted by harles Evans Hughes Secretary of tate and other Republican leaders, Tieodore Roosevelt will make a vigor us and continuous campaign for iovemor from next Wednesday until Election day, it was announced at republican State headquarters. 'ACE THE PORT ISSUE FRANKLEY If you are a shipper and interested n freight rates, get out and fight for he State Port Terminals and Water transportation on November 4. If you are a farmer and your goods move to a market that is helped or indexed by comparative freight rates, et out atud vote with th govrnor for tie port and shipping bill. If you are a produer of anything in die state that must And its way to a market, push this port and shipping bill for aU you are worth. If you are a consumer and have to buy goods plus the freight, vote to cmtrol the plush as the best possible or the benefit of aU. If you are a Democrat and feel roud of the bact that your govcr* or is championing such a measure elp him openly and frankly and onestly without apology or explana tion. If you are a Republican and de lare your pride in the state and your elf free from partisan bias and fd ow the leadership of your candidate or governor, aid the passage of this ort and shipping bill. If you are a North Carolinian, and yarn to see the state freed from un Qual, discriminating charges, unfair ly levied and applied according to a false and archaic system, vote for jt'iis port and shipping bill. Take the time to consider this mea nt re if you are an open minded citizen wishing to do the right thing in the light of intelligent information; give the governor a hearing and if it *p eals to you do not hesitate to advo cite this port and shipping bill.— - Salisbury evening Post,. Sept. 22, 1924 The Romani had 50 way* of cook
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