ff Oill 1WJO1C0JI VJV0» Hcltavu
of Amundsen and His Party
I of a shortage ia Ma »upp)y of
(u is only aboot 200 mile* from tha
north yok ami ab«x>t MO
Kbit's Bay. Spitsbergen.
expedition took of far the flight
Prior to tha arrival of tha Stock
hoiai dispatch indications ware that
lanaa had returned to
Thnraday instead of
iy aa tha Stockholm advicas
have It but Tuaaday mentioned in tha
Stockholm diopatrh possibly may ha!
aa error in transmission of tha cahle.1
If AaundMD'i planes hin Wan
tomsgH kgr the let, Ibm itfll are
two other planes in gpil«hm»iii
which he and his party emu dm in an
other mdnvor to fly to the north
pole Mid back. Thaw two plane*, be
longing to tha Norwegian fovern
M*t expedition vent to tha north to
try to locate tha miming north pole
expedition, arriving at King's Bay
Wednesday from Norway. They ware
transported from Norton on hoard
the steamer Ingertre and ware pat
m the water at Advent Bay, whence
they flew over the glaciers to Ring's
Bay. ■ The planes ware said to ha hi
tha heat of condition to (tart at aay
minute on a long flight over tha icaj
regions.
The machines aaad hy Amundsen j
were Orman seaplanes which ware'
built tat Pisa, Italy. When they took
off from King's Bay they had on
toard everything deemed necaaaary
m the way of equipment and pro via
iOVM. Th# loftded marhtm-n <*Ach
weighed 3,000 Idles (Mil pounda.)!
the greatest load consisting of gas,
each machine having on board about
MOO pounds. This quanity was con
sidered hy Amondaen aiu sufficient
far the expedition to raaA the pole
and return to Spitbergen, still hav
tog a small supply hi the tonka.
MACMILLAN HOLDS THE
STAGE AWHILE
Am.uad.wa, it k Reported, WiU
Await IUwHi of Antrioui'i |
Voyage
OtU. Norway, June 20.-CapU«a
Boald Amundsen*. plana for anotker
aerial daah to the North pot* are an
daratood to be rontinirrat upon tU
—ccees of the MarMillan expedition,
which act out froai Wiecasaet, Maine,
today, better equipped fer scientific
research.
New* of MacMillan's departure
created intense interest here.
Moat observers and Polar scientists
gathered here to jive Amundaen a
royal welcome, when he returna fr> in
Spitsbergen, believe that the MacMil
las expedition ha* a much better
chanee for extensive obaervation and
reaearch than did Amundaen. although
the American's venture larks some of
the spectacular feature* nf the Nor
wegian's effort
Amundsen is very tired from hi*
four-weeks' battle with the ioe on
short rations, and he loet meat of his
equipment. Months will have to
eiapae before another •expedition could
he organised and financed and by that
time MaeMUIan may hhve secured
■eat of jtke scientific data that
Amundaen tried for aad fatted.
C«U • Fnrit C*k« laM >0
Ywi A«®
Uny. Jvm It.—Th# fenirUi of
I tfca Hf* at a frotl cab* tei Ju«t kM
«UktUM in tkU r-aunty, «Km Mr*
W. t. Jonas, wif. of a travalta* aaka
aun. raaantlf ewt am* Hurt wm» bak
ed tvantjr jraara ago aai «kM «m
Kal.tgh, J— »—A thur.ag1> te-i
.paction of alt MM* and county pri
on rampe «U) ka «nafa by the
KM hoard of health and the heard of
eharHiaa and pohHc Mttkn, Working
flans far Joint artio*^ to prarMl
the moot complete Iniaatlgatina ef
North Carolina prison condition* yet
made «m mapped out at, a confer-,
«K» today betwasn Dr. Q. M. Coop,
ar, scting director of tha haalth board
and Mr*. Kate Burr fobnaton, root- i
miaeioner of public mMh*.
The hmMth' department will furnish
a sanitary engineer to handle inspec
tional work dealing with haalth and I
sanitation in tha rsrupu*. Ha will
Work tmdar tha *upervision of tha
welfare department, which la charg
ed with tha saperrMon of hi—ana
conditions in the ramps. 1
Heretofore tha two department*
have workad *eparataly tha haalth
board map acting haalth conditions
and tha welfare board reporting on
tha treatment and ear* of prisoners.
The plan for cooperation on the part
of the two departments is expectad
to greatly increase tha effective
ness of inepectional work and ssalta
possible a > more thorough investiga
tion.
Six months probably will bo re
quired to oomplete tha survey of all
■Mre state earn pa, there are chain
gangs in operation in perhapa 80 of
tha 190 iii—Hiia."
Tmm P. Jimhmm la U—dm*
Law UwUr Dr. N. Y. Gallwy
ftaleigh, June 21.—Tow P. Jimison,
fvrwr mambai of ths Msthodiit con
ftmfp and La Fotlatte'l ejector at
Ivp taut fall attended the Bible clam
of i. V. Bailey at the Ft ret Baptist
church this morning, then the aenrice
at the Christian church, where the
speaker of the morning asked the la
bor man and picturesque preacher of
former days to lead the congregation
in prayer after the address. Mr Jim
ison did so.
The S^aaur man is attendiag law
lectures kt Wake foreet sad study-'
lag under Dr. Needhaa T. Galley,
noted law tearher of the Baptist col
lege. Mr. Jimison "has not indicated
where he win practice or when he
will try the Supreme court, bat there
la nobody who doubts that he win
make a successful practices sr. He
has read law before and ou^ht to find
K easy
Dry Raider, Mistaka Back
Otkar Far Rum Makers,
Om U Dm*
Huntington. W. Vs., Jum 20.—
William F. Porter, a Federal prohi
bition officer, wu ihot ud kllkd;
W. E. Workman, state officer. waa
•hot twice and seriously woundad. and
George Pall, ckitf of itate officers
was wounded is a run battle batwaan
federal and atate officer* ia Camp
Creek m. Wayne county early today.
The battle started when federal
and state officer*, both approachinr
a »tin location from opposite aide*,
mistook each other for moonshiners.
Homer Joy, another federal officer,
*aid he waa sleeping on a hill over
looking the scene «f the girted
•till when he heard shooting. He
flashad Ms lirht and recognising Ball
in the state forces, yelled to the men
to stop shooting but could not be
heard above the din.
Porta* had thrown P. J. Pae, a!
state officer to the ground and waa
grappling with him. Joy said. Porter
was believed to have i unwind Poe
and started to let him up, thinking
Poe had also reeogalaad him. Then,
Joy said, Poe Aral and Porter fefl.
Joy covered Poe with Ma «wa and or
derad him to disarm before P09 reai
i*ed that he had been fighting fellow
officers.
A party of young woasen return
ing from a hay ride nam* upon Work
man and Porter lying heoMe the road
side an the Wayne rand and hroaaht
first six month* of IMS «
ahead of tfce total of tmf
twaive «onth« since the death chair!
ill established in 190t. Tha ton
executions follow on the heals ofj
1924, whan oely ono nuu
trorated.
to ehoor George
•lone <m Ma loot short walk, for
Cheatham Evans, half of the death
row inmatss, is too crasy wM tha
dread of approaching death to carry
Two local negro pastors stayed
with Low through Ms last minutes,
however, aad helped him nut with
prayer and ramp-meat in* music, in
which the doomed man lifted a hear
ty voice.
When the hand of
tha deep baas of the roaring i
rose to a whining, wkMi
and the muscles on the throat of the|
man who had lately been singing 1
self, bulged aad twisted, as the ■
biased, stesmsd and boiled and trick? I
led down on the brow of the dying |
The Uu' body in ths chair alter
nately rose and dumped m the nu
"itinner turned the switchboard knob
that regulates the number of sm
Mm minrUd with the eighteen hun
dred volte. When a larft numhet of
ampere* were turned am the fingers
woold clinch, the'muscles would bulge
and the body strain against the straps
is though it war* trying *• aaeap*.
Then the amperage would ha low
ered momentarily and the body
would *e*m to relax in a gesture of
-•lief, only to he snapped ay by an
ther injection of ampere*.
After two miatttea and forty-five
seconds of this proceaa which waa di
vided into two ahoeka the man waa
pronounced dead. He waa unstrap
ped, plifid iii % btikft and hiulwj
away for his family.
Lore was visited by his father and
wife yesterday morning several hours
before his death and affectionate fare
wells were said. Then the preathsis
earn* and prayed and sang with Mm.
.Once the doomed man left Ma call
and entered the death chamber ha did
not hare a word to My, although hia
dH hi d Hps moved hi 4kjifc
prayer. Almoat three years of con
finement had left their mark on him
for his skin was as fair M that of
any white man and fairer than that of
many.
He wu conrlctMl in the Haywood
Superior Court In February, IMS and
•Mrtnnd to die. He took an appeal
aad got a new trial. A H under ion
^oiity jury again found kin guilty
of murder in the firat degree in Sep- 1
tenher. 1*24, and he waa arain «en-|
teamed to die. Governor McLean de
rlined to interfere with the aa ate nee. j
Remaining Inmate* of death raw
are Cheatham Bvana. negro, whoae
mind haa cracked from thinking ahout
death, and Arthur Montague, negro'
-apint. Montague ba» an appeal he
fore the Supreme Court which will
automatically ktav hit execution un
til next autumn anyway.
Si"**, !
Mexico City, Jum 19.—Thirty
membori of the remain tag rih»l
rroupa In the state of Van Crtta hare
bcfn within tkf !§§t fort- i
night, according to a report to Gen
eral Almaian, military enmmaadaat.
Capture of the rebek waa bm4o poa
•ible thru the dkmwy of a !■ hiaa
code by whkk the eactoaa groapa
(immuaieatad. The eode Iaroleed
The affray had It* lne*pti*n ta a
raid aud* by Wooton and Chief *f
Police I. V. B*ma—. on a Mall iwad
ator ncruplad by Trifbtt and two
companions, Hal Tbifw and Jack
killing wfcich occurred about 10: J» last,
night, feeling a— la* Wooton ran
high and It da* to the fart that
ha aauh hie way a* quickly aa poaei
Me to Bonne, wbw» be aaa 11 niiai ad
and waa plarril la jail, that aofc ^r
ious ronaeqoahca* war* not tba re
sult. "Feeling today waa etUI hi|h and
offlwfi wet* cloeely watching tba
•ituation, although no apadal pnp
arations war* bain* mad* to offset
than.
Oa Liquor Kaid
It a*Maa from all information ob
tainable that Baucoaa and Wooten.
the latter of whom did poUc* duty
bar* In addition to hi* work aa dep
uty sheriff of Watauga county. were
not on a liqaor raid. Wooton said
In Jail tbi* morning at Boon* that
they had information that Trtplett
and hi* ooatpaaions were la laying
liqaor Into Blowing lock. Accord
injr tn bnt ftCfountt. thvy >to()pid the
car bearing Triplatt and hi* roapan
ion* and icirchid it.
Findta* no Hquor Uttjr «M Mm
to move oa aad want to raid another
car in the lane party which contain
ed ill young men. No liqaor waa
fom£ hare alan, Wootoa aaid. While
'hey war* raiding the second car. it
I* «aid that Trtplett and hi* compan
ion# came ap and began abuaiag the
officer, who had raided them and had
found no whiskey. Her* i* where
the evidence conflict*.
The aide /epreeented by Aa offi
cer* state* that Trtpielt and bia crowd
began aaaaaltiag Wooton while the
other side claims that nothing of the
sort waa attempted
W oeten's Star;
Wooten stated thin morning that
•hm of the own hi the party jumped
on him and that he triad to makr for
hia automobile. He Mid that white ha
•M oa the run nine hoard of hi* ear
the crowd atartad at him again tod
that hat shot in aatf defense. The
other aide claim* that Wootan ad
dressed Triptett with aa oath. say
ing, "III (at you, you—* and forth
with ihot. Death was instantaneous.
Wooten admitted aoae ia either auto
party waa armed.
The body of TiipiaU waa brought
hack to Rowing lock in the aacoad
ear that waa raided and Wooten im
mediately made hia w*y to Borne,
when ha gave himself into the cna
tody of Sheriff L. M. Farthing and ia
being held pending a hearing, which
ia scheduled for tomarnw.
vim Ol IOIIC0 MUfUBn WOUiU nOl
discuss the affair wHh newspaper
men today and failed to confirm the
version given oat hy Wooten aa to the
saaaah other than to aay he thought
they aaaanhed him. He atated that
hi* full taatimony would he given on*
If when the caae comes to trial. f
Patrick OrcKa»d», Uc„ U Ad
jod|«d to U Bankrupt
Danville. Va.. Jam 18.—Patrick
Orrkaida, incorporated. one of tke.
larfMt fruit rrowin* concern* ki tfct*
aectiau of Virginia, kaa been >djwlf
ed bankrupt by Federal Jodffe H. C.
McDowell to wheal paper* were re-'
ctnlly Mat. Plrat word ot the failure
nmM hwe taday with the arrival!
of (be anal or#r from Judge Mc
DnweU to Prank Talbott, Jr., refrree
in bankrupt*! to tbe fifth dtetrfc* *f
Wrcteto. Mr. Tafeett toid that a
meeting oi the credttere would be
called wHkto the aest 1« day* far the
ta mt UiHnc mni at Dm mm
qtunttjr mkliif talks te hi* tollam
eoaeicta, urjrhi* then to pin their
faith to the Almighty ud lead ri«ht
mmh Km Ha alao wtoaaniri to
■pm< tha snapal in Ma daily r on tact
with other priaonara.
According to priaon officials, ha
rontamplataa Making thia hi* regular
I'alUinr aftor ha iaaraa priaon. Ha
rhariih— ^>wa »f Mttinv m. »*«~iinn in
'awa ^w^^aa ® www Mi
• tow yaars. Ha ha* already mad*
aeveral onauacaaafni attorn pta in thia
direction Hi . brother. Rav. Jaaper
Allan, a preocbor of the Primitive
Baptist faith, la raported to have haan ,
expounding tha goapel in tha Hilla
villa (action for many yeara, hot ha
himself navar manifested any inter- j
«at ia religioua aw War* until after hai
waa i i —alfted te tha penitentiary.
Two mwalm a of tha Allan clan
tha daath penalty for their part
in the Hltlaellle affair. Thay ware!
Floyd Allan, his brother, and Claude
Swanson Allen, aon of Floyd Alien.
Three other* in addition te 8idna Al
len. received priaon sentences. Theee
war* Friel Allen, Sidna Edwards and i
Wesley Edwarda.
Within tha paat two or th*ee year*
Friel Allen and Sidna Edward* ha«*
Seen pardoned, !ea*in* Wesley Ed
wards and Sidna Allan the only re
maining members of the .clan ia pris
on.
Thene two men fled the state after1
'be Hillpville tragedy but were cap-;
tared miom month* later fet Dm
Moim-d, Iowa, while livm* there an-j
At the time of the tragedy. Sidna
Allen waa operating a country .tore
near HiHavitla.
V... Jan* 19—Whether a
jrouni man of good character when,
riding with his sweetheart n tl
public highways ha* a legal right j
to Mm her is a question that has
stirred Bristol as has nothing in!
The hb« »tion arose several days
ago when two high school students,
a boy and a girl of exceptional char
acter and reputation, were arrested j
ii\ • car on a paved street in
tot and forced to put up 925 in
to keep from going to Jsit, Their j
names went oa the police
hiring been charged with
conduct. The young ssan'
consisted of having placed
around the girl
kiss her In the presence of two dap-1
uty sheriffs, who were secluded by i
the roadside. A kiss, wider these
circumstances, is a violation of law,
the officer* contend .
The arrest brought a storm of
protest from leading crtiiens whej
claim that |hs deputies exercised!
lack of judgment in placing a stig-:
ma on the pair, whose intentions and
Is, so far as could he learned,
not open to censure. There
was a demand from the public that;
the names of the couple be erased
from the police records and their
money refunded
It was disclosed that scores of
other yetmg people had been ar
rested under similar conditions on
roads tending out of Bristol and that
many married coupies have not been
free from
•nur.il
II Ym^P« TWtU To Cm j
Defer r»IU. la Jaa* 19.-Harry
Peterson, «l this cKjr, ha« la his pna
Imnm bar*, • iMa at heart attacka,
from wbirh ha M been a nflwr far
To the laat. Mr. LaTollette
'o wart off daath'* throat. aa he had
mm Robert, to Ma hadaida, and ia aa
almost inaudible voice, gave thia laat
meaaage to the public
"I aai at peace wkji all the world,
bat thpr* ie a tat of work I eoald
.till do. I don't know how tha people
will faai toward m. but I ahall take
*o tha grave My lava for them nhhh
haa auntaiaed Ma through life."
Mad Shortly After Wean
Confined to Ma bed for xeveral
weak* hy illaaaa which had wracked
hie body repeatedly ia tha laat few
year* bat had faikd la weaken Ma
fighting spirit, the leaatar .offered
a heart attack thin morning which
I 4. VI— nk-.l J, M - _ «»
nroufni to ni* pny*iruini ■ rwiii—■
tioti that tkt tnd m Mir. Ht
bpud into onconacioaaaaaa «b«rtly
before neon, and died at l:f) p. m..
with Ma wife and other M«ab«n of
tha family at Ma bedaide.
Without eatentation. tha body will
he taken tomorrow to tha eeaahar'e
home, Madlaaa,vWlaroaeia far barlaL
No aai>kaa will be bald hen. bat aa
ineistaaca of thoee who utaod aheaM
er to ahoolder with him in hi* battle*
to Wiecogain. ha will lie in atata at
the capita) there Sunday, and funeral
mrtrieaa will be held Monday ia that
building, where he once preaidad aa
governor. '
ia recant
fight waa
Many Words ef Tribute
Leaders of all political cr«adi war*
qnick today «a pay tribute to Sen
ator La PoOette and acknowledge hi*
influence on contemporary American
politic*. One of the first to offer
condolences to Mrs. La Pollette was
President Coolidge, who wrote:
"The news having juat reached me
of the death at Senator LaFollette
I wish to nttad to you and your
family the sympathy at myself and
Mr*. Coolidge. As you know I pre
sided over Che senate for a consider
able period while he waa a member of
great ability aad untiring energy. Me
has left behind him a great concourse
of Mends, who will. I know, da every -
thing in their power to coasfort yon
In this hour, bat my own experience
tail* me that nothing that mortal can
do will be of very much help ta yon.
I trust that yon may, aa the years go
by. find ma Increasing satisfnetion
in the lang hat at honors that wag*
by hi* countrymen."
Bank Wndnr Sought IS
Ymmn ia Brought Back
Providenee, K. I., Jim 21.—John
Wohjr d» bj, murfil for 12 jwn m
("nnwtkin with the wrecking at the
Atlantic National tank in thia city
in IMS, arrived b»r* today Sk c«
'fxtjr of United State* aecret iwiiu
"irvnta turn London, wharf he fought
extradition lor mnatha H* was
auarterrd far tW ni*ht at the BiH
mnr* h"t»L under rloaa guard. Ha
win he arraigned tomorrow naning.
Henry de Kay. a hrotfwr. waa pa
roled Jaanary t Wat. after nnln
20 months nt Rbodr Inland stilt# prii
Ml H I federal priaoner an charftra
rrowiar out of the tHMW hash
failure.
Edward P. Metcajf, preaident af
•he hank, died in thia Hty la at Jaly.
«i* years after hi* parole Vo«n the
federal penitentiary at AtlanU. where
ha had mrnd three year*