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sb Daily Tribune: VoLXVL J. B. SHERRILL, Editor tad Publisher. CONCORD, N. C, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1916. Member Th 4arlil No. 257 The Congo CRISIS IN NEGOTIATIONS APPEARS IMMINENT TODAY COUNTER PROPOSAL . Or THE . RAILROAD PRESIDENTS. ' TO ' PRESIDENT 11! On tl Acceptability of This Pro. posal by t3i Brotherhoods' Com mittM Depend Largely Whether or Not President Wilson! Efforts to Mediate Shall FaiL Heretofore The Brotherhood Have Stood r irmly Against Any Plan to Arbi trate. Railroad Presidents Con tend for Abritrition on Ground That It is a Question of Wages. (By Tk Associate Press) Washington, Aug. 20. A crisis in the negotiations looking to the avoidance of a nation-wide strike, ap pears imminent today, when a coun ter proposal involving arbitration was prepared by the railroad presidents for final submission to President Wil son. On the acceptability of this pro posal by the railroad brotherhoods' committee of 640 depends largely whether the President's personal ef forts to mediate shall fail. Hereto fore the brotherhood leaders have Btood firmly against any plan to ar bitrate their demands for nn 8-'iotir day as a basis in determining wages. The' railroad executives met en'ly today to perfect the draft of their proposal, and are expected to send it immediately to President Wilson, who had an engagement with the brother hood leaders about noon.. . The railroad Presidents contended for arbitration on the ground that the 8-hour basic day sought by the brotherhoods is a question of wages rather than working hours, and con sequently a subject pf arbitration. Further, if the proposition that if state Commission, or some other an arbitration board with the Inter public body to be created, finds the wage increases should be granted, the order wotild be considered effective from the time tho arbitration begins and a fund will be established by the railroads to insure such back pay ments. The employees would be bound not to make further demands, and not "to strike -pending the" .investigation. This answer of the railroad execut ives would amount to a partial rejec tion of President ' Wilson 's compiw mising plan, whereby the railroads were to concede the 8-hour dav nn-1 all other questions in the dispute were to be arbitrated. Is President Going to Capitol? Washington, Aug. 2(5. 'President Wilson suddenly left he White House today with the intention, it Is under stood of going to the capitol in con nection with the threatened railroad srike. Officials refused to tell what the President's purpose was. ; Brotherhood Men Remain Firm. ' This afternoon it was declared that only unqualified conefosskm by the railroads of the 8-hour day ; or action of Consrress taking over the railroads for government operation could pre vent the strike. As outlined unofficially it declined to condede the 8-hour day without ar bitratien, and investigation of its application to railroading, but makes some concessions as to the collateral issues. The effect of the executives' coun ter proposal will be to pass the is sue back to the brotherhoods. Some of the railroad executives say their proposition is postively the last; some of the men's leaders stand firmly against arbitration. Others on both sides have hopes that out of if will eome further negotiations delaying tne striKe, and possibly averting it. The Tension Increases. Washington; Aug. 25. Tension in the Tflilroad strike situation increaf ed today as the railway executives continued their deliberation over the form of th-eir counter proposal to , President Wilson 's plan and the Brotherhood leaders silently awaited the next move. The executives hare been told that the men 'Sv leaders expected difficulty in restraining them after tonight. The railroad presidents worked steadily all iLorninir ana ine iorepart or this af ternoon, carefully phrasing the state ment to resident Wilson, bnt short ly a liter noon bad taken no final vote on it. ' THE DURHAM SUN TO CUT .OFF ONE ISSUE Will Hereafter Not Issue a Paper on '': Saturday. (Br The Associate Press) Durham, Aug. 26. Pending the outcome of the present federal inves tisntion into , the high cost of news print paper and , other reroedal measures, the Durham Sun , todn; made the following announcement r "In pceord with the policy of pul '. Ushers all over the country, due to the scarcity and tremendous! ,in. , creased cost of print paper, The Sun .: announces that it will at once discon tinne its Saturday issue, and will re REUNIONS. A Rowan Blackwelder Wants a Reoa ioa of That Family. it has become quite a custom these times for all the people of a family name to have a family reunion every year. Inasmuch as the home of the Blackwelder family is in Cabarrus county I have wondered why there has not been an effort made to have a RIackwelder reunion. My' people came from Cahamis county. My grandfather, David Black welder, as 1 am informed, owned a farm in the town of Concord, about where the old Fair Ground was. It seems that the first immigrant or immigrants as I have been told there were two that came over together. settled somewhere near where aid St. Johns' Church now stands. I think my great grandfather was buried in a little family plot near the public road between Concord and St. Johns' Church. I know there are quite a number of Rlackwelders in Concord and Cabarrus county. hv not someone take the lead and plan for a family reunion? If it is too late for this season, why not begin to plan in time for next year. I hope some member, or mem bers, of the family will be interested enough in the mutter to tuke it up. BLACKWELDER, from Rowan. 'WORLD SERIES" FOR THE CHICAGO AMATEURS. Games Start Today in Chicago to De cide Championship. Chicago, Illv Aug. 2(i. The annual baseball derbv, the Sweitzer cup cometition, which is of as much in terest to followers of the serai-pro-and amateurs in Chicago as the world series, is about to begin. The first brush toward the final games which will decide the ownership of the cup and ithe championship of Chicago will start today when tho Amateur Baseball Manager's League will open elimination centests to decide what team will represent that association against a 'team from the City League in the final clashes. The elimination contests will be known as the "Ter ney Trophy Games," and will carry with them the championship of the Amateur Managers' League. Presi dent Albert S. Terney of the league has donated diamond studded fobs wihich will be presented fo each mem ber of the winning team. A TY COBB ANNIVERSARY. Most Famous Ball Player Has Been at It 11 Years. Boston, Mass., Aug. 26. Tyrus Ravmond Cobb, who shares with Hen ry .Ford the honor of being Detroit s most distinguished citizen, today cele brated his eleventh anniversary as a major league ball player by lining up with his team in a game against the Boston Red Sox. It was on August 26, 1905, then a tally raw-boned youth with a -brief experience as a ball play er with the Augusta) Ga., team, made Ins debut in a Detroit uniform. It was not long before the young South erner developed mto one of the great est players the game has even known. For nine successive seasons he has been champion batsman of the Amer ican league. His average for the present season is about .360. No bat ter has ever made such a record. WAR NEWS TODAY. Germans Launch Strong Attacks in Champagne Region. (Br The Associated Press) While determinedly resisting the Allied advance on the Somme front in northern France, the Germans are launching strong attacks in other see. tions, the latest of which is being launched in the. Champagne region Near Tahure the German troops last night charged the French posi tions and succeeded in penetrating them. Subsequently they were driven out, Paris declares. In' the Balkans Satit reports lm portant victory over the Servians on the Bulgarian right wing, and an nounced that on the other flank the Bulgarians have reached the Greek Aegean -coast. THE WHEAT MARKET. Yesterday's Advance Tempted Fur ther Profit Taking. (Br The Associate Press) Chicago, Aug. 26. Yesterday's ad vance tempted further profit taking by wheat longs today. Opening prices were 1-4 lower to 5-8 higher. bnt-prices immediately sagged. Sep tember, which sold as high as 154 1-4 at the start, dropped to 152 1-8. De c ember,, after opening at 155 1-2 to 155, sold down to 154. Engineer W. M. Brown is KJUed at " ... Balsam. ..-Asheville, Aug. 25, While ascend ing Balsam mountain, near Willetts. on the Murphy division late this af ternoon, the engine of : freight train No.' 06 left. the- track,, Engineer W, M. Brown .being caught and , pilled v.n sfnntly when the engine turned over, WITH THE CHURCHES. rirst Pmbrtflrlaa. -Serrieea at II u, by pastor. Adult classes of 8undy School will meet at 19 a. p. BSBaaaSsaaBsaB " St James Lntheraa. Tenth Sunday after Trinity. Son day School 10:00 a. m. Young Men's Bible Class 10:30 a. m. Chief service 11:00 a. m, Luther League, 7:00 p. m. Vespers, 8:00 p. m. Central Methodist Sunday School at 9 .-15. Preaching at 11 a. m. fay the pastor. Musical program at 8 p. m. The following programme will be rendered at the evening service: Organ number. "Angels' Sere nade,", Orchestra, Brags. Hymn No. 208. Scripture reading; praver. Rev. M. F. Moo res. Anthem. Chair, Violin solo. "Niennette," Betho- en. Misa Atkins. Hymn No. 27. "Sextette" from (Lucia) Doni zetti. Anthem. "Fear Not Ye. Oh. Israel," Roberts, Choir. McGill Street Baptist. Sunday School 9:30 11 a. m. and :30 p. m. sermon by the pastor, Rev. W. Bennett. Morning subject, The House of Ood," Evening sub ject, "Selling Jesus." The B. Y. P. U. meets at 6:30 p. m. The normal teachers' training class meets every Friday at 7:30 p. m. St. Andrews Lutheran. Sunday School at 9:45 a. m. Ser- ice at 11 a. m. Public cordially in- ited ito these services. Calvary Lutheran. Sunday School at 9:45 a. m. Ser- ice at 8 p. m. Invitation extended to public to attend. Forest Hill Methodist. Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7:45 p. m., by the pastor, Rev. C. N. Short. Sunday School at 9:30 a. m. Mr. W. Odell, Supt. A hearty welcome to all. THOMAS E. STRIBLING RETURNS TO VIRGINIA Is at Hopewell "Looking for a Job" Promised to Make Good. (Br The Associated Press.) Richmond, Va., Aug. 26. Thomas Stribling, recently pardoned by the governor of Georgia, has returned to Virginia, as he promised to "make good." He is at Hopewell, "looking for a .ibb,' ne said. - Stribling was arrested while chief- of-police of Danville, Va., and taken to Georgia for a life sentence for homicide. Stribling escaped from the Harris county, Ga., jail while waiting an appeal to the State supreme court. Stribling has moved Jiis family to Hopewell. They are living there with relatives. INFANTILE PARALYSIS ON THE INCREASE. Evidences That the Epidemic is on the Wane. (By The Associated Press) New York, 'Aug. 26. The number of new cases of 'Jifantile paralysis continue to decrease. In the opinion of the health authorities, the epidemic is on the wane. During the 24 hours ending at 10 a. m. today there were only 1)1 new cases, the lowest in a month, and 25 deAt.liR. To date there have been 7,712 cases of infantitle paralysis in greater New York, with 1.8J0 deaths. MRS. MCADOO HAS TYPHOID FEVER. A tack is Mild, However. Is at Spring Lake, N. J. (Br The Associated Press) Spring Lake, N. J., Aug. 26. Mrs. William G. McAdoo, wife of the Sec retary of the Treasury and daughter of President Wilson, who is at her summer home here, is suiter ng with what the prysicians describe as slight attack of typhoid fever." She is reported today as doing nicely. Asheville to Salisbury Service Begins Tomorrow. Asheville, Aug. 25. Service on tht Salisbury division of the Southern railway suspended since the flood of July 16, will foe resumed Sunday morning, according to an announce ment made here tonight by Division Passenger Agent , James H. Wood Temporary service between Asheville and Old Fort, with trains 11, 12, 21 and 36 will go into effect, and will conned' at Old Fort with the regular equipment trains of the Southern. For the present, the trams to Cld fort will consist of lighlt engine and only four cars, with no sleepers, but it is hoped to establish regular service with full equipment by September i sooner. or Cedar Lake Bible Conference, Chicago, 111., Aug. 26. Speaken from half a dozen countries are to take part in the Bible conferences which open today at Cedar Lake, Ind under the auspices of the, Moody Church, of this eity. Prominent an the list of foreign speakers trt be at the conference are Rev. P. W. rhu A BRITISH STEAMER IS TORPEDOED TODAY i TWENTY-TWO MEN LOSE LIVES TJT DISASTER. llUra DUKE OF 1LB1NT The Vessel Waa Torpedoed in the North Sea. Eighty-Seven Men Wen Saved. It Was a British Naval Auxiliary. Official An nouncement Waa Made In London Today. Eleven Officers and Seventy-Six Men Were Saved. Vessel Was Torpedoed Last Thursday by an Enemy Submarine, So Official Announcement States. (Br Tk I elate' PniiJ London, Aug. 26. rThe torpedoing in the North -Sea of p. British naval auxiliary with the los of 23 men was announced officially today. highty-one men were saved. The torpedoed vessel was an armed steamer, Duke of Albany. The an nouncement follows: "The British armed steamer, Duke of Albany, was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea on Thursday by an enemy submarine. The commander and 22 men were lost. Eleven officers and 76 men were saved," A NARROW ESCAPE. Street Car Crashed Into Buggy Yes terday Occupied by Messrs. Var dry and Eugene Brown. Messrs. Eugene and Vardry Brown had a narrow escape yesterday after noon on North Union street when a street car crashed into the buggy in winch they were sitting. The buggy was standing besjeig-fthe cement mixer in front of the resrdence of Mr. A. Jones Yorke, and was partly on the street car tracks. It seems that the mo tor man did nojt see the vehicle, for before the young teen knew what had happened, the car had. run into the buggy, almost completely wrecking it. The horse became frightened and ran, dragging the buggy for, some distance until he broke loose, and aft was only then that Messrs. Brown had an op portunity to get out of the buggy. Both of them were i bruised and arret ehed,-the horse 'isu.n'ered similar injuries and the buggy is almost a tot al loss. NAME OF MAN WHO ATTACKED LUSITANIA. It Was Capt. Valentiner, and He Re ceived All Sorts of "Decorations" For It. (Br The Associated Press) London, Aug. 2b. Hie newspaper Ribe Danmark is quoted in a Reuter dispatch from Copenhagen as saying the commander of the submarine that attacked the Lusitania was Max Val entiner. Capt. Valentiner, this newspaper says, !:as fleen dacoratea witn a num ber of colors, including the Iron Cross of the first class and Hohenzol lern House order, with swords special ly distinctive of the German emperor. ARCTIC EXPEDITION SCHOONER WRECKED The Great Beat Wrecked on Rock in Bearing Sea August 10. (Br The Associated Press.) On board United States Coast Guard MeCulloch, Behring Sea, Aug ust 26. by wireless to Seattle. Ihe power schooner, Great1; Bear, carrying the Arctic expedition headed by John Borden, of Clvcago, and Capt. Louis Lane, of Seattle, was wrecked on rock in Behring Sea August 10. The vessel was a total loss, but the entire crew was picked up by the McCul loch. . : Infantile Paralysis Case Sent Away By Charlotte. Charlotte, Aug. 25 Hazel Gam ble, of Waxhuw, aged 13, was brought to Charlotte today by his father, Robert Gamble, and Dr. S. H. Ezelle, it being believed that the child had typical case of infantile paralysis. The trip was made in 'an automobile the father holding the boy in hi arms all the way. The automobile was halted on the corner of Fourth and Poplar streets. City Physician W. K Reid and several other physicians and heads of the health department and police gathered around the car. After an hour s consultation it was deemed advisable that the patient be taken back home. The child was in a sen ous and pitiable condition, little hop being had of his recovery. He was stricken two weeks ago, and paraly sis has developed on, the right side, The health authorities had little - to say concerning. the case. City Physi eiah Reid said it was impossible to diagnose the case definitely. Dr. Ez elle was disapointed that nothing could be done for the child. As he could, not be taken to the . hospital there was no place for him. , Governor Craig has refused to paN don H.' A. Hays, former superintend MOUNT PLEASANT. Mlaa Barrier Entertains.--Entrs Nona . Clnh Meets With Mlaa Beaver. Personal and Other Itaau. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Shaukel and little daughter, Rebeeea, ant Sunday with Mr. Shaakel's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Barrier. Messrs. Earl and Ralph Bodie, of Granite Quarry, spent Sunday in the town with friends. Prof. G. F. McAllister and Prof. F. L. Harkey, of the Institute Faculty, spent several days in ( harlotte in the interest of the school. Miss Helen James, who sient sev eral weeks with Mrs. Raymond Shan- kel, in Albemarle, has returned home. Mrs. M. L. Buchanan, of Concord, pent Sunday in town with friends. Misses Anna foil, Kntli i'rocter and Mrs. Con Procter spent Monday Concord. Mrs. John Kindley, Mrs. J. J. Bunn and Mrs. Kenneth Kindlcy spent Tuesday in Charlotte. Misses Lillian and Laura Heilig en tertained at tea on Tuesday evening. Their guests were Misses Anna Foil, Mary Beaver, Ruth Procter and Mrs. Con Procter. Mrs. W. T. Wall, and children, of Concord, are visiting the former's father, Rev. Paul Barringer. Miss Marv Margaret Barrier en tertained a number of her friends on Tuesday afternoon, in honor of her guests, Misses Stella and Jennie Hahn. Games were plaved, after hich the hostess served delicious re freshments. The guests were Misses Stella and Jennie Hahn, Ruth. .Tames Tempie Ritchie, Mabel McAllister, Cora Lee Buchanan, Helen Seaford. Ruth and Mirian Shirey, Mary Kind ley, Ruth Barringer, Mary Virginia, Amv Louise and Katherine Fisher. Miss Cora Lee Buchanan, of Con cord, is spending the week with her aunt, Mrs. A. N. James. Misses Elaine Moose, Rubv Misen- heimer and Emma Grace Heilig are spending some time in Concord with Miss Lucy Hartsell. Prof, and Mrs. F. L. Harkey are receiving tne congratulations ot their friends on the birth of a son, at their home, on Wednesday, Aug.22. Miss Mary Beaver was hostess In the Entre Nous Club on Wednesday afternoon. In addition to the club members the guests were Miss Ruth Procter, Mesdames J. J. Bnnn, 1,. E Foil, J. Y. Mchacliern and ( on Proc ter, and Miss Mabel Nussman. Miss Bess McEachern is attending the Women 's Missionary Convention of the Lutheran Church, at Burling ton. Miss Mabel Nussmnn, of Suffolk, a., is visiting her uncle, Mr. Adam Kassman. Mr. Harry Foil spent Wednesday Charlotte. Quite a number of townfolk at tended the Old Soldiers' reunion at St. Johns. Prof, and Mrs. B. L. Stanlv spent csterday in Granite Quarry. Rev. and Mrs. R. A. Goodman, Mrs. J. H. C. Fisher and daughters, Katherine and Amv Louise, and Mr, Bowman Barrier are attending the Woman's Missionary Convention at Burlington. Miss Marv Heilig has gone to Charlotte to spend a week with her cousin, Mrs. S. H. Long, after winch she will go to Kershaw, S. C, to vis Mrs. John Lowry. Miss Laura Lentz entertained this afternoon at Rook in honor of her neice. Miss Marv Lee Bernhardt, of Salisbury. Rook was played at three tables, .after which a delicious salad course was served. The guests were Misses Marv Lee Earnhardt, Marv Margaret Barrier, Mildred Barrier, Lela Beaver, Mabel McAllister, Edith Moose, Elizabeth Foil, Junnita and Evelyn Peacock, Helen Seaford. Mir- am Sliirev. Tempie Ritchie and Mary Mark Kindley. S HUMAN CREMATIONS ARE ON BIG INCREASE More Than 10,000 Persons Creametd in America Now Each Year. Cincinnati, 0., Aug. 26.-L-Human cremations in America are now in ex cess of 70,000 a year, with a grand to tal of close to 100,000 since the first crematory was established in this country in 1870. With a better un derstanding of the subject on the part of the public, the yearly average would be materially increased, in the opin ion of the members of the Cremation Society of America, which began :ts annual convention in this city today. In atendance on the convention are representatives of more than forty cremation establishments, scattered over twenty States, together with sev eral in Canada and in Panama and Honolulu. Full Open Cotton BoU. Salisbury Post. Mr. George F:nk hrought to this office this morning a full open cotton boll, the same being plucked from his Sherrill Ford road farnij eight miles from Salisbury. Mr. Fink has ten acres in this pateh- and it was planted April lst, and he expects to get ten bales as a result. Mr. Fink is always among the lrst, if not the first, to bring in cotton blooms and also the open and well developed bolls. That the retail price of shoes will be increased from $1.50 to $3.00 or more a pair, according to quality, is the prediction of one of the largest manufacturers of footwear, in Lynch burg." It is oointed out that the . in- A GEORGIA CAPTAIN IS. SHOT BY ATLANTA VOLIAII HISTORIC MARKET IS NINETY YEARS OLD. Practically Sama Appearance As It Had in 1826. Boston, Mass., Aug. 20. Historic Faneuill Hall Market, familiar to all visitors to Boston, perked up a bit to day in celebration of Us 90th birth day. The long, low building, occupy ing a site imu edintely to the rear of Faneuill Hall, lias practically the same outward aiiearunc as it did when i' was first opened on August 26, 1826. The structure :s built of massive gmnite blocks which were hauled from ihe quarries at Quiney by ox teams. The market is fam.liar ly called "Quincy Market' to distin guish it from the market n Faneuill Hall proper, the lower floor o fwhieb was used for market purposes as early as 179:t, half a century after it was L'iven to the town by Pef er Faneuill. NAME OF MAN WHO ATTACKED LUSITANIA It Was Capt. Valentiner, and He Re ceived All Sorts of "Decorations" For It. Ijondon, Aug. 20. The newspaper Ribe Denmark is quoted in a Retuers dispatch from Copenhagen as saying the commander of the submarine which attacked the Lusitania was Max Valentiner. Captain Valentiner. this newspaper says, has been decorated with a num ber of orders, including the Iron Cross of the first class and the Heh- enzollern House order, with swords, specially distinctive of the German emperor. ' FAIR WEATHER FOS NEXT WEEK This is Forecast Sent Out by the Weather Bureau. (By The Assorlnled Press) Washington, Aug. 20. Fair weath er with temperatures near seasonal was forecasted for the sooutheastern states during the week beginning to morrow. In the Middle Atlantic States unsettled weather will be fol lowed by fair weather until Friday, when showers are indicated. DISTURBANCES OVER SOUTHER, FLORIDA A Rainfall of Six Inches Yesterday in That State. (By The Associated Press) TV.. .1,: A.. )! niatllrll. ances reported over southern Florida 1 yesterday by the Weather Bureau was off the Georgia coast this morn ing. The weather reports tell of heavy rain yesterday in southeast Florida, amounting to more than six inches. Lansing Stirs Up British on Mails. Washington, Aug. 25. Secretary of State Lansing announced today that on several occasions he has ad vised the British Ambassador, Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, that the United States expects a prompt answer to its second protest, against the seizure of mail passing between this country and the neutral countries of Europe. Shortly before Mr. Lansing re turned from his vacation a long mem orandum was received which dealt with a few specific points out of many set forth in the second American note. This was called a preliminary rcplv. In it the British Government over-looked so important a matter as the seizure of ollicial United States money order lists, merely announcing that this question would be reserved for disposition in the promised com prehensive reply. Counsellor Polk, then Acting Sec retary of State, immediately dis patched a curt note to London, de manding a prompt reply dealing with the principles involved in what the United States characterized as the "lawless" seizure of neutral ships. There lias been no change in the status of the British and allied black list. The department is taking up in dividual cases with the British au thorities. Child Labor in New York. To the Editor of The World: The people of New York City do not have to go south or north to look for child labor. Let them go down or up Broadway also Fifth Avenue and the side streets, and see what is going on nt home. Of course they will not look; it might hurt their packetbooks. They will find in the fashionable millinery shops, ns well as others, girls four teen years of age and under working for $3.00 a week and adults for $5, with a slave-driver over their heads, Very often the work-rooms are dark and badly ventilated. I care not where you go, you will not ilnd conditions any worse than in New York City.1, A WORKER. New York, Aug. 23. : : U - Fled From New York to Escape Di , seaso, Is Dead.-v';f ; Shelby, Aug, 25.. - Fleeing from New York to escape infantile paraly sis, the four-vear-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Onv W. F"!-ri-l-. ' - ' 1 SHOOTING OCCURRED AT STATS CAMP AT MOBILE. ; IE IIS (OUT I FITSlGill Capt Edgar Strapling. of the NaV lonal Guard, Shot and Killed Yaa terday by Mrs. H. C. Adana, of At- . '. lanta. Capt Strapling Waa avaAs : " lanta Physician, and the Woman' -Says She Shot Him Becauaa of At- . tentiona Paid Her While la Hla Of- V . flee Thers. After Several Hours in Jail Mrs. Adams Become Hjiteri- .. cal Husband a Wagon Driver, , r , (By The Associated Prssm) . - - . Macon, Ga., Aug. 20.--Accomponied by a military escort, the" body of . Capt. Edgar J. Strapling, F Co., fifth regular National Guard of Georgia,,-, who was shot and killed at the state mobilization camp here lesterday by Mrs. H. C. Adams, of Atlanta, eany , today, was shipped to his home in At- -lanta. The burial will be at Opelika,' Alabama. Mrs. Adams, wbo was formerly a . patient of Cap. Strapling, who in pri- .. vate life was a physician, last night , : was held by a coroner's jury for the , - killing. In the Bibb county jail here .-' , she asserted she shot Capt. Strapling ' i ii ..it : : a I,-. ua - , . in his office in Atlanta. . After several hours in jail Mrs. : Adams became hysterical, but fre- ' quently declared that when Bhe goes, to trial her course will be jus tified. Her husband, a laundry wagon driver, is expected here today. !. '.-: Mrs. Adams was quoted today as having made a number of apparently conflicting statements as to the -.- ...j motive of the killing. , Shortly after 'her arrest yesterday the woman, who is about 20 years - .' old and mother of three young chil dren, was quoted by the county offi cials as saying that improper atten- s Hon on the part of Capt. Strapling - -had caused her to shoot him. Capt y: . : Strapling had treated Mrs, ( Adams ' , for nervous troubles. - Today Mrs. ' . Adams is quoted by those who talked with her at the jail, as declaring that ' the alleged action on the part of :! ;., Crip. !fapliii?--aid--1iot'n8r 4h0 killing, and she wonld not now tell .. ; what had prompted the act. It was said she declared she would give a full statement of her alleged relations -.1 Oi i: jl. : 1 1. WItn Nrapung on me arrival er husband. GRACEY'S COLONIAL MAIDS AT STRAND Bill For Next Week. Musical Novel ties. Several Vaudeville Acta. . ' The bill at the Strand for next week is one of unusual merit and is somewhat different from- the usual tabloid musical comedy, being madev up of several vaudeville acts each: on of which is a head liner in its ' class of work. t Mr. Gracey, who offers unique musi cal novelties, is a recognized feature, -. act in all the big houses throughout the north and on the Pacific eoast. His repertoire includes both classic n and popular numbers and his rendi-r tion of the "Miserere' ia artistic; te the extreme. Wentworth and Young, two pretty iris with good singing voices, do, a. number of clever songs and dainty dances. Mr. Myers, a black face comedian, joins the show in Concord Monday, fter finishing an engagement Of sev.-- eral weeks in Asheville and comes - ery highly recommended. Billy (Dutch) Bering, is a Dutch. comedian of exceptional ability and with his good clean comedy, keeps the 1 house laughing from start, to finish. This show comes to us from: the . Colonial Theatre, in. Salisbury, where it has pleased large audiences every . night this week. As usual there will i be a complete change of program ev- , ery day and no one need be afraid of seeing anything they have been .'ba-v fore. adv. , THE COTTON MARKET. Opening Advance of 7 to 9 Point Fol lowed by Reaction. ; 4 (By The Associated Press) " '-'. New York. Ana. '26.--An 'opening advance of 7 to 0 points was followed . by a reaction in the cotton market.; this morning, as a result - of . heavy, realizing. December sold at 13.84 at the start, and January at 15.86, but soon broke to 15.64, and 15.61), or ,, about 9 to 10 points under last night's closing figures. ; : "(': , i y Cotton futures opened steady: Qc? -tober 15.65; December, 15.82; Janu ary, 15.85; March, 16.01 j May, 16.17 Close. October 15.70. . ' 'New .York, Aug. 26. -Cotton closed ateady.i October ,, 13.70; . December,. 13.88: January, 15.91 March, 16.05, and May 16.22, r v , . - . ' . - ""Defending Snua1-' V Dey'1. 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