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: O O O O O O ASSOCIATED O PRESS ' 0 DISPATCHES O O TODAY'S . O ri- ? , . NEWS 1 O ' O; TODAY.' O . . .. v. . , i ... .......... - i . . - ' , , . - J .... . .... .... . : . . i ; .. , .... ...... . . . . . . . Vr-VOLUME XXI.V . CONCORD, N. C MOND AY JULY 25, 1021;, 'NO. 153. r r t" r r r . . .r- r TEXTILE STRIKERS : ' GETTING DESPERATE . 'Lack of Funds Promised by s Leader Cause of Reported ! Fighting and Quarreling in y North Charlotte. , ; - - - : ' , "ALL WROUGHT UP :. OVER .SITUATION Evidence of Discontent and 'Restlessness . Accumulates P and Food Is Scarce, Says . ' the Charlotte Observer. '', The- Charlotte Ohsr-rver In ltd Issue -.Of this nmrniiiK contnln tbe'-follnw-ing article In regard to the textile 'workers' strike situation In Clinrlottie: i v Yort nay to duy The Qberverha v been reporting development in the strike situation, aa At wot able to ,, gather information from the union V" f oblate as to what their people were ; "doltiB and planning. Also this pper hit published the union official'! statement an to condition In North ' Charlotte ith reference to no the strikers and thelr'famllies are faring . ; end feeling. In the following article ' ' : is published i information a to the I conditions and the feelings "of the ' . ftrikers and thelf families, a obtaln- i .' red front mu rces independent of .the . strikers er their organization. - ' That the striking mill 'workers In North ' Charlotte .are. very much wrought uo over the present 'condt- . . tlon of affairs and that Home of them 1"'.- are getting desperate with anger over the situation and fighting, or at least -quarreling among themselves, la the v information which Js l.ccumulatlng ' in daily-increasing volume,' gathered bit by bit from eon rces that seem en- - tlrely reliable and vouched ! for by - - j representative men of Charlotte who IfX. keep in constant touch with the sit I 5r"atlon. v-,'- -.i. ; This report of conditions is expert ed to be denied, as practically every other report which- has indicated that .everything wa not going well from . the strikers' standpoint has been ' denied, by their leaders, who have consistently ami frequently given out statement for., publication to the ef; . feet that there is no suffering or -dUv sattafaetlon . Among - fb striKer :.jad . ven that they are farin- a well and in same eases better than, while-they were-at work. '.-: -"v. 'f -'".;' v- ' Evidence accumulates from day to day that tthero ttha (eea. growing restlesNieia among the idle' men and women becanse nf the trontendously , Ininortant fart that,' while the ttrjk ha been in effect now nearly eight weeks, the United Textile Workers of America, headed by Thoma P. Mc x Mahon, a president, has not ' come v . to their retlef with fund to provide them food, and they have no Income. ' They apparently had (patience until. ' MclMahon arrived here the last time from! New York. They had been led to believe inrpliritly that when he came . be would bring ample fund for their. - support. They apperently realised that matter could . not long continue a they were, for the thousands or men, wonfsn and children involved need to eat. three time a day and .provision cost money-nd a lot of it. when thousands of mouth are to be fed reg ularly. . - -. .,ViM J Indebtedne Heavy,', , Arrangements had ibeen . made' to secure orovlsions from certain store in- the locality..-br Edgar;. W. Smith.. business manager n4 treasurer ft tbej North Charlotte local texuie union, on hi personal credit, oasea upon ine nositive assurance that funds to tay the indebtedness would be forthcom-1 ing upon the return of President ;Mc Biahon. At various stores.' it is report-' ed 4be . indebtedness ' stood t . mot?' than $2,400 nearly a week ago, $700 At one store, according to admission! of Mr. Smith. Thus the neediest ones were given somie relief temporarily. ' : -" Some 10 days ago it wu announc ed that McMahon would arrive soon: Hopes ran high, and report are nu merous a to the various Jubilant re-j marks made toy strikers as to the money that was virtually on the way. KkOlahon earn, and upon t his arrival here he announced through The Ob server: "JKeXahon brought the Mon fj." But the money was not forthconv ing McMahon failed to deliver. Bev erat days went by and still no evi dence of rash on hand to settle the accumulating debt or to further pro vide fr those, who could not see how they were to feed themselves and their women snd children a week ahead and some of then not a day ahead, according to persistent report. . v According to those In close touch with the situation and whose word would toe taken, at par by the peo ple of Charlotte and North Carolina generally, numbers Of the families of the striker were actually Buffer ing for lack of sufficient food. Stories are told of women and children cry ing because of hunger. Of course all such stories re denied y the strike leader and official of their organiza ' Hon. who evidently have been making a desperate effort to hold them in line, to inspire them, with hope and determ ination to "fight it out with the mill owner at all rost" ; " i C JrcJfahon Bevtve Hob. ' j Apparently for the purpose of 'quieting the restlessnes among the strikers, a mas meeting of the idle men wa called and held, several hun dred of them listening to inspiring addresses by McMuhon and other om- cikla nledgtng tbeny that support n-ouUI be forthcoming and . pleading (Concluded on Pago Two.) A IIEV BASEBALL - SCAI.DAL BREWING Agents of State "Attorney's Office in Chicago Still Try ing to- Find the Alleged Confessions. PAPERS STOLEN .FOR A LAWYER? George Gorman Says a New York Gambler Pail $10,000 :'. for Papers Which Were Stolen From State Files. (By the Aasaelate rml ' Chicago. July 'UiWA niw bnwltnll M-amlal wnsXlirrwiiiK todav as ngrnlM of the sfnti 4ttornry H omce coiitnmeii i . . . ... . . . a frantic srnrrh fur waivers fliia rou- epKMltms Mened brfore tlio grmid Jury UtHt full lv Kddie Cleotte, t lnuilo W Ik- Ms ms and Joe Jacksou luforointlon In the hnncls of fleorgr Oornmn. nsxlBtSDt states attorney. In- d lea ted thntia Now York gambler paid, $10,000 for the paper soou nftor they wore stolon from t hp state nttornryV files, (Siirmnn said. ,s. Another developiiiPtit today was - a ftlM-overy thaU a slgnrtl Htatement mnile by Williams in, tlir ofner of Al-frt-i Austrian,, stfornry for the White Sox, has disappeared from Austrian's fllrs.. In this Htntemcut. which was made public lv Austrinn when VII llains weut before the graud Jury, the plnyor detailed ramlflcntlons of the alleged plot to lose the 1!)1!) series. The grand Jiirr evidence apparently drtrpneil from sight during the con fusion incident to the retlreinent of State Attorney Hornc and the taking orer of tht otilces by States Attorney CrowO. ; riayers Testify. . , , Chlrago, July 25. Kdille Cleottr, Joe Jackson and Claude Williams, for mer White Kox players, told their. own story In the liasetuill trial today of bow Hiey - confessed to the spH-lal grand Jury lust fall that they had re ceived inouey to. throw the game in the 11)111 world series. - Each of the three, men declared to day this roiifpsshin bad heen made, on ly After. Jndge Charles .A. McDonald. who uiiVml the Itasetiall scandal lu- w.awnisg Assistant. State; Attorney,, who. direct' ed the inquiry; ami Alfred 'Austrian had promised them ,their coufesslons would never be used ngalhst them, and were wanted only "so baseball gnuilf ler might lie- trampled' underfoot.", " 1 Their testimony was given while the JuryNwos absent from the court room pending the? derision --by Jndge Fried ns to.wnether the evldeuce is permis sible. The defense contended that the ronfesslous were Involuntary.'.; Clcotre and Jackson admitted that they had "signed something: In ' the grand Jury room, but did not know whether.it was an Immunity waiver. "Clcotte "snld ' he had . broken down down and cried While Jndge McDonald heard his story and much of what he did on . that day was simply a hasy memory.. To mneh of the examination he replied: "I dou't remember." " JsrksnuV testimony kept the court room In laughter wheir he told' of sprees a boot the time of the grand Jury investigation, and said he had gotten two court hailtfTs drank. ' "'Austrian said I would he Indicted in a few minutes,. and Clcotte had ben down, i Austrian then gave me my notice of suspension and when I said I had no lawyer be said I needed one damn bad. Austrian promised If -1 would tell what I knew tbnt I would not be prosecuted." ' ' t ' "Austrian - told me" they' were' not after ball players but wanted to tram ple the gamblers under their feet," . " "Did Austrian tell yon Cicotte had been taken car of and you would be too?" asked Benedict Short, attorney for the defese. -.., , ,, v "Te he said that after eonr'. that nothing would be done with me, and I could go anywhere (o Portu guese Islands If I wanted to. v " ' "Then they sent two bailiff ' with me when I left to protect me", and the bailiff and I went, out and got , good and drunk. ' ' " - '"Austrian Anally persuaded me to talk. On the way to the Jury room Heplogle told me' they had promised me they had promised to take care of Clcotte and would do the same for me, but that I'd never be able to play ball again." , : A'yir fiX;s-'- Beeelver for Chandler Bros Co. ' .' (Sir thm linHstM Prws.1 -. Philadelphia. July 2S. Edwin 1 J. Gllflllan and Cornelius Haggerty. " Jr., were today appointed receiver for the firm of Chandler Bros., ft . Company, whose failure was announced on the New Xork Stock Exchange, ;', . . Anuounrement Made.-. . " Xew Tork, July 25. Failure of the Arm of Chandler Bros. Co was an. nounced from . the rostrum of the Stock Exchange today. The firm is a member of both tln New York and Philadelphia exchanges with offices tin Philadelphia. . Its no tice to the New York Exchange mere ly stated that it regretted its inability to meet its obligations. No hint was given ak to its liabilities. The-firm was organised In January, 1014. Mrs. Walter Klutts Dies Suddenly Salisbury, July -23. Mrs. Walter L. Kluttt, a young woman of the St. Mat thew Church neighborhood, died sud denly this morning, tier h unhand and n infant several months old survive. A sulwtltute for absorbent cotton is being obtained from pine cellulose. T'-" , Tlie Water's Fine '""T Ul " - IL ........ ..... ...... ... , -. . , ."..', ., - ,. .- ..... ; coME ON ir ' , .s r r- "-r- zrauunW M M, ws a i tot iv KPHRAIM Bl PHIS CAl'GHT Eseaped fonvlrt Caught in Stanly County lesterdny by Albemarle Pq lire Chief. . Kphraim Kurrls, esrnped convict from the Rtatte. rond camp at Camp I'olk Knrm, was arrestetl in Stunlv county yesterday by Chief Ixve. of the Albemarle Police. ' liurrls made his rw-aiHi from the ramp on March 80th, after serving a period. Hk' was vent to the State prison for 20 years for second degree murder, growing out of the death of Patrolman Kennedy. According to reports reaching Con cord Kurris was arrestpd after ' a machine In which he wns riding broke down and he-went to a man s home for help; v TheL man evideutly recognised hurriied to the. man's house, and. made the arrest. Burrls had been drinking, arrordlng to Chief Love's statement to1 Ideal police- ottlcers. and this probably I accounts for the fact that he was eas ily caught.- He is recognised as a dan gerous person aud It is imported that the man to whom he appealed for help kept giving him- liquor .' to. : drink so that he would -- not sober up before Chief Love could arrest hint. - ' , ; A reward of S2i had been ofjered by the State for Burrls arrest Chief. Ixve stated that he -planned to carry hm back to Raleigh today.- ; THE CREEKS FOLLOW j,; ; VICTOBY THEi. UA1NED Cspttsred 40 Guns and Took a Large s Number of Turkish Prisoners. .v - (By - the-. Awwislcd' hma.) . ' S Athena, July .25. ireok ; Official Agency. The Greeks 'in Asia Minor have been following- tip 'energetically thevlrtory they gained over Turkish Nationalists In tlie fighting brought on by aft attempt of the Kemnlites to recapture the key twinf of Eski Sbehr on the -Bagdad Railroad, according to otflcial advices from the fighting front received here. The Greeks captured 40 guns and took great numbers of prisoners, the announcement states. Within .a short time after -the close of the battle, and the definite repulse of the Turkish effort, -the Greeks had advanced more than; 2! . miles to the east of Eskl-Shehr and were continu ing their ..pursuit . of tne enemy to wards the interior.' . ; -." ' '- .. ii i i '! ROBBERS ENTER STORE OP ' ' y. WALLACE SONS. SAUSBlltl Get Away with Good Valued at fresi 13,000 to $3,000. SnMWhed Window. (By the A waist Pim) ? -i. ', Salisbury, ' July ,25. Robbers last night or early this morning entered the store of V. Wallace Sons, one of the largest gents' fnrnishlngs stares in the city , and escaped " with loot amounting to : between $3,000 i and $5,000, It was discovered this morning when the store was opened. The rob bers entered the store by climbing a drain pipe In the rear of the building aud smashing a window on the second Boor. . . ' ..-.;--. : Buried Alive In Slide of Embankment i ':V-' . at Ashevllle. . ; Ashevllle, July 23.-r-Ytrgl Honder son, 87, -wa hurled alive today when an (embankment nuder which be was working gave away, the' slide catching him before he could make an escape. An alarm was given . Immediately but through an error in telephonic com munication the Are and police depart ment rnslied to another .part of the city. thi their arrival at 'the scene ef the slide, after digging away several feet of dirt, Henderson's lifeless body was found.' .' : :'.;-;,'..', : Temporary Injunction issued. J - - ' (By Ike AaMTlatc rrM.) New York. July 25. A temporary In junction restraining tbs United States Shipping Board. Emergency Fleet Cor poration aud United American Lines from inttrferring with, ships- seised fridsy br the United State Mall Steamship Company was Issued her tArlM, hv JntlM-Wm. P Hun-, nf th I Stat Supreme Court. . , TENNIS TOURNAMENT For Championship of Y WiU Be Play ied the Seromi Week in August. Memliors of the TcfJils Association of the Y. M. C. A. met Friday night and arranged the mnfclies which will bo Waved to deride tm. cliampionsiup of the Y this year,?- ijay will begin the second nk'ek iu August, to deride the singles rhnmplonslils, nml It is be lieved piny ran her completed , within one week. i - . ' The following schedule resulted from the drawing: ... August Sth K. mi vs. Nherriu ; v. White vs. H. White's K. Caldwell vs. I. I. Davis. y ; i August 1Mb W. iWnuchope vs. Muse: L. Bell vs. H. Caldwell; Patter son. va,..Yonng.i-, -if-Jtss,; , -r- . August 10th; Bosf vs. hiii; J-aw- renre vs. Howara: nrst mnrcn or sec ond round, . ' 'August -11th Sik ond. ' third and fourth matches of second round : first match of third -round. ' August -12 Second match of third round : seml-flnnls. August 13 Finals. GARDNER DENIES THERE'S' '. ANY ' DAX1EL8. I'OAMTiUJI 'f l-i'.i . v. Report) i He and Daniels JVM Make Common Cause Is W ithout Basis. Charlotte; July 23. (Hon. O. Max Gardner, of Shelby, whllo, In the city on legal story aippearing in some of j the state1 papers to the erreci rnai Josephus Daniels was contemplating making the race for the United States senate against Senator Sintmons, and that Mr. Gardner and Mr, Daniels would -make commUm cause In their respective flghU for the governorsmp and senatorshlp. Ulr. Daniels and I are rrienas oi Ions- stsndlnc 4ut he has. never made the slightest suggestion to me with reference to any sucn coalition, ae- clared (Mr. Gardner, "and you may say for me that there Is absolutely no basis for such report. -', , AMERICANS TAKE PRIZES IN" AUTOMOBILE RACE IN FRANCE. Jfanmy' Murphy Carries Off First . Prise and Ralph de Palm Second. By the Associate .) Imsns, France. July 2B.- Jimmy Murphy American, won the Grand Prix automobile rond race run here today. , ' Ralph tie I'ulraa, '; American, was second; Gour, of France, third; and Dubonnet fourth. ; ' , Murphy drove -one ot the' American entered Duesenberg cars snd Dulton net, the wealthy French pilot, drove another.' De Palma di-ove one of the Ballot cars entered by France: ; Goux drove another of the Ballot entries. :'!-"; Death of R. S. HacRae. 'v Mr". R. 'S.' Macltae. of Chapel Hilt, duad at his home there suddenly yes terday morning of heart .failure.. Re ports from Chapel Hill ststo. that Mr. Macltae arose yesterday morning ap parently in his usual health and went to the -bathroom where he expired without - warning. Tl deceased was the fpther of Mr. Cameron Macllae, ot this city. Mr. and Mrs. Macrae and son, who have keen In western. North Carolina, went to Chapel HiU linme- diately Upon the rerelptof the messagte' High Point Kuterprise. ' telling of Mr. MarRae's death. He(. Miss Malirl Iou gavie g lovely par was 70V' years-of age and had been fy on Friday evening at her home on postmaster at Chapel Hill since 11)13. Willowbrook street, the affair honor It is said that- he was the only blind ing her bouse guest, 'Miss Pearl Barn postmaafer in the United States. The mrdt, ef Concord. , - -funeral services were held this after-) , On the lawn and wldC Tcranda, the noon In the Episcopal church at Chap- guests played rook' mil 11 a late hour, ei Hill, and the burial was in charge 'wliien the hostess served an elaborate of the Chapel Hill Masonl.r Lodge, Ire course. She was ssslsted by Miss - , : . i i i , j Elsie Pon and Miss Leona Henderson. . Prominent South Carolinian Dead. . i Miss Bernhardt has been here the tha Aasadato inmj, ' Columbia. 8. C-. July 2?. Geo. S. Is very popular, and is being much tint Mower, of Newlierry. 8. C. a member ed during her visit. y .r of the state legislature and prominent , . - , ' . . i. k ..I i.,hi. rn, . tMt Mrs. N. F. Yorke and little daugh of a centorv, died at buVhome here t eT Mls Edna., motored; to Chnrlotte day following a stroke Wapoplejy,-; ,,AVlnesdav; taking Mrs D, 1 Green to the Preshyterieu Hospital, where tMsster Hubert Mnsrts snd DeWltt.slie nqderwent aa operation for apueiv Rest left this morning for-tlie fsrni dicitls. She. was accompanied by her of Mr, Keb Morris, near-Harrislmrj.' hiishnod, Mr. Dt P. Green and Mrs. O. where they Will camp for the week., CAMPBELL'S FATHER . CALLED TO TESTIFY Father of Major Campbell Says He Gave His Son $500 to Invest. (By the Aaaoctntc Press.) '. 'Washington, July 25. VI in. It. Cainp Is'll. Tiif l'xlngton. Ky-, father of Maj. Bruce H. CamplM-ll, charged with ac cepting $r,(HHt from Mrs. Kiiinin ('. Kergdoll, to aid in obtaining the free dom for (Irover Clevelo'nd Uerndoll. hild the House committee todnv that the Major was telling the truth last, week when he told about a $500 invest-' ment Increasing to $11,000. Major Cnnipliell said this accounted for a deposit to his account of $4,500 nlsjut the time the $5,000 Is alleged to have 1mii paid-hlw bv Mrs. Kergdoll withr uiiaa.. . . v..Mff. .VJA'Tr horse man nt. Lexington In 11115. Two years later he added, 'Young give liuii a package containing ' the larger amount which was trtrncrt over to Major Cnnipliell. -'Mr. Campbell wns examined first by his son, who had previously testified tbnt. the money was kept In his home (luring the far' and placed last year with a Walt Street house and lost In speculation. -Tlie father said lie did not know whnt form of spertilation thP':$.T0 took In Young's hands. He did hot think the sum grew from race track winnings. NO ANNOUNCEMENT FORTHCOMING TODAY From Premier Lloyd George In Re-; gsrd to Irish. Peace Negotiations. ! B th Aasactotc frcaa.1 JiOlidou, July 25.-A statement with regard to the Irish peace negotiations which it was hoied Mr. Lloyd Georgr, the l'rlme Minister, would make to day was not forthcoming. The Premier says he honed to be In position to make a statement. shortly : "I shall make an announcement as soon as possible to make it without endangering the successful Issue of the negotiation." said Mr.-. Lloyd George, "but I warn the members they must not accept the accounts In the public press ns to the terms, because nil those I have seen ore Inaccurate." The Premier's inability ,to make a statement todav bb to the terms was due to the fact that Eamonn de Valera and his collelgnes were sill consliler Ing them and have not indicated the Hlnn Fein's attitude toward the pro posals, v ' ' THE COTTON MARKET. Good Deal of Liquidation Sends Prices 21 to 22 Point Below Closing Price Saturday. t..;.-.;1 ' (By. the Associated .Prcaa.) New York, July 25. rA good deal of liquidation attended the opening of the cotton market today with the South a leading seller and Wall treet : and trade moderate buyer. The prices yielded 9 to 23 points at the opening and .sustained further - losses there 'after, which carried' October to 12:42 and Decenilier 12.82, or 21: to 22 points under Saturday's closliur. , . Cotton futures-opened steady. . .Oc tober 12.50; December 12.91; January 12.85;, March 13.20; May 13.30, ?'J ! Honors Her Guest. - oast week as Miss I'ou's guest. Mlie B. Alexander. , -.. ' , . SERIOUS BRRIER IS REGARDED AS REM0ED To Holding International Meeting on . Disarmanient Conference - Proposed ' by President Harding. ' -t (By the Associate Prcaa. . Wflsblngton, July 25. The apparent actitilesence by Japan in the Insistent suggestion of the United States that fl detinition of he scope of the Far Easteru situation and the limitation of armament should not be made s condition of acceptance of the invita tion wns regarded here today as re moving tlie most, serious burner to holding the international meeting pro posed by President Harding. - Although the decision of the diplo uiiitic advisory council which met at Toklo Friday has not yet lieen com municated to Secretary Hughes, there wn manifest In oiticinl quarters today a tendency to acipt reports that. Ja pan wouli accept the invitation. Tlie oflicinl definition of the rhu rar er of the latest coiuinunii-fltloii sent the United States to Japan was withheld, but It was understood that Secretary Hughes, through the Ameri can consul at Toklo, reiterated the hope he hud already expressed lu con versation with Ambassador Shidrbarii that Japan would accept, the invitation to discuss Questions nf the Orient, and Vpiestlims of the Agenda of the confer ence then could be taken up. MILLION PERSONS IN N. Y. CITY NOT CITIZENS This is Estimate Made by Isaac Siegel of House Immigration Committee'. ' Hm tao AaMartaic Frc. . New York, Julv 23. Representative Issue Siege) of this citv, n iiemlMr of the House lmniinnitioii. '4inimlttee, eHtinmtex thst In tlreiier New ork tbere ai'e I.IKU.tKKI adults not citizens of the Ifilted States. This, be says. Is a diiiiget'ouslv nugc prosrtion of nliens in n citv whose totsl popula tion is npproximutelv 5.(HMMMMI. To offset this condition it is planned to 'conduct an intensive drive this full to gather these aliens Into the t'n'teil States fold ami civic, state and miiounl bodies will assist in speeding up naturalization. Kar.v in Ortoher. I'tesident. Hard Ints will Im' Invited to address s gutli ering of 15.IMK) new citizens in this city. A svstematic campaign is under war in Hrookl.vn to enroll new citizens Judge Cropser will sit practically all summer in the naturalization court and under present amusements will turn out n dailv average of "00 new citizens. A l told it is estimated Unit !n Greater New York there will have been b.v the end of October enough new voters, to Increase the nation's elee- - . - . . r - r ' -, w THE TAX PROGRAMME. Preliminary Details Talked Over To day by President Harding and Chair man Fordney. , . I Mr tfea iuaaciato Prwaa.. Washington, July 2.". Preliminary details of the administration t:s pro gram were lalked Over with President H'lrdlns today by Chairman P-1 v nf i . li, use V,i -s and M-nn-i re mittee which will begin its hearings on revisions tomorrow. The President Is understood to have indicated that lie had only the liroudest policies of revision in mind, and Would look to Congressional committees for details. lie also expressed bis hope that (be legislation would be put in Shape s ipiickly as possible, it was Slid. SIMMONS WILL VOTE AGAINST MR. LINNEY Does Not Like Way Republican Cam paign Was Conducted Under His (hairnuMiship. i Washington, July 23. Senator Sim mons will vote against confirmation of. Frank A. Lliiney to Is? United States district attorney for western North Carolina. It became known tonight. He does not question Mr. I, limey's ability or character, hut feels crUical toward the way tlie campaign of the repu Mi en n party was conducted In the state lust year under Mr, Linney's chairman ship. He thinks the latter tried to mill lead the voters as to his party's atti tude on tb'e negro question. Senator Overinnn Is not yet deter mined on what his attitude will )e.- TWO KILLED AND THREE HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT Accident Occurred on Dnrham-Hills boro Road Late Sunday. ,. fl? the Associate Prmm. i . Durham, July 2.$. Charlie Martin, nf Henderson,- and Ralph Webster, of Burlington, are dead, and Dan Thomp son, lou Bell and lwls Allen, of this city, ore in a local hospital us a result of an automobile accident which oecnrreil on the Hlllsboro rond some dlstani-r from Durham late Sunday. The .automobile .is said to bare been going at a high rate of speed, stmek a ditch ami turned turtle three.times. George Browning, - who was driving. wa taken In -rustody hy the sheriff of Orange county and lodged in Jail. MAN SHOOTS WOMAN; ' t . .. THEN SHOOTS HIMSELF Mrs. Effie Redd Dies From' Wounds ; . Inflicted by Lonnle Best. j. -''(By tlie Aaaorlat(4 Prraa.1' ' .JC'nston, N. a. July 2S. Mrs. Effle Redd, who operated a small store In this city, ami who was' shot late yes terday by linle Rest a truck ' driver, died a a local hospital early today. After shooting Mrs. Redd, Best turned the revolver on himself. Inflicting a wound from which he died a few hours later. :' The shooting Is said to have followed a dispute -over a hill. t .. 1 ! '' ' , .'i Messrs. R. P. Gibson and A. H. Jar- ret spent v the week-end ..at Yadkin wifhiMe, Richard Puryear. 1. 7 t - . ' .1,1- I, , Jilps' Helen Rnther has returned front 'a visit . .of ten days to western North Carolina. ; . GIGANTIC WHISKEY .- Evidence of Existence of Two . Rings, One Having: 'Head- i quarters in New York, and ly Other in Atlantic Ciy. MILLIONS BEHIND , , , THE CONSPIRACY Rumor That Large Vessel Is ' Bound for Barbadoes With 15,000 to 20,000 Cases of Irish and Scotch Whiskey. (By ike Aasorlate4 Fresa.) Xew Yoi-k, July 25. Kederai au thorities along the Atlantic, coast re doubled .-vigilance overi tram. ships toils v fvUowing the diwlosiirr of evi dence indicating, the-exlstene of at least two gigantic international wills-.,'.:, ; key smuggling rings, one having head- r .. quarters. -in Vi'.n city, and another in : Atlantic (Ity. The , aid of the Navy. Department v- v also was. being sought in an -effort tov. build up a ruin-hunting fleet capable i y : ; if coping with the mysterious ships w. .. ij and tbeic allied fishing smacks which ; ., . lire allegell to have landed hundreds ! of rlimouinds f dollars worth, of con - , tnilmnd whiskey at. - remote:, points, . along tlie Jersey coast. : .. , , - .v .; According to Lerov W. Ross, Muted ;.-47: States district attorney of Brooklyn, -vu foreign and domestic capital aggre .1 . ' gating several million dollars is !'- ' hind the consplnic.v, . , Keenest watch Is being kept - by. V "i .. revenue boats tislav off Monlauk Point ,. ..; toward which nnthorities were tipped w - n large vessel was ihmiiki irein tlie - , . Riihama Is anils, with n eargo of 15.- ai. , ., 000 to 20.IMHI rases of rhoire Scotch - ' and Irish wblskev.. The conspirators. .. Islievlng that word of the sailing had 1 . readied Federal -officials, were trying frantically to get tn touch, with wh - ... '.; . kev runner, to direct her to auother point, less eafefullv wiii-IkmI. Arranging Drag Net. .' Wasliington, July .2.1. Federal pro "s lillntioii forces are 11 rra lining a drag" net to gather In the rum runners oper - ; t'. nting along the north Atlantic roast, Commissioner Hayes disclosed .today. .,"-;' The plans, muUI nut be disclosed now . ' wiHiwt-iirisiyirxmiiKgjers .ot.'.. flfeirmitHiildiiii t' "-' ' ' - v -'' '". . -. - .'-i y , -i ".rfi GET MAN WANTED FOR ' KILLING DEPITY PATE - i. Marshall Williams Gives, Himself , Up to Sheriff MeGearhy, of Cum- . -berland County, -t - , r . Fnycttevllle. July 23.-J, Marshall Williams, sou of a former county coin. inissioiier, who had been sought since : last night, as the slayer of. Deputy SherhT Al J. Pate, gave himself up to Sheriff X. H. MrOeorhy nt ihmii ,to '; -( day. In resisinse to a telegram from ,-.: (iodwin the sheriff went to Williams' ., , home near that place, accompunleil by .a, Deputies W. O. Putrirk and J. H. Ben ton and W. W. Itondimnn, chief of . the Atlantic Owst ..-Line - railroad poliite, where be met the accused In rompnny with his father, Claude WH- Hams. After Williams had urreiiuei ed to the sheriff he was rnrrleil to , , some paint not divulged by the officers, , but though to be cither Rneford ort. Lumltrrtoii. Young Williauis' father '' went with them. FAVORABLE REPORT IS I a MADE FOR MR. LINNEY No Objection to Senate Confirmation. -Was Made in Committee. ' I'iry tke Asaoelate Prcaa.' i . Washington. July 2- Favorrtblr fc port, wnsordered by the Senate' Jndi: rlnry ?ouimlttee today on the rnntest- ed nomination Of Frank' A. Liuney. ot North jCju'rolina, to Ik Federal' Dls- trict tt,torney, -i ne opposiuon was . dropped , when It developed that Mr. Linuey! had not authorized campaign -letters J designed to preveuf the voting of negi'ocfl'. ' No l objection to Senate rontlrmntion was inadr : tmlny In tlm commlttei;. .... , , u ' , . T . ' " HOOVER'S OFFER IS ; .: ; SENT TO THE SOVIETS . Head of the American Relief Adminls 1 -tration WU Help Russians 11 . - 1 I By tao AaaoclatMl Pra. .-. ' ..V R'ga,- July 2.1. The te'egram sent f by Herbert Hoover, as head of the-;vi,i Amerknn Itellef Administration, with . ' reganl to aid for starving aud sick ot v soviet Russia, was handed to M. (Jim- . etsky, soviet minister to Letvln. -and' forwarded by him to Moscow thls ': niorning. Although the decision rest .s with Moscow, the opinion is expressed In soviet circles, here that Mr. Hoov rr's terms probably will lie accepted. "V ' Negro Killed at Salisbury. ' Saltebury, July 23. Io Erby,1 a negro, on hfs;way to- work- to saVe tftne ami energy. ho(ped-on a freight train going in the same direction. He lost his balance, lost leg. anil men. his life, dying this; afternoon in a ' local hospital. . , . -. ; ; I'. V ' , ' ' Firo In the Maurrtanla.' ' , ' .' . ; !' tBr tho Aaaoelat Proaa. . IxmdiHi, July 25. Fire, which it-wag ; , feared , would prove of n. serious na-. , '. hire,, broke out on the Cunard Jlncr. ' Maiiretsnla. as she was laying at dock , In- Southampton this morning. -. ' '-' : One million, eight hundred and igk ; - , ty-three thousand homes hi the United. ' -, States hsve.been broken no in the divorce Courts in the last twenty-, - r years, and In six counties in the I mi ail sintBS the divorrea now excet il t... 'marriages. t 1 t '.
The Concord Daily Tribune (Concord, N.C.)
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July 25, 1921, edition 1
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