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VOLUME XXIII
FRANCE ANXIOUS TO
KEEP UP AGREEMENT
WITH THE ENTENTE
This is the Impression Drawn
From the Address by Pre
mier Poincare at Charle
ville on Reparations.
WANTS ALLIANCE
TO BE CONTINUED
Says Any Act or Word Which
Would Weaken the Alli
ance Would BeConsidered
as Criminal by France*
I’nris, Aug. 20 (By the Associated
Press).—The impression, drawn from
Premier Poincare's address at Charleville
is that France does not desire to see an
end of the entente and that she hopes a
way to .an agreement with Great Britain
can be found.
Refuting many of the statement made
in the recent note of Marquis Curzon, Vs
pecially the argument that the Ruhr oc
cupation was illegal—he referred to the
alliance of the world war. and pointed
out that "friendships which remain sa
cred through hurricanes become neglect
ed when the tempest has abated." He
added: .
"As far as we are concerned, we
should .consider as criminal any act or
word which would tend to disturb or
weaken this alliance. We have made and
will continued to make all efforts to draw
our policy closer to that of our allies,
and will always be .prepared to seek with
them such alhwiations as concerted ac
tion may bring to their sufferings."
VIOLLNT STORMS FOLLOW
INTENSE HEAT IN ITALY
Women Bathers. Caught Unawares.
Flee in Panic at Leghorn.
Leghorn. Italy, Aug. 20.—After three
months of high temperature, violent
storms have broken out in this region,
accompanied by electric discharge of ex
traordinary intensity. The sudden break
ing of the storms caught the people un
, awares. particularly around the snore,
and many women bathers fled in panic.
The Heliooner L'iberta entered the
harbor with a Ijroken mast and lowered
flag. two members of her crew having
bum killed by a lightning bolt which
. shattered, the mast.
Violent storms allslo are re|>orted
from Florence nnd Pistojn.
With Our Advertiser*.
You don't want to miss the final
clearance sale of all summer suits, hats,
shirts and underwear at W. A. Over
cash’s.
Buy your school books now and avoid
the rush. See new Musette ad.
Get your weather prophets at C. H.
Barrier & Company for 7!1 cents, regu
lar price $1.25. Order by mail if you
want to. See new ad. today.
J. C. Blume has both Durant and
Star cars in stock.
This is the last week of the Clean
sweep sale of the Concord Furniture
Co.
The great picture, “Mighty Lak a
Rose,” will be presented at the Pastime
Theatre Wednesday and Thursday of
this week.
The Southern Railway will run an
other popular excursion to Washington
Friday, August 31st. Round trip fare
for Concord, Kannapolis, Landis and
China Grove, only $10.50. The special
train will pass Concord at 0:45 p. in.
Venetian Rouge Amoretta, gives a soft,
nahiral glow to the cheeks. At the Gib
. son Drug Store.
The Citizens Bank and Trust Co. offers
you safety and liberal interest.
There are only throe more days of the
Fireless Gas Range demonstration at the
office of the Concord and Kannap
lis Gas Co. Hat lunches served overj)
day from 4 to 6p. m. Go and get some
thing good to eat.
Buy Quick in Germany.
New York, Aug. 20.—He who hesi
tates while shopping in Germany loses
his money, was the word brought into
port today by Captain Ball Kuhncmnnn,
of the liner Hannover.
Captain Kuhnemann said be was •
sbowi) a pair of shoes in a Bremen
store for 5.000.000 marks and that while
looking nt something else the price ad
vanced to 7,000,000 marks. He fe
monstrated nnd was told that a new
quotation on Marks had just been re
ceived.
He returned the next morning,, think
ing marks might have risen overnight.
They hadn't, and he paid 11,000,000
marks.
“Cast Your Bread Upon the Waters.”
Salisbury, Aug. 20.-" Mrs. R. Lee
Mahnley has just received a note of
thanks from a German woman whose
husband got a suit of clothes which
Mrs. Mahaley contributed during a near
east relief campaign in the spring. In
the pocket Mrs. Mahaley placed a note
and -a self-addressed envelope with the
request that whoever got the clothing
should send her a line. The writer of
the note of thanks said the clothing
came just at the right time as her hus
band had no nic?,clothes and had been
sick. She said her husband’s wage
was not enough to live on.
ltev. L. A. Thomas and Mr. S. Kay
Patterson left this morning with a com
pany of boys from St. James Lutheran
Church on an outing of about a week at
• Bridgewater, ueaf Morganton. They
made the trip in automobiles.
V
Scientists have succeeded in discover
ing the dimensions of the atom,-which
is now known to be about one-thirty
millionth of an inch in diameter.
The Concord Daily Tribune
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TUCKER TO CARRY CASE
TO STATE SUPREME COURT
Wants Suit Against the United Textile
Workers of America —May Go to Leg
islature.
•Dj tk4 *U9CMI<4 Press. >
Charlotte, Aug. 20.-—The damage suit
brought by P. E. Tucker, of North Char
' | lotte ngaiDst the United Textile Work
-1 [ ers cf .America, will be carried to the
, State Supreme Court, and if lost there
an effort will be made to have the Legis
lature take a hand in the case, it was
, stated here today by counsel for the
plaintiff. ’ ~
■ Tucker,- formerly President of the
, North Charlorte locnl of the Union,
brought suit in Superior Court here,
charging that Harry Kota ugh, an organ
izer. had read a letter before a union
meeting charging him with being a "go
between" for a detective agency nnd a
i mill. .
Judge W. ,F. Harding held that such an
incorporated association as the union
ennubt be sued, nnd the only recourse
, would be individual suit against its
members. Appeal was announced from
this decision and Mr. Marshall stilted that
if after its heariug set for November, the
Supreme Court upholds Judge Harding,
the Legislature will be asked to make
such organizations liable for the acts of
its representatives.
TRIAL AGAINST ROBERT
GARRETT CALLED TODAY
Many Important Derisions Covering
Many Points of Law. Certain to Be
Brought Out.
Cumberland Courthouse. Vn., Aug. 20
(By the Associated Press). —With the
calling today of the trial of Robert O.
Garrett, clerk of Cumberland County cir
cuit court, who is charged jointly with
his brother. I-arkin (’. Garrett, with the
murder last June 5 of the Rev. Sylves
ter Pierce, a Baptist -minister, Virginia’s
most noted case in recent years, entered
its second phase, with indications that
developments will rival if not surpass the
mistrial of Larkin Garrett) three
weeks ago. That all the ground cover
ing constitutional rights, change of venue
and other legal technicalities that -fea
tured that the trial would be fought
over again was forecast weeks ago. nnd
the first of these—that of a change of
venue—still was the storm center around
which the legal battle renewed today was
expected to be waged.
GOVERNOR HEARS PLEAS
OF pARRETT’S ATTORNEYS
They Argue That Augusta Cotton Traders
Should Net Be Tried in South Caro
lina.
(By the Associated Press.)
Columbia. Si (’., Aug. 20.—Attorneys
for four members of the bankrupt Angus*
ta cotton firm of Barrett & Co. appeared
before Governor Thos. G. today
to argue against issuance of requisition
seeking to bring them to Aiken Oajuttjr
for trial on charges of obtaining goods
under false pretenses.
They argued that the sum of $13,077
mentioned by C. R. L.v brand, of Wagner,
8. 0., who obtained the warrant, in real
ity is a disputed account and should have
been placed before the U. S. District
Court which has charge of the affairs of
Barrett & Co.
World’s Largest Airplane Engines Near
ly Complete.
(By the Associated Press.) #
London, Aug. 20.—The British Air-
Ministry experts are at work perfecting
au airplane engine capable of develop
ing 1,500 horsepower, which will be the
laYgest known. Two trial engines are
nearing completion and will soon be
tested.
The new giant of the air will have
six cylinders, each developing 250 horse
power.
If the present experiments are suc
cessful the experts will begin work on
a 12 cylinder engine .to have mot* than
3,000 luirsepower. Airplanes fitted
with three such engines will be capable
of developing upwards of 9,000 horse
power. and Will cary 120 passengers ■at
100 miles an hour.
’ Four Years For Luring Girls.
New York, Aug. 19.—For promising
girls jobs as motion picture actresses in
an effort to lurej them into vicious lives,
Harry Kramer, aged 20 years; of Prov
idence, R. 1., was sentenced Friday by
Judge Nott iu Geuernl Sessions to serve
two to four years in State Prison.
Kramer was convicted on testimony
of young women, who said he had rep
resented hintsalf as an official of a big
motion picture producing concern. He
told them, they testified, he wanted some
girls to go to Florida, where his concern
was to make a picture. The complaint
was pressed by the Chorus Girls' Equity
Association,
Miss Shriey Undergoes Second Operation.
. Several days ago Miss Ella Belle Shir
ey submitted to an operation in the Pres
byterian Hospital, which was successful,
and she has recovered sufficiently to un
dergo another operation at the same hos
pital this morning. Miss Shirey's many
friends will be interested to know that
her condition is* very satisfactory and
thnt a message from the hospital states
that slrt is resting very comfortably, con
sidering the seriousness of the operation
today, o
Ship Goes Ashore.
A (By the Associated Press.)
Sail Francisco; Aug. 20.—S. O. 8. calls
sayiug the freught stenmship South Da
kotan went ashore at 2:50 a. m. on the
Pacific coast of Mexico about 500 miles
from San Pedro, Cal., were picked up
here early today by the Radio Corporation
of America.
Buys Chemical Co.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, Aug. 20. — The National
Lead Co. today announced that it .had
purchased the National Pigments &
Chemical Comp any, of St. l/ouis, in or
der to assure the Titanium Plkbent Co.,
one of its subsidiaries, a plentiful sup
ply of barytes, which is used iu the man
ufacture of Titanox.
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Os the first ten President of the
United States five were members of the
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TUCKER TO CARRY CASE
TO STATE SUPREME COURT
CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1923.
THINK 346 PERSONS
WERE KILLED WHEN
STORMS HIT SEOUL
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Advices Reaching Tokio
Place Number of Dead at
346, With More Than 1,000
Missing.
25,000 HOUSES ON
RIVER DESTROYED
British Boat, Thought to
Have Been Sunk, Makes
Its Way Safely Into Port
of Manila.
Tokio, Aug. 20 (By the Associated
Press). —‘Advices received here today
from Seoul said that 340 persons are
dead itnd, more than a thousand missing
is a result of the recent tidal wave anil
storm in the more western provinces of
Damage to houses and other prop
erty ulsij was great.
The storm was the heaviest along the
Yalu River on the east coast of Korea.
The first repdrt of the storm received
here on August 15, said the tidal waves
submerged 25,(MM) houses along this river.
Manila, Aug. 20.—(8y the Associated
Press).—The Itritisli steamer Ming
Sang, which was reported sunk iu the
Hong Kong harbor during the typhoon
Satuiday arrived here safely this morn
ing after a tempestuous voyage. Her
officers reported the. vessel seen to sink
in Hong Kong probably was the Brit
ish steamer Loon Sang.
The Loon Sang is a ship of • much the
same type as the Ming Sang and might
have been mistaken for her.
Many lives were lost with the steamer
whose identity was in error. Os those
aboard, only two European officers were
saved.
A minor typhoon lias been raging here
the last three days. With it came a
heavy rainfall.
ANTHRACNOSE, OR BOLL ROT
Is Again Making Itself Felt in Certain
* Parts of the State.
(By the Associated Press.)
Raleigh. Aug. 20.—“Anthracnose, or
’boll rot," is agaiu 'making itself felt
in certain parts of the state." says
Franklin Sherman, chief entomologist
for the Department of Agriculture, in a
issued here. “This disease,” the
repbrr o'ffnflniieH; “occurs in every part
of the state where cotton is grown and
causes more or less damage every year,
but from reports received by the agri
cultural department, it is indicated thnt
the damage is more severe than usual ill '
the edges of Wake, Johnston, Nash and
Edgecombe counties.”
“A delegation from this section was
in our office last week," the ontocologist
says in his report, “and told of whole
fields being ruined by this destructive
disease.”
“The Anthracnose may be distinguish
ed by small reddish dots of the cotton !
bolls. These spots increase in size,
reaching a diameter of au inch or more
and sometime uniting with' other spots
until the whole boll is covered. Where
ever the ‘boll rot’ occurs it does some
damage, uo matter how little the plant :
is affected, if it is there, it will Cause ;
more ore less damage.
Mr. Sherman says that there is noth- '
ing that can be done to combat the dis
ease this year, but that steps towards ;
preventing its encroachment next yenr
can and should be taken. He suggested
that the following rules be observed:
“Do not plant cotton next year on '
fields that have been infested this year.
The t fungus may live a year in the soil,
thus forming a source of infection for
next year’s planting.
“Be careful in selecting seed for next .
year’s crops. If possible secure these
seed from fields that were uot infected ,
this year nnd do not secure seeds from
any field that had an infection of over :
10 per cent this year.
“A proper use of the crop rotation
system nnd care in selection of seed will
do much to check the spread of Anthrae
nose and will soon rid any section of the ,
disease.” Mr. Sherman concluded.
Goldsboro, Man Killed By Dive.
Goldsboro. Aug 18.—A distressing ae
leident occurred at the Little river ,
bridge, on the Raleigh road, near |
Goldsboro last night, when Garland ,
Russell, nge 25. popular car inspector ,
for the Atlautic Coast Line Railroad. ,
dived from a tree into less than six feet ,
of water, breaking his neck and dying ,
within a few minutes.
M. Russell and several companions
were enjoying a swim in the river. It |
is said that Russell climbed into the i
tree and statin] his intentions of making
the dive. He was warned by his friends 1
that the water was too shnllow at that
point, but disregarded the advice. Dr.
David Rose, wild attended the unfor
tunate young mnn within a short time
after the accident, found him still alive,
nnd made every ecort to save his life,
but n broken spinal cord mndo that iiu
qtossible. ,
Denial From Legion Officials.
Columbus, 0., Aug. 20. —Denial that
the American Legion in Columbus was
in any way officially interested in the
attempt to capture Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll or that any local officials of
that organization had written C. Hooveu
Griffin, j Hamilton, 0., man, arrested af
ter the attempted abduction, wishing
him success in his enterprise, was made
by State, county and local officials of
the American Legion here today.
Our friends are again notified that we
must charge for all notices of box sup
pers or entertainments when anything is
sold or where an admission fee is
charged. All such notices will be charg
ted for at 5 cents a line esch insertion.
Continue Search For Members
of Macon Flogging Parties
(By the Associated Press.)
Macon, Aug. 20. —City and county of
ficials today planned to round up all au
tomobiles not carryitlg state license tags
in au effort to get at facts surrounding
a scries of flogging* here in the past
few weeks. In nearly all eases where
krenappers have carried u\Vay victims in
niolor cars, their automobile bore no
tags. ; '
Sheriffs’ forces last /night capture'll
three kidnappers and- fingers In the act
of flogging two neAoes. Two auto
mobiles which were Sound near the*scene
•>f :h< flogging and janid by officials to
WARREN AND PaJnE ARE
BACK y WASHINGTON
Have Been Conductliiß Recognition Nego
tiatiens in Mexico. Pity For Govern
ment.
•By the Awodtiiled Press.
Washington. Aug. 20.—Arrival iu
Washington today of 01ms. B. Warren
and John Barton Payne. American Com
missioners who completed recognition
negotiations in Mexico City, affords ad
ministration officials here their first real
opportunity to study; in detail the re
port of the conference. Careful (Elimi
nation of documents Which in no way
binds the United States to extend recog
nition to Mexico, necessarily will pre
cede any action in that direction.
In tile event that Restoration of diplo
matic relations between the two govern
ments is the outcome’of actual extension
of recognition, it wa| said today, prob
ably will not take pjnee for some time.
Not only will time be. needed for officials
concerned with Mexican problems,, to di
gest the formal report (submitted by the
American but they arc
expected to obtain additional information
regarding various phhstfs on the situa
tion. in conference with Mr. Warren and
Mr. Payne.
Make Recommendations.
Washington, Aug. 20 (By the Associate 1
ed Press). —(’has. B.! Warren and John'
Barton Payne, the American commission
ers conducting the negotiations looking
toword tlie resumption: of diplomatic rela
tions with Mexico, printed their reflort
today to Secretary Hughes, and later car
ried it on to President Coolidge.
The report is a trail script of the pro
ceedings between the American and Mexi
can commissioners at' Mexico City, and
proisises among other things two conven
tions : one to settle chums growing out of
revolution : and another to settle mixed
claims. The conventions are subject to
ratification by the United States and the
Mexican congress, ijr. Warren in pre
senting the report of' the ’proceedings to
Secretary Hughes, d cedi mil to discuss it
in any way except say -that it pre
sented * basis for cotfjßlMftiiin of wheth
er the United States is to resume diplo
matic relations with Mexico. He added
that the decision of the course would be
made by Secretary Hughes and President
Ccolidge.
CARBURETOR IS CURBED
AS GREATEST GAS THIEF
Bureau of Mines Evolves Method of
Saving 22 Per Cent- Monthly.
Washington, D. (’., Aug. 20. —The
biggest gasoline thief of them all is the
carburetor, according to the Bureau of
Mines.
To increase the efficiency of its fleet
of. motor trucks, the bureau perfected t
portable instrument which analyses
scientifically the exhaust bases, and as
a result of consequent carburetor read
justments, found that the saving in gas
for the first month amounted to 22 per
cent.
An announcement passing the good
news along to motorists today said car
buretor guesswork was no longer neces
sary, and that further details of the ex
periments here could be obtained by ad
dressing the bureau direct.
Announces Wholesale Prices For Gaso
line.
Richmond, Va.. Aug. 19.—Governor E.
Lee Trinkle today made public whole
sale price quotations in gasoline submit
ted to him in response to telegraphic in
quiries which his office has made (he
past two days. The quotations ranged
from 12 3-8 eents f. o. b. refinery at
Erie, Pa., to lfi 1-2 cents delivered in
Richmond.
Gasoline is now retailing at .26 cents
per gallon. (This price includes the
special State.tax of 3 cents per gallon.
Want to Get Rid of “Undesirables.”
(By Associated Press.)
Pocomoke, Md„ Aug. 20.—A mass
meeting of citizens has been called for
this afternoon to consider means of rid
(link Pocomoke of "its undesirable ele
ments,” following tin burning Saturday
night of the parsonage and the narrow
escape of the Rev. .1. R. Ricketts, his
wife and two sons.
■Washington, D. <’.. is said to have the
greatest variety of trees of any city in
the world.
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CONCORD, N. C. jf iligitH ;
have been used Oy tioggers contained
masks, a small sledge hammer, and a
piece of heavy wet felt. One of the
i curs bore no license.
Will Call Troops If Necessary.
Atlanta, Ga.. Aug. 20.—Governor Wal
! ker has offered to call out the National
1 Guard to check lawlessness in Bibb
' County whenever the local officials feel
that additional forces are needed, and
I has received assurances from Sheriff Jas.
Hicks, in Macon, that such a call will be
made if au emergency develops, it was
announced at the executive department
1 today.
! REPORT SHOWS CITY BABIES
j HAVE BEST CHANCE TO LIVE
Due to Education of Mothers Before Ba
-1 j toies Are Born.
(By tile Associated "‘tm*.i
j Chicago, Aug. 20.—Some urban com
-1 munities, in spite of the crowds, are
1 healthier places for babies than many
rural districts, according to the Infant
Welfare Society of Chicago. A study
of the mortality charts for cities-and
for the country shows that babies born
in crowded cities have a better start in
life than children in the country, the
society reports. "This of course is not
| because of the crowds, but in spite of
them, ’ says the report, “and is a condi
tion made possible through the education
|of the mothers even before the babies
are born.
"It is owing to the fact that we find
organizations such as the Infant Wel
fare Society fighting a battle against
ignorance, which has cost a heavy toll
in infant lives in cities such as Chicago,
i and that we find health departments ear
j eying on the Work of instruction, that
jin spite of tenements, crowds and hot
waves, through education, lives are be
j ing saved each year. We must replace
the old idea that the country is a healtli-
I ier place with the idea that education
; may make almost any community a
j healthy place."
1 94 PERSONS TAKING
STATE LAW EXAMS
For First Time Members of Supreme
Court Are Acting as Mentors in Exam
Room. *
(By the Associated Press.)
Raleigh, Aug. 20.—Ninety-four appli
cants for license to practice law in North
Carolina began taking the Supreme Court
examination this morning. About forty
of the applicants were law students of
the University of North Carolina, while
approximately 25 were Wake Forest stu
dents; about It) Trinity College students;
and the rest free lances and law stu
dents from schools outside the state.
For the first time it was said In-the
history of tlie state, monitors kept watch
over the persons taking the examination
in the House of Representatives hall.
Justices of the Supreme, Court took turns
iu presiding. The. action of the Supreme
Court in placing monitors about the hall,
it was said, following complaints that
the examinations were -not conducted un
der sufficiently rigid conditions.
Four persons complied with the re
quirements to practice (law in North Car
olina as laid down iu an act of 1922.
The names of the students passing the
examination are expected to be announc
ed the latter part of the week.
TWO BANDITS SECURE
SIO.OOO FROM CLUBMEN
Entered Card Room of Battalion Club,
and After Robbery, Fled in Auto.
(By the Associated Press.)
Vancouver. R. C., Aug. 20.—Two
masked bandits early today entered the
Seventh Battalion Club on Granville
street, lined up a score of card players
and after taking forty-five minutes to
collect their victims, tied,
Tlie players weye intent on their cards
when they suddenly heard the command:
"Stick 'em up, boys.”
Turning around they saw two men
with handkerchiefs tied across their fac
es. One victim alone lost $6,000.
The bandits drove away in au automo
bile.
Judges to Exchange Courts.
(By the Assocta(ed Press t
Raleigh, Aug. 20.—Judge W. M. Bond,
of Norfolk, Va., where his wife was re
ported critically ill, the opening of Pas
quotank Superior Court at Elizabeth
City was postponed until Tuesday when
Judge George W. Connor, of Wilson, -
will act as supply judge, it was announced
at the office of Governor Cameron Morri- :
son today, following receipt of a tele- i
gram from authorities of Pasquotank
county requesting an emergency judge.
Miss Ola Simpson, of Durham, arrived
today to visit in the home of Mi'. tßoi'gc
Sloop, on Simpson street. (
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Thomas and Moultrie Alexander iire ,
visiting their grand-father, Mr. Cress
Alexander, in No. 3 township. j
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FIRST SPECIMENS OF RARE
ANIMALS BROUGHT TO U. S.
Two Animals Never Before Seen in the
United States.
| Osy the Associated Press.%
Chicago, Aug, 20.—Two animals nev
, er before seen in the United States are
new additions to the Field Museum
ily. brougt here by Edmund Heller, gtgW
has returned from a year spend i;
I uncharted jungles of Peru, and tht up-|
, k“ r reavhes of the Amazon’s tributaries.
Mr. Heller traveled through thousands of
I miles of country inhabited by savage
and hostile tribes in his search for
strange specimens for the museum.
The two new prizes, according to sci
entists. are the dinomys. which he brought
back alive and presented to the Lincoln
Park zoo. and the cap.vdora. The
dinomys is a rodent something' like a
woodchuck, which since its capture has
become so .domesticated that he follows
his master about like a dog, according
to Mr. Heller. The species is said to
be nearly extinct, because it moves so
slowly that its more powerful enemies
can overtake it. It lives in communi
ties. and its principal protection, Mr.
Heller believes, is in that it generally
travels with members of its clan.
The cajjydora. a large rodent, is some
what like the beaver, but larger. This
animal is almost as rare as the dinomys,
he said, and even the natives pee them
but seldom. There are still many an
imals in the jungles of South America
that never have been seen by scientists.
He brought back with him 1.800 speci
mens to be mounted by the Museum, in
cluding jaguars, tapirs, armadillos.* ant
eaters and 15 kinds of monkeys.
Along the route of travel through the
jungle, the scientist said, are many sav
age tribes or fngitiyes from justice ill
more civilized lands who live without
law in a semi-starved and half-sick con
dition. I irtually all these primitive
peoples have some ailments, and they
plead with the white Yuan for quinine
and other medipines. Medical mission
aries and school are unknown, he said.
Mrs. Heller accompanied her husband
on the trip. She superintended the
cooking and the nursing of the sick, as
she herself is an expert bacteriologist.
Mr. Heller has spent many years of
his life in the interior of South America
and Africa. When Colonel Roosevelt
made his African hunting trip, the
scientists went with him to prepare the
specimens taken for the Smithsonian In
stitution.
FORBADE HIS WIFE
TO BECOME ‘MODERN'
So Mrs. James C. Ellington Sues for a
Divorce From Her Chicago Husband.
Chicago, Aug. 20.—Women of intellect
and talent are not of the stuff that good
wives are made, in the opinion of .Tames
Corry Ellington, a real estate agent, ac
cording to his wife. Mrs. Carol Wills
Ellington, whp tiled suit for divorce in
the Stiiierior Court today.
A series of commands, forbidding Mrs.
Ellington to do the things which togeth
er might be descriptive of the so-called
"modern” woman of today was given out
by her attorney, Philip Richard Davis,
as including:
"Don't attend musical concerts.
"Don’t see or associate with intellec
tual men or women."
"Don’t sing or play the piano.”
“Don't spend money bn books.”
On April 2. 1922, Mrs. Ellington’s bill
alleges, she attended an afternoon con
cert by .Mine. Schumann-Heink. On her
return, it is charged, her husband be
came so angered that he choked her and
knocked her down.
When the “plain” wife could bear It
no longer, the bill alleges, she went to
her father, an lowa minister, and Elling
ton then forbade her to sing in her
father's choir; on the ground that it was
“culturing her voice.”
The same rules were applied in bring
ing up their son, 4 years old. the attor
ney said. ’
British May Have Found Aircooled Fly
ing -Engine.
London. Aug. 20.—The aim of Brit
ish airplane builders, for some time past,
has been to produce a powerful multi
cylindered engine which would cool it
self merely by reason of its own swift
passage through the air. This would
eliminate raditors, water packets, and
other impediments in water-cooled en
gines. Some of the best brains in the
air world have been endeavoring to solve
this problem.
The Duke of Sutherland, ill present
ing the prize to the winner of the recent
Enflish aerial Derby, remarked. "This
day has seen the triumph of the air
cooled engine,” and it is now believed
that he was revealing the official sig
nificance which is attached to the result
of the race
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Judge Thinks *I.OOO Not Enough For
Arm; Sets Verdict Aside. *
Greensboro, Aug. 19.—When a Guil
ford Superior Court jury brought in a
verdict of SI,OOO for an arm lost by N.
M. Sexton, of High Point, while in the
employ of the Raymond Veneer Com
pany of that city. Judge T. J. Shaw,
thinking it over, set aside the verdict,
granting a new trial. He considered
that SI,OOO is not enough for an arm.
Sexton sued for $50,000. charging he
lost his arm because of negligence of
the company.
Judge Shaw ruled that while he had
no opinion to express as to the matter
of who was negligent, still, if Sexton
was entitled to recover anything at all,
he was entitled to more than SI,OOO for
an- arm.
Opening of Conference Delayed.
<By the Associated Press. |
Atlantic City. Aug. 20.—The opening
of the iVage conference between authra-j
cite operators and officers of the min-1
er’s union was delayed three hours to- 1
day. The conference was scheduled to;
begin at 11 a. m. Fuilute of some par- ]
ticipauts to arrive in time was said to i
be .the reason.
Mrs. S. W. Preslnr on Saturday morn-'
ing submitted to an operation at the I
Charlotte Sanatorium. A report from]
the Sanatorium yesterday afternoon
states that her operation was successful, *
and that her condition is very favorable.
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NO. 197
SEN. BROOKHART TO
bfuffutfoh
'“’mifiiD SIiIERS
E. T. Meredith, Former Sec
retary of Agriculture, An
nounces That He Will Sue
Senator From lowa.
HIS HONOFAND
INTEGRITY AT STAKE
Mr. Meredith to Begin Suit
to See Whether the Sena
tor Can Prove “One of
Mis Mouthings,”
(By the Associated Press.)
Dps Moines. Aug. 20.—Charges by
Senator Smith W. Meredith, of lowa,
that E. T. Meredith, while occupying the
office of Secretary of Agriculture "sat
in the Wall Street game and helped pro
duce the greatest panic in farm prices
in the history of agriculture,” prompted
Mr. Meredith to instruct his attorneys
to file suit against the Senator for libel
and damages of 30 cents, Mr. Meredith
declared in a statement to the Associated
Press today.
Senator Brookhart’s charge made in
an address at Radeliffe, lowa, last Wed
nesday. Mr. Meredith said, "involved my
integrity and h*ior, and was without
basis in fact.”
“But few people giye any credence to
Mr. Brookhart's statement.” Mr. Mere
dith declared, "and wihle the damage of
his statement might be more, I estimate
his effectivenss at about 30 cents, so I
have instructed my attorneys to sue Mr.
Brookhart for libel and damages in this
amount—the real compensation being in
getting Mr. Brookhhrt on record under
oath.
"The public will now have an oppor
tunity to see how nearly he can come to
proving even one of his many mouth
ings.”
TO CELEBRATE BEGINNING
OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
Sixty Four Years Ago Col. Drake Struck
Oil at Titusville, Pa.
(By the Associated Press.*
Titusville. Pa., Aug. 19.—Sixty-four
years ago Colonel E. L. Drake “struck
oil" at Titusville, formally ushering in
what has since become the great petro
leum. Industry of the country. He was
the pioneer, and to celebrate his achieve
ment a large body of representative oil
and gas men will assemble here beginning
August 27, the dny upon which Colonel
Drake's well actually sent forth its pre
cious fluid. •
The event has been celebrated in pre
vious years locally, but this time plans
have been laid to make the observances
national, both in character and regional
representation.
In addition to the. reunion and social
features of the program, there will be
heard practical messages from the lead
ers in the business today, with A. C.
Bedford, chairman of the board of di
rectors of the Standard Oil Company, as
the chief speaker.
Colonel Drake was guided in a remark
able manner in the sinking of his first
well. Had he drilled any one of the
thousands of wells which have been drill
ed since then, he would not have struck
<>il in any one of them at the same depth
and in the same formation as the discov
ery well. There have been many wells as
shallow, and shallower, in other forma
tions. but the original Drake well was in
a class by itself. ■ The depth at which
oil was found in it is given in the rec
ords as (19 1-2 feet, or less than half the
depth to even the first sand in that lo
cality.
Col. Drake seemed destined to strike
oil at that particular spot, and did so in
spite of all kinds of handicaps in thb
primitive conditions under which he
worked, including the exhaustion of funds
and at least temporary desertion by his
original backers.
Davidson College Football Season.
Davidson, Aug. 20.—A new coaching
staff, new athletic field and new condi
tions will surround the 1923 football
season of Davidson College wltich will
open on the last Saturday in September.
The season's schedule calls for nine
games, opening with Elon College, at
Davidson and closing with Trinity on
Thanksgiving day, November 29, with
the scene at Wearn field. Charlotte.
William L. "Monk” Younger, assist
ant coach for the past five years at Vir
ginia Politeclinic Institute, Blacksburg,
Va., has signed as bead coach at David
son, his Alma Mater. With him will
come Tex Tilsou, varsity linesman with
V. P. I. for five yenrs. Til son will de
vote most of his coaching tt> the Wildcat
linesmen.
I Davidson's season schedule follows:
' September 22, Elon at Davidson.
September 29, Presbyterian College of
South Carolina, at Rock Hill. S. C.
October 0. Virginia Polytechnic In
stitute at Blacksburg, Va.
October 13, Citadel at Davidson.
October 20. Wake Forest at Charlotte.
October Furman at Columbia (South
Carolina state fair.)
| November 3.' N. C. Stute at Charlotte.
November 10, Clemson College at.
i Clemson, S. C.
November 29, Trinity College at Char-
I lotte.
| Picnic at Watts’ Cross Roads.
There will be a patriotic picnic at
'Watts Cross Roads Saturday, August 25.
j beginning at 3 p. m. Also a ball game
in the afternoon. Everybody is invited.
I Mrs. Kenneth McLelland and little
daughter, Frances Carolyn, have reteurn
ed from Chimney Rock, where they spent
the week-end.