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VOLUME XXIV
Democratic Leaders Are
Gathering In New York
—■ A
Giving Attention ,to Many
Details That Must Be
Worked About Before the
Convention Begins.
CANDIDATES ARE
ALSO REPRESENTED
Among the Leaders and the
Delegates Who Have
Already Arrived at the
Metropolis.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York. June 16.—Democratic lead
er from all parts of the country are
here or on the way ready for the week
of political maneuvering which will j>re- 1
cede the National Convention.
Cordell Hull, of Tennessee, chairman
of the Democratic National Committee,
Homer S. Cummings, of Connecticut, J.
Bruce Krerner, of Montana, Norman E.
Mack, of Buffalo, Geo. White, of Ohio,
and Burt New, of Indiana, are among the
leaders already here, while Wm. Jennings
Bryan is expected to arrive later in the
day.. By Wednesday other figures in
Democratic ranks will be here, including
Wm. G. McAdoo and Geo. E. Brennen,
of Chicago. Illinois Democratic chief. |
Governor Smith came from Albany dast
week to stay until after the convention.
If is said that Cummings will he given
the chairmanship of the committee on
resolutions, which will draft the party’s,
platform. It is designed to make this. |
reports have indicated, a brief document.
Most, of the dark horses or the leaders ,
of their hopes are expected in the city
by mid-week. Looming in the forefront
of these today are the names of John W.',
Davis, former ambassador to Great Brit- j
nin, and Senator Ralston, of Indiana. 1
Sentiment favoring the choice of Mr. Da-!
vis as the Democratic standard bearer 1 '
in the event of a deadlock convention, 1 ,
nre reported to be growing swiftly. He
is credited with the assured support of
his native state, West Virginia, and with
growing strength in Ohio, Indiana and
Missouri, besides being the second choice 1
of a considerable number of southern and j
wesWrfT del ega tea.
Charles A. Greathouse, secretary of the '
Democratic National committee, and'!
Meredith Nicholson, novelist, nre tere in;
the interest of Ralston's boom, which is
«t>a*ukiak*l owe at the. quiet art nomination .
tfoeStt in the history or Democratic con
ventions. Thos. Taggart, democratic nat- '
ional committeeman, and Indiana leader
is. due in the city on Wednesday.
SAY DEATH BLOW HAS
BEEN DEALT CORSET
Group of Paris Style Creators Claims It
Is Doomed to Share Fate of Hoop
Skirt.
Parte. June 15.—The death blow to
the corset is claimed to have been dealt
by a small group of Paris style creators
who boast that they dictate the fashion
of the world. They say the corset is
doomed to share the fate of the hoop
skirt and bustle.
The new silhouette which will appear
during the grand prix this month, ac
cording to the stylists will make it
absolutely impossible to wear eorsets.
The latent garments are described as
clinging naturally to the form, avoiding
any unuecesary fullness around the
hips. The style dictators ruling, com
bined with world-wide propaganda for
women's sports and the masculine line
in women's styles generally are pointed
to as responsible for placing the corset
on the defensive for the 1924 season.
The Olympis games also are having
their influence on the newstyles. Thous
ands of women athletes are being at
tracted bo the .games, either as
participants t>r enthusiastic onlookers.
With them stays are impediments, and
some of the trainers are prohibiting the
wearing of corsets by girls who are
training for the various events.
Following the natural lines of the
body, the new styles will consist of a
narrow bodice and moderately short
clinging skirt. Fashion dictators de
scribe it as tending to greater coolness
in summer and more hygienic in
principle than any of the previous ef
forts. ,
(•IREK PERSONS KILLED
F IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Wprris Rosenthal, of Raleigh, One of the
V; Victims of the Accident
' (By the Associated Press)
Petersburg, Va., June 16. —Three per
sons were killed and two others injured
today wheu an automobile in which they
were traveling from Richmond to Ral
eigh, N. C., left the road and struck a
telephone pole at the bottom of a 10-
foot embankment on the Richmond-Pet
ersburg turnpike.
The dead are: Mrs. Amelia Heller, of
Richmond, and Gerson Heller and Morris
Rosenthal, of Raleigh. Miss Beulah
Hutzler, of Richmond, and Stanly Kahn,
of Raleigh, were injured. '
Over Half to Attend College.
(By the Associated Press.)
High Point, Ni C., June 16.——More than
50 per cent, of the graduates of the high
school of this city will go to college this
fall, according to L. R. Thompson, princi
pal of the school. Applications of 37 stu
dents have already . been signed by Mr.
Thompson, and be states that he expects
the percentage to reach at least 60 per
cent.
Os the 37 students going to colleges,
only three are going out of the state.
These three are Washington and Lee,
HolUs, and Randplph-Macon. Other col
leges include North Carolina, State Uni
versity of North Carolina, Guilford, Dav
l kison, Lenoir, Salem, Trinity, North Car
olina for Women, and High Point Col
lege.
The Concord Daily Tribune
U. S. GAINS 1,943.000 POPULATION
IN YEAR BY EXPERT ESTIMATE
Totals 112,826.000 According to Esti
mates Announced Today.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, June 16.—The population
of the United States totalled 112,826,000
on January 1, 1924, according to esti
- mates announced today by the National
' Bureau of Economic Research. This
compares with 110,883,000 on January
1, 1923, and the census count of 105,-
711,000 on January 1, 1920.
The most remarkable gain was record
|ed in the last half of 1923, the net in
crease being 1,162,000, a greater growth
| than in any other half year during the
■ last two decades, and probably greater
than any six months’ period in the na
tion’s history. The gain for the entire
year was 1,943,000.
I The bureau estimates the population
of the continental United States for
each half year since January 1,. 1920, to
have been approximately as follows:
Jan. 1, 1920 105,711,000
July 1, 1920 106,422,000
Jan. 1, 1921 107,575,000
July 1. 1921 108,533,000
Jan 1, 1922 109,298,000
July 1. 1922 109,898,000
Jan. 1. 1923 110,883,000
July 1, 1923 111,664,000
Jan. 1, 1924 112,826,000
| All the figures after January 1, 1922,
| are necessarily tentative, for the bureau
of the census has not as yet published
complete monthly data for births and
deaths covering the periods since 1921.
| Improved methods of estimating the
nation’s population for the years follow
ing the census count in 1920, were de
veloped by the Bureau of Economic Rre
senrch in continuance of its studies of
income in the United States, and the
relation of income to population.
The process evolved b ythe bureau is
based on the “registration area” theory
and takes into consideration nil elements
of error disclosed in previous work and
the results attained by it are believed i
to approximate very closely actual fig
ures.
In announcing the figures tonight Dr.
Willford I. King, under whose supervi
sion they were gathered, said:
“The fact that the rate of increase in i
population during the decade 1910 to
1920 was considerably less than the cor
responding rate during the previous ten
years led many persons to anticipate
that in the future we might look for
ward to tv tate.of .population sexpansion '
considerably lower than that experienced
during the last century.
“Bueh • expectations have been rudely
shattered by the events of the last four
years, and especiall by what occurred
during the last half of 1923, in which
period the rate of population growth ap
pears to have been greater than in any
other half years during the last two
decades, and probably greater than in
any six months within the history of
the nation.
“This unusual increase was due to
two facts: first, a very heavy recorded
excess of immigration over emigration,
which increased our population by 505,-
000; and second, by the fact that the
death rate- was as low as has ever been
recorded.
“According to the estimates of the
National Bureau of Economic Research,
there were about 1,238,000 births against
some 621,000 deaths, giving 'a net nat
ural increase of about 617,000. This
number added to the 505,000 gain from
migration, totals 1,122,000, the estimated
increse in population indicated by the
government reports for the last half of
1923 as compared with a similar esti
mate of total growth for the entire year
amounting to 1,863,000. This yearlly
total may, in turn, be compared with
a similarly calculated figure for 1920
of 1,784,000, for 1921 of 1,643,000, and
for 1922 of 1,505,000.
“Since the government reports appa
rently underestimate ither births, immi
gration, or both by an average of 80,000
a year, it is necessary to add 320,000
to the sum of these four items in or
der to arrive at the final estimate of
the gain for the four years, namely,
7,115,000.
“It appears, then, that the average
gain during the last four years was
1,778,750 a year a scompared with an
average increase of 1.418)000 during the
decade T9lO to 1920.”
25,000 For Catawba College.
(By the Associated Press.)
Hickory, N. C.. June 16.—The Wom
an’s Missionary Society of the general
synod of the Reformed Church of the
United States, has pledge* $25,000 to the
endowment fund of Catawba College,
which will be removed from this city to
Salisbury for the 1925 term, it has been
announced here. The Society is now In
session at Allentown, Pensyivania, and
notified Rev. Shuford Peeler, financial
secretary of the college, of the pledge.
Mr. Peeler says that the additional en
dowment will mean much to the college
and the people of the surrounding com
munity.
Expulsion of Cummins Arouses Great
Britain.
London, June 16 (By the Associated
Press). —Prime Minister MacDonald stat
ed in the House of Commons today that
the British government regarded the ac
tion of the Mexican government in ex
pelling Herbert C. Cummins, the British
agent In Mexico, as « grave breach of in
ternational courtesy.
Kills HlmseU to Let Wife Wed Another.
Detroit, June 14. —Joseph Nevicki, 36
years old, is dead 'of poison, self admin
istered yesterday, he said before he died,
so his wife might collect his insurance,
and marry a boarder at her home. Mrs.
Takla Novicki, his wife, 28, admitted,
according to authorities, that she was in
love with Tony Lausicki, the boarder
and intimated ahe intended' to marry
him.
CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY,* JUNE 16, 1924
NOW FOR THE NEXT BIG ACT
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RUN-OFF PRIMARY
IS CERTAIN NOW
Grist Asks For Ahother
Chance and So Ross and
Latham Also Will j Take
Advantage of It.
(By the AssoJefsTeiT Pt-eiA)}
Raleigh. N. C., June IQ, 1924.
Frank D. Grist, runner-up to St. L.
Shipman in the primary for the demo
cratic nomination for Commissioner of
Labor 1 & Printing, lias telegraphed a re
quest fop a run-off primary to W. H.
Neal, chairman of the Board of Elec
tions. This request made useless the ex
ports of Democratic leaders to prevent
the expense of a second primary. The
primary will be held on July sth.
Charles Ross, candidate for Attorney
General, and Fred P. Latham, candidate
for Commissioner of Agriculture, both
runners-up in their respective races, had
previously announced that they would not
put the State to the expense of a sec
ond primary. However, now that Grist
has demanded a run-off, their names? will
be placed on the ticket.
Although Robert Reynolds, of Ashe
ville, ran J. E. Long, of Durham, a close
race for Lieut-Governor, they had pre
viously agreed that the high man should
be the nominee. Reynolds last night wir
ed Mr. Long his congratulations.
AMERICAN ANSWER
SENT TO JAPANESE
Text of Vote Will Be Made Public on
Thursday of This Week.
(By the Associated Press)
Washington, June 16. —The American
reply to the Japanese protest on the
exclusion provisions of the new immigra
tion bill, was handed to Ambassador
Hanihara today by Secretary Hughes.
At the same time it was announced
that arrangements had been made with
the Tokio government for simultaneous
publication of the document in morning
papers o.f Thursday, June 19th.
With Our Advertisers.
You can get an Auto Strop razor and
a package of blades for 98 cents at the
Cline’s Pharmacy.
Use Mel-Bro Lotion if you Want your
skin smooth and soft.
See new Piggly ad. for some interest
ing prices.
No matter how small your account you
will always get the best attention at the
Citzens Bank and Trust Co.
Indies’ Patent Kid. lattice cut-out
front for only $3.95 at the Parker Shoe
Store.
White hats made of silk, ribbon and
different kinds of straws aud braids at
the Specialty Hat Shop.
W. A. Overcash has hot weather
clothes in all the new patterns.
Heads Record as Coyote Hunter.
Washington. D. C.. June 16.—80 b
Sloan, of the town of Babb in the Gla
cier National Park reservation, Montana,
holds the record as a coyote hunter in
the Rocky Mountain region, according
to reports that have reached the Bureau
of National Parks. He bagged more than
a hundred wolves last winter. Sloan
rides a speedy coyote-hunting mustang,
and uses seven wolf hounds, any one of
which can easily out-distance the fleet
est coyote.
The United States government officials
like to see the coyotes kept in checks in
order to protect the deer and Rocky
Mountain sheep and goats which are
such an interesting attraction to the
- thousands of summer tourists that visit
Glacier National Park every season.
The Boyd property in the city and
county will be resold July 22. the bids on
all the property recently sold at the
court house recently having been raised.
HOLD NEGRO CHARGED
WITH KILLING OFFICER '
John Davis Arrested After He Is Al
leged to Have Shot Elmer Honeycutt,
of Greensboro.
(By the Assoelnt-' Press)
Greensboro~N. C., June 16.—John Da
vis, Inman, S. C., negro, will be given
a preliminary hearing in municipal court
here Wednesday mortfts* on _q {charge of
first degree rfmrder as * result of the
slaying yesterday morning of Patrolman
Elmer E. Honeycutt, of the local police
department. The patrolman was almost
instantly killed when he accosted the ne
gro while investigating with Sergeant
Jennings the robbery of three houses on
Saturday night. The negro was wound
ed in the leg, but escaped.
Bloodhounds were placed on the trail
Sunday afternoon, and hundreds of citi
zens joined in the search. The negro
was found under a pile of brush and sur
rendered. He w r as hurried to the county
jail, blit no effort was made to lynch him.
The funeral of Patrolman Honeycutt
will be held at Salem Church near Elm
wood. six miles from Statesville, Tues
day afternoon. His father. D. M. Hon
eycutt, lives at Elmwood.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Easy at Decline of 24 to 30
Points Under Selling Movement. 1
(Py the Associated Press.)
New York, June 10.—The cotton mar- j
ket opened easy at a decline of 24 to
30 points today under a continuation of
Saturday's selling movement and in re
sponse to relatively easy Liverpool. (
cables. July sold off to 28.58 and Oc- |
tober to 25.65 in the first few minutes, [,
but at these prices the market steadied, ■
and renewed covering by nehr crop
shorts and buying of new crop positions, ,
reports of abnormally high temperatures
in the southwest caused July to rally to
28.65 and October to 23.73, and the early (
niarket worked back to within 15 or 20
points of Saturday's closing quotations.
The opening prices were: July 28.60;
Oct. 25.60; Dec. 24.85; Jan. 24.61;
March 24.80.
Warm Political Contest In Maine.
Augusta, Me., June 16.—Although
there are but two candidates for the ,
gubernntonial nomination in the Repub
lican primaries in Maine today, it is the
liveliest contest which has taken place
since the primary law was instituted.
The two candidates, Ralph R. Brewster,
of Portland, and Frank G. Farrington,
of Augusta, have stumped the state from
end to end. Botli are former State sen
ators. William R. Pattangail. of Au
gusta, as the gubernatorial candidate in
the Democratic primaries, is unopposed.
Mr. Pattangail is opposing the Ku Klux
Klan, as is also Mr. Farrington on the
Republican side. Mr. Brewster’s plat
form has the support of the Klan.
United States Senator Bert M. Fer
nald, Republican, is opposed for renomi
nation by Louis E. Jack and Frank E.
Guernsey. Fulton J. Redman, of Etles
worth, is unopposed for the Democratic
nomination for United States senator.
The names of 19 women appear on the
primary ballots. One is a candidate
for the State senate, nine for the house
of representative, one for register of
deeds, one for judge of probate and seven
11 for register of probate. The election
wil lbe held September Bth.
Airmen in French China Now.
i Hong Kong, China, June 16 (By the
Associated Press). —The three American
army airplanes flying around the world,
I landed safely at Saigon, the capital of
French Cochin, China, at 2 o’clock this
afternoon.
I I ’ A competition has been organized lb
i Australia to discover golf players quail
■ fled to represent their country in inter
. national contests.
SLEMP TO REMAIN
WITH PRESIDENT
Denies That Differences He
Had With ißutler and the
Other Leaders Will Cause
Him to Resign.
<«y the Awnoelnlert Press!
Washington, June 16.—C. Baseom
Slemp, seeretaray to President Coolidge.
announced in a formal statement today
before leaving for Cincinnati that he had
not resigned his present position and
would continue actively associated in
he Republican National campaign.
The formal statement was issued be
cause of persistent reports of the likeli
hood of Mr. Slemp's retirement, owing to
open disagreement between him and Wm.
M. Butler, the President’s campaign
manager, during the convention last
week at Cleveland.
The disagreement between Mr. Slemp
and others on the one hand, and Mr. But
ler, Prank IV. Stearns and their support
ers on the other, was generally notice
able after the adjournment of the con
vention, but President Coqjidge after
hearing both sides, was able to bring
about a reconciliation of their views.
MOOKKSVILI,K SUFFERS
‘ FROM CYCLONIC STORM
Houses Blown Down. Roofs Blown
A Way and Cotton and Wheat Fields
Stripped.
Mooresville, June 15.—A storm of
cyclonic proportions struck Mooresville
and vicinity at 2:15 o’clock Saturday
afternoon and did thousands of dollars
in damage 'to crops and property. The
min and wind extended over a section
approximately 12 miles wide, but the
hail was confined to a strip about six
miles wide, beginning at old Blue Door
church, four miles north of town, ran
ning eastward and south.
Mooresville was in the midst of the
swirling torrent of rain and hail. Trees
were uprooted, small bouses blown
down, roofs blown away, and cotton and
corn striped to the ground. In some
places, where cotton was on an average
of four to six inches high, the field were
stripped and the furrows were leveled.
Wheat is broken and the heads in many
fields are on the ground.
At the south school building 111
window glasses were broken out, 23 at
the central building, nine at the First
Presbyterian* Sunday school building,
and private homes were damaged in
every part of the city by water and
broken glass by the hail stones, which
were usually large, some of which
weighed as much as three ounces.
Chickens were killed and drowned
by the wholesale, although no other
fatalities were reported.
The storm ranged from Blue Ddor
east to Ben Harris’ place pn the Coddle
Creek road’and south of town from the,
Reid Morrison place east on toward
Charlotte covering an area of three to
five miles. The rain fall was so heavy
drain pipes were insufficient to carry it
off and many of the stores and yards of
private homes were flooded, doing more'
or less damage. Gardens were stripped
and drowned, cabbages being cut up as
if ready for the kraut, burrell.
Ceeutral Methodist church is flooded
with water, and in the rear of the
church a number of big window glasses
were* shattered.
Police Seeking George Cummings,
Milwaukee, Wis., June 16. —Every au
tomobile highway n Wisconsin north
of Milwaukee, was patrolled today by
sheriff’s posses, seeking a man who
fled from n tourist camp at Wittenbnrg
shortly before the body of his bride of a
week was found in a shallow grave. The
man gave the name of George P. Cum
mings, of Grand Rapids, Mich.
CONTINUING SEARCH
IN AN EFFORT TO
FIND MORE BODIES
Search for Remaining Seven
Bodies of Persons Killed
by Raging Streams Con
fined Today by Friends.
DEBRIS ON RIVER
HOLDING BODIES
Debris at Points Is Piled 20
Feet High.—Repairing the
Railway Tracks and Lines
of Communication.
(By the Associated Press.)
Johnson City. Tcnn., June 16.—Search
for the remaining seven bodies known to
be in the debris along the Watauga riv
er, and work of reconstruction of rail
roads aud highways is following Friday
night’s devastating cloudbursts in Carter
county. The five bodies recovered, those
of Mrs. I.um Smith and her son Willard,
May Lewis, 6 years old, ahd two children
of Cecil Lewis, were buried on the moun
tain side near their homes. All were
found within half a mile of their homes,
lodged in debris near the river, which is
now piled to a depth of 20 feet, and in
which the remaining bodies were thought
to be buried. The search continues,
however.
Crews of railroad, telegraph and tele
phone workers are rapidly repairing the
lines. The Southern Railway may be
ready for operation in about two or three
weeks.
The waters have receded to almost nor
mal. Provision is being made for the
care of about 20 families whose homes
were destroyed, and funds for this tem
porary material relief constitute the on
ly aid being asked for the outside.
SPECIAL SESSION
OF LEGISLATURE
Will Be Called to Convene August 7th,
Governor Morrison Announces.
(By (he Associated Press.)
Raleigh, N. C., June IB.—Governor
Cameron Morrison today announced to
the Associated Press that the General.
Assembly will be called to meet in ex-,
rtraardinary. s**»ion,cat. August 7th. THb
technical fall will be issued later, the
Governor said.
The Governor’s announcement came af
ter the council of state at 12:35 this af
ternoon unanimously voted to sustain the
Governor in calling the special session to
act upon the recommendations of the
ship and water transportation commis
sion.
PEACHES EARLIER
North Carolina Wilt Begin Shipping
Within Next Month.
(By the Associated Prewi.)
Raleigh, N. C., June 16.—1 n spite of
spring freezes and wind storms the move
ment of peaches is about three weeks ear
lier this year than in 1923, says a state
ment issued from thhe State Division of
markets. Twenty-six cars were shipped
from Georgia in May and according to
Correll Shumaker, of the Division of
Markets of State College, North Caroli
na will begin shipping within the next
week.
Especial care has been taken this year
in thinning the fruit so. as to increase
the quality and quantity aud reports
from large peach growing states indicate
a bumper crop. Georgia growers are re
ported to have ordered one-third more
crates this year than they did last year.
Federal inspectors will be at all main
shipping points to inspect and assist in
maintaining a standard pack of good
quality. Certificates of Federal and
State inspection will be issued on all
shipments.
With a shipment in 1923 of only 176
ears this state was far down the list
but the present indications are that we
will regain the ground lost last year
with a shipment of 2.500 cars in 1924.
According to estimated figures this will
put North Carolina in fifth place among
the main peach growing states.
AT LEAST FIVE LOST
LIVES DURING STORM
Storm Swept Entire State of South
Dakota Late Saturday.
Sioux Falls, S. Dak., June 16 (By
the Associated Dress). —Storms Which
swept the eutire state of South Dakota
assuming the proportion of a tornado in
a score of localities, took a toll of at
least five lives, caused property damage
too great to be estimated until .commun
ication is restored, and did great injury
to growing crops late Saturday.
Sexual Sterilization of All Lunatics in
Virginia Is Law.
Danville, Va., June 14.—Among the
many new laws which become effective
in Virginia next Monday morning is
that providing for sexual sterilization- of
inmates of State institutions. The ,
law adopted by the last General Assem
bly is directed chiefly to lunatics and
those suffering from other forms of in
sanity.
Tile cost of getting married will take
a jump also on Monday. The State
certificate now costs one dollar but af
ter Sunday it will cost three dollars,
the two additional dollars going to the
State treasury.
ReynoMa Conference Meets.
(By the Associated Press.)
Winston-Salem, June 16.—Reynolds
; conference on Christian faith, bringing
together some of the leading theologians
■ and scientists of the entire country,
* opens here tomorrow, continuing through
»Wednesday.
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THAN $2,000,000 ARE
SEIZED 111 NEW YORK
Seizure Made Last Saturday
as the Drugs Were Being
Carried From a Boat at
Hoboken.
ELABORATE /PLAN
FOR SMUGGLING
The Agents Had Been Try
ing for Two Years to Get
the Drugs After They Ar
rived In This Country.
(By the Associated Tress)
New York. June 16.—Drugs valued at
more than $2,000,000 were seized last
Saturday on a track coming off a pier
at Hoboken, N. J., it became known to
day. H. D. Esterbrook, chief of the spe
cial agents of the Treasury Department
who conducted the raid, snind the seiz
ure uncovered one of the most elaborate
and effective schemes ever divulged for
.smuggling narcotics into the United
States.
The drugs were hidden in the handles
of 5,000 scrubbing brushes.
The seizure broke up a German syndi
cate. Mr. Esterbrook said, which had
smuggled drugs valued at more than $5,-
000,000 into the United States in two
years.
Treasury agents working for two
years in several foreign countries un
earthed the smuggling scheme. A year
ago an agent at Bremen, Germany, by
chance opened several cases labelled
“brushes" and “returned German goods.’’
He fhund only bricks and stones wrap
ped in paper. The boxes had been ship
ped to Germany in bond, supposedly from
Trinidad, byway of the United States.
This disclosure was cabled to the Treas
ury Department at Washington, and the
agents here were instructed to watch all
cargoes coming from Germany.
NEWSPAPER MEN ADVOCATE
CHANGE OF PRIMARY DATE
Call on General Assembly to Amend the
Law So as to Have the Primaries
Held on Tuesdays.
J MorthOad City, June 14. —Kewspaper
men and WOT»cn of the state, departing ,
tliis morning for their homes, following
the final adjournment of the North Car
olina Press Association at 11 o'clock last,
night, were discussing resolutions adopt
ed as one of the final acts of the ses
sion.
Heading the list of resolutions adopt
ed unanimously, as brought in by the
resolutions committee, was one placing
the press association on record ns favor
ing a change in the state primary law
to have the primaries held on Tuesdays,
as are the general elections, instead of
on Saturdays,- in order that the extra
ordinary heavy day ami night of work
which always follows the primary in
newspaper offices may not fall on Sun
day. The resolution in substance was
offered on the floor of the convention
yesterday by J. A. Parham, mnnaging
editor of The Charlotte Observer, and
referred to the resolutions committee.
As presented by the committee it
reads:
“Resolved by the North Carolina
Press Association, in annual convention
assembled: that it is the sense of this
body that the General Assembly of
North Carolina at its next regular ses
sion should amend the state primary law
to provide that the primary elections be
held on Tuesday, the same as the na
tional and general elections, instead of
on Saturdays. This change would en
able the returns to be made and avoid
so nindh working on the Sabbath.”
HOLD TEN SUSPECTS ,
IN TRAIN ROBBERY
Seven Men and Three Women Have Been
Arrested in Chicago.
Chicago, June 16.—Three women and
seven men are held as part of the gang
which Thursday night perpetrated a $3,-
000.000 mail robbery at Rondout, Illi
nois. near here, and officers are seeking
three additional men and the hiding place
[ where it is believed the bandits eonceal
ede the approximately 40 bags of regis
i tered mail. It is believed the bags will
be found intact.
Chief of police Collins admitted today
i that an accurate cheek upon the contests
■ of the stolen mail sacks revealed a loss
i in excess of $3,000,000 all in currency
: or negotiable securities, making it the
. largest robbery in the history of the rail
. way mail service.
The police believe one or more of the
7 men under arrest actually participated
in the holdup. J. H. Wayne, seriously
l wounded and James Murray, former poli
tician, were arrested hiding under
Wayne’s bed. The police say they are
s working on the theory that Wayue was
* shot by the bandit leader when he failed
f tot carry out orders.
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