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* ASSOCIATED * S DUTCHES S XXIV ‘Dark Horses’ Being Groomed Again As Leading Candidates Continue To Lose Some Votes RALSTON FAVORITE OF FAVORITE SONS During the Day His Total Shown Big Increase and on ' the Ninety-First 'Ballot He Was Given a Large Vote, j McADOO LEADERS TO KEEP UP FIGHT ■■ ■ | This Was Learned After Con ference During Morning.— Josephus Daniels Given Votes hy N. C. Delegates. i (Ry the Anwdatil Pmi.) Eighty-Eighth Ballot. The totals of the 88th ballot: McAdoo 315 1-2; Smith 362; Davis, of West Vir ginia. 50 1-2; Underwood 30; Glass 06 1-2; Ralßton 08; Robinson 2S; Ritchie 22; Davis, of Kansas, 20; Walsh 5; Saulsbury 6; Owen 20; Meredith 26: Daniels 23; Bryan 0; Roosevelt I.' On the 88th ballot North Carolina gave Daniels 23 and McAdoo 1. Eighty-Ninth Ballot. McAdoo 318 1-2; Smith 358; Davis of West Virginia 64 1-2; Underwood 41;. Glass 66 1-2: Ralston 00 1-2; Robinson 20 1-2; Ritchie 22 1-2; Davis of Kansas 20; Walsh 3 1-2; Saulsbury 6; Owen 20; Meredith 26; Bryan 0; Daniels 10 1-2; Roosevelt 1. Total 1006. Absent' two. Ninetieth Ballot. McAdoo 314: Smith 357 1-2: Davis, of West Virginia. 64 1-2; Underwood 42 1-2: Glass 30 1-2; Ralston 150 1-2: Robinson 20; Ritchie 16 1-2; Davis, of Kansas, 20; Walsh 5> Saulsbury 6; Meredith 26; Bryan 15; Daniels 10. 1 Total 1006 with two absent. , I On this ballot Nevada and Missouri voted solidly for Ralston* and .Mitt aUW ¥*~l Adbo cOlwmn and gave Homer Cummings eight votes, and the Kansas vote was cast for Ralston but was challenged. Ohio passed on the 01st also. Ninety-First Ballot. McAdoo 318; Smith 355 1-2; Davis, of West Virginia. 66 1-2; Underwood 46 1-2; Glass 28 1-2; Ralston 187 1-2; Robinson 20; RiFchie 16 1-2; Davis, of Kansas, 4: Walsh 4 1-2; Saulsbury 6; Cummings 8 1-2; Meredith 26; Bryan 8. Total 1006. Two absent. , Ninety-Second Ballot. McAdoo 310; Smith 355 1-2; Davis of West Virginia 60 1-2; Underwood 45 1-4; Ruiston 105 3-4; Glass 28 1-2; Robinson 20; Ritchie 16 1-2; Walsh 4 1-2; Sauls-; bury 6; Cummings 8 1-2: Houston 2; Meredith 25; Bryan 8; Callahan 1. To tol 1006. Absent 2. j Ninety-Third Ballot. ' McAdoo 314; Smith 355 1-2; Davis, of IVest Virginia; 68; Underwood 44 3-4; Ralston 106 1-2; Glass 27; Robinson 19; Ritchie 16 1-2; Walsh 4 1-2; Saulsbury 6; Cummings 8 1-2; Meredith 26; Bryan 8; Baker 2. Total 1096 with two ab sent. On this ballot McAdoo gained four as compared to the 92nd; Smith was un changed, Ralston lost one-half vote, and Davis lost 1 1-2 votes. Madison Square Garden, July B.—ln a broken field and amid many uncertain ties. the Democratic Natoinal Convention tried once more today to settle upon a nominee for the Presidency. With both McAdoo and Smith below the total necessary to exercise a veto, the favorite son group took .renewed hope, and kept up its hammering attack, but with no very clear results. As delegates left the leaders, they scat tered their strength so widely that some of the managers feared a new deadlock might result between a new set of candi dates. Temporarily at least, Ralston of In diana, had the advantage .among the fav orite sofi,g and Thos. Taggart, his man ager, appeared on the convention floor when today's session opened, ready to drive on to what he hoped would be a nomination of his candidate before to night. At the same time, however, both the McAdoo ahd Smith managers showrd signs of a renewed effort to lift their candidates back above the one-third veto. Some observers bellebed their might be a disposition to let the McAdoo and Smith men develop their full strength with the purpose, if neither was nomi nated, of opening peace negotiations for agreement on a compromise candidate. The supporters of Robinson, of Ar kansas, Glass of Virginia,, Davis of West Virginia, and several othere, kept, their men conspicuously in the picture, meantime, iH the hope that when the time came for a compromise, they would be able to command a full share of at tention. Called to order at 11 o’clock, today’s session began with an invieation by the Rev. Francis Potter of the West Side Unitarian Church, of New York City, fol lowed by the singing of the Star Spangled Banner by the Japanese Opera star Mad am Tamakai Miura. A resolution ex preasing the grief of the convention at the deatli of Oiilv+n tloolidge, Jr., was offer ed by Rabbi Stephen A. Wise, on behalf of Franklin D< Roosevelt, and was adopt ed by a rising vote. Then, the convention started its day’s The Concord Daily Tribune work with the 88th ballot, j As the first roll call of the day went forward, it became apparent that the ” overnight session of the party chiefs had had no immediate material effect on the . situation. As state after stnte returned | the same vote that had been cast on the . last ballot last night, some of the more 1 experienced of the war horses on the [ floor admitted they did not know where I they stood or, in what direction events i might be moving. I One feature of the opening roll call , was a gradual slipping away of McAdoo | votes here and there, mostly in lots of one or two. Ralston was picking up his I share of them. ! Just before the convening of the con vention. about 20 McAdoo leaders repre ! sentiug most of the states that have been contributing to he McAdoo column had a conference of an hour and a half ■ with thejr candidate. The word was sent ! out afterward that the fight would be continued, and that Mr. McAdoo was not considering withdrawing. He was said to hnve been told that some of the delegations that had swung away from him would come back. , 1 After this conference there was a re vival of reports that further attempts would be made to put through a resolu tion abrogating simultaneously the unit rule and two-thirds rule. Such a pro posal was voted down yesterday. In North Carolina on today's roll call McAdoo suffered the loss of a dozen votes | when the state went almost solidly to ] Josephus Daniels, who heretofore had re -1 ceived a scattering vote or two during the long grind of balloting. ! The next roll call ran along about like its predecessors, except that McAdoo got back one by one some of the votes he had just lost. There seemed to be consider i able doing in several delegations, howev ler, with growing disagreements over the way the vote should be distributed. Ohio, caucusing on the floor, asked for a delay i when its name was called in regular vote, and when the Oklnhoma vote was cast for Senator Owen as usual, a member of the delegation challenged and called for a poll of the delegation. ' Madison Square Garden. July B.—The I beginning of a slide to Ralston of In diana, shook up the long deadlock today in the Democratic Convention. 4w,**,-«wuHiod».n 49 ItoHww ggMMto* ; picked up the solid votes' of Oklahoma. Missouri, Nevada and Kansas, besides various smaller groups, raising his total to a point apifroaehiug that of the two leaders. Meantime the McAdoo strength had been pounded to a new low level, and Smith was about holding his own. There were many signs that despite des perate efforts by the McAdoo managers, the McAdoo column was tottering and might fall in total collapse. How many lof the McAdoo supporers might event ually go to Raison, however, was prob lematical. Some of them were bringing out Cummings of Connecticut, and other favorites. I McAdoo floor leaders were hastily summoned meantime to a conference with . their candidate, and two of his close \ advisers at the listening post quarters across the street from the convention hall. Some of bis warmest supi>orters were urging Mr. McAdoo to formally with draw and seek a compromise that would give him a say in the selection of a com promise nominee. After his name had been formally be fore the convention for 01 ballots, Dav id F. Houston got his first votes on the 92nd roll call. Two were cast for him in Illinois. From his place in the New York dele gation, Franklin D. Roosevelt, field mar shal of the Smith forces, issued a state ment declaring the delegates now realize that McAdoo never could be nominated, and were becoming convinced also that Smith “is the logical man.” Convention Adjourns Until Tonight. Madison Square Garden, July B.—The Democratic National Convention at 1:55 o'clock this afternoon adjourned until 0 o’clock tonight. . Condemn Roscoe Irwin. Kingston, N. Y., July B.—The action of Roscoe Irwin, a district delegate to the Democratic convention, in changing his vote from Gov. Smith to Wm. G. McAdoo after the 36th ballot was de nounced by Democratic voters of Ulster county in a resolution adopted at a mass meeting last night. Raises Voice Against Convention. ' Baton Rouge, La., July B.—Resolu ■ tions voicing the “merited indignation of the rank and file of the Democratic party ■ against the conduct of the Democratic convention” were introduced today in the i lower house of the Louisiana legislature 1 by Howard E. Brunner, of Arcadia. It i canot be acted upon until tomorrow. Ralston Gained on 88th. Madison Square Garden, July B.—The > leaders on the 88th ballot showed the fol - lowing changes: A gain of a half vote ■ for Smith, a loss of 18 for McAdoo, a ; | gain of 2 and a new high record for i Ralston; a loss of 4 1-2 for Glass; and ‘ a loss of 7 for Davis. 1— Grist Now Has 43.140 Votes. (By the Associated Press.l 1 Raleigh, July B.—Late returns from > the run-off primary held last Saturday ■ compiled today froth 704 precincts out of ■ the 1,710 in the state, give Frank D. 1 Grist 43,410, and M. L. Shipman 22,214 • for Commissioner of Labor and Printing. ■ These figures represent returns from 51 ‘ counties out of which 24 are complete. 1 The Argentine girl swimmer, Lilian • Harrison, la now in training at Havre for her attempt to swim the English Oban ) neei- Last Night's Work. Madison Square Garden, New York. July 7—Charging down on the McAdoo line with a new ferocity, the coalition forces in the Democratic national con vention swept the McAdoo votes down to their lowest point. Governor Smith for the first time took the lead over McAdoor and reduced his opponent to a point where he had lost his power of n one-third veto over th(t selection of a candidate. Then when the coalition forces riding on the crest of the wave, ffcey got an adjournment of the convention until tomorrow morning at 10:30 o'clock. The convention actually adjourned as I a mark of sympathy and respect for President and Mrs. Coolidge on the j death of their son, but before the word , of the President’s son was received, the managers of the coalition forces had planned the adojurnment at high water mark. The smashing attack on the McAdoo lines was accompanied with raids for Ralston and for Glasa. The attackers took back trophies for each. Sharp re-arrangements* of the battle lines were underway when the Democrat-' ic national convention reassembled for its night session. Between adjournment this afternoon and reassembling time tonight, a con ference was held in the office of Thomas Taggart, the Indiana leader and spon sor for Senator Ralston. Air. Taggart denied its purpose was to discuss a move to center on ■ Senator Ralston, but a majority of those present favored con centrating on the Indiana candidate. Out of this conference and various movements under the surface the Ralston bo din emerged once more from the tem porary eclipse of last week. At the same time in another sector of the anti- McAdoo forces plans were being made to give “a run” to Senator Glass, of Virginia, who had gathered considerable strength during the afternoon sessioa. On the 87th ballot the coalition forces battered down the McAdoo strength still further and the leaders in the contest stood this wny: Smith 361.5; McAdoo 333.5; Ralston 03 : Glass 71: Davis 65.5. Tli is was a loss of 20 for McAdoo and wash gam tfr itw awt rmtt for SmTtJit a gain of one and « half for Davis and a gain of one for Ralston. On a fbreed poll of the Kansas dele gation tonight it went under the unit rule to Governor J. M. Davis and out of the McAdoo column. i Tar Heel Vote Plays a Part in McAdoo Slump. New York. July 7.—On the 85th bal lot McAdoo fell below the one-third line —the veto power position—and likewise below the Smith vote, although some think the new “low” for the Californian will not be permanent. In other words, his friends think he will be able to re cover. at least in part, from what has the appearance of a mortal blow. Tlie North Carolina delegation took a hand in forcing the Californian down to a point where some of those opposing him feel confident they have him hog-tied. The delegation from the state gave him only 12 votes, and there was instant ap plause when it was noted in the opposi tion camps what the Tar Heels had done. Singularly enough, one argument against Smith is that if nominated there would be a possibility of his election, and those impressed by this argument say it would never do for the Democratic party to be the instrument for putting into the White House a Catholic who would probably favor the modification of the dry law. F’ull Time Schedule Is Adopted by the Lando Mill. Rock Hill. 8. C., July 7.—The Manet ta mills plant at Lando, which has been operating on one-half time schedule since curtailment programs were adopted by many textile mills in this section on ac count of weak market conditions, began full-time operation Monday, it was offi cially announced. The schedule will provide for 50 hours of operation a week. _ It is the general opinion in this sec tion that many of the other mills that are closed full or part' time now will open shortly for more operation. Bryan Stays Out of Sunday Conferences. New York, July 7. —One of the central figures in the first meeting of the confer ees Saturday in an effort to find away to end the deadlock in the Democratic convention was William Jennings Bryan, who became the storm center of several disputes and pointedly gave his colleagues his opinion on several subjects. But he did not attend any of Sunday's confer ences, sending word that his religious views did not permit him to take part in political discussions on Sunday. ■ Greensboro Girl Seriously Hurt by Au tomobile. Greensboro, July 7.—Katherine Mc- Farlnnd, 10 years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. McFarland, of this city, wus late this afternoon struck by an au tomobile in front of their home and suf fered probably fatal injuries. Her jaw i hone was broken and part of the bone ■ pushed up into her brain. ! The driver of the car, not yet identi . fled, did not stop and has not been I caught. Rev. Joseph Phelps Dead. (Br ths Associated Press.) Alameda, Cal, July B.—The Rev. Jos i eph W. Phelps, 82 years old, Methodist ' Episcopal clergyman, and former presld - lug elder of that Church i North I Carolina, is dead at hia home here. CONCORD, N. C., TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1924 CALVIN CjyUBBE, JR. J Mk f m k I Whose Death' Occurred Monday Night at Washington as Result of Blood Poisoning I- 1 " 1 "" . 1'f’- rjLJJLJ CLOUDBURST DORS BIG DAMAGE IN BUNCOMBE Is Estimated Lass in Hominy Valley Will Reach Several Thousand Dol lars. Asheville, July 7.—Heavy rains in Buncombe county followed by a cloud burst in Hominy valley above Candler resulted in serious damage to crops, farm lands and roads in the Candler section Sunday afternoon. It is estimated that the damage in Hominy valley will amount to several thousand dollars.* The water reached its maximum point about 5 o'clock in the afternoon. Acres of bottom land along the creek in upper Hominy and small portion of lower Hominy towmdiips were swept by the flood. Near Sandler the wheat fields of John Rutherord were inundated over 100 bushels of wheat were lost ec.me of the crop was rescued after the flood sub sided. Corn fields and potato fields along the bottom lands near Candler were hard lilt. Jlie water without warning topped the banks of the stream and began to wash the sail in the bottoms. At "Devils Dip.” near Hominy station, the wnter stood two feet over the Southern railway tracks. Afternoon trains were forced to halt at this place, passengers were transfer red from the reular trains to special ■trains beyond tire writer. ; / Gaston TturmerbThum By Floods. Gastonia, Jtrty 7.—-Gaston eonnty farmers face one of the most dismal crop outlooks since the famous flood year of 1016, unless condition's change materially and at onee. according to a digest of opinions reported today by a score or more of fanners from every section pf Gaston county. As a general rule, farmers during the past two weeks on account' of the heavy mins, have not been able to plow a furrow. In many instances there has been no plowing done in three wetfos or longer. FWr instance, Mr. Jackson, of the New Hope section, re ports 3 1-2 das plowing in the paßt four weeks, and J. O- Armstrong, of Belmont, four days in the past live weeks. THE COTTON MARKET First Prices Firm at Advance of 15 to 26 Points.—July Up to 29:07. (By the Associated Press.) New' York, July B.—The cotton mar ket was firmer in today’s early trading, oil covering and a moderate demand In anticipation of rallies, following the re cent sharp declines First prices were firm at an advance of 15 to 25 points. Active months sold 32 to 40 points net higher, July advancing to 29.07 and Oc tober to 24.80. The opening prices were; July 28.00; Oct. 24.20; Dec. 23.53; Jan. 23.28; March 23.51. With Our Advertisers. Four per cent, interest paid on sav ings accounts at the Citizens Bank and Trust Company, compounded quarterly. Melrose flour and Liberty self-rising flour at Cline and Moose’s.- If you want a traveling bag that is right, the Browns-Cnnnon Co. have it for you. See new ad.'today. On Saturday Fisher’s will sell a reg ular 75 cent box of Mignonette face powder for only 20 cents. Get your coupon out of Fisher’s new ad. today. To the person guessing nearest to the number of pencils in the window of the Kidd-Frix Co. w'ill be given a silver pencil free. Contests closes Saturday night. Parker’s Shoe Store has just received a lot of black satin pumps with low covered heels, at the special price of only S4D&. ♦ Specials every day this week, at Efird’s. Radio Weak at Sunset. Washington, July B.—Summer after-1 noons are the worst periods for radio, the bureau of standards of the commerce de partment has found. The announcement was made after ex tensive tests, which showed that during hot afternoons radio signals are weak and disturbance are strong. Observations made on the strength of radio signals from high power European stations showed that the signals are weakest at the hour of sunset at the European stations. American Athlete# Gaining. Olympic Stadium, Colombes, France, July 8 (By the Associated Press), — Making a clean sweep of the first three places in the shot put, the United States today swept into a commanding lead for the Olympic track and field champion 'ships. The 21 pointa gained in tbik event ran the total for America up to 88, or nearly double Finland’a total of 54. ARTIFICIAL LIMBS OF DISABLED CIVILIANS Specialists Will Fit Legs on All tpe Trainees. Raleigh. July B.—Physicially disabled | civilians who take the vocational rehabil itation training offered by the Vocational Rehabilitation Division of the depart ment of vocational education, will be greatly relieved from part of the dis comfort of adjusting their limbs and themselves to the artificial limbs which are given to overcome their handicap, by the new system of temporary arms and legs at (he beginning of their training period, according to H. L. Stanton, su pervisor of the division. Many of those who wear an artificial leg for the first time meet with a great deal of discomfort of the first few weeks, due to the shrinking of the limb to such an extent that the artificial leg becomes too large for them, Mr Stanton explained. When it is in this condition, he said, it merely hangs to the limb of the person, and does very little good as it swings about causing the wearer much discom fort and trouble. It is the plan of the division to fur nish their trainees with temporary arti ficial limbs that have a plaster cast at the socke.t. This cast will be fitted to the remaining part of the limb on the trainee, who will wear it until his leg shrinks to where the socket is uncom fortable, when the socket wil Ibe refitted and a smaller plater cast made for it. This process will be repented time and again until the trainees' leg takes its permanent size, when a permanent and substantial artificial leg will be made. Specialists in this line of surgery will fit the. legs of all trainees each time and will decide when the permanent leg shall be made.. This who will have this in Hiiarge are Dr. Edward (Kintf, Ashe ville; Dr. O. L. Miller, Charlotte; Dr. Hugh Thompson, Raleigh, and Dr. Wal ter F. Cole, Greensboro. MRS. BICKETT DEFEATED FOR OFFICE BY NICHOLS Wake Commissioners Elect Man in Pref erence to Wife of Former Governor. Raleigh. July 7.—The Wake county commissioners and board of education, meeting jointly today to elect a new county welfare officer, turned down an opportunity to get the services of Mrs. T. V . Bickett, widow of Governor Bick ett, and chose instead R. B. Xichola, former member of the legislature. The failure of the two boards to name Mrs. Bickett caused considerable surprise. Mrs. Bickett decided only this morn ing to apply for the position but when Mr. Nichols learned of her application he asked that his name be withdrawn, tin tlie first ballot, however, he received two votes and Mrs. Bickett three, a third applicant receiving the two remaining votes. On the spcond ballot two of the eommiss.iJteers who had rthvrtr voted-for Mrs. Bickett joined with the two for Mr. Nichols, giving him u majority. For two years Mrs. Bickett has been at the head of the bureau of maternity and infant hygiene of the state board of health. She is especially equipped for welfare work. GRIST MAINTAINS LEAD AS RETURNS COME IN Out of 667 Precincts in State His Vote la 41,240 and Shipman 21.224. Raleigh. July 7.—Frank D. Grist was leading M. L. Shipman for nomination as commissioner of labor and printing by a vote of nearly two to one as belated returns were tabulated here tonight. The count at 1 o'clock stood; Grist 41,- 240 and Shipman 21,224. The vote represented 667 precincts from 51 counties 22 of which had reported the complete vote. Mr. Grist's nomination appeared certain as returns from coun ties which had not previously reported continued to give him majorities. Mr. Shipman however had made no state ment on the outcome of the second primary of Saturday. John D. Rockefeller la Eighty-Five. New York, July .8. —John D. Rockefel ler reaches his eighty-fifth birthday to day. The anniversary will be passed quietly at his home at Poeautico Hills, near Tarrytown. If he follows custom lie will play a round of golf in the morn ing and will go for an automobile ride in the afternoon. He will also cut a huge birthday cake .as he has done on his natal anniversary for many years past. The “richest man in the world,” as Mr. Rockefeller often is called, was born in the little village of Richford. N. Y., the eon of a farmer, on July 8, 1830. His youth held no indications of his future greatness. He milked cows, chopped wood and worked in the garden. At thirteen he went to Cleveland, where he attended school until lie was sixteen. He landed his first job in 1855, when he was employed as clerk bookkeeper and errand boy, at a wage of something like $lO a month. At nineteen he entered into partnership in a produce commission business. With the profits from this business, augment ed by some borrowed capital, he started an oil refinery.' After that his rise to wealth was almost metoric. At sixteen young Rockefeller had $10; at seventeen $100; at nineteen, $500; at | twenty-three, $1,500; at twenty-six, $5,- 000; at thirty-one, $300,000; at thirty four, $1,200,00; at forty-four $26,000,- 000; at fifty-four, $150,000,000, and at seventy his fortune was estimated to be in the neighborhood of $1,000,000,000. Os late years, it is understood, Mr. Rock efeller has tranferred' the bulk of his Standard Oil holdings and much of his other property to his son and other mem bers of his family. Dawes Report Branded Devilish Work • of Jews. Berlin, July B—“ The Dawes report is the Devilish work of the Jews,” Gen. Ludendorff said at a Munich meeting of the Nationalists this evening. “It is an effort of the Jews,” be maintained, “to destroy Nordic effort. It is meant not only , to enslave Germany economically, but. tto wreck the German race and culture. “German workingmen must be taught ,td see the danger ” Coolidge Gets Votg tn W *rtt" U It wasn’t Cal, but it was Marcus A. Coollge, former mayor of Fitch. 1 burg, Mass., a delegate to the Dem* ocratlc convention, who received a complimentary vote for the nom ination. He's not related to tha president, to* says, but has known him for sodte years./ NO UNIFICATION FOR TWO YEARS Rocky Mount Ministers Returns From General Conference. Rocky Mount, July 7.—Whether or net the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, are to be united will not be officially and definitly determined until 1026, according to Rev. H. M. North. pastor of the First Methodist Church,* who retnrned yesterday from Cattanooga, where he at tended the general conference of the Southern Methodist Church as a dele gate of the North Carolina conference. Tlie unification plan, proposed and ap proved by tlie General Conference of the Northern Church, was accepted at the Chattanooga Session. Rev. Mir. North stated, but the question now goes baric tq_t(ie, conferences which are members of the two general conferences for rat ification. Tlie vote will be token dur ing the calendar year of 1025 so that the official results will not be known un til the end of the year. The unifica tion, if effected will take place, therefore, in 1026. Rev. Mr. North explained that his de lay was taken in order that the mem bers of the various conferences and the individual churches might have plenty of time to think over the matter and be prepared to vote. The question will not be submitted to next fall’s North Carolina conference but rather at tlie 1025 conference. Fifty-four conferences make up the Northern General Confer ence and thirty-seven the Southern. To imss tlie northern conference the unification plan must be given a two thirds vote and for the approval of the Southern conference it must receive a three-fourths vote from tlie member con ferences. Rev. Mr. North explained that the majority would be placed on a total vote basis. Thus conferences in favor of unification are expected to work for the largest possible vote in order that tlie vote of conferences opposed to it or more evenly divided may be over come. The local minister stated that the uni fication plan went through without any great opposition and that the Chatta nooga session was much shorter than expected. He declared sentiment reflect ed at this meeting indicated that the proposal would be ratified by the indi vidualy conferences although a hot fight is expected in several instances. With Ages Totalling 302 Years. Three Filipinos Pass Away. Manila, July B.—The town of Taytay, situated only a few miles from Manila in the province of Rizal. claims the record for longevity in the Philippine Islands. From October, 1023, to the end of April, 1024, six persons who had passed the century mark died there, ac cording to the record kept by Father Dumandan. One woman, Bonita Gonzaga, accord ing to tlie record was 140 years old when she died. Others who had liver far be yond the century mark were Tomasa Vivencio, 123 years and Maria Roxas, 129 years. Father Dumandau says he believes that the simple diet of fish, vegetables and fruit which compose the chief foods of these people, adds greatly to their long lives. Sugar Enters by the Ton Inta Southern Moonshine. Columbia. S,. C., July B.—The ups and downs of the sugar market have a real meaning for the makers of moonshine, according to Robert ICirksey, United States marshal for tt|e western district of South Carolina. His jurisdiction in cludes that portion of the mountainous regions of the state known commonly as the “Dark Corner,” which had a reputa tion for producing “good corn” In block ade stills long before the Volstead edict. Sugar and molasses, Kirskey said, play an important part ill the manufacture of moonshine liquor and the lower the price of those staples the higher the profits of the manufacturers, who- often buy sugar by the ton. Hawaii has the highest mountains of any islands in the wortd. Two peaks rise nearly 14,000 feet into perpetual ice and snow. ' TODAY’S . sis, a aa a a a a NO. 159 FUNERAL Os Hi IN VERMONT pimple Service Will Be Held at White House Tomorrow and Another at Northamp ton, Mass., on Thursday. BURIAL WILL BE AT PLYMOUTH, VT. Body Will Be,Taken to the Birthplace of President for Burial—Many Messages of Sympathy Are 'Received. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, D. C., July 8. —Death once more cast its shadow today over the White House, claiming Calvin Coolidge,. Jr., the 16-year-old son of the President. A courageous struggle of five days stood off the final claim of acute blood poisoning to the utmost, which ended last night. Tlie younger son of the President died at Walter Reed Hospital, where he had lain in his desperate fight for life since he was removed there last Saturday, in order that every resource of medical science might be employed. Tentative plans for the funeral were understood today to include a simple ser vice at the White House at three o’clock tomorrow afternoon, the body then to be taken to Northampton, Mass., the Cool idge home, where another service will be held, with burinl on Thursday at Ply mouth, Vt., where the President was born. Wasted in strength by the spread of the poison that resulted from an almoßt unnoticed Mister which developed on his foot while he was, playing tennis a week ago, the youth fought bravely throughout yesterday, but collapsed early last night, and died at 10:30. He amazed his phy sicians by the tenacity with which he clung to the slender thrend of life. Forced in the last hours to abandon the desperate hope they had held for his m-overy. based mainly on the courage and lighting spirit they knew he had, the President and lint. Coolidge faced the end at their sou's bedside. Plainly showing their burden of sor row, the mother and father left the hos pital immediately after the end. Mrs. Coolidge had the President's ann as they . walked frrrrirdlr to the-ttoit—oWle tu be driven to the White House. A» the cars swung down the long avenue toward the executive mansion they were joined by another with the President's secretary. C. liascorn Slcinp. As the doors of the White House were opened to receive the President and Mrs. Coolidge. the mother was joined by Mrs. Frank W. Stearns, a close friend of the family, and a White House guest, with her husband. The President and Mrs. Coolidge, who were said to have borne up bravely, weut at once to their rooms and by midnight the white house was dark. President Coolidge went to his office for u short time this morning and as soon as his presence became known he was ov erwhelmed with messages of sympathy. Not since Lincoln’s time had such a youthful member of the Presidential fam ily been called by death and never under more tragic circumstances. All through the forenoon and after noon today there came messages to heart en the stricketn parents, callers to leave a word of sympathy, and tributes to the against death. A flag at half mast in the White plucky but losing fight the boy waged House and a write crepe token of mourn ing on the door told of the bereavement within! Aronnd the casket in East Room sailors and marines stood guard. Floral tributes in great numbers were banked about. Lieutenant Edgar Allen Poe, of the marines, with six marines standing guard around the casket, will accompany the funeral party to Massachusetts and Ver mont. The guard wil tact as pall bear ers. Death Causes Sorrow in London. London. July 8 (By the Associated Press). —The death of Calvin Coolidge, Jr., has caused universal sorrowing here, not only among the American residents, but also among the English people and in the various foreign quarters of the city. > The flags on the American em bassy and the American consulate were placed at half mast, while mwty flags on hotels and other buildings through out Loudon were balfmasted. By noon Ambassador Kellog had received many messages of sympathy for Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge from British offiials, foreign embassies, and legations, and members of the American community. Airmen Now In Mesopotamia. Bagdan, Mesopotamia, July 8. (By the Associated Press). —Tlie American army airmen on the world flight here to day at 5 o’clock from Rushire, Persia. They will leave at 10 o’clock tomorrow for Aleppo, Syria. WHAT SMITTY’S WEATHER CAT RATS PH Mr i a ■ i Partly overcast, with- scattered sow- I era and thunderstorms tonight and Wed nesday. ’
The Concord Daily Tribune (Concord, N.C.)
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