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VOLUME XXIV
Motorman Dies Result
Accident on P-N Line
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L. B. Freeman, of Gastonia,
Died of Injuries Received
When Train He Was Driv
ing Struck Another Train. |
OTHERS PROBABLY 1
FATALLY INJURED
Officials of Line Believe Ac
' cident Occurred as Result
of Misunderstanding of
Orders to Crews.
(By the Auwlatrl Prnu.)
Charlotte, July 30.—1./ B. Freeman,
of Gastonia. 'motorman of the Piedmont
and Northern .Railway passenger train
which yesterday afternoon eolliced head
on with a freight train near the outskirts
of Charlotte, died early today at a local
hospital. His death brings the toll of
the accident which officials of the line
eaifl apparently resulted from misunder
standing of orders, to one dead, two per
haps fatally injured, and twelve less
seriously hurt.
The condition of T. S. Trott, of Gas
tonia, conductor of the pa.-wenger car,
and J. T. Davis, of Kings Mountain, a
passenger,, the two most seriously in
jured, was said to be unchanged today.
Both are suffering from fractured skulls.
Officials of the railroad today said
they had not yet made an official in
vestigation of the accident. They were
waiting, it was said, in the hope that
the conductor would recover and would
be able to tell the passenger crew’s side
of the story. It was at first believed
Motorman Freeman would recover, but
his death removed that source of infor
mation.
The trains had orders to pass at Ir’-
win's Creek crossover, between the Sa
vona Mills and Lakewood, according to
officials of the road. The passenger crew,
ft was said, apparently misunderstood
the orders and overran the passing place.
Most of the injured who remained in
the hospitals here today were suffering
from fractured arm* and legs, and one
woman had a fractured jhw. The less
seriously injured left the hospitals last
night. j
Charlotte, July 29,—The. collision k-.
tween a passenger freight
train on the Piedmont and Northern
Electric railroad near here today which
injured 15 persops, several of them
swtowdy- an* Gisw lhtatiy.-wme
Attributed tonight to confusion of Orders
on the part of trainmen, according vo af
ficials of the road, though 'they said they
could, not complete their investigation of
the accident until the trainmen injured
iu the wreck recovered sufficiently to be
questioned. |
The list of injured, ns furnished to
night by officials of the railroad company
follows:
White: '
T. S. 'protter, of Gastonia, conduc
tor on the passenger ear, iVnconseious.
J. T. Dnvfe. Kings Mountain, assist
ant superintendent of cotton mill, un
eouseious.
L. B. Freeman, Gastonia, left leg
broken.
Clarence L. Waters, Mt‘ Holly, head
injured , and leg broken. *
J. F. Meacham, Rockingham, arm and
leg broken.
Mrs. P. N. Ward, 321 East Main
street, Spartanburg, S. C., leg broken
and face bruised.
Miss Mildred Cathey, Paw Creek, cut
on head and bruised.
Miss Annie Sifford, Clifford, S* C., cut
on head, back bruised.
C. H. Wheeler, Charlotte, leg hurt,
cuts on head.
K. Williamson, Charlotte, slightly hurt.
Colored:
Lizzie Williford. Kershaw, S. C-. leg.
and jaw bone broken, serious internal
injuries.
Frances Easter, five year old girl,
Gastonia, ankles badly sprained.
Kichnrd Hall. Belmont, head bruised,
neck, wrist and both legs sprained.
Lowmau Smith, and George Williams,
very slightly hurt. (
Most of the injured were in hospitals
here tonight, though two or three only
s’ightly injured, left the hospitals this
afternoon for home. All were nuffied to
hospitals immediately following the
crash, which occurred about two miles
from Charlotte, when the passenger car
going to Gastonia, crashed head-on into
the electric locomotive of the freight
• train, coming toward Charlotte. The ac
cident occurred onl a slight curve. The
passenger car was smashed in by the
impact of tjie freight train.
Find no Whiskey in the Cornerstone.
Goldsboro, July 2D. —Rurumors that
the corner stone of the old Kennon hotel,
now being razed to make room for the
new hostelry, wns to be dug up and
that it contained untold treasures placed
there years ago, attracted a large crowd
of onlookers to the spot One of the
city’s oldest inhabitants, a most truth
ful person, stated that he sow two pints
of North Carolina liquor placed in the
stone before it was sealed and possibly
his statement was the magnet which
drew the crowd. The stone was finally
brought to light but contained nothing
and chagrin was written on the faces of
about three hundred persons. Some of
the older resident* are certain . there
must have been two corner stones and
emphatically state that they saw many
different articles placed in the stone
when the old building was in the course
of erection. /
“A people'too self-indulgent for po
litical s earnestness may relapse Into a
shallow acceptance of politics as the
fated domain of sordid and hypocritical
craft. Form thle temper all possibility
of significant choices is fled.'’—William
Ernest Hocking, in the Tale Review.
The Concord Daily Tribune
FURTHER SLOWING DOWN OF
BUSINESS IN FIFTH DISTRICT
In Keeping With the General Tendency
Throughout the United States.
(By (he Associated Press I j
Richmond, Va., July 30.—A fur the.
slowing down in business took place it
the Fifth lHstrict during June, in keep
ing with the general tendency throughoui
the United States, according to ath<
monthly review of the Monthly Bushiest
and Agricultural Heview issued here to
day by the Fifth District federal Bank
The decrease in the District, the review
adds, was rtioderate nnd was little moi<
than seasonal. No additional weak spot:,
developed during the month iu the Dis
trieft’s industries, it was said, and eou
ditions in the coal nnd textile fields grew
no worse, if they did not slightly improve
The leading onuses of the retardation o 4
business in the nation was said to ap
pear to be a falling off in demand so:
steel and iron as u result of lessened au
tomobile output, a deelie in railroad pur
chases, and the passing of the crest ii
building, but none of these influences as
fcoted the Fifth District materially.
The steel and iron business of the dis'.
trict is comparatively unimportant, an
tomobile manufacturing is nominal an:
building as yet has not fallen off to an.
appreciable extent, it was stated. Tin
unfavorable weather for cotton and to
baeeo is the key to whatever unseason
able slackness of business the Distric
has experienced during the past twd o
three months .the review explains.
Tile Review follows:
“An examination of the chief indica
tors of business prosperity or adversitj
in the Fifth District shows both strengtl
and weakness. Among the ontxtnndin;
favorable factors to be noted, perhap:
the most striking is the abundance o
credit available. Member banks regular
ly reporting to the Reserve Bank show i
larger volume of outstanding loans > ti
customers than a year ago, but their de
posits have advanced greatly during tin
year and the volume of rediscounted pa
per held by the Reserve Bank is veri
’less than' a year ago. Membe:
hank reserves nt the Reserve Bank an
higher than last year, and the Reservi
Bank' has materially increased its cast
reserves while its outstanding note cir
' culation has decreased, with a resultinf
1 rise in the ratio of cash reserves t»
combined note and deposit liabilities
Debits to individual accounts at dearinf
houhe banks, a good indicator of actua
volume of business being transacted, ap
running -under defects-repwr 1 t)fr* kmfr ’few " ►
but the difference fs just about accounted
for by the average reduction in* eommod
ity prices. Business failures in the Dis
trict, while more numerous in June 192 '
than in June 1923. were lower in the to
tnl of liabilities involved.
| “Labor continues sufficiently well em
ployed to keep the purchasing power of
the public at a high point ami retni’
trade has consequently held up extremelj
1 well in view of the unfavorable weathe’
that prevailed during the Spring nnd ear
ly summer.
“Farmers dependent upon fruit am’
truck have better prospects tlmti for sev
ernl years, and throughout the entire dis
trict there is an exceptionally good hay .
crop assuring a supply of feed for farm
I animals.
“The volume of building continues tc
be unusually large, both in number and
total valuation, which apparently assures
plenty of work for all men employed in
construction for the balance of the year
at least.
“Among the outstanding factors in the
depression in the Fifth District are the
depression in the textile industry, the
small demand for the output of butumin
ous coal, nnd the uncertainty of the cot
ton hnd tobacco crop.
“Theoretically the condition -of cotton
in Bouth Carolina this year is only 5 per
cent, below that of last year but in North
Carolina the condition is 22 per cent,
lower than last year and Virginia is 34
per cent, lower. Favorable weather dur
ing the balance of the season might ov
ercome some of the handicap but the final
juftprn for the year appears highly prob
lematical.”
MOOTED QUESTION
Ship Modernization Program of Ameri
can Navy Opposed by British.
Washington, July 30 (By the Associ
ated Press). —Great Britain’s represen
tations against the ship modernization
program of the American navy may bring
to a head at Inst a controversy that has
stirred naval circles' here almost contin
uously since the adjournment of the arms
conference.
State Department officials declined to
day to comment-on the London announce
ment of the British move, or to indicate
what the policy of this government would
be.
British Viewpoint.
London, July 30 (By the Associated
I Frees). —The British government has
made representations to the governments
of United States and Ja’pan that the al
i teration of the elevations Os guns on
■ capital war vessels or expenditures for
the purpose increasing the radius of ac
titon of these guns would be in the
opinion of the British government a
! breach of the Washington convention.
■ This declaration was made in the House
p of Commons by Arthur Ponsonby,
' under secretary for foreign affairs, in
I answer to a questioner.
’ • i
f French Premier’s Failing.
Paris, July 30.—M- Harriot, -the
French premier, shares a falling of many
men in many lands. He is an inveterate
- smoker, and he never has matches. He
1 borrows box after box of matches from
• those near him, and those boxes he
1 never.by any chance returns. When his
r pockets are s» fell that they can hold
> no more be distribute*, them, but those:
who ought to get them rarely do.
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CONCORD, N.C.; WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1924
DEFENSE BEGINS 10 j
OFFER TESTIMONY
IN MURDER TIL
State Finished Presentation ;
of Evidence Tuesday and ;
Defense Began by Calling ;
Dr. White to Stand.
DR. WHITE TELLS
OF BOYS’ MINDS j
Witness Is Alienists and at :
Present Is Superintendent !
of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital -!
In Washington. , !
Chicago, lluly 30 (,By the Associated i
Press). —The state closed, and the de- 1
tense started testimony today in the
bearing which is to determine the punish- i
nent of Nnthnu Leopold, Jr., nnd Richard
Loeb for kidnapping and murder of Itob
>rt Franks.
Frank A. Asher was the last witness
’or the state. He testified merely that lie
ook Loeb’s confession on the night of
-May 30th.
The defense called ns its first witness
oday I>r. Wm. A. White, superintendent
J St. Eiizaheth's Hospital, Washington, !
[). C. j
Judge Caverl.v overruled an objection
by the state’s attorney to testimony by
iny defense 1 alienists.
“If your honor gave these defendants j
i term -of years satisfactory to them and |
their attorney,” argued Mr. Crowe, “I
wild not appeal, and they -would not. I
insist, if this question of insanity is
raised, it is your honor's duty to im
tanel a jury and determine that fart." '
Judge Caverly shook his head and
•laid "over - ruled,” but Mr Crowe eon
imied on the argument on the legal point !
te hail raised.
During the argument Judge Caverly '
ieclared that the defense would not be
permitted to go into evidence of insanity, j
tnd demanded to know from the state ;
whether it hnd any authorities to show
hat would prevent him from hearing ev-j
idence as to the state of mind or imagine- i
ion.
After the argument had lasted for nine
•y minutes, and got back to the state's
tccusatidn that the defense was trying j
o plead both sane and intjane at' the same
kPfcne*, AttAaSsJ- Mwh«K>U.«suSgested J2tbat.L
in hour and a half had been wasted.”
“No. it has not been wasted,” said !
fudge Caverly. "The court will take a
lay and a half on this, if necessary.” |
The court room filled rapidly at the
wtset of today's hearing.
Judge Caverly called the attorneys to '
:he bench and consulted with them as to
iepnrate hearings on the kidnapping
-harge. It developed that thus far the 1
hearing had technically been confined to
ibe murder charge. The attorneys agreed
that 30 minutes of formalities would suf
fice to dispose of the kidnnppiug indict
ment.
Dr. White then was called to the stand.
He was questioned by Attorney Rpch
raeli of defense counsel.
“State your professional experience,"
said Mr. Bachrach.
“I object,” said Mr. Crowe.
“Why,” asked Judge Caverly, and thei
big legal fight of the proceedings was on.
Court recessed for luncheon nt 12:30
p. m. with the argument unfinished.
Crowe maintained that the plea of
guilty prevented the defense from show
ing any state of mind as mitigation of
punishment, and he and his assistants
continued 'the argument throughout the
morning, even though Judge Caverly said
he would overrule the objection.
The defense told the judge that they
had a right to show that meatality had
figured in the circumstances of the crime,
and the court indicated that he agreed
with them.
When the dispute reached a squabbling
stage, Crowe said to the court: “If you
hear evidence ns to insanity and then
sentence these men to life imprisonment
and they then appeal to the Supreme
Court. I will confess error.”
“I don’t care what you gentlemen do
with this case when I am trough with it,”
retorted the judge.
BIG DECREASeTtODAV
IN PRICE OF COTTON
Prices Broke*ss a Bale on Reports of
Rain )n Southwestern .States.
(By the Avuioclated Prenai.)
New Vork, July SO.—Cotton prices
broke $5 a bale today from yerterday’s
close, on reports of rain fat the south
western states, and a belief that the
Texas crop was not injured as much by
dry weather as had been indicated. Oc
tober sold as low as 28.05.
Partial Eclipse of the Sun.
Washington, D. 0., July 30.—A
partial eclipse of the sun, the second in
the series of 'three such astronomical
events scheduled to take place during
the present year, is due tomorrow.
American astronomers, however, will
have slight occasion to turn their
telescopes skyward, since the eclipse will
be visible only in the Antarctic and
South Pacific oceans.
A great deal of interest is being man
ifest in the dacing class which Miss
Catherine Goodman, Miss Adelaide Har
ris and Joe Boat are conducting at the
Elks Club. About twenty pupils were
present at Monday night’s lesson.
The work of grading has been com
pleted for the mile track that thl Fair
mount Jockey Club is building near
East St. Louis.
St. James Lutheran Sunday School
i will enjoy the annual picnic ou Thurs
day afternoon at the fair grounds.
|j| WHY SHOULD IBE A MEMBER OF THE CON- ‘ ,'jj
CORD ASSOCIATION OF COMMERCE?
jij BECAUSE: |||
It is an organization for the Upbuilding and Develop-' |i|
jij ment of oitr civic, commercial and industrial life. v { ]![
|i| It is operated solely in the interest of our city, county ]!|
'|i and state, i ’ i[i
The officers and directors serve without pay and with no J 1
|i] expectation,of any individual reyvard, excepting the general ji
<!• benefits such as every member of the community receives. <|
It is a general Information Bureau, answering hundreds J
i|: of questions regarding Concord and Cabarrus County, and S
]i| is assisting newcomers to find homes and employment. ji[
We have no creed or prejudice and play no favorites. We <|j
]i are for Coicord first, last, and all the time; and function i|
|i| in the intertest of all. ]i|
]i[ A membership in the Concord Chamber of Commerce ]![
'!> denotes pr(%ress; a membership card or a membership sign i[i
!j! in your place of business is a mark of distinction and sta- ]i|
The cost is trivial —The benefits many —The expenditure ij
IJI is as legitimate as your rent, your advertising, or clerk hire. X
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MM HMD j
Has Draft of Acceptance
!• Speech andj Will Spend
j Several Days in Metropolis
j Conferring With Leaders.
<l»y tur Associated Press.)
I Dark Horbor, Mr.. July 30.—After
two weeks iu the peace and quiet of the |
Penobscot Bay Islands. John W. Davis.
■ Democratic Presidential nominee, will
! start back to New York late today to
I begin. the drive that is to carry his po
litical fortunes into the November elec
tions.
I In his pocket is the draft of his ac
! ceptance address. It will be delivered
■ 10 days hence at Clarksburg. W. Va..
j probably from the veranda of the Davis
I homestead. While -Embodied iu it will be.
| a discussion of many issues, the speech’s
’ central theme will be “honesty in govern
, ment” the 1924 batWecr.v of the Demo
-1 cratic part.
L_ Want President In Take Vacation.
I Washinnton. July 30.—Friends are
urging upon President Coolidge a brief
vacation immediately after the exercise
I ofTiis formal notification as the Republi
, can nominee here ou August 14th. but the
I Exeeutive has failed to reveal any plans
| for the immediate future.
| Mr. Coolidge, they point out. has been
under very heavy pressure during his
• year in office.
POLICE CALLED TO
QUIET PRISON RIOT
Prisoners in Rahway Reformatory' Quiet
ed Only With Police Reserves.
(By the Associated Press.)
Itahway. N. ,T.. July 30.—Police re
serves from Rahway and Woodbridge
were called to the Rahway reformatory
this afternoon to quel a riot nmong the
prisoners.
Three inmates were shot in the rioting,
one possibly fatally, and one guard was
injured.
The disturbance started in the dining
hall and spread throughout the open sec
tions of the reformatory. The Superin
tendent called for ten state troopers to be
sent to the reformatory to remain until
the trouble is quelled.
CARRV LA FOLLETTE BATTLE
TO LABOR FEDERATION
Want to Sea 'What Support Federation
Is to Give Independent Ticket.
(By the Assoelr-‘ed Press.)
Washington. July 30.—Labor union
adherents of Senators La Follette ard
Wheeler in their campaign for President
and Vice President were preparing to
day for a triaj of the strength inside of
1 the American'Federation of Labor. The
executive committee of that organization
meeting Friday at Atlantic City will lay
down the policy to govern the attitude
of its subordinate bodies insofar as'these
can be gdeemed in the approaching na
’ tional contest.
Bryan Set Is House on Millionaire Row.
Miami, Fla., July 29.—The financial
1 burden of owing an estate on “Million
-1 aires Row,” is given as the cause of
| William Jennings ltryan placing his bay
1 front 'home, Villa Serana, on the mar
ket.
Mr. Bryan announced today that he
had purchased a jnoye modest place in
Cocoanut Grove, six miles South of
Miami, and that he and Mrs. Bryan
- would make that their home in the
1 future. Mr. Bryan gave three reasons
1 for the change in a statement given out
: tonight, the burden of taxes and in
■ terest on his investment; Mrs. Bryan's
1 health which makes the upkeep of a
large place next to impossible, and Inst
| to be near their daughters, Mrs. Regi
-1 nald A. Owen, who resides across the
street from Marymnnt, the new home.
Mr. Bryan will leave Thursday night
( on an extended political tour.
With Our Advertisers.
> I’iggly Wiggly offers special prices for
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday. See ad.
The Citizens Hank and Trust Co.
. wants to serve you in every helpful way.
r Constantly improved but so yearly
changes makes the Dodge Motor Cars al
ways popular.
1 Wait ! Efird’s new store will be open
i- ed next Satui)day morning with * bij
sale. >
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! MOB CLASHES WITH
KLANIEN !M NIGHT
Between 500 and 800 Mem-l!
bers In Mob That Fought ||
Most of Night.—Five Per- i
sons in Hospitals.
(By the Anuclttnl Press.)
.Lancaster, Mass., July 30.—After a i
| night of disorders and clashes in which
scores were injured, a crowd of men who
had engaged in a night of hostilities with
members and spectators at a Ku Klux
Klan meeting in a field near here, were
dispersed with the arrival of additional
state patrolmen today. Between 500
and 800 men had engaged in the fighting
during the night. ‘ t
The list of.injured today following the ,
night’s fighting, included five men whose ,
injuries were so serious as to require
treatment at hospitals. One was a ;
policeman struck on the head by a stone. ,
Three were suffering from wounds be
lieved to have been caused by a shot
gun loqded with rock salt.
Many* -others are known to have been
hurt by clubs, flying stone and other
missies. Two automobiles were partly
demolished by. showers of stones.
The hostilities broke out last night
when 300 Klansmen. friends and spec
tators assembled in a field near here,
only to be beleagured by a crowd of
between 300 and 500 men. came as a
culmination of bitter feeling for some
time.
BLOOD-SMEARED GUN 18
FOUND AT EVANS’ HOME
It is Taken to Raleigh to Compare
Prints On it With Those of Evans.
Raleigh. July 2!).—Sheriff Charley L.
Johnson, of Nash county, mis. morning
, found a blood-smeared shotgun at the
home of Oheathem Evans, negro who
, Iwas arrested near Hollister yesterday in
connection with the death of Arthur 1,.
Joyner, Hollister taxi driver, who was
’ brought to Raleigh under guard of a de
tachment of national guards following
■threats by a mob of lynching, according
’ to information obtained this afternoon
by the Associated Press over long dis
| tance telephone.
| The shotgun it was stated, is being
brought to Raleigh for a comparison of
fingerprints said to be well preserved in
the dried blood smears on the gun with
the fingerprint records of Evaps at the
l state prison.
Joyner was shot three times, his body
* being horribly mutilated by the small
shot. Besides a wound in Joyner's back,
hie chin and mouth were partially shot
l away.
1 Funeral services were held this morn
t ing for Joyner, attended by hundreds* of
- people from all over the county. The
f body was carried to Nashville 24 miles
> away, for burial.
I Joyner leaves a widow and live daugh
j ters.
| Option on 10,000 More Acres of Pisgah
Forest.
Asheville, July 30.—Verne Rhodes,
supervisor of Pisgah Forest, has just
secured an option on 10,000 additional
[ acres of land for the increasing of the
. forest, it has been announced here. Ac
f cording to the plans of the government
. as announced. 40,000 more acres of land
. will be added to the Pisgah Forest re
serve.
; The land is located on the southwest
i ern edge of the forest and contains the
f upper part >of the drainage of the North
i Fork and French Broad rivers. Itis
i cut over land but will be reforested when
* government takes actual possession. The
t purchase price was stated to be $3 per
- acre.
s
t Dollar Days at Parks-Belk Co.
t Thursday, Friday and Saturday will be
- Dollar Days at the Parks-Belk Co., and
r for this special sale the company is of
fering many fine bargains. To set forth
I some of the many fine things to be of
fered the company is running a page ad.
in this paper today.
It will be to your advantage to read
r the ad. carefully and be on hand for the
t- opening of the sale tomorrow.
>• Eggs Are Tossed at Ex-Governor VVal
f- ton.
y Muskegee, Okla., July 29. — Several
l* eggs were tossed at Jack Walton, de
posed governor and candidate for the
>- democratic nomination for United States
ig senator, when he spoke in th'e municipal
athletic park here last night-
Posses Searching For
Slg~!swo Officers
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WOMAN IS SHOCKED WHEN
REFRIGERATOR BLOWS UP
Gas Generated From Carbide Placed In
Air-Tight Compartment.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.. July 28.—One of
the most unusual explosions to have
taken place in this section for some time ]
is thtft which occurred in the home of
William Eilis, Jr., on Lee Street, Plym
outh today, when a refrigerator in the
kitchen of the home "blew up.” Net ]
realising the possible results, Mrs. Ellis
had placed a bag of carbide in the air
tight chamber of the refrgerator. The
moisture of the ice-box caused the car
bide to give off gas, which accumulated
to such ah extent that the explosion
resulted.
One piece of the refrigerator was
hurled through a window, while another *
part was heaved into an adjoining room.
Mrs. Ellis, who was sitting on the front
porch at the time, suffered from shock *
but received no physical injuries. f
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THE COTTON MARKET !
I
Reports of Rain in Texas Encouraged
Slight Selling Pressure During Eariy ,
Trading. ,
(By (lie Associated Press.)
New York. July 30.—Reports of rain I
at a number of Texas points encouraged \
•(light selling pressure iu the cotton mar- l
ket early today, and were responsible for
a barely steady opening with first prices i
on active months 7 [mints higher to 12 t
lower. Later the market declined 15
to 18 points under the previous cloee, i
October selling at 28.85 and December f
at 28.00. but rallied again on support <
from Wall Street and local traders. The 1
opening prices were: Oct. 29.15; Dec. t
28.25; Jan. 28.06; March 28.30; Mav i
28.35.
GOV. SWEET OPPOSED ,
TO DEFENSE DAY ,
Will Observe I>ay as He Thinks Proper '
Blit Will Not Mobilize Members of ]
Guard.
(By the Associated Press.)
Loveland, Colo., July 30.—Declaring ,
he would co-operate with President Cool- ,
idge as far as he deemed it proiwr, but
declaring unequivocally that he would not
order the mobilization of the Colorado .
National Guard on National Defense
Day. September 12th. Governor Sweet in
an interview with the Loveland Herald ,
Reporter today went on reeord in oppo
sition to the idea of observance of the ,
day.
WANT SPECIAL UNIFORMS
FOR PROHIBITION AGENT#
Mark to Distinguish Dry Officers From
Bandits Is Demanded.
Washington. 1). C.. July 29. —The As
sociation Against the Prohibition Amend
ment announced today that it would
launch an immediate campaign to ob
tain the necessary legislation to require
prohibition agents patroling highways to
wear a distinctive uniform. This, it was
said, would protect innocent motorists
from being stopped on the road at the
point of a revolver by men in civilian
clothes whom they often believe to be
highwaymen and seek to evade, some
times with serious results.
La Follette-Wheeler Club Is Organized
at Spencer.
Spencer, July 29.—A La Foliette.
Wheeler club was organized in Spencer
Monday night with 100 names enrolled
representing 100 .per cent, of the at
tendance at the meeting held in the
baseball park. The meeting was called
at the instance of Conductor Dan Car
ter. and was presided over, by Tom P.
.Timison, who made a strong talk for the
La Follette movement declaring it to be
representative of the best and most pro
gressive element in th<* country. The
La Follette platform was read and ex
plained to the crowd of voters present,
and it was stated that this is one of
many such gatherings to be held soon.
The club elected as its ojeers: ,T. D.
Carter, president; W. E. Shuping, vice
president: Rev. Tom P. Jimison, secre
tary ; and I. ,T. McAdams, treasurer.
Large number* of men who could not
leave their work in the Southern shops
and on the road sent in their names to
be enrolled as members. It is expected
that tire membership of the club wiil be
increased to several hundred in a short
time. Officers of the club notified Sen
ator I,a Follette by wire of the organiza
tion of the club in Spencer,
The women voters of Spencer will
meet in the park this afternoon and or
ganize a similar La Follette club of
their own, to be managed by the ladies.
The women plan to meet often, in various
homes in Spencer, and study the political
situation and determine for themselves
what is the best interests of the voters.
Stone Directs Suits to Cancel Oil Per
mits.
Washington, July 29.—Attorney Gen
eral Stone today directed the United
State attorney at Salt Lake City to file
suit there' to cancel all oil and gas pros
pecting permit on a portion of the Nav
ajo Indian reservation.
The suit is directed against the Mid
west Oil Company, the Southwest Oil
Company and E. M. Harrison.
The action is the first filed under a
recent opinion submitted by the attorney
general to the President, holding that
tbe general leasing act of 1920 does not
apply to “executive order reservations”
and that permits already issued in con
sequence are invalid.
Governor Is Enjoying Vacation In Moun
tains.
Asheville, July 29.—Gov. Cameron
Morrison, accompanied by Mrs. Mor
rison and his daughter, Miss AngeHa,
are in Asheville for several days- Hey
will leave Monday for Raleigh, as the
execuive plans to be in the capital city
for the special session el the general
( assembly.
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NO. 178.
U. S. Marshall Sam Lilly and
Prohibition Agent George
Killed While on Duty Near
Wilmington During Night.
BODIES LOCATED
IN OFFICERS’ CAR
Both Bodies Riddled With
Bullets and Auto Also Dam
aged—Officers’ Guns Were
Not Discharged At All.
(By the Associated Press. J ~>f
Wilmington. X. C., July 30.—The
bodies of Deputy United States Marshal
Sam Lilly and City Prohibition Agent
Lex) George, who were shot to dentil
two miles from Phoenix, in Brunswick
county, parly last night, were brought
to Wilmington shortly after 3 o'clock
tliis morning. Coroner Harrelson will
hold an inquest during the day.
The bodies of the officers were riddled
with buckshot and bullets. Lilly’s head
was almost completely shot off.
When found, George’s body was crum
pled beneath the steering wheel. The
winshield of the car had been shot com- 1
pletely away.
Several hundred armed men left Wil
mington and points in Brunswick coun
ty early today to search for the slayers.
Three months ago Lilly killed a negro
in the vicinity cf where his body was
found last night. A coroner’s jury ex
onerated him on the ground that the
killing was in self defense. Officers
think this may furnish a motive for the
slaying of the two officers.
The scene of the killing was an ob
scure trail through a swamp over which
tlie men were traveling in Lilly’s auto
mobile. Tlie two had been unusually
active lately in raiding moonshine camps.
Apparently they had paused on their way
to seize a small copper still which was
found in the car with their bodies.
Powder burns on George's face indi
cated the nearness of the assassins. The
officers' weapons hnd not been used.
Wilmington, July 29.—A posse de
spatched from here to Phoenix, Bruns
wick county, tonight upon receipt of re
ports of a battle between prohibition offi
cers and bootleggers, found the bodies of
Deputy United States Marshal Lilly and
City Prohibition Agent Leon George in
their automobile four miles from the
town.
Both bodies were pierced with bullets
fired at close range and George's police
dog was also found dead in the car.
The posse, consisting of 50 police and
county officers, went armed with riot
guns to meet any exigency.
The weapons of both officers were in
their pockets and had not been fired.
First news of the tragedy came in tlie
form of a telephone metwage from Phoe
nix to the effect that a negro had re
ported hearing 25 c.r 30 shots fired and
had seen the bodies of the wounded offi
cers at a distance.
At 11 o'clock an additional 100 men
had been hurried into Brunswick coun
ty to join in the search for the slayers.
George was 52 year,« old and had been
a member of the police department for
25 years. For the past three years he
had been assigned actively to prohibi
tion enforcement work, his efforts in this
direction having been widely exploited
in motion picture news reels. He was
unmarried.
Lilly was about 45 years old and is
survived by a wife and several chil
dren.
Tlie two officers left Wilmington at
2:30 o’clock this afternoon, Lilly telling
friends that he was going to 6erve a pa
per in connection with a prohibition case
in Brunswick county.
Nothing was heard from them after
their departure from the city until the
brief telephone message at 8:55 tonight
saying that it was reported they were
killed.
The officers were traveling in Lilly’s
automobile.
When the bodies were found at 10
o'clock, they had apparently been dead
for several hours.
Local officials said today that white
men had killed officers Lilly and George.
They decline, however, to state the basis
for their statement. They said they had
a strong clue to the identity of the play
ers, but declined to give out any names.
It lad been thought possibly the men
had been slain in revenge for the killing
of a negro recently.
Local officers said they expected ar
rests to be made during the day.
The city of Wilmington today offered a
reward of SSOO for the arrest and convic
tion of the slayers. To this the county
added SIOO and Sheriff Jackson SSO. The •
state has been asked to supplement the
reward.
Aviators at Kirkwall.
Kirkwall, Orkney Island. Scotland,
July 30 (By the Associated Press).—
The American around the world fliers
on their way homeward, arrived here
today from Brough.
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