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VOLUME XXIV
TO CLOSELY GUffiD
JUDGE CAVEBJf IS
HE READS DECISION
Special Precautions to See
That No Disorders Occur
When Leopold and Loeb
Are Sentenced.
SPECIAL OFFICERS
FOR COURT ROOMS
No Spectators Will Be Ad
mitted When Judge Passes
Sentence.—Decision Has
Already Been Made.
illy Me Auwcl»f(l)Vr«w.)
Chicago, Sept. ft.—-Final precautions
were being taken today to insure order
ly sentencing to dentil or life imprison
ment tomorrow of Nathan F. Leo]void,
Jr.. and Richard Loeb for the kidnapping
ami murdering Hobble Frank.
Fifty policemen and scores of plain
clothes meji will be on duty outside and
iii the corridors of the criminal court
building to keep crowds away. The
court room will be closed to spectators,
only relatives ,to the defendants and the
dead boy. and attorneys, bailiffs and
newspaper men will be present.
Because of the many threats received
by Judge John It. Caverly. special pre
cautions for safeguarding him will be
taken.
Judge Caverly lias issued a statement
in which ho requested that public no
tice bo given that his opinion will he
given first, to newspaper men -in written
form, and that newspapers will appear
on the streets with. the sentence long j
before any of those outside could hoar
it from the court room. This, he hopes,
will keep away crowds "of curious.
Far away from the drono of the court
room will lie the father and mother of
one of the defendants —Mr. and Mrs. Al
bert H. Imeb. On their summer estate
near Charlevoix, Michigan, the father and
mother will sit awaiting the tinkle of
a telephone bell which will toll them
whether or not their son shall forfeit
his life. They will he absent from the
court room •because their physieiau lias
warned them that to be present might
prove too great a shock for them to Dear.
(Nathan F. Leopold. Hr., and Foreman
lyopold. a brother of Nathan. Jr., will
•**&& - a^arrsiSM^*
the defense attorneys.
DEMOCRATIC KEYNOTER
MAY GO TO GREENSBORO
Senator Pat Harrison, of Mississippi, to
Speak at Winston-Salem or Greens
boro.
Greensboro. Sept. B.—--Senator Pat
Harrison, of Mistdssippi. may spenk
here next Saturday, provided a place
cannot, is* obtained for him in Winston-
Salem.
Andrew Joyner. .Tr., chairman of the
Guilford county democratic executive
committee, is to be informed Tnesdny
morning by John. G. Dawson, chairman
of state executive committee, whether
the Harrison address will be made
here or in Winston-Salem. It is inti
mated that it might be impossible to
get a suitable auditorium in Winston-
Salem. > \
If he speaks here, the Grand thenter,
. with 'a normal seating capacity of 1.5t)0,
will be used, and increased by addition
of more seats.
Senator Harrison will be available
for only one address in North Carolina,
as lie will be en route to Cleveland,
Ohio, where he speaks next Monday
nighty
Congregation Declines to Back Revival
Move.
Thomnsville, Sept. 8. —A revival
meeting which has been announced here
for September 21 will not bo supported
by the Main Street Methodist etmreth,
according to a resolution passed at a
called meeting of the board of stewards.
Other Methodists of the city, however,
are expected to support the movement-
Reasons assigned for the action of
the Main Street church arc to the ef
fect that,the church is busy at the work
of closing up the finances for the year
ami will bfc unable to take on any other
financial. obligation.
The meeting is to he conducted by ;
Rev. Ray Browning, of Hendersonville. I
Negro Killed by Train Near China |
Grove. ■ |
Salisbury, Sept. B.—An unidentified
negro man was killed by a train near |
China Grove sometime Sunday night
The body was discovered Monday morn
* ing and brought to Salisbury where it'
was held with the hope of learning the
man's identity.,
Some distance from the'point where
this man was killed another negro was
hit by a train and seriously hurt. He
regained consciousness after being brought
to a Salisbury hospital but knew noth
ing about the dead man.
Gov. Trinkle Injured.
{By the Associated Press.)
Richmond, Vn„ Sept. Oj—Governor E,
Lee Trinkle. of Virginia, was taken to n
lufcpital here today suffering from a
broken left arm sustained last night when
lie was thrown from a chair on board the
Virginia Fish nDd flame Department
liont. Commodore Maury, while en route
to the mouth of St. Mary's River-for n
conference with Governor Ritchie of
Maryland, over the crab and oyfltep in
dustries of the two states.
On the exact spot from which the
Pilgrim Fathers took their departure
from Immingham Creek in England, for
Holland, iu 1609. there has been set up
and appropriately dedicated a memo
rial commemorating that event.
The Concord Daily Tribune
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TO SELL TICKETS TO SPOT
WHERE NOAH REACHED ARK
Efforts Made to Interest Capitalists in
Mount Ararat Scheme. |
■Erivan, Armenia. Sept.. o.—Efforts ,
are being made by a group of Armenians. |
headed by Leoji I’ashalian, secretary of’
the Armenian national committee at
Geneva, to interest American capitalists
or amusement promoters in a plan to ex-'
ploit Mount Arrnrat, upon which Noah’s j
Ark is .suppled to have grounded when I
the flood waters began to recede. i
The project contemplates making
Mount Arrarat a tourist resort. The
plan is to erect a funicular railway up
the slopes of Arrat, the mighty snow
clad summit of which at an altitude of j
17,655 feet marks the dividing line be
tween Armenia. Tijrkey and Peris, |
Although Arat-at, strictly speaking, no
longer is within Armenian territory,'
having been awarded to Turkey, Arme-1
liians are anxious to make it up active j
center of interest for American tourists
and other visitors. They say they are
prepared to give American promoters;
every assistance in converting the icy |
dome, which is an extinct volcano, inlo j
a pleasure resort. Their idea is to make
it a sort of Pike's Peak and to charge I
a small fee for making an ascent to the j
summit, from which an excellent view I
can be had of the entire Caucasus re- (
gion.
Arrarat is entirely barren, producing |
neither water, minerals nor timber nor
any form of life. If is useless except as
a scenic spectacle. Nevertheless, it is
held in sari-mod veneration by the pefla
anls. who daily pray'tto it.
FIGHTING IN CHINA N
IS HALTED BY. RAIN
Chinese Follow Tradition That Fighting)
Must Stop When It Rains. I
Shanghai, Sept. 9. 0 p. in. (By the;
Associated Press). — A terrific rain storm j
which continued several hours and flood-,’
ml Shanghai streets to a depth of .two
feet lnt.c this afternoon halted fighting i
between rival armies west and northwest
of this city.
Regain Ijost Ground.
Shanghai. Sept, ft (By the Associated
. Press). —The Chekiang forces defending
' Shanghai ngainst the Kiangsu troops
have regained all of the ground they had
lost in the Liuho sector, northeast of this
city, it was announced here late today.
Heavy min stopepd the fighting Ibis
' evening.
Heavy rain stopped the fighting this'
evening in accordance with the Chinese
military tmditiong that fighting can be
done only in good weather.
Announcement of the successful coun
ter attack near Liuho was made at the
Lungwha headquarters of the Chekiang j
forces after two major battles had- en
gaged the troops for several hours.
SLAYER OF JOHXSON
Officers Continue Investigation Into the
Death of Man Who Was Found Dead .
hi Boarding House.
(By tkn Pi«►*»*.)
Charlotte, Sept. o.—The inquest into
the death of W- W. Johnson, of Mt. Hol
ly, who was found dead in the front room
at the home of Robert L. lteed here last
Saturday, wns (o' be 'continued here to
day before Coroner Frank Hovjs. The
coroner yesterday afternoon was unable
to complete the taking of evidence.
Johnson’s body, laid ont as if for bur
ial. was found lying op a sofa. Reed was
arrested as he lay asleep in another
room of the house, and Lee R. Fttlp. of
Statesville, who had spent Friday night j
at the Reed home, was arrested in States- ■
ville. Fulp and Reed are being held in 1
the county jail pending the outcome of the
hearing.
Fulp wns expected to testify here to
day.
The police have advanced no theory as
to how Johnson was slain beyond the fact -
that he was shot through the head. j
Man of 25 Weds Girl of II at Yancey- j
ville.
Reidsville, Sept. 8. —John Phelps. 25,.
held by the Halifax, Va., authorities for j
the Chesterfield county police was re-1
turned to that county by A. T. Taylo-,
sheriff of Chesterfield, to answer charges
which he said would be preferred ngainst
him. With him went Louise Mayes,
aged 11 years, to whom Phelps was
married last Friday, at Yanecyvill.’. A
discrepancy as to the girl’s age has nris
in, the father claiming she is 11 years
old while the girl claims she is 15. Ac
cording to the officer who called at;
South Boston for the two, they have
been away from their homes for several j
weeks.’
Davis Spends the Day at Rest.
Estes Park. Colo., Sept. 9. (By the As
sociated Press). —John W. Davis, dem
j ocratic Presidential nominee, rested to
day from his strenuous campaign in the'
I west, at a retreat in a little valley here
’ j at almost the very summit of the Rocky
i ' Mountains. Before returning to Denver
.. Thursday he will complete the mapping
. out of the address he is to deliver there
\ j that night.
• J Tracery, n famous English racehorse
' and sire which has just died, was in?
,' sured for $200,000.
1 Mrs. A. R. McCarrell, of Ridgeway,
! 8. C„ is the guest of Mrs. George Rich
t mond.
I FOR SWEET CHARITY,
! I POINT SERVICE STATION
, | OPENS
t I ■ j p
; For the Benefit of the |
j KING’S DAUGHTERS
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, 10th AND 11th f
II BE'GENEROUS |
l 49 BUY YOUR GAS AND OIL fe
;| C. G. BROWN
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CONCORD, N. C„ TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1924
AIRMEN FORCED TO 1
i LAND WHEN ALMOST
I AT END OF FLIGHT
; [
Bad Weather Forced the Air
{ men to Ground at Abcr
j deen, Md., Seventy Miles
j From the Capital.'
PRESIDENT READY 1
TO GREET THEM
Members of Cabinet Also at
| Landing Field—Flight Re^
J sumed at 1:30 O’clock This
j Afternoon.
(Br {he Axxoclntrll Press.! j
Washington, Sept. ft. —A forced land
j ing at Abcrdeeh, Md.. 70 miles north of
j Washington interrupted the Neiv York-
Wa'shington leap of the army world fliers'
today. Fog compelled the fliers who with
their escort laid battled against head j
winds all the way from New York to
crime to the ground for refueling.
• President CooUflge and his cabinet,
with Mrs. Coolidge and the cabinet lad-'
j ies, were at Rolling Field early ,to greet
j -the airmen on t lieir arrival. As word
j came that they were delayed, the Presi
! dent deckled to stick it out, abandoning
■ luncheon engagements. lie had already
1 waited for hours at the Mold.- in spite of
rniu and mist.
j Officers at the field had expected the
fliers to lunch with them, but promptly
invited the President and Mrs. Coolidge.
Their invitation was ns promptly accept
ed. and while the fliers were lunching at
Aberdeen, Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge went
to the officers’ mess at t tip field, ns guests
of tile air service personnel.
Cabinet members and their wives also
became the officers’ luncheon guests.
While preparations for the meal went
forward, word came from Aberdeen that
Ihe fog was lifting and the fliers would
soon be on their way again.
The rain had gone by at 1 p. m. and
the sun was shining over- the city. At
the field the crowd of s]ieetators jammed
every point from which the landing plane
could be seen.
On Way Again.
Baltimore, Sept, 0. —The world fliers
left Aberdeen, M()., at 1:30 o'clock, army
hyad<fij,arj.ers_ byre iHtftg&iiced. •>.
Mitehcß FWffr NT Y.‘. Stfil. The
T'nited States array around the world
j fliefe hopped off from Mitch el Field for
Washington at 0:35, o'clock daylight
saving time.
After he had received the weather re
ports. Major General Patrick, command
er of the army air service, conferred
with Lieut. Lowell Smith, leader of the
world fliers. Lieut. Smith said the
fliers were anxious to be off. Major
General Patrick then gave his approval
to the plans to hop off without delay.
The airmen expected to reach Wash
ington in three or four hours unless the
head .winds shifted, or other unfavor
able weather conditions developed.
Pass Over Philadelphia. ‘
i Philadelphia, Sept. ft.—The -world flers
1 passed over northeast Philadelphia at
II :50 a. m. ,
Pass Over Delaware.
Wilmington, Del., Sept, ft.—The world
fliers passed over Wilmington at 12.32
1 p. m. daylight time.
i CONDITION OF MRS.
ALLRED NOW SERIOUS
| Woman Is Said to Have Been Struck in
i Head by Hatchet Thrown at Her By
j 1 Insist ml.
(By the Associated Press.)
Greensboro, Sept. ft.—Mrs. J. F. All
red is in a local hospital in a serious
condition and her husband is held in the
,county jail awaiting the outcome of her
condition, as a result of trouble the con-
J pie had yesterday west of the city, dur
ing which Mrs. Allred was struck on the
, head hr a hatchet, said to have been
; hurled by her husband.
The hatchet, according to county offi
[ cials. wns thrown from a distance about
] ten foot, striking the woman behind the
right ear and penetrating the sknll.
Still After Firpo.
(IK- *i,e Associated Press)
Washington, Sept, o.—Canon W. S.
. I Chase, of New York, called at the White
- i House today, and after talking with Sec
retary Slemp, went to the Department of
■; Justice to carry on his fight for the de
• portation of Luis Angel Firpo. Argentine
, boxer. He said he had not given up hope
jof blocking.the fight scheduled for Thurs
' day night between Firpo and Harry
■Wills. f
(Admission of women to the ! clergy in
Norway is being advocated as a means
, of relieving the shortage of pnstors and
• this issue will probably hr ((iseiissed at
the next session of the Storthing.
!-j ' r.|
; j Feature Days at Cabarrus County
i:i Fair
1 • I
U i* TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21st
H Educational Day. ; H
Iredfcll Day.
Veterans' Dav. 'll!
' WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22nd. ||
!f; Mecklenburg County Day. w
r? L’liioh County Dav. h
f THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23rd
Cabarrus County Day.
!| Stanly .County Day. I)
Merchants and Manufacturers Da)’. jlj
| First Annual Bench Show.
1 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24th. !|
{ Farmers’ Day. ll]
RowanJjCounty Day.
Civic Glubs Day.
’« SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25th. h
jg Orders Day. H
Sales E*ty. *
TIIR COTTON MARKET
: Big B.e|il( Yesterday Fallowed by Open
ing Advance ft 15 to 20 Points.
(By (lie A(diiM-l:i|e(l Press.)
New York. Sept, ft, —The cotton mar
ket’s -big. iiroak .yesterday was followed
by an opening ndrtnee of 13 to 20 points
today as a result of trade liny ing and eov-1
cring promoted b* relatively steady ca
bles and reports of firmness in rhe stock |
market.
The rally to 33.78 for October and!
ter December met heavy offerings
fronr/ttbe Kj)ith, local traders and comm is-1
sion 1|(!WK!, liowqver, and the market’
soon liroke. Octoiler selling off to 23.50
and December to 23.01 at the end of the
first hour, or about 7 to 8 points net
lower, and into unr low grounds for the
movement. Opening prices were: Octob
er 23.75; December 23.30; January 23.15;!
March 23.37; ITay 23.(13.
Salisbury Plans Meeting.
Salisbury, Sept. .B.—The laymen’s
ovnngelistio club is closing up plans to
have a six-weeks’ evangelistic campaign
in this city from November 2 to De
cember l(i. At a piloting of the club.
Horace F. Erwin musical director of
the Dr. Milford 11. Lyon evangelist
party, Ac local members and!
outlined ti he' system of work of liis!
party. Dr. Lyon has worked principally j
in tile New Fnglapd states, where he'
Ims a fcvj> that of i
plans to build nl?!ij»erii(nHC near flie eefi
ter of the city for the meeting.
One MHHon From Gas Tax.
Sontli Carolina’s new three cent gas
tax amounted to $1,004,730.10 during the
first half of 1024. The revenues deriv
ed from this tax is divided three ways:
one-third to the State highway commis
sion, one-third to the county in which
collected and one-third to the State gov- j
eminent as a portion of its operating
expense. In 1025, the whole of the
gas tax will be used by the highway de
partment.
1 The Republican Motor Car
Expdition to Use “Oil Burners”
(Special to The Tribune.)
Washington. Sept. ft. —The motor ear. <
expedition of Coolidge-Davves speakers ■
to the Pacific coast calls to memory ear
lier expenditions into the open spaces'
for the “winning of the West’’ for Re-1
publican candidates, notably the speak- i
ing tour of Charles E. Hughes in Cali
fornia in lfllti, as well as the tour of the!
famous women's “Golden Special” be-1
yond the Mississippi in the same year.
It will be recalled that the tour of the j
"Golden" or “millionaire special" came
to grief before it had penetrated far be
yond the Mississippi, and what these and
other efforts expended beyond the Father
of Waters won the electoral vote of four
western states for the Hughes-Fairbanks
ticket. lowa, Minnesota. South Dakota
and Oregon. The “Golden Special" was
a de luxe train, upon which all reserva
tions were held by wives of Republican
millionaires, heiresses and members of
the “Four Hundred.’’ Success of this
tour was on a par with Hughes’ speak
ing campaign in California, so “cool” did
the men and women of the West manage
to keep upon the occasion of the coining
of the “millionaire de luxt special.”
But this is 1024, the age of the motor
ear. and the 1924 caravan will be strict
ly an “oil burner.”
“Over the plains to the oil fields” is
' suggested as a fitting title for the 1024
‘ pilgrimage into the wide open spaces of
' the West., Publicity agents for the
Coolidge-Davves caravan have broadcast
the news that the tour will cover five
thousand miles and that, it is likely 200,-1
1 000 automobiles will be used. Such a j
1 train of ears is likely to draw heavily
I even on the administration's oil re
serves.
“There is unusual interest and ineli
niation to join in this unprecedented
cross-eouiMry demonstration” and “trucks I
■ bearing floats will be in line, while farm
f 1 tractors and horse-darwu vehicles will
]. have places in tlie_ official escort,” says ,
; i the announcement of the trip,
jj That there will be interest in the]
I pageant is undoubtedly true, as much
or more for what it does not portray
and for where it does not go as far what
it does show and where it does go. But
it is respectfully suggested that horse
drawn vehicles have no place in the car
avan—there should, be none, but oil burn
ing vehicles in line. It is also suggest
ed that among the floats should be at
least one representing a teapot,
j ! If tnc pageant i« to be historically
■ correct—and “common sense” will admit
of nothing short ir.t that—the caravan’s
route will be cleared by a squad of Boa
ton policemen, while the escort will be
furnished by “minute menß—not of the
PRESIDENT OF CHILE
Gives i p ins office
President Resigned After Military Cabi
net Assumed Power Last Friday.
’Santiago, Chile. Sept, ft (By the Asso
ciated Press). —President Arturo Ales
sandria. of Chile, has resigned, mid has
| been snceeeded as President by General
Luis Altamarino. head of the military
cabinet which assumed power Friday
I night.
! The President tendered his resignation
after it had been requested by the cnbi
-1 net, and the leaders of the military group.
* ! who asked him to absent himself from
the country, and asserted that they would
guarantee his own personal safety, and
that of his family.
BREWSTER ELECTED BY
| PLURALITY OF 30.000
Republicans Won Most Contests in tlie
Maine Election Monday.
(By (Ue Associated Press)
Portland. Me.. Sept. ft.—Ralph O.
Brewster, of Portland. Republican, was
elected Governor of Maine yesterday by
a plurality of more than 30,00 over
William 11. Pattanga.ll, of Augusta. ,
Democrat. With returns received from
503 election precincts out of (533 in the
j state, the vote stood: Brewster. 13(5,(548;
| Pnttangall. 107,273.
| The missing precincts included the
city of Eastport which is norfiially Re-
in Portland, and
.*
a total vore to materially affect the re
fill t. •
President Sends Congratulations.
' (By the Associated Press. >
Washington, Sept. ft. —President Cool
idge sent a message of congratulation to
George L. Emery, tis Portland. Me., the
chairman of the republican state cqmmit
! tee, on the results of yesterday's election.
"Accept m.v congratulations on the sig
nificant and decisive victory for the re
publican ticket in tlie state of Maine,”
the message said.
1776 type, but of the Dawes twentieth
century variety. Also Colonel Roose
velt and a squad of Marines should be
attached as part of the escort, for in
winding its way through Teapot. Dome, a
few troublesome "squatters” may tie en
countered. Some of Attorney General
Daugherty's most vigilant sleuths might
be employed with good effect, too —no
well organized army would think of pen
etrating the enemy’s country without, a
company oi scouts—for there are United
States Senators in the states the caravan
will traverse, and bootleggers are still
abroad in the land.
According (o former Representative
Frederick C. Hieks, stage manager for
the earnvan-comedy, leaving Plymouth,
the birthplace of President Coolidge in
Vermont. September fttli, it. “will reach
its goal, the Pacific coast, October 18th,”
but if the caravan maintains no greater
rate of speed than the President flashed
in convicting Fail and Sinclair, or than
be showed in ousting Denby and Daugh
erty, it is doubtful that Cali
fornia will be reached in October of this
year or next, particularly if it visits all
those points of interest—in the light of
recent events—that, it will have to visit
if it adheres to the historical truth of
, the present administration's record, not
ably the “Little. Green House on K.
Street,” in Washington,; Washington
Court House, in Olijo; Meadows of Dan,
in Virginia; Teapot Dome, in Wyoming;
Three Rivers, in New Mexico, and Elk
Hills, in California.
I Northampton. Mass., the present home
jof President Coolidge. is down for a
stop. Northampton is also the site of
n veterans’ hospital, so of course Colonel
! Charles R. Forbes will be on hand there
to extend a hearty welcome to the pil
grims, while Horry Daugherty is ex-
I peeted to attach himself to the parade at
' “the Little Green House on K. Street"
and continue as far as Washington Court
, House. Ilaseoin Slemp will be expected
to head the reception committee at
J Meadows of Dan and in Wyoming, where
the teapot will be sizzling, there will be
a social hour. In true western style,
Albert B. Fall will not doubt arrange a
“rodoo” at Three Rivers, while E. L.
Doheny will do whatever social honors
the occasion requires, as well as fil the
motor tanks with a fresh supply of oil
and gas from his well known storage
tanks.
It is understood that one of the fea
ture attractions Os the performance to
be staged at each stop, will be a moving
picture presentation of the Dempstey-
Carpentier prise fight, which film lias
heretofore been shown only fn Washing
ton.
NEBRASKA CHEERS
• DAVIS FARM PLANS
Nominee 151.xmes Tariff and laalalJo**-*-
Policy for Ills Agriculture Suffei)
Special to New York World.
Omaha. Neb.. Sfipt. (5.-—Welroineir
Nebraska with a whnrip which indicates
that there is no‘lack of political interest
in this part of the country. John W.
Davis tonight, in a siieech at the Omaha
auditorium, laid down the agricultural i
policy cu which fie is to base his appeal j
to the farmers of the nation, but more |
particularly those of tlie now complain-,
ing Northwest.
Tlie auditorium, which scats 7,000 was |
jammed to the rafters, with every avail-,
able inch of standing room tnken, when
the Democratic Presidential candidate
walked on the platform, accompanied by
Governor Bryan.
He Hayed the Fordney-McCtunber tar
iff as one of the chief causes of the
farmers’ woes. It was a “fence" to
trade and “an offense to every consumer
in the United States.” He ripped into
the administration foreign policy of iso
lation “as a reproach to tlie collective
wisdom of mankind,” which had permit
ted European millions to starve while
American warehouses were teeming wirli
food seeking markers at reasonable
prices."
Resent Coolidge Claims.
He resented the attempt of President j
Coolidge to capitalize the report of the
Dawes commission as a political asset,
when it had conic only after the Re
publican administration for five years
lmd left the question of reparations to
"bedevil the political life of Europe.”
He walloped the Coolidge program of
regulating production and establishing an
agricultural commission the one because
it would force multitudtes of agricul
turists to quit their farms and let their
fields lie fallow, and the other as an
other attempt on the part of the admin
istration to avoid party responsibility.
Sees Remedy in Europe!
He wound tip by laying down his own
interpretation of the practical applica
lion of the agricultural planks in the
Democratic platform, beginning with the
demand that "We adopt an international
policy of such co-operation by direct offi
cial instead of indirect and evasive un
official means, as will re-establish the
farmers’ export market by restoring the
industrial balance in Europe jmd the
normal flow of internatiohal trade with
the settlement of Europe's international
problems.”
After calling attention to the necessity
for a capable administration of the De
partment of Justice and federal trade
commissions. Mr. Davis tired the follow
ing shot direct at President Coolidge:
“Tlie responsibility for providing smell
an adininstratioii rests upon the should
ers of him who .is chosen to be President
of the United States: it is his business
to select lit «ien for office and. when
mistakes in -Selection are made, to be
prompt tn-=-Aktmr. n'(pHravtii.iH»-. -
nbt wait for Congressional committees
or grand juries ro point them out; fior
can lie nor the party that he leads escape
responsibility on the plea of general good
character or fair intent.” .
Nebraska gave the impression of won
dering just what sort of man John W.
Davis was when he arrived this morn
ing. But. judging from the applause of
tlie throngs which have crowded a round
him whenever lie stepped out of his room,
it isn't taking her citizens long to make
up their minds that they like him. It
is the home State of Charles IV. Bryan,
Mr. Davis’ running mate, and the latter
was among the first to greet him.
For the rest of the day one might
have imagined that they were oldtime
chums. The New York diplomat and
lawyer and the Nebraska editor and pol
itican got along famously, and after his
speech tonight the Presidential candidate
and Vice Presidential candidate depart
ed for Lincoln to pass Sunday together.
The signs of awakening interest as
the onndidqte continues his western
journey were first apparent last night
when thousands waited at Dubuque,
lowa, until early midnight in order to
catch sight of the nominee.
Addressing the crowd. Mr. Davis was
emphatic ns to safeguarding the. right of
{religions freedom and his declaration
was vigorously applauded. Declaring
this right perhaps was "more sacred than
anything else." lie told his audience it
was not to be disturbed "by any man,
or set of men of any government what
ever."
Defends Power of Courts.
"I know that in this country,” he con
tinued. “there has been put forward the
proposition that power shall be taken
away from the courts of the United
States, and that the Congress or the
State legislators shall have the right to
pass a law no matter what that law
may be, no matter what right it invades,
no matter if it should deny to you the
exercise of your religious wforship, that
the courts shall be utterly powerless to
say that law shall not operate, and if
Congress or the Legislature choose to
pass it, or to pass it again after the
court had denounced it, that you would
be' utterly without remedy.
"I deny that doctrine. I deny that
there is any such thing ns despotic power
in these United States, in President, or
Governors, or court or Congresses, or
Legislatures. There must be in this
• country a power to which tlie American,
citizen can turn when the sacred rights
him are invaded.”
Mr. Latta Denies Report That He Pro
poses Building.
Asheville. Sept. B.—Denial was made
’ today by E. 1). Latta, prominent Ashe
ville capitalist, that he intends to build
11 a skyscraper office building, new stores,
t ’ garage and big theater on Haywood.
> renland and Walnut Street property re
» eently purchased by him. Widely cir
culated rumors to the effect that Mr.
i Lalla is ready tto begin immediate Je
. velopment of the property at nil outlay
s of $1,000,000 are denied by him.
> When seen today, Mr. Latta declared
I emphatically that he has no plana what
» ever forth development of the property
as outlined in the report.
With Our Advertisers.
Beautiful axpiinsters in a variety of
new patterns at the Concord Furniture
Co.'s for only 434.715.
See the new atl. of the Citizens Bank
and Trust Company today.
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Being Held by Both Par
ties to Choose Candidates
For Fall Election.
V ERMONT BIENNIAL
PRIMARY ELECTION
Large Number of Votes Pre
dicted in Primary.—Mas
sachusetts Voters Are
Choosing Candidates.
(By tar Associated Press.! .■
Montpelier. Vt., Sept. 0. —Voters were
I expected to attend in unusually largo ,
numbers the opening of the polls today
for the biennial primary election. The
candidacy of a native son. Calvin Oool
idge. for the Presidency, has aroused
citizens throughout the state to a high
pitch of interest in politics. Political
leaders last night declared that the pri
mary vote this year will be far above the
<•>7,000 total for the state in the election
two years ago.
lYimaries in Massachusetts.
Boston, Sept. o.—Massachusetts voters
went to' the imlls today to chose repub
lican and democratic candidates for stare
and national office in November. It
was expected that a heavy republican vote
would be polled. There were few con
tests in tli* Democratic primaries. 3]
Colorado Holding Primaries.
Denver, Colo., Sept. ft. —With the
prospect of a record breaking primary
vote. Colorado voters today went to tlu*
pedis to nominate both republican and
democratic state tickets, including can
didates for two seats in the senate.
Big Contest in South Carolina.
Columbia. S. C.. Sept. ft.—The contest
between Cole I* Blease, twice Governor
of South Carolina, and .las. F. Byrnes,
representative in | Congress from the sce
ond district, for the C. S. Senate, domi
nated public interest in South Carolina
today, as democrats went to the polls to
make nominations in the races not set
tled by the first primary held two weeks
ago. The leader in today's voting will
snepwd Senator Dial, junior senator from
South farolittii, who was eliminated in
AW the first Congressional ibstrict, Bep- ' "
resentative W. T. Logan and Thos. S.
McMillan, speaker of the South Carolina
House of Bepresen'fnfives, are candidates
for the nomination, while in the second
district. B. It. Hare, as Salnda. and So
licitor H. 1.. Gunter, of Aiken, are can
didates to succeed Representative Byrnes.
COOLI DUE’S DELAY COSTS
HOI’SEWIVES TIDY SUM
Failure to Reduce Sugar Tariff Com
mented on by Chairman Shaver.
Washington, p. C., Sept. 7. —Chair-
man Shaver, cf the Democratic national
committee, declared in a statement today
that ”President Coolidges delay in adopt
ing the majority recommendation of the
tariff commission that the duty on sngar
be reduced one-haif cent a pound is cost
ing American consumers an average of
.$145,000 a day.”
The proposed decrease, Mr. Shaver
said, would be of special advantage to
housewives "just now in the midst of
the preserving season.” The President’s
inaction, he added, "is a great boon to
the sugar barons," who “may well re
joice at tlie President's delay and ‘eau
tion.' for they made a long and expensive,
tight for the •protection' they got iu the
Fordne.v-McCumber profiteers' tariff.”
Mr. Shaver said "some individuals and
interest that profit by the present tax
on sugar are eonspieious in the control
and management of the President’s par
ty.”
"It is fair to assume.” it was Ridded,
‘‘that they have been as active to-Vetnin
the excessive tariff on sugar as they were
to have it enacted.''
Vandals Are Placing Tacks on High
ways.
Greensboro, Sept. 7. —The Carolina
Motor club, with headquarters here,
claims that some persons are placing .
tacks, nails, glass and other things on ‘ v
the highways to puncture tires, ana of
fers a reward of $1(10 for information
leading to arrest and conviction of the
guilty. Between Curry and Goldsboro, it
is charged, a specially prepared con
trivance has been placed on the road,
six-penny nails placed in a piece of roll- ||
ed iron or tin. On route 60, It iR said,
mischievous boys are rocking tourists
and puncturing tires with nail-studded
hoards. Near Salisbury, on rout 40, to
Statesville, tacks are thrown in the
, road, it is complained.
New Daily Paper For Salisbury.
Salisbury, Sept. ft.—The Salisbury Dai
ly Index made its appearance here this
morning. Win. H. Stewart is the editor
and publisher. The paper will appear ev- .
cry morning except Monday, the first * i
I issue announced.
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