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- fa-ik n Ik a ■ i VftTmra • « • VOLUME XXIV ■. i Defense Day Celebrated In All Parts of Nation a. Plan to Get Line On Fight ing Forces Carried Out In All Parts of the Coontry During Day. PATRIOTIC PROGRAMS ARE CARRIED OUT Test Is Limited One as It Deals Only With Person , neL—High Officials Help In Celebrations. (By the AmmKM Break) Washington, Sept 12.—Tie nation's defense machinery intended for actual use only in the event of a war emergency, was given its first test today accompanied by patriotic demonstrations in every port of the United State* and its posses sions. i, It was a limited test, the actual ex pansion . plans of the War Department designed to cover a period of gionths, but dealing only, with the question of per sonnel and pot with supply, equipment, housing or training, the progressive • stages were consolidated into this one day.- The day’s program called for a trial of the decentralised defense machinery set up since the national defense act of 1920 was substituted for the pre-war system. Demonstration of the success of the new scheme of defense will sig nalise the separation' from the military establishments, at least so far as active service is involved, of General John ,T. Pershing, who has devoted his time since 11)18 to perfecting it. When the Defense Day test actually got underway today, it was apparent to War Department officials after studying reports from outlying commands, that their, hopes had been entirely justified by the rtsponse throughout the country of men who for the day had reported for duty to the corps area commanders, and in the more local districts to the com mittees set up to function like the draft ; board did during the war. For the day. at least, the navy was commanded by an officer of the army, ' Colonel Theqdore Roosevelt, its acting 1 secretary, and the head of the War De partment, Secretary Weeks, came to his office as a rear admiral of the naval re serve. Secretary Roosevelt appeared in his army uniform with the insignia of < the first division with ' WfiltelH'hh^served ; 4* - Admiral Weeks in the War secretary’s office he was assigned for duty fqr the day to the secretary’s staff, and directed to report later to participate in the pa rade here. Chicago, Sept. 12. —Defense Day was i ushered in in the Middle West today by i s, parades and reviews in which hundreds of thousands of national guardsmen par ticipated, and by patriotic rallies, pa rades and mass meetings where public speakers emphasized national prepared ■ ness. Half holidays were deeclared in a . number of states, and in hundreds of towns and cities. Major demonstrations, however, are scheduled for the evening in most localities. / 'North Carolina Observes Day. Charlotte, N. C„ Sept. 12. —North Gar plioa today did its bit in observance of National Defence test day. ( Throughout the state citizens halted their labor* to demonstrate their readi ness and willingness to rally around the flag in ease of national distress. Nation al Guard and skeleton reserve forces were assembled for a demonstration of how ef fective the plans for the defense of the country can be made. Civic organisations, the Red Cross, Boy Scouts and other societies, gathered and demonstrated through the medium of parades how well they can be brought to gether in case of necessity. There were patriotic meetings at which speakers conversant with national defense, affairs were heard. Brigadier General A. i. Bowley, commander of Fort Bragg, was the speaker of the day at Asheville; while Adjutant General Metts of North Carolina, spoke in Charlotte. Other lehd ers spoke in other cities of the state. Plans for Defense Day were begun sev eral days ago when Governor Morrison, complying with the request of the War Department for state participation in State tests, issued an order for mobiliza tion of the National Guard in various communities, fie also named county committees to have charge of celebra tions. National Guard companies, hospital units, civic organizations, and several hundred citizens marched through the downtown streets here late today. Celebration will begin in Raleigh at 7:48 o’clock this evening with a parade up Fayetteville Btreet to the ea*» portico of the cnpltol where Governor Morrison will make a defense day speech. Parade of various units filled lyith civ ilian volunteers end ah address by Col.' H. D. Sfyer, commander of the first Am erican forces to land in Siberia, when a red army under German command threat ened to overrun that country, featured the celebration at Greensboro. • Simple exercises will mark the day at Winston-Salem with exercises on court bouse square, closing by a parade by the local company of Rational Guard and reserve officers. Atlanta, Sept. 12—That Defense Day will be observed In some form in all the ktates of the fourth army oofpS area today including the Georgia, . i The Concord Daily Tribune .y i i j i . i DEFENSE DAY IS RECOGNIZED HERE Program to Be Carried Out This to Fortn at Armory and Move at 3:3 O’clock. Concord will play its part in the na tion-wide military demonstration called for today by President Cooiidge with a parade of soldiery, veterans and- citizens and an address by John M. Oglesby. The program for local observance of National Defense Day has been arranged by W. A. B'oil, chairman of a commit tee'appointed by Governor Morrison, and will begin at 2:30 with the movement of the parade up I’nion street from the arm ory to.the new high school. There Mr. Oglesby will make his address. * Major Foil Will be in charge of the parade a n chief marshall. In the line of the parade, which will form promptly at 3:00 o'clock, will be a detachment of police, a colored band, members Os Company E, 120th Infantry, -North Carolina National Guard, reserve officers and enlisted men, the American Legion, boy scouts, gold star mothers, the American Legion Auxiliary, the D. A. R„ the U. D. C„ the Y. M. C. A., the Rotary Club, the Kiwanis Clnlj, the Chamber of Commerce, the Merchants As sociation. ' The line of march of the parade will be starting at the armory, norths on I’nion street to Marsh ’street, west on Marsh street to high school. Refreshments will be served after the exercises which will be featured by Mr. Oglesby's address and a drill by mem bers of Company E. JOHNSON MILLS TO . 1 RESUME OPERATION Monday the Mills Resume Work Bring ing 1,000 Person Back to Their Jobs, Charlotte, Sept. 11.—The Johnston chain of cotton mills in; North Char lotte, employing about 1,000 operatives will resume full-time operations Mon day, according to announcement by company officials today. The mills have been closed jsince early in the sum mer. Under present conditions the mills will do well to break even, according to J. Leake Spencer, secretary, who ]>oint ed out that the company waa foreed Jo The Chadwick-Hoskins mills here will open on Monday also, officials of the company have announced. These mills employ between 1,500 and 2,000 workers. The mills will operate on a day shift only, officials saying that they see no prospect of -day and night opera tions for the near future. Charlotte Speedway to Be Very Fast. Charlotte, Sept. 12.—A prediction that the Charlotte automobile speedway, now under construction, will be the fastest board track in the world, was made here by Fred Johnson, general manager of construction. Mr. Johnson, in associa tion with John 8. Prince, built *he Ijos Angeles, Kansas City and Altoon, Pa., bowls. ! The reason the Charlotte oval win make it possible for tremendous speed, he said, is the fact that the track, will have longer straightaways and higher banks at the turns. Harlan Fengler main tained an average speed of 117 miles an hour, at Los Angeles on February 25th when he,won the mid-winter races on the Pacific coast, the distance being 250 miles. The fastest time ever registered at Altoona has been 114 miles for the 250 miles: Among the drivers who have signed for the Charlotte opening on October 25th are Jimmy Murphy. Tommy Milton, Harlan Fengler, Eari Cooper, Bennie Hill, Harry Harts. Fred Comer, Ain toine Mourre, Red Cairene, Peter De Paolo and others. During the recent Altoona races Milton is credited with traveling 125 miles an hour over that track for a half dozen laps. The banks on the Charlotte speedway will be tilted at an angle of 40 degrees, three degrees hiaher than any other wooden bowl. The straightaways .will be more thafi 800 feet by each grand stand. The track is to be one and one quarter miles long. Construction is moving rapidly for ward, and the track will be ready for the elimination trials to begin on October 10th, according to announcement by the contractors. Senator Harrison to Speak on 18th in State Capital. Raleigh. Sept. 11. —Senator Pat Har rison, of Mississippi, will speak in Ral eigh September 18, according to state Chairman John Dawson tonight, and 4 the contest over this great orator’s date is over. Chairman Dawson greatly re gretted not being able to send Mr. Har rison either to Greensboro or Winston- Salem. but the chairman declared the great hall of Raleigh decided the‘issue for him! The. auditorium holds approxi mately 5,000 ami there is every indi citation that the Mississippmn will fill it. Senator Harrison was the Demo cratic keynoter in New York nnd hr is rated the greatest stumper in the United States. Mrs. Fermson Not Worried By Salt. Temple, Texas, Sept. 11. —Declaring “we are so used to Injunctions that I guess one more won’t make any dif ference," Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson, of Temple, Democratic nominee for gov ernor, said when she was shown a dis patch from Austin saying that an in junction suit to keep her name off the ' ballot ip the general election had been filed in Austin. Both Mrs. Ferguson and her husband and campaign manager, former Gov ernor James B. Ferguson, declined to make any further comment i ' CONCORD, N. C„ FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1924 BYRNES ftOMITS H!S DEFEAT 111 RUN OFF , RACE HELD TUESDAY ’ Former Congressman, Upon | Face of Almost Complete; Offical Returns, Admits Blease Is Victor. - j BLEASE DECLINES • I TO SAY ANYTHING ! Wanted to Wait Until Offi cial Returns Were Count ed Before He Had Any thing to Say. Columbia. S. €., Sept. 12 (By the As sociated Press). —-Colenin n L. Blease. twice Governor nnd conceded to be the most picturesque figure in the state since Ben Tillman, will be the jnnfor Senator from South Carolina for the next, six years. - ’ | James F. Byrnes, representative in | Congress, from the second district for the last 14 years, today issued a statement I accepting defeat in the Democratic run-1 off primary of Tuesday in which, no- j cording to latest available returns, he | ran second to the former Governor by J 2.314 votes out of a total of 108.000 tab ulated. It was the closest senatorial race in this state in more than 20 years, state historical records show. Efforts to locate Mr. Blease, both at his home and his office were unavailing early today. Although the returns have shown him in the lead since the night of the primary, his margin was so nar-* row that he would make uo statement j for publication. Raying he preferred to wait until it was definitely settled that he was the nominee of the party. Elected to the state House of Repre sentatives from Newberry County in 1890 when he was just 22 years of age. Mr. Blease has been active in politics since that time. He has been a candi date for office at every election with the exception, of 1920, since 1888. MIRACULOUS ESCAPE FROM INSTANT DEATH Train Strikes and Demolishes Automo bile Driven By Mr. Harris, of Gas-' tenia. company, miraculously escaped death or serious injuries today when the car he was driving was struck and totally demolished by the Carolina & North- Western passenger train at the crossing on North Oakland street. Mr. Harris was uninjured save for a few scratches and bruises. He picked himself up frem the wreck and walked unassisted to a nearby fill ing station. He was taken to a hospital, but left after an examination disclosed no injuries. Mr. Harris was driving a Star tour ing car, going from Airline to Main across the Southern and Carolina •& North-Western. Freight cars standing on a siding obstructed his view, it is al leged, and before he, was aware of the. presence of the train backing up to the station he was on the track, and the rear coach of the train hit the car amidship. The automobile was practical ly demolished- How Mr. Harris escaped serious injury is hard to. understand. REAR PLATFORM SPEECHES DAVIS. PROGRAM TODAY Democratic Nominee for President Spoke Twice Eo Route to Cheyenne, Wyo. (By the Associated Press.) Denver, Col, Sept. 12 —John W. Davis, the Democratic Presidential candidate, was ready today to conclude his cam paign in Colorado with rear paitfbrm speeches at Brighton and Greeley, en route to Cheyenne, • Wyo., where tonight he will deliver the third of his series of addresses, scheduled for the west. Speaking here last night to an au dience which faxed the capacity of the municipal auditorium Mr. Davis met the recent claim of the Republican leaders that his party is putting forward too many issues, with the declaration that he would meet them on n single ground, the record of their administration of government in the past four years. Brooklyn Now Only One-Half Game Behind. New York, Sept. 11. —Brooklyn con tinues to be anchored right outside of the National league leadership. The Dodgers today won a hard fought 11 inning game from the Phillies and drove up within a half a game behind the Giants when die McGraw athletes en ’ joyed an off-day. All three leaders chalked up marks on the right side of the ledger in the American league. The Yankees, however, gaining half a game on their rivals by winning twice from Boston while Washington was wining a game from the Athletics. Paddock Sets Fast Pace in Exhibition. Cleveland. Sept. 11—Charles, Pad dock. world’s champion sprinter, equal i led his 100-yard mark of 9 4-5 seconds over a turf track in an exhibition here today. A few minutes later Paddock lowered \ the world’s record for 175 yards over a turf track. His time was 17 4-5 ‘ seconds. The previous record was 18 2-5 r seconds, set by Huben in Berlin, earlier ■ in the year. - Ford Charlotte Plant Will Employ Over • 1,000. i Charlotte, Sept. 11. —Approximately 350 new employee have been added to I the pay roll of the Ford Motor Company - at its assembly plant here and within > 90 days there will be additions to num ber of 500 making total employed 1,000. Above the Field . : «■ x. - 'I mm j “ST**! i yL ' ■ i ' ’f t J ' , > W s *j mm | I Sh! i > iBHHMSM ell sr!f5 r !f NV ' i T'« P,a ' le ’ the Neiv ° rl, ‘ anß - circli "S over Mitch fh J.. 17, *, h :wiml-the-world flyers came to New York. It was the first of lonfl; Thousands were at the field to greet them. The pilots had to come them * U "? U *' thp crow,ls to r officials who were there to wel- PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED j TO VISIT MIDDLE WEST I Has Received Many Invitations to Speak : in That Section of the Country. I (Br the Aaaeelnteil Press.) r I Washington. Sept 12.—President Cool- j ldge is expected by some of his advisers ] to accept a few of the many invitations j he has recently received to speak in the I middle west. Among the score* of invitations which] have "been extended, to the President bv ' various organizations are included re quests for him to; apeak in Chicago, St. Pnul and cities ffiHh'T west. The Pres ident today was*® review the Defense THE COTTtfN’IWARKET Reports of Texas Rains and Other Fac tors Promoted Fresh Buy ing Early To day. IVy the Associated Press.) New York. Sept. 12. —Reports of rain in Texas and relatively steady Liverpool cables caused a good deal of covering -and probably promoted fresh buying in the cotton market early today. The op ening was steady at an advance of 8 to 15 points. After irregularity, due to the execution of overnight selling orders from the South, active months sold 20 to 25 points net higher, October advanc ing to 23.33 and December to 22.88. Op ening prices were: October 23.25; De-j cember 22.77 : .Tamfery 22.77; March I 23.01; May 23.30. Lenoir-Rhyne College Is Officially Open- ' I'd. Hickory, Sept. 11. —With 225 stu-! dents registered and many more expect- j ed today and tomorrow, the thirty fourth annual sessioij of Lenoir-Rhyne college opened yesterday with special exercises in the college chapel. Rev. George Longaker. paßtor of Corinth Re formed church was the principal speak er. Going back to the days of the little red school house when names were carved on desks and. window panes, the speaker drew a parallel between the names carved on the desks and the ef fect those names had on the nation in later years. OHe urged the students to carve their names, not on the desks, but on the towering rocks of success that will defy all manner of decay. Unsuccessful Attempt to Start Revolu tion, Lisbon, Sept. 12 (By the Associated Press).—Another unsuccessful attempt to bring about a revolution has been made by the communists with civilians and soldiers involved. Leaders of the movement have been arrested, and ‘the capital is calm. Loeb and Leopold Have a Close Call With Death on Their Way to Prison Penitentiary. Joliet, Ills.. Sept. 11.— Nathan F. Leopold, Jr., and Richard Loeb, who killed 14-year-old Robert Franks for a thrill, narrowly missed possible death on their motor trip to prison tonight, the climax of their separation from society for the remain der of their natural life. At the center of a five car convoy traveling about 35 miles an hour, the powerful automobile carrying the two boys and deputy sheriffs was seen to swrerve- abruptly to the right, dive into the unbalasted track of an eiectrld rail road, suddenly right itself and bunch 50 yards down the center of the right of way before it was stopped. The brakes on the car ahead of the boys had burned and stuck bringing it to an immediate stop. To avoid smashing into it, the driver of the Leopold-Loeb car gabmled with death and steered at a right angle Into the rails and ties. His coolness and judgment, many officer* of the party at tributed the aversion, of a more serious wault. aß&v- Leopold and Loeb were unhurt, though badly jarred. They arrived hjre {republicans fighting l IN LAFOLLETTE’S STATE ‘ However, at Dawes Meeting There Were Cheers For Senator LaFcllette. (By the Associated Press.) Milwaukee, Wis.. Sept. 12— Republi j can organization leaders in Wisconsin (took steps today to carry on the fight launched against Senator LaFollete’s in j dependent candidacy last night by Chas. iG. Dawes, republican vice presidential nominee in an address herfe Plans for the contest- in LaFollette's home state were discussed iuformally be tween local party leader*, and Win. M. ■Butley, republican national chairman, af < Aw-Mrt? night’* tended by an audience that overflowed the auditorium. Cheers for Senator LaFollette were heard frequently before the meeting got underway, and these, cheers grew some what in volume when Mr. Dawes in his opening sentence mentioned the name of the Wisconsin senator. The atmosphere seemed for a time to be charged with the feeling existing in the state. Representative Byrnes May Contest Election. Columbia, S. C„ Sept. 11.— Indica tions that Congressman James F. Byrnes intends to contest the vote of the primary of Tuesday. by which , former Governor Blease appears to have been nominated tpr the United States ! senate, are contained in reports receiv ed here that the congressman hair re j quested the executive committees in , Greenville and Spartanburg to preserve j the ballots. ; Late figure* tabulated here give Mr. j Blease a lead of 2,026 votes, with only j2O boxes in the the state unreported. ■I ' ■ —- Eight Months Babe Is Drowned in Pail. | Elizabeth City, Sept. 11.—Mary j Ijouis Brown, eight months old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. George Brown, of Shiloh, Camden eohnty, was drowned j in a pail of water, according to informa - ■ tion received here today. It was wash day at the Brown home i Tuesday, and the mother was busy with the clothes while the father had gone to i take the older children to school. Un i observed by the mother, the baby pulled : herself up the side of a large wooden : pail, about the size of a lard stand, filled with water and toppled in, head first. > Americans Leading British. 1 Garden CR.v, N. Y., Sept. 12 (By the t Associated Press). —American golfers i were ahead of their British opponents to i day in three out of four foursomes when • tihe 3C-hole Walker cup matches were in ■ terrupted for lunch. One match was square after the 18th hole. at 7 :53 p. in. to begin serving their sentences. The Youthful Murderers Leave Chicago at 6:57. Chicago. Sept. 11.—Nathan Leopold, Jr., and Richard Loeb were started on their way-to Joliet penitentiary at <1:57 o’clock tonight. Tlie two youthful murderers of Hobby Franks, both nattily dressed, were bundled into one of three waiting auto mobiles and whisked away on the 40- mile trip which will take them to the prison. In the same car were five armed deputy sheriffs. Heading the procession w»s Sheriff Peter M. Hoffman, with a half dozen other deputies, in another closed car. Tlie deputies were armed with rifles and shotguns. The third automobile contain ed newspapermen. Leopold and Loeb passed through the lines of waiting newspapermen, smiling but silent. Neither would talk except to mumble a goodbye. As they entered the car, flashlights homed. Both boys visibly were startled. ' "V > £ f PERSHING LAYS ASIDE SWORD I General to Retire After Brilliant Service \ to the United States Army. Washington. D. C., Sept. 12.—After a' brilliant career of nearly forty years as an officer of the United States Army, : General John ,1. Pershing, who won world-wide fame as the"chief commander j of the American iroops engaged in the! I world-war, is ready to relinquish his du-t j ties as chief of staff to his successor in office. Major General John L. Hines. The change is due to the fact that Gen-' eral Pershing will become 64 years of age tomorrow, and, therefore, under the law will be relegated to the retired list. Some time ago there was talk of contin uing the distinguished soldier on the active list after he had reached the age for statutory retirement, but efforts to bring this about through special legtsln- j tion by Congress were abandoned when I jit became known that eneral Pershing preferred to retire to private life. Through nomination by the President, ' which was unanimously confirmed by Congress in 1919. General Pershing is i entitled to retain the permanent rank of j general of the regular army during the l remainder of his life. He is the first to hold this rank in the United States Army since the death of General Phil Sheridan. Ever since he came out of West Point i in 1886 as senior cadet captain, the high- , i eat honor there, General Pershing has , been living and fighting battles. His first , duty after leaving the military academy was to plunge into the campaigns that destroyed the power of GeronSmo and op ened the Southwest to tardy civilization. When scarcely a year out of West Point 1 he was complimented by General Miles i for “marching his troop, with pack train, 'over rough country, 140 miles in forty- 1 six hours, bringing in every animal and : man in good condition." In 1898 he went to ~the Spanish war with his regiment, the Tenth Cavalry. He 1 was promoted for gallantry at the battle of El Cnney in Cuba and returned from Santiago to Washington to solve proh- ; lems as head of the division of customs J and insular’affairs. In September. 1899, at liis own re quest, he was assigned to duty in the Philippines, where he accomplished the extraordinarily difficult task of subjugat ing the Moris. It was for all these things probably, but (Inertly .for his work in the Philippines, that I’resident Roosevelt in 1 1906, promoted Capt. Pershing to the rank of brigadier-general, jumping him over the heads of 862 other offifficers— the record jump in the history of the army. In 1915 he again/came into the lime light as the eomegnffitor of the expedition'iuto affgftfc' ' On/ SeptemWri 25 Os the next year he Was promoted to 1 the rank of niajor genVral. then the high est on the 'army list. In view of- his. fi&fcMSiWt record of service his' between the United States and the Cen tral Powers of Europe, became inevita ble, to take chief command of the Amer ican forces sent across the Atlantic cre ated no surprise. The record of General Pershing in Europe is so well remember ed that any recapitulation of his services during the period of the World War would be superffious. No better evidence of the estimate plac ed upon his services by the Allies in whose cause he fought could be afforded than in the mere statement that he has received more foreign decorations and honors than any other American ever had. He is entitled to sign himself: Gen. Sir John Joseph Pershing, I). S. M. (Distinguished Service Medal), G. C. B. (Grand Cross, Order of the Bath), G. C. L. H. (Grand Cross, Legion of Honor), G. C. S. M. and L. (Grand Cross, Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus), G. C. O. L. (Grand Cordon, Order of Leopold), G. C. M. 8. (Grand Cross, Military Or der of Savoy), P. O. R. S., Paulowian Order of the Rising Snn). GREAT BRITAIN STANDS BY LEAGUE OF NATIONS Lord Parmoor Makes Declaration Fol lowing Debate on Arbitration. Geneva, Sept 10. —Great Britain stands by the league covenant which provides for military and naval assist ance by all the signatories to preserve peace. ' This declaration was made to night by Lord Parmoor, representing the British government, after the disarma ment commission debate on arbitration, security and disarmament. In a statement to the representatives of the press of the world, Lord Parmoor affirmed that Great Britain meant what she said when through her prime min ister, Ramsay MacDonald, she declared her readiness to submit all disputes to arbitration. He added that the words “all disputes” included those usually characterized as questions affecting vital interests and national honor. Lord Parmoor qualified his statement, hdwever, by remarking that the terms “vital interests” and “national honor” were exceedingly vague, but went on to say that away must be found to handle every possible cause of conflicts between nations. Blanton is Ruled Out of Football. Chapel Hill, Sept. 11.—Football stock at the University of North Caro lina took a slump today when “Shine” Blanton, a dependable baekfield man, quit the squad/ being ruled ineligible on account of his studies. Rlanton played in a number of varsity games last sea son and was an outstanding defensive back. He reported for practice a week ago, hoping to make good on conditions in his studies. Denies Prince Saw WUU-Flrpo Fight. Syossett, N. Y„ Sept. 12.—Capt. Las calles, secretary to the Prince of Wales, today took notice of published reports that the Price bad attended the Wills- Firpo fight at Jersey City last night by issuing a denial. 'Die word “fiasco," meaning a fail ure, is an Italian word, and originally meant a flask. Venetian glass-blowers were very keen croftmsn, and if one of them detected the smartest flaw in his handiwork, he turned it into a fiasco, or common flask, and so the word, canto ,to be applied to any kind of failure. ' -mm ■ «*****»»# * TODAY’S f • NEWS m # TODAY 0 s*****•#* T*" " ' NO. 215. PPISOK LABORS FOR 1 ILREKDr SELECTED Loeb Will Work in Prison Chair Factory and Leopold Will Be Assigned to Prison Rattan Factory. SPENT NIGHT [N “COURT SOLITARY” Will Begin Manual Labor Tomorrow After Attending Defense Day Exercises at Prison During Day. (By the Associated Pi ess.) .Toilet, 111., Sept. 12 (By the Aseociat-’ ed Preiw). —Richard Loeb will be assign ed to work in the prison chair factory, and Nathan Iwopold in the rattan sac- 1 tory, Warden Whitman announced this morning. They go to work tomorrow. The two famous prisoners were taken to the penitentiary here last night. They Hpent their first night in “court solitary” where all prisoners must epend their firt night in .Toilet penitentiary. They are now known as convicts Nos. 9/105 and 9.306. Having forfeited a life of ease in their palatial Chicago homes for the routine scheduled for art lifers, the prisoners to morrow will begin manual labor in the • prison factories. Today they were to attend the Defense Day exercises to be held at the penitentiary. Announcement of assignment jft 'the two young prisoners was made by . the warden immediately after they had 'at tended the Defense Day service in the prison, with 1,200 other prisoners. Dress ed in blue denim trousers and jackets, with their hair closely cropped, the boys sat almost in the middle of the prison auditorium. They stared straight ahead and refused to smile when other prison ers laughed at some remark of the speak er. When/they rose to pass out all the prisoners turned to take a long look at the latest inmates of the institution. • The boys, the warden announced, will tto jltept in of tha pris **fc'op»d will have cem atone for a time. This morning they sat near each other, but the natty appearance and swaggering air of-the past was gone. Leopold kept his face down, and Loeb did little more Warden Whitman told newspaper men that the prison authorities hoped to guide and remodel the characters of the pris oners, and added that to this end the youths will be kept entirely apart from/ any outside influences including friends,, relatives, newspaper men and interview ers. The length of the restriction will depend on their development, he said. Tell World Farewell. Joilet, Sept. 12.—Nathan F. Leopold and Richard Loeb today bade the world goodbye with a smile and started a life time behind prison bars. In what they were told would be their last interview with newspaper men, the slayers ofyong Robert Franks declared they had been told not to talk said they were glad their contact with reporters was ovefr, nnd smilingly backed out of the presence of the newspaper men. Buzzards Ape Aviators. Antietam Battlefield, Sharsburg, Md., Sept. 11. —Another of those “tell it to the marines" stories is emanating from the camp of the 3,000 marines from the Quantieo, Va., base who are preparing here for their demonstrations Friday of the battle of Antietam. The story has it that a flock of buz zards .after watching the tricks of the aviators attached to the force, are dis porting themselves in all the finest tech nique of stunt flying. They are not only claimed to practice as a flock the flying fcrmalion of the .airmen, but one of the birds, nicknamed “Fritz” is credited by tlie most, veracious with perfection in looping thfe loop, doing the “barrel roll,” the “falling leaf” and “linmelman Spine.” With Our Advertisers. Three big 88c days at Efird’s today, Saturday and Monday, &any bargains cau be found in this 88 Cent Sale. S. S. Brown Shoe Btore has just re !.. i. in a inactive pump in light tan •. • t '■l-** ad . ’vs/; Howard’s Filling Station is open day and night, at the corner of Depot and Church streets. “Service With a Smile." Piggly Wiggly has fresh vegetables of all kinds. See ad. Coal —price, quality, service, full weight guaranteed. See ad. of A. B. Pounds. Report Capture of Ihhy. Shanghai, Sept. 12 (By the Associated Press). —The Chekiang forces defending Shanghai operating on the front west at this city, have captured the town of lbing, compelling the Kiangsu army in that sector to fall back toward Chang- . <h<,w - 1 ■ ■ '-"V WHAT SMUTTY'S WEATHER OAT SAYS 11 v;i M T" r) I P I \ ] \ ’ Probably showers tonight and Satur day, preceded by fair weather In the east tten° ’lert “irtton | Saturday.
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