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VOLUME XXV
Body of the Commoner j
On Way to Washington'
Body of William Jennings
Bryan Leaves Dayton in
Pullman Car for the Na
tional Capital. {
FUNERAL TO BE |
HELD ON FRIDAY |
Body ¥ Oil Lie in State in the
Cqpßii City, and Later,
Wißße Interred in Arling
ton Cemetery.
(By the Associated Hressi
Dayton, Tpnn., July 20.—Quitting for-,
ever the little Southern town where*
friends made his last days happy, the
body of William Jennings Bryan today
began its long journey from Dayton to
Washington, where the nation will Idly!
final tribute to his memory before burial
in Arlington Cemetery ou Friday.
The special Ihtihnan. attaehed to a
Southern Hallway (rain, drew out <jf
Dayton at !1 :03 o’clock, moving first to
wards Chattanooga, where the public
will enter to view the placid face of the
Croat Commoner. Mrs. Bryan with
members of her household, occupied the
forward end of the car. The bronze cas
ket law on supports in the observation
section at the rear of the coach.
Citizens of Dayton where former Sec
retary of State waged his last vigorous
fight for religious orthodoxy, gathered at
the trncknidc to see their lender aud
friend depart. Associates of '.lis battle
in support of the Tennessee evolution
statute stood with bowed heads as the
train moved away through the Cumber
land hills, or gazed with wistful eyes as
the sorrowing entourage passed from
their view.
Reasons Bryan Visited in Rogers’ Home.
Dayton, July 2fi.—A «j>eech made by
William Jennings Bryan at Columbia,
8. C„ in 11)18 sowed the seeds of a
friendship which brought him to live his
last hours andy there to die in the home
of Richard Rogers, Dayton pharmacist.
Mr. Rogers, a soldier in (’amp Jack
son, near Colombia, heard the address of
the Commoner and became at once an
admirer of tbe great man. He followed
the iKilitical leader's career with great
interest thereafter, and when Mr. Bryan
was asked to come to Dayton to assist
in (the Scopes prosecution the young
pharmacist wrote, to the Flnririjn and
intfisd trim i« gue*t duffing his
stay here.
The fundamentalist spokesman accept,
ed the invitation and when he came to
Dayton July 7th he etsablished himself
in the quite little residence on Market
street. When Mrs. Bryan and other
members of the household arrived, Mr.
Itogers and wife and infant daughter
moved to a neighbor’s house, in order
t'.iat the visitors might have entire and
comfortable oecupanry of the house df
five rooms.
Funeral Services on Rogers lawn
Dayton, July 211.—Tears and low sob
bing were noted at the funeral services
which were held for Wm. Jennings llry
on on the Itogers lnwu, but these indica
tions of emotion were not the chief char
acteristic of tile deeply reverent throng.
Observers posted facing tile standing
hundreds noted a common characteristic
on the greater part of upturned faces
with their expression of deep earnestness.
The faces of these avowed followers of
the fundamentalist advocates were
stamped with pride.
Sadness there was ! n many a dim eye,
but ns the preacher told of the
meats of the man they had gathered to
honor, a general lifting of the heads and
swelling of the nostrils with other subtle
indications announced that these men and
women were proud that their leader had
passed his lost days in Dayton and in dy
ing fell among friends.
Scopes Pays Respect.
Dayton, Tenn., July 21). —John Thom
as Scopes, in whose prosecution for vio
lation of the Tennessee anti-evolution
state Mr. Bryan took part, and in which
the former secretary of state gained
wide renown as the champion of funda
mentalists religious ideals, visited the
home where the Commoner lay in state
yesterday.
The young biology instructor entered
the room where the body day in its cas
ket, stood a moment in respectful silence,
and walked quietly away. Dr. John R.
Neal, senior counsel for the defense in
the Scopek casee, also viewed the re
mains of his recent legal antagonist. He
offered Jiis sympathetic services to the be
reaved family and remained with others
at the home, for several hours.
Funeeral Party in Chattanooga.
’ Chattanooga, July 20.—The Bryan
funeral party arrived in Chattanooga at
10:15 central standard time. The pub
lic was admitted to the special Pullman
where in single file they viewed the re-
Concord Theatre §
(THE COOL SPOT)
TODAY ONLY
“Welcome
Stranger”
\ With Florence Vidor, Noah Beery,
I lorta Hughes, Dore Davidson,
| Robert Edeson and Otis Harlan. |
! A Famous Picture From a Famous R
Broadway Success
I Also Pathe Comedy
••GOOD MORNING NURSE” |
TOMORROW I
'BETWEEN FRIENDS" E
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The Concord Daily Tribune
mains of the dead statesman.
A crowd that was»estiinated at 1.500
|H*rsous prr.sed against the iron barrier
at the station os the train' pulled in.)
U'aptniii W. I, Baker, of t‘ie Chatta- 1
'uo< 3« police, restrained the eager throng
I with his men formed in double likes to I
expedite the orderly review.
In sing o file men and women with I
| a fevy children passed in the cars where ,'
the statesman lay. They moved on with- j
out halting leaving the couch at the other i
entrance. , ■ I
| Flowers with tributes of patriotism j
from civic and civil organizations were'
brought and' placed within the compart
ment where the bi dy rejtosed. Room
was lacking tie hold them at’..
The widow remained in her seat in
j the rear < f the section of the Pullman
part of the car. Her face showed the
strnin of the sorrowful burden which
she lias resolutely sustained.
Pullman Reached Dayton Early.
' Daytou, Tenn . July 211.—The Pullman
‘‘Mount: Doane." which will bear the
body of William Jennings Bryan to
Wasliingt n was placed on a siding iu
the rear of the home where the com
moner's body lay. rtiis morning at 7:15
o'clock iii preparation for departure one
and one-half hour later.
Bryan Lived In Asheville Two Years.
Asheville, N. C„ July 21).—For two
years William Jennings Bryan lived lu
Asheville, mainta’ning a home on Edwin
Place. Grove Park. That was from 11)17
to 11)11). Tlie Commoner was advised that
the nltitude here was not beneficial in
his case, and he and Mrs. Bryan, seeking
a lower nltitude. became interested iu
Florida and moved to Miami.
Will Broadcast Services.
Washington, July 2fi.—The funeral
services to be held here Friday for Wil
liam Jennings Bryan at New York Ave
nue Presbyterian Church will be broad
cast both by the Radio Corporation of
America and the American Telephone and
Telegraph Co.
Dayton, Tenn.. July 28.—The moun
tain folk, of Eastern Tennessee, applaud
ing spectators of his last great battle,
paid their final tribute todny to “Brother
Bryan” f arless champion -of their
Christian faith.
Passing in an endless line hundreds of
men. wnraea and children who ( watcbed
with 'affectionate eyes the last days of
tbe Great Commoner looked for the Inst
time !nte todr.y at the placid face of
their leader ns he lay in a humble Day
ton home and glimpsed through < the
*ft* At t.Vvte'Brin&wf*. ,
Itps when eloquence often flowed to stir ,
the hearts and limbs of men to ac ton. ,
. I-ater as the shadows lengthened on ,
the sultry summer day, they stood again
in a patient multitude upon the lawn
to hear a minister speak a funeral
paeon and praise God for the life and ,
works of William Jennings Bryan. ■
Leave For Capital Today.
It was Bryan, the clear-voiced herald
of religious Fundamentalism, who re
ceived the last rites here today. Thurs
day nnd Friday in Washington his I
■countrymen will pay high honor to the
Democratic chieftain. Presidential candi
date nnd former Secretary of State. In
'Arlington cemetery then, the we'.l loved
Wader. Colonel of volunteers in the war
with Spain, wi’l be laid to en ml ring rest
among the military heroes of the nation.
: Tonight the widow—embodiment of
' amazing fortitude in time of mighty
1 sorrow—from her rolling chair wns pre
; paring her household for the departure
tomorrow toward the country's capital.
' The special car for the funeral party ar
rived in Dayton late today.
. William Bryan, the son. will join his
■ mother nnd sister in Washington ear'y
• Friday, accompanied h.v Mrs. Grace
1 Hargreaves, another daughter of the
* dead statesman. Funeral and burial
i hours will then be determined ‘when the
I bereaved family has assembled after
- their long journeys.
Legfoqnalres Guard of Honor.
Former service men in army, navy
and marine corps uniform formed a
guard of honor at the residence this
afternoon while the public viewed the
face of the departed advocate of uni
versal peace. The line of sorrowing
friends gassing in and out quietly under
the supervision of these members <fl the
American Legion and two uniform* d
policeim n.
In the hundreds who assembled from
many counties and a few distant states
to pay the final tribute to Mr. Bryan to
day full/ half were women- Many of
these brought the'r babies to gaze down
upon the powerful features of the cham
pion of Christianity. Fathers led in their
little sons who strove to look intb the
bronze casket which lay at a level with
their faces.
Rocky Mount’s Population Is 22,640.
Rocky Mount, July 28.—The popula
tion of Rooky Mount. and its suburbs is
now 22,840. Secretary George Williams,
of the Chamber of Commerce, has an
' nounced. The announcement was made
, following tiie compilation of statistics for,
. a new city directory.
I Rocky Mount, one of the growing
I cities of eastern North Carolina. Is lo-
I cated in two counties—Nash and Edge
-1 combe. A few years ago it had only
I a few thousand. Then it grew official
| ly to 6,000. later to 14,000 and now its
I estimated population is nearing the 25,-
| 000 mark.
|{ Belgian Debt Mission Sails For America.
|| (ly the Associated Press)
I’ Brussels, July 20.—The mission to
I Washington to discuss Belgium’s debt to
3 the United States left tbia morning for
|l Cherbourg to sail for New York on the
9 steameer Olympic tomorrow.
Fire School Tracks For Rowan.
(By the Aeeeeleted Frees)
§j Durham, N. C., July 20. —The Durham
H county board of education has placed an
H order for five school trucks. They will be
H used to transport children to and from
g school in rural communities.
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This is one of the last photographs ever taken of William Jennings Bryan. It was snapped by an NEA Service ram
era man at the Scopes trial while Bryan was on the witness stdJid, under examination by Clarence Darrow, counsel for
Scopes.
THE COTTON MARKET
Reports of Rain Led to Selling Move
ment Which Caused Decline of 5 to 9
Points.
(by the Associated Press)
New York, July 2F-—Private reporis
as mins i* Texas (Rid Ukltvbasrt».si < u-t..'F
a selling movement at the oi>cning of the
cotton market today which lowered prices
5 to I) points.
Failure of official weather reports to
confirm all the rains privately mentioned
led to subsequent covering which re
gained the early losses and sent the mar
ket up 8 to 10 points net higher, October
selling as 25.12 and September at 25.25.
Some of the ealy private reports claimed
from 1 to 3 inches in Ellis County. Tex
as yesterday, one of the biggest produc
ing communities in the state.
The trade was still very sensitive to
weather reports and large Vail Street
interests led the buying on the rally,
uctiug in the belief that the rainfall was
not in sectors of Texas that had suffered
most from drought.
Cotton futures opened fairly steady.
Oct. 24.1)5; I)cc. 24.05; Jan. 24 55;
March 24.80; May 25.05.
LADY GRACE McKENZIE
WANTS $50,000 DAMAGES
Starts Suit Against the Man Who She
Charges. Had Her Arrested.
(By the Associated Press)
Tampa, Fla., July 21).—Lady Grace
McKenzie, who was held in jail here
three days on charges prefererd by G. E.
Bray, local real estate operator, today
filed suit for $50,000 damages against
Bray, claiming she was falsely imprison-
ed.
Lady Grace, widely known as a big
game hunter, explorer, write and photog
rapher, was charged by Bray with hav
ing given him a bad check. She was
arrested aud held in jail until a heavily
veiled woman, whose name is still un
known, made good the check.
After her release from prison Lady
Grace disappeared, but today she held a |
conference with her attorney here, and
filing of damage suit followed.
The suit was filed with the circuit
court clerk and will await action by Bray
and his attorneys before action is taken.
With Our Advertisers.
You will find lots of bargains in C.
Patterson Covington’s new ad. today.
Good Hour at reasonable prices at Oa
brrus Cash Grocery Co., Sohtli Church
street. Phone 571 W.
Chili sauce the new way. made in a
ggs stove oven. 'See ad. of the Con
cord and Kannapolis Gas Co.
July clearance of all white slippers at
$2.05 to $4.05 at Uuth-Kesler Shoe
Store.
The J. C. Penney Co. will establish
105 new stores in 1025, and now have
676 stores in 44 states. These stores
do a business of $1K),000,000 a year.
| The only states in which this big firm has
1 no stores are Delaware, Florida, Rhode
Island and Vermont.
Robinson has 100 silk dresses, worth
from $15.00 to $10.50, which- he will
place on sale tomorrow (ThuYsday)
morning for choice at $7.05. Better act
quick tomorrow;
The right kind of coal, right kind of
price and right kind of service at A. B.
Pounds. Phones 244 or 270.
The Cabarrus Savings Bank has safe
deposit boxes of various sizes to suit
every one.
“Welecome Stranger,” today only at
the Concord Theatre. Also a Pathe com
edy, “Good Morning, Nurse.” Tomorrow
“Between Friends.”
Wbea you get electrical equipment and
work from, W. Ji Hethcox, you may dt
pend os it being all right.
JEALOUSY CAUSES) MAN •
TO SHOOT THREE PERSONS |
DM Not Want AzvW|v Else to Get Wo-!
man He CouM Not Get.
(By the AssnztoleO Press)
Richmond, Vs., Jute 2U —Because “I
! '«e*ld noMwqi t going to
let anyone else get her.’’ was the reason
given today by Rudolph IVsse, dapper
youth, for shooting to death Mrs.'Vivian
Tomlin Peers, his r : val Henry G. Carter,
nnd Detective Sergeant J. Harvey Burke,
who stood in the way of his reaching Car
ter. Willis Britt, automobiles salesman,
who also attempted to stop Disse, wns
shot in the hip.
The triple killing followed a police
court case yesterday in which tbe pretty
clothing model, the restauranteiir and
Disse were principals. The girl was ar
raigned on charges preferred by Disse.
her erstwhile sweetheart, nnd Disse was
charged by Carter with threatening his
life. Their cases were continued because
of the absence of commonwealth attor
ney. whereupon Disc was taken into cus
tody jy Burke on a warrant charging
him with passing worthless cheeks.
BACK-TO-PAGAN TREND
SEEN IN WOMAN DRESS
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Hibernian Ladies' Auxiliary’ Head
Wans Americans of Peril.
Atlantic City, July 2!).—Declining
that the wave of feminine immodesty is
threatening the womanhood of America
‘ and beckons to a return to paganism,
Mrs. Horan, of Pittsburg, who has just
■ been elected national president of the
Ladles’ Auxiliary, Ancient Order of
Hibernians, called on the auxiliary of
New Jersey to initiate n movement for
the protection of girls and young women
against the sinster influence and un
wholesome tendencies of the day. She
made a special plea to mothers of young
girls.
“No girl,” she said, “with a sense of
sweet womanly modesty and refinement
will go about the streets or upon the
public beach in garb such as is so eom
- mon herfe and at other resorts this sea
i son. When we see a woman deliberately
exposing herself to the coarse and
sensual gaze of men about the public
highway we pause nnd wonder if we
are in the twentieth century or back in
;iagan times when womanhood was held
in little estem by men.”
ANTI-EVOLUTION BILL
DEFEATED IN GEORGIA
Was Presented to Georgia Legislature As
Amendment to Apropriatlons Blit.
(By tkr Associated Press)
Atlanta, Gr.. July 29. —An amendment
to prohibit the teaching of evolution iu
the common schools of Georgia todny was
voted down overwhelmingly by the state
House of Representatives.
Tlie amendment was offered to the gen
i eral appropriations bill and provided
• that any teacher or school* teaching or
i permitting to be taught a theory of evo
) lotion in contradiction to the Bible’s ac
count of creation of man would be out
1 off from receiving state funds. The
I amendment related only to public schools.
Representative Lindsay, of DeKalb
County, author of the amendment, stated
after the amendment’s crushing defeat
thnt he would not offer an anti-evolution
bill. *
i Better Get Your New Tags, if You Have
Not Already.
Raleigh, N. C., July 29. —Beginning
: August Ist, the State Automobile License
• Department will round up all delin
’ quents who hove not 9r6vided their cars
with new tags, it was'stated 'at the'De-
I partment. No additional forces will be
{ employed, however, department officials
said. |
MARY PICKFORD’S PISTOL
FEARED BY KIDNAPERS
i Talk of Alleged Abductors on Perils of
Undertaking is Revealed.
Los Angeles, Calif., July 2!). Dif
ficulties) ftvhich might be experienced in
-kMnatdng .Hu-vy ’ PMfftml. sert-esi xtfee,-
were entered today in records of the
Court, where three men arc on trial
charged with a plot to kidnap the ac
tress and hold her for $200,000 ran
som. Tlie obstacles which the State
charged the men discussed were con
tained in the alleged conversation of the
trio, obtained by police through the use
of a physician’s stethoscope.
Glenn Gruvatt. police shorthand e
porter, declared he took notes of con
versations. three different nights with
the aid of a stethoscope inserted under
a door iu a downtown hotel, where the
men are alleged to have finally agreed to
kidnap the actress.
The major obstacle, according to the
documents, dSts in “picking up” the ac
tress, and the effectiveness of the ath
letic ability kif Douglas Fairbanks, her
husband, if they had to tear her away
from him- Then again, the alleged con
versational statement said, if Miss
Pickford carried a gun and drew it ou
them “things would not be so good. ’
MOTHER FAINTS AS HER
LONG-LOST SON RETURNS
Boy of 13 Runs Away to Come Back
After Eight Years.
New York, July 27.—A frail boy of
13 disappeared eight yea is ago from his
■ home. No 35 Rutgers street, and set the
' whole country hunting him.
When Mrs. Ida Himelstein, surround
ed by her five children, sat at the dinner
table Sunday, a big lmsky young man
entered.
“Does Mrs. Ida Himoistvin live here?”
the stranger asked.
“I am Mrs. Himelstein. What do you
want?”
“Why, I’m Teddy, your son,’ the
stranger answered.
Mrs. Hime’stein. a tiny woman, rush
ed forward; kissed him and fainted.
Kinds Blaek Snake Embracing Chicken.
Madison, July 28.—Mrs. B. It. Gra-
Itain. of near town, is authority for the
snake story which follows:
Recently Mrs. Graham heard a com
motion iu a chicken coop wherein she
had a .number of friers fattening, and
hastened to investigate, finding one chick
en jyiug on his back and fanning the
air with his feet. Without stopping to
observe closely, Mrs. Graham reached in
and drew the struggling fowl out. And
although site had been feeding tlie chick
ens on the fat of the farm, the weight,
of this particular individual astonished
her. ,
When she had drawn him outside,
therefore, she took a good look to find
the reason of this excess avoirdupois.
One look was quite enough. Embracing
. that chicken was one of the biggest black
. snakes Mrs. Graham had ever seen.
Very suddenly tlie chicken was dropped
. and' help called for. Mrs. Graham’s
son came and killed the reptile.
After it had been killed the snake was
stretched out and measured aud found
to be five feet long. It had wrapped it
self around the chicken in order to kill
the fowl preparatory to swallowing it,
it is presumed.
Seriously Injured in Air Accident.
(By tfie Associated Press)
Pittsburgh, July 29.—Lieut. Thomas
Cagle, U. S. M. C. aviator, was injured
seriously today when his plane crashed
near Universal, Pa. The wrecked ship
caught fire and Cagel was burned. An
other occupant of the plane escaped with
I minor hurts.
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Thomas Thompson, 48, of Cincin
nati, took seriously the Biblical in
junction, “If thy right hand offend
thee, cut it off.” He lay beside a
railroad track and thrust his right
arm under the wheels of a train, los
ing it above the elbow. Taken to a
hospital in a serious condition, he
explained “The ord told nie to do
i. ’
PREPARE TO RATIFY
NINE POWER TREATY ,
Formal Exchange oil August sth of
Terms of Treaty Drawn Ut> at Wash
ington Conference.
(By the Associated Press!
Washington, July 29.—AriUngements
are being made at the State Department
for the formal exchange August sth, next,
of ratification of the nine power treaty
relating to China, which was signed at
the time of the Washington arms con
ference.
Notification has bceu received that
the necessary documents from Paris
showing the French action in ratifying
the treaty would reach Washington in
next days. France tVas the las-t of the !)
powers ratifying.
The treaty is that providing for a
commission to revise Chinese customs, to
provide the Chinese central government
with a 5 per cent, ad valorem duty on
imports. The American policy contem
plates the assembling of this commission
as the first essential step in stabilization
of conditions in China In order to insure
adequate protection of foreigners.
. • 4» fwtditina to flic cusi(J»>** eenferenee.
cirtnally all countries concerned have in
dicated their intention to apjioint repre
sentatives for a comuiisiou to study the
question of extra territorial rights' in
China, but no date nor scope of inquiry
lias been decided on so far as is known
here. This comtnisison was authorized
by resolution of tlie Washington confer
ence.
Under the nine power treaty the cus
toms conference would meet with China
within three months after final exchange
' of ratification.
1 HEIRS OF LATTA MAY
PAY INHERITANCE TAXES
State Revenue Department Officials Wait
For Itemized Accounting.
Raleigh. July 28.—The estate of the
late E. I). Latta. of Asheville and Char
- lotte, may be subjected to heavy, inheri
< lance tax schedules under the revenue
i and machinery acts of the 1925 general
assembly, although state revenue depart
ment o dials'will not venture ail esti
mate until it receives an itemized ae
i count of the value 0 fthe estate.
Press reports indicated t'aat Mr. Latta
1 was worth from $6,000,000 to $8,000,-
000, but that a large portion of this had
been divided among his widow and two
* children a few months before his death.
’ However, under the revenue and machin
ery acts all gifts made within three years
' before death are subject to the inheri-
tance tax. Hitherto, tlie law exempted
gifts in cases where it could be shown
that they were not made in anticipation
of death.
A part of the approximately $2,000.-
000 left to charity may be subject to
inheritance tax because all of the causes
to which it was bequeathed are not lo
cated in North Carolina.
Tlie inheritance tax rate on estates
valued in excess of a million dollars is
6 per cent.
Aged Negro Is Killed by Engine at
Spencer.
Silencer, July 28.—Ephraim Boles,
negro, aged 70 years, met death under
the wheels of a yard engine near the
Spencer transfer sheds late Monday af
ternoon. while on his way to his home
in East Spencer. It is said he was em
ployed by the street force on Salisbury
Avenue and quit work at 530 p. in., and
that in crossing the yards was struck by
a yard engine. Tlie weels passed over
botli legs. He was rushed to tlie Salis
bury Hospital in an ambulance but died
about five minutes after reaching the in
stitution. Just how he happened to get
| caught under the locomotive is not
known.
Some Mills in Gastonia Not Operating
Full Time.
, Gastonia, July 28.—“A1l plants in
this city are running, although several of
the textile (mill* are operatiug on half
time but are maintaining their usual
forces an<l very little unemployment is
apparent," reads part of Kie report of
H. W. Davis, of the industrial informa
tion division of the United States de
partment of labor.
Resident tradesmen are engaged chiefly
in alteration and repair work.
Outbreak of Cotton Deaf Caterpillar.
Talulah, Da., July 21). —An outbreak
of the cotton leaf caterpillar or army
1 work throughout I-oulsiana and t'ae prob
ability that it has spread into, Mississippi
and Arkansas, was announced today at
the government Delta laboratory here.
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NO. 181
RANSOM MONEY AND
MIDGES ASKED
f- ruirHOWARD’StIFE
Chinese Bandits Who Seized
Dr. Harvey J. Howard Tell
Consul at Mukden What
Will Free American. - -
NOT TELL"wHAT
MONEY IS WANTED
General Chang Tso Lin, Man
churian War Lord, Asked
to Aid in Securing Freedom
For Dr. Howard.
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(By the Associated Press)
Peking. July 20.—Consular advices say
that ransom in money and cartridges has
been demanded by the brigands who cap
tured I)r. Harvey J. Howard, of the
Rockefeller Hospital in Peking more than
a week ago while he was visiting at the
Manchurian ranee of Morgan Palmer, a
native of New York State.
The amount of the ransom is not speci
. fled, and ther whereabouts of Mr. Howard
is not revealed.
i The demand is said to have been for
-1 warded to Samuel Sokobink, American
consul at Mukden, who is near the ranch
investigating the bandit's attack. Roger
Green, business director of' the Rockefel
ler Hospital, has arrived at Mukden and
is appealing for aid of Gen. Chang Tso
! I.in, the Manchurian war lord, to effect
: the release of I)r. Howard.
WANTS CROP ESTIMATES
ON COTTON CURTAILED
New England Manufacturer Says First
Four Reports Almost Paralyze Cloth
Market.
, Washington, July 28.—Agreement
, was reached at a conference here be
) tween cotton growers and manufactur
ers and officials of the department of
, agriculture, to issue staple standards
, for American cotton of uniform quality
. instead of mixed quality as the present
, standards provide. •
Present copies of standards will be
, recalled and replaced by the new sets,
, which will be made up from this year’s
- crop apd will be placed in use in
August. 11120-
ijgcjgryig R>&L the governmpn*; crop .
' reports were only guesses. Ward
Thoron. of the Arkwright club. Boston,
j told the conference that Congress and
1 ilie secretary of agriculture will be
. petitioner! to suppress part of the re
, ports.
I “Guesses on tne size of the crop have
almost made it impossible for ns to
manufacture any cloth." he asserted.
"People are afraid to buy goods on ac
| count of the speculation which im
mediately springs up when the crop
guesses come out. Up to September 15
no one is able to make a reasonable
guess.
"We have reached the point now
when we are prepared to petition Con
gress and the secretary of agriculture to
suppress these reports, at least the first
four until the crop gets far enough
along to get a rational view of the
situation."
Laymen of Kannapolis Conduct Church
Services.
Kannaimlis. July 28.- —-A most in- ;
teresting church service was held as a
mass meeting of the Methodist, Presby
terian and Baptist churches in the lat
ter church. Special music was rendered
by the choir, orchestra, and Mr. Sharp’s
quartet, after which a layman from
each of the three churches gave a 10-
minutes’ talk.
The "sermonettes" were ffirenet from
the ordinary routine of church services.
Mr- Query, of the Presbyterian church,
spoke first on the subject, "How to meet
the objections of people you come in
contact with while doiug personal work
for God.”
Mr. Sides, of the Methodist church,
took the passage. "For my yoke is easy
and my burden is light.” and developed
it in a very effective way.
Mr. Funderburk. of the Baptist
church, took the subject. “Lives that
live—-and why.” He showed that. for
one to be successful, he or she “must
take a stand for something and stand
there, regardless of snares and kicks of
other people.”
A congregation of nearly 700 people
listened attentively.
Hunreds Seeking Cancer Vaccination.
London. July 28.-—lnterest in the re
cent discoveries of Dr. William E. Gyc
and J. E. Barnard, micropist, relating
to the infective agent of cancer, shows
no signs of abating, and further an
nouncements on the progress made in
combating this dread disease are expect
ed. ,
When it was announced vaccination
tests would be made on human beings,
hundreds volunteered for the ordeal, but
it was pointed out that possibly a year
must elapse before it would be necessary
to call for volunteers for cancer inocula
tion.
WHAT SAT’S BEAR SAYS
Fair tonight and Thursday, continue^
cool. i
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