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VOLUME XXV
“CELL SHOCK" WILL BE
NEW TERM PUT INTO
LEGALVOCABUURY
If Sanitary Hearing Begin
ning Today Before Judge
David in Chicago Saves
Scott From Gallows.
TERM TO DESCRIBE
MENTAL DEBILITY
Scott Has Suffered Since His
Conviction Ten Months
Ago for Murder of Drug
Clerk Maurer.
(By 111* AmocIUM P»u)
Chicago. Aug. 3.—A new term, “pell
shock," will be put into American legal
and scientific vocabularies if the sanitary
hearing beginning today before .Tudge
Joseph B. David saves Russell Scott from
the gallows.
“Cell shock” is the term Scott's at
torneys have usell to describe the mental
debility they say he has suffered since
his conviction ten months ago for the
murder of Joseph Maurer, drug clerk,
s'ain in a holdup in April. 11)24.
Ten months in the Cook county jail
always beneath the ominous and depres
sive shadow of the gallows are held re
sponsible for Scott’s condition which his
attorneys characterize as insanity of a
degree pla'cirtg him beyond legal reach
of the hangman's noose.
A snecial venire of 1(K) men was sum
moned by Judge David. If his wishes
are met, selection of a jury to determine
the condition of the condemned man will
be completed in a day and the defense
and State alienists will begin immediate
il the presentation of conclusions reached
in intensive examinations of th* prisoner
last week.
Scott, once a millionaire business man
of Ontario, and anchor of books on busi
ness ethics, later an actor, and finally
principal in the most dramatic effort in
the history of American jurisprudence to
stay the execution, may not be permit ted
to appear in the court in which his life
is at stake.
The State presented a list of twenty
witnesses including fifteen laymen and
fivs fl'» lli st^ M Jsil attaches; guards, and
drpniy slietmMafiiwMrte.iwcn
of "ScoTt since nis rncerwraroii were the
lay witnesses.
The defense presented n list of nine ;
alienists and a dozen lay Witnesses in
cluding relatives, former business asso
ciates and witnesses at the Scott mut-der 1
trial.
Jacob Maurer, father of the ninteen ‘
year old boy far whose murder Scott wasji
convicted, was in court half an hour be- i
fore the trial was to begin. .i
Judge David announced that the jury <
would be selected by lot and the panels I
would be sworn in today if it required a 1
night session. 1
The court declared nlienists would be
limited to five minutes for each side. i
Thomas Scott, aged father of the pris- I
oner, came into c girt with the defense i
la.vwers, and took a seat in the press i
section.
Despite prefactions of state’s attorneys <
that Scott would not be permitted in the '
court rooui. he was brought in as the •
first panel was drawn. He was pale ondfj
nervous, but well groomed. The court '
advised the veniremen that the qnly ques
ti n at issue was Scott's sanity. 1
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CUBAN VOLUNTEERS GET
ENOUGH OF WARFARE '
Started Mutiny In Ranks of Soldiers <
Fighting Against The Riffian Tribes- '
men. '
(By the Associated Press.! !
New York, Aug. 3.—-The glamor worn
off the pros]>ect of fighting Abdel Krim '
and his Riffian cohorts in Morocco 1
where they have been causing the Spun- 1
ish and French no end of trouble, seven 1
of 121 t volunteers recruited in Cuba were 1
in the brig of the steamship Antonio Lo
pez today for participating in a whole- 1
sale mutiny.
One volunteer id missing and is beiiev- 1
ed to have escaped. The liner arrived ,
from Havana several days ago and- is due
to sail for Spain tomorrow.
Burned to Death in Fire When Store !
Was Destroyed.
(By It i Associated Press I
Roanoke. Va., Aug. 3.—Edwin L. Moir,
president of the Moir & Trout, Ine.,
wholesale grocers was killed, and three
firemen slightly hurt when their grocery .
p’.ant waa swept by fire today. Mr. Moir
was taken from the ruins of the building
in the downtown district an hour after i
the fire started and died soon afterward
at a hospital. Virtually every piece
of fire fighting apparatus in city, includ
ing two fire engines of the North and
Western railway was called out to fight
the fire.
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T—niiTHi iTn-iT,raanm»n
I Concord Theatre 1
: (THE.COOL SPOT) 1
; < Special Attraction
Today and Tuesday
“School For
Wives”
I With Conway Tearle Sigrid 4
! Holmquist and Peggy Kelly 1
. Also Aesops Fables and _ H
| Pathe News No. 68
1:30 to 11:00 P. M. |
~ 4': 1 .As*-’::*
The Concord Daily Tribune
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.* CITV SCHOOLS TO *
OPEN SEPTEMBER 7TH *
' * Announcement is made by Prof, if
iK A. S. Webb, superintendent of the *
* public schools of Concord, that work
* in the schools for the 11)25-211 N<rm *
f will begin Monday. September 7:h.
* Prof. Webb stated that his corps £
RK of teachers is complete and so far id
* as he is able to determine now. *
id everything will be in readiness for $
. * the opening on the day selected. *
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GIRL BLAMF.B DANCE
FOR HER DOWNFALL
Moore County Officers Take Her Back
so Charlotte After Escaping Tlllie
Menre P ill Missing.
I Carthage. Aug. 2.—Failing to find
any trace of the gir\ Moore county of
■ fleers now be’ieve that Tillie Moore
• who two weeks ago. jumned from the
rap id I v moving car of Sheriff R. O. Fry
miraetiljii-c'v escaped serious injury and
is new at libertv. The girl was being
taken to the Me-dt’enburg Industrial
school at Charlotte when she took the
dnrir.g lean from the car beyond Albe
marle Officers at first thought she might
hnve been fatally injured and died nenr
the scene of ber escape, but nothing ha--
been seen nr heard of ber after a di'i
gert search.
Sheriff Fry now he’ioves the girl hid
hen-e’s until they had left the scene their
returning to the road she waited until a
passing motorist picked her np and took,
her out of the vicinity.
The Moore officers since then have
been called upon to seize another girl’
who had escaped from the same institu
tion. She was Nell Hampton, about IS
years of age. pretty, vivacious and un->
usuallv intelligent. She escaped from the
school hv cutting through a screen door
with a knife nnd then lowering herself to
the ground by the aids of sheets.
The girl assigned her downfall to the
dance. “Before 1 was married.” she told
Sheriff Fry. “I had never taken a drink.
Mv husband always took in the rianct*
and it wn« there with the so-called ‘best
people’ that I began taking aocinl
drinks.” Wild living followed culminat
ing in the series of disasters, nnd then
a divorce. She is now back in the Meck
lenburg institution serving her time.
KLr KLUX PROTESTS
FORT WORTH Rt'LF
Fortv Fiery Crosses Burn Near City in
Denunciation of New Government.
Fort Worth. Tex., August I—Fortv
crosses, each twenty feet high and sur
an a protest of Klu Klux Klansuieo
against policies of the present Munici
pal Administration.
While the crowes blazed nnd flared
resulting in the calling out of the Fin-
Department in two districts, Klau ora
tors criticised the Government in
[ speeches nt the Klavern. Klnnsmen de
e'ared the City Administration, a new
one sponsored by business men. lmd dis
charged Klansmcn from municipal posi
tions anil brought heads of departments
ifroni other cities when Fort Worth men
were applicants.
The new regime is presided over by
a Council of nine business men and a ,
City Manager. The latter was secured
in Dubuque. la. The hend of the Tex.
and the Superintendent of the Water
Department is from Fort Smith, Ark. |
One of those who passed out of power
with the old government was Chester
Jones, a leader in the Klan. His posi
tion of Finance Commissioner was abol
ished.
The fiery crosses were made of wood
and covered witli oil-soaked cloth- They
towered high above the street. One of
them was planted in front of a Catholic
college, another near the home of one of
the sponsors of the new government. The
guards, despatched from the Klavern.
were ordered to prevent the crosses
starting fires or otherwise dnmnging
property.
Policies of the Aministrntion will not
be changed, nor have men been discharg
ed from city positions because of be
cause of belonging to the Klan, it whs
announced by the City Manager after
the demonstration.
However, employees who think more
of their fraternal affiliations than they
do of their job* will be discharged, be
added.
Mr*. Bryan WiU Make Home In Florida
Balance of Life.
Washington. Aug. I.—North Carolina
friends of Mrs. William Jennings Bryan
Invited her to make her home in the
mountains of the state. It is said she is
very fond of Asheville and the country
round about, but. today, on leaving here
for Coeoanut Grove, where she has a
home, she said she would spend the rest
of her days in Florida.
Mrs. Bryan, who has been an invalid
for months, rested well last night, nnd
seemed refreshed today. She is a favorite
here. While in the cabinet she paid but
little attention to social functions, but
devoted her time to her family-
Roek Spring* Camp Meeting Win Begin
Tueodny.
Gastonia, Aug. 3.—The annual Rock
Springs camp meeting will begin Tues
day. August 4th. at the camp grounds in
Lincoln county, the Rev. W. L. C. Kil
lian announced here this week.
Friday. August 7th, at 2 o’clock there
will be a reunion of former students of
the Old Rock Springs Seminary. A
memorial service in honor of the late
Prof. D. Matt Thompson will be held
in connection with this gathering. Tfce
memorial addresses will be delivered by
Kemp B. Nixon. Tfil former students
are being urged to attend the reunion.
The Greater Movie Season at the Con
cord Theatre opens August 10. Three
prises will be given for the best essay of
not over 300 word* on “What the Movies
Mean to Me.” Contest open today and
closes August 15. See ad elsewhere.
One theater in Germany employs
women M scene shifter* and stage handfc
.
CONCORD, N. C„ MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1925
■ y ’
jj' He Started New Monkey War
m Bfia
IHa"- am
If
iMSSiggLr
Son is Loren Wlttnor, who stirred up what promisee tome another “evo
tntlon trial” at Washington by filing suit to withhold pgjy from teachers
> «ho “teach disrespect to the Bible” by giving inatructionjln various acien-
BOg. He Is show- ' -re talking It hver with Jocko, Os thgmonkey tribe.
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DIXIE Bl’B LINE FIGHTS TO
KEEP PLACE ON ROADS
Was First ta Make Through Runs and
Introduced Large Cars in Service
Here.
Raleigh, Aug. I.—-With strong legal
I support and influential eivie packing,
the Dixie Motor Stage line, operating a
de luxe service between Charlotte nnd
Greensboro. gave a vigorous accounting
when summoned before the corporation
■ commission today to show cause why its
franchise rights should not be revoked.
The Dixie aud two other Grecnsboro-
Cbarlotte operators hail been picked for
sacrifiee in furtherance of the commis
sion’s plans to reduce seven unprofitable
motor lines to four money-makers. The
seven companies now operating are ad
mittedly losing money.
In the hearing today, the Dixie put
up such n light nnd presented so logira'
a case that its attorneys were hopeful
this afternoon that it would be allowed
to continue its franchise. It has tit) odd
thousand dollars invested in equipment
which it is using between Greensboro!
and Charlotte.
After four hours spent in the hearing
of evidence in su|q>ort of tbe Dixie’s
■laims that it should not have its
franchise revoked, the corporation com
mission reserved its decision, indicating 1
that it would act next week. By then, it
is expected, a new schedule will be work
ed out. perhaps changing the half hour
service uow in effect between tbe two
-4tW. vofcihndps it-wlce in 1
hourly schedule.
The two companies cited with the 1
Dixie to appear today and show why 1
their franchises shoti’d not be revoked. 1
>r suspend operntions without appear- *
ing, were the Piedmont Stage lines and 1
the White Rus company. Th four com- I
ponies favored by the commission for I
permanent franchises are the Royal
Blue Bus line. Kirk's line. Charlotte-
Concord Bus line and Blue Bus com
pany, there being the older operating it
lines. , ;
The White company and the Piedmont I
Stage lines were passive in their defense 1 ;
‘oday. although represented by counsel.
The Dixie, however, reprented by tour
attorneys nnd defended by a group of 1
prominent Charlotte citizen*, put up u
eonvinving case in support of it* ]
franchise.
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Habits are the only cobwebs that grow <
into cables.
J- - ... . . J LW Ji Hill ...I — ..
American Legion Rendered Service .
Unprecedented in Nation’s History ’
i
(By the Associated Press) i
Natchez, Miss., Aug. 3.—The member-!
shq) of the American Legion, nj repre
sentative men aud women of the Repub
lic of tlie Cnited States during the great
Wprld War, rendered a service unprece
dented in the history of this nation, Maj
or George L. Berry, former national vice
commander of the American Legion, de
clared in an address before the Mississip
pi Department of the American Legion
meeting here today. This service was in
the form of contribution* to the cause
of democracy at home and abroad in the
world, he said, and was an act that
brought to nu ending the possibility of
autocratic control.
Tbe efforts of these men and women of
the American Exi>edltionary force* were
responsible for “the greatest inspira
tion for human liberty nnd justice that
has been recorded since the formal decla
ration of Indeitendence of the Republic |
of the United States.”
*‘The American Legion is an institu
tion proposing the co-ordination of those
men and womeu who rendered this groat
and far reaching service to humanity
and who brought to a conclusion the most
gigantic war that had ever been waged.
It is. therefore, reasonable to understand
the far reaching strength in sentiment
and respect in which this body is held by
tbe citizenship of our country and the
peoples of nil of the nations associated!
with the allied cause.
"These men and women, who now
speak through the American Legion, arc
insistent upon making further contribu
tions to the well being of America. They
bnve manifested their affection for the
Republic. They have established their
courage and sponsorship for justice and
it b, therefore, not too much to antici
pate that the destiny of our Republic and
its many communities will, to h great
extent, rest upon the shoulders of these
ex-service men and women.
"It is unwise for ns to conclude that
the world has adjusted itself from the
tremendous shock of the World War, for
indeed there is turmoil about us at home
and it is raging with a more or lese de
gree of intensity in moat all of the op
tions of the world. The steadying influ
ence of the American Legion ha* ex
tended itself into all of the nation* that
tfiodhsi,<ußt>..dd idt .
THINKS MISSING] MAN
HAS NOT BEEN KILLED.
District Attorney Doubt* that Henry
Schwartz Was Kflfcd in Explosion on
Thursday. I
(By the Aasotaatrd Press)
San Francisco. Cal, Aug. 3.—Henry
Schwartz, vice presflleiit and general
manager of the Pacific Cellulose Com
pany, with was supijpxed to hnve met
death in his own Hmratory a t Walnut
Creek last Thursday yby an explosion,
was sought by SherifEU. It. Veale today.
A. .1. Nielson, a lental expert. de
clared after a mimite<exiimiimtion of the
charred body found hi Schwartz's labo
ratory that “this deatf mau is not Henry
Schwartz. The teeth {vary widely from
Schwartz's teeth.”
Schwartz carried sj|oo,<X>o in life in
sura nee.
I Joe Roddiguez, a laborer, has been
missiug since the explosion. District At
torney Tinning a mump ceil today that lie ,
had withdrawn permission to Mrs.
Schwartz yesterday to proceed with the
| funeral of the body which she insists is
her husband's.
Hairy Vetch Seed for Cnlon Farmers.
Monroe. Aug. 3.—Orders for 4.500
pountis of hairy vetch seed have been
placed for farmers in Union county, re
port T. J. W. Broom. In addition
to the vetch seed, much bur clover seed
lias been ordered and. Mr. Broom stated
that the acreage in tfcis legume would be
materially increased.
"The drouth,” said Mr. Broom, “lias
caused a great reduction in the lespedeza
crop but lands formerly planted in this
are producing good crop* of corn and cot
ton. Tbe failure of the legume this
year has not disco urged the farmers as
they are now buiying more seed which
they will plant next year.”
Mouse Jumps Down Cat’s Throat.
New York, Aug. 3.—-Some student of
'newspaper psychology onee told a novice:
■ “When a cat kills a house it isn't news,
but if the mouse kills the cat, well that
'is a horse of another shade.”
But it actually happened yesterday.
Mrs. Anna Kieckhoffer's giant Persian
lolled ill tbe sitting room of her home.
No. 2<i Remsen St. oUt‘ of a corner pop
ped an impudent mouse. The cat gave
chase. Cornered, the mouse jumped
right dowu pussy's throat. The cat gasp
ed a few times and died from strangula
tion.
I
i were associated with thle allies' cause 1
! and organizations similar to the Legion i
have arisen, and they have associated i
themselves into a great international or- I
ganizatiou of ex-service men and worn- i
en through which they propose to con
tribute their energies in solving the vex
ing issues attendant to the war aud
arising as a consequeuee thereof.
“It is doubtful if th*£e has ever been t
given such concrete example* of the i
soundness and the practicability of n 1
national tradition called “Americanism,” t
as that which has been offered by the 1
American Legion in America. Tbe men
nnd women of the I.cgion believe in Am
erica. They removed any doubt as to '
the soundness of their belief by engaging '
in the greatest and most hazardous con
test known in all time; and in believing 1
in America they believe in its form of
government.
j “The legion is not blind to the exist- 1
ing iniquities, ignorance, selfishness and 1
antagonisms in America because they ob- 1
viously exist, and it is not a surprising I
thing since we are populated by de- 1
scendiints from every nation upon the
face of the earth.
“There is less poverty, less ignorance
and less selfishness in America than in
any nation in the world. There is more
business, a greater sense of independence '
, anti a higher economic standard than ,
I that prevailing in any nation of tlie
world. Because we are convinced of the
soundness und the practicability of our
form of government, however, due to
this very character of government, we
' elect to make America better ami more
responsive every day to the well being of
our civilisation ns a whole.
“Tbe American Legion is made up of
1 men and women who fought in the World
i War. It does not look upon them as
1 bankers or as laboring men, as lawyers
’ or as trade unionists, but it looks upon
them as comrades who made the fight and
assisted in bringing it to a successful
l conclusion. It looks npon them as Arn
■ erieans who have demonstrated beyond
r tbe slightest question their lives, their
! affection for their country; and in this
-way they are now and will continue,to
• be prepared to render their all in behalf
-of the conservation of that which they
- believe to be the best form of govern
-1 meat in tbe world —America.”
THINK ABDEL KRIM
MLLMTHIPT
PHCEIEHffIW
His Aim Seems to Be to Try
to Hold On Until Rainy
Season When Campaigning
Must Halt.
FRENCH ITsETHE
TANK EFFECTIVELY
French Need More Troops if
They Drive Riffians From
the Strongholds They Now
Occupy.
(By tbe Associated Press)
Fez. Aug. 3. —Tanks are proving high
ly effective in the French reeonnaisances
along the Franco-Riffian battlefront. A
flying column surtharted by a tank de
tachment is feeling the lay of the land
towards Asjen, nortiiwest of Oupzzan.
and ’.ias scattered with little difficulty re
bellious tribesmen who sought to
its progress.
All information received at the French
headquarters here confirms the opinion
, that Abdel Krim has no serious inten
tion of entering into peace negotiations. (
His aim appear* to be to try to hold out ■
until the rainy season when campaigning I
will have to be postponed until next J
year.
The task of attacking the Riffians in |
their mountain positions and decisively
beating them within a month is one of
the considered propositions for which
still further French reinforcements are
needed. It is understood tjiat Marshal
Petain who has returned to France af
ter an extensive survey of the • French
forces, holds this view and will ask Pre
mier Pninleve that additional troops be
dispatched at otfee.
THE COTTON MARKET,
Reports of Further Rains in Parts cf
Texas Weakened Prices at the Open
ing Today. ’
(By the Associated Press)
New York, Aug. 3.—-Reports indicat
ing that the Texas rain area has been
extended to the southern half of the State
where the drought has been considered
most acute* .weakened (he cottou_iftttrk..ct
early today and after opening 1(1 to 17]
•points lower, sold off 20 to 24 i<o : nts un
der Saturday's close, making new low
levels for the present decline. October
reached 23 :K!) and December 23:07.
Leading early sellers were Liverpool, the
South, commission houses aud Wall
Street. Increased hedge pressure also
was noted. Some buying by wire houses
appeared, presumed to be covering cot
ton sold last week.
Rich Mine of Graphite Discovered In Ire
dell.
Statesville, Aug. 2. —What is consid
ered a rich mine of graphite has been
located on the farm of Meredith Iteavis,
in northern Iredell county, and a block
of graphite weighing 120 pounds, said
to test 05 per cent, taken from the mine
is now on display in tile front window
of tlie Lazenby-Montgoinery Hardware
Company's store here. This big block
of almost pure graphite was dug out
four feet under tbe surface of the earth.
Prospectors find the mineral at every
point on the farm where soundings were
made. It is said that one of the largest
paint and pencil manufacturing concerns
in the I’hited States pronounces the
graphite from northern Iredell to be the
finest they have ever seen. This property
is being investigated by local parties and
it is likely that a company will be or
ganized nt an early date for its develop
ment.
Walter Johnson Celebrates Debut By
Beating Tigers.
Washington. Aug. 2.—Walter John
son, Washington's premier pitcher, to
day celebrated the 18th anniversary of
his debut as a big league ball player by
defeating the team that he failed to
bent on that earlier occasion, the De
troit Tigers.
On August 2. 1007. Johnson, raw re
cruit from the west, pitched against the
Tigers in Detroit for six innings. Wash
ing lost 3 to 2. but “Barney” was not
charged with the defeat.
Today he held the Tigers, who 1R
years ago included their present man
ager Ty Cobb, to two single* and one
run nnd the champion Senators won 5
to 1. Jones, third baseman for Detroit,
got both hits and tbe run was scored on
an error by Centerfielder McNeely.
Won’t Cnt Wages as Yet; Kays It is
Bad Business.
i Wonsoctet, R. I„ July 31.—Presi
dent William L. Allendorf, of the North
Bellingham, Mass., Woolen company, de
clares no wage cut will be instituted ini
the plant until severe competition de
mands such action.
He added that he considered any such
courwe untimely and unnecessary, in
view of the fact that the cost of living
has not decreased in proportion. Re
duction in wages would not materially
influence conditions in the textile in
dustry, he said. A wage cut. Mr. Allen
dorff said, would also reduce purchas
ing power of textile workers.
Dime Raves Woman Front Jail.
New York, August I.—Jennie Trap
ping of Newburgh, was fined SIOO in the
Federal Court yesterday for violating the
prohibition law.
All the money she could offer was I
SOO.OO.
| “No one is going to jail around here
I for lack of a dime,” declared John M. j
I Cashin, assistant district attorney, band-,
log the necessary 10 cent piece to the
clerk.
HR HQ BED
! OF SHPEmi
;; WITH REORGAHmiON
Os Prohibition Unit, Effec
r tive September Ist.—Duty
; to Be Performed by Pro
hibition Administrators.
ORDER ISSUED
BY MR. BLAIR
' (Administrators to Be Ap
i pointed for Twenty-Two
Districts Into Which Coun
try Will Be Divided.
(By (he Associated Press)
Washington, Aug. 3.—An order re
; lieviug Prohibition Commissioner Haynes'
authority with respect to ■ supervision
over the question of intoxicating liquors
was made public today at the Treasury
in connection with tiie reorganization of
I ihe prohibition unit, effective September
first.
The order, signed by Internal Revenue
Commissioner Blair, is addressed to the
Prohibition Commissioner and prohibi
tion commissioners. It provides that
I where any authority now is delegated to,
jor tlie performance of any duty is re
, quired of. the Prohibition Commissioner
or of prohibit’on directors relating to iu-
J toxieating liquors, such authority shall
; be vested iu. and the duty shall be per
formed by. tbe prohibition administra
tors who are to be appointed for tile 22
districts into which tlie country will be
divided for administrative purposes.
Where authority is required to be ex
ercised or duty performed by the prohi
bition directors, with tile advice, concur
rence or approval of the Prohibition Com
missioner. such advice, concurrence or
approval will not be required iu tbe fu
ture.
MISS STALLMAN POISONED?
Was Delirious and Said, "That Man
Made Me Take Something That Made
Me Awfnlly Sick.”
(By the Associated Press)
Mattoon, 111., Aug. 3.—Cora Stallman,
former school teacher found dead in a
cistern on the farm of her sister. Mrs,,
-Amu Henman, ails delirious. Friday anil
moanrtl "that man marie me take Matrte
thing that made me awfully sick.”
That was the information given coro
ner F. S. Shilling, who has undertaken
to solve the mystery surrounding her
death which is a tangled web of facts
and rumors, including a sheaf of nearly
a dozen threatening and anonymous
notes. Some of these are signed "K K
K,” “Three boys and two girls." -“Mrs.
So and So,” and other inexplicable sig
natures.
The strange situation leaves the prob
ability that Miss Stallman was poiiou
ed,; the coroner says, although he added
it may have been suicide, but not by
drowning.
t"She was not drowned, we arc sure of
that. The rioctars fouud no water in
her lungs."
With Our Advertiser*.
During tills week, from August 3rd
to !>th inclusive. Efird’s will have a clear
ance of all summer apparel. The entire
stock of summer dresses in voiles, crepes,
and silks of every kind will be offered
at less than wholesale prices. Dresses
formerly priced at from $4.95 to $35.
are now selling for from $1.95 to $22.40.
The Bollinger Service Station is mov
ing to the Reed building on East Corbin
street. A garage for general repair
work will be operated nt the old loca
tion on Church street.
Drop in or phone Yorke & Wadsworth
Co. fpr prices on a Goodyear tire your
size. Phone 30.
Phone 787 and Bob's Dry Cleaning Co.
will send a man instantly for your clothes
to'clean or press.
Don’t fail to visit Efird’s Beauty
Shoppe on the second floor.
You can cook with Hie gas turned off.
See ad. of the Concord and Kannapolis I
Gas Co.
Lady-Like corsets for the stylish figure,
98 cent to $3.98, at the J. C. Penney Co.
Tbe Concord Furniture Co. is closing
out at half price all refrigerators and
ice boxes, rather than carry them over.
See ad.
At tlie Concord Theatre today ami
Tuesday “School for Wives.” Also
Aesop's Fables and Peggy Kelly.
Look on first page and see the excel
lent program at the Star Theatre this
week.
The new Victor records are out and
Hie Kidd-Frix Music and Stationery
Co. hss them. See list in new ad. to
day.
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STAR THEATRE PROGRAM
For week of August 3rd to Bth
MONDAY AND Tt'ESDAY
“THE SPANIARD”
With Ricardo Cortez and Jetta
Goudal. It's a special picture
WEDNESDAY ONLY
“THE TOP OF THE WORLD”
With James Kirkwood and Anna Q.
Nilsson.
Don’t miss it
THURSDAY-FRIDAY
“RUGGED WATER”
With Lois Wilson and Warner Baxter
Big Special
SATURDAY ONLY
“KEITH OF THE BORDER’
(With Roy Stewart and Pete Morrison
-.Cctne Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday
i and get a free ticket for Thursday or
Friday's picture.
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NO. 185
JMIDGE BEGINS
JAY THIRD YEAR OF
I PRESIDENTIAL TERM
■ He Seems to Be Satisfied
With His Administrative
Record, and Quietly Per
fecting Future Plans.
TOOK OATH JUST
TWO YEARS AGO
' In His Summer House He is
i Keeping Ip Touch With
Government Activities.—
Another Month of Vacation
(By the Associated Press)
Swampsoott, Macs., Aug. 3. —Calvin
Coolidgp started in today on his third
year as President, seemingly satisfied
; with his administration's record, and
quietly perfecting plans for legislative
; and executive action during the remaind
er of ills term.
Two years ago, just before dawn on
August 3, 1923, in his father's modest
home at Plymouth, Vt., Mr. Coolidge
took oath as President a few hours af
ter the death of Warren G. Harding.
Looking back over the White House
incumbency, President Coolidge, his
friends say, feels satisfied with the turn
of events the election results last No
vember increasing his confidence that his
policies were meeting with approval.
lit the isolation of his summer here,
since his arrival six weeks ago, the Presi
dent has been keeping in touch with gov
ernment activities, and from time to time
has conferred with men who have a prom
inent part in the nation's business. With
at least a month more of vacation in
prospect, it is expected he will hold con
ferences in increasing numbers.
To Visit His Father.
Swampscott. Mass.. Aug. 3.—President
Coolidge is planning to return within 10
days to Plymouth, Vermont, to visit his
father. Col. John C. Coolidge. He may
leave here before the end of this week.
The President intends to spend two or
trlu*e days at his father's home, return
ing here to resume his vacation which
probably will be continued until Labor
,n»y. , v
RKSt'ME WORK WITH
NON-ITSION BRICK LAYERS
Plasterers Want- to Work But Brick
Layers Refuse to Arbitrate.
(By the Associated Press)
Miami, Fla.. Aug. 3.—Delayed two days
by a strike of union bricklayers and plas
terers on their two construction contracts
in the Miami district, the George A. Ful
ler Construction Company, of New York
and Miami, today resumed work with
non-union brick layers.
Theodore Crandall, in charge of the
Miami company of the Fuller company,
declared there had been strife between
the bricklayers and plasterers for several
weeks.
Two months ago Mr. Crandall said
James Davis, secretary of labor, called
a conference of the leading contractors,
including the Fuller company and repre
sentatives of the brick layers and plas
terers, asking that they arbitrate their
difficulties. The plasterers agreed to
any arbitration which would allow con
tinuation of the building operations, but
the brick layers refused to arbitrate.
Bricklayers Extend Strike.
New York, Aug. 3.—A new phase in
the inter-union conflict between brick
layers and plasterers developed today
when bricklayers employed by the George
E. Fuller Construction Co. went on a
strike in all building projects in this city,
Washington, D. C., and Florida. Offi
cials of the company said work was halt
ed on approximately $20,000,00 worth
of construction.
According to Fuller Company officials,
construction work on three large apart
ment houses in this city, a department
store in Washington and three addi
tional projects in Florida had been tied
up by the strike.
Automobile Fatalities.
(By the Associated Press)
Washington, Aug. 3.—The number of
deaths caused by automobiles in fifty
seven American cities for which statis
tics are being currently collected by the
Commerce Department totalled 480 dur
ing the four weeks ending July 18th. as
compared with 417 in the previous four
weeks ending June 20th.
The automobile fatalities in the same
cities from January Ist to July 18th
numbered 2.511, while the total for the
year of 1924 was 4.992, and for 1923 it
was 4,827. The estimated population
of the cities for which figures are given
is 20,821,000.
Automobile fatalities in the same cities
from January Ist to July 18th num
bered 2.511. while the total for the year
of 1924 was 4,992, and for 1923 it was
4.827. The estimated population of the
cities for which figures are given is 26,-
821,000.
/ WHAT SAT’S BEAR SATE
s 1
Mostly cloudy tonight and Tuesday;
probably showers Tuesday In west and
central portions. Little change in tem
perature.