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VOLUME XXV
ASK COMMISSIONER
GRIST TO TRANSFER
OFFICE TO CONCORD
Chamber of Commerce Be
hind Move to Bring Offices
of State Employment Bu
reau to This City.
MAJOR FOIL GOES
TO STATE CAPITAL
There Has Audience With
Mr. Grist Who Will Deter
mine Later Whether Offices
Will Be Moved.
Concord lias her bid in as headquarters
for tile State employment bureau which
is now located in Charlotte. Major \V.
A. Foil has presented Concord's bid to
I). Frank Grist, cominmissioner of labor
and printing, and the Chamber of Com
merce aifil other organizations of the
city are behind the movement to bring
the offices of tin bureau here should the
commissioner decide to move them < n Sep
tember first.
The offices have been located in Char
lotte for some time but dissatisfaction J
among city and county officials as well
as individuals there, wil'u an appointment
made by Commissioner Grist may lead
him to transfer the offices to some other
city. Commissioner Grist appointed an
ex-service man ns head of the bureau and
Charlotte and Mecklenburg county threat
ened to stop their appropriations been use
of his action, as the former bureau head
was the man they wanted to keep the
job.
Commissioner Grist stated several days
ago that he would give the C’.inrlotte and
Mn'klCnbur- people until September Ist
to “cool off” and if they were still de
termined at that time to discount appro
priations which they -have made for the
bureau, the offices will be moved. I)r.
T X. Spencer, president of the Concord
Chamber of Commerce, sent Major Foil
to Raleigh to ask the commisioner to
move the offices to Concord should diffi
culties nt Charlotte not be adjusted.
In addition I>r. Spencer promises Com-’
ndesicner Grist t’iat Concord people will
not try to run the bureau should it be
located here, his telegram srtlt this morn
ing to the commissioner reading:
“Thank you for audience give® Major
Foil on matter of changing employment
bureau to Concord.
“If- transferred to Concord we will
expect you to have absolute control over
office."
Reports from Raleigh ]s>int out that,
s.) far Concord and Kooky Mount are the
only cities in the State, to incite formal
request for the Offices should Mr. Grj-st
find it necessary to .fciove them:
Major Foil stated upon his return
from Raleigh tliat he was most cordially
received by Commissioner Grist and that
his invitation was given every considera
tion by the commissioner. Major Foil
today expressed the belief that the offices
will come to Concord unless peace can
he made between Commmissioner Grist
and Charlotte and Mecklenburg officials.
STANLY COI’NTY COP
CANNOT BE MISTAKEN
Traffic Officer Will Wear Cap. Badge
And Khaki Uniform —Remove Old
Speed Warning.
Albemarle. Aug. 3.—Decision to equip
Amos Lowder. Stanly county motor
cycle officer, with cap hnd badge, com
pleting a khaki uniform, and to make
a signboard near Pee Dee river on route
74 read "speed limit 35 miles an hour”
. instead of 30, was reached by the coun
ty commissioners in session here this
afternoon after three representatives of
the Carolina Motor Club appenred before
the hotly and suggested the change's-
The sign is an old one erected before
the uniform state speed law enacted
bv the last legislature went into effect
ifnd has ben allowed to remain through
oversight. The commissioners were high
ly gratified that Officer Powder's dis
cretion in differentiating between flag
rant violations of the law and minor in
fractions has ben winning high commen
dation insttead of criticism and com
plaint as has been the case in other count
ties, notably Orange and Montgomery.
The Stanly county officer already wears
a kliaki uniform but when n eap and
badge is added the board be'ieves there
will be absolutely no excuse for any mo
torist or citizen ' not realizing immedi
ately that he is an officer, whether by
day or night. A policy of warning motor
ists of plight violations and wnr to the
deati on reckless nnd drunken drivers is
bqpg carried out in Stanly county..
Leo Meadows of the Pittsburgh Pi*
rates was the first National league pitch
er to register ten wins this season. (
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5 Concord Theatre
(THE COOL SPOT)
Last Showing Today
“School For
j Wives”
■ With Conway Tenrie and all Star
Cut
■ Also Ataopa Fable# and Pathe
■ New* No. «S. (Containing last
; views of W. J. Bryan Just before
• his death.)
COMING TOMORROW
i Pat O’Malley and Wanda Hawley
* “LET WOMEN ALONE”
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The Concord Daily Tribune
Enters Race
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Hr JHE~==r
Ho wants to succeed “Fighting Bob!"
Hi# name la James h. McGUlan. be’a
an attorney of Green Bay, Wls.. ani*
* candidate for the aeat of the
late Senator La Follette.
RAILROAD CONSOLIDATION
APPROVED BY PRESIDENT
Thinks Consolidation is Probably the One ,
Best Thing for the Railroads.
(By the Associated Press) <
SwampMcntt, Mass., Aug. 4.—Volun- I
tnry consolidation of railroads in Presi
dent Coolidge's opinion will pave the 1
way to a solution of the transportation 1
problem.
While he was refrained front commit- I
ting himself on the proposal, the I’resi- 1
dent is watching with interest the effort 1
of the Van Swariugen interests to re- 1
reive Interstate Commerce Commission
approval of their merger plan. He be- 1
lieves settlement of the points at issue 1
make it Jjossible for other tranvpor- ■
tat ion systems now at sea’as to whether 1
they can proceed with cousoFdutions, to 1
definitely proceed with their program. 1
Mr. Coolidge. who in the past has ad- 1
vocated voluntary consolidation wherever
advisable, is of the opinion that in this 1
way the vexing rate problem can be 1
solved. I
Transportation charges, lie believes, j
oo*ild then be fixed at a level which
wotild enable large operating systems to
make fair return on their business, and ‘
do away with present conditions where
some lines make enormouH profit while
others make none.
PEACE OF PACIFIC WAS
SETTLED AT CONFERENCE
No War in Pacific as Result of Arms 1
Parley, Says Rear Admiral Phelps. ‘
(By the Associated Press)
Williamstown, Mass., Aug. 4.—The |
Washington conference on limitation of
armaments absolutely settled the peace
of the Pacific. Read Admiral W. IV. ’
Phelps, a member of the naval board in
Washington, declared at the institute of '
polieies today. The four-power pact,
he added, has insured the integrity of our 1 .
possessions.
‘“I do not believe in any way with J
Japa," he said. "Both nations would !
be perfect fools to promote a conflict.
1 think that a new mentality is evelop- ’
ing and that commerce is gaining be
tween the two nations. People who talk *
publicly of conflict are doing a dis-serv- 1
iee. Tlie Washington conference has re- ’
moved the mental fear that brought about
vast armaments.
With Our Advertisers. 1
New styles in Fall hats for men nt (
Richmond-Flowe Co’s.—Stetson, Vanity 1
and No Name.
Last showing today of “School for 1
Wives” at the Concord Theatre. Also !
Fables and I’athc News. To- 1
morrow, “Let Women Alone.”
The Pathe news today at the Con- 1
cord Theatre will contain the last views '
of W. J. Bryan taken just before his
death.
See Hoover's ad., the “daily dozen"
you need before going on your vacation.
One quart of Wesson oil Thursday
only nt I’iggly Wiggly for only 4!) cents.
Pint, 2(1 cents.
Get the habit of banking your income
■ regulary. See new ad. of the Cabarrus
Savings bank.
. Reckless Motorists to Spend ::our With
Bodies of Victims.
Indianapolis, Aug. 3.—An hour alone
I in the morgue with the body of the per
son for whose death he was responsible
will be a part of the punishment in
flicted henceforth; upon any Indianapolis
motorist who brings death to a
pedestrian or other motorist by care
less or reckless driving, or by driving
while intoxicated. This punishment was
devised today by Chief of Police Herman
Ek Rykehoff and Dr. William Deppero,
deputy coroner.
The officials believe (inch a vigil will
prove as effective a cure for reckless or
illegal operation of a motor car as a
prison sentence or fine.
Snow and Hail in Part of Wisconsin.
Marinette, Wis-, Aug. 3. —Snow fell
for five minutes over an area of several
square miles yesterday near Amberg,
40 miles northwest of Marinette. Ad-;
vices today said that the freak storm
was followed by bail that level grain
I and stripped green corn to the stalks.
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CONCORD, N. C:, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1925
WILL SEEK TO ENJOIN
ENFORCEMENT OfTHE
ANTI EVOLUTION LAW
A Comparison Case to Scopes
Case tp Be Instituted at
Chattanooga by the Chief
Counsel in Scopes Case.
SEEK TRANSFER
TO FEDERAL COURTS
Second Attempt to Cany the
Fight Against Law From
the State to the Federal
Courts.
(If) the Aaaorlnlrd Press)
| Chattanooga. Aug. 4. —A companion
1 case to the Scopes case will be instituted
here today when Dr. John R. Neal, chief
counsel ill the Scopes ease, filed in United
States court a taxpayers' petition seek
ing to enjoin enforcement of the anti-1
evolution law.
The move marked the second attempt
to carry the fight against the law which;!
prohibits the teaching of evolution in the !
State of Tennessee in to the federal:-
courts. j
The first attempt, when a petition to
transfer (tie Scopes ease into the federal
courts was fi'ed at Cookville by Dr. Neal
met failure, through the refusal of Judge,
Gore to interfere. At the same time
a petition of Robert Wilson, a taxpayer
seeking to enjoin the State authorities'
from the enforcement of the law, was re
fused.
Neal Loses Casq.
Chattanooga, Aug. 4.—A second at-;'
tempt to remove the Scoped evolution
ease to the federal courts was lost here
today when Dr. John It. chief
counsel for the defense of the teacher.'
filed a petition with the clerk of circuit
court seeeking to restrain the State ati- -
thoritiessfnun further prosecution of the -
case.
A petition by Robert Wilson, a tax
payer, seeking to restrain state authori
ties from the enforcement of the anti
evolution law was not filed pending the
amendments to be made to the plea. i
The Scopes petition is based upon the
allegation that the; law is unconstitu
tional. It contends that (he petitioner.
John T. Scopes, prepared himself for the
teaching profession, going to considerable
expense nnd effort to do so, and that the
law of Tennessee impairs his usefulness
as a teacher.
While the move. Dr; Neal declared, has
no connection with his previous appear
ance before Judge Gore, at Cookeville,
prior to the Dayton trial the petition is
the same used in the previous appeal for
federal isterferenee. j-
MONTGOMERY TRAFFIC
OFFICER DISCHARGED
Complaints Against Practices of Bau
oom Bear Fruit—Put On Two Uni
formed .Officers.
Troy Aug. 3.—A. J. Haueom. Mont
gomery county traffic officer, was dis
charged and J. O. Smith and S. A. Caili
eutt appointed ns his successors by the
county commissioners in session here
this morning. The new officers will take
up .their duties immediately nnd the
commission specified uniforms of khaki,
with caps and badges in order that they
may be prompt’y nnd unmistakably re
cognized as officers of the law.
The action today followed the appear
ance of three officials of the Carolina
, Motor Club before the commissioners.
Affidavits and complaints against Bnu
corn’s operations were presented to the
body and the sped cop's discharge was a
direct result of the commission’s deci
sion that it did not care to have Mont
gomery county continue to receive thi
adverse publicity it is getting from mot
orists due to the officer’s practices.
Kings Mountain Man Cut to Pieces.
Gastonia. Aug. 3. —Allen Ballard, o;
Kings Mountain, was reported tonight
ns being in n critical condition with
knife wounds from his feet to his head
which required over 500 stitches, and
Charles Reyno’ds, also of Kings Moun
tain, is in a serious condition as the re
suit of a cutting scrape and drunken
brawl following a poker game neat
Crowders mountain early today, officers
state. v
Both men arc about 35 years old and
have families living in Kings Mouu
tain, local officers say. It is believed
that there are others who took part in
the poker game but fled before officers
were called. Liquor and cards were
found near the scene of the fight. Both
Reynolds' nnd Ballard were bleeding
severely when found lying on the ground.
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33,150 More Auto Licenses This Year
Than Last.
(By the Associated Press)
Raleigh, Aug. 4. —Automobile licenses
issued this year exceed the number is
sued to the same time last year by 33,150
This announcement was made yesterday
by Commissioner of Revenue R. A.
Doughton, in a statement reviewing the
work of the bureau during the months
of June and July.
Commissioner Doughton declared there
bad been no delay in the issuance of au
tomobile licenses since July 15th except
in cases where the applications were in
correctly made.
Flies Application For Bon at Duke Uni
varsity In. 1940.
Durham, Aug. 3.—An application for
admission to the freshman daks of 1040
of Duke university ban been made fa/
James A- Thomas, of White Plains, N.
Y„ for his son, Jamea A. Thomas, Jr.
The new is just two years old and is a
nephew of Robert I.arising, former secre
tary of state. The application has oeen
duly filed.
PREDICTS WAGE BCALS
MEETING WILL FAIL
Little Chance Now That Conference Will
. Avert Anthracite Strike.
(By the Associated Press)
I Atlantic City, Aug. 4.—Anthracite
scale negotiations will definitely be brok
. en off on resumption here this afterno in
I “barring unforseen developments,” nc-
I coning to opinion voiced by a high au
thority among miners today. What
ground would likely be adduced for such
a break was not indicated.
I Anthracite operators on arrival for the
. meeting expressed full determination to
; uphold at all costs the dignity of their
; scale committee against the challenge
they felt John L. Lewis, president of the
I nited Mine Workers of America hnd
ra’sed against it.
1 Samuel I). Warrlner, chairman of the
i anthracite operators’ conference, and W.
1 J. Richards, president of the Philadelphia
& Reading Coal and Iron Co., whose
! presence Mr. Lewis hud requested today.
ilid not accompany the other operators
1 here. It was officially announced the
two lenders would not come.
I E. M. Parker, director of the authr
cite bureau of n, today said
the operators' scale committee, which
I Mr. Lewis impuiigrd,' was selected by the
1 eutire industry at a siieeial meeting here
1 July 8 after a thorough oauvass of all
available candidates.
INSISTS DRY LAW
| ENFORCED
Judge Srhenck Accepts Challenge of
!| Those Who Say It Can’t.
■j Greensboro. Aug. 3.—Accepting the
Ijj challenge that "the prohibition law can
j noY be enforced by the courts,” Judge
i Michael Schenck. of Hendersonville,
opening a term of Guilford Superior
court for the trial of criminal eases
here today, stated that North Carolina's
■; courts can enforce i-ny law that the
people support nnd that the prohibition
1 law is such a statute.
He told how the first prohibition law
. in North Carolina was enacted in Cleve
! lnnd county, providing that liquor could
not be bought or sold within two mileH
of a certain Baptist church: how some
people scoffed at the law, said if couldn’t
;be enforced, but that from that law
came the prohibition law of the state.
The basis of the law is the protection
of the home, children and womnnhood.
‘Judge Sehenek Stated, and said that the
reason for laws providing the death
penalty for murder, -rape burglary and
arson in North Carolina is to prevent
repetition of ueh ofimes by individuals
and to deter others, t
1 While there are soimany laws passed,
too ninny in fact, «> that even the
lawyers cannot keep tip with them they
must be enforced while they are on the
statute books, the iatkti declared.
More home file, mVP family firesides
and family altar*.arc needed he said, de
nouncing people who advertise apart
ments for rent but "no children or dogs
taken.” The Inw should prohibit placing
children in the category of dogs, he said.
APPLIES FQR ADMISSION TO
j. DUKE UNIVERSITY IN 1940
James A. Thomas, of White Plains, N.
Y„ Asks Admission 15 Years in Ad
vance.
Durham, Aug. 3.—Fifteen years from
next September Duke University will re
ceive a student whose application has
already been received. If nothing hap
pens to change the plans, he will enter
the freshman class of 1940. The pros
pective students is James A. Thomas, Jr.,
two years old. son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
A. Thomas, Sr., of White Plains. N. Y.
An application has been received by Duke
University officials for the entrance of
the boy in the local institution when he
completes his grammar and high school
course.
The boy is a nephew of Robert Lan
sing, former secretary of state, and is
the youngest applicant for entrance in
Duke University. The'applieation lias
beeu field.
In applying for the entrance for his
son in the freshman clas of 1940. Mr.
Thomas said that "in our opinion. Duke
University is destined to be the greatest
institution of learning in America, and
in ten years we anticipate that you will
have more applications than you can take
care of, that is why we are seeking to
•nter our son now."
Newton Lady Bitten on Foot By a
Snake.
Newton, Aug. 3.—Mrs. P. S. Ram
ietir, one of Newton’s most hightly es
teemed citizens, was bitten on the foot
by a copperhead snake Friday while
watering her flower bed. Mrs. Itamseur
stepped on the snake, which was about
a yard long. She called her companion,
Miss Lolin Allgood, and his snakeship
was put out of commission- Dr. Glenn
Long was called immediately and the
wounded foot dressed. She is getting
along fine but is still confined to her
bed.
Dick Kerr to Rejoin White Sox.
(By the Associated Press)
St. Louis. Aug. 4.-—On information
that he had been reinstated in organized
■ baseball. Dick Kerr said he was pre
pared to leave this afternoon for Boston
to rejoin the Chicago White Sox who be
, gin a series there tomorrow. Kerr said
. he would take the first train after re
ceiving official notification of his rein
, statement.
Kerr has been pitching this season
! for Moberly, Mo., of the Illinois-Mis
, souri league, and has had fair success.
> Jane Mon Seen 9 Miles from the English
Coast.
t (By the Associated Press)
Dover, England, Aug. 4.—The captain
of the cross chuuiiel boat, Invicta, re
ported that he observed Jane Sion, the
. English girt attempting to swim the Eng
lish channel, 9 miles from the English
r coast at 2:15 p. m. today.
)
) One of the biggest- man in baseball is
. Garland Buckeye, who tips the beam at
. 285 pouhds.
- “A parking space,” aaya the Memphis
i News Scimitar, “is where you heave
1 the car to have the tail light knock of.”
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; TABKS PPOVt WORTH
TO FRENCH TROOPS
11 MOROCCO BUTTLE
Riffians Were Taken by Sur
prise When They Saw the
Tanks and They Fled From
Their Strong Positions.
LITTLE ACTIVITY
ON MOST FRONTS
Gen. Giraud Wounded in the
Fighting But Condition Is
Not Serious.—Abdel Krim
to Use Air Forces Soon.
(By the Associated Press)
f'ra, Aug. 4.—Several French Hying
columns well supplied with tanks have
carried out operations on a large scale
with the object of cleaning lip the north
ern and northwestern areas of the bat
tlefront where Riffian tribes have been
filtering through in large numbers re
cently and making raide on isolated
fa rms.
The enemy was attacked in the Asejen
linage where he was strongly entrench
ed. Completely taken back by the tanks,
the Riffians abandoned their positions
and fled in disorder, leaving GO dead on
the ground.
These operations have had salutary ef
fect throughout the Oiiezzan region to
the northwest of Fez. Elsewhere there
is little activity.
General Giraud. who played a distin
guished role in the fighting in ethe Taza
region, has been wounded by a bullet in
the spine and taken to the Taza hospital.
His condition is satisfactory.
Abdel Krim. who is directing opera
tions of the rebellious Ilifiians, has made
good his promise that he would soon be
in position for air service against the
French.
Several planes are reported to have
been landed at Riffian headquarters, but
it is believed by the French that some
little time must elapse before they can
be put into action. It is said a German
aviator, a veteran of the World War.
will be in command of the liiffiun planes.
Strike at West Palm Beach Probable.
tuW llte Associated Press)
West Palm Beaclv Fin., Aug. 4.—A
strike of the building and trades craft in
West Palm Beach appeared as a possi
bility today when members of the brick
layers, masons and plasterers interna
tional union were ordered not to work on
any job where members of the operative
plasterers and cement finishers interna
tional union are employed.
The deadlock between the two unions
may result in a situation which will
compel the crafts to seek authorization
to call a strike, John Adair, business
agent for B. M. & T. I. U. No. G
said.
An order was issued yesterday to mem
bers of the bricklayers’ union to refuse
to work on any job where operative
plasterers were employed. The order
became effective immediately.
Only a few contractors are affected,
Mr. Adair said, the major share of con
tractors in town employing brick layers,
masons and plasterers crafts exclusive
ly.
World’s Largest Carpet-
London, Aug. 4.—A carpet weighing
twenty-one tons has beeu laid down in
the foyer and restaurant of a leading
London hotel. It covers a floor space of
half an acre. Seventy men were re
quired to handle it, and it is believed to
be the largest in the world. For the
first time in the history of cnrpet-mnk
i{i;g, sixty-four Oitientnl rugs were
woven together. Sixty-two came from
Persia and two from China. The weav
ing was done by rug-workers from
Samarkand. According to their custom,
the workers, before the growing carpet
was allowed to encircle each rug, wove
a piece of colored rice fibre crescent
wise into the heart of it, to ensure that
all who tread them shall know per
petual joy and felicity.
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President!
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Meet the youngest professional base
ball league president in captivity.
He’s Franklyn E. Doan, 17, of Lima,
Ohio. He heads the Ohio-Indlana
circuit, an eight-club organization.
He succeeds Bob Ewing, former Cin
cinnati pitcher, who recently re
signed.
AGRICI LTI RE WILL GET
PRESIDENT’S ATTENTION NOW
Plans to Call Agriculture Commission to
Swampscott for Conference.
(By the Associated Press)
Swampscott, Mass.. Aug. 4.—President
Cooiidge will recall his agricultural con
ference to map out a legislative program
for farm aid.
The conference which was appointed
a year ago presented a program to the
last session of Congress in which the
principal recommendation was for gov
ernmental aid in cooperative marketing.
Coming before Congress in the closing
days of the sess’on the conference report
failed of approval with considerable oppo
sition voiced to some of its main pro
posals.
Spokesmen for the farming territories
told the President this summer, however,
they believed cooperative marketing leg
islation to be the principal need of the
farmers, and the President lias determin
ed again to leave, the problem in the
hands of thg conference headed by Robt,
(l. Gary, (if Wyoming.
Next Winter Is to Be Long and Hard.
Paris, Aug. 2.—Next winter will be
long and hard, is the ededuetion made
from researches which have been car
ried oh by the astronomer-priest, Father
Gabriel, and which Prof. Guillaume Big
ourdeu, director of the Paris observatory,
has described to the Academy of Sciences.
Father Gabriel has discovered that the
lunar solar cycle of 744 years is divided
into two periods of 372 years and four
period of 18G years. He says' that the
weather follows these periods and that
this winter will be as severe as were
the winters of the years 1553 and 1740.
His observations are based on researches
into the works of historians, poets and
writers which were likely to give weath
er indications.
Gasoline Tax in Washington Builds Good
Roads for State.
Tacoma. Wash., Aug. 3.—The high
ways of Washington have received $6,-
175,000 from the State gasoline tax since
August 31. 1021. The tax now is two
cents a gallon, having been raised from
the original one cent levy. At present
the yield from the tax is close to $250,-
000 monthly, a sum sufficient to pave ten
miles of highway that already has been
graded.
All money from the gasoline tax is
used to build roads. This fund and the
license fees from automobile drivers have
been largely responsible for the improved
highway system in the state.
Boy Bandit Robs Fillling Station Man.
Gastonia. Aug. 3. —(% M. Moss, aged
filling station keeper of West Dallas, was
held up and robbed at noon today by
a lone boy bandit who threatened the
victim's life if the latter should make
an outcry before the get-away. The sum
of $63 was taken from Moss’ person and
his cash drawer.
This afternoon city and rural police
men arrested a young man who gave his
name as Avery Sherlin, aged 20, ami
his home as Charlotte. He is said to
have confessed ’ to the robbery and will
be tried by Squire Capps tomorrow.
Sherlin was taken after a section-wide
search.
Bhl on Skyscraper Not Yet Accepted.
Greensboro, Aug. 3.-—Consideration of
thirteen bids offered oil the erection of
the seventeen-stor.v bank-hotel building of
the Greensboro Bank and Trust Com
pany occupied all this afternoon of the
building comminittee without a decision
being reached. The committee will re
sume consideration of the bids Tuesday
morning. The building will be equal
in heiglit to the Jefferson Life Insurance
building here, tallest in North Carolina.
Reduction in Freight Rates I'nrea satiable
(By the Associated Press)
Washington, Aug. 4.—Reductions on
freight rates which railroads propose to
make effective Marcli 15th last, on iron
and steel from Birmingham district to
Texas gulf ports were held today by the
Interstate Comifierce Commission to be
unreasonable except insofar as they ap
plied to rates on cotton, ties and buckles.
Two Navy Planes .Assembled at Etah.
IBy the Associated Press)
Washington, Aug. 4.—Two of tht
Navy pintles with the MacMillan arctic
expedition hnve been assembled at Etah
Greenland, and a successful flight with
one of them was made for 30 minutei
last night.
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NO. 186
RAIN AND WIND DO
DAMAGE IN RALEIGH
LIT INJURE NO ONE
Than Inch of Rain Fell
During Storm, and Streets
of the City Were Turned
Into Streams.
TREES HARD HIT
BY HIGH WIND
Many Large Trees Damaged
and 44 Sparrows Roosting
In One Tree Were Killed
by Lightning.
(By the Associated Press)
Raleigh. Aug. 4.—Dawn today found
Raleigh in the grip of a storm that
twisted trees like so many straws and
made rivulets of streets. The wind
reached a velocity of 411 miles an hour
which was within seven of Raleigh’s
record maximum of 56 registered Janu
ary 1. 1023. Within a few minutes
1.50 inches of rain fell.
Capital square was given the appear
ance of a wilderness filled with under-
I brush. Great iimbs from the giant oaks
there lay stretched across concrete walk
ways. Trunks of trees were snapiied
ill two. Telephone poles were blown
across the city streets and limbs found
lodgment on trausmission wires of pub
lic service companies. Between 500 and
1.000 telephones were reported out of
commission during the day, and tele
graph companies reported that while they
liad not experienced much wire trouble
tlie current purchased commercially was
weak, due to interruptions along the
paths of the transmission wires leading
to Raleigh.
So far there has been no report of
physical injuries to any one.
Throughout the early morning the rain
continued to fall on the ground here
about, that until early today was parched.
Yesterday this section was almost a
desert for lack of rain. Today it ia
watersoaked.
During the storm here this morning
lightning struck a large tree in the yard
of Hoyle Sink, pardon commissioner, and
electrocuted forty-four sparrotVß which
later in the day were given an elaborate
burial by the children of the Hayes Bar
ton section in which the 'coiauiiahioner’a
Home is'located.
The total rainfall here since last night,
the weather bureau reported later in the
day. was 1.90 inches, of which 1 1-4
inches occurred in 10 minutes. It was
reported that this probably was a new
record.
While the maximum wind velocity re
ported was 49 miles an hour, this was
the record duration or one minute. The
weather bureau stated that the absolute
maximum possibly was higher for a frac
tion of a minute, and that the storm was
somewhat cyclonic in nature. It is known
that it cut a path through the nowthwest
section of the city, running through the
capital square, demolishing trees and
shrubbery.
It was reported to tlie weather bureau
by R. W. King, who owns a peach or
chard about two miles southwest of this
city, that about 1,000 bushels of his beat
peaches had been blown off the trees
and scattered on the ground.
THE COTTON MARKET
Advance of 3 to 12 Points Reflected lit
the Strength of Liverpool.
(By the Associated Press)
New York, Avg. 4.—An advance of 3
to 12 points in the cotton market early
today was partly a reflection of strength
at Liverpool and partly due to private
crop report pointing to a deeline in the
indicated yield ns compared with the
last bureau report.
Early demand came chiefly from shorts
and New Orleans. While business waa
, not broad, the undertone remained very
steady with prices not far under the op
i ening at the end of the first hour. A
little rain fell in the southern half of
■ Texas, and crop accounts as a whole
* were considered favorable,
i Cottoii futures opened steady. Oct.
I 24.26: Dec. 24.28; Jan. 23.69; March
23.97; May 24.25.
i STEPS TO SUSPEND
I CHAMPION DEMPSEY
J For Ills Failure to Appear and Accept
Challenge of the Negro Wills.
| New York, Aug. 4.—Jack Dempsey’*
heavyweight pugilistic throne is being
dusted and polished for a new occupant.
Steps to suspend the champion for his
f failure to appear in New York and nc
f cept the challenge of the negro, Harry
f Wills, and plans for an elimination title
. series to elect his successor, engaged the
f New York boxing commission today
i Dempsey himself was unable to ap
. pear to defend himself orally. He hae
r written the commission asking its in
-1 dulgencc in bis delays resulting from
p straightening out of his business affairs
with Manager Kerns, but word went
forth last night that the days of grace
e for the champion had reached an end.
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