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VOLUME XXV
THE BELM DEBT
PROBLEM IS GIVEN
TO THE PRESIDEHT
While Visiting at His For
mer Home the President
Grapples With Perplex
ing Problem.
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MISSION ASKED
FOR HIS ADVICE
So- Far the President Has
Given No Hint as to
What He Thinks Should
Be Done Now.
Plymouth • Vt., _ Aug. 17.—04*)—In
the isolation of this quaint hamlet.
President Coolidge today grappled
with the vexing and far reaching Bel
gian debt problem. ,
With the American debt .commission
appealing to him for guidance out of
the maze, of negotiations -with Bel
gium's mission, he sought informa
tion as to the exact situation and the
prospects for refunding settlement
with Secretary Mellon and Senator
Smoot of Utah.
The two debt commissioners were
invited here for a conference at their
request, to ascertain in advunce to a
resumption of negotiations between
the Belgian and Americnn debt com
mission in Washington tomorrow,
what the Executive believed the terms
of the settlement should be.
The President thus far has given no
indications as to what he thinks
should be done. He realizes, howev
er, the gravity of the situation and
the desirability of reaching an agree
ment acceptable to the American
public and to Cotigress.
Nothing official has been learned as
to what terms Belgium is willing to
accept for refunding the $4.80,000,0ik
It Is believed, however, that the maiu
[mints gt issue nre the interest rates
and the schedule of payments.
Washington advices indicated that
if the negotiations were to be carried
to a successful conclusion there must
be a material yielding by the Belgians.
Confer With President
Plymouth, Aug. 17. —Secretary Mel
lon and Senator Sjnoot, of Utah, name
to the village of Plymouth today to
discuss the Belgian debt situation with
President Coolidge. They reached
here shortly before 10 a .m. and im
mediately went into conference with
the President. Both the Secretary of
the treasury, who is chairman of the
debt Commission and Senator Smoot
carried portfolios containing a mass
of data on the negotiations which have
been in progress In Washington with
the Belgian mission.
NORTH CAROLINA HAD
PART IN CRIME WAVE
29* Deaths Designated aa Homicides
in State During Last Year.
ltnligh, Aug. 17.—North Carolina
contributed more than its quota to
the crime wave of the nation during
the past year, 2SH) deaths being
designated as homicides in returns
made on death certificates filed with
the Stats Board of Health for 1024.
Chicago, with a record or more than
a murder per day for the year, may
have led the country, but this State
ranks well up in the forefront.
Typhoid fever not so long ago was
a large factor in the death rate of
the State. It has been one of the
causes of death against which both
states and local health authorities
have waged a major offensive. Now
murder and automobile accidents
each levies a greater annual toll of
human life than does this once pre
valent and dreaded disease.
The records show more than double
the number of negro victims among
the homicides as compared with the
whites. The distribution is 04 wblte,
201 negro, and 4 Indian.
The homicides are divided into
four classifications. Os the total, 235
were killed with firearms, 47 by
knives or other piercing instruments,
6 were babies killed closely follow
ing birth, and 11 were killed by
other means.
France to Said Reply This Week.
Paris, Aug. 17. — OP) —France’s re
ply to Germany concerning the pro
posed security pact probably will not
be sent to Berlin until the end of
the week. It is now said it will
be ready for dispatch Friday or Sat
urday as it still awaits the approval
of Belgium and Italy. ,
STAR THEATRE
Program For Week of
August 17th to 22nd
Monday and Tuesday
Richard Dix in
“THE LUCKY DEVIL”
Great Picture —It’s a Para
mount
tyedntaday Only
“THE KISS BARRIER”
With Edmund Lowe
Special Fox Picture
Thtraday and Friday
“NOT SO LONG AGO”
Bith Betty Bronson and Rich
ard Cortex
It’s a Paramount
Saturday
Buddy Rooaevelt in
"CVCIPNK MIDDY”
The Concord Daily Tribune
Eddie‘Off the Field
Edd le Collins?
■’V manager of the
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,' v Sox. enjoys
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t A than a good
game of soli
ilk talre after
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bgll field. He
finds It restful
E recreation. Ed
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rag photo
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SnffiHHnHa ' aftet the White
B Sex finished
B f a
■I Eddie seems to
be In deep
thought over the
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GOVERNOR TOED OF
HOSPIHLS REEDS
Has Been Apprised of Con
ditions at State’s Sana
torium for Tuberculosis
Patients.
Raleigh, Aug. 17.—C4»)—The situa
tion at the State Sanitarium for per l
sons afflicted with tuberculosis, where
it was reported Saturday that .ap
proximately thirty-six patients must
ie requested to leave within the next
six months because of the lack of
space and funds, has been officially
called to the attention of Governor
McLean, it was stated at the execu
tive's office this morning.
Charles H. England, secretary to
the governor, stated that he had tele
graphed Mr. McLean at the camp
where he is spending his vacation, ad
vising him of the situation and that
the governor in a communication to
day had mentiond being apprised of
the conditions through the Associated
Press on Saturday. Mr. England
further stated that the executive had
not made any statement as to his in
tentions in his reply, but the matter
would be laid before him again when
he returns, probably about the 25th of
August.
Want Uniform Suits for Traffic Cops.
(By the Associated Press)
Greensboro, Aug. 17.—County com
missioners in convention at Blowing
Rock were urged in a telegram from
C. W. Roberts, vice president of the
Carolina Motor Club, to insist on
uniformed traffic officers and to re
move speed signs that were erected
prior to the passage of the uniform
state speed law and are now illegal.
The wire follows: Your convention
is urged to recommend that all coun
ties establish a uniformed constabu
lary system for the purpose of en
forcing tiie motor laws of each coun
ty. Action of this kind is absolute
ly necessary if wb are to reduce acci
dents and protect the lives of our peo
ple while on the highway. Only uni
formed officers should be permitted
to serve. We further would askthat
all counties properly mark their roads
as required by law and remove the
hundreds of illegal speed signs that
are now standing.
Mecklenburg, Guilford, Montgomery
and Stanly are among the counties
that have already inaugurated uni
formed traffic officers.
Discusses Italian Debt.
Rome, Aug. 17.—<4*1—Giamoco de
; Martino, Italian ambassador to the
r United States, arrived here today from
, America to discuss with his govern
ment the Italian debt situation. He
went immediately to the foreign office
where he conferred at length on pend
-1 ing questions between the United
, States and Italy.
Anderson Again Evades Dragnet
{Spread For Him at Farm House
Muncie, Ind., Aug. 16. —several
squads of Muncie police and mem
bers of the sheriffs force who late to
day recelvedf a “hot tip” that George
(Dutch) Anderson, named by Ben
Hance in a dying statement as the
slayer of himself and his wife, was
in a farm hous near Hartford City,
Ind., returned to this city tonight.
Early tonight several squads of
police in command of Chief of Police
Randolph and Chief of Detective
Fred Puckett, armed with riot guns,
left headquarters for a farm half way
between here and Hartford City, Ind.,
where Anderson was reported to be
In hiding. Arriving at the farm the
officers cautiously closed in on the
place but found that Andentoo, who
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DIRIGIBLE IS HOT
REMFORMRE
Will Be Some Time Before
Lighter Than Air Craft
Can Be Used on a Broad
Scale, Experts Agree.
Washington. Aug. 17.—C4>)—Rank
ing naval officials arc planning an ex
haustive study of efficiency of air di
rigibles in national defense, but they
do not agree with wide ptfb’Mwd pre
dictions that a lighter than aih naval"
squadron can be created in the near
future.
Admiral Aberle, chief of the naval
operations said today it would be a
long time before sufficient lessons
could be learned to warrant adoption
of any policy for use of dirigibles on
a scale.
He added that the navy doeN not
contemplate the building of any big
dirigibles for a long time to come. The
naval estimate for the fiscal year 1927
now before the budget bureau con
tains no request for extensive dirigi
ble development since the navy pre
fers to adopt the role of onlooker for
the present, while private industry ex
periments in the building of lighter
than air craft.
Measuring Height of Clouds.
Pairs, Aug. 17. —Measuring the
height of clouds is now a current prac
tice at Montsouris Observatory, near
Paris, and an ingenious invention
shown there is expected soon to find
its way to nil aerodromes. The ap
paratus consists of two huge mirrors
on the ground; one is a shallow lake
of black water, the other is a horizon,
tal crystal mirror, which rotates on
its axis. From a “watch-tower” at
a distance the observer sees certain
clouds reflected in the water mirror
and causes the crystal mirror to re
volve until its reflection coincides
with Jthe other—that is, until the
same parts of the same clouds are
seen in both mirrors at the same time.
The angle to which the crystal mirror
has been tilted for the pprpose is
then measured, and a table that has
already been compiled gives the height
of the clouds for each particular an
gle.
Rlffiaus Are Rallying Again.
Fez, Aug. 17.—OP)—A French
communique dealing with operations
against the Riffian rebels say that in
the region north of Ouezzan the en
emy, scattered after the operation in
Djebel Sarsar, is reported to be par
tially rallying around Caid Haddou
Er Riffi.
There is little activity beyond the
routine operations along the front.
Russian goods sent to Great •Bri
tain and Northern Ireland last year
were valued at nearly $100,000,000.
has been sought for more than a
year by federal authorities following
his escape from the Atlanta prison.
had evaded the drag net they spread
for him.
Throughout the dny officers. ran
down numerous “tips” and took time
to collect additional evidence against
Anderon and Charles (One Arm)
Wolfe who also was named in
Hanee's dying Statement as a com
janion of Anderson-
Anderson. a pal of Gerald Chap
man, notorious mail robber, gunman
and jail breaker has been sought by
deportment of justice agents and
private detective* ever since they
neaped together from Atlanta.
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North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
CONCORD, N. C.,'MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1925
OFFICERS KEP IP
HUNT FOR GEORGE
“DUTCH”ANDERSON
Various Persons Have Seen
Him Since the Slaying of
Ben Hance and His
Wife.
KEEPS OFFICERS
ON THE HUNT
Several Places Have Been
Raided But Anderson Al
ways Manages to Be
Absent.
Muncie, Ind., Aug. 17.—OWi—Geo.
“Hutch'' Anderson, mail robber, jail
breaker, and pal of Gerald. Ghgpmnn
today still was being hunted fbr his
latest crime, the slaying of Ben Hance
and his wife, who informed on Chap
man.
Anderson, who lias eluded scores of
Federal officers, private detectives ami
jjolice departments of the entire, coun
try since he escaped from the Federal
prison at Atlanta nearly a year ugo,
has been reported seen, numerous
times on the streets here and' In apart
ment houses since the slaying of the
Hances last Friday night, but eacli
time the police raid the place Ander
son is missing. Anderson is wanted
by the government to complete*a 20
year sentence for robbing admail
truck on the streets of New York.
Last night the police received a
hot tip that Anderson was biding in
a farm house between Muncie aud
Hartford City, Ind. Armed with riot
guns several squads of police closed
in on the place, but after a complete
search of the place Anderson was miss
ing.
Hance. the police say, has paid with
his life because he violated the uu
•writteu code of the underworld in
squealing on Chapman. Chapman is
now being held in the Connecticut
state penitentiary under death- sen
tence for the murder of an officer.
HOLMES-POISSON BID
STRIKES TECHNICALITY
'Check for Fisheries Prwhih S'dm
pany Property Should Have Bee*
Filed With Receivers.
Wilmington, Aug. 15. —The Holmes-
Poisson ten per cent increase over the
Keith-Scott bid for Hilton plant of
the Fisheries Products Company has
struck a snag, according to a letter
from former Judge W. I’. Neal, of
Laurinburg, a receiver of the defunct
concern, to Owen D, Holmes and
Louis J. Poisson, the latter of Roun
tree and Carr, attorneys, and to H.
Ford, deputy clerk of the United
States court here.
The technicality is that the check
for $4,876.30, given by Holmes and
Poisson, was made payable and de
posited to the credit of the United
States district court of East Carolina
when it should have been deposited
with the Fisheries receivers. Judge
Neal and Judge J. E. Weskett.
As the matter now stands, it is
stated that Holmes and Poisson, in
order to make their 10 per cent in
crease over the bid of 11. F. Keith
and David Scott, would be required
to make a new dheck payable to the
receivers as the deputy clerk here is
not authorized to draw this money
from the bank without an order signed
by Judge Issac M. Meekins. of Eliza
beth City, who is in Europe.
DRY’ OFFICE WILL BE
OPENED IN CHARLOTTE
Field Man in City Arranging For
Opening Bureau in Old Mint
Building.
Charlotte, Augg. 16.—J. H- Tay
lor. field suprvisor of the federal pro
hibition department, is in Charlotte,
to direct the setting up here by Sep
tember 1 of headquarters for this
district of the prohibition service.
Under the revised plan of prohibi
tion enforcement headquarters for
the states of North and South Caro
lina and Georgia will be located in
Charlotte, and Mr. Taylor is here to
establish the office.
He has visited the prohibition
headquarters at Salisbury, Atlanta
and Greenville, IS. C., and furniture
equipment now/used in those offices
will be here for use in the district
offices.
Crimea of SOO Years Ago.
Berlin, Aug. 17. —Traces of crimes
oommitteed in the sixteenth century
have been discovered near Noustadt.
Workmen digging on a site occupied
in the Middle Ages by a hostel for pil
grims unearthed two human skeletons.
The hostel was kept by a mother and
her son, and it was discovered in 1507
that for years they had been killing
and robbing rich foreign pilgrims,
burying the body 'beneath the cellar
floor. The son’s sweetheart overheard
a conversation between the two crimi
nals and denounced them. Mother and
son were beheaded in the public square
of Mussbach.
Anti-Strike Situftton Quiet.
Canton, China, Aug. 17.—C4*>—De
spite rumors of trouble yesterday, the
anti-foreign strike situation remained
quiet today. A few foreigners are en
tering Canton and have not been mo
lested. ' A Chinese newspaper says the
government hns issued a proclamation
stating its intention to attack Honan
Island for the purpose of driving ont
.Li Book Lum, former mayor of Clin
ton,
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It was nothing new. to Abe L. Wood
to be elected recording secretary of
the Jacksonville (111.) Trades and
Jmbor Assembly.. . Ho Is.now start
. lug.his 50th - term la that office.
“ORf CHIEFS MEET
ih capital cm
General Conference Pre
liminary to Launching a
New Enforcement Pro
gram Underway Now.
Washington, Aug. 17.—OP)—En
larging upon previous* plans, heud
quarters of prohibition enforcement
here hns called to Washington every
stats second, divisional, chief now on
duty in continental Uniffil States for
a general conference preliminary to
the launching of the new enforcement
program.
The conference will be held tomor
row, and previously only thirty of the
higher officials were expected to at
tend. It is now expected that the
chiefs of Hawaii, Alaska and Porto
Rico will be the only absentees.
Assistant Secretary Andrews, of the
treasury, creator of the plan for de
centralization through appointment of
regional administrators, wound up a
Heries of preliminary conferences to
day with his associates in the work.
WAGE CONFGERENCES ARE
NOT TO BE RENEWED
There Seems to Be No (hance For
Settlement of Coal Wage Difficul-
Pliiladelphia, Aug. 17.— OP) —No in
dications of any progress toward a re
sumption of the wage contract confer
ences, halted by a disagreement in At
lantic City ten days ago were appar
ent today at the headquarters of eith
er the anthracite operators or the 158,-
000 hard coal miners who have threat
ened to lay down their tools at the ex
piration of the present scale on Aug
ust 31st.
John L. Lewis, international presi
dent of the United Mine Workers, de
clined to discuss reports that a re
sumption of the wage negotiations was
imineut. He said he had “nothing to
report right now,” but there might be
developments in a dny or so. Mr.
Lewis has established headquarters at
a local hotel and plans to remain here
for several days.
Find Silos a Necessity.
Asheville, N. C., August 17. AP
—Farmers of Buncombe County are
building silos to take care of the
short corn erop. reports Farm Agent
L. D. Thrash. In one community, he
said, a dairyman started to build a
silo and before he got it fiuished four
of hw neighbors had decided to build
also.
Mr. Thrash stated that the drouth
had cut the eoru crop to such an ex
tent that it would be valueless ns
grain and farmers were putting it
up as ensilage.
Legume Campaign in Gaston.
Gastonia. N. C., August 1.7, —AP
—A countrywide legume campaign
is being put on in Gaston County, re
ported Farm Agent L. D. Altman.
Leaders in the communities are tak
ing orders for the cooperative pur
chase of seed and the acreage of soil
improvement crops will be seeded this
year that there has ever been in
Gaston County.
“This is the most important work
that we can do at this time,” said
Mr Altman, “and it is in line with
work being done in other counties of
the drouthstrickem area.”
New liquor Law Ruling.
New York, Aug. 17.—(4)—Federal
agents must procure evidence of ac
tual sale of liquor before they obtain
search warrants against private dwell
ings, under a ruling today by Federal
Judge Atwell, of Dallas, Texas, pre
siding temporarily in a local court.
Judge Atwell revoked a search war
rant under which the home of Daniel
Massille in the Bronx was raided.
LAFOLLETTEREADY
TO CONTINUE WORK
STARTED BY FATHER
Makes Plea for Himself
and Not Solely Because
of the Fine Record Made
by His Father.
NO NEW POLICY
- GETS ATTENTION
Will Strive to Carry on the
Policies Advocated by
Voters at Time His Fath
er Was Elected.
Madison, Wi*„ Aug. 17.— OP) —
Robert M. La Follette. Jr., candidate
for nomination at the Republican pri
mary for the unexpired term of the
late Senator La Follette, today pledg
ed himself to continue his father's
policies.
Mr. La Follette said he did not
ask support because lie was Mr. I,a
Follette's son, asserting that “at the
same time relationship does not dis
qualify rue." He declared he was
“free from any political entangle
ments.”
“I am a candidate on the platform
endorsed by the voters of Wisconsin
three years ago, when Robert M. La
Follette was elected to his fourth terra
ill the United States Senate. If I
am chosen to fill the unexpired term.
I shall do all in my power to fulfill
the pledges and carry out the program
outlined in that platform.”
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Firm at Advance of 13 to 17
Points, December Selling Up to
23.85.
New York, Aug. 17.— OP) —The cot
ton market opened firm rod ay at an
advance of 13 to 17 lwiints. Failure
of over-Sunday weather reports to
show anticipated rains in the south
west evidently disappointed some of
Saturday’s sellers. .This combined with
relatively steady Liverpool cables led
to considerable covering or rebuying
and the market sold up to 23.85 for
December after the call, or about 23
Tliesc figures appeared to attract
southern or local selling, however, and
there were reactions of several points,
although prices held fairly steady at
the end of the first hour.
Cotton futures opened firm. Oct.
23.50; Dec. 23.76; Jan. 23.22; March
23.05; May 23.85.
Politics Causes Riot lit Sing Sing
Prison; Two Convicts Injured.
Ossining, N. Y. Aug. 15.—Eight
prisoners were locked up in solitary
confinement and two more were in
the hospitnltodny as a result of a
riot in the Sing Sing mess hail which
threw the prison into an uproar.
Asked what started the uproar, one
attache replied; “Why prison poli
tics, of course. The combatants on
one side belonged to the “Tammany’
party that won the recent political
election in the prison, and the other
fellows belonged to the ‘Cheese’
party that lost.” The attendants de
clared that knives, razors and
crockery were used ns weapons and
one prisoner was seriously injured.
James Cleary, leader of the minority
party, also was hurt.
Wisconsin Democrats Name William
Bruce For the U. 8. Senate.
Wilwnukee, Aug. 17.—William
George Bruce, president of the Mil
waukee harbor commission aud a
leader in civic affairs, late Saturday
was chosen by the democratic state
conference n.s a candidate for the
seat in the United States senate left
vacant by file death of Senator
Robert M. I.flFoilette. Mr. Bruce is
one of the lenders in -the St. Law
rence Deep Waterways association.
W. W. Ormond Fatally Shot
By W. B. Cole, of Rockingham
Rockingham. Aug. 10.—A con
ference of the attorneys of W. B.
Cole, charged with killing Bill Or
mond here on the streets Saturday
afternoon, was held here this after
noon and it is understood that it
was decided to abandon the proposed
plan of going to Carthage Monday
and seeking by means of habeas
corpus proceedings the liberation of
Mr. Cole under bom).
The attorneys who so far are said
to have been retained for Mr. Cole’s
defense are Bynum and Henry J.
Chesley Sedberry aud H. S. Bog
gan, all of Rockingham, and James
H. Pou, of Raleigh, and James A.
Lockhart, of Charlotte. Mr. Pou
was in Rockingham today in consul
tation.
It is scarcely likely Mr. Cole will
seek his liberty under bond at all.
but await the October sth term of
court to present his defense.
No statement has been made by
either Mr. Cole or his attorneys as to
why he took the life of young Or
mond. though his friends insist that
he was justified and that all will
be explained in due time.
It is generally reported that young
Ormond, who was 30 years old, and
Miss Elizabeth Cole, who is about
26, had been going together for sev
eral years. A series of fetters is
said to have passed between the two
men in which eacA is alleged to have
threatened the other. At aay rate,
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James Robert Wilson, Rhea Springs,'
Tenn./ aluminum plant worker, and
father o£ five children, wants them
taught evolution.; To insure this, ho
has'filed in ' the ' federal court at
Knoxville a bill which would make
the tt’ Tennessee statute » against
teaching evolution null and void.
STILL SEEKING MR
BASE IHTHEURCTIC
Planes in McMillan Party
Find Water But When
They Get Ready to Land
Ice Has Formed.
- Jta**»AW£«n, A*l Tffo
messages from the MacMillan Arctic
party yesterday to)d the navy depart
ment a story of a battle by the expe
dition's air unit to establish an in
termediate operating base at Flagler
Fjord in Ellsmere Island.
They related hotv the navy planes
at last had located open water there,
only to return a short time later to
find this water clogged with ice. A
brief description also was given of
the ice skirted shores of the fjord and
it was snid that the plaine NA-2, dam
aged by ice several days ago, was be
ing repaired on the deck of I Vic Perry
and would be ready for service with
in a short while.
Repudiates Reported Confession.
Manchester. N. H., Aug. 17. —OP)—
Louis Labombarde, of Merrimae, N.
H., who the authorities assert con
fessed to the killing of the Misses
Helen and Georgiana Gillis, aged sis
ters at Hudson. N. H.. on July 22nd,
has denied participation in the crime
and has repudiated the purported con
fession, his counsel announced today.
County Solicitor Haselton said that
he had not been informed of the de
nial.
Farm demonstration agents at
work in piedmont North Carolina
held 156 meetings' in July at which
there were 9.152 folks. Three agents
also visited 307 communities, near
ly 1,400 farmers and traveled about
10.000 miles carrying on their work,
reports district agent E. S. Millsnps.
Every business house in Apex,
Wake County, save two, ottered to
some North Carolina counties.
Ormond and his brother, Allison,
came from Raleigh to Koekiughain
Saturday morning, on their wiry to
liyrtle Beach, S. C., and stopped off
for the day. It is not alleged that
Ormond attempted to see Miss Cole;
in fact, he was out at Ledbetter's pond
during much of the afternoon where
a number of friends were in swim
ming.
Returning to the city shortly before
5 o’clock, he phoned another young
lady that lie would be up to see her
in a few miuutea, and then atepped
out to his Ford roadster, which was
parked against the curb headed east,
just fifty feet east of the Manufac
turers building steps on Main street.
Mr. Cole was standing on the steps
or porch of the building and saw
Ormond get into the car a few feet
distant, or he either came on the
■porch just after Ormond had gotten
in the car. Without a word, and
unseen by Ormond, he walked rapidly
to the car, the occupant of which is
said to have had bis back to the ap
proaching man, and getting abreast
of Ormond, he began firing. No
struggle took place, other than when
Ormond seised the pistol with his
right hand. One ballet ploughed
through Ormond’s hand and covered
his hand with powder smoke. Mr.
Cole then snatched the weapon loose
and fired twice more, one bullet plere-
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POLITICAL POTil
NEW YORK BOILINGI
HIGHER TRAN LVi
Nomination Petitions Mn
Be Filed by Friday, J 9
All Candidates Are 69
ting Affairs in Shaped*
BOTH PARTIES IN 1
MIDST OF FIGHfI
Charges Waterman Is
visible Candiate” ana
Gov. Smith Is Asked 9
Save City. |
New York, Aug. 17.
the time for filing nomination pan
tions expiring Friday, the muninH
political pot is boiling strongeh tlun
William H. Bennet, so-called j 9
surgent republican candidate for mj9
or, last night called for a real repoH
liean eonferenee to designate am 39
in place of Frank D. Waterman
fountain pen manufacture, who In
charged was an “invisible candidatfl
handed out on a slip of paper” JSH
Charles D. Hilles, republican nation
al couimmitteeman. and city commit]
tee chairman. Former AssemblvmtM
Thomas Wilmott, chairman of the ran
nieipal civil league, called upon Gen
Smith in the name of
democrats, to rescue that
2,000.000 people from “the blight "9
Hynaism.” The governor lias already!
promised to stump every borough fn
the Tammany ticket. 1
The Womens’ Democratic Union
under the leadership of Mrs. Join
Blair, endorsed the Tammany ticing
headed by State Senator James g
Walker, against Mayor John F. Hviral
who is seeking renornination. |
’LOVE PIRATE’ HAS *4.000 Jj fl
YVILSON WOMAN’S GEMfI9
.. 9
Man Arrested in Norfolk Admits mH
But Says He Didn’t Intend toB
Keep Jewels. 9
Norfolk, Aug. 15. —Charles Watt&9
40. alleged love pirate, was baUH
under $5,000 bond today folio
preliminary hearing on charges he ia«9
veigled women of three states out o)9
a quantity of jewelry. Watts admit-9
ted having possession of $4,00(9
worth of jewelry belongingg to aH
Wilson, N. 0.. woman when faced byfl
his accuser and identifiedtoday but 9
he declared lie did not intend j taß
keep the valuables. B
Another hearing has been set fo»B
August 27. A woman from Riuefi«H,B
W. Va.. has been called to
Watts and police meantime askedH
the court to hold the prisoner as «■
fugitivo from justice for NoffgH
Carolina authorities. B
Women allege Watts gained pmujfl
session of their valuables, on pceiS
texts assumed after he had iuadaß
swift love to them. B
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Richmond. Va., Aug. 17.— UP) —TeMl
iug of testimony in the trial of Ru-fl
dolpli Disse, 20 year old slayer- offl
three persons on July 28 last, warn
started in Hustings Court today. ''*49
Commonwealth Attorney Dave S(tf9
tcrfield in the prosecution's opentilß
statement, to the jury
the killing of Henry Grady
Dis'se's rival for the affections of MtMB
Vivian Tomlin Peers, 18 yetir^^9
clothing model who was alsos killed,
a "wilful, premeditated murder.’*W^H
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Part of Japan blooded by
Tokyo, Aug. 17.—OW—A violedl
rain storm fioo<led various parts of
pan today. Several parson* wmHj
drowned. Damage is estimated
tween $15,000,000 aud $20,000,0®88
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