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VOLUME XXV
Belgian Debt May Be
Agreed Upon Shortly
Two Missions Which Have .
Been Studying the Debt \
Problem Will Reach An' s
Agreement Today.
OPTIMISM SEEN i
ON TWO SIDES j
When Missions Adjourned s
Conference Last Week ;
Tliey Seemed Greatly Di- j
vided on Proper Course, i
Washington, Aug. 18.—(A 9 )—Nego- j
Gallons looking to the funding of Bel- ■
gium's $480,(100,000 war debt to the j
United States today gave promise of I
nenring a close. The debt commix- j
sions of the two countries were call- :
ed to a meeting at 3 p. m., and this .
conference, the first since the tempor
ary adjournment last week, found both
parties better equipped to proceed ’
than at any time since the work first
started.
The interim hnd been used by both ;
to consult with high officials of their
respective governments, and both
therefore, were able to approach the
task today with a fuller knowledge as i
• to what terms would provide a satis- <
factory agreement on one hand to the
Belgian parliament and on the other i
to the American Congress. i
Secretary Mellon, chairman of the i
American commission, and Senator
Smoot, a member had conference* yes- ;
terday with President Coolidge at ’
Plymouth, Vt„ and were in a position
prior to the opening of the meeting *
today to post other- American confer
ees as to the views of the Chief Execu
tive in the matter, and the course he
desired them to pursue.
The Belgians likewise had utilized
the interval to take up by cable with
their home government the progress of
the work to date, and therefore like
the Americans, were able to enter to
day’s discussions with greater confi
dence as to the position to take.
These circumstances, coupled with
the events of yesterday, contributed
largeley in promoting a feeling of cor
diality over today's session.
GEORGE ANDERSON IS
STILL. IN HIDING.
Officers Not Able to Find tbs Alleged
Slayer of Ben llaora and HUWRs.
Mttncie, Ind., Aug. 18.—</W—Geo.
Anderson, human “needle in the hay
stack” sought by police, federal oper
ators, scores of private detectives in
connection with the killing of Ben
Hance and his wife, wns still being
hunted today but the search was
fruitless.
While the police are busy gathering
evidence to be presented to the coro
ner’s jury. Charles “One Arm Wolfe,
identified by Hance in a dying state
ment as Anderson’s companion, is held
under a bond of SIOO,OOO. Anderson
was named by Hance as his slayer.
Wolfe refusts to auswer all ques
tions and his attorney, John O'Neal
maintains that he -has a bomb proof
alibi, but the police maintain he has.
no alibi and evidence against him
will be presented the grand jury when
that body convenes next month.
District Kiwanis Meeting in Kinston.
Kinston, Aug. 18. —(A 9)—Twenty
one clubs of eastern North Carolina
will be represented at the district Ki
wanis gathering here on August 21st.
District Governor E. W. Sikes will
head the list of Kiwanis officials in
attendance. Two international of
ficers. Fred C. W. Parker and George
W. Kimball, secretary and assistant,
will also be in attendance. Other
district officials expected are Roderick
McDonald, secretary; Arnold Briggs,
lieutenant governor, and Joe Bowles
and Eltinge Elmore, field organizer.
The present plan is for all delegates
to meet in the Kinston Chamber of
Commerce rooms at 10:30 a. m. From
there the delegates will go to Hill
crest, three miles west of Kinston.
An open air meeting will be arranged,
and at 11 o’clock the program will be
under way. Following the addresses,
there will be a barbecue.
In the way of entertainment the
Kinston com mi tee has arranged for a
dip in the lake, a round of golf and
attendance upon a ball game between
the Kiwanis Clubs of Selma and
Kinston. The delegates also will
have an opportunity to witness the
meeting of the Kinston and Rocky
Mount teams of the Virginia league.
A loving cup will be presented to
the club bringing the greatest per
centage of its membership from the
greater distance.
(Concord
Theatre
(THE COOL SPOT)
Last Showing Today
Douglas Fairbanks in
“His Majesty
the American”
A Greater Movie Season Special
Also Aesops Fables and Patbe
Nam No. M
Tomorrow and Thursday
Bert Lytel, Claire Windsor and
Cnllen Landis in
“BORN RICH-
The Concord Daily Tribune
North Cardinals Leading Small City Daily
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IK The much debated question of IK
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IK cial leaders are busily engaged lk
IK in working out a tax reduction IK
IK program was indicated from two lk
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IK Secretary Mellon and Senator IK
IK Smoot, chairman of the Senate IK
IK finance committee, assured Pres- lk
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IK that a tax reduction bill would lk
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/TS /IN S¥\ /IN /IN /IN AN TP. /V s -
WONDERFUL RECORD
OF ACHIEVEMENTS
Many Important Changes and Inven
tions Made Since I*oo.
Washington, D. C-, Aug. 18.—The
twentieth century will complete its
first quarter on the srtoke of midnight
on Decamber 31st next.
What is its record? It may be
said at once that it has achieved more
in its youth than any of its prede
cessors in the whole course of record
ed history. The first twenty-five
years of the last century were re
markable in many ways. Almost all
the great philanthropies of the world
■took their rise in those two and a j
half decades, and they saw the rise ■
and fall of Napoleon. ]
But the world of 1825 is a far ]
more remote world than the mere lapse
of a hundred years would lead one •
to suppose. The matchless material
progress of the nineteenth century I
had scarcely commenced; 1825 be- I
longs to the ancient regime.
But, strangely enough, when every
thing appeared to have been discov
ered and invented, so that the new
born century did not seem to have half
a chance of even equalling its prede
cessor. the past twenty-five years are
simply crowded with discoveries, in
ventions and events of the greater J
importance.
- It seems scarcely credible that avia
tion, tbe radio, notion-pictures, the
wilwarinn.-anp tbe automobile barely
existed when the present century was
born. These tremendous conceptions
will bear comparison with any five in
ventions during the whole course of 1
the last century—say the telegraph, (
telephone, locomotive, t'ae power loom, *
and the phonograph, although the last <
has seen all its main development in (
the new century.
The century which has not yet com
pleted its first quarter has seen the *
North and South Poles attained by c
hardy explorers and the globe girdled 1
by daring aviators. And no one 1
needs to be reminded that during these
twenty-five years there has taken f
place the greatest upheaval in the 1
history of man, the most colossal war t
that history records. Nations as far <
apart as the United States and Can- >
ada, Australia and New Zealand, the
West Indies and China, engaged in 1
the conflict, which completely trans- '
formed Europe, removing landmarks <
which had stood for denturries, and <
upheaving dynasties which took their <
root in tbe middle ages. >
One of the primary effects of the I
war has been the new status it has <
given to the English speaking nations. I
It goes without saying that tbe United
Btates holds a position in the world’s
councils today to which she could lay
no claim in 1900. And a similar
marked advance in world importance
and influence may be claimed by Can
ada, Australia and South Africa.
The Washington conference and the
Irish settlement are included among
the most remarkable events of the
first quarter of the twentieth cen
tury. These events, of tbe greatest
significance and quite unlike anything
else which has occurred before, will
go down to posterity as an epoch
making achievement of the century.
On the sociological side, the achieve
ments of the past twenty-five years,
despite the trenftndous cataclysm of
the war, are not less remarkable and
unique. There is, at the present
moment, a vast wave of unemploy
ment sweeping over a large part of
the world; but throughout the Eng
lish speaking countries, at least, the
rise in the standard of life is amaz
ing .
The middle aged man, looking back
. at the last decade of the nineteenth
century, and comparing it with the
first twenty-five years of the new cen
-1 tury, will not hesitate to express a
3 firm opinion that the record of the lat-
I ter area is one to marvel at, and, in
] many respects, to be thankful for.
1 Seek Assailant at Virginia GirL
I Blackstone, Va., Aug. 18.— OPi —
Search was continued today by about
100 residents of this town for a ne
gro who late yesterday grabbed a
young white woman, struck her sev
eral times with hie fist and dragged
her into the woods before he was
frightened off by the screams of the
girl. Two negroes were taken into
custody during tbe night, but one of
them was released after the girl failed
to Identify him. The girl did not
require the services of a physician.
Sig Schettini Is the real name of
the Philadelphia pugilist who fights
under the cognomen of “Babe Ruth.”
Tom Tarheel says he went out to
look over the old cane mill this week.
Soon be time tot mfihf molasses.
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Tex., but Traffic Patrolman A. J. i
Reynolds doesn’t mind. He Just ]
packs some ice around his feet and
carries on. ,
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IN HEW VOHK TESTS
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Anti Air Craft Guns Made j
19 Hits in 16,000 Shots in :
Test to Determine Their -
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New York, Ang. 18.—(A 9 )—Only ■
nineteen hits have been made in 16,- 1
000 shots which anti air craft machine
gun batteries at Fort Tilden fired 1
during a test of the ability of coast <
defense to protect the port of New ’’
York from an attack by air.
Reprosenative F. L. Laguardia, I
former major in the air service who 1
observed the tests, said he would re- «
port to Congress that the air de- 1
senses here were an absurdith. * <
“The synthetic defense of the port 1
of New York certainly has not the i
kick of the synthetic gin that I am
told is sold on Broadway. Hypo- !
thetical hits are bunk. Enemies are
not defeated thnt way.”
Major General Johnson Haygood, •
who with more than a dozen officers t
witnessing the test, said practice show- I
ed tremendous advance in anti air- :
craft defense since the war. Others i
admitted that the tests bore out the 1
assertion of Colonel William Mitchell,
former assistant air chief, that guns i
on land were virtually useless against
hostile aircraft.
THINK HYLAN WILL
RUN INDEPENDENTLY
In Case He Is Defeated in Democrat
ic Primaries in New York City.
New York. Aug. 18.—(A 9 )—The pos
sibility of Mayor Hylan bolting the
Tammany ticket and running inde
pendently if he is defeated in the pri
maries September 15th seem to have
increased today. Under orders of
Wm Randolph Hearst, telegraphed
from California, it was reported a
meeting of the publisher's political
followers had been called to discus a
plan of action.
Mr. Hearst is said to contemplate
putting into the field the entire in-
<q pepuoq yotP!) yuopusdsp
Hylan so the mayor will have some
thing to fall back on if he is defeated
for the regular Democratic nomina
tion in the primaries by the Tammany
designee. State Senator Jas. J. Wal
ker. The time for filing nomination
petitions expires Friday night.
“Love” Cure for Criminals.
London, Aug. 18.—A man trim, with
other workers of the Salvation Army,
claims to have reformed some of the
world’s worst criminals by “the In
fluence of love,” has been relating
some of his experience* at public meet
ings in LondoA. He is Commission
er Blowers, late in charge of the Sal
vation Army work in southern India.
He has taken prominent part in the
reformation of certain criminal tribes
of India who for generations have
lived by murder and robbery.
Chained and manacled prisoners
were brought to Commissioner Blow
ers each in charge of a police squad.
Under the “influence of love,” as the
commissioner explained it, they |
changed from sinners to comparative
saints. Settlements have been found
ed in several- parts of India,' and now
some 6,000 of tjiese hereditary crim
inals are earning an honest living un
der the care of the Salvation Army.
Many a sharp answer is made in
blunt language.
Our follies tax us seven times as
does any lawmaking body. 1
CONCORD, N. C„ TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1925
COLE'S TRUOEXT
PHASE OF TRUNDLE
TO GET ATTENTION
He Will Go on Trial at the
October Term of C ourt
for the KilHing of W.
W. Ormond.
ORMONITBURIED
AT ROCKINGHAM
Funeral Largest Ever Held
In That City —Leading
Lawyers Engaged ill the
Case.
Rockingham, Aug. 18.—tei-I-Trib
utes paid to Wm. Ormond, young man
of Raleigh, who was shot amlfkilletl
here as the aftermath of a love- affair
.that was defied, citizens of Rocking
linm turned their eyes today inward
the October term of Superior SCourt
when W. B. Cole, wealthy milt exec
utive, is scheduled to go on trial on n
charge of murder in connection with
the slaying.
Counsel for the defense already in
clude several leading attorneys of
North Carolina. Conferences were
held by them with the defendant, at
which it was apparently decided not
to press for the release of Cole under
bail. The Solicitor will be assisted by
private counsel.
Complete denial that the North
Carolina Department of the American
Legion will employ counsel to aid in
the prosecution as reported, was given
last night by Wade H. Phillips, of
Lexington, state commander, in a tel
egram last night to the Associated
Press. He stated at the same time,
however, that the Rockingham Post
was free to take any action it might
desire independent of the state organi
zation.
Burial services for Ormond here
yesterday afternoon were attended by
what is said to have been the largest
number of citizens ever seen at tbe
funeral of a private citizen in Rich
mond county. Business houses clos
ed during the services. Friends and
relatives of the deceased packed the
Methodist Church where the seWices
jjtere conducted.
£o!fitades- at .arms of Ormond "twre
the casket, covered with the notional
colors from the church. More than
300 automobiles joined in the proces
sion to the cemetery.
The romance which existed between
Orrnand and Elizabeth Cole, 24 year
old daughter of the manufacturer, as
•well as Cole’s objection to the match,
were matters of general knowledge
here for several months. Only after
the shooting last Saturday did it be
come widely known, however, that a
series of letters had passed between
Cole and OrmOnd. Threatening state
ments are alleged to have been made
in these communications.
Scenes of Auto Fatalities in Ohio Are
Marked by Crosses.
Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 18.—(A 9 )—
Dotting the sides of Ohio's highways
throughout the length of the state at
frequent and infrequent intervals
stand white crosses. They mark
spots where automobilists have been
killed.
Automobile drivers rounding a sharp
curve, in many sections, come square
ly upon a white cross, or possibly two
or three, mute reminders that one
or more persons have been killed at
that spot.
Governor Vic Donahey was respon
sible for the placing of the crosses.
It was his idea that they would help
to cut down automobile fatalities by
making drivers more cautious. They
have not been installed long enough,
however, to draw any conclusions.
Many antomobile drivers declare
tliey experience a sinking sensation
when they suddenly come upon the
white crosses. The governor has been
condemned for tbe move on the ground
it gives rise to morbid thoughts;
others have praised it as being a good
“sedative” for reckless drivers.
State Council Jr. O. U. A. M. Meets.
Winston-Salem, Aug. 18.—(A 9 )—
The State Council of the Junior Or
der United American Mechanics as
sembled here in annual session this
afternoon, and indications are that
the attendance will be the largest in
the history of the Btate organization.
The sessions will last for three days..
At the meeting this afternoon the
credentials committee passed on seat
ing representatives from the various
councils. Nominations for all elec
tive offices will also be made today.
The selections will be held on the
last day of the meeting.
Wednesday the visitors will go to
Lexington to participate in the laying
of the cornerstone of the new branch
home there.
A feature of the meeting here, aßide
from the business sessions, will be
the young musicians bund from the
National Home at Tiffin, Ohio.
Fire on Board Vessel Extinguished.
Baltimore, Aug, 18.—(A 9 )—A trie
grim received at the local fire de
partment headquarters from Norfolk
this morning reported that fire on
board the steamer, West Harcuvar,
which broke out when the steamer
. was off Hoopers Island, Chesapeake
Bay, was out, and that the vessel was
proceeding to Norfolk.
The Montreal Amateur Athletic
Association has erected a 125-foot
flagpole on it* grounds in honor of
i the thousand members of the asso
* elation who served in the war.
UNFIT FOR ANIMALS—
Yet Mother Was Evicted From This
__ House to Bear Child in Open
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Evicted from a pigsty home, which officials say was not fit for animals
! to live in, Mrs. Anne Cooper, 19. of I’boenix Park near Chicago, gave birth
- to a baby under a tree. The baby died. Mrs. Cooper, whose husband fled
; three months ago to evade robbery charges, has never paid rent due to the
dilapidated state of the building.
Miss Ederle Is Forced
To Leave The Channel
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,IK New York, Aug. 18.—(A 9 )— IK
IK Edward W. Browning, wlfose IK
, IK adoption of Cinderilla Mary IK (
IK Imui.se Spas was annulled re- IK (
IK cently, fled from a roof garden IK ,
IK early today when chorus girls IK ,
, IK kissed him, and shouted. "Oh. Ohr IK
, Ik there’s my Cinderilla man.” 'IK
IK The millionaire real estate op- IK
. * era tor who was dihfiig on the IK
[ IK roof, tried to retreat when two IK
, IK dozen girls encircled his table IK
IK and begged him to adopt them. IK
IK Then a blonde ingenue circled IK
i IK his neck so strongly thnt it was IK
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DISSE BREAKS DOWN
DURING MURDER TRIAL
, Nonchalance of First Days of Trial
Gave Way During Day to Tears.
Richmond, Aug. 18.—(A 9 )—The non
i ehalance of Rudolph Disse gave way
today to tears. The 20-year-old triple
• slayer broke down completely and cried
i like a child as his aged mother took
: the witness stand in his defense, and
i was unable to testify, and had to be
: taken from the court room in a hys
i terical condition. It was the first .
sign of emotion shown by the boy
i who shot and killed his sweetheart,
• his rival and a police detective, and
> wounded an automobile salesman here
ion July 28th last. He wept loud 1
t and long, as did his father, who pre
eeeded the mother on the stand an the
• first witness in his son’s defense.
Disse was brought into the court
) room just before the opening of the
r day’s session of the trial, apparently
r as cheerful and calm as prosecuting
i witnesses testify he was when he shot
to death Mrs. Vivian Tomlin Peers,
i 18-year-old clothing model and De
l teetive J. Harvey Burke and wounded
! Willis Britt, and then drove across
i town and killed Henry Grady Carter,
i restaurant owner. His cheeks were
1 pink and his appearance natty.
1 Louis J. Disse, the 67-year-old fath
er, took the stand in a pronounced
Herman accent told of his eccentrici
ties, displayed by his son m the days
of childhood.
“This boy was out of his head when
he was three years old. and when tie
was five he was kicked by a mule,”
the aged man told the jury.
Lafayette’s Visit to Be Recalled.
Richmond, Va., Aug. 18.—The Cul
peper Minute Men Chapter, Daugh
ters of the American Revolution, has
completed arrangements for a celebra- j
tion next Saturday in honor of the]
one hundredth anniversary of the visit j
of General Lafayettes, who, by special
invitation of the town of Culpeper, ]
and accompanied by his young boii j
and his old friend. President James j
Monroe, was the guest of the town on
August 22, 1825.
There will be a pageant picturing,
the arrival of the coach containing
General Lafayette and his suite, with
fifty mounted men as escort, all in
the costumes of a century ago. Those
who will take part in the pageant are
the lineal descendants of the people
who welcomed Lafayette in 1825.
Commander L. K. Jennings, of the
United States navy, will take the part
of Lafayette.
Baseball Booms In Cuba.
(By the Assoetatea Press)
Havana, Aug. B.—Mo«f than 1,000
amateur and professional teams easily
put baseball in first place as the most
■ popular sport in Cuba. The Amerl
' can national game, however. Is not
tha only one that engages the atten
' tion of the youth of Cuba.
Bad Weather Forced Amer
can Swimmer to Give Up
Attempt to Swim Across
English Channel.*
Dover, Ang. 18.—(A 9 )—Gertrude Ed
erle was compelled to abandon her at
tempt to swim the English Channel
this afternoon, owing to adverse
weather conditions.
Started at 7:09 O’clock.
Cape Gris, Nez, France, Aug. 18.—
Gertrude Ederle. 17 year old New
York-mermaid, began her attempt to.
swim the English Channel this morn
ing. entering the water bore at 7:09
o’clock.
Awakened from a sound sleep at 4
a. m. she seemed the only person
among the hundreds gathered at her
training camp to be unaffected by the
bustle of preparation.
She sat down to breakfast of well
done apple fritters and weak ten and
as she arose from the table she said
“I’m ready for it, bring on your old
Channel."
As soon as Miss Ederle stepped
aboard the Captain gave word to cast
off and the boat glidded out of the
harbor for the cape.
The channel at this point to Dover
is roughtly 20 miles in width. Its
shifting tide and icy current have baf
fled every woman swimmer in the past
and few men have been able to con
quer it.
Piedmont Northern Committee to
Meet.
Salisbury Aug. 17. —A meeting of
the committee to arrange a confer
ence with James B. Duke relative to
the extension of the Piedmont and
Northern Railway from Charlotte to
Winston-Salem byway of Concord,
Salisbury and Lexington has been
called by the chairman of this (Com
mittee. Walter H. Woodson. Esq.,
of this city, to be held here AYed
nesday. August 19, at 11 a. in. The
committee, in addition to the chair
mnn. i« composed of C. AA T . Johnson,
of Charlotte; Dr. T- N. Spencer, of
Concord; George AA r . Monteastle* of
Lexington, and Clay AA T illiams, Esq.,
of AA’iuston-Snlem. It is expected
thnt a conference with Mr. Duke
will be arranged during the .next
several weeks and it is more than
likely that it will take place in Char
lotte.
New Deputies for DeMolay.
‘ Kansas Cit. Mo.. Aug. 18. —Three
new state deputies for the Order of
DeMolay have been appointed by Alex
ander G. Cochran, grand master coun
cilor, according to announcement from
headquarters here. These deputire
are Thomas J. Harkins. Asheville, N.
C.; Rev. S. Cary Beckwith. Charles
-1 ton, S. C., and Marshall W, Wood,
I Boise, Idaho. Each will have charge
jof the order in his state.
I AH of these men are members of
the Supreme Council, Ancient and Ac
] eepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry,
' Southern Jurisdiction. Beckwith is
j widely known in southern religious
| circles. Harkins is a prominent law
yer. Wood is sovereign grand in
spector general of the Scottish Rite in
Idaho.
Degrees by Wholesale.
Beunos Aires, Aug. 18. —When the
Prinee of Wales goes home he will be
the possessor of an added number of
degrees, for nearly every prominent
educational institution and learned
society in the Argentine has decided
to bestow their highest honors upon
the royal visitor. Naturally, it will
not be possible for the Prince to re
l ceive all the honors at the centers
■ from which they, emanate. Some of
; the educational institutions have ar
- ranged to send deputations to him.
: and the rather unusual spectacle of
the presentation of half a doaen de
grees at a time will be seen. ], f «J
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Jim’' heavyweight
boxing champion of the U. S. navy.
He won the title recently alter ha*
Ing put in a four-year “hitch" with
the gobs. He’s 23, stands 6 feet 3
and weighs 200 pounds. /
AMERICANS TO BUY
GERMAN INDUSTRY?
Auto Maker of the United
States Said to Be on Deal
For One of the Stinnes
Plants in Germany.
New York. Any. 18.—Ameri
can capitalists whose names are with
held are involved in two big Herman
financial deals reported in cable dis
patches from Berlin. An agent of
an American automobile manufactur
er is reported to have made tentative
overtures to purdiase the Aga Motor
Works owned by Edward Stinnes. son
of the late Hugo Stinnes, Herman in
dustrial magnate. Young Stinnes is
in financial difficulties having insuf
ficient cash to meet his payroll, and
his position is such that it is ad
mitted he may be soon compelled to
close the works. The American of
fer is said to be with the idea of in
stituting mass production of cheap
cars.
The other deal, termed one of the
biggest since the war, is in process
of negotiation. It involves the sale
to an Anglo-American syndicate of the
vast interests of the Mannesmann
Brothers in the Spanish zone in Mo
rocco. The names of the members of
the syndicate are being kept secret.
The property includes harbor works
at Elhucemas and other ports, zinc,
sulphur and other mines, and large
tracts of agricultural lands.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Fairly Steady at Decline of 1
to 5 Points.—December Off to
23.58.
New York, Aug. 18.—W) —The cot
ton market opened fairly steady to
day at a decline of 1 to 5 points in
> response to fairly steady Liverpool
i cables and bearish crop report.
December sold off to 23.58 in the
[ early trading, or !) points net lower,
, but there was covering on reports of
, continued high temperatures in the
, Southwest and also some buying be
lieved to be for trade account, which
was sufficient to hold prices fairly
steady. December was selling around
23.68 at the end pf the first hour, or
a point above yesterday’s closing.
Cotton futures: October 22.70; De
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Hospital Is Robbed.
Newark, N. J., Aug. 18.—0P1—Six
men raided St. Girard Newark Ital
ian hospital today, escaping with
liquor valued at $1,150, with SI,BOO
in jewelry and $540 in caah, taken
from Dr. Chas. P. Gnasi.
Post Foreights for Deanpsey-WUls
Fight.
New York, Aug. 18.— CP) —Tex
Ridkard, fight promoter, and Jacfk
Kearns, manager of Jack Dempsey,
each posted $23,000 forfeit tbig after
. noon for a Dempsey-wills match.
THE TRIBUNE :
PRINTS mm
TODAY’S NEWS TO DAI
NO.M
iE TO LOCATE!
MAN WHO ATTACKEfiI
ASHEVILLE WONH
25 Negroes Arrested In ffee fl
Case But All Have BejjMj
Released by the As||mß
ville Officers. .
WATCHING CLOSELyM
NEGRO DISTRiqM
Several Negroes Taken Bat
fore Woman Bnt
Could Not Identify Aflß
of Them. IS
Asheville. Aug. 18.— (A*) —Some
negro suspects arrested since
day afternoon in searclt for. a yotjßtg,'®
negro who is alleged to have
nnlly assaulted a white young
of a local sanitarium bad been
ed today, it was announced "by
E. M. Mitchell, identification
in each casee. . .'9
Several of the negroes taken on
picion were brought before the
who indicated none of them was heittS
assailant. fl
Chief of Police Messer said to4siffl
he is working on valuable clues
may lead to an arrest shortly. TpO-fl
negro districts of the city are MmH
closely watched. |B
The alleged assault occurred on a 9
mountain path on Sunset Mountafa J
in a secluded spot not far front tIM) 9
sanatorium. The woman, who is sai«t/|fl
to be about 30 years of age, waa'.VjPß
exercise patient of a tubercular
torium, and was taking a walk alongS
the path shortly before noon. ; |s| I
The negro appeared suddenly . MpfS
seizing her by the throat dragged Itttß
about 50 feet to a spot behind * kif ■
hidden from the trail. He is
to have threatened to cut her thrdßßH
if she cried out. I
Details of the assault in the hands*
of the authorities were not complete ■
today. Yesterday the authorities «a«
of the opinion tliat the negi-o had net*
succeeded in his attack; today opi*»|9
ion was expressed that should he wM
captured he will be indicted for crln>--H
inal attack and face trial for a cap!-*
tal offense. ' ■
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SEEKING NEGRO ON
AN ATTEMPT CHAiKHiS
Buncombe Officers and Citiaapg( : ; fl
Search Sunset Mountain* Locality, JB
Asheville, Aug. 17.—While strolls m
ing iu the woods near a t überculpgiej*
sanatorium on Sunset Mountain*
shortly before noon today a young *
woman patient was accosted by:..-s£9
negro man and an attempt was ma<te*
at criminal assault according t<*-■
police. I
Early this afternoon scores of *
young men and boys were combing I
every bit of land in the vicinity of I
1 the institution in an effort to local**
the guilty negro. ,1
Police report the young woma**
was dragged a short distance hy th* ■
negro who became frightened and es-f*
called iu the woods. I
The woman is suffering fronts*
shock. She was taking a short strqjt*
in the woods for exercise’ betwotik 9
the rest period at the sanatorium;;*
when the incident is said to
occurred. I
Immediately after the alarm wag I
given six or seven police and plalgMjS
dothesmen and all available menH I
bers of the sheriffs department weffft fl
to the scene and began the search.*’*
( A few minutes later a negro, tpan 1
sweriug the description of the as- I
sailant was placed under arrest a8 If *
suspect. This negro, however, was nqt l
| responsible for the act according to 1
! sheriff Mitchell who said that Wmfl
suspect was a little larger than fflH
man officers desired to locate. I
Police assert that there will bgtl
; little difficulty in identifying, the as- I
sailant once he is captured as th« a
assault occurred in daylight and.tide 1
woman furnished a good descriptions*
\ The reported assault is unlike aujr’itt J
] Buncombe's annals of crime in recttjjt 1
years. d||^*
r *
Seeking Safe Blowers.
Gastonia, Aug. 18.—(A 3 )—“Folic*!
were searcliing today for unknotetlw
parties who blew open a snf«* m a I
filling station here last night and eijS'l
eaped with S6O iu cash. The
thorities here offered SIOO reward fori
information leading to the arrest and 1
conviction of the intruders. JS j
Farmers who put all their eggs i**
one basket and sold them CO%l
operatively this year made a £oo*l
profit, say marketing specialists. TtM
cooperative marketing of poultry
eggs paid handsome return in somgPl
North Carolina counties. * “JB j
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