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DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVI
"JlilE' IS SIL
FIGHTS TO TO
Several Young Men An
swering the Description
Given in Braswell Case
Are Released.
SONNER SEEMS
LITTLE BETTER
Blood Transfusion Gave
Him More Strength.—
Officers Think Sonner
> Fired Fatal Shots.
Tryon, N, C., July 10—0P)_While
Q. C. Sonner, Jr., of Saluda. N. C„
struggled desperately for his life in n
loeal hospital, authorities today con
tinued their search for the assailant
who Wednesday night shot to death
Jean Braswell, 17 year old Tryon girl
and left Sonner lying wounded on the
Green Cove Road near here.
Improvement in Sonner's condition
was noted by physicians following a
blood transfusion.
,‘ Jimmie did it,” the 21 year old
youth gasped out to rescuers attract
ed to the scene of the tragedy by pis
tol discharges.
Authorities, however, believe Son
ner shot his girl companion and then
turned the pistol on himself. Powder
burns on his shirt and the direction
of the' two bullets wh : eh entered his
breast caused / authorities to doubt
his statement that another youth kill
ed the girl and then shot Sonner
when the latter sought to defend him
self.
Several young men answering the
description of the assailant furnished
by Sonner hnvp been questioned by the
police, but all established alibis.
SALISBURY DEATH RATE
LOWEST IN THE STATE
Asheville Had Highest Death Rate
With Raleigh Next in Lin*.
Tribune Raleigh Bureau.
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, July 10.—Salisbury can
lay claim to being one of the moat
healthful cities in * the State, inas
much as it led all the otheer cities ia,
North Carolina with the lowest death
1 s-ig by
ion of the Board of Health, made pub
lic today. Tliis rate was 11.1 deaths
for each 1,000 of population, four
points less than the average for the
entire State, which is 11.5 per 1,000.
On the other hand, Asheville had
the highest death rate, with 22.5 per
1,000 of population, while Raleigh
was close on the hee'.s of Asheville
w.th a rate of 21.0. No effort was
made to assign a cause In either of
these cities, although it is known that
the rate in Asheville is increased ma
terially because of the large number
of people from other states who go
there seeking health in the mountain
climate, but who oftentimes hdvo de
layed too long in going there to have
it be of benefit.
The ypar 1025 was a good one from
the viewpoint of the Board of Health.
There was a reduction ih the general
death rate of the State from 12.2 per
1,000 to 11.5 per 1,000 and virtually
all the cities in the State showed ma
terial reductions in their death rates.
Increased knowledge of sanitation and
hygiene and the practical appHcat’on
of that knowledge, is given by the
Board for the better showing made
during the last year in the reduction
of the death rate.
Attention is called to the fact that
North Carolina is one of tse most
healthful States in which a person can
live, in that the climate is mild the
year round, malaria has just about
been eradicated, and owing to the ed
ucational work done by the Board of
Health through the county health
units, typhoid has been reduced to a
minimum, as have other similar di
sease*. •
It is also pointed out that through
the work of the Maternity and Infan
cy Division of the Board, operating in
part under the provisions of the
Sliepherd-Towner bill, infant mortal
ity rate is being steadily reduced,
thus causing a corresponding reduc
tion in the total mortality rate.
So there is every reason why people
living in North Carolina shopml live
to a ripe old age, since the natural cli
matic conditions in the State are
most conducive to good health. In ad
dition it has the advantages of hav
ing two definite climates the year
round, in that the people in the east
can easily get the benefit of the moun
tain climate in the west or the sea
shore climate in the eaat
With Our Advertlsen.
A real July clearance sale of coats
is now on at Fisher's. Coats $8.74
to $33.74., which sold for fronj $16.05
to $65.
There will be a special program of
song and story at the First Baptist
Church tomorrow evening at 7:45
o’clock. Subject for morning sermoh
will be, “The Indispensable Ingredi
ent.”
Prices have been reduced on Good
year tires and tubes at Yorke ft
Wadsworth Co’s. Now ia the time
to get yours. Phone 80.
Bobbers Oft Diamonds.
Llmo. 0., July 10.-OW-Forcin*
his automobile into the early morning
gloom of -2 miles south
worth °* 122,000
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The Concord Daily Tribune
, North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily .
Asheville Mystery Man Is Unable
To Give Real Name or His Address
Asheville, July 10.—Asheville has a
man of mystery. Intelligent, well
dressed a fid apparently normal in ev
ery way tie is nnable to toll who he
is, where he is from or why he is
here.
The young man first enught the at
tention of local physicians when he
wandered into one of the hospitals
here a few weeks ago and seated him
se f. wYhen questioned tie was unable
to give hiH name or explain his pres
ence. He was kept that night and
, whi> efforts were being made the
I following day to identify him he wan
dered off as quie'tly as he had ap-1
peared. Nearly three weeks later he
was found wandering on the streets I
by • man who conducted him to a lo
cal institution wiiere an examination
was made.
■He gave his name first as W. H.
Wilson but eou’.d not remember where
his home had been. Finally he stated
that he had a brother and sister liv
ing at Dunn, and declared they had
placed him in the State hospital in
Raleigh. Investigation allowed that
the hospital authorities had no record
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| THE “LOST EVANGELIST”
FACES GRAND JURY
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Report • That Mrs. McPherson and
1 Mother Quarreled Is New Angle
1 In the Case.
I I-os Angeles, July S.—With the
. Hall of Juxtjee surrounded by a miil
. ing crowd thaV started to form short
ly after daylight, Mrs. Aimee Semple
McPherson today began telling the
, county grand jury her version of the
. exiierience she claims to have had
, with kidnappers who held her prison
, er more t'.ian a month in Mexico.
Simultaneously a new report was
spread to the effect that a witness
. had been found who would testify
that Mrs. McPherson had quarredel
with her mother, Mrs. Minnie. Ken
, nedy, over the management of An
gelus Temple. It is asserted the
quarrel took place shortly before the
evangelist's mysterious disappenraure.
While t’iie proceedings before the
grand jury are secret, it was learned j
that Mrs. McPherson had told her
story up to the time she struggled in
to Auga Prieta, Mexico, and made her
identity known.
Mrs. McPherson arrived at the Hall
of Justice at 10:15. Deputy sheriffs
were struggling to eontrol the crowds
that jammed every available vantage
point. As the evangelist, accom
panied by a cordon of women temple
> workers, drove up to the entrance In
a limousine oil of the party, iuelud
tlon blue and white temple uniform.
Previous to Mrs. SlcPherson’s ar
rival fifty singers from the Angelus
Temple, all in uniform had formed
a double line for the evangelist to
pass between while going from the
curb to the doorway. Mrs. McPher
son smiled and waved to those of her
flock as she .entered the building.
Picnic For Motor License Employees.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Baleigh, July 10.—After 38 rush
ing, brimful days in handing out au
tomobile license numbers to motorists,
the more than 200 employes of the
automobile license division of the de
partment of revenue were compliment
ed for their good -work during the
sweltering days with a picnic and
watermelon feast tendered by C. W.
Roberts, of Greensboro, vice president
of the Carolina Motor Club, and Mr.
and Mrs. W. D. Squires, of Kalama
aoo, Mich. The picnic was at Lake
Myers, several miles of Raleigh
on route 00, and the young men and
women of the licence bureau were
taken out to the lake in private cars
and bussAi Friday afternoon when the
offices closed at 4:80.
There swimming and boating were
enjoyed, following which came a
tasty picnic supper, with ice cream
.n’everything, including more than
100 big, cold watermelons that had
been on ice for several days in prep
aration for the occasion.
Commissioner R. A. Doughton of
tlie department of revenue, and Mr.
Roberts both thanked the young peo
ple for the excellent work they have
been doing in supplying motor car
owners over the state with license
tags.
One More Case of Infantile Paralysis.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, July 10.—Although one
additional ease of infantile paralysis
has been reported, this one from Lee
county, the State board of health still
reports that there is nor epidemic of
this disease, and that the number of
cases at this time of year is about
normal. The disease is most preva
lent through July and August, as it
Is distinctly a hot weather disease.
The last case, from Lee county, was
reported July Oth. One ease was
imported from Guilford Tounty July
Bth. To date thirteen cases have
been reported in the state, eight of
the thirteen being in Rowan county.
A Surgeon’* Mistake.
Berlin, July 10. —An X-ray pho
tograph of' a patient at a Cologne
hospital revealed a pair of scissors
lodged in the wail of hia stomach.
The surprised surgeons, after ques
tioning the patient, whom they had
first suspected of attempting to com
mit suicide, were convinced that the
instrument was left behind by a sur
geon during an operation.
Oewd Enjoys “V’ Movies.
The largest crowd that has ever
enjoyed the “Y” Friday night movie
program waggon faandjor the pictures
• ® rtr I r available seat was token and
i many people stood among; and behind
I of such n case. He has told those in
t terested that he his a member of the
• W. O. W. lodge nnd a member of the
‘ Chalybeate Springs Raptist Church,
i He says tSiat his wife is dead and
that before her marriage she was
• Miss Mary Huffman, of Newberry, S.
>C. He sßys that his little girl is
i with her aunt. Mrs. T. W. Newborn,
-of Raleigh, R. F. D. - Subsequently
i he has given his name’ ns William
Thomas Johnson, son of the late J.
P. Johnson, of Goldsboro, and that
i lie has a brother, Wallace Johnson, at
Wn llace.
f Telegrams sent to friend and ae
| quaintanees he hns. named by the au
thorities here.have brought no reply
nor have letters to the mayors of
several North Carolina towns that he
mentioned brought replies tending to
elear up the mystery of bis identity.
The last name to Wujch he has laid
claim is Carlyle Morefleld, of South
Boston, Va. Those who may know
this man are requested to rominuni
eate with box 311, Asheville, the
twist office address of the organisation
that has taken his case in charge.
DOZEN DIE FROM HEAT
IN THE MIDDLE WEST
Storm of Hot Wind 'Sweeps ‘Over
Southern Michigan With Deadly
Effect.
Chicago, July f).—Tile neat wave
which overspread the middle west
yesterday and the storms which fol
lowed today had taken a toll of up
ward of a dozen lrvea tonight, al
though cooler weather was promised
for tomorrow.
To the seven deaths attributed di
rectly or indirectly to the heat yes
terday/ there were added today two
heat deatlia in Chicago, and four
persons killed and two others injured,
probably fatally, in a heavy wind
storm which swept parts of southern
Michigan. The two killed and those
injured were on an island in the St.
Joseph River near Buchanan, Mich.
The windstorms also did * heavy
damage in parts of Indiana and at
i Michigan City unroofed severa l (louses
and overturned small buildings.
BAPTIST LAYMEN TO
I MEET AT RIDGECREST
J Annual Conference Will Be Held at
Assembly Grounds During Last
Week In July.
, Knoxville, Tenn., July 10.— —
, The annual Baptist laymens’ cqnfer
, tfj|c* will be held at Rujgecrest, N
auspiees olf “flie~Baptist Bronierhood
of the* South, Dt. J, T. Henderson,
, of Knoxville, corresponding secretary
I of the organization, has announced.
, Prominent business and profession
, al men from all parts of the Southern
Baptist convention territory are ex
. peeted to attend.
The conference will study the re
sponsibilities of Baptist men in such
matters as church finances, steward
' ship, pastornl support, missions and
personal evangelism, Dr. Henderson
said.
GREENVILLE HOTEL
MAN BURNED TO DEATH
J. L. Alexander Loses Life In Wreck
of Automobile at Columbia.
I Columbia, 8. C„ July 9.—J. L.
Alexander, proprietor of the Ottoray
Hotel, Greenville, S. C„ was burned
to death in the wreck of an automo
bile here late tonight.
Raven McDavit, former member of
the general assembly from Greenville
county, was painfully burned, and
H. P. Hill, supervisor of Greenville
county, was less seriously burned in
the suinshup which occurred just out
side Columbia city limits on the high
way to Greenville.
Rescuer* were unable to extricate
Mr. Alexander from the wreckage of
the tar because of the flames.
ABANDON SEARCH IN
ILL-FATED SUBAMRINE
Officers Are Opinion All Bodies Have
Been Taken From the Craft
New York, July 10. —(/P)—Search
for more bodies in the submarine
S-51 has been abandoned.
Lieutenant Commander Young, aide
to Rear Admiral Plunkett, command
ant of the Brooklyn navy yard, an
nounced today that the eighteen
bodies recovered yesterday were all
that were in the ill-fated submarine.
Os the bodies recovered, twelve have
been identified.
Cunningham Served.
Washington, July 10.—OP)—-Thos.
W. Cunningham, former treasurer of
the Pennsylvania state republican
committee, was subpoenaed today to
appear before the Senate campaign
funds Investigating committee at Chi
cago, on July 26th.
Cunujnghau, who had been sought
by subpoena servers of the committee
for the past t'jree weeks, announced
yesterday that he would be at his
Atfanticm City home today, whereup
on the subpoena to appear at Chica
go was issued.
Funeral Today of R. B. White.
Charlotte, July 10.—Up)—Funeral
services w3l be held at Jonesboro. 8.
C„ tomorrow at ll a. m. for R. B.
(Red) White, Associated Press oper
ator here, who died last night follow
ing an extended illness. Mr. White,
aged 29, died following two opera
tions. r
Mora Fighting In China.
Peking, July 10.—OF)—A general
i attack of the ‘‘allied" forces of the
Koumlnchun, or peoples army, has
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CONCORD, N. C., SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1926
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j In the News of the World
C HARXCS F H UGH ES’ ETVT RETT | SAM DU R?
OUEEMf HXXCJJE c/ITAIX .SURGE^OROMOFF
Charles E. Hughes, former Secretary of State, was granted
an audience with the Pope. Everett Saunders, secretary to
the President, and a staff of clerks took care of regular;
business at the Summer “White House” in the Adirondacks.
Queen Helene of Italy was reported to have banned bobbed
hair at court Dr. Serge Voronoff offered to perform A
gland operation free on any pged French athlete to prove
rejuvenation. , , mujjirUTtiitoi <Ti -^diaaiaaamm*hffii|tiiilaaiii*«ieM' ;
THE COTON MARKET
Recent Sharp Advance Followed by
Reactions at the Opening Today.
New York, July 10.—OP)—Keren t
sbjirp advances were followed by res
Serious in the cotton market at .the
opening today. Rather heavy selling
was attributed to realizing that over
the .week end, and after opening easy
at a decline of 12 to 19 points, act
ive months showed net losses of 22
to 37 points, with July selling at
18.45 and December at 16.95 during
the early trading. The selling here
was promoted by relatively easy Liv
erpool cables, and included some
liquidation for Liverpool accounts, but 1
the bulk of the offerings -were attribs
uteri to profit taking. Otherwise pres
sure was probably held in check by
the fear of further showers in the
belt, as private messages received here
reported cloudy weather in the Miss
issippi Valley.
Cotton futures opened steady : Ju
ly 18.68; October 17.05; December
17.00; January 16.97.
Methodist Genera.! Sunday School
Board to Meet.
(By International News Service)
Lake Junaluska, N. C., July 10
The general Sunday school board of
the Methodist Episcopal Oinirch,
South, will meet here July 14-15,, it
was announced here today. The pur
pose of the gathering, it was sai(i,
is to outline and adopt plans and
policies for the Sunday school work
of the denomination during 1926-1030,
and to make appropriations for car
rying on the work during the fiscal
year. Membership on the board is
composed of twelve clerical and twelve
lay leaders in Sunday school work
throughout the South.
Heavy Earthquake Recorded.
Washington, July 10.—04>)—A very
heavy earthquake was registered on
the seismograph at Georgetown Uni
versity today, beginning at 6:11 a.
m., and lasting until 8:10. Director
Tondorff placed it at 3,800 miles
from Washington in a northwest di
rection.
A number of other shocks record
ed were believed by the directors to
have been in the Mediterranean area,
although be did not attempt to locate
them definitely.
Typhoid Vaccinations.
About 500 Kannapolis people re
ceived typhoid vaccinations last night
at the Y. M. C. A. there, from the
county health department. The health
department will give vaccinations
j there each Friday night until further
notice is given. *
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Saturday and Monday
GRAY and BLONDE SHOTS
$6.9, and $1.95 Values
Reduced to $3.95
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j PEOPLE OF STATE'GIVE
LITLE FOR LIBRARIES
i North Carolina Far Behind Other
Stoics in This Matter.
Sir Walter Hotel
Tribune Ba refill
Raleigh, July 10.—North Carolina
may pride itself on its culture, but
if the amount of book reading done
in the state, as judged from the small
I number of public libraries and the
| meagre number of books containued
; in them, is any indication of this
: culture, it cannot be very extensive,
■ judging from the comparative figures
■ ( on books, libraries and book reading
; given in the current issue of the North
■ Carolinn library bulletin, published
by the North Carolina library com
mission, which is just off the press.
To begin with. North CaroVmnlans
1 speqd very little on books for the
people of the state to read, for while
$36,614,483 are spent in the United
States as a whole on books for pub
lic libraries each year, or an average
of 32 cents for each person, the ex
penditure in North Carolina is at the
[ rate of but 4 cents a person, or only
ill 1,024 yearly. This is less than
the cost of one copy of a newspaper
. for a year’s reading per person.
’ Then out of a total of 6,516 li
, bra l ies in the United States. North
; Carolina has but 32 tax supported
■ libraries, although there are 37 more
library associations, making a. total
1 of only 69 public libraries for the en
:! tire state, which contain 1,150398 vol
, ’ umes. This sounds pretty good by
•itself, but'when reduced to books per
I capita, it is found that it amounts
I I to but one one-half books per person,
s | Only twelve counties in the state
; (contribute public funds toward li
brary service, out of a total of 100
counties.
Especially among the negroes is ll
r brary service lacking, for while there
i are 58 public libraries in the south
. for negroes, there are only three in
this state to serve 28,268 negro read
. ers.
j The State library commission, how
. ever, is doing much to correct these
conditions and last year circulated
. more than 9,000 volumes,
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Journalism For Preachers,
s Chicago. July 10.—OP)—A course
in journalism for preachers is an
nounced by Dr. Sari Eiselen, presi
dent of Garrett Biblical Institute, be
■ ginning this fall.
1 The chief aim of the course will be
> to teach prospective ministers what
i constitutes news acceptable to the ed
i itors of their future communities,
■ and how to advertise their church
and work.
HR EXPOSITION
DOORS CLOSED ON
SUNDAY HEREAFTER
Bishop Joseph F. Berry, of
Methodist Church, Asks
• Members to Boycott the'
Exposition.
SENDING LETTERS 1
TO MINISTERS
At a Mass Meeting in Phil-!
adelphia Action of Ex
position Directors Was
Denounced. 1
Philadelphia, July 10.—C4*)—A na
tionwide endeavor to have the Metho
dists of the United States boycott the)
Sesqui-Centennial International Ex
position because its gates are open
on Sunday was underway today.
Headed by Bishop Joseph F. Berry,
senior bishop of the Mei'liodist Epis
■ copa)' Church, the plan calls for
sending letters to 4.000 ministers In
his denomination signed by himself
and seven other bishops, uring the
clergymen to advise their congrega
tions never to go near the exposition
as long as it remains open on Sun
days.
Sending of the letters, the first |pf
whkU the bishop said would be mailed
today, was the latest plan to bring
about a change in the minds of the
officials of the exposition in regard
to operating the project seven days a
week, and was announced at a mass
meeting here last night.
Bishop Berry declared that he rep
resented 50,000,000 Christians ’’God
fearing people, who regard this ini
iquity as an insidious attack on the
traditional American institution”, the
Holy Sabbath.
At tlie conclusion of the meeting,
at which other clergyman, representa
tives of church organizations nnd sev
eral business men denounced the Sun
day sequi idea, a resolution was
adopted uring the directors to close
the exposition on Sunday.
BENNETT AND WIFE
ARE GIVEN NEW TRIAL
Supreme Court Reverses Decision of
I Lower Court in Case Charging
Manslaughter. .
Nashville, Teun., ruty lfl.— (A*) —
Tlie Tennessee Supreme Court today
reversed and remanded for new trial
the case of W. H. Bennett and wife,
Mrs. Mae Bennett, convicted in Ham
ilton County in 1924, of voluntary
manslaughter in connection with the
alleged death of Miss Augusta Hoff
man, Bennett’s aunt. Their in
dictment followed the finding of a
woman's skeleton in a crude grave in
the basement of a house formerly oc
cupied by the Bennetts in Chattanoo
ga.
The court ordered a new tr’al on
the grounds that the state relied on
circumstantial evidence to establish
the corpus delicti, to connect the
Bennets with the homicide, and that
the remains consisting of bones pro
duces no proof as to character of vio
lence.
This, and the state’s reliance to
gether upon the alleged falsehood of
the Bennetts’ explanation of Miss
Hoffffman's disappearance as a cir
cumstance to establish their connec
tion with the crime might have been
sufficient if the proof had excluded
any other or independent agencies,
the court held. Other agencies were
not excluded.
It was held that the defendants
were deprived of the presumption of
innocence that attends every person
accused of crime throughout the prog
ress of the investigation, in the trial
court.
WILKINSON DISCUSSES
THE ROAD TO NEWTON
Says Highway No. 10 Will Be Built
Where Court Said to Build It.
diarlotte, July 10.— (A I ) —W. (C.
Wilkinson, state highway engineer
for this district, today told the Asso
ciated Press that he would “build
highway route No. 10 exactly where
the Supreme Court said to build it.”
“This has been my stand all along,
nnd I am merely reiterating it.” the
highway engineer said when asked if
he had anything “definite” to say re
lating to the route.
Mr. Wilkinson says that new sur
veys will have to be made, and that
this would take considerable time.
“It will be at least thirty days
before this is completed,” he said.
The commissioner declared no con
tracts could be let pending t*ie sur
vey, and that it would be several
weeks at least before they would be
considered.
Fire at Macon, Ga.
Macon, Ga., July 10.—(A>)—The dry
kilns of the Case Fowler Lumber Co.
here were destroyed early today by a
fire that threatened to consume the
entire plant and large quantities of
lumber in the yards. The damage
was held at $15,000 by the company
officials.
The company opened for business
this morning and will continue oper
ations without interruption, according
to officials. The kilns are to be re
placed at once.
Duggan Off Again.
1 , Rio Janeiro, Brazil, July 10.—OF)—
Bernardo Duggan. Argentine flier, is
reported by the National Telegraph to
j haVe left Maranheo this morning in
continuation of his flight from New
I York to Buenos Aire*.
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Mrs. Edith Spreckies Wake,
field Kendrick was taken into
custody by San Francisco po
lice when she gave a “Spring
dance” on a downtown street.
Mrs. Kendrick attracted at?
tention before her last mar.
riage by offering the first
Mrs. Kendrick SIOO a month
for her husband. The first'
Kendrick died. i
MRS. JOHNSON SPEAKS TO
SOCIAL SERVICE CONFERENCE
Makes a Plea for the Fearless Atti
tude Toward Sex.
Junajuakn, N. C., July 10. —Speak-
ing here last night before the social
service conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church on “The Delinquent
Girl”. Mrs. Kate Burr Johnson, com
missioner of public welfare for North
Carolina, made a plea for a more
honest, fearless and searching atti
tude toward the whole problem of sex,
since the most difficult cases of de
linquency among girls, she said, are
those which have to do with sex prob
lems.
“We need more thorough and sci
entific sex instructions;, a m<*#e in
telligent conception of. morality and
standards of morality; more adequate
facilities' in the way Os Trained so
cial workers who realize that every
offender, because of physical and
psychological make-up, present a dif
ferent problem; good correctional in
stitutions, and a more Christian at
titude toward those who would re
construct a broken life,” Mrs. John
son declared in outlining what might
be done to help solve existing condi
tions.
The speaker dealt largely with the
problem of the unmarried mother,
and gave the histories of several girls
who had come to her notice through
the State board of charities and pub
lic welfare.
“Who shall fare best before • the
final Judge of all,” Mrs. Jbhnson con
tinued, “the girl who is the victim
of ignorance, lack of training, biolog
ical instinct, mental incapacity or in
stability, or the persons who refuse
to give her a chance? Lack of mor
ality ig nearly always a condition of
the mental defective psychopathic
person or of the individual who is
mentally normal, but hyper-sexual.
Immorality is not ‘original #in,’ but
psychological sickness.”
“One of the greatest wirtues in this
world, one of the marks of the high
est courage and intelligence,” assert
ed the speaker, “is the ability to face
facts. One of the most tragic filings
about our social life in the untold
misery, and the warped and ruined
lives which have resulted from lack
of this ability on the part of par
ents to impart simple and scientific
knowledge on sex.”
Mrs. Johnson put only a part qf
the blame on the World War for
the fact that a time of license and
revolt exists.
“It is largely the result of our ab
normal repressive attitude which
throws obscurities of pretense, ig
norance and hypocrisy around the
matter.”
The modern frankness is more con
ducive to morality than the feeling
that sex is a kind of shameful mys
tery, the speaker declared, adding
that decent reticencies are commend
i able for they are the characteristics
I of the refined and cultured.
| Drawing several comparisons be-
I tween views of today and twenty-five
years ago, Mrs. Johnston pointed out
that strides have been made toward
acquiring sane, constructive and sat
isfactory atitudes, methods and stand
ards.
“If we are really concerned about
the matter and willing to face the is
sues and problems at hand,” she con- i
eluded, t‘we may gain a solution in
that clean, clear, reverent attitude
of mind which God intended us to
have.”
Safety in Submarines.
London, July 10.— (A*) —Apparatus
to enable the crew of a sunken sub*
marine to rise to the surface has been
invented. A series of buoyant safety
chambers, placed between the subma
rine’s hull and superstructure, may
be entered from Mlow. Each cham
ber will accommodate fifty men. There
is an apparatus In the chamber which
sets it free from the submarine, al
lowing it to Boat to the surface. The
devief is said to work even when the
sunken boat is flooded by tfcfe unrush
inf water following a crash.
PRINTS
TODAY’S NEWS TODjM
NO. lU
DURKIN MUST SM
IN PRISON FOR If j
YENS FORM
Found Guilty of Murde|jß|
Federal Agent Who |os|f
> Seeking to Arrest Hhbl
for Theft of Autom<^||-i
DREADS LIFE f J I
BEHIND B4 U
“They Should Have HangXj
ed Me Instead,” Pris|p J
er Said’ When Aggicfl
About Sentence. -ClB m
Chicago, July 10.— UP) —MartMH
Durkin, mitomobilc thief and
is guilty of murdering Edwin
ahan, federal agent. Thirty-five m
in prison is the penalty reeoniMlH
by the jury. ‘ '' 9
The youthful outlaw who s§H§B > 8
California and back with
heart, later to return and mar#3f v '«tli|B
other girl, was found to have?
the officer while the latter wdk 9i-lM
tempting his arrest for
theft. The state had
hanging verdict, while the
tended Durkin shot in self defenfceNS If
Durkin, who is 24 years old.
ed no emotion when tile verdict AfftgM
read. ' **9
The jury had voted him guilty at
a. m.. after retiring at 10:50 ptriiqJH
last night. Then for nearly sir
the jurors debated his punisbfiirifft|l|
whether gallows or prison, IMVHI
l.v before 8 a. m. reached an 'WhI
ment. crt-riS*
The verdict ending a s’x Weefcjß
trial before Superior Judge H. BCIBWB
ler. was read at 8:45. ’ ’S.9
Shanahan was slain on October 1$ 8
1025. in a garage. VjS
Although Durkin did not
pression, he uttered a half
ed exclamation when the
rend. ■ "xWM
Later he was sulky but still
pant. “Oh, bollogny,” he said v'hou 3
approacheikby photographers. “FUiMm
tried for everything but murder.
a fine state of affairs when a man
use a revolver to protect j
He insisted he had not had a
trial. -jBI
Durkin expressed a dread of prisoJfl
life. "They should have
instead.” he told questioners whea
ed what he thought of 35 years behin*9
the bars. X
Motion for a new trial
heard July 27th when sentence will be 8
passed formally. “ 8
The state expressed itself- as well®
Satisfied with the verdict under thOjfl
circumstances. Jurors said that
ahan being a Federal agent wetg{ihi|l
heavily with them in their deciahtn~k9
Mrs. Hattie Durkin. a
mother, and his sisters. LueHe
Ann 14. were stunned by the''MMK& I
and they sobbed on the benches wliere.B
they slept all night. The father wag®
not in court. a
WOMEN STI'DY METHODS ‘ 1
OF OBTAINING ftptAJXgl
International la-ague For Peace Ap- I
points Commissioners to Study Va- I
rious International ProblemhT fi 1
Dublin. July 10.—</P)—The worn- I
en's International League for Peace 8
and Freedom in conference here, to- 8
day appointed commissioners to fctUißß
various international problems. lTi>v fl
will investigate such subjects
itnrism. imperialism, colonial“’affairs j
and the relations between
and majorities among the population I
of disputed territory. I
Today’s session of the eongrt«B yras fl
private. The delegates rc’presetting®
34 countires, including the ’pr>iflSt9
States, were enterta’ned this,' after- 1
noon by the Irish League of. ij&nMMi
Society. 1
Savage Negro Dead. |
Tribune Bureau H f
Sir Walter Iftitel Ijafl
Raleigh. July 10.—Found w *|ati«d’J
and nearly dead from
bed a pile of branches and dead -M
leaves, Sidney Jeffries, aged' ntnjj®
who was taken to a hospital vw|
found living in a savage state in" h a
deserted section of woods near Ea-IJ
lcigh. has died as the result of iffM
experiences. He was taken to ,* nH
I’ital here, but medical science wag
unable to bring relief. It is wtM
known bow long he lived in the aqmi*®
primitive lint he had thrown togethe|;B
in tiie woods, but evidently for some J
time. The negro was very did,
thosi- who knew him said that of lejjwi]
years lie had avoided all contact
other people, eating foot! friends' WKk
out for him only at night: Tt'dM
lll “"xht was affected taH
he reverted to the savage type 'lg a ]
result. j
——— -**
Scott Goes to Cincinnati. ’ - jfejsiß
Cincinnati, July* 10.— (A*)— ‘BbtfUlfl
stop Everett Scott has been puaduSH
by the Cincinnati Nationals
Chicago White Sox, it was
by August Hermann, president ogM
Cincinnati club, today. j
Miss Sue Baker, of
the guest for the week-end of
Georgia Calloway. a!
THE WEATHER^
Partly cloudy with scattered tiHtjgiM
dersliowers late this ufternooftOr fcpl
night, cooler ip the interlog. '
Sunday generally fair and sommpßjß
cooler. Moderate to fresh south Will■
shifting to northwest w.la«te.
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