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VOLUME XXVI
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CASE SOLVED; NEW
CLUES DEVELOPED
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Los Angeles District At-'
torney Feels Certain Mc
i Pherson Case Will Be
Cleared Up at Once.
NO FAITH IN
FIRST REPORTS
Says He Is Satisfied Evan
gelist and Radio Opera
tor Went Off Together
and Stayed Together.
San Francisco, July-27.— UP) —Claes
developed at Carmel and Monterey,
south of here, are believed by Joe Ry-,
an, Los Angeles deputy district attor-'
»ey. to have solved the Aimee Semple
McPherson kidnapping case.
Ryan, who has been at Carmel s.nce
Saturday, has reported to District At
torney Aso Keyes that he was satis
fied that Mrs. McPherson arrived there
the day after- she disap|>eared nt Ocean
Park Beach, accompanied by Kenneth
G. Ormiston, radio operator, and
friend of the evaugelist.
Ryan's investigation followed re
ports that a man and woman resemb
ling the evangelist and rndio operator,
arrived at Carmel May 1!) and remain
ed there for several days.
Ryan declared he couirt produce
witnesses who identified photographs
of Mrs. McPherson and Ormiston as
the couple at Carmel.
Ormiston, was Interviewed by au
thorities a short time after the evange
list disappeared, but he dropped from ,
sight after being questioned, and was ,
last reported in New York. A letter
purporting to' have been written by ]
Ormiston was introduced before a <
grand jury which recently investigated ,
the case, but adjourned without issu- ,
ing any indictments. The letter de- i
nied any knowledge of the case. I
Attorneys for Mrs. McPherson lost ,
night denied she had ever been in Car- i
mel. The evangelist continues to dc- i
fends the story of her abduction in |
sermons at Angelus Temple, maintain
ing she was held captive for nearly .
five weeks, and escaped to reappear at ,
Agua Prieta, Mexico, near the -AxiL- -
zona border.
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Los Angeles. Cal., July
Attorneys for Aimee Semple McPher- ,
son today announced that they would
not permit her finger prints to be tak
en to compare with those found in a
Carmel, Cal., eottnge. where it is as
certained she spent some time after
being supposedly drowned. They also
said they would refuse to supply sam
ples of her handwrit : ng to compare
with that found in the cottage.
Kenneth Ormiston, radio operator
at Mrs. McPherson’s Angelus temple. 1
was in Carmel about the same time,
according to the assistant district at
torney.
Now Is Time to Sell Hogs.
Tribune Raleigh Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, July 27. —Now is the time
for farmers to ship their hogs to mar
ket if they expect to command the
best prices, according to the livestock
division of the Bureau of Markets,
State Department of Agriculture.
Why? Because it is the mid-season be
tween the western early and late hog
shipping seasons.
North Carolina hog raisers have
been advised for several years to raise
their pigs as early as possible, so
that they could get them on the mar
ket in July and August, thereby get
ting better prices, since the hogs from
the western states are not ready for
market until later, due to the short
er seasons.
“In this state, it is possible to far
row the sows almost any time during
the winter with little dauger of loss,
if only ordinary precautions are tak
en. And the earlier the better, thus
enabling the farmers to market their
■ sirring pigs before the western pigs
are put on the market,” said V. W.
Lewis of the division of markets.
“Many farmers have been following
this advice and are showing handsome
profits as a result.
The State Department of Agricul
ture is ready at all times to assist the
farmers from any section of the Sate
not only in marketing their produce,
especially livestock, but also in im
proving their stock as well, so that
they may increase their profits.
Smashes American Statue.
Paris, July 27. —W)—A Russian
named Garomenko, armed with -a
hammer, today smashed the statue in
the Place des Etats Unit, erected to
the memory of the American. soldiers
who volunteered with the French
forces in 1014. The statue represents
an American and a Frenchman clasp
ing hands. Garomenko was arrested.
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The Concord Dally Tribune i
_ - t ■ North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
Announce Features For
Next Big Fair In October
(Officials of Fair Have Obtained Best Features For
Next Cabarrus County Fair Which Will Begin
October 12th and Continue Five Days.
v Officials of the Cabarrus County
.Fair Association, with several success
ful seasons to their credit, have lined 1
up what they bel'eve are the best |
attractions obtainable for the 11)26
fair and Harvest Festival which will 1
be held October 12, 13. 14, 15 and 16.
It is announced by Dr. T. N. Spen- j
eer, secretary and manager, that ev- i
ery feature of the program has been
arranged and when the new stalls now
under c-onetruetion are completed, he
will be be ready for the opening of
the gates on the morning of the
twelfth.
Included in the program are the
free acts, band concerts, horse races,
Midway shows and exhibits of all
kinds. While the program will of ne
cessity follow along the lines of the
, programs of other years, th's year's
} will be more ambitious than anything
undertaken here in the past.
Officials of the fair this year have
laid special emphasis on the livestock
exhibits and their work has been so
successful that additions are to be
built to the hog and cattle barns be
fore the opening date. Last year so
much livestock was exlrbited that it
had to be crowded and with assur
ances already thjft the number will be
larger this year, plans to take care of
the overflow have been made.
It is predicted by officials that the
hog show at the local fair will be the ,
biggest in this part of the State. The
Piuehurst fair will not be held this
year, it is pointed out. and as Cabarrus
Fn ! r hog show ranked second only to
this one, it is safe, officials think, to
predict the biggest hog show in the
State for the local fair.
As has been thcjcase in the past, no
outside exhibitors will be allowed to
enter their livestock. The Cabarrus
Fair is for Cabarrus people, not for
professional exhibitors, who will be
outlawed as in the past. Dp. Spencer
already has received letters from va
rious exhibitors who want to bring
their stock here for a certain
guarantee, and his answer has been
the same to all. Cabarrus people and
those in nearby counties who produce
their own stuff are the ones who will
be eligible for premium money.
The Bernard! Greater Shows will
be back qn the Midway with more than
The popularity of these J
- mArket '' T '
Traders Sold Freely at Opening and
First Prices Were 13 to 17 Points
Lower.
New York, July 27.— UP) —Taking
a more favorable view of the weather
situation traders sold cotton rather
freely at the opening today with the
result that first prices were 13 to 17
points lower on active positions.
Liverpool, Wall Street and commis
sion houses ail had cotton for sale
in the early market, and aside from
the uncertainty connected with the
tropical storm which still seems to be
threatening the Florida coast both
weather and crop news appeared to
be less bullish than it was yesterday.
After the opening Will Street was
a good buyer, but secured its cotton
easily and the market dropped off to
17.65 for October and l/.59 for Jan
uary or 15 to 20 points below the
previous close.
Cotton futures opened easy: Octo
ber 17.70; December 17.60; January
17.02; March 17.79; May 17.95.
WANTS AMERICANS TO
IGNORE DEMONSTRATIONS
President Hopes There Will Be No
Retaliation For Demondtrattons
Made in France.
Paul Smith’s, N. 8.. July 27. — UP)
—President Cooiidge hopes that Am
ericans abroad will make allowances
for conditions in the foreign countries
they are visiting and will not indulge
In any unwarranted criticisms or any
recriminations. The position of the
President was made clear in the mat
ter at the executive’s offices today with
out, however any direct reference be
ing made to the demonstrations that
have occurred against American tour
ists in France. •
Not Secretary Hoover.
Wilmington, July 27.—(A>)—News
paper reporters hurriedly sought in
formation concerning Herbert Hoov
er when he registered at a cottage
at Wrightsville Beach a few days
ago, only to find on Inquiry that the
Herbert Hoqver there was not the
secretary of commerce but his cousin
of Rocky Mount, who had gone to the
resort to. spend his vacation.
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Boy Shot Down As Mother Holds Him
hi Her Arms; Prohibition Man Did It
Murphy, July 24. —Shot down by
Josh Crisp, federal prohibition officer,
as he stood in the doorway of his
home, Cecil McClure. 17-year-old
Tbmotla youth, fell with his mother’s
arms about him as she clung to the
gun he held in his hands ,iji an effort
to prevent bloodshed, according to be
lated' reports reaching here today.
Toting McClure died a few hours af
ter tfie shooting.
The shooting, which occurred late |
Wednesday in a very remote section
of Cherokee county, has caused a
flood of resentment against the action
of the officers to sweep over this sec
tion and has .Increased the indigna
tion felt as a result of the recent
shooting affair near Bryson City in
which officers Bred upon the chauffeur
i
shows is attested by the fact that
they will play the following fairs:
1 New York State Fa’r, Rochester, N.
| Y., Exposition. Binghamton, N. Y..
Exposition, Pennsylvania State Fair.
' New Jersey State Fair, and Virginia ,
State Fair. The management advises
| Dr. Spencer that new shows Vill grace
i the midway this year, with the return
of tlie various r.des that always prove
so popular.
Free acts already lined up for the
fa’r include:
Aoscoe Armstrong & Co., Bucking
Ford. This is a three act comedy
piece.
The Riding Costellos. Beautiful
white trained horses are used in this
act. advertised as the highest priced
act in vaudeville.
The Florenzo Duo, in two acts of ac
robatics.
The Steiner Trio, a comedy act.
Van Norman bicycle feature. In
this the rider rushes down a long in
cline and rides his machine into a pool
of water. At night he ignites the
track with gasoline and resembles a
ball of fire ou a blazing trail as Ue
dashes into the water.
Walter Stanton & Co., with the im
personation of the giant rooster.
Williams nail Bernice, with three
acts of comedy.
The Ohio Display Fireworks Co.,
, which furnished the dazzling fireworks
last year, has been given the contract
for this year's program. There will
be something different every night as
has been the rule in the jiast.
Two races will he staged each after
noon beginning on the opening day
and continuing through the closing
day. It ;s predicted now that at
least 75 horses will be here to strive
for the purses.
Tlie program for the week follows;
Tuesday, October 12th —Education-
al Day and Iredell County Day. On
this day nil school children, including
teachers and veterans of all wars will
be admitted to the grounds free.
Wednesday, October 13th—Mecklen
burg and Union County Day.
Thursday. October 14th—Cabarrus
and Stanly County Day.
Fridny, October 15th—Farmers Day
and Fraternal Order Day.
Saturdny, October 10th—General
Sales Day.
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BRITISH G^ff^ESJY
READY TO GIVE AID
Will Assist in All Possible Ways
With Efforts to Rid America of
Rum Runners.
London, July 27.— UP) —The Anglo-
American anti-rum running discus
sions were ended today with a com
plete agreement on eight far-reaching
recommendations to hinder liquor
smuggling to the Cnited States.
The task of setting up machinery
to administer these recommendations
which emanated from both sides, will
be started by Washington immediate
ly.
Bigadier General Lincoln C. An
drews American prohibition enforce
ment chief, expressed himself as very
satisfied with the result of the con
ference.
Terms Will Be Kept Secret.
Washington, July 27 .—UP) —The
rum smuggling agreement reached be
tween General Andrews and the Brit
ish government is to be kept secret
for the present.
Secretary Kellogg said today that
“for obvious reasons” it was not de
-1 sirah’.e to publish the text of the
agreement until it had been put into
1 effect.
’ He did not further explain the de
cision against publishing the eonclu
-1 sions reached by the London confer
ence, but made public instead a re
-1 view of the negotiations cast in the
; most general terms.
This review was identical with the
statement made to the Britisli Par
‘ liament today by a spokesman for the
British government. It said the dis
’ cussion was of a “very frank na
ture,” and was directed largely at iu
• fractions of the law.
’ “There is no question whatever,”
the statement said, “of interfering
with legitimate trade.” . ,
With Oar Advertisers.
Fisher's has to close out a lot of
fashionable frocks for misses and
youthful women at prices ranging
! from. $3.95 to $10.75. All hats at
I half price.
| All kinds of cleaning aiq) dyeing
done by Wrenn at Kunnapolis. l’hone
j 128. See a<f. today.
of a prominent Georgian.
W'ith Crisp at the time of the raid
oil the McClure home was Charlie
Blanton, who led the officers that
fired upon' the automobile of C. K. C.
Atisley’s chauffeur, near Bryson City,
and Jake Dcwesse, another officer.
"I have been informed that the
shooting was almost without provoca
tion," Solicitor Groves C. Davis stat
ed tonight. He added that at his
j suggestion the bond for the officer
who did the shooting was fixed at
. $5,000 by Sheriff Morrow, o fCbero
kee county. Crisp made this bond
and is at liberty pending action by
the Cherokee county grand jury which
; meets early in August. .Later the
i case is expected to be transferred to
■ federal court?
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CONCORD, N. C, TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1926
Law Broken
t 3- -.
Captain Otto C. Dowling, he
roic commander at the Lake
Denmark, N. J., arsenal at
the time of the explosion, told
the Navy investigators that
the plant carried more than
'he legal limit of explosives
tt the time. He appeared,
Bandaged and in a wheel
.-iiair.
International Newsreel, u
BOUGHT AN ISLAND
AND BECAME RICH
So'd Biggest Part of It For 1,712,-
500.
(By International News Service)
Knoxville, Tenn., July 27.—The
lifelong ambition of Edwin R. Scott
lias been realized for today he is a
millionaire.
As a fortune seeker he Ims been a
sheep herder in New Mexico, an oil
well promoter iif Texas, a movie ae
tor in California and an agent in
the Florida boom after it was too late.
All without success. Eighteen years
Scott sought that million-—which al
ways seemed to be somewhere else.
But at last he left the states. At
normal prices fie bought the iflajnr
part of South Bimini Island, of -the j
-BwtWh- \tfeyt Indies, 43 miles fraflf
Miami, Fin.
Last wees, at a toca; hotel, where
Scott returned to his home town to
wait for his “ships to come home with
his fortune” he had a caller. It was
John C. Wahl, multi-millionaire man- |
ufacturer of tfie nationally known
fountain pen and Eversharp pencil,
Chicago.
They talked things over. Both
agreed Bimini Island was the center
of the most active building boom in
the United States at present. Scott
enlled his schoolday chum, Hal L.
Clements, attorney, into conference ,
and a deal was closed.
Wahl purchased a major part of
Scott's holdings on the island for slj
-742,500 which was well over a mil
lion dollars profit for Scott.
Now—his fortune made—Scott says
lie will settle down. He was born
and raised in this section and his
sister and brother live here at pres
ent.
Out of his 3,000 lots owned on the
island, Scott kept 500.
“My new home shall be one of the
first to be built there,” he told friends.
‘‘No prohibition, no automobiles,
no traffic policemen and no poisonous
reptiles, just three hours ride from
Miami, visited by 5,000 tourists
daily,” was the way Scott explained
the island's value.
“Razor Man” ki Davidson Killed By
Fleeing Wife.
Lexington, N. C-, July 20—Bertha
Hampton, negress, is in jail here for
slaying her husband. James Hamil
ton, at Newsom, twenty-five miles
south of here, Fridny night. She
. claims that she acted in self-defense
with a pistol after Hampton had at
tempted to use her as a suubject for
a “razor murder.”
, An unopened razor is said to have
been found in Hampton’s pocket
when a coroner's inquest was held
Saturday.
The woman said Hampton at
f tempted to cut her on a bed with the
| razor, but that she escaped him,
[ secured • pistol from another room
t and then fled the house, Hampton
still pursuing and threatening death.
, She was unable to take refuge in
, a nearby house and returned to her
porch and when Hampton started to
pull himself up on the porch she shot
him. The bullet penetrated the right
arm and entered the body under the
arm pit.
Trouble between the couple is al
leged to have started over discussion
of another negro known as "Rig
Jim." a former boarder with the
Hamptons.
Coca-Cola Dividend-
Atlanta, Ga„ July 26.—Tlie board
of directors of the Ooco-Cala com
pany today declared the regular
quarter'y dividend of $1.75 on com
mon stock. The dividend will be pay
able October 1 to stockholders of
record September 15. Earnings of
$2,057,546 before federal tnxes were
reported for the quarter, against $2.-
939.231 for the second quarter of last
Star.
Baggage transfer Companies blame
the, change in women's fashions and
the fact that clothes are neither so
heavy nor so plentiful as before, for
the serious decrease in their reve
nues. * ■
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* FRUTHER PLANS FOR HE
HE ORGANIZING THE HE
HE TEXTILE INDUSTRY*
HE .Washington, - July 27—(/P) *
HE Further plans for organization *
* of. the cotton textile industry in *
* the South and in New England HE,
HE wilj be discussed at a conference *
HE' here tomorrow between Secre- HE
HE tary Hoover and a sub-commit- HE
HE tee from the newly formed Votto HE
HE Textile , Institute. *
HE Stuart W. Cramer, of Cram- HE
HE ertou, N. C., and Robert Amor.v. HE
HE of Amoiy Brown Company, of HE
HE Boston, will tnke part in the dis- HE
(HE ciissfons. " *
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ONLY ANSWER TO BE
BADE IN COURT
To Charge That Dr. Carroll Did Not
Have a Fair Trial, j
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, July 27.—The only an
swer that will be made to the pro
test issued, by the employes of Dr.
, R. S. Carroll in li is sanitarium in I
Asheville, that Dr. Carroll was not
given a fair trial before the State
board of medical examiners which a
few days ago revoked his license to
practice in this state as the result
of charges of immorality being sus
tained against him, will be made in
court, it was intimated today, although
Attorney General Dennis G. Brum
mitt would admit no more than the
fact that he was "working on the
ease." It is expected that nn an
nouncement of the course which the
department of public welfare expects
to take against Dr. Carroll, through
the regular legal channels of the
state, will be made within a few
days.
A signed statement protesting
against the finding of the board of
medical examiners issued by the
nurses and employes of the sanitari
um of which Dr. Carroll is the head,
declared (hat he had been misjudged,
that they as employes had never heard
any rumor even of any misconduct
on his part, and stated that in the
hearing before the board not a single
former patient in the sanitarium had
testified against him. The statement
further maintained that tile only wit
nesses appearing against him were
persons who had tried to get posi
tions with the sanitarium and who
had failed to do so.
Mrs. Kate Burr Johnson, commis
sioner of public welfare, who was in
strumental in having the Carroll ease
investigated as a result of complaints
Aiiicli are _ understood to hove been
made by women patients, declined tn
reply to the statement, but intimated
very strongly that full and complete
answer would be made in court when
the proper time comes.
STATE WOULD DISCREDIT
WITNESSES FOR CRANFORD
Arthur Pickier Put Through a Long
Cross Examination by T. T. Cau
dle.
Albemarle, July 27.— UP) —Cross
examination by the state today fea
tured the morning session in the trial
of Nevin C. Cranford, charged with
the murder of two negro convicts.
Arthur Pickier, who was assistant
superintendent unffi-r Orantord in
1913, admitted "hitting a few" pris
oners. He said he knocked down one
prisoner with a brick because he was
advancing on him with an axe.
T. 1,. Caudle was conducting tlie
cross quiz.
Mr. Caudle asked the witness it-
Cranford had not whipped prisoners
every day. Pickier answered that the
“foreman” did not whip "even
month.”
He admitted, however, seeing Cran
ford whip two or three convicts "pret
ty hard."
Mr. Caudle told the court he was
trying to discredit the witness who
yesterday testified that Cranford
treated his prisoners fairly and with
out cruelty. ,
LADY ASTOR COMING
TO AMERICA TO REST
Secretary Refuses to Say When She
Will Sail or How Long She Will Re
main .
London, July 27. — UP) —Lady As
tor, American-born peeress and mem
ber of the House of Commons, has
started for the Unitfid States “for a
good long rest.” But when she start
ed and on what ship, where she is to
land, and how long she is to be away,
her pryate seeretary refused to say.
“Lady Astor desires complete quiet.”
the secretary said this” morning. “If
the American reporters find her when
She lands, the onus won’t be on ray
hands."
Ne More Stunt Flying Over knox
ville.
(By International News Service)
Knoxville, Tenn., July 27.—N0
more stunt flying over this city.
This order, given Police Captain
York by Major J. O. Walker, has al
ready prevented citizens from seeing
one exhibition that would have token
place last week when Frank Andre,
avitor, was to have performed over a
local theater.
Major Walker, director of public
safety, explained that Knoxville has
a city ordinance prohibiting airplanes
passing, over the city limits at an al
' titude of less than 2.000 feet.
No test of the ordinance is planned.
Br.liabury Game Halted By Rain.
Salisbury, July 26.—Rain prevent
ed the scheduled game here thie aft
ernoon between the Salisbury and
1 Winston-Salem teams, a steady
1 downpour all the morning and
» through part of the afternoon fore- I
ing a postponement of the affray. AI
- dou bleb coder will be played here to-*
morrow if the weather permits. j
Figures in French Crisis
MONTAGU NORMAN BENJAMIN, STRONG
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S. PARKER GU«ERT / R.AOUI/ PERET^.
Montagu Norman, governor of the Bank of England, Benja«
min Strong, governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of New
Fork, and S. Parker Gilbert, who helped make the Dawe*
plan successful, were reported to have agreed on an interna
tional plan to assist France in its financial problems. Raoull
Peret was named president of the French Chamber of
Deputies, which would have to ratify the plan.
TAXES COLLECTED FROM !
FOREIGN CORPORATIONS
Between $35,000 and $40,000 Added!
to State’s Revenue.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh. JUl?f^27.; —Between $85,-
000 and $40,000 has been added to
the collections of the department ofi
revenue as the result of a trip to
New York of two deputy collectors
of the department, A. E. Beddingfield
and V. P. Moier. who went there to
investigate non-payment of corpora
tion taxes by foreign corporations,
and who collected the taxes due.
Although the visits of the two dep
uties cost these corporations several
thousand dollars in taxes, they com
mended the business-like methods of
the State of North Carolina and said
that although they did business’ in
large number of states, that this was
the first time that they had ever been
visited by representatives of any state
in which they operated to collect
taxes, and expressed the opinion that
North Carolina was the only state
that kept such close tab on its reve
nue resources.
“We are glad that our deputies
were so well received, and we try to
show consideration to those who are
slow in paying their taxes,” said R.
A. Doughton, commissioner of reve
nue, “but what we are most inter
ested in is collecting the money that
is due us under tfie law*. And that
is what we are doing.”
VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
FOR NEW GOVERNMENT
Poincare Government Gets Vote of
358 to 131 on First Test.
Faris, July 27 .—UP) —Premier Po
incare's new government was given a
vote of confidence in the chamber of
deputies this afternoon.
The vote, which came after the read
-1 ing of the ministerial declaration of
policy, was placed on the question of
adjourning all interpellations until the
fiscal bill had been discussed and
’ passed. The premier asked that this
1 be done, and made the matter one of
confidence in the government.
5 The official vote was 358 in favor
’ of the government, and 131 against.
Pretty Girl Twins Go to Jail to Hide
Plight.
Salisbury, July 26.—Rather than
let their father know of their plight,
Misses Virginia and Vivian Cosby,
pretty twins of Raleigh, spent Sun
day in jail here, sharing with H. A.
Adkins, of Albemarle, > charges of
operating an automobile (while intoxi
cated, being drunk and disorderly
and with possessing and transporting
liquor.
The ease grew out of an incident
at Cleveland, near here Saturday
when the three young people refused
to ’‘back u,p” when caught on a nar
row road where it was impossible to
pass a ear they met, and according to
witnessts the girls were rather free
with profanity.
They denied knowing about liquor
in the car or that they had been
drinking and said the young man,
who was a friend of theirs, was tak
ing them to Asheville. In county court
today he was fined SSO and the girls
were let off with costs and a con
tinued judgment for two yeans on
good behavior.
* The majority of blind people in
ISpaniah-American countries are forced
to beg for a living. In the United
States moat of the blind are virtually
l self-supporting.
! CATHOLIC RITES TO CEASE
IN MEXICO ON JULY 31
I
i Episcopate Order in Retaliation of
New Legislation—Church on the
Defensive.
Mexico City, July 27.—A1l relig
ious services An Catheiic churches
throughout 'Mexico requiring the of
fice of priests will be suspended" after
| July 31 by order of the Catholic
episcopate, winch has addressed a
pastoral letter to the Catholics of
Mexico.
The letter, which is signed by the
archbishop of -Mexico, the most Rev.
Moray del Rio, the seven other arch
bishops and 29 bishops, protests
against the new religious regulations
promulgated by the Mexican govern
ment, and proclaims the various
penalties which may be imposed
against those of the Catholic new
law's or in any way aid in putting
them into effect.
Among these penalties is ex-com
munication ofthose who issue laws,
regulations or decrees against the
rights ami liberty of the church,
those who prevent the exercise of
religions jursdiction, and those who
usurp ecclesiastic property.
The letter, therefore, implies that
President ('alien and all officials of
the government responsible for is
suing or enforcing the regulations
may be ex-communicated.
It is declared by tilts episcopate,
in protesting against the ggovern
mental decree, that work will bo
carried on for amendment of this de
cree and tiie anti-religious provisions
of the constitution, and that the
clergy will not desist from their pur
pose until it is attained.
The letter was issued in agree
ment with the expressed views of
Pope Pius XI. who in his last apos
tolic letter spoke of the iniquity of
the decrees and laws sanctioned by
the Mexican authorities against
Catholics in Mexico.
While re'igious services will cease
in all Catholic churches and all
priests will be withdrawn, the church
buildings will remain open for wor
shipers. The letter expresses con
i fidence that the churches will be pro
! tected by the worshipers, and ex
horts all Catholics tg remain loyal to
• their religion. It perdicts that after
the persecutions the Catholic church
in Mexico will emerge with greater
strength and glory than before.
Revival of Horeshoe Pitching.
(By International News Service)
New Orleans, 1,a.. July 27. —Re-
vival of (tie ancient sport of horse
shoe pitching in an exclusive residen
tial district here has brought the
sport back into full swing.
On every corner—-in every park—
backyards—front yards and lawns are
now ringing with ringers nnd leand
ers as the young and old alike are
bringing back the sport of bygone
days.
The popularity of the game has
spread so rapidly that hardly any
amusement park here is complete
without a horseshoe pitching court.
Mrs. Thornton Gels Divorce.
Philadelphia, Pa., July 27.—OP)—It
became known today that divorce was
granted July 6th by the Philadelphia
courts to Virginia Blair Thornton
from Sir Henry W. Thornton, presi
dent of the Canadian National Rail
ways.
Dodge Left Estate of «tQ.OOO.Oeo.
New York, July 27—(A 3 ) - The will
of Cleveland H. Dodge, financier and
| philanthropist who died on June 24,
i filed for probate today, disposed of un
testate of $20,000,000.
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TODAY’S NEWS TOD^
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l FLORIDA DIB 1
FEEL EFFECTS QfJ
T«L STOIM
Miami and West Fotljß
Beach Cut Off Froilgß
Wire Connections as Rea l
suit of Hurricane.
STORM CENTERED
NEAR FLORIO4I
One Vessel Reported tq ft|l
in Distress and Sta|3||
Warnings Are Still fsH|
ing Displayed.
Atlanta, July 27. —(A 1 )—Miami
West Palm Beach, Florida, were cut j
off from wire communication
the outside world today, due to tf® J
liurvicane which swept up the
'east coast from the Ouiribean
A message from the oil tanker
M. Everest, off the east roast,
eepted at Tampa said the
at Miami at S o'clock this
was 29.50 and steadily rising.
Storm Centered OfT Florid)). ’5
weather bureau this morning lqgsH|||
the tropical storm as central a sbqrt '■
distance off the southeast
coast, between .Miami and JnpSfef H|fe;g
let, and moving very slowly nqc(f)-
No vessel reports had been recppjfid
from the vicinity of the storm pg||* "
Hurricane warnings remained 4j(P
played between Miami and TitugujjKji
and storm warnings are flying eJgjH ‘
where on the Florida const from Taut- -
pa to Jacksonville and as far 5
as Charleston, S. C.
One Ship in Distress.
St. Augustine. Fla.. July 27.—{Mjgfl
The radio station at Anastasia wjjltjSlj
St. Augustine, at 8 o’clock this mnHRB
ing picked up an “S. O. S." signal |
from the Italian steamer Ansoldcj
Giorgio Secondo to the effect thqt she
was sinking somewhere off Jupit«Q|9
Another message reported the steam
ship Orizaba standing by.
Vessel Standing By. ;li
Miami, Fla.. July 27.--(AO—Wire
less reports to the tropical radio cor* ;
poration this morning said that theft
steamer Orizaba was standing by th(|lj
Italian seamer, Ansaldo San
but was unable to take off her
Kongers because of high seas.
The Ansaldo's rudder was repOg|d|
ed gone, and she was unable to make ,
headway with an 80-mile gale hlftW*; >
80 Miles an Hour Wind. • |l|
New York. July 27.—(AO—A wind
that attained a velocity of 80 ipileg',
an hour at 9:45 o’clock this mornimjjS
was sweeping over West PalmßegP&wi
and vicinity today. No lives have
been lost nnd no injuries have bOfft
It was believed that the center of
the stqrm was still to come although
at noon the wind had slightly de
creased in velocity.
Many roofs have been blown from
houses, trees have been uprooted, and
tiie seas lashed by the fierce wipds,
are roiling over the Ocean Boule
vard.
Lose Vessel in High Seas,
Miami. Fla.. July 27.- — (A 3 ) —Wire-
less advices received here toda said
that the Italian seamer Ansaldo Sap
Giorgio Secondo in distress off Jupi
ter Inlet, had been lost by the Ward
liner Orizaba and the steamer Wess>
Harshaw which had been -standing hy„
The Anhaldo was carried out of sight
by high seas at 11 :45 a. m. today- ~
Another Victim of Storm,
Miami. Fla., July 27.—(A3)—Anoth
er victim of the Florid i hurricane’
was reported shortly after matq to
day when radio advices were l-eceiwd
from the Danish tanker. Wilhelm A-
Reidemann. saying she was »»
tress off Hillsborough Light, ff the
eoast between Miami and Jupiter |w
let. The Reidemann is of 59 L) H*-
i nage and sailed from Rottt nnlaui June
■ 28 for Houston, Texas.
Funeral Services For Mrs. Man*«t
Tomorrow Afternoon.
> Friends of Mrs T. D. Maness, who
: died Monday in Elizabeth City, stated
1 at 2 o'clock this afternoon that mehat
r hers of the family of tiie deceased hgjf
decided to hold funeral services Sn
morrow afternoon.
The services will be held at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Parker,
of Albemarle, parents of the deceased!
The hour had not been selected:.-'xS
Whether Mrs. Manesswill bt'fetip
ied in Concord or Albemarle will 1*
determined after the arrival of re&j;
fives in Albemarle sometime this n*
ternoon.
It Cost S. J. Erwin, Jr, 91.263,97
to Make Race. Ta
Tribune Raleigh Bureau, f;
Sir Walter Hotel.'“’l
Raleigh, Jnly 27.—1 t cost Sam Kg*
win, Jr., cand date for the nomiaiMM
of Solicitor of Hie Sixteenth Judicial
district, and of Morganton in Burke
county, quite a large sum In orderlS
lose (lie nomination, according to tjtti
statement of expenditures just mS
with the Secretary of State here, v|H
shows that Mr. Erwin expended Wjjj
263.97 in his unsuccessful campaign
for the nomination. "-ggM
THE WEATHER*"
Showers tonight and WedneadQjn
little change in temperature'll!
creasing northeast and east 4tg|B
probably becoming strong Wednesday,