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VOLUME XXVI
PROPOSED ROtO TD
CHARLOTTE KOI TO
BE BUILT By SUITE
Pl«n to Extend Wilkinson
Boulevard to Concord
f Not Legal in Opinion of
W. C. Wilkinson.
GIVES HIS VIEWS
AT CONFERENCE
' Exrlains the Present Road
From Charlotte to Gas
tonia Was Built by the
Adjoining Counties.
There will be no extension of the
Wilkinson Boulevard from Charlotte
to Concord.
This fact was definitely established
in Chai’lotte Friday at a conference
between State Highway Commission
er Wilkinson and members of the .Ca
barrus highway commission.
Mr. Wilkinson told the local com
missioners. it is saidj that the pro
posed road would be illegal, that the
State was not building parallel roads
anywhere and that no funds were
available. '
Asked about the construction of
the boulevard from Gastonia to Char
lotte, it is said, the commissioner
stated that the present road between
the two cities was built by Gaston
and Mecklenburg counties, therefore
the State has spent no money for it.
When the new rond is completed, Mr.
Wilkinson is quoted ns saying, Hie
present road will be turned back to
the* counties.
It is reported that the local com
missioners asked Mr. Wilkinson what
he thought of the State taking over
the road that runs from Concord to
Statesville via Poplar Tent. Explain
ing that nothing could be done until
the next Legislature meets, Mr. Wilk
inson is said to have told the local
board there was some merit in their
request regarding that highway.
GERTRUDE EDERLE
CONQURES CHANNEL
First Woman to Swim the English
Channel.—Crossed It in Record
Time. '
Kingsdpm. England, Aug.
trude Ecierle. American ewimmtlH
law reel, tonight won the proud df#-
tinetion of being the first of bet sex
to conquer the treacherous waters of
the English Channel. Not only did
she succeed after an heroic effort and
a sensational finish in accomplishing
this feat, but she did it in faster time
than any of the previous successful
men performers.
Starting from the beach at Gris
Nez, France, at 7 ;09 o’clock this
morning, she landed on the beach at
near Deal, at 9:40
o’clock tonight, having taken but 14
hours 31 minutes to make the dif
ficult passage, as against the former
record of 10 hours 23 minutes made
by the Italo-Argentine swimmer,
(Tirnbosoohi, when he swnm the
Channel from Calais to Dover three
years ago.
“I am a proud woman." was all'
Miss Ederle would say as she paused
just for a moment on English soil
after triumphantly walking up the
beach, virtually as fresh as when she
started on her long grind. In fact, she
was feeling in such fine fettle she
wanted to swim to the tug waiting
about two hundred yards off shore to
take her back to France.
THE COTTON MARKET
Comparatively Quiet During Early
Trading—Opening Steady at a De
cline.
New fork, Aug. 7. —(A*)—The cot
ton market was comparatively quiet
during today’s early trading with bus
iness attributed chiefly to further ev
ening up of accounts in preparation
for Monday’s government crop report.
The opening was steady at a decline
of 0 to 7 points .in response to rela
tively easy Liverpool cables, but af
ter selling off to 17.34 for October,
prices rallied to 17.41 on covering, or
within a point of yesterday's closing
quotations, and the market was fairly
steady at the end of the first half
hour. The warmer weather‘report
ed in the South was considered fav
orable, but selling was restricted by
the outlook for showers and encourag
ing reports from cotton goods mar
ket. I’rtvate cables reported hedge
selling, with London and continental
liquidation in the Liverpool market,
but said t'.iere was some trade calling'
with an improved turnover in cloths.
Cotton futures opened steady. Oet.
17.37: Dec. 17.30; Jan. 17.32; March
17.52; May 17.65.
Closed Steady.
• New York, Aug. 7.—Cotton closed
steady at a net decline of' 11 to 14
pointa. Oct. 18.28 30; Dec. 17.22-,
23; Jan. 17.27; March 17.47-48 ; s
May 17.60.
How’s This For "Evolution?”
(By International News Service)
Duriiam, Aug. 6. —Could it be evo
lution?
Anyway, Duke University biolo
gists are ransacking weighty volumes
of anatomy in an effort to explain
just why the all of a certain little
rat terrier ian’t a tall at all.
It all started when W. H. Wanna
maker brought back a tailless pup
from South Carolina. The pup was
bobbed tails or none at all, he said.
th^o“tlonar? U wiuU ofuli bobk
The Concord Dally Tribune
North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
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* COTTON YARNS %)
* CONDITIONS ARK *
* STILL IMPROVING *
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* Charlotte. Aug. €—C4>)—A *
* market summary issued here to- *
" Ou.v by C. Singleton Greene, see- IK
, * retary oCthe Horn hern Yarn As- *
* sedation,*eclared that conditions.*
* in the cotton yarn market eon *
* tinued to Improve dur ng the last *
* week. £
11 * The bulletin added that spin- *
[|* ners also were asking prices at *
. Iff an advance over reported quota- *
* tions. w
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! TEN* ADDITIONAL
CASES OF TYPHOID
Number of Cases Reported in the
State So Far is 4S.
I Tribune Bureau
Sir Waiter Hotel
Raleigh, Aug. 6. —Ten additional
cases of typhoid were reported to the
1 State board of health . Thursday,
bringing the number of cases reported
thus far this week to 43, which is
slightly less than for the same num
ber of days last week. Two addi
tional cases of infantile paralysis
have also been reported, bringing the
total for the week thus far to eight.
Out of a total of 53 cases of in
fantile paralysis reported from Jan
uary Ist to July 31, 1926, 46 were
white and only seven colored, the bu
reau of vital statistics. State board of
health reports, which shows that
those of the negro race are apparent
ly far less susceptible than white peo
ple. Os this total number of 53
cases, 35 were males, while only 18
were females, according to the re
port. Seventeen of the oases report
ed were under one year of age, and *
only eleven were more than ten years 1
of age, although one case was report- '
ed in which the patient was 24 years 1
old, a very unusual condition. '
Neither typhoid or infantile paraly- 1
sis is excessive for this time of year, s
the board of health reports, bot'.i dls- 1
eases being within the expectancy es- ‘
timate for this time of year. f
L. L. JENKINS IS
DIVORCED FROM WIFE
Divorce Was Granted on the Ground
of Separation.
Asheville, Aug. 7.—</P)—L, L.
Jenkins, millionaire property owner
and former resident of Asheville, has
been divorced by his wife, Mrs. Kate
L. Jenkins, in Bumcombe County
superior court It was learned today.
L The divorce was granted to Mrs.
Jwtius on July'l2 on-the grounds of
separation for five years. Mrs. Jen
kirt* bus been living in Washington,
P. U„ for several years.
Said to have been the first man to
make a $1,000,000 in Asheville, Mr.
Jenkins had been for long time as
soicated with the city’s business life.
He also is well known in western
North Carolina political circles. He
is a director and large stockholder in
tbe American National Bank.
He was formerly president of the
Asheville baseball Uiub. He was re
publican candidate for tbe position of
Lieutenant Governor in 1916 and in
1920 he- was the naminee for repre
sentative in Congress.
Mr. Jenkins was born in Gastonia
and was a postmaster there. He is
said to have made his first money in
cotton before coming to Asheville.
TO MARK GRAVE OF
CALVIN COOLIDGE, JR,
President and Mrs. Coo lidge to Look
After Matter Personally.
Plymouth. Vt., Aug. 7.—l4s)—Ar
rangements are understood to have
been made by. Hie President afid Mrs.
Coolidge during tbeir visit here to
have a permanent stone marker placed
over the grave of their son, Calvin,
Jr., who died in Washington two
years ago.
The youth lies in the family plot
In the little hillside cemetery ,but the
placing of the stone has been delayed
until careful personal attention could
be given to it.
A stone was erected oyer the spot
reserved for Colonel John C. Cool
idge. father of thy President, before
he died. The stones over the mem
bers of the faintly for many genera
tions are simple markers with raised
letters. They are about eighteen
Inches high, a foot long, annd five
inches thick, with rolled top.
1» PASSENGERS HURT
IN WRECK IN PENNSY
An Were Cut by Plying Glass When
Train Scraped Freight Car.
Pittsburgh, Aug. 7. —C4*)—Nineteen
passengers were cut by flying glass
early today when Pennsylvania rail
way passenger train No, 32, the Pitts
burg to Philadelphia local, eastbound,
was scraped by a freight car which
bulged from an adjoining track at
Jeannette, Pa.
None pf the passengers was serious
ly hart, and all continned on thein
journey after a delya of one and one
half hours. Their injuries were
dressed by doctors at Greensbiirg and
Johnstown.
State’s Golden Harvest of Peaches.
(Ry International News Service)
Raleigh, Aug. 9. —North Carolina’s
golden barn »t of peaches is now mov
ing slowly northward to the big mar
kets.
The sandhill peach season is now
in full swing, and the luscious fruit
is moving by the carlot.
i Last week 232 carloads were
shipped from the sandhills, according
to thb division of markets of the Btate
With the harvest ng now in full
tuTast° 2,000
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*ice was closed by the government in the conflict between church and State.
(lnlarattluDsl Kuwnl.)
COMMISSION TO STUDY
TRANSPORTATION RATES
Announcement of Personnel Expected
in a Few Days.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, Aug. 7.—Announcement of |
the personnel of the commission to be
appointed by Governor A. W. Mc-
Lean to make n study of transporta
tion rates in the state is expected
within a few days, it was learned to
day. Governor McLean had given
some thought to the naming of this
commission before he left on his va
cation. but becuuse lie still lacked
some information which he desired
before making the appointments, he
delayed definite action until this in
formation should become available.
It is understood that the data he de
sired lias been sent to him at the
camp where he is spending his vaca
tion in Wisconsin, and it is expected
that ail announcement of the person
nel of tbe commission will be made
ip the near future.
This commission was created by
the legislature of 1925 (chapter 206,
consolidated statutes 1925) for tire
lmtpos* of studying the transports,*
tioff ffitufftfbn, together’' vrttti rate*.
In ait sections Os the state. Although
the commission is charged with in
vestigating all forms of transporta
tion, it is understood that special at
tention will be devoted to water trans
portation costs. In fact, it is gen
erally accepted that the act creating
this commission was passed as an
outgrowth of former Governor Cam
eron Morrison’s agitation for special
ship and port legislation, and that it
was designed more as a salve to his
blasted hopes than for any practical
value.
However, it is not likely .that Gov
ernor McLean will permit the com
mission to be merely a figurehead,
or he is not true Scotchman. Thus
it may be expected that the transpor
tation commission not only will be
made up of men who will do some
thing definite in investigating the
transportation situation in the State,
but thut the governor will sec that
it has plenty to do to keep it busy.
It is, of course, impossible to foresee
what action will be taken with regard
to water transportation, although this
matter undoubatedly will be gone in
to by the commission.
Report of Salary and Wage Commis
a ion.
Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 6.—OP)—
The Salary and Wage Commission's .
report on the institutions of the
State is expected to be made early
this fall. When the Commission re
ported a year ago, it gave its find- ,
ings ns to salaries and scales of
wages for all the > departments. Since
that period work has been going for
ward on tbe survey of institutions
and this probably will be completed
and whipped into final _shape by
October. ,
H. Hoyle Sink, secretary of the
Commission, has been visiting the in
stitutions bf the State this summer
preparatory to the final work on the
report. Mr. Sink believes it is an
education in itself to see first-hand
the workings of the various institu
tions and he also believes that such
visits as he lias been making give
some very definite ideas as to what
the State is doing along educational,
charitable and such lines.
The Commission will meet next
month to consider Mr. Sink’s infor
mation and to handle routine mat
ters. Mr. >Sink expects before the
final report is made that he will have
been in every state institution and
at each he is making a study of needs
for the information of the Commis
sion.
Jury in Medlin Case Locked Up For
~ the Night.
Monroe, Aug. 6.—The jury consid
ering the case of A. B. Medlin, deputy
sheriff of Cabarrus county, who is
charged with Hie murder of Mark
Simpson last March oh Medlin’s farm
in Hie upper edge of the county, was'
ordered locked up for the night at 11
o’clock upon their report to the court
that they bad been unable to reach
a verdict. The case was given to
the jury at 10 o'clock this morning.
Medlin has 'contended that he shot
Simpson in self-defense. The prose
cution lias attempted to show that
Medlin Was of an excitable disposi
tion, and that he had been in pre
vlous difficulties. wM placed
CONCORD, N. C„ SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1926
CAN’T DO BUSINESS j
IN NORTH CAROLINA 1
f _ j
Unsound Building and Loan Associa
tions Can’t Come Here.
Tribune Bureau !
Sir Waiter Hotel j
| Raleigh. Aug. 7.—North Carolin
ians arc not likely to lose any money
in “blue sky”, building and loan ns-1
sociation Schemes, despite the fact
that "get rich quick" crooks hive
adopted this method to extract cash
from their unsuspecting* victims, ac
cording to Stacey W. Wade, stale
commissioner of insurance. Lately
a number of bogus building and lonn
associations have been attempting to
do business in n number of southern
states. But because of 111* strict
provisions of the North Cnrolina laws
governing the activities of building
and loan associations in the state, it
is impossible for any foreign asso
ciation' to do business without first
securing a North Carolina charter.
And before these charters are issued,
the application must be approved by
tbe insurance commission, after a
.thorough investigation.
j»„In tbe last few weeks two npplica
-for charters by "unwholesontßT
building and loan associations from
oilier sections were refused by the
State insurance commission because
there seemed to be “something not
quite satisfactory” about their peti
tions. said, Commissioner Wade.
“We are determined to protect the
people of the state against any build
ing aud loan association tlmt| does
not conform in every way to the laws
of the state. We intend to keep the
building andiloan associations in the
state the soundest and safest form of
investment by keeping out any that
are undesirable or questionable,” Mr.
Wade declared.
HICKORY WILLING
TO PUT UP THE FEE
Legion Post There Replies to Criti
cisms Made By Post at Fayetteville.
Hickory, Aug. 6.—-News dispatches
from Fayetteville, carried in Statae
newspapers' this morning, saying that
the Fayetteville American Legion
Post members would not send $5 or
5 cents to the hotels at Hickory as
a guarantee of their good faith in
making hotel reservations for their
delegates to the American Region de
partment convention here on August
23, brought the reply from Com
mander Meeker of the Hickory post
that if the Fayetteville post was
afraid to make the deposit, the local
post would do it for them.
Commander Meeker stated 'that he
regretted very much the attitude of
the Fayetteville Legion and said that
it was not any reflection on the in
tegrity of the delegates to ask a $5
reservation. It merely meant that six
hotels are being dealt with in mak
ing plans for taking care of the
convention members and by adopting
'he plan used by Kiwaninns and oth
er civic organizations at the con-,
ve'ntions, it assured absolute reserva
tions. The advance fee of $5 will ap
ply on their hotel bill when the visi
tors leave.
"If Cumberland Post No. 3 Fay
etteville. is afraid to deposit a $5
reservation fee with us for each of
their nine delegates to tbe conven
tion, the Hickory Post will put up
$45 as a deposit for them,” Com
mander Meeker said.
It is the plan of the local legion
post to put the-convention on a busi
ness like basis and to have no last
minute difficulty in securing reserva
tions for the convention members
when they arrive.
Decrease in Value of Wilmington Ex
ports.
(By International News Service)
Wilminghton, N. C., Aug. o.
Sharp decrease in value of exports
through tbe port of Wilmington for
the first six months of 192(1 was
shown in figures released today
througli the office of the collector of
customs.
Export!) amounted to $4,740.7-10. ,
compared with $5,855,945 for the
same period in 1923, or a decrease of
$1,115,205.
Cotton and Cotton linterg consumed,
the entire exports for the first six
months of the year with 43,550 bales
of cotton and 1,236 bales of cotton
linters exported, Jhg major portion of j
which wag shipped to England.
The heaviest month of the year was
April. Exports then reached a high
peak of $1,100,000.
I EIGHT MONTHS SCHOOL TERM
i '
) Question More and More Likely to
Be One of Unusual Interest.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
! Raleigh. Aug. 7.—That the ques
tion of an eight-months school term
jis getting more and more likely to
I be one of unusual interest and one
that is likely to be productive of] 1
considerable fireworks at the next
session of the legislature is evident
in the recent appointment of Dr. Fred
Morrison as assistant executive sec
retary of the Stated educational com
mission. The commission, consist
ing of twelve members, of which .T.
C. Furr, of Wilmington, is chairman,
and J. Y. Joyner, executive secre
tary. was appointed by Governor A.
W. McLean, in accordance with an
act by the last legislature, to make
a study of the educational system in
the stnte, ahd any possible ways and
means for improving it. The report
of the commission is to be made to
the governor who may then transmit
whatever recommendations he sees fit
to the legislature with his personal
recommendations for needed legisla
tion, remedial or otherwise. . .
The discovery that Dr. Morrison
had been made assistant executive
secretary has just been made, al
though he was tenderer! this office on
July 22nd when the commission held
its first meeting, and has been busy
since then in collecting data and do
ing the necessary research work nec
essary in assembling the material
with which the commission will busy
itself. A large part of the research
work will naturally fall upon Dr.
Morrison, although from the material
he assembles the commission will
make its recommendations to the gov
ernor. And although no indication
has been given by any members of the
commission, judging from the gen
eral makeup of the commission, it is
thought extremely likely that the
eight-months school term will be
among its recommendations, for the
members of the commission for the
most part are considered progressive.
The (tiairrnan of the commission, J.
C. Carr, is from New Hanover coun
ty, whereat present the county schools
all have a nine-months term. Though
no statement could be obtained from
Mr. Joyner, it is believed that in view
of his former service as State su
perintendent of public instruction,
that he will favor the eight-months
term. a
The employment of Dr. Morrison
as assistant executive secretary is
believed important, in view of the fact
that he is admitted to be one of the
leaders in modern educational thought
in the state. A graduate of the
State university, he was for several
years oh the faculty of North Caro
lina College for Women in Greens
boro. Just last year he received his
degree of doctor of philosophy at Co
lumbia University, with a thesis based
on the subject of the operation of the
equalization fund in the financing of
the State school system in North
Carolina. Thus Dr. Morrison is
well equipped to enter upon his du
ties as the research secretary of the
commission.
Thus it appears not at all unlikely
that the recommendations of the
commission will be progressive in na
ture, looking toward the building up
of a stronger and more efficient sys
tem of State education, than other
wise, which naturally would include
the question of an eight-months school
term. The eight-months school term,
however., cannot be legislated by the
general assembly, but must be sub
mitted to the popular vote of the
people in the form of an amendment
to the constitution, before It could
become law. Hence it can only be
come a reality when a majority of
the people of the state desire It and
so vote at the polls. It is also point
ed out that tlie eight-months term
could not even be authoriaed before
1029.
State Federation of Labor to Meet
st Salisbury- \
(By International News Service.)
Salisbury, N. C., Aug. 7. — State
, Federation of Labor officials expect*
a record-brealMg attendance at the
Federation’s annual convention here
August 10-12.
j President Green of the National
| Federation of Labor may be present
at the convention, .officials said, but
tt he ceb not attend, he will send a
representative.
THINK CONGRESS IN
MEXICO MAY SOLVE
RELIGIOUS CRISIS;
I # !
The New Congress Willi
I Meet in September and l
! May Pass Less Drastic
j Law. i
SOUTCOMEISNOT
I KNOWN AT PRESENT
|lt Is Known That Presi
dent Calles Will Fight
For the (Present Regula
tion.
Mexico City, Aug. 7. —(A 5 )—The
I impfuwe in the struggle between the
j Government and Catholic Church in
Mexico may be solved through enact
ment by the new Congress which con
venes .September of religious regula
tions less drastic than those which
went into effect a week ago, nt least
that is the view in some circles.
Legislation on religious subjects is
expected to be one of the first things
taken up by the new Congress. It
may result in Congressional reaffir
mation of President Called'* regula
tions in a contest between the Presi
dent nnd Congress on the subject, or
in the passage of milder regulations-
Hope of Congressional modification
is based upon an announcement by
tiie Department of Interior that it
is studying and preparing a draft
law regulating article 13(1 of the eon-
Istitution, which is the religious sec
tion. The Department will submit
this bill to Congress.
President Culies’s promulgation
regulated the religious clauses of the
constitution but included amend
ments to the penal code. Congress it
self hns not passed a law enacting
religious section of the constitution
and can still do so. His law. if ap
proved by the President. would sup
plement the present regulations.
President Culles's dominates Con
gress. at least has done so and is ex
pected to continue, and dominates
his own government. Therefore in the
last analysis the matter of modifica
tion will remain in his hands unless
there is a Congressional revolt.
CARPENTERS WANT A
COMPENSATION LAW
To Make Detrmined Flgbtßefore til*
Next Session of the Legislature.
Salisbury, August 7.—CP)—The
North Carolina State Council of Car
penters in convention here at the
morning session today decided to
make a determined fight at the next
session of the State Legislature to
■nave a workmens' compensation law
passed and to this end put through
a strong resolution in which the
State Federation of Labor is asked
to have a special legislative represen
tative on the ground continuously
during flie session of the General As
sembly, and also call on all organized
workers to aid in the efforts to se
cure the relief demanded. Condi
tions cover tlie state as they apply
to the building trades, and wood
working establishments, were dis
cussed in a general way. Tliete is
to be an open meeting tonight, at
which time J. L. Bradford, of Nash
ville, Tenn., international representa
tive, will make an address.
KENTUCKY PRIMARY
Contests Are Being Held in 8 of 11
Congressional Districts.
Frankfort, Ky., Aug. 7.—CP) —
Primary contests in eight f>f Ken
tucky's eleven congressional districts
were held today. Sixteen republi
cans sought nomination in six dis
tricts and nine democrats in three
districts.
H. F. Green, W. Voris Gregory and
State Senator Garth K. Ferguson
sought to succed Alvin W. Barkley,
democratic nominee for the Senate,
and representatives from the first dis
trict.
Judge Henry Dehaven ‘Moorman,
J. T. Vinson and Frank Daugherty,
state attorney general, waged a three
cornered fight in the fourth district
for fare office left vacant by the re
tirement of Ben Johnson after twen
ty years in Congress.
Mrs. John W. Langley, wife of
the former congressman from the
tenth district, is opposed by A. J.
Kirk for the republican nomination
in the tenth district. Judge R. B.
Roberts is .a third candidate.
PEAY LEADS MCALLISTER
For State Treasurer of Tennessee.—
Pray 87,704. McAlister 82,707
Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 7— UP) —With
but 200 widely scattered precincts out
of 2,192 in the state yesterday to be
heard from Governor Austion Peay is
leading Hill McAlister, state treasur
er, by 4.497 votes in the unofficial
returns from the contest for the Tenn
essee gubernational nomination in
Thursday’s state primary. The 1,995
precincts which have reported give
Peay 87.704 and McAlister 82.707.
Dr. John R. Neal who, became na
tionally known as chief counsel for
the defense in the Scopes evolution
trial, had polled less than 1,500 in
the 1,895 precincts, his supporters
contending that the intense campaign
waged between Peay and McAlister
forces and the closeness of their race
had prevented Neal from getting the
same complimentary vote which had
been given him in the previous races
for gubernational nomination.
Berkeley, Calif., will entertain the
Kiris' national hard court tennis eham
pionships the week of September 4th.
ONE WOMAN KILLED j
AID FOUR OTHERS
| SERIOUSLY
Mrs. H. G. Teeter, of Mor
ganton, Killed Almost i
Instantly—Her Daugh-j
ter Was Driving Car. j
AUTO WAS HIT BY
SOUTHERN TRAIN
Accident Occurred Near
Statesville.—The Car
Stopped on Track—ln
jured Taken to Salisbury
Statesville, Aug. 7.— UP) —One wo
man was killed almost instantly and
four other women occupants of an au
tomobile were seriously injured near
here today when struck by westbound
Southern Railway freight tra’n.
Mrs. H. G. Teeter, of Morganton.
was fatally injured. Her daughter
Miss Pearl Teeter, who was driving
the car. Miss Dorothy Hinnant and
Miss Louise Rannang. both of Raleigh
ami Miss Mary Neal Ward of Gibson
ville, were the injured.
The accident occurred shortly be- 1
fore 11 a. m. two miles west of here.
The automobile in which the women
were riding stopped on the crossing
tracks ami the engineer seemed unable
to stop. .
- Tlie party was eii route to Salis
bury.
The hurt are in a local hospital,
but the extent of their injuries has
not been learned.
TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP IS
UNDECIDED; BROTHERS TIE
Robert and Leslie Bell Each Win
TWo Sets Only to Be Halted By
Drakness With Score 5-AII.
The tennis championship of Con
cord and Cabarrus County, or what
have you? is still undecided follow
ing a gruelling five set match be
tween Leslie and Robert Beil, final
ists, that had to be called on account
of darkness with the score standing
at 5-all in the fifth set, the brothers
scarcely standing nt all at that time.
Each had won two sets, Leslie win
ning the first and third, 0-3, o*3. and
Robert winning the second and
fourth 0-3,. 0-2 L
-By all right the elder brother
should have copped the championship
laurels in the last act before darkness
intervened. He was leading by n 5-1
score, and several times needed only a |
point to end the agony.. But the |
necessary point was not forthcoming [
nnd another day must see the match j
played all over again. Showing a lit-1
tie more endurance and more ability I
to see in the dark, Robert crashed
through with the four straight games |
necessary to tie the score at deuce, j
anil make it necessary for the match i
to be played all over again.
Leslie had the first set pretty much
his own way. winning it handily, 6-3.
He then ran up a 3-1 lead on the
next set before his brother woke up
to the fact that a tennis match was
in progress and dashed oc five games
in a row.
The third set was a hard fought
one with each player striving hard to
win the advantage that the odd set
would mean. By consistent place
ments, Leslie tinully won 6-3-
Following a five minutes recess at
the end of the third set, Robert made
a strong come-back to win the first
five games of the fourth set before
dropping one. He lost the sixth and
seventh games, but made it set on the
eighth, taking his own service.
After winning the first game of
the fifth set, Robert was unable to ;
get in the winning bab’t again until j
his brother had reeled off five games j
and seemed certain to make it set I
and match on the seventh game. Ires
lie faltered, however, just long enough j
to lose four games in a row. It was
then decided by Referee Phillips and
the players that arc lights would be
necessary if the match were to be
continued, and as they were unavail
able, the mutch will be played off
Monday or Tuesday of next week.
CHOLERA IN EAST
: Is Taking an Appalling Toil in China.
—Carrying Off Over 1.000 Daily.
Shanghai, Aug. 7. —M 5
scourge of the East, is taking an ap
palling toll of Chinese in the native
section of Shanghai, and in the dis
trict known as Peotung across the
Shangpoo River. The dread disease
is carrying off more than 1,000 duily,
it is estimated. ,
Foreigners living in well governed
concession districts under modern san
itary conditions, have suffered com
paratively little.
Only two ot the 20.000 foreign res
idents have succumbed. It is im
possible to obtain accurate count of
the deaths among the Chinese in their
densely crowded unsanitary districts,
into which a population of a million
and a half is jammed.
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TODAY’S NEWS TODOT j
NO. I»j
I* REM lf|
Fit-181 THE
‘"'UiIIOTE IN CM
", >.
1 :
Was Second Execution Ilf:’
Cuba in Past 20 Years.
j —Pronounced Dead hi
Seven Minutes. fgj
WENT TO DEATH A
TRANQUELLf
Maintained Innocence id
the Last.—Did Not C«it*
firm Rumors Involving
Several Politicians.
Santiago, Cuba, Aug. 7.— WS —HpfjEj
mau Pena was executed by the gar
rote this morning for the murder
years ago of Mayor Villalon of Sang*
tiago.
The collar of the machine tighten*#
about his neck at 6:01 o'clock «a#ijK?
was pronounced dead after 7 minutes.
It was the second execution in C#
during the last 20 years, SalwKaif#
Aguilera having been garroted Jtfly I - =
for tlie murder of his aunt.
Antonio Paula-Romero, who WXB
, j convicted of homicide six years ago,
was again the executioner, and w*jt
assisted as before by Frank Dnvfa. a
negro, of Savannah Ga., who is mr<d ••
ing a sentence for robbery.
According to official witnesaM
Pena went to the garrote trail lfuxsw
and death apparently came imtnt tfJHm'}''.
ly after the collar was tightened, : JjfiS
Pena was reported to have IMFra*
tained his innocence to the last.
being escorted to the garrote I#
Guardea and a priest, he refused tbr
confirm sensational rumors invofvrajg
several jmiitieians in the death at
Mayor Villalon.
MEN THOUGHT TO BE JSj
MISSING SHOW t#
Had Been Wandering in a Dm#
Condition Since the New Jersey
Explosion.
Toledo, 0., Aug. 7.—(A l )—Oliver C.
Bliss, 18. of Waterville, Ohio,
I’uul W. Moreau, Bridgeport, Conn,
privates in the United States marine ,
corps, listed as missing since the ex
plosion which destroyed the United :
States naval ammunition depot at-
Lake Men mark. N. J.. are at tb*..
home of Bliss’ parents neat’Water***
ville. .
Both men appeared to be shell
shocked. They hove been wander-
I ing in a dazed condition since, thne
J day of the explosion. Bliss’ parents
I said.
| The two marines were found at the
interiirban station here this mornlhff
| by Verne Bliss. Oliver's father.
| A cousin. Ralph, had reported he
! thought he had seen Oliver on a
[ iedo street yesterday afternoon HM
his father had searched for him. ffe
happened to come across the mefit In
the station.
Oliver burst into teats when he saw
a concrete bridge which crosses a
little stream in the rear of his homo
“It looks like an ammunicaiion dug
out” he said. “I'm afraid it wRI ex
plode.”
Oliver had $1.75 in his pockrt trfi*m j
found and Morenu 75 ceuts. They did
not remember how they came to Toledo
but Mr. Bliss believes they walked.
Marine officials were notified of
their return, nnd they were taken to
Detroit this afternoon. There a guard
will be furnished to escort them to
the naval hospital in Washington. D.
C.
Oliver did not recognize his tattH/fL'.
He threatened to call a patroltflg* («
have him arrested for molesting hint,
: It was half an hour before he knew
! him. Both men were shaking bands
j when questioned.
“The day of the explosion” OHw
] said “we were swimming. Wig gflpi
the storm coming up, dressed itrtd
started for the barracks.
“When we were about a mild J
the first explosion occurred. I fe
member being lifted off the gtoitnd
and that’s all.”
The men were unable to explain
how they came to Toledo. Both hail
growths of beard. They were at
tired in trousers and shirts, although
Moreau had a blue coat with him.
STEWART APPOINTED t \J
UNITED STATES SENATOR
Sioux City Man Chosen to FW Otrt
Uisexpirerl Term of Late Senator
Cummins.
Dcs Moines. Aug. 7.— (A>)— Barf#)!
W. Stewart. Sioux City attorney, jjs||
day was appointed by Governor
mill as United States Senator to serve i
until the November general election j*
the place of the late Senator A.
Cummins. Stewart was named by tife
state repub)lean convention yestordajji;
, as nominee in the November elect
, for the term of Senator Cumminn
which expires in March 1927. The
] pqjntment was necessary because Coo- ‘
gross reconvenes before Stewart coujd i
be certifier! after the November eßgra
tion.
The American League record
successive games won is 19.
record was achiever! by the Chiral®!
| White Sox in 190(1 anil started th*®K
, on their way to the league penugjgH
and world championship in that yOgO
’ ' “ ——'
THE WKATHBR *
Thundershowers this afternoon li
- tonight, slightly cooler in central ptm
) tion. Sunday fair, cooler in east litiM