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VOLUME XXVI
A PRODUCTION DF
1 Mil ,000 BILES
IS NOW IHDIMTED
This Is Bales More
Than Was Indicated in
the Forecast of July 15th
of Last Year.
CONDITION IS
69.8 PER CENT
Last Year’s Crop of Cotton
y Was 16,103,699 Bales, an
C Increase Over One Esti
mate of 735,679 Bales.
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. * COTTBN BROKE *
* $3.50 A BALE TODAY #
* AFTER REPORTS
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New York, Aug. !).—o4>)—Cot- Hi
NS ton broke approximately a $3.50 NS
NS bale here today following the an- NS
NS nouncement of the government NS
, N; crop forecast whitfi was fully NS
N 51.500,000 bales more than some NS
NS of the private estimates in cir- NS
NS vitiation last week. NS
NS Off $4 a Bale at New Orleans.
* New Orleans, Aug. 9 ,—(/P> NS
. NS The govern men fs report show- NS
v NS ing a condition of 69.8 per cent. NS
1,11,1 an * ndica ted crop of 16,521,- NS
990 bnles was much more bear- NS
NS ish than expected and as a re- NS
NS suit prices immediately dropped NS
NS 66 to 67 points from the levels NS
NS exiting just before the bureau NS
NS ,report was issued, and 83 points NS
NS or more .ban $4 gJMt below NS
NS Saturday’s close. OeroWr drop- NS
NS lied to 16.40 and December to NS
NS 16.30. *
NS gc
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Washington. Aug. 9.—OP)—A pro
duction of 15.621,000 bales of cotton
n th « year is indicated by the condition
of the crop on August 1. which was
69. S per cent, of a normal, compared
with a forecast of 15,368)000 bales and
a condit'on of 70.7 per cent, ou July
16 this year, and last year's crop of
16.103,679 bales and a condition of
115.0 per cent, on August 1 the Depart
i ment of Agriculture today announced,
r Glnntngs 47.740 Bales. _
• Washingtdh, Aug. 9.—<^)—Gotten
bales, counting round as half bales,
compared with 161,632 to that date
last year, and 21,705 in 1924, the
Census Bureau announced toda’y.
The crop reporting board states the
fi'mt outturn of the crop will depend
on influences affecting it during the
remainder of the season. Should dc
velopmento be as unfavorable as dur
ing 1921-1922-1923, a tital of 14.-
| 425.900 bales might be expected, but
if as favorable ns during 1924 and
1925, production might reach 17.510,- :
000 bales.
The indicated yield per acre is plae- ’
ed at 158.3 pounds, eompnred with !
155.8 pounds indicated on July 10,
and 107.2 pounds pr.idueed last year.
The condition of the crop on Aug
ust 1 by states follows:
Virginia 72; North Carolina 70;
South Carolina 53; Georgia. 69; 1
Florida 74; Missouri 77; Tennessee 1
70; Alabama 07; Mississippi 68;
Louisiana 67; Texas 73; Oklahoma
79; Arkansas 71; New Mexico 00;
Arizona 88; California 08; all other j
states 78; Lower California (Old
Mexico) 05.
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State Firemen to Meet at Morehead
City.
Tribune Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, Aug. 9. —One of the larg
est attended conventions of the
North Carolina Firemen’s Associa
tion yet held is expected at the an
nual meeting of the association Au
gust 16, 17, 18. and 19 in Morehead
City. Fully 2,000 firemen are ex
j pected, since the State law require
K that every fire- company in the State
By must be represented.
Th? address of welcome will be de
livered by Mayor Lutber Hamilton
of Morehead City, and there will be
an address by Charles S. Wallace,
also of Morehead City, former mem
ber of the legislature. An interesting
program of instruction and enter- 1
tainment has been prepared. Stacy
W. Wade, State Commissioner of.
Insurance, will ge one of the speak
ers.
_• , Witt Our Advertisers.
Bed room furniture of character at
Bell k Harris Furniture Co.
Snap-brim Marathon hat for early
fall wear at J. C. Penney Oo.’s far
only $3.08. See ad. for cut and de
scription of this hat|
It It's nnytbing electrical M. R. Os
teen has it at 22 Barbrick street
Phone 800.
Pajamas .$2 to $5 at Hoover's. Silk
hose too, in plaids and stripes.
Quality fibre living room suites of
distinction at H. B. Wilkinson's.
If you send it to Bob's, you will say
if‘a “o. k. ” when you get it back.
Man Held Suffering From Loss of
IfMMMT-
Kansas, City, Aug. T.r—CAN—Police
were hold.ng today an apparently well
to do man about 70 years old, be
lieved to be W. A. Chase, of Johnson
City, Tennessee. He was found In
the railroad depot, suffering from low
of memory. The man had, PH*™
bearing the name of T. J. / Chase,
Rural Route 11, Jonesboro, Tennessee,
and was carrying SOOO in cash. He
« toCd police his name might be Chase,
Anderson or WUUatne.
The Concord Daily Tribune
' North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
■WGTO FREE
MINERS TRAPPED
I SINCE THURSDAY
-; fefforts Redoubled Today
i With Hope of Reaching
i j Men Imprisoned in Hud
| son Mine in Kentucky. ,
PUMP IS TO BE
'! STARTED TODAY
Three Days and Nights of
the Fiercest Work Had
Brought Rescue Squads
But Little Nearer Men.
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Salem, Ky.. Aug. 0. —C49—Rescue
workers seeking to free five men trap
ped since Thursday in the Hudson
mine of the Zinc & Spar Company
near here, redoubled their efforts to
day with the home of reaching the
imprisAned ' men before nightfall.
Three days and nights of feverish
working apparently bad brought the
rescue parties little nearer the trapped
miners, but a pump capable of lifting
400 gallons of water, mud or sand,
from the mine was to be placed in
operation today. The pump, engineers
said, would reduce the level of water
iu the mine to such an extent that thei
cave-in might be reached.
During the past three days two
drills were used in an attempt to op
en away of communication to the five
men so that food might be passed to
them. A flint limestone rock forma
tion, however, proved adamant, ami
it was necessary to stop work at a
depth of 60 feet, only half the esti
mated distance to the entombed men
whose fnte is unknown.
CROOKS WILL BE CROOKS
Man Out of Prison Only Six Weeks
Again in the Toils of the Law.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Ra’eigh, Aug. o.—Prison repent
ance may stick now and then, but
for the most part crooks will be
crooks, according to H. Hoyle Sink,
commissioner of pardons and paroles,
who today cited the ease of J. G.
Price, sixty years old, recently pa
roled from State's prison here after
serving . nearly two years following
eo/avlction of forgery. Price has
the law. this time in York. Pa.,
where there are already five bad
check charges against him. His pa
role )s to be revoked, and if he is
not punished in Pennsylvania he will
be brought back to State's prison here
to complete bis term.
Price is sixty years old. is very ,
intelligent and makes on excellent im
pression, His mode of procedure is
to join a church and take a very ac
tive interest in church work, before
starting to write the trail of worth
less checks he leaves behind. When
ever possible he gets the pastor of the
church to identify him at the bank
where he ‘ intends to “do business."
He was convicted in Wake County
Superior Court -in September, 1024,
and sentenced to from three to five
years. He was made gatekeeper at
the prison soon after arriving there
ami is well known to many. A large
number of his friends, mostly co
workers with him in the church work
he did, thought he was a victim of
circumstance, and much pressure was
brought to bear to secure his release.
Finally at the recommendation of the
trial judge and a large number of
lending citizens of Raleigh, and de
spite the better judgment of the par
don commissioner,'he was granted a
parole by the governor on June 22,
1026.
And now he is back in the rourts
again, with a string of bad checks to
his credit in York, Pa. He bad joined
a church there, and had persuaded the '
minister to identify him at a bank.
Belief is expressed here that Price
is a professional bad check artist of
long experience.
What County First Started School
v. Transportation. (
Raleigh, Ang. o.—Which was the ;
first county in North Carolina to
adopt a system of transportation fpr
school children Anson county now
comes through with the claim that it ,
started horse-and-wagon school i
transportation in October, ri)l2.
which remained iu operation until
fOl6, when it was motorized. Here
tofore Pamlico and Edgecombe coun
tie* have been thought to be the first
to employ motor bus transportation
for school children, having started
osing-buscs mounted on motor trucks
in 1015.
In view of the interest arising
from the friendly controversy as to
what county was the pioneer in
school transportation and enticei ally
motor bus transportation, the De
partment of Public Instruction is
looking np all its data on the snb
jwf.
letter citing Anson county's
claims as a pioneer in school trans
portation was from Raul J. Kiker of
Wades boro, well known in school
circle* in the State.
»r Rhhzrd Lewi, Dead In Raleigh.
Raleigh, Aug. 7.—Dr- Richard
Henry Lewis for many .yearn secre
tary of the Staate Board of Health
and for the past several years a
' member of the Board of Health died
i here at the age of 76. He had been
111 over an extended period.
i Some men pat their soul into
, everything they do;’ others merely
put their foot in.
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i Mexican Laborers Parade to Show Faith
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As a demonstration of their support of the Ocbernment'x steps agaiiist the church 50,000 members of the
. national Mexican labor federation paraded in Mexico City. This shows aseetion of the demonstration.
* * (International Newsreel.
Want the Editors of the Nation r
to See North Carolina Throughout'
Dudhnm, Aug- 0. Forty-eight
presidents of ns many press associa
tions in the United States, or any
part of them, along with 25 to 50
leading newspaper ami magazine edi
tors, of the country, wou d be guests
of North Carolina on a motor tour
from one end of the state to the
other and lasting ten days or two
weeks, if the proposals that have
now reached the point of discussion
with officers of the North Carolina
Press Association are realized.
A. C. Honeycutt, of Albemarle,
new president, and Miss Beatrice
Cobb, of Morganton, secretary-treas
urer, of the state press association,
believe the proposal can be made a
reality, one that will mean more to
the State of North Carolina than al
most any one thing that could be
done toward letting the world know
that this state has accomplished in
highways, education, industry aiul
agriculture during the past few
years. It would bring to the state the
“press agent” Irvin Cobb said North
Carolina needed and the cost would
be a mere pittance as compared with
the value that would be reaped dur
Miss Cobb's enthusiastic report of n {
trip she and J. W. Atkins, of Gas
tonia, state press president last year,
made through New Hampshire re
cently. Presidents of the state press
associations of the country were
guests of that state for a week. The
New Hampshire governor met them
at the Massachusetts line and wcl-'
corned them in royal fashion. The
party motored leisurely up the state
and returned another way, visiting
many places of interest, stopping
for the night at one place, break
fast at another, dinner and supper at
others. Enthusiastic, informal and
spontaneous welcomes awaited them
at every turn anil they were over
whelmed with hospitality.
“If New Hampshire cab. North
Carolina can"—was the decision, as
Miss Cobb btibb'ed over with the
report to Mr. Huneycutt on the trip.
The question of financing gave
pause. The cities and towns through
which the motorcade would pass,
could and would doubtless enter
tain the visitors for a meal or a
night's lodging. Enough editors and
publishers in the state have ears to
furnish transportation, or, as has
been suggested, the North Carolim
Highway Commission, with its
abundance of motor vehicles, might
provide buses for the trip of the
wonder roads it has constructed.
With those items out of the way, the
big one appears—paying expenses
of the visitors from and back to their
ASKS $2,000,000 IN .
damage suit
Commodore J. Perry Stoltz Charges
Failure to Perform Contract.
Asfheviile, Aug. o.—Alleging breacli
of contract, Commodore J. Perry
Stoltz, builder of the Fleetwood Ho
tels, has filed suit in Henderson coun
ty Superior Oourt against Thos R.
Byrd, of Asheville, and the Stand
ard Mortgage Company, for $2,000,-
000. The action is brought by the I
Fleetwood Hotel Corporation as joint j
plaintiff with Commodore Stoltz and
is against the two defendants ulso
mentioned jointly.
It is alleged in the bill that the
defendants agreed to loan to the
p aintiffs $750,000 for certain con
siderations including the turning
over to the defendant certain papers
and notes which the plaintiffs allege
was done. It is further alleged that
defendants failed to perform their
patt of the agreement and that as a’
result Commodore Stoltz signed over
.00,000 in notes of his own to keep
work on the hotel progressing.
It is further contended in the com
plaint that “the plaintiffs were at
all times ready, able and willing and
endeavored to perform each and
every agreement as herein before
contained on their part to be per
formed. and so made known to t'jc
defendant but notwithstanding the
agreement the said defendants failed
and refused and do still fail and re
fuse to perform according to their
agreements herein before set forth,
and that as result of said breach of
contract by the, defendant, the plain
tiff, Fleetwood Hotel, Corporation, of
Hendersonville, sustained damages in
the amount of $120)0,000.
“Wherefore, the plaintiffs pray
that the court give judgment asain*t
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CONCORO, N. C„ MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1926
own homes, as the New Hampshire. ■
entertainers did. North Carolinians. 1 j
file. Eastern Carolina Chambers of •
Commerce. Western North- Curolina. I'•
Inc., or individual chambers of com
merce in the state might provide
this fund. Even the North Carolina j
general assembly which startled it- :
seif, the state and the nation by I
authorizing $59,909.9(H) in bonds for !
highways, might be induced to ap- I
propriate the $15,000 or $20,000 es- :
tirrinted as needed for this purpose, ;
more or less, depending on the ex- :
tent of the undertaking as it is :
finel’.v worked out
It has been suggested that a boat ;
be chartered to start at Boston and :
pick up members of the delegation on ;
down the line. New York Baltimore. ;
Norfolk, inlanders joining at one of
these points. The landing might be at ;
Wilmington, with a welcome by Gov- :
ernor McLean and bis staff and ;
other state and city officials. Fort ‘
Fisher, Wrightsville Bench and
other points might be visited, the
caravan taking a northward route to
New Bern, down to Morehead and
'Beaufort, back up to Kinston, Ur ecu
;ville,- Washington, Wiiliamxton, hi*-
s|d»4e Eilenton ami Elizabeth GWy.
i even to Kitty Hawk and Roanoke
Island, then head back to Tarhoro,
Rocky 'Mount, Goldsboro, Fayette- .
ville, Lumberton, Laurinburg. with
a halt at Pinehurst and Southern
Pines.
The week might be broken with a '
Sunday stop-over at Raleigh or '
Durham, then visits to Chapel Hill, j
Hillsboro,- Burlington, Greensboro,
High Point, Winston-Salem, Salis
bury, Concord, Charlotte, Gastonia, 1
Shelby, Morganton, Blowing Rock, ]
Roaring Gap, Wilkes boro, Marian. (
Old Fort, Asheville, Hendersonville,
Chimney Rock. Bat Cave, Canton, 1
Wnynesvilie. Lake Junaluskn, the i
Cherokee Indian reservation, the '
Nantahala Mountains, the Great
Smoky Mountain National Park, 1
I'isgah Forest, Mt. Mitehel—these j
and many other places might be in- .
eluded in the itinerary, which would
be worked out by a special commit- '
tec.
President Huneyeiitt and Seere- 1
tary Cobb are alive to the possibili
ties of such a trip, not only for the 1
information and resultant publicity
outside the state, but also ns a
means of showing North Carolina
editors and publishers who would
join the entourage more of their own
state than they could learn in
months of reading, possibly. The
time suggested is in October, pos
sibly of next year, or the following
May or June, when the state will
appear to beet advantage.
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the defendants in the of
$500,000 for the plaintiff, J. Perry
Stoltz. and $1,500,000 for the plain
tiff Fleetwood Hotel Corporation.”
HOPKINS HEIRS TO FILE
A PETITION TUESDAY
Asking Judge Webb to Hold a Hear
ingin the Case.
Ilurham, Aug. o.—Attorneys for
I claimants of parts of the Mark IIop
; kins estate, largely;' in California and
valued at $300,000,000, announced
that they would file a petition in the
United States court of the western
i North Carolina district on Titesda.v,
1 August 10th, asking Judge E. Y’atea
■ Webb to hold hearing or appoint a
: commissioner to hold them to permit
1 North Carolina claimants to seek to
estab’ish their relationship and right
: to participate in a re-distribution that
; lias been asked. Probably 2(H) of
1 the claimants live in North Caro
r lina, smaller numbers being scattered
* over other states.
I To Make Little Rock a City of Rose*.
(By International News Service!
| Little Rock, Ark., Aug. o.—-“ Make
I Little Rock a city of roses.”
I With this slogan, the Chamber of
Commerce has inaugurated a city
] beautification plan which has been
i explained to city officials and various
civic organizations which will co
operate in the plan to beautify the
city.
Each of the 125 city blocks in the
city will be organized and a captain
placed in charge. Planting bowers
in front yards, cleaning tras'.i. leaves
and tin cans from the yards and
painting houses and fences will com
poae the greater part of the program.
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!* TWO YOUNG MEN %
I* KILLED IN Al'TO *
ACCIDENT TODAY *
I* *
i Higli Point, Aug. o.—OP)
1 * Two young men were killed and
. two others seriously injured this
morning shortly after 12 o'clock
& on the highway leading from *
Asheboro to Franklinville, when Hi
the roadster in which they were Hi
* riding crashed into an nutomo- *
5K bile parked by the side of the
* rornl. according to information re- *
5K reived here this morning.
Hi The dead are Joseph York. 17 *
5K son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie )k
5K Maness, both of Ramseur. The
* injured are Guy York. 19. and *
* Everett Manees, brothers of the *
IK dead boys.
SK The two boys died at an Ashe- IK
boro hospital early this morn- Hi
IK ing where they were taken imme- -K
Hi dintely afler the accident by a IK
Hi party la a passing automobile. Hi
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REFUSES FOOD
\Y. L. Ross, Convict, A!sp Tried to
Burn Himself to Death.
Tribune Burea.'
Sir Walter HteL
Raleigh. Aug. 9—lnsanity or star
vation, or both may over take IV. L.
Robs, convicted murderer of War
ren county and snatch him from the
electric chair, to which he was con
demned after the slaying of Mr. and
Mrs. Odom, to whom his step-daugh
ter had fled when he mistreated her.
Thiu is believed likely following a
number of circumstances, first his
refusal to take fond, which has con
tinued for more than a week, and
then his attempt to burn himself to
death, when he set fire to the two
mattresses in his cell in death row
Thursday, and then crawled between
them. The other occupants of death
row in the death house gave the
alarm, and the guards exteuguished
tho smoking mattresses before much
harm won done, other thai) to fi’l the
death house with smoke. Aside from
being partially suffocated from the
smoke, Ross suffered no serious ef
fects from his attempt at eels de
struction.
Ross has been extremely nervous
ever since his commitment to the
State Prison early this spring, fol
lowing his quick conviction for the
murder of the Odoms, largely due to
the testimony of his step daughter.
At the time he expressed his desire
to be executed as quickly as possible,
but a few days before the date set
for his execution he took nn appeal
to the supreme court, insanity being
given as one of the grounds for set
ting aside the verdict.
At first prison authorities believed
Ross was making an effort to fake
insanity, and he has consistently
acted “queer.” Lately, however, <
there has been an appearance of lews
faking and mere reality to his
actions, which have culminated in ]
the hunger strike and the attempt at
self destruction. If he does not be
gin taking food voluntari'y in a few
days, forced feeding through a tube
will be restored to. He has steadily
been growing weaker from long con
finement and some concern is being
felt as to his physical as well as
mental condition.
Anti-Trust Proceeding* Justified.
Washington. Aug. 9.—(A I )—Anti-i
trust proceedings were instituted at
Richmond, Va„ today by the depart
ment of justice against the Southern
Hardware Jobbers’ Association and
many of the leading hardware con
• cerns in fourteen southern states.
The 170 defendants named in the
[ suit are engaged in the wholesale
hardware business and are charged
with conspiring in restraint to inter
state trade and commerce in hard
• ware.
‘ | Winston-Salem Journal Enter* Aft
j emoon Field.
" I Winston-Salem. Aug. 7.—Plans
’ j for publication of an afternoon •nena
-1 (inner in this city by The Winston
-1 Salem Journal company were an
' nounced in The Journal this uorn
‘ ing.
! Detai's have not been completed,
’ the announcement will read, but *re
' being arranged. The company will
• publish the afternoon paper In addi-
J tlon to Its morning publication.
- 1 A man is as old as he feels, but
. | never quite so important.
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TEN LIVES LOST AS
RESULT “MYSTERY
WAVE ’AT BUFFALO
Scores of Bathers Swept
i From Their Feet When
1 Giant Comber Suddenly ?
j Rolled in From Lake.
NO PLAUSIBLE
THEORY GIVEN
i The Strongest Swimmers
Were Powerless Against
the Tidal Wave.—Many
Rescues Were Made.
Buffalo. N. Y„ Aug. 9.— (A>) —Ten
lives appeared to have been the toll 1
j exacted by the "mystery wave” wine'll i
swept Brant and Farnum beaches ]
yesterday. i
Seven bodies have been recovered <
and five other bathers are missing of 1
the scores swent from their feet wh‘"i i
the giant comber suddenly rolled in I
from latke Erie, and engulfed the hot- i
idny crowds.
No plausible theory of the visita- i
tion has been advanced, other than 1
it may have been the aftermath of
some recent lake storm. Some of the
bothers caught in its grip described ,
it as “a tidal wave” againsf which <
the strongest swimmers were power
less. And many of those who had
taken advantage of the warm holi- i
day to seek t’ae beaches could not i
swim a stroke.
Almost unnoticed the great wall of i
water surged forward through the i
ranks of bathers and then back again
in a resistless undertown which car- i
ried dozens out of their depths. \
There were numerous rescues and (
numerous unsuccessful attempts tx>
answer screams for helps or to reach
the widely thrashing arms of a help
less victim.
At least one man, Heinie Cartens, 1
lost his life when he returned to the
lake after bringing one girl ashore. 1
He disappeared far one and an hour
later his body was washed in.
Other known dead are: Elmer and
Yette Henry, of Kenmore; John Au
gustine, of Buffalo; Hilda Timmer
man and Hownrd Timmerman, of
Farnham; Anna Lange, of Silver
Creek; and Glcnnu and Gladys Bron
son, of Brant. The body of an un
identified woman was the tenth re
covered.
NORTH CAROLINA
FEDERATION OF LABOR
Meeting Began in Salisbury Today.—
McMahon Brings Greetings From
Textile Workers.
Salisbury, Aug 9.—C4*)—Approxi
mately 200 delegates were present this
morning when the twentieth annual
convention of the North Carolina
Federation of Labor was called to
order by P. J. Butler, president of
the Salisbury Central Labor Union.
The morning meeting was given ov
er to addresses of welcome by V. O.
Dutton in behalf of the local labor
organizations and Mayor C. M. Hen-
Uerlite for tbb city. C. P. Barring
er responded for the organization.
The remainder of the morning ses
sion was taken up in fraternal greet
ings from union labor trades depart
ment of the American Federation of
Labor, delivered by John J. Man
ning. Thos. F. McMahon brought
greetings from the textile workers of
America; Spencer Mills, Jr., from
the educational bureau of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor; Edward W.
Boriiart from the industrial arts col
lege, Raleigh; and R. W. H. Stone
from the Farmers’ Co-operative Un
ion, at Charlotte.
This afternoon’s session will be de
voted to business of the organization
until 3:45 when the meeting will ad
journ and the delegates will be the
guests of the Salisbury Central La
bor Union at the Piedmont baseball
game between Salisbury and Raleigh.
GAVE UP ATTEMPT TO
SWIM ENGLISH CHANNEL
Lieut. Col., Freyberg Had Gone Nine
Miles.—Water Too Cold.
Dover. England, Aug. 9.—OP)—
Lineut. Col. Freyberg, a British world
war veteran, who started from Cape
Gris Nez. France at 8:50 last night
in an attempt {o s "’im the English
Channel, gave up the attempt at 5
o'clock this morning owing to the
coldness of the water. He had gone
9 miles.
Omer Perrault, of Canada, who
started on a similar journey from Gris
nez at 8:37 p. m.. returned to the
shore after being two hours in the
water when unable to locate the tug
which was to convoy him.
Loral Thundershowers Forecast For
the Week.
Washington, Aug. 7. Weather
outlook for the week beginning Mon
day :
Middle Atlantic states: A period
of showers about Tuesday and again
about Friday; cooler at the begin
ning of week, with reaction to high
er temperatures toward the middle
fni'owcd by cooler toward end of
week.
(South Atlantic and east gtfif
states: A period of local thunder
showers in east gulf and southern
Appalachian region about Tuesday
1 and again about Friday-
turns near normal.
The annual convention of the
American Federation of lnbor will be
opened in Detroit tbe first week of
October.
CATHOLIC CHURCHJI
innjf&fl"
GOVERHMENT SEAL
Except Places of Worship, j
Until Present Controver- j
sy Between Church andj
State is Settled.
i WORSHIPPERS AT
< SERVICES SUNDAYj
Goodly Numbers Went to
the Priestless Catholic
Churches Protestants
Have Usual Services.
Mexico City, Aug. 9.-— (A P)—AII
Catholic churches “annexes” and all j
church valuables except the actual I
places of worship have been placed
under the government seal through- j
out Megico until the present contro-1
versy between the Mexican govern-1
ment and the Roman Catholic episco
pate is settled, it was announced to
day by the department of interior.
The Mexican government began tak
ing over these places where church
IKissessions are stored as soon as the
government’s new religions regula
tions went into effect at midnight.
July 31st. and the Catholic priests
ceased to perform their offices in pro
test.
The men and women arrested sev
eral days ago on a charge of plotting
against the life of President Calles
because of his unyielding attitude in
the religious controversy were dis
charged today.
Police officials announced that no
evidence justifying their being held
for trial had been found.
Government Will Enforce Its Regula
tions.
Mexico City, Aug. 9.—(A I)—Offi
cial announcement that the govern
ment intended to enforce its religious
regulations upon the- Protestant
churches, has had little outward ef
fect. Mexico City’s two Protestant
churches carried out the usual ser
vices yesterday, and no move was
made to interfere with them.
Goodly numbers of worshippers at
tended priestless Cntholic churches
for prayer. Tranquility prevailed ev
erywhere at the commencement of the
second week of the deadlock on the
religious situation between the Cath
olic church and the government'. 'No
disorders were reported from any part
of the republic.
Today the Catholic episcopate
which withdrew the priests from the
churches and suspended services in
them as'a protest against the goveru
ment’s religious regulations, gave on
ly passive opposition.
With regard to Protestant churches
it is explained by the government in
announcing that it would enforce the l
law as it applies to all churches, does
not mean that the government will
immediately size the right to do so
in the future under the contention
that all church property belongs to
the nation.
All protestant pastors will be re
quested to register and give the mu
nicipal authorities an inventory of all
church property, but each congrega
tion will lx- alllowed to use this prop
erty.
CALLES WARNS NATIONS
OFF IN CHURCH STRIFE
Mexican President Asserts Positively
His Government Will Not Tolerate
Attempts at Mediation.
New York World.
Mexico will not tolerate interfer
ence by other nations in her ehureli
and State conflict. President Calles
sayes in frank interview.
Vatican official organ, defending
the record of the Catholic religion in
Mexico, says the present crisis is due
to “tte triumph of men representing
the most radical and revolutionary
currents.”
The eighth day since the new relig
ious regulations went into effect pass
ed quietly.
By Arthur Constantine, Staff Corre
spondent of The World.
Mexico City. Aug. 7.—President
Plutario Elias Calles, in a remarkable
informal talk with American newspa
per correspondents this morning at
the Castle Chapultepee, declared for
eign mediation in the conflict between
state and church in his country could
not be acquiesced in or accepted under
any circumstances. His position iR
that it is a question for Mexicans to
settle among themselves.
“Will yon admit foreign media
tion?” he was asked.
“In no manner Whatsoever,” was
his reply.
The President charged the leaders
of the clergy with inciting foreign in
terference. Avoiding specific refer
ence to the United States he mention
ed the appeal made to Latin-Amerba.i
diplomats to intercede with him.
Accuses Church Heads.
‘They,” he said, referring to the
heads of the Church, “would have us
to understand that certain persons
have voluutairly offered their services
as mediators with the Oovornn-nt.
This is not true. The Episcopate con
ferred with ministers of Latin Ameri
can inmiinie represented in Mexico
and asked their intervention. 1 have
in my posens-aon copies of communi
cations sent them. They alto applied
to the Ministers of Cuba, Bolivia o,nd
the Dominican Republic. Archbishop
Mora and Bishop Dia* signed these
letters. I icfused to revive them be
caus- the tjovermuent cannot allow a
diseotoica of the Constitution, but ic
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THE TRIBUNEIM 9
PRINTS :Jf 9
TODAY’S NEWS TODAY B
no. m :<
' .DOCTORS HHE
DROWNED lODAVM J
I SWIG POOL
.
Mrs. Michaelko and
Lose Their Lives at «p||
ersburg, Va., While Tak
ing Early Morning SfrNfi
ANOTHER NEARLY 5
LOST HIS Lffl||
Dr. Woody Drowned Wfcik |
He Went to Assistant* •
of Dr. Michaelko, Wh#
Pulled Him Under.
Petersburg. Va.. Aug. 9.—OP)—
j John Michaelko. dentist, and Dr. W. 1
F. Woody, both of Hopewell. wqiie'fi
I drowned early til's morning In fyt
swimming pool of the DuPont Club 0($. "i
Virginia at City Point. Tel |
1 also of Hopewell, nearly lost his life
in an attempt to save the two map •vJ
I)r. Woody was drowned when .fie
went to the assistance of Dr. Mitlil**t|U
ko. lie being grabbed by the dro,waring
mail and pulled under. These fi/jfp ‘
with (Dark were the on'y ones iqi .tfbe
. pool at the early hour today.
Cries the men aroused jxirsopp |
living near by, but when help aipixqgd
the two doctors had sunk to the b«t- |
tom and Clark was in an exha\tob4& '
condition. The two bodies weoe Mpl
coveted nearly an hour later, the QhSIM
being partly drained before they '
be recovered.
An inquest into the double tvirowW'
ing will be held today by the M<i»a-
A RUN-OFF PRIMARY
TO BE HELD IN TQgfctfi ‘
Between Governor “Ma” Fergustgu iMld
Attorney General Moody.
Dallas, Tex., Aug. 9.—(API—A ,cmi
off primary between Attorney Gqojmji. i
Dan Moody and Governor Miriagp
Ferguson for the Democratic guber
natorial nomination of Texas
today as the chief possibility iqhggl
the State Democratic Executive C««v
mittee met here to canvass return* of
the July 24 primary.
Responsible, members of the commit- I
tee express the opinion that the body §
would certify both Mrs. Ferguson*?!
and Moody's names as candidates tto
go on the tickets, regardless of Mrs. .
Ferguson's announcement that she£|
would not enter tbe run-off’. T : U,'a
These members said that in tile
official returns Moody still appeared
to he lacking a majority, and that
since Governor Ferguson had not
ficially withdrawn from the
primary, tlie only avenue for the corn-.
mittee was to certify both of the mn
candidates.
•Tames E. Ferguson, husband of .the
'Governor, and Moody, sat among the'
’ spectators, about 25 feet from
other in the hotel room where ,tbc
comnvttee met. Neither would mak.e
a statement. All Ferguson would gay
is “We are here to see what wylgje
done. We may say something'later?* t
THE COTTON MARKET
Comparatively Quiet Today.—
ment Crop Report Due at Noqn.
New York. Aug. 9. —(A 3 ) —The qpt
ton market was comparatively quiet
during today’s early trading, the bulk
of the small business in evidence be
ing attributed to further evenijry jap
of accounts in preparation for iVe
government crop report due at mid
day. The opening was steady at a
decline of 2 points to an advance ef’-
5 points, and active months showed
net gains of 3 to 4 points duriffitjvt
ear'y trading on covering wbicji wap
i probably inspired by relatively
Liverpool cables and complaints K
higher temperatures were causing (She
i crop to shed in some parts of «|n
‘ Southwest. October sold up to AjrSi
; and January to 17.30, but the«y yda”;
enough realizing or
supply buyers at these ap
parently and prices were 3 or 4nofißp|
■ off from the best at the end
first 'half hour.
Cotton futures opened steady; jQbp|
■ tober 17.32; December 17.21; Jan
uary 17.27; March 17.49; May 11'.58.
t * lasEM
Ten Young Persons Drftvned in (be
Surf.
Buffalo. N. Y. Aug. B—At least
ten young persons were drowned tch-;
night at Brant Beach when an un
dertow caught a party of batheta
and carried them out into deq»
water. Many of them were unable Bp
swim.
Brant Beach is on the south shore?
of Lake Erie,about 30 miles from
Buffalo.
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obliged to enforce its observance.” 3j
This rcoined Me a good rime ftp:
mention to him tin: delicate subject;
of an embargo on arms and ararmmiii
tion. He was asked what effect (jk
might have on the position taken «|
his Government.
No Criticism of Embargo. $Sj
He hes’tated, evidently for the Nfl
pose of choosing his words carefully,
and then said slowly: -'-jtjfl
“The Mexican Goxernment .' itUi
nothing to say on this matter a* jt jfg:
one which concerns the Congress 3
the United States, a matter whicb.«(fi
exclusively within the
that government, and my Cover mam
has nothing to criticise.’’
THE WEATHER ,
Mostly fair tonight and TueMM
i Gentle to moderate northeast vim*.