North Carolina Newspapers

---- i ■ ...i.r i , 1,, P ASSOCIAfED PRESS d j DISPATCHES 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. ♦ * * ******** * * ■» * w . * COTTBN BROKE * * $3.50 A BALE TODAY # * AFTER REPORTS * * 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 ♦ NS NS NS NS NS * NS * * NS NS NS ♦ 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. i 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. -!-■ 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. ■ w-V-.:. - ■_ V i Mexican Laborers Parade to Show Faith / "La % j , .. Mm 9 I t • jjgglg£7 f —rtiT—l~~~ ———-——j-]., - iT nwinniN——l 1 1 iiil_sjwis*UJ——lDOmi 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 V v ■ 11i/ii‘ijiir‘iiiliet&fV 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. —. —’ ——! ’—■ - 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. '♦***********♦ !* 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 * ************ 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. •i v 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 ' -r- i'" ■%! ' — 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. _ '’S 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*.