ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVI SCHOOL BOGKSTOBE SOLDITMffi IS IN TEIIHESSEE One of Publishing Com-’ panies Has Already Cap itulated and Others Will Follow Suit. LOW PRICES ARE EFFECTIVE NOW Suit Will Not Be Brought) f —The Prices Will Be ( Those Shown on Title of Each Book. Tribune Bureau, Sir Walter Hotel. • Raleigh. Sept. I.—One publishing oomimny has already capitulated to'} the State Board of Education and agreed to sell their books in North Carolina at the same prices they are being sold in Temiwsee, and imiicu, tions are that at least if not all of the remaining companies may do the same, as the result of the announce ment by A- T. Allen. State Superin- I tendent of Education that the John son Publishing Company of Rich mond, Va-, hax agreed to fix the Tennessee scale on its four readers used in the North Carolina schools. 1 Neither Mr. Allen or Attorney Gen eral Brummitt would intimate aa to whether any of the other four publishers were wavering, but from the general atmosphere of satisfac tion optimism that reigned in their offices today, it was judged that the threatened suits would never have K to be taken into court. There was also a changed atti tude among the representatives of the publishers who have been haunt ing the offices of the attorney gen- I oral and State superintendent, of I public instruction for the past week. Tensity had given way to relaxation and grim business to laughter and platitudes. There is no denying that the text book agitation has borne fruit and that Within a few days at most, the majority of the disputed I nine text, books will be on sale in this State at the same prices that I are charged for them in Tennessee. Already countj\ and city superin tendents have been advised of the f change ' prices on the four readers published by the Johnson Publishing company who in turn are asked by at 4 ' U t*. I h*'i a Jrti o —lisktHa*’ Hetf'. parents not to pay the old and high er prices, ami to make known the new price schedule. In his letter, just issued. Mr. Allen says: “This is to inform you that hereafter the prices of the following books will be as shown after the title of each > book. Please call attention of dealers j to this and give such publicity to it as may occur to you and warn par ents that it is not necnwnry to pay the prices stamped on the back of [ the books.” i The new prices are as follows: I Primer, 40 cents: first render, 4(5 cents; second render, 50 cents; third render, 55 cents. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady at Decline of 2 to 7 Points Under Realizing or Liquida tion. New York, Sept. I.—OP)—The cot ton market rumned steady at a decline of 2 to 7 iWnts under renewal of realizing or liquidation, while buy ing was less active after the covering and advances of yesterday afternoon. Reported indications of a tropical dis turbance some distance southeast of Porto Rico appeared to cause no im- , mediate anxiety and selling was prob ably promoted by a more favorable view of weather prospects, .otherwise combined witb relatively easy late cables from Liverpool. December con-' tracts eased off to 17.81 with the gen eral market showing net losses of 11 to 12 points before the end of the first half hour. A private report issued tins morning placed the crop at 15,- ( 153,000 bales, and the condition at per cent, compared with a condl •'* tion of 06.5 per cent, and a crop indi cation of 14,103,000 a month ago. Cotton futures opened steady. Dct. 17.82; Dec. 17.86; Jan. 17.03'; March 18.13; May 18.28. Liquor Sold on Port Office Steps. (By International News Service) Knoxville, Teun., Aug. 30.—J. D. Wyrick. t'ae man who told the Reed senatorial commltte investigating pro hibition enforcement laßt spring that liquor was being sold on the post of fice steps here, today stands acquitted of the charge of manufacturing li quor. The day after Wyrick made accu sations against all Tennessee law en forcement officers, it was revealed here he had been Indicted for mooshinlng. Wyrick was arrested in a raid at the farm of Emerson Arnold, but the jury decided Wyrick was there solely * in his professional capacity of fixing tax assessments. Following his acquittal, Wyrick made public a letter from Congress man Mary T. Norton, of New Jer sey, to Lincoln C. Andrews, dry czar, to the effect that Wyrick should not be “persecuted” for his testimony be -1 fore the Reed committee. ■ New Hampshire, in 1840, was the ■ first State to require the registration B of voters. B U »»< LI -ÜBHLL-. ■ "- ■ 1 ■ 1— ■ Ten Pages Today Two Sections — The Concord Daily Tribune North Carolina’s Small City Daily ■ ( Killed Baby ] r >’ ! ■V. -"I fkwina Main, became insane, home. . • IWMMSMI aiarti BROOKS “SPANKS” KNIGHT Quotes From Dr. Knight's Own Book. Which Speaks of the “Rapid Stride” of the State on Educational Lines. Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh, Sept. 1. —Declining to en ter into a controversy concerning (he relative degree of education in North Carolina or take, issue with Prof. E. W. Knight, of the University of North Carolina who last week set people agog when he declared that he was go ing “to quit lying" and tell the truth about the woeful lack of education in the state, Dr. E. C. Brooks, presi dent of State College, said bis only reference to t*iie remarks of Professor Knight would be limited to a quota tion which he had found in a book just recently off the press, which siieuks of (lie “hopeful progress” be ing mads in the State along educa tional lines. The book is entitled “Our State Government” and its auth or is Professor B. W. Knight. The “Hopeful progress was resumed un der the inspiration and leadership of Governor Charles B. Aycock about 1000. In recent years onr state has made rapid strides in increasing edu cational opportunities for all the peo ple. Elementary schools are main tained in every community, and stand ard high schools are now found in practically every county in the state. The state, the county and the district join hands to build and keep up schools for all the people. These splendid advantages of education would of course be impossible unless all- the people were joined together in government to carry them out. The aim of the state is to put good schools within the reach of all of us.” Following the reading of this quo tation from Professor Knight's book, which would seem to effectually refute his utterances of a week ago, and which evoked hearty laughter from the members-of the Civitan Club, be fore whom be unloosed his attack last week, Dr. Brooks proceeded to dis cuss the changes which have come about in the system of county gov ernment in the last 150 years, noting the changes in thought and the corre sponding changes in governmental ma chinery that' naturally followed, and other changes that are still needed. Back in 1776 the principal quali fication of a voter was land ownership and the home was the unit of govern ment with the head of the family the absolute head of the government—and the man was the head of the family, supremely and unequivocally, accord ing to Dr. Brooks, with full authority over his wife, children, slaves and dumb animals. And if he were in sulted or slandered, he did not go to court about, but just got out the old duelling pistols and settled it right there. 1 But today, after a century and A half, conditions have changed almost completely, and instead of property ownership, human and social welfare is the thief aim anil consideration of government, and the shift has brought about a transfer of the activities that formerly rested upon the home and the landowner directly to the county. Thus it is that the system of county government, as first devised 150 years ago-, must undergo certain changes if it is properly to discharge the duties now dependent upon it. For the county now must minister to human needs more than ever before, since it ia made the distributory unit for al most all state and federal welfare work, in education and other activi ties as well. , “Where $l6O was spent by the county In 1776, SIOO,OOO is now Bpent by the same county, so great has its Importance become as the unit of ad ministration,” said Dr. Brooks. “It must provide schools and teachers for the children of the county, it controls the labor of children and the general welfare of the people and safeguards their health; In other words, the coun ty has assumed the functions former ly held by the home, and mugt be given the machinery to administer them properly.” The thing that now must be done is to see that the cidnties which have not kept pace with this development and which are still trying to get along with the same county machinery em- CONFERENCE OPEIS FOR DISCUS* of mis League of Nations Distril}- r ute Literature Bearing j on Reservations From America. j LETTERS WRITTEN ABOUT SUBJECT Also Included in the Facts Made Public—Some Na tions Ready to Accept Reservations. Geneva, Sept. I.—)—Prior to opening the world court conference to day to discuss the American reserva tions of adherence, the longue of Na tions distributed a number Os docu ments bearing on tlie question. These included the invitation to the United States to participate in the confer ence and her declination, as well ns, extracts from letters received from the various governments, members of the court. Rome of the states inforiped the league of the terms of reply they bad made direct to the Washington govern ment to its communication relative to the American reservations. This summary shows Belgium. Finland and Norway informed the United States they/preferred to await the action of the present conference. . convoked by the league council before finally an swering the American communication. Liberia wrote that she accepted the American reservations “so far as they relate to'questions which may arise between Liberia and the United States.” Geneva, Sept. I.—C4>)—The confer ence of'members of the iiermanent court of international justice summon ed to discuss the reservations under which the United States is witling to become a member, was opened today with a private session. Prof. W. J. M. Van Eysingn, the Dutch member of the court, was elect ed President of the conference. The members are expected to accept four of the five conditions under which the United States would become a member of the court. It is the general impression that the fifth United States reservation will be turned over ,to * coiMqission. for study. The'Miefr ’jbWffflA fnflf basis or tfmi 4rei«erfa t!on is a desire on the part of the U. S. to prevent any attempt by the council of the league of nations to seek advisory opinions either on im migration problems or questions af fecting the Monroe Doctrine and Latin America. BACHELOR CONFESSES HIS PART IN CRIME Says He Made Negro Fire the Shot Yhlch Killed Judge Lamar Smith. Mobile, Alabama, Sept. I.—o4’> Brought here early today by automo bile fromthe Montgomery county jail for safekeeping, Clyde Reese Bachelor confessed that be made Hays Leon ard. negro, fire the shot that killed Judge Lamar Smith at Wetumpka, Ala., Monday night. Bachelor, who is Judge Smith’s son-in-law, confessed en route to Mo bile. according to Deputy Sheriff H. P. Mnssengili and later on arrival at Mobile county jail Bachelor reiterat ed his confession in the presence of newspaper men, the sheriff and jail attaches. Bachelor declared that while the ne gro fired the shot, he prompted him to do so adding that he was guilty. He was in a very serious nervous con dition, but promised to make a full statement of the affair later in the day. With Our Advertisers. You will find all necessary school supplies at the Parks-Belk Co., pen cils, pens, tablets, rules, lunch boxes, crayons, and everything. See new half page ad. today for particulars and prices. Send The Tribune to your boy or girl when they go off to school. See the new ad. today of Wrenu, the mail order dry cleaner at Kannapolis. Phone 128. Four used cars for sale by the Sy ler Motor Co. Phone 400. Buy coal now while prices are right. See new ad of K. L. Craven & Sons. The famous Cole down dfaft heat ers now on display at H. B. Wilkin son's. Before you go to sleep for the win ter get your coal from K. L. Craven & Sons. Phone 74. When you want a tire repaired, call the Concord Vulcanizing Co. See new ad. New Sehobie bats at Hoover's, $5.00 to SB.OO New fall -caps, too. Policeman Amsrted for Violating Mm liquor Law. Mobile, Ala., Aug. 31.—The next session of the grand jury will be ask ed to indict Policeman Henry Marcet on a charge of violating the liquor law, according to Sheriff W. O. Rob bins. Sheriff Robbins arrested Policeman Marcet when a raiding squad of depu ties headed by the sheriff is alleged to have caught the officer in the act of bottling beer at H's home. Policeman Marcet has been sus pended from duty. ployed 150 years ago, are given more modern and up-to-date methods : through which to administer their af fairs, Dr. Brooks maintained. I CONCORD/N. G, WEDNESDTY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1926 eras of n ISLAND LIVING ID GREAT HBRflOfi NOW ' t ' ‘ | Since Earthquake Shook Island Tuesday the Pop ulation Is Living Out j Doors and in Great Fear. HORTA PEOPLE SLEPT IN PARK Great Cracks Have Ap peared In Streets and Most of Buildings in the 1 * City Were Destroyed. London. Sept. I.—(A>)—The popu lation of the island of Fayrt in tl)<' Azores Islands, lying 800 ln'le* off tjn coast of Portugal, is living outdone-, terror stricken from ye»ter di«» trous earthquake which meagre R imtehee describe as the worxt ip We history of the archipelago. In Hnrtn flip chief city of Fays). I most of the 8.000 citizens spent the night in the public square. Ixtrs eracks hare appeared in the streets and the people were afraid to return to their homes in the fear of renewed shocks. Most of the city was destroy ed. < It has been impossible to learn tin exqct number of casualties which are estimated at from 500 to 40© of Hie island’s 25.000. The Portugucqf 'igov emment to which the islands belong, is rushing a relief exped tion to the Azores. This included warships with supplies, sanitary corps, and engi neers • if.yS From advices thus rar received By the way of Lisbon, the island of Faf al is declared to be “a mass of rohqi. I especially the city of Horta." ' > This information was sent by the mayor of Horta. He estimated the injured at 400 but made no mention of fatalities. Lloyd's, however, re ports that ten persons are known to! have been killed in Horta. Neighboring islands in the archipel ago also were affected by the disturb ance. The small village of Fetelni was swept by a tidal wave. The first shock was felt at eleven o’clock Tuesday morning. It was fol lowed by n series of other shocks, some of them of a minor nature, s The message sent by the mayor of Herts to the authorities in Llsbvn said the aspect of Fnyal Island and i the suffering of the victims were ter rible to witness. BOTH THE RURAL AND CITY SCHOOLS IMPROVE General Conditions Improve From 50.1 Per Cent, to 55.1 Per Cent, Raleigh, Sept. I.—OP)—The aca demic status and the financial status of North Carolina public schools im proved from the term 1023-1924 to that of 1024-1025, it is shown in State School Facts, issue of the del partment of public instruction which came from the presses here today. The tabulations made by the editor of the publication indicate that both ru ral and city schools showed improve ment. The general condition, which in cluded' both financial and academic factors improved in the period named from 50.1 per cent, to 53.1 per cent, in the rural schools and from 81.1 to 83.0 in the city schools. • These per centages represented what had been attained toward the standard of per fection set down by the department for a perfect school system. The per centage on the purely academic side showed an increase of from 01 per cent, to 63.2 per cent, for the rural schools and from 83.5 per cent, to 84.0 per cent, for the city schools. In terms of financial condition, the rural schools improved from 39.3 per cent, to 42.0 per cent, while the city schools improved from 78.7 to 82.0 per cent. The academic status took into ac count the percentage of enrollment in average daily attendance, average length of term, scholarship of teach ers, percentage of total enrollment, in high schools and percentage of enroll ment > normal and under age. The financial average took into considera tion average annual salary of teach ers, per capita cost of instruction based on enrollment, total., per capita cost of current expense based upon enrollment, total current expense per teacher and principal and valuation of school property per child enrolled. The figures showed that in no ease had the rural schools reached the standard of perfection set down by the department while the city schools had made the grade in only two par ticulars. The city schools registered 100 per cent. In the average annual salary, which was seat at $1,200 as a standard and in valuation of school property per child enrolled, the stand ard for which was given as S2OO per child. ivtdow Acquitted of Getting Stolen Goods. Charlotte. Aug. 32—Mrs. Herman Fincher, whose husband was killed last Wednesday in an automobile ac cident near Sylva, today was freed of charges involving receiving stolen goods. Fincher who was employed »« a chauffeur by Mr*. Frank Gore, of Midland near Charlotte, wns alleged to have stolen a number of articles from Mrs. Gore and to have taken them to his borne. Mrs. Fincher said she did not know her husband had atolen the goods. “He told me be bought them.” she testified before Magistrate 8. 10. Stokes. GUARDSMEN CALLED [ TO DUTY BECAUSE OF SERIOUS RIOTS i I State Troopers on Guard in Manville, R. 1., Where J Shrikers Clashed With the Police. j NINE PERSONS IN | THE CITY WOUNDED i Guardsmen Offer Support to Fourteen State Police Officers on Duty in the i Strike Area. j Manville, R. 1., Sept. 1 —C45)—Na -1 tional guard troops rattled into Mau ville on trucks today to quell rioting which culminated last night in in jury to nine persons during n clash between state police and a mob of 1.800 striking operatives of ’he Man ville-Jenckes Company, textile mills, j Thirty-five men of the field artillery acompanied by ambulance and medical corps detachments reached the mill soon after midnight to support four teen state police officers and deputy sheriffs who have guarded the plant when trouble started with arrival of strike breakers Sunday. After a night and day of disord ers, during which an attempt was made to fire the. mill, the trouble reached the peak last niglit when strikers gathered at the head of the Blackstone River bridge leading to the plant. One man starting to cross the bridge, wns pushed back by the state police. The crowd wavered a mo ment, then rushed. The police met the advance with swinging night sticks, but were forced to retreat be fore superior numbers, and resort to tear gas bombs. The bombs again checked the mob's advance, but another series of rushes | finally brought volleys from riot guns and service revolvers. Five strik ers and sympathizers went -down wounded with buekshot, while Arm Auelair. 18, of Woonsocket, a nephew of Mayor Coucy, was struck in the face by a revolver ballet fired over the heads of the crowd. He was in a crowd of spectators on a hill over looking the battle. SMITH STILL LEADING IN SOUTH CAROLINA Has Slight Lead in Votes Cast in the Democratic Primary Tuesday. Columbia, S. C., Sept. I.—G4 3 )—Sen- ator E. D. Smith and Edgar A. Brown maintained their relative standing to day in figures received from yester day’s Democratic primary. Revised returns tabulated this morning gave the following for Sena tor : Edgar A. Brown 53,763; N. B. Dial 30,120; E. I). Smith 61,782. There will be a second race be tween Smith and Brown on September 14, these figures indicated, as it was not believed that the votes still un counted will change the result. The returns represented 45 out of 46 counties and 1.194 out of 1,370 precincts in the state. Among the precincts still out are Wards 2 and 8 in Columbia. The election managers counted until a late hour last night and resumed their task early today. Senator E. D. Smith, seeking nomi nation to a fourth term, was opposed by N. B. Dial, former senator, and Edgar A. Brown, speaker of the state 'douse of representatives. Mr. Brown attacked the world court ns n "Re publican proposal” and declared it was different from the one endorsed by the‘last Democratic national con vention. Senator Smith said he stood by his party platform in this matter. He outlined his stand on agricultural mat ters and Muscle Shoals. Mr. Dial was defeated two years ago for renomination by Cole L. Blease. He referred to his one term and the matters which he had advo cated and backed in asking for the senatorial nomination. Nine candidates offered for (he gub ernatorial nomination, to succeed Gov ernor Thomas G. McLeod, who is serving his second term. They were John G. Richards, K. B. Jackson, present lieutenant-governor; G. K. Laney. D. G. Ousts, Carroll D. Nance, John T. Duncan, Thomas H. Peeples. John J. McMahan and I. C. Black wood. The California Vote. San Francisco, Sept. I.—OP)—Com plete returns from 3,006 precincts out of 8,274 in the state gave: for United States senator, Clarke, 80,397; Line berker, 31. 182; Stiortridge, 110,503: Dockweiler 0,700; Elliott, 8,232. In the gubernatorial contest com plete returns from 3,650 precincts gave: Goodcell 40,566; Bichardson 113,702; Young 126,983; Johnson 7,- 116; Wardell 7,937 Fireman Killed in Accident. Anderson, S. C., Sept. 1. — (Aft—Os car Coleman, 20 years old, fireman of Southern train No. 18, Atlanta to Columbia, met instant death shortly after 6 o'clock this morning when the locomotive of the Atlanta-Columbia train went through a “split switch” in the freight yards of the Blue .Ridge railroad here and overturned, crush ing the body of the young man beneath it. Engineer Robert J. Coleman, a brother of the young fireman, jumped through a window of the cab after calling to his brother, and saved his life, although he suffered painful bruises as a result of the jump. In the News of the Day STEVART. I i ■L "C 1 TL/IXMAW B. W KINtEV John A. Stewart, chairman of trustees of a New York bank, celebrated his one hundred and fourth birthday. William P. Jackson, ex-Senator and Republican National Committee man, conferred with President Coclidge. Senator William B. McKinley, of Illinois, was ill at Martinsville, Ind. Lady Michelham proposed to sell the art works collected by hei late Lord, which were valued at millions. MAY STILL SECL RE MOTORING DATA at Branch Offices. Though Sale of Li cense Plates is Discontinued. Greensboro, Sept. I.—Although sale of State license plates closed at twen ty-two branch offices of the Carolina Motor, Ciuh: at tbe.jQliwe_o£. business today, motorists may still secure com plete touring data and other infor mation at those points, according to Coleman W. Roberts, vice president of the motor organization. Discontinuance of the sale of plates at the branch offices is in accord with the contract between the Carolina Mo tor Club and the State department of revenue, whereby the club agreed to handle plates during the three months rush period of June, July and August. Motorists desiring information regard ing licenses, transfers of title and other data may still secure same at t'ae various branches, which will con tinue to function for service to club members in particular and to the mo toring public in general. Offices at which plates have been sold for tlie past three months nnd which discontinued sale today are: Asheboro, Burlington. Concord, Dur ham. Fayetteville. Gastonia. Green ville, Henderson, Hickory, High Point, Lexington, Lenoir, Lumberton, Green ville, Rockingham, Sanford, Shelby. Salisbury, Statesville, Sylva, Wil liamston and Wilson. Plates will be available at Asheville, Charlotte, Elizabeth City, Goldsboro, Greensboro, Rocky Mount and Wil mington. “As a whole, sale of plates at the branch offices was satisfactory,” said Mr. Roberts, “although changes in policy by tlie State department that were in effect during tlie majority of the rush period made it compulsory for muny automobile owners to secure their plates direct. During August the restrictions were modified nnd the branch office sales s’liowed an in crease.” RETAIL TRADE BETTER Ran S.lO Per Cent. Better in July Than Last Year. Richmond, Va., Sept. I.—(A 3 )—Re- tail trade in the fifth federal reserve district ran 3.1 per cent, better in July than t'.ie record established dur ing 1925, the monthly report on busii ness conditions issued from the Fed eral Reserve Bank here. The increase came in the face of characteristic seasonal declines dur ing July, and averaged 10.3 per cent, better than average retail sales dur ing the five years of 1920-1924 inclu sive. according to figures supplied by 31 leading stores in the district. The report showed that stocks on hand were 2.4 per cent, larger, at selling value, than stocks a year agp. T'.ie increase was accounted for by large increases in stocks in Washing ton and Baltimore. Stocks declined toward the end of .Tune but outstand ing orders for merchandise increased sharply with the making of fall com mitments. Stock turnover was reported slow er for July than for previous months, but this was regarded as a normal condition for midsummer months. July collections were comparatively slow, averaging 27.1 per cent, of out standing receivables. An hour later he returned, the umbrella was gone, and this sign hung in its place. "The umbrella was taken by the champion runner of the world; I vton’t be back.” j' ft* W m U 'mW/IAK. p JACKSON i *life y ■ jv- ... - JBfe—-- tyRDY .KICHEI/HA>C CHARLOTTE DOCTOR IS UNDSK SSOO BOND Charged With Issuing Improper Certificate to Prospective Bride and Groom- Charlotte, Aug. 31.—Charged with issuing an improper physical exami nation certificate necessary to obtain a marriage license. I>r. W.—G. Boyl ston. who hue offices in the Realty building here, was arrested by city detectives late this afternoon and held in SSOO bond for bearing to morrow in city court. The warrant for Dr. Boylston's arrest was sworn oat by M. M. Gray, county superintendent of pub lic welfare, who charged that Dr. Boylston illegally issued a certificate to George Bray, dapper youth, who recently was arraigned in city court on a charge of immoral conduct. Bray, with Miss Gladys Williams, was arrested last Friday afternoon by city police on a charge of immoral conduct after they are reported to have come here from Tampa, Fla., on August 22. Police reported that Miss Williams told them that she and Bray planned to marry but that Bray had encountered difficulty in securing a medical certificate. In the court case Saturday morn ing Bray was fined $25 and the costs and judgment continued in case of the girl. Saturday afternoon Bray applied to the register of deeds for a marriage license, pre senting, the warrant charges, a cer tificate signed by Dr. Baylston. It had not been established this morn ing whether or not the couple was married Saturday. The arrest of Dr. Boylston was the first of its kind here for a viola tion of the law requiring medical certificate before marriage and offi cials were inclined to believe it the first of its kind in the statea. Dr. Boylston has lived here for a couple of years, coming to Charlotte from Florida- Dr. Stembridge Ordered Exile With-1 in an Hour. Durham, Aug. 31.—Dr. H. D. I Stembridge, dentist, who was ar raigned before the recorder today on charges of drunkenness, was allowed to leave the city without a sentence being imposed. The verdict was ren dered at 11:30 this morning, stating that capias would be issued if the defendant had not left the city by 12:30 o'clock, The dentist was order ed to leave the city last Saturday fcy the court, when he had been tried oil charges of drunkenness and operating without a license. He was given until today to leave, but was arrested Sun day morning again on a drunken ness charge and held until today. Stembridge asked that he be allowed to leave the city, statiang that he would immediately leave. This plea was accepted by the judge, who gave him one hour in which to leave. Dr. Stembridge complied with the re quest and left before the hour had passed. Grand Jury to Study Manley Caae. Atlanta, Ga„ Sept. I.— UP) —The federal grand jury of this district con vened here today to begin general and exhaustive investigation into the finan cial affairs of W. D. Manley, presi dent of the recently closed Bankers Trust Co., the collapse of which pre cipitated the closing of a chain of small banks. Refrigeration experts predict that within the near future the same pipes that heat homes in winter will be used to cool them in summer. - ■ ' THE TRIBUNB J PRINTS TODAY’S NEWS TODAY J NO. 206 LIEUT. BETTIS IS ■ DEAD OF INJURIES • RECEIVED 11 Fi|| Farmous Army Flier Djfl at Walter Reed Hospitap —His Plane Crashed itt a Dense Fog. r CRAWLED FROM "M WOODS TO Ro4»i Was First Thought Flief| Was Not Badly HUB But Complications Settj|| Tuesday. "Washington, Sept. 1. —(A’lyr-Lieut.J Cyrus K. Bettis, army flier, injura&g in a crash in Pennsylvania last ,we*fc| died today at Walter Reed HospitgLli Death resulted from spinal menin git is which developed after the >njeg|f| ed flier was believed to be on the way;j to recovery. He was brought to ter Reed Hospital several days ago 111 an ambulance airplane from BeM fonte, I*a., near the place his injffl||j occurred. Lieut. Bettis gained ou tstandijij|| prominence as a flier by Pulitzer air races in 1925, at wiling j time he set a record of 248.99 miles git hour. In capturing the trophy f«4 ] the army that yeqr, he defeated LieuC' . A1 Williams, navy flier, long hohMflft.; the air speed record. Entering the army during the war, * Bettis served with the Americah Air Corps in France, and since it* close participated in a number of prominertPi army air maneuvers. His work in the Pulitzer raceg,.. coupled with his record in was fiSfif peacetime flying, resulted in hisjjHK lection as a member of the cor pa M fliers detailed for exhibition work jjjghi the Sesqui-Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. This was his last aftt;:l signment. Leaving Philadelphia August 23 hp company with two other planes Selfridge Field, Mich., he became in a fog in tile mountains of westegSfi Pennsylvania and crashed into Seyij||! Sisters Mountains. He was uncd|M scious for an hour and a half after i the erafch. Unable to summon assistance or later to attract the attention Os the,; planes sent to look for hipj. Bettt® with one leg broken and both jaw® fractured, hopped and crawled sevwaffi miles through mountainous corfnlflß I to a road near Bellefonte, Pa., where lie was found and taken to a hospitals in that city. I He was missing for more than 4®j I hours during which time he was witfjF out food and had only the rain ! that lie caught in his hands. ■'"'ffß I The parents of Lieut. Bettis, who : were not : fied yesterday of his critidafe ’ condition, arc expected to arrive Kml today from Port Huron. Mich. Panpy ing their decision no funeral arraaMw meats will be made. VICKERS HAS CHANCE TO' || RECOVER, SAjjK Was Shot By Deputy Sheriff aa He Made Break For liberty. Raleigh. Sept. I.—(A 3 )—J. K. Vick»j ers, convict serving a ten year segfiSj tcnce for manslaughter, today lies'" the state prison hosplta 1 seriously j wounded as a result of his latest : tempt to escupe. The shooting of t£jl| prisoner was termed by prison eials as “very unfortunate” and “pure-s ly accidental.” A’ickers was shot through the abdos: men late yesterday by Rev, Geor|jta Wood, of Kinston, a deputy sheriff u*k>: der Sheriff Worthington, of , Iy Asheville, Aug. 31.—A1l previow records for building in Ashevini were smashed during the first eight) months of 1926. it was revealed tw city hall reports today showing ' £ total of 1,157 permits, aggregating] $(5,060,031 issued since January jB The total for the first eight monthj of the current year is equal to tbs total for the entire year 1925. Inm cations are that the estimated tog£f for building this year around $8,06(3 000 made January 1 by Cl. H. BAlk] lett. commissioner of public safety will be exceeded before the expmj tion of the 12 month period. THE WEATHER | Partly cloudy tonight day, local showers Thursday iawjfl and north central portions, Getdi to moderate shifting wind* M