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ASSOCIATED
DisPATCHES
VOLUME XXVI
Central West Swamped
By Third Flood; Rain
Fell 8 Inches In Day
It Is Known That Seven
Persons Prerished But
Property Damage Can
Only Be guessed at Now.
INDUSTRY HALTED I
‘ BY T HE FLOODS
In Several Cities More
Than 7 Inches of Rain
Pell While the Fall Was
8 Inches in One City.
Chicago, Sept. 10.—OV)—The cen
tral west counted 7 deaths and guess
ed at millions of property and crop
loss today in the Hood wake of the
third visitation within ten days by
sto'uis of equinoctial fury.
ludustry and agriculture were at a
standstill in many local'ties paralyz
ed into complete inactivity by floods
which swept fields and factories alike.
In central Indiana and Illinois the
torrential rnin and lightning were
mere damaging in their afreet than
last week’s storms, from which n
broad area of Ohio to Nebraska was
only beginning to recover before the
fresh onslaught.
Clearing skies and forecasts of
wanner weather promised relief today
and strengthened hope thnt the peak
of the downpour had been reached on
Wednesday night.
The fear today was of nwollen
streams, freshened by torrents drain
ing inundated territory miles from the
prineipal outlets.
At Terre Haute, lud.. conditions
were the most serious since the disas
trous flood of 1013: the 7.35 inches of
ca n at Mattoon, 111., was the heaviest
fall since 1007; and Jacksonville, 111,,
recorded 8 inches of rain for the first
time in history.
Throughout central Illinois hun
dreds off automobile tourists were ma
rooned, wit off by submerged high
ways or wrecked bridges. Railroad
service was. impaired by washed out
trackage and bridges and in some sec
tions urns not attempted.
Near Terre Haute 25 cool in : nos
temporarily were abandoned and a
number of industrial plant* in the city
were idle. fSm
washing away of ground at the foot
of a spillway at lake Brachen near
Galesburg, 111., disclosing a 5-foot
bank of coal day. t
There were little more than esti
mates on the cumulative loss to agri
culture,n but they rnn well up into the
millions.
Farmers abandoned hope for small
grain standing in some sections and
taking note of coolness accompanying
the rains were fenerful for corn under '
threat of frost before maturity. At
Aurora corn losses were put at 50
per cent. Three of the four storm ,
deaths in Illinois were from electrocu
tion. The other and those of a Mis
souri farmer and his 2 small children (
were drownings.
Seek S3OO Prise For Ford Owners.
A number of persons here are seek
ing the S3OO to be given by Ford deal
ers in this district to the Ford own
er who can get the greatest mileage
on « gallon of gas.
First tests here were made Thurs
day and Noe) K. Reid, of the Reid
Motor Co., announces the following
contestants and the mileage they
made:
I. R. Penninger, Sedan, &8.04 1-2.
D. D. Barringer,' Roadster. 37.08.
11. H, Toupte. Roadster, 32.0(1.
S. T. Eddlemnn, Touring. 30.02 1-2.
T. M. Quer/, Touring. 25.05.
T. H. Talbert, Coupe, 25.00.
Another teat will be made this af
ternoon. peraons interested to call at
the Reid Motor Co.
Two earn from this district will be
entered in the finals to be run off in
Charlotte, the prises, to be awarded
after the tests there.
Any Ford owner is eligible to com
pete.
World’s Oldest Rose Tree.
Berlin. Sept. 10.—At Hildesheim i
grows what is believed to be the old
est rose tree in the world. It covers
nearly the whole of one side of the 1
parish Church. In the records of the
church references are made over a
period of fully a thousand years to
the training, pruning and methods of
preserving It.
A mountain on the sun, If It bore
the same proportion to that lnminairy
as Mount Kverest does to the earth,
wou’d be about six hundred nliMs
high.
Tourists From United States Spent
$226,000,000 With French Last Year
(By International News Service)
Paris, Sept. 10.—Figures just pub
lished by the French nationsl tourist
o*ce, compiled in collaboration with
the United States department of com
merce. show that 220,000 Americans
visited France during 1025 and apent
an average of slightly
The Concord Daily Tribune
North Carolina’s Xgading Small City Daily
4* —:
EXTENT OF ROLL WEEVIL,
DAMAGE IN THIS STATE
Many Think the Crap Will Be Etas
Than a Million Bales.
. Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, Sept. 10.—The farmers do
have their troubles, but they probably
do not even yet appreciate the extent
of the boll weevil damage already done
in North Carolina. At least, it was
not reflected in their reports for Sep
tember first. It would not surprise
many well informed cotton men of
the state to see the final yield fall be
low 1,000,000 bales. Os course, the
September and October condition will
be the determining factor. The pres
ent condition reported by the United
Stales crop reporting board in its re
lease for today was 59.8 per cent, with
the indicated crop 15,100,000 bales.
According to several hundred well
informed cotton growers, the trouble
began in the early spring when the
soil was too dry for Cue seed to ger
minate. Hope had almost been given
up when rain came late in Juna and
iu July. Then some more dry weath
er came along, causing severe shedding
ip August— .The rain that relieved
the drought seemed to go into weed
development rather than fruiting, es
pecially in the - southern piedmont
area. Late in August the boll weevil,
combined with the cotton flea or leaf
’.lopper, put an end to squaring and
blooming in the southeastern counties.
They are now puncturing half grown
boils which Jinve been counted on for
picking. It would probably have been
better had the dry weather contin
ued.
The picking date is ten days later
than a year ago and probably more
i’.ian two weeks later than the usual
picking date. Very little cotton had
been picked prior to September Ist.
The stands average about 80 per cent,
or at least 10 per cent, below the
usual.
On the other hand, the crop was
quite fruitful in July and most of
August. It is well cultivated and
much of the acreage is still bloom
ing. Many sections report the out
look as bery promising. Many “town”
farmers anticipate a record crop. It
will be 'remembered that last year’s
crap made 1,102,000 bales, with an
average yield of 283 pound* to the
aero. -
MUSICIANS CALL OFF
STRIKE IN CHICAGO
Agreement Reached Whereby Musi
cians Get $4.50 Per Week More
For Two Years.
Chicago, Sept. 10.—OP) —The strike
of 8.000 musicians in 400 Chicago
movie theatres was called off early
today. AP agreement was reached
after a lengthy session between union
officers and exhibitors, providing for
an increase in pay of $4.50 per week
for.two years, with an additional in
crease of $3 per week for the third
year. ’
The settlement under which musi
cians will return to their jobs today
came after four days of negotiations,
during which Chicago movie houses
and vaudeville theatres showed pic
tures only at reduced prices. After
negotiations bad been iu progress for
several hours last night an agreement
had been reached on all but one point,
the length of new contract between
exhibitors and the union. Several
more hours were required to settle
this point.
Petting and Thievery Allied at Ashe
ville.
Asheville, Sept.- 9. —Offices of the
United States forest service and the
Gordon Lumber Company, fourth floor
of the Drhumor building, were the
scenes one night recently of both
thievery and pettiiig- A “petting par
ty” was evidently held in the offices,
according to evidence, which wae to
the effect that a woman was in the
party..
- Cabinets, money drawers and desks
mere rifled, but nothing was taken
but a small diamond stickpin from the
lumber company office. Police said
that they believe'they have evidence
which will lead to an arrest soon.
Drops Dead as Train Rushes By at
Station.
Greensboro, Sept. 9.—0. A. Doug
las, telegraph operator employed by
the Southern Railway as operator
at. Benapa. Rockingham County,
dropped dead this afternoon as Pas
senger 'Crain No. 45 southbound
passed him at the station. He was
standing at the track and it was
thought at first that he had been
struck by the engine, but an exami
nation of the body did not show
bruises or laceration.
timated, an average of $5,000 each.
Students, teachers and employed per
sona on vacations numbered 61,600
and t spent $425 each. Merchants,
industrialists and professional men
made up the most important class of
tourists, numbering 06,800 and spend
ing SBSO esc h. Thirty-one thousand |
six hundred tourists were classed as
wehlthy and spent $1,760 each while
IT,6(# persons Combined business with
pleasure and spent SI,OOO each.
English tourist* were by far the
GERMANS PRESENT
IT LME MEETING
FORTH! FKTTII
At First Assembly With
i Germans Audience Jam
med the Historic Hail of
Reformation.
ARE KEPT BUSY
SHAKING HANDS
Germans Solemnly Walked
to Their Seats After the
Appearance of All Other
Delegates.
Geneva, Sept. 10.—OP)—The flrat
assembly of the league of nations
with a German delegation present be
gan this morning before an audience
which jammed the historic hall of re
formation. '
The German delegates were kept
busy shaking hands with other dele
gates right up to the time that Pres
ident Ninchitih called the body to or
der.
Proceedings were opened by Senor
Agnero, of Cuba, representing the cre
dentials of the German delegates in
order. Consequently they were ad
mitted only to membership.
The Germans, headed by Gustav
Stressman, the reieh foreign minister,
solemnly wn lied to their seats amid
the applause of alt the other delegates,
many of whom were standing. Cam
eras clicked furiously for a minute
and then M. Ninchitc'.i began his ad
dress of welcome which was heartily
applauded.
He said the entrance of Germany
marked a new stage in the universal
ity of the league, und it was n happy
'augury for a pacific future for a con
tinent so terribly afflicted by war 1 .
Dr. Stre.semann afterwards took the
rostrum amid redoubled applause. He
began his speech in slow but d'stinct
German. It was the first time any
assembly oration had used thnt lan
guage. The delegates accorded him
strict Rilence, which was broken only
by scattered bursts of applause.
I)r. Stresemami emphasized the im
portance of economic understandings
among nations, saying the old order
of things had passed and that the
new-. economic life needed new folifts
of tefWßatsomr'T ott-openS tits’ 'SS'dh
would give less imimrianee to national
boundaries.
Recalling that the disarmament of
Germany stipulated in the treaty of
Versailles was proclaimed there us the
pereursor of general disarmament lie
voiced the hope thnt an advance would
be made in that direction, thus afford
ing proof that positive constructive
forces existed in the league. He ap
pealed to Spain not to leave the
league.
Foreign Minister Briand. of France,
mounting the tribune to welcome Ger
many was applauded several minutes.
M. Briand said a real tangible step
had been taken toward a new inter
national understanding.
SCHOOL BOOK PRICES
Reduction in Prices Has Made a Hit
Among the People.
Tribune Bureau
\ Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, Sept. 10. —A political bon
fire of no mean proportions that will
probably overshadow many olfler real
ty more important matters undoubted
ly will be started in the forthcoming
legislature over’ school book prices
in the state. For now that all of
the offending publishing companies but
one have agreed to have their books
sold in North Carolina at the same
prieeß that they are sold in Tennes
see, and with indications Chat the fifth
company, Allyn & Bason, which have
hut one book, a civics, that is not
used until the second term, will cap
itulate long before that time, it will
not take long for the local politicians
all over the Btate to see that this re
duction has made a decided hit among
all classes of people. Perhaps noth
ing more generally affects all the peo
ple in a state or community than
the schools, and anything connected
with the schools accordingly affects
the people at large. Hence if a re
duction in the price of nine school
books has been obtained by the state
already merely by using the threat of
a lawsuit, why cannot further reduc
tions be obtained through legisla
tion
And it is going to be this line of
reasoning that is going to be used,
though perhaps not so frankly and
publicly, in the next session of the
legislature. There will be a large
number of members of both houses,
Who hosently interested in the schools
and the welfare of t’ue school chil
dren, and who dftpire to make educa
tion as nearly a universal privilege
as possible without imposing a bur
den, will honestly endeavor to seek
some method of reducing the cost of
textbooks. They will, of course, seek
to make contracts with the publishers
at as low a figure as possible, and if
the reduction cannot be secured in this
manner, they will sees a cheaper mode
of distribution.
But there are others, wtio inspired
more from political motives than from
any heartfelt desire to he’p the school
children and their parents, will have
as their slogan “cat prices at any
price” and who as a result may do
really more damage than good.
Thirteen women of Salt Lake
City are seeking election to the office
of county record*, which means that
twelvyf them will fiind the number
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CONCORD, N. C„ . FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1926
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Hill v. ‘ v. r iS
JR
“Unde Joe” Cannon, for yean
Speaker of Ihe House, denied
tnal be wa* seriously ill. “I'm
jtist tired” he said. He is!
spending his declinias vran
at Daimlle, HI.
Newwetft
THE BROGDEN DECISION
The Newton Highway Case la Made
Final and Binding..
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, September 10.—Maintain
ing that the “sole and only question "
presented in the Newton highway case
“is ivbefaer or not the proposed road
disconnencted the town of Newton
from the highway system,” Justice
Brogden re-asserts that the route pro
posed by the highway commission con
stituted a disconnection, and that
hence the original Newton highway de
cision of the Supreme Court k’uall
stand, in an opinion declining the pe
tition of the State highway cominis- j
sion to re-hear the case. The crea
tion of the State highway system was
"not designed for the sole and exclu
sive purpose of serving through travel,
but rather serve the general public,
iv’.iich the law did not intend shoqld
be side-tracked,” according to Jus
tice Brogden. The allegation in tie
petition-that the court assumed
ronioiisly as a fact that the' southern
route was shown on the map attached
to the road act of 1921, when as a
matter of fact the location of the- road
actually tiioivn on the mop is in fact
the location of the route of the South
ern railway, between Statesville and
Newton, is "not sustained by the rec
ord before the court,” the opinion
says. -
Thus the Newton highway Supreme
Court decision is made finul and bind-"
ing, and is set up as a precedent to be
followed in all highway litigation, and
to be the basis for future injunction
proceedings.
The cotton market
Renewal of Liquidation and Hedge
Selling Featured the Opening To
day.
New York, Sept. 10. —(A*)—Renew-
al of liquidation and more southern
hedge selling featured the opening of
the cotton market today.
First prices were easy at a decline
bf 10 to 14 points, and local selling
was encouraged by relatively easy Liv
erpool cables, combined with more
favorable weather outlook. Stop loss
orders were uncovered on the bleak
whitf.l extended to 17.51 for December
or about 17 points net lower, but nt
this figure the market steadied on
covering. Trading was fairly active
at the start but tapered off after
rallies of 4 or 5 points. The mar
ket was quiet at the end of the first
hour.
Cotton futures opened steady. Oct.
17.40; Dec. 17.55; Jan. 17.76; March
17.88; May 18.01.
With Our Advertisers.
The Concord Furniture Co. will
take your old heater or stove in ex
change for a neiv Buck’s. See ail.
W. J. Hethcox will show you what
you need in the way of electrical fix
tures if you will call.
H. B. Wilkinson has a beautiful
line of exquisite rockers.
New shoes from old is the slogan
of the Shepherd Shoe Hospital. Flume
431. Special mail order service.
Boys’ school suits.* 4 pieces, only
$4.95. at Efird’s. Also up to $9.95.
See ad. for other prices.
Sctfloss Bros, fall suits, Schoble
bats and October neckwear~at Hoov
er’s. Go right there for anything iu
men’s wearables.
Ten dollars in gold will be g ; ven
away Saturday night at the Concord
Theatre.
First showing of silk frocks nt J. C.
Penney Co.’s, from $14.75 tq $29.75.
County Home Boys Admitted to
Asheville. Sept. 9.—A protest de
signed to bar the attendance of 15
young inmaate* of the Buncombe
County home for boys at the West
Buncombe high school, launched by a,
group of patron* of the school, fell'
through today at a meeting of the
board of directors of the home.
In the ten years from 1914 to 1924
Canada, besides enormously expanding
her trade with Great Britain and the
United States, increased her exports
to France by over 500 per cent. Italy
over 3<500 per cent., Belgium over 400
per cent., Japan over 2,00 per cent,
China over 2j500 per cent., and (he
Argentine 350 per cent
FHUW
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HESWHHL
I ' :
i George Michel Crosses,
; From Cape Gris Nez to
; England in Less Than
Twelve Hours.
I THIRD TIME IN
I YEAR RECORD FALLS
j
Frenchan Beat German |
Who Beat Miss Ederle,
First Woman to Cross
the Channel. 1
London. Sept. 10.—tAft—Georges ]
Michel, Frenchman, today swam the [
English. Channel from Cape Gris Nez, |
Fiance, to England, ill eleven hours)
ami five minutes. This established j
a new record.
; Tuis is the third time this season
I tile record has been broken. The
I record up to today was ewelve hours
and forty-three minutes made by Ernat
Yierkoetter, German, August 31st.
| Previously Gertrude Ederle, of New
Vork, went across in fourteen hours
and thirty minutes. The only other
swimmer to conquer the channel this
year was Mrs. Mallie Gade Corson, of
New York, V.lO onAugust 28th made
it in fifteen hours ami twenty-eight
minutes.
All four of the swimmers who have
negotiated the grim stretch of water
this year Ntarted from Cape Gris Nez.
Michel landed at St. Margaret's
Bay, midway between Dover und Deal.
When |ie took the water last evening
sea conditions were favorable and
there was good swimming virtually
ail the way to England until the last
two miles when I'ae wind began to
stiffen. At the start there was a
fast tide under him and when the
flood tide began it carried him a long
way across.
He left the rocks at Gris Nez an
| hour before low tide instead of four
hours before high tide. He believed
iMHt in starting thus he could accom
plish the feat before him in ten hours.
ALLEGE RUSBIAK WAS
PLOTTING AT GENEVA
FPri—ner Said U. Haw Bom Plotting
Against Life of Dr. GuWppe Me*-
'to, of Switzerland.
Geneva. Sept. 10.—OP)—A Rus
sian was arrested today charged with
plotting to assassinate I>r. Gtiiscppe
Mottn, former president of Switzer
land. It is alleged that he desired to
revenge the murder of M. Vorovski.
Russia’s representative, during the
I-ausanne conference in 1918, by Mau
rice Aconradi a Swiss, who was ac
quitted.
The Russian was denounced to the
police by Swiss journalists. Appar
ently he made no actual attempt
against the life of Dr. Motta. who was
present at the league assembly mmeet
ing today, at, the head of the Swiss
delegation.
The prisoner will be sent to Zurich,
where he is wanted for another
charge.
Duke Stock Rises When Star Re
turns.
Durham, Sept. 0. —John Frank,
Duke backfieid flash who has dis
tinguished himself both 1 as a 'heady,
hard-driving quarterback, and as a
game and speedy halfback, appeared
in person at the opening of the Blue
Devil training camp this morning to
offer proof that he is not in Japan.
“1 aure am here,” he stated em
phatically. "Not in Japan, not in
China, not -in any place but right
here. Them’s my word, and I’ll
stick to ’em 1”
The arrival of Frank came as a
surprise to campus grid fans who had
heard that he was not coming back.
According to an almost authentic re
port, the little back was slated to
taked a job with a big American oil
company in Japan.
Mel E. Grose Takes Own Ufq in Ire
delL
Harmony, Sept. 9.—Mel E. Grose,
well known north Iredell farmer of
the Sandy Springs section, killed
himse’f with a shotgun at about 11
o’clock this morning. The load enter
ed Mr. Grose's body about the heart
and death was evidently instantan
eous. He had told his family that he
was going hunting in the hope of
killing some squirrels- The people of
the neighborhood believe the death a
plain case of suicide but no reason
for the act could be learned. It is
said, however, that Mr. Grose had
been in ill health for some time.
Severe Earthquake Recorded.
New York, Sept. 10.—(Aft—-An un
usually severe earthquake was record
ed by the seismograph at Fordhom
University today. The shock began
at 6:54 a. m., reached its greatest
force at 8 o'clock, and continued until
10 o’clock. The distance was estimat
ed at 5,600 miles from New York,
probably in the southern Pacific.
~ Cok) Sent C. O. D.
London, Sept. 10.—A new method
of producing co d is described in a
leading British chemical journal. Car
bon dioxide snow is compressed into
: bricks, and can be sent by mail,
l packed in special boxes made of a
1 very light fibrous wood. The blocks
i produce intense cold, and can be used
for refrigerating purposes for about
1 a week. * >»
Petro’eum was first refined in
Pittebuggh in 1864
In Affairs of thy Nation
HrjSSjCIST A XkKCSUB
<JOHN R HIM/
Major Herbert A. Darguc will lead, an American air expedition
around South America. Frank Morrison, Secretary of tha
American Federation of Labor, denounced “Mussouni-ism. H
John Phillip Hill, wet, and Senator 0. E. Weller, “mpist dry,’’
loueht the Republican Senatorial nomination in Maryland.-
STATE’S COTTON CROP
Looks as if We Will Raise More
Cotton This YQear Than Ever Be
fore.
Raleigh, Sept. 10.— (Aft —Although
the estimated yield of cotton in North
Carolina dropped from 73 to 69 per
cent, between the reports of August
16th and the one jyst made pjiblic by
the co-operative crop reporting ser
vice of the N. C.-U. 8. department of
agriculture, it still appear* probable
that North Carolina will make more
cotton this year than it ever has be
fore.
The crop of J,102,000 bales last
year holds C.ie previous record, ac
cording to agriculture department fig
ures, but this year the state will pro
duce 1,137,000 if the September esti
mate runs true to form. The esti
mate is based on a per-aere lint yield
of 267 pounds, 69 per cent, of a nor
mal full crop condition.
The September report indicates that
conditions from "the start were quite
variable this year, but that they have
been favorable to the crop. Chi Sep
tember Ist the stands appeared 80 per
cent, normal, the plant growth from
two to t'aree weeks late, and picking
ten to twelve days later than last
year. During July and August the
very dry peri oils caused considerable
shedding.
Freedom from the boll weevil until
late in August was balanced in some
sections by visitations from tbe cot
ton flea (hopper). The total damage
from this pest is the worst on record,
and appeared most severe in the south
eastern part of the state.
The extent of the weevil damage
cannot be fully determined Oc
tober Ist, but if the season'continues
favorable for this pest, a sflarp drop
in the forecasted production may be
expected before the final harvest, the
report states.
Only one per cent, acreage aban
i donment haa< been shown since June
25th, leaving 2,036,000 acres for har
vest.
Ginnings in North Carolina to Sep
tember Ist were 111,000 bales, ac
cording to the report of the federal
department of agriculture.
North Carolina stood fifth among
the sixteen cotton producing states
this year according to t’je September
Ist estimates, which represents a rise
from seventh place last yeftr. Texas
stood first on September witli 5,000,-
000 ba’.es and Oklahoma next witli 1,-
561,000.
The total estimated production for
the United States on September Ist
was 15,106,000 bales, or 59.6 percent,
of normal.
Prisoners Fatten in Mecklenburg Jail
Charlotte, Sept. 9.— Lodgers at the
Mqcklenburg county jail may kick
against the State board of health for
foistinng night tf.iirts on them but
they haven't any visible complaint
about the food, Jailer Crenshaw de
clares.
Seldom does a prisoner in the Meck
lenburg jail go out without putting
on a few extra pounds of flesh, the
jailer avers.
“Steady meals, sane hours and no
dissipation does the work,” he said
adding that the prisoners get corn
meal in the morning und beana at
night and from 10 to 12 flours of
sleep.
J. H. Ham, Prominent Mon of Char
lotte, Posses Away.
Charlotte, Sept. 10—J. H. Ham,
on ® J* Pioneer automobile dealers
of Charlotte, died at his home early
today after an illness of one week.
He, bad been in declining health for
about a pear.
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CHARLOTTE COW SETS
NEW STATE RECORD
Daughter of Southern Champion Also
Excels as Producer, i
Oxford's Noble Brownie, a Jersey
cow owned by R. E. McDowell, of
Charlotte, has completed her tbijrd of
ficial production test and has estab- i
jiahed a new high record for this state
for Jerseys tested in senior lour-year
old form. In this test Brownie pro
duced 806.35 pounds of butterfat and
13,735 pounds of mi’k in 365 days.
This record is higher by 100 pounds
of butterfat than the previous state
record.
As a junior two-year-old Brownie
won a silver medal for producing
541.17 pounds of butterfat and 0,477
pounds of milk in 334 days and a
year later she became the champion
junior three-year-old Jersey by pro
ducing 764.95 pounds of butterfht and
11,944 pounds of milk in 365 days.
Brownie is the daughter of Princess
Elise, the champion producer, all
breeds, south of the Mason and Dixon
Line and Dixie's first cow 'to pro
duce 1,000 pounds of butterfat on of
ficial test.
WANT LONGER PARKING TIME
Twenty Minutes Not Long Enough
For a Woman to Get a Bob or Se
lect a Dress.
Raleigh, Sept. 10.— <JP) —Twenty!
minutes is not sufficient time to al
low a woman to buy a dress or get
a bob, Raleigh merchants declare in
petitioning the city commissioners to
rescind the recently passed twenty
minute parking limit on the city's
main business streets. They want a
return to the old one-hour limit, which
was abolished at the request of an
other set of business men last month.
The commissioners have taken file
matter under advisement. Meanwhile
police officers are buryhanding out
traffic violation summons to shoppers
who fail to accurately gimge the time
they leave their cars parked.
Pretty Romance Dies Because Ford
j Hasn’t a Daughter.
I Warsaw. Poland, Sept. A re
port reached Warsaw today of the
engagement of Alexander Skrzynski,
former premier, to a daughter of
Henry Ford, the American automo
bile magnate. The newspapers im
mediately had . extras out on the
street creating a great sensation
jwith the assertion that Mbs Ford
would bring a dowry of three hun
dred million dollars to her Polish
husband.
It took time for the local Ameri
can colony to allay the excitement
with the explanation that Henry
Ford has no daughter.
John McElwee Dies at Home in
Statesville..
Statesville, Sept. s).—John Me-
Rlwee. age 54, for 35 years connect
ed with the J. H. McElwee Tobacco
company established by his father, J.
H. McElwee, pioneer Statesville to
bacco manufacturer, passed away
this morning at his home on Water
street. More than two months ago
he suffered Severe brain injury in an
automobile accident near Winston-
Salem. and hi* physical condition
has since been on u steady decline
for weeks. His family and friend*
have known of his critical condition.
Milton gills and Dork Kenyon to Be
Married.
Los Angelea, Sept. 10.—OPMSSi
approaching marriage of Milton Mills,
screen star, and Doris Keftyon, film
Mt tor October 4th.
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TODAY’S NEWS TOBOT
NO. 2jJL,
MERTON TESTIFIES |
WIG MUCHfOtt!
Says He Suggested §S|ti
by Which $7,000,000
j Turned Over to Hutt M
the Government 2U. |
MILLER GAVE HIMLJ|
CHECK AT PAM#!
Witness Says Two Chefeig;
Were Handed to HhEflE
Miller Which TetftM
$7,000,000.
New York. Sept. 10.—G4 3 )—
Merton, German metal magnate, to||
tied today that it was be who
ed paying the late John T. King ‘*ig§
thing" etor his aid in obtaining
turn to allegedly German owugWjjM
$7,000,006 realized from the sale M
American Metals Co. stock duriiqP^H
Merton is the government’p 3
witness in the trial of
Daugherty, former Attorney
and Thos. IV. Miller.
property custodian, for conspir^^ I |B
defraud the United States
transfer of the $7,000,000. .loJiji ah.
King, who died soon after the finttlM
dictment in the case was returnSpyH
alleged by the government to have'
"pulled the strings" in the deal..
Merton saifl that under the t erniAjE
an agreement he finally reached nw®
King in July, 1921. he afireed t|B|
tlie latter 5 per cent, of
of asserts recovered, providing
transaction was completed- mSM
August 15. 1921. If the
were not completed beefore SeptwjHjH
15. Merton sa : d he was to pay (EBB
2 1-2 per cent, of the amount recoygHj
ed. In addition. be testified he gmjjMj
to pay King $50,000 in cash
shortly thereafter give King a toMB
for that amount drawn on the CbhH
National Bank. ,
Merton said he had not seen jfJß|
cancelled check, but he knew it'kinl
been cashed.
Merton said be obtained thpsfNM
vices of King because be thought it;
would be less expensive than hiring ffe
lawyer. King was once repufcli«t|H
national committeeman from OoftßlSj
ticnt.glid opp. of the most infl>u»tgj!
men in the republican party.
Telling of the actual transfer- of tipi
*7.000.000 Merton testified that at *
champagne dinner in a private hgiw
at the Ritz-Uarlton Hotel in this-aUgi
Miller handed him two checks hpjjjH
ing $7,000,000. He could not
date of the dinner. The goveratoffitos
alleged it took place on September 9k
1 MAIL LOOT VALUED
AT *500,000 STOIM
A Band of Robbers Boarded a M|
Trunk Train in Chicago SublrMd
Chicago, Sept. 10.— UP) —Loo* ah
timated at about $500,000 was flgtjMK
aboard eastbound Grand Trunk,Arniti
No. 10 today by three of a hand. 4(
four robbers who escaped at the.pOtaSp.
western suburb of Evergreen l
without firing a shot.
Consignment of currency from thie
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and
the Union Trust Co. also i <MtpH
| bank comprised the loot, , thej.'.ekakk
amount of which Grant Milieu, qutstoQ
lice inspector in charge here said, 'tang
not been ascertained.
Two of the robbers entered *. .n9M
car and held up the clerks, taking otoi
pouch of mail containing regRfMH
shipments which were
Harvey, 111., a large lnanufactiJtM
The robbers had boarded the. o|B
in the city. After the robbery t|M
dropped off at Evergreen Park,JmbH
burb. at west 95th street, cßiefij
known for its cemeteries.
An automobile of an inexgepHg|
make, little used by robbers wa|jfi|
and (s believed to have been 1 nhtxl iJk
t'.ie escaiie. Only one pouch .
ein, Inspector Miller said, in«Uoat&||
that the robbers had information that
the currency was on board, and Vegi
familiar with the mail Byst*to*j|§!
The robbery is the first
mail theft since the $2,000,000 traijl
holdup at ltoundout, 111. The rohbeaa
| today apparently knew that a eoMsigij
! ment of currency was aboard,. WM
knew, too, where to obtain the mouejf
After boarding the traiu at 51g
Street station in Chicago the IwtMj
men had u favorable opportunity ntp
Chicago Lawn, entered the exprtjj
and mail car, and held up the.clerM
Mail sacks were thrown ovof the|
heads and tied, and the iuvaders ngj
selected two pouches working swHSj|
New Telephone Rule.
Raleigh, Sept. 10.— (A) —An expCitl
No more is the number
' | G C. Cauthern, manager of tithf!
' j cal office, declarea that an avnjml
„ , cooler tonirbt ModfPste