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VOLUME XXVI
Woman Confesses Tale
About M’Pherson Case
Was Given For Funds
Mrs. Lorraine Wiseman
Seilaff Says She Was to
Get $5,00 For Helping
Los Angeles Evangelist.
FIRST SAJD SHE
WAS IN COTTAGE
At Carmel With Kenneth
F. Ormiston But Now
She Says She Told That
Story to Get Money.
Ix)K Angeles, Sept. 13.—OP)—The
Examiner in a copyrighted story to
day says Mrs.' Lorraine ,Wiseman Mc-
Donald Seilaff, $lB a week seamstress,
• '.ms confessed that her story of having
shared a seaside cottage at Carmel
With a sister, the anonymous "Miss
X’’ and Kenneth G. Ormiston, former
Angeluß Temple radio operator, was
n fake for which she “was to receive j
$3,000 from Aimee Semple McPherson,
the evangelist. I
The admission was made in a sworn
statement. I
The alleged confession climaxed a !
dramatic meeting between Mrs. Seil
nff and her twin sister, Sirs. Virla
Kimball, of Oakland, and is said to
have been made at. the request of the
latter. They met in t'ue newspaper i
office, Sirs. Seilaff having been taken
under guard from her cell in the coun- I
ty jail where she had spent two days '
since her arrest Saturday on charges
of issuing worthless checks. The sis
ters kissed, and after consultation
with her lawer, Sirs. Seilaff announced
her intention of “making a clean
breast of the whole thing.” She.
then proceeded to dictate her state
ment which was acknowledged later I
by a notary.
Sira. Seilaff began her affidavit by
stating that she was approached in!
San Francisco on about July 30th by
a man who gave his name as “Mr.;
Martin”, and who asked her if she j
would Come to Tsjm Angeles on “some
work which would pay good money i
and would take only n few weeks or I
pot all of that time.”
She said the man could give her i
only a few details, but informed her]
the work offered was in connection,
with the McPherson case. She stated
that she was instructed to send a. tele-j
gram to ('District Attorney As Keybs,
with Ormiston at Carmel, and that |
she had wired the sister to return j
immediately.
The same day Keyes received a wirej
from San Francisco, signed “Belle
Owen.” Mrs. Seilaff said she left,
that night for Angeles. Unable
to reach Keyes over telephone on her
arrival here, she said she went to
t'ae Angelus Temple.
“I had some time getting in be
cause no one knew me, but I told them
it was in regard to the Cartnel case,
and that I had come to help Mrs. Mc-
Pherson out,” Mrs. Seilaff said.
"I talked with Mrs. Kennedy and
Mr. Vertch, on<* of her attorneys, - ’ her
statement continued. "I eould not
tell them must because I did not know
how to go about it until I had got
gome information. I met Mrs. Me-,
Pherson for just a few minutes that i
day.”
Mrs. Seilaff said rflie remained Ini
town two days, during which time!
she went out to the temple “quite a !
number of time” talking with Mrs.
Kennedy and Mrs. McPherson.
“During these two days I at no
time talked with Mr».' McPherson
alone with the exception of just a
moment when Mrs. McPherson told
me it was all right to go ahead,” the
woman related.
“T.iey told me to go ahead,” she
continued to dictate, “and they would
pay all my expenses, and that If I
could do this I would be well paid.”
DENIES HE KNEW FOUR
I nuns were arrested
James A. Casaldy, Acting Head of the
Catholic' Diocese of Fall River, De
nies Knowledge of Affects.
Fall River, Mass., Sept. 18.— (A'l —
Denial that he had any knowledge of
the detention of four nuns by customs
authorities at St. Albans, Vt., was
made today by Monaignor James A.
Cassidy, acting head of the Roman
Catholic diocese of Fall Hlver. Nuns
w\io gave their names as Sjsters Isarr
and Perfectu Locoroj of Bt. Anthony’s
convention, Fall River, and Siater
Sagrado Mother Superior of the con
velit of Our Lady Glorida, New Bed
ford. were taken from a train at
Rich ford, Vt, Saturday. Sewn In
their clothing was valuable lace
With them was Sister Dea Olivers of
the Convent of Our Lady of Good
Help, Blast Boston. |
Bishop D. F. Fceman did not ap-1
pear at religious services yseterday at i
which he was expected to officiate and
it was explained that he had gone to
Washington. At his residence to
day it was said that he was absent
and that no one there could speak
for him. 1
When asked today if the diocese
planned to aid the nuns detained at
St. Albans, M. G. Cassidy replied:
“I know nothing of the matter.”
He admitted having seen newspaper
account of their detention but refused
to make any further statement.
tution, has picked the crater of a vol
cano in South Africa as the best site
in the eastern - hemisphere for a new
astronomical station,
North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
-UNTRAINED THINKING-
Dr. Martin Says »«.* Is Onr Great
est Curse.
Davidson College. Sept. 13.—( A )—
j “There is a great deal of ignorance
in the world, but I rather think that
our greater curse is shallow, sporadic,
untrained thinking,” declared Dr. W.
J. Martin, president of Davidson Col
lege, in his opening speech to the stu
dent hotly here this morning.
President Martin asked the ques
tion : “What is the chief purpose of
a 'col ege education?” and answered
it: “Hie main purpose is to train you,
to think.” ’
His address was a plea for deep
reasoning and the elimination of the
superficial.
“If the objective of the institution
is not intellectual it is iniseal ed a
college and had better be known by
another name. There are other func
tions. but this is the central and ino
, tivating one.” he declared,
j President Martin’s address took to |
account both the individual student i
1 and the educational system. ’He
stressed the importance of reflective
! reasoning as requisite to knowledge,
1 and the apparent /trend of the educa
tional system in high schools and col
leges from what he termed “Educa
tional Lock-step”, which he explained,
means the grouping of students of the
most varied abilities in a class and re
quiring all to ke#p the same pace.
| This system, he declared, “is ruin
ous to the alert, well endowed young
student t’arough teaching him slovenly
habits of work and thought, and equal
ly unfair , to the slow worker in de
manding more of hi mthan God had
given him ability to do.”
The special harmfulness of this,
Dr. Margin emphasized, comes when
t'je student reaches the upper year*
of a college course, when the system
of “spoon-feeding” dictates that "les
sona" be given, whereas the real need
is a “subject” anil not disjointed seg
ments.
The “subject method, the speaker I
said, “demands a much more intimate
and personal relation between teacher
and student than is attained or is
possible under our system* of formal
classes and class assignments. It is
recognized that it’ is a more expensive
educational process but it is proven, I
believe, that it turns out more and
tatter thinkers and Is worth far more
ttan It costs.”
SnM.fcitot.of .tSe prevalent iackof
deep reasoning, President Martin sain:'
“In some measure, all humans are
thinking creatures. Our mental pow
eht ana processes are distinctive, hut
net all tfßMsiuP|hink clearly, connect
edly, nor are they , capable/■/»{ .sus
tained thinking. Theif thinking is
shallow, superficial, incoherent, short
lived. In a loose sense or way we
all think or reason, bat the hardest,
the most paniful thing most people
can undertake is sustained thought or
reasoning.
‘“Reasoning is the highest mental
process and until you have trained
yourself to sustained effort In this
process you have not become edu
cated from the intellectual standpoint.
The attainment of proficiency in this
is somewhat like learning to plow.
Some one may lecture to you in
learned terms about the methods and
reasons for plowing, but you will nev
er learn to plow unless you plow. . -
just so in learning to reason —it is
well to be told about the process, to
be advised and directed, to learn and
even memorise certain facts and laws,
but to become thinkers you have got
to think and to become reasouers you
must practice reasoning.”
President Martin counselled the stu
dents to practice reasoning by con
centrating their minds upon one sub
ject for an hour at a time in a setting
free from interruption and annoyance,
and to refrain from too much light in
tellectual diet outside of what is nec
essary for diversion and variety.
“You cannot make a good pudding
by UHing a larger measure of season
ing than you do of fruit and flour.
Do not clog you fiiind with trash,” he
stated.
SENATOR SIMMONS NOT
READY TO RETIRE YET
Senior North Carolina Senator is
Good For Another .Term or Two,
It Is Said.
New Bern, Sept. 11.—Senator F.
M. Simmons does not now intend to
retire at the expiration of his pres
ent fifth term in the senate of the
[United States, according to authori
tative Information learned here fol
lowing the recent endeavor of vari
ous state newspaper correspondents
!to select his possible succesor.
The senator is 72 years young
and is in better health apd strength
I than he has been for some tjme. 11l
I effects from past illnesses and last
I Rummer’s minor operation are not
'now apparent in hie appearance. His
weight and color are better than they
have been in months.
Friends of the local man say that
he aeema fit,for another term or two
in tike senate, after he has com
pleted 30 years service in 1031. At
present he is the ranking Democrat
in the body and his prominence and
knowledge of public affairs make it
Advantageous for him to r«*ma::i
there as long as possible, thgy say-
Otherwise, in their opinion, the- state
would suffer at the hands of a new
and experienced man. Senator
Francis E. Warren, Republican, of
Wyoming, ranking senator, is now
82 yearn of age.
Among the Egyptians Saturday Is
considered- the most unlucky day of j
DEMITS CHS
NOMiIEES HERE IT
MONK MEET
All of County Offi
cers Except Commission
| ers Named as Candidates
j For November.
tHARMONYRULES
I THE MEETING
C. Ai Isenhour Unanimous
Choice For Chairman of
Commissioners—No Bit
ter Fight Made.
In one of the moat harmonious 1
gatherings in the history of thes party
in tile county, Cabarrus Democrats
met here Saturday and gave their
stamp of approval to those uttidi
dates who will be the party's stand
ard ben reiv* in the November election.
All of the present office holders!
|seeking another term of office were
accepted by the convention delegates,
the vote in each contest being over
whelming in favor of the incumbent.
Every precinct in the county ex
cept one was represented, the miss
ing delegation being the one *r/>m
No. 7 township. When the conven
tion opbned Box 2. Toivruhip 2 and
Ward f> were not represented but
later delegates from these precincts
answered the roll call and were seat
ed-
There was one rather unusual in
cident in the convention. When the
chairman culled for eandidates for
the nomination of sheriff the name
of R. V. Caldwell. Jr., was the only
one presented, although W. H. “Fow
ler had received a small number of
votes for in the primarf. However,
his name was never placed in nomi
nation and .therefore he was not vot
ed on na a candidate.
The ticket chosen by the conven
tion follows:
For House of RcjjreoeutativcK- 1 —
Sam Black.
For Sheriff—R. V. Caldwell, Jr,
For Clerk of Court—J. B. Mc-
Allister.
For Register of Deeds—L. V. El
liott.
For Treasurer —Miss Margie Me-
Enchern.
For Coroner —I)r. Joe A. Hart
aeU.
For Ootton Weigher—JK. Bt
yyStorwi waiter
Chairman Hoard of County ’ Com.
missioned*—C. A. Isenhour.
Commissioners —W. F. Smith, No.
3 Charles Graeber, No.
4 tpwMhip-J? W. S, towiv ,
ship,;* mild J. My-'tjjurtsfflf, No. fjli >
township. *f ' V7
The only new- faces on the ticket
are on the board of county commis
sioners four of the five candidates
for places on the board being new
men.
Nine men were p’aoed in nomina
tion for places on the board but only
ballot was needed to nominate. In
addition to those nominated, those
placed in nomination were R. O.
Caldwell, J. H. Barrier, William
Harry ami John Q. Shinn.
Only three times was it necessary
to call the roll call to decide - the win
ne.. One the roll call was made for
the commissioners, once for clerk of
court and once for cotton weigher.
Mr. McAllister won 127.01 to 39.-
1)0 for M. L. Widenhouse, his only
opponent in the race for clerk of
court, and Mr. Boger won 143.43 to
33.57 in the contest with H. W-
Johnston for cotton weigher.
When the name of Mr. Fowler was
not presented to the convention
Sheriff Caldwell was nominated by
acclamation nfter his namo had been
p'aee before the convention by L. T.
Hartsell. The speaker described the
officer os “effieient and courteous”
and expressed the opinion that there
is no better sheriff in the State.
The nomination of Mr. McAllister
was made unanimous by motion
made by Mr. Wideuhduse- L. T.
Hartsell Jr., presented the name of
L. V. Elliott to the convention, say
ing he "possibly is the most efficient
register of deeds in the State.” Mias
McEaehern’s name was presented by
MBw Rosa 31 uml and the unanimous
vote of the convention for., her was
cast by Mrs. Richmond Reed.
After Dr. Hartsell had oven
unanimously nominated h;s father,
J. L. Hartsell, cast the unanimous
vote of the convention for him.
Walter I* Furr had no opposition
and Mr. Isenhour was nominated by
acclamation o'so as candidate for
chairman of the commissioners. At
their convention two weeks ago
Cabarrus Rcpub'icans nominated
their committee chairman as candi
date for the chairmanship of the
board, and as the Democrats have done
the same thing this contest will be a
personal campaign between the two
chairman ns well as a party fight.
Chairman Isenhour asked M. B.
Sherrin to preside and R. I>. Hart
sell and W. M. Sherrill were named
as secretaries.- This temporary or
ganization was made permanent.
Chairman Sherrin made no
lengthy address, declaring it was not
necessary to have a keynoter for
Cabarrus Democrats who are willing
to atond on their record during the
past four years.
“When the Republicans held their
convention recently,” he said, “an
inported keynoter spoae. Some peo
ple said he talked an hour, others
said, he talked two bonis. I could not
imagine what he was doing all of
that time until his subject matter
became clear to me. He devoted hie
time to an adverse criticism of Ihe
last Democratic administration and
1 praise-aiaging for the Harding ad-
CONCORD, N. C„ MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1926
In the News Spotlight
8 I
IGU TAV^STRESEI'CANN
S’ TELLER
Foreign Minister Stresema&n headed Germany’s firat dele-
g r t .'l’ n A?. 1 ,* 1 ® Leagne of Nations. Andrew T. Dice, president
of the Philadelphia and fading Railroad, precipitated a na
tional fight among railraa* when he attempted to take over
the Lehigh & New England Railroad for his company,
foreign interests are attefipting to stifle American ship
ping, said Philip S. Teller, Chairman of the Shipping Board
paiesLoni mittee. Dictatorship is sweeping Europe, Mrs. Will
iam *C Bui lilt, writer. decJxtreri on her return «o America..
THE COTTON MARKET |
Opened Easy at Decline of 3 to 82
Points Under Liquidation and Sell
ing i
New York. Sept. 13.— (A) —TBie
cotton market opened easy today aj n
decline .of 8 to 22 points under *e
n**U?d.. fiquidatioii, southern and wfeih
sellfng. The latter was promoted by
a more favorable view of weather con
ditions In the South and relatively
easy Liverpool cables. Active
.gjiowedUnet by**!®, of Wfsto 25 points :
Wirii'tttp firseflft miMtiifL f
Ocjtobinr solq’olHlo lt{.s() An reports |
that'consigned’ cotton " was arriving'
hero from the South, presumably for
delivery next Monday and January
declined to 17.0<! but there was con
siderable trade buying at these prices,
leading to rallies of 5 to 10 points
from the lowest by the end of the fir.t
hour.
Covering was promoted by reports!
of another tropical storm in the Yu
catan Channel which some thought
might develop unfavorably within vhc
next few days.
Cotton futures opened steady. Oc
tober 10.75; December 17.00; January
17.32; May 17.51.
High Pointer Has Fight With Un-1
known Robber.
High Point, Sept. 11.—J. B. Mil- i
’.er, of this city, was sent to the hos-1
pital last night with serious injur- j
ies after he had been attacked and
robbed by an unknown man whom ’ e
described as big and dark.
According to information' obtained,;
by officers. Stiller was he'd up at the
point of a gun, nnd when he knocked
the pistol from the hand of the rob
ber, n fight ensued "in which bis cal
larbone was broken and other wounds
inflicted.
Miller’s condition is much im
proved following hospital treatment.
The man who held him up is still at
large, while officers are scouring the
city in search of him.
ni’nistration. Then I saw wherein his
trouble lay. No man can uphold an
adverse criticism of the last Demo
cratic administration in two hours,
nor is it possible for a man to con
vince any one in two hours that
Harding administration with its Do
henys, Falls, Duughterys and Millers
was what the people wanted.”
After the nominations had been
made motion was made that the con
vention give endorsement to F. J.
Haywood, candidate of the Cabarrus
Democracy 'for the State Senate.
Mr. Haywood tiled with the State
board of elections nnd is not nomi
nated by the convention, but full ap
proval of bis candidacy was given by
the convention.
G. O. Alleu, of Kannapolis, was
endorsed by the convention ns its
choice for the County Board of Kdu
r-ation. Under the law governing
such matten* members of the board
are appointed by the State Legisla
ture so the convention voted to cer
tify the name of Mr. Allen as its
choice. Mt. Allen's term will ex
pire next April and the oonventioif
action means that he will be apimint
ed for another term of two years.
Every proposal before the con
vention was accepted or rejected
unanimously, a fine spirit of harmony
prevailing on every hand. leaders es
the party dcc'are the convention
was one of the best in the history of
the county-
Several women, were present, both
from the county precincts and from
the city wards.
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A<3KEVs£ TjiDICEf I
EL •
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EVERHARDT WILL NOT
WITHDRAW HIS CHARGES
Against C. P. Barringer.—Files Hot
Retort to Him.
Tribune Bureau
■ Sir Walter,,Hotel
Raleigh, Sept. 18.—Declaring that
he does not desire to withdraw tire
'protest filed with the State Supreme
Court to prevent the granting of an
application by C, I*. Barringer, of
|sj*!i*ifeiry, recently elected head of the
gtate fcederation of j&abog, for a Jj
tisnse t* practice lahr, O.' K. Evey
mirdt today fifed a repfly to “parringei’s
answer in which lie-further charges
that Barringer has tried to "beg, per
suade’ and even coerce this affiant”
to make an affidavit to the effect that
the charges made against him (Bar
ringer) were untrue and that on the
night of September 7, 1926, Barringer
““tried to bully and coerce this affiant
into signing un affidavit to the effect
!hat -the charges made were untrue.”
Kverhardt further declares that all of
the charges made in the original com
plaint filed with the Supreme Court
are “true and correct in every re
spect and that he was deceived, mis
led and defrauded and parted with his
i money because oi the representations
I made by C. P. Barringer.
It will be remembered that while
| Barringer successfully passed the
; State bar examination on August 23,
jhe was denied a license by the Su-
J preme Court because of the protest
|flied by Kverhardt, who objected to
j the licenseing of Barringer on the
j grounds that he was not of good char
j aeter in that Barringer had failed to
pay a note of SSOO. Everhardt now
| admits thnt the SSOO note has been'
paid in full since he filed the protest
with the Supreme Court.
| In closing his reply to Barringer’s
[answer, Everhardt says: “This affiant
■ here and now swears and affirms that
[every statement heretofore made by
I him is true and correct and that he
has full knowledge of the contents of
I this affidavit and the affidavits hereto
fore filed. That this protest is not
made on account of any malice on
, the part of the affiant, but because
i tris affiant believes that it is his duty
I as a citizep to help, if he can, to pro
| tect society from having this man C,
j P. Barringer licensed ns an attorney
! at law.”
Everhardt admits Barringer bor
rowed SSOO from liijn, and that Bar
ringer did not tell him that his prop
erty was otherwise encumbered. Ev
erhardt denies that 'he ever had any
understanding with Barringer con
cerning the foreclosure of the note
and mortgage hc'.d by Everhardt and
that only as the result of repeated at
tempts by his attorney to collect
something on the note were two pay
ments. one of SSO and another of $25
made by Barringer. The allegation
made by Barringer in phragraphs three
and four of Mis answer are expressly
denied by Everhardt.
It is further contended by Ever
| hardt that the original complaint was
filed with his full knowledge and con
sent, and was not tiled by his attor
ney, as Barringer alleges, without Ev
erhardt’s knowledge. It is further
alleged by Everhardt that some daya
after the complaint had been tiled,
Barringer came to him and begged
'aim to allow him “another chance”
and to withdraw the proteat He addß
that be was so impressed with Bar
ringer's apparent sincerity that he
took steps to see if the complaint 1
Ipbuld be withdrawn, and that Bar
ringer thereupon made payment of
RISING RIVER NOW
THREAT TO STOCK;
BUILDINGS RUINED;
Neosho River Has Risen i
I Foot and Half Since
I Midnight—Now. 27 Feet
| Higher Than Normal. |
KANSAS FAkMS
ARE INUNDATED/
) Section Swept by River Is i
I From 3to 10 Miles Wide, j
—Damage Also Caused
by Other Streams.
Emporia, Kans., Sept. 13.—( A )—
| The Neosho River, rising a foot and a
half since midnight, today threatened
Ito inundate new territory nnd in
crease the damage to buildings and
livestock losses caused yesterday, when'
the waters of the Cottonwood, Verdi
gris nnd Neosho rivers swept a sec
tion of southeastern Kaunas approx
imately 25 mi.es wide and 60 miles
long.
Today's rise was caused by cur
rents pouring from the Cottonwood in
to the Neosho several miles southeast
of here. The Neosho was appioach
ing the record he gilt of 27 feet te
eorded in the flood of 1923.
The raging Neosho today covered a
territory from 3 to 10 miles wide,
from a i*oint several miles ws' .jf
here to Parsons, about 100 miles
southeast. Burlington. Letroy an!
other points between here and Neosho
Falls. 45 miles southeast of here,
reported the high mark apparently
reached shortly before midnight, but
it was feared the deluge from the Cot
tonwood river would force the Neosho
to a high today.
lola reported the Neosho holding
steadily at 23 feet at 4 o’clock this
morning, the volume {Missing south in
to the Chanute nnd Parsons dish-cts
where rapid rises were recorded caus
ing heavy damage.
AFFIDAVITS FOR NEW
TRIAL FOR ITALIANS
Sixty-Five Affidavits For Nicola Saceo
and Bartolomeo Vanaettl.
Dedham, Mass., Sept. 13.—l A )—
Sixty-three affidavits in support of a
motion for a new triul for Nicola
Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanaetti, con
victed of murder, were submitted to
Judge AVebstcr Thayer In Superior
Court today. All were based U|*on a
confession by Celestino Madeiros.
condemned murdered, that he was im
plicated in thq- double murder of 1920
for which Saeco and Vanzetti were
mmdicted. The confession exonerated
them.
With Our Advertisers.
Now is the time to think about your
fall painting. The Yorke & Wads
worth Company has a complete line of
Rogers paints and varnishes and the
prices are right too.
Milton Sills in “Men of Steel” at
the Concord Theatre today and tomor
row. Thursday and Friday Con
stance Talmadge in “Her Sister From
Paris.” September 20 and 21, Ru
dolph Valentino in “The Son of c
Sheik,” his last picture.
to. H. Barrier & Co., sell you the
vest vegetables that can be bought.
Get a new Schoble hat or up-to-the
minute neckyvear. hose, caps and
shirts, all at Hoover’s.
The new fall rugs at the Bell &
Harris Furniture Co. are of rare
beauty and design. Read about them
in the new ad. today.
A house full of new merchandise
for fall and winter at 7fird's.
The Yorke & Wadsw rth Co. car
ries a full line of Goodyear tires. Do
not buy a so-called “bargain” tire
when you can get a Goodyear as cheap
or cheaper.
New Fall Styles are displayed in
Belk's assortment of new fall dresses
and hats. Phone 18 or 608. The
Beauty Shoppe phone is 892 and the
grocery phone is 268.
Robinson’s millionery department
will deem it a pleasure to show you
their complete line of millionery.
The fall opening of new fall ap
parel is now on at J.C. Penney Co’s.
They can outfit you from head to
toe.
Bees Campaign Against America.
New York. Sept. 13.—<d*>—Europe
is carrying on a campaign against
America whicj has Wen inspired by
the foreign nations’ debts and obliga
t!ons to the United States, said Unit
ed States Senator T. H. Caraway, of
Arkansas, who arrived on the liner
American Farmer today from a tour
abroad.
targe Tobacco Crop.
Raleigh, Sept. 13.—With prices
ranging from 22 to 28 cents a pound,
growers in North Carolina and South
Carolina are marketing one of the
largest tobacco crops in history,
i Enrly reports from some of the
leading markets indicate that from
five to ten million pounds were dis
posed of in the opening sales.
the balance of the SSOO which was
still due Everhardt.
“But from the answer filed by Bar
ringer . . . tbis affiant is convinced
that the said Barringer haa not
changed his ways . . and that he
ia a person to be avoided by all hon
est men, and that if licensed to prac
tice law that he will be dangerous
person to society,” Everhardt con
cludes.
Police Get Right Name
Os Man Who Sought To
Assassinate Mussolini!
NORTH CAROLINA AT -,^ e
THE gESIT-CRNTENy'.^
People hi Ctiarge Kept Busy Aik!
ing Questions About the State. I
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel |
J Raleigh, Sept. 13.—The North Oar
* olins exhibit at the Sesqui-Centepnial |
{at Philadelphia is getting to be more
lof a North Carolina information bu
reau than an exhibit, according to
I those n'jot have just returned from I
| presiding over the space slotted this .
j state at the Sesqtii. For people not. I
only pause to look, but to ask ques- j
tions as well, and it keeps the two
people in charge of the exhibit busy!
from morning until night answering
questions about the Tar Heel state,
according to Dr. F. M. Register, of
the*State board of health, who has
just returned from the exposition,
a Mere he was lu charge of the North
Caro ina exhibit. |
Withjn the space occupied by the
booth, which is situated between two
of the inuin aisles and can be ap
proached from three sides, is furni
ture — deks, chairs, rugs, etc. —all of
which were made in North Carolina.
There are charts and pictures showing
the work done by the various depart
ments of the state and other exhibits
of the state's industries. Blit the
principal function which those con
nected with the booth are called on
to perforin is to supply information
of all sorts about North Carolina to
‘.Me hundreds of interested persons
who daily stop and ask questions.
These cover every sort of activity
from agriculture to industry,'and an
swers to most of them are to be found
in the descriptive literature which is
handed out from the booth. '
However, so unexpectedly great has
been this demand for information that
additional charts and banners are be
ing prepared, so that many may get
the information merely by glaring at
t'ile booth. |
At present a larg* banner that will
extend for thirty feet across the arch
way over the booth is being prepared
that will contain the following in
formation, einblazened in big letters
that can be easily read from afar:
“North Carolina has the fewest
deatli rate of any state on tbe At
lantic Seaboard.”
“North Carolina lias spent $125,00,-
000 for good roads since 1921.” /, ,
“Nort'j Carolina ik'spending $12,-'
000,000 annually for feodern school
buikUiifs.’' -*■
“North Carolina, the land of agri
cultural opportunity.”
“North Carolina, total yearly in
come from manufactured products,
$951,911,000.”
The only other North Carolina ex-
hibit, aside from a tobacco exhibit,
is that of the North State Pottery
Company of Sanford, where pottery
is made by hand just as it |s made
by the potters of Sanford. This is
Lie only hand-made pottery exhibit at
the entire exposition, and has been
attracting a vast amount of atten
tion.
One day recently the pottgrs at the
exhibit weep making arm-ring jugs,
that is jugs with ring handles, large
enough to fit over the arm, such as
are used extensively in the moun
tains. Many questions were asked
about them, and the man in charge of
the exhibit tola the people that the
moonshiners in the mountains used
these jugs to carry their moonshihe in,
as there was less likelihood of drop
ping the jugs. One of the Philadel
phia papers printed the story, and
next day the demand for the jugs was
so great that t’.iey were all sold out.
North Carolina is at the Sesqui
■ith bells on, and people are learning
more than ever about the wonders
of the Old North State.
One Divorce For Every Five Mar
riages in California.
Washington, D. C., Sept. 13.—(A*)
-—California, country of the silver
sheet’s sbiefes and shebas, granted one
divorce for every five marriage li
censes last year, according to prelim
inary figures compiled by the U. S. De
partment of Commerce, whicli have
just been made public.
The figures also reveal that both
marriages and divorces decreased
from the total in 1924, and that di
vorces led in the decrease.
During 1925, according to the table
whicli is subject to correction before
official publication, there were 55,080
marriages performed in the states as
compared with 55,677 in 1924. rep
resenting a decrease of 597, or 1.1 per
cent.
During 1925 divorces numbered
10,623, according to the same tables,
and the year before to 11,258. This
accounts for a decrease of 635, or 5.6
per cent.
The estimated populat'on of Cali
fornia on July 1, 1025, was 4.179.708
and on July 1, 1924, was 4,048,503.
On the basis of these figures, the
number of marriages per 1,000 popu
lation was 13.2 in 1025 and 13.8 in
1924. and the number of divorces per
1,000 population was 2.54 in 1924 as
against 2.78 in 1924.
Japanese Finance M twisted Dead, f
Tokio, Sept, 13.—(A*)—Finance
Minister Hayami died at 5 o’clock to
night. M. Hayami became a member
of tbe present cabinet last June.
Previous to that time he had been
minister of agriculture and commerce.
Tbe largest international body is
the International Inatitute of Agri
culture, which represents 86 per
rent of the territorial area of tbe
world and 90 per cent of the wor'.d’a
population.
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TRIBUNE
■ 1-ttE 1 KIDUIxC ;t 'fJ f-. ;
TODAY'S NEWS TODAY j
NO. 216
- Tells Police Hft
Gin Lucetti and -Tsmi
He Gave Wrong )liH|
to Save His Family.
DENES FRIENDS ? jji
ENTERED PDMg
Sticks to Story That 1
Planned Attack on Ol
of Premier Who EscqpH
Without Injury. ™
Rome, Sept. 13.—C4 3 )—The
sin who attempted the life of ~|§mH
mier Mussolini Saturday by threWMMfJj
a bomb at his automobile as. it.ijMpi
passing the I’ia (Tate into
now is believed to be Gin Tifr*nslM*S
26. n native of Avenza, Tu
When seized at the scene of fjNSfl
attempt he gave his name as Krmelfc •»
Giovannini, and said he wps bom !
at Caste uuovo di Gerfagnaii.
explains, the police say, that fie
a false name to avoid compliC(|iHH|
for liis family. i:;
According to the new account givegfeta
by the prisoner he arrived in Romegjflm
August 2nd, took lodging in a ItbluKf
class hotel under g false name, XM>‘l
began patrolling the streets thranjprfl
which he thought t'je premier imgjip||
pass. •
He constantly carried two bombs
his belt with a piece of emery turpetsl
strapped to his wrist, this to stt'ijfll
operation the detonating apparatus «fi|B
the missiles.
The fact that the premief’s-ear waKSI
driven over different routes. butXNHBS
his office and residence baffled Xaggi
cetti at first. Then je noticed tb»f|
whatever route was chosen the«|SßH
always passed the Pin Gate and fCS
was there he found his opportunitJAߧ|
The . prisoner's personal
istics are such that the police are net’
inclined to take even his present
at full face value, and are continuing
their investigations.
He is evidently a man of education, ®
although a stone cutter by trade.
family at Avenza is said to be laUmgm
well to do. Furthermore he is a man 1 a
of exceptional natural intelligence,
the police believe his present attitude
is one of assumed stupidity. .'vjjSfl
Lucetti is of medium height, dari|sj
and very robust. There are .iMHjj
scars on his body'and fatobed'acfififlH
his chest are the words ‘‘Vive IM : M
Morte" —long live death. . j-Jj
laicetti fought in the war, serflMfl
with Italy's ( joicest shock -
Later he lived for eight
France, residing successfully in
and Nice.
Although police have little infesyaa- 1
tion regarding ills antecedents Ins’ is |
known in his native village and oil tbe A
French cities where he lived as. $ daUr
gerous anarchist.
The police now are busy lnveoligajss "5
ing whet’.ier in the period after his ttit? \
rival in Rome he entered into rda*
tions with certain communists ans 4p||
cialists, acquaintances he is knosra
have in the capital.
Lucetti himself asserted today ejM|H
his arrival here he kept strictly
being afraid that false friends 'Would j
denounce him to the police, or at|HH
attempt to dissuade him from hiupnrv
pose. He declares his only relation*'''
wit’ll other persons were in connection
with the purchase of a suit of claw
ing.
The police, however, assert'
evidence thus far still supports
theory that the attempt was the bintt ';
come of larger machinations abroad,
rather than individual action op tbp
part of the prisoner.
Acting on this theory they have j*jp|
rested numerous suspects,
Rome and the provinces. These pejks
sons will be submitted to careful j
vestigation to ascertain whether tbjjii
were in any way conneeted'u(j|jpßM
outrage. Among those awresjijt’JM
the notorious anarriiist Enrico'Jdala
testa. who recently settled in
opening an electrical bitters
Investigations regarding the ibiUnffll
in which Lucetti obtained the
revealed they have been in Ilia jmgj
session at least since 1290 and pr«Bsj
ably were obtained immediately afMRj
the war when such articled ctHHgfi
easily be carried off by the demdlWhy
ized soldiers.
NEW YORK MAN IS t^Ji
CAPTURED BY BANJMfSt
Joseph Rosenthal Being Held by Bgjft
dits in Mexico.
Mexico City. Sept. 13.—(A-MH
Rosenthal, retired New York ; dB
business man, who came to Mexico **
a tourist, is held prisoner by, but (Ml
who attacked an automobile: -'■jmmk
forty miles from Mexico City Ute jttfe
terdny afternoon.
Others in the party were Jacjt "Jk
Zah’.er, a prominent Amerieip MM*
dent in Mexico City, his wife and
Joseph Ruff, Mr. liosenthpt'q jtiifjH
law, who is also a resident or jaß
capital.
The party was returning tMji
Cuernavaca from a week-end holton
when stopped by the bn adits. jS
were robbed and Mr. Rosenthal, iH
is more than sixty years old, toaa c*»
rled off.
I THE WEATHER
Generally fair tonight,
mostly cloudy and cooler. ModijM
north and northeast winds, iMoH
j Tuesday.