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VOLUME XXVI
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Greatest Crowd In History
Os Fair Present Thursday
With Attendance Os 29,000
* :
INFIELD AND RACE TRACK
4JBED FOR PACKING AREAS
First Time in Histoiy of Fair That This Was Neces
sary to Care for Hundreds of Autos Driven to the
Grounds-by Visitors from Cabarrus and Adjoining
Counties. '
ATTENDANCE SWELLED AS
SUN SHONE THROUGH DAY
For First Time in History of South, It Is Believed,
23 Horses Were Entered m Single Race—Mule and
Motorcycle Races Were Added Attractions for the
Afternoon.
“Perhaps the biggest day, certainly the biggest day jind
night in the history of the fair.”
Thus did one official of the Cabarrus County fair describe
the attendance Thursday, Cabarrus County Day.. It was "im
possible, said the official, to get the attendance figures'Thurs
day night but it is known that the 27,000 mark vyas passed and
some jitnong the vast throng, after trying for 'hours to get
through the milling masses, estimated the attendance at more
than 30,000.
At * o’clock in the afternoon the sergeant from Company
E, in charge of parking areas within the grounds, was look
ing for more space. Car after car was systematically parked
within the vast spaces of the grounds, hut the incoming throngs
were yelling for room and hew areas had to be opened fori,
them. *
At rfight when the fireworks and free acts were over there
was a double line of cars moving for hours through the exit
gates and and it took some persons an hour to get from the )
grounds to the business section of the city. There was no dis
order or unnecessary congestion. It was just a case of more 1
autos than road space and the vehicles of necessity had to move 1
slowly. ' I,
The nun at 7 o’clock Thursday
morning was' respondent, y*> at 8
o'clock it was hid again by threaten
ing clouds. This condition Continued
until 11 o'clock when again the sun
. broke'through the rajildly' dispersing
<' «>uds not to be dimmed again daring
day and at that hour the great
JMw of humanity started moving on
grounds. '
private c*rs, dilapidated
. aWfflP'h R|iKlV, "’Buggies amt other wac
hiees were pressed into service by
the fair hungry ’multitude whi> the
roads leading to Hie grounds were par
tially filled with pedestrians who re
fused to allow lack of mode of trans
portation to keep them at home.
Most of the business houses in the
citv closed at 12 o’clock for the day,
and employes in them '.lied without
delay to the grounds to see the races
and free acta which had been delayed
. half an hour for their benefit. At
1:13 the ticket sellers at the graml
staqd had closed for the day and not -
even an ”8. R. O.” sign was hung
there for all standing room as Well
ns seats had been occupied.
Over t'.ie fences surrounding the
rare track hung the crowd, determined
not to mias a trick of the long and
interesting program provided for them.
Shouts of approval rolled high as the
free acts were staged and swelling
cries of the interested race’ goer
marked the termination of qpch heat
in the races. i
A bit of the tragic was added to
t'.ie “free for all” when the bridle on
’’Wiley” came off and the loose horse
trotted at will among the field of 23
starters. The driver, Hatebel,-stayed
with his horse for almost an entire 1
round of the track, then picked a good
place to cut looae. He rolled over i
twice as he awung from the sulky but
was not hurt.
The crowd craned and gasped as it
saw the ambulance from the Wilkin
son Funeral Home dart cross t'.ie in-,
field to the back stretch of the track
where Hatchel had fallen. The driver
was placed in the ambulance and car
ried to the atable, where it was found
that he was not hurt. He drove his
horse in the next Meat of the 2:25
pace. i
H. H. Huggins, of Florence, S. C.,
owner of “Wiley,” was greeted with
wild acclaim when he brought in the
bridleless horse after pacing him
twice around the track. Mr. Huggins
was in the race and soon started in
pursuit of the driverless horse when,
be saw Hatchel leave bis cart. He
managed the affair as only an experi
enced horseman could have done, and
by his skill prevented any accident.
There were horse races of speed
and enduranc* Two Concord men,
K. T. Cannon and J. F. Cannon, had
horses entered in the two events and
each carried well his part of the pro
gram.
The “frte for all,” with 23 starter#,
is said to M|ve been the only race
of its kind on a southern track. A
cash prixe whs given to etery entry
and it was a rare sight to see the more
than score of horses swinging around
the track. „
A mule race and a motorcycle ram
were added to the race program.
While the thousands watched the
races and free acta other thousand!
stayed on the midway and In the ex
hibit halls. In fact a trip to the
midway during the race program
showed no less attendance there. an<
'every attraction was well patronised.
The exhibit balls were packed al
moot to suffocation as the vlaltor.!
crowded into them and all exhibit!
and livestock were carefully exam
ined.
The crowd from' surrounding and
adjoinin' counties broke all ftrevieu
records Thursday. Iredell, Rowan,
The Concord Daily Tribune
___ North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily ,
t ' i
Stanly,. Mecklenburg, Union, Mont
gomery, (iaatou and Cleveland eouii
tiestif* sent their quotas wit'j Sleek- 1
lenburg sending the largest crowd, | c
Throughout the afternoon the Con
eord-Charlotte road was lined with
autos headed for ttnyfair and the num- j"
ber increased with the coming of f
night. Concord person* going to *
bituiiuii (mo jtMrigyy'ttfitik'
:«rid they tmd never .seen more (cars *
on the road at any time and when *
they came beck between 11 and 12 “
they found conditions just the same. •*
The fame of the fair has spread great
er thia gear than ever apd certainly 1
Mecklenburg and Charlotte have never v
before sent such crowds as have been
present this week. ] r
The program this afternoon offers
two more fast races and tomorrow .
there will be the usual program with
the singing convention as an added .
.feature. The fame of the singers has „
spread far and wide and the feature is *
expected to attract a great crowd to
the ground.
It is probable that a check of the ( .
ticket sellers will be completed some
time today so the size of Thursday's f,
erowd can be determined. ,
AURORA BOREALIS IS ['
CUTTING CAPERS No\V „
. - g
Laid Paralysin' Hand on Telegraph a
Wire* in North and Kaal Today.
New York. Oct. 15.— (A*) —Aurora s
Borealis, cutting capers in the far n
northern sky, laid a paralysing hand ~
oh telegraph wire* in New York State, v
.New England and Canada today. *
North currents caused by the phe- }
nouenon were noticeable tliroughout <j
the night and reached their greatest e
intensity a few hours after sunrise. I
The electrical disturbance was de- t
scribed as “very strong” by wire ex- f
pert* of the Western Union Telegraph *
Company. Telegraph communication t
was not stopped entirely, but the wires c
were muffled for periods necessitating \
the repeating of messages on eommer- t
eiai lines, and delaying traffic on the i
Associated Press wires serving New i
York State and New England. I
With Our Advertiaera. ,
last day of “The Waning Sex” at ■ i
the Concord Theatre. “Stella Dallas” j i
next Monday and Tuesday.
Bend the new ad. today of the i
RltChle Hardware Co. J ]
I The Yorke Sc Wadsworth Company [t
has a complete atoek of heating stoves! (
of any kind. 1
The Griffon suits sold by W. A.
Overcash always give aatisfaetion. 11
Always “electrically at your see-, (
vice,” W. J. Hetheox. 1 1
“Better Be Safe Than Sorry." 1
See the new ad. of Yorke Sc Wads
worth Co. about Goodyear tires. I
Y’ou will find a “cloudburst of bar
gains” at the Markson Shoe Store.
The coat sale at Fisher’s is going
M* Prices from *9.75 to *80.50.
Misses' and children’s coats, *3.05 to
*16.95.
The Forest Hill Cleaning Co. wants
you to tend your clothes to them to he
cleaned. At 818 N. Church street.
phone 175 J.
“New Shoes from old,” at the
Shepherd Shoe Hospital.
Yon can. have about all your wants
supplied at EfirdV' ’ \
•sFS*** V ; lu !* il? ““dish coats, only
at J. C. Penney Co.’s. Other
coats at 194.75 to *59.00.
; BxpUininf tCt it was only be
cause certain work< require* man’s'
brnte strength, a women’s communal
gffii'fgMSrt
ar .
All Records For
Attendance Here
Broken Thursday
Officials of the Cabarrus
County Fair today were try
ing to check Thursday's at
tendance. The task had not
been completed at noon but
enough had been done to
bring the statement that the
crowd “was the biggest in
the history of the fair.”
* “Jt will be late today at
the earliest before we can
tell anything definite about
the crowd here yesterday.”
Dr. stated. “We
do know, however, that it
was the biggest in the his
tory of the fair we esti
mate it numbered between
27,000 and 30.000.
“For the first time in his
tory we hacLto park cars on
the race track and in the in
field last night.”
Dr. Spencer saifl Thurs
day was one day that went
to suit him. “Many persons
have told me of their pleas
ure and I think we certainly
put the fair to them.”
FATHER AND SON TO DIE
IN CHAIR TOMORROW
Alexander and Holland Pittman to
Yield Uvea to State.
. (By International News Service!
, Columbia. B.' (’.. Oct. 15.—OP)—
Alexander and Holland Pittman, fath
er amt sou. will die in the electric
chair at dawn tonfbrrow for the mur
der of J. H. Holland, unless nil elev
enth (lour respite on the part Os the
governor of South Carolina saves
them. , '
shadow of Abe elecfMC chair, jotter t»»P'
when they were eonviefed of the mur
der, still hope against hop? that t’-ieir
lives will be spared. . ...
The father and son, stalwart moun
taineers of Glass mountain, were con
victed of killing Holland who with
Federal Agent Reuben Gosneli was
raiding stills oil the mountain.
Both father and son are typical
mountaineers, cool, reserved, indif
ferent. They hold no moral scruples
against distilling- liquor. That pro
fession ivaa bred in them. Their
sires for glderations before them be
came gray in file manufacture of the
contraband. The call to administer
over the mash barrel and worm be
came natural to them.
Silence has prevailed over the pair
for their eighteen months in jail un
til the. supreme court affirmed the
lower court's decision. When told
that all legal channels were blocked in
saving them from the c'jair, the pair
only again protested their innocence
and talked of their home folks.
The pair was convicted on-circum
stantial evidence. Both tried to pruAe
alibis but admitted manufacturing li
quor. The older Pittman’s father
was killed when he fell from a horse
since they have been under death sen
tence and both son and grandson were
denied Vue right to attend the fun
eral.
Shocked by the tragic death of her
huHbapd, the fate of her son and
grandson bearing on her mind, the
elderly Pittman’s mother died a few
days later. , Refused the privilege
of attending his father’s funeral the
prisoner mude, no request to attend
that of his mot'.ier. The son of the
condemned man, also facing death to
morrow, was as‘silent as his father.
Then came the final shock. Their
borne up \n the mountains, the cabin
where mother and*father were reared
and the place they still called home,
was burned to the ground.
Holland Pittman, the son, received
visits from his boyhood sweetheart.
Despite his sentence to, die they were
married in March, 1025. Their stories
of love were whispered through the
bnr* of the prison.
When t’jis youthful wife heard that
the supreme court had denied u new
trial she issued a confession that she
and not her husband or father-in-law
killed the federal officer.
The young wife declared thnt she)
killed the officer because she feared
be was going to kin her sweetheart,
whom was now her husband. “I
wanted to tell all the time but Hol
land wouldn’t let me. He said the
courts would give him a new trial.”
But her story was not taken se
riously by authorities ami she was
never arrested.
Pittmans Get Reprieve.
Columbia, S. C, Oct. 15.—G4*>—
Alexander and Holland Pittman, fath
er and son, awoke in their cell at the
state penitentiary today to learn that
they had at least two more weeks of
Hte before them. Convicted of mur
dering an officer of Greenville county
nearly two years ago, the two were
sentenced to die today in the elec
tric.chair. A last-minute reprieve of
been granted them
The phrase ‘bkfii 1 " of lay teeth’’
originates in the Book of Job xix 20.
CONCORD, N. C„ FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1926
Official Visitors to America
VIKTCEUT KAS’S’KY MR? VINCENTJ MASTeV
-mm Sami -
Vincent Massey was expected to be appointed as Canada**
representative at Washington, and his wife was expected
to occupy an important position in diplomatic society.
Angel Morales presented his credentials at the White House
is minister from the Dominican Republic, and Faik Koitza
was stablished as Jiew minister from Albania. i— ffighsm
THE COTTON MARKET
Showed Continued Steadiness With
First Price# Firm at Advance.
New York, Get. 15.—OP)—The eqt
ton market showed continued steadi
-n*a»»g> ehi opening today with ftfct
-price* ftrm,^'grAh, advance «f
points in response to relatively- limit
I.verpbol cables, reports of., further
mins in south and southwest-Texas,
and renewed covering or trade buy
ing- j
- The market seemed-to meet a little
more southern. selling on the advances 1
to 13,71 for January, however, while
demand from the trade was less ac
tive than yesterday, and there ap
peared to be considerable realizing by
recent buyers for a rally. This checked
the upturn and caused reactions of -10
or 12 points from the best by the end
of the first hour.
Private cables said Liverpool was
higher on trade cqUbig. covering nnd
buying, inspired by thp proposed hold
ing movement in t'ae south.
Cotton futures opened firm: Dec.
13.80; Jan. 13.68; March 13.90 : May
.14.10; July 14.30. /
YOUNG AMERICANS
WOULD WED PRINCESS
Many Have Sent Letters to Rumanian
Princess En Route to America. |
Steamship Leviathan, Oct. 15. —CP) '
—American youths are writing ardent
letters to Princess Ileana, of Rumania. I
Jealousy of other suitors and self-;
praise have found their way into the
missives of at least one young man of
the United States who. has proposed
marriage.
While Queen Marie in her suite
listens in on the radio or reads ns the
Leviathan shapes her course for New
York, the pretty 18-year old princess
pores over letters received in Paris
and - brought on board the liner by
her to kill dull moments during the
voyage.
- “Don't pay any attention to other
i Americans seeking the hand of Your
Highness," said one letter. “They
are no good. lam the man for you.”
Paris has a club formed exclusively
of/deaf and dumb persons.
ANNOUNCEMENT
V. .. ' . 1
j The 58th Series in this old reliable Building and Loan
Association will open on October 2nd, 1928.
RUNNING SHARES COST 25 CENTS PER SHARE
PER WEEK. *
PREPAID SHARES COST $72.25 PER SHARE.
ALL STOCK IS NON-TAXABLE. STOCK HAS
. BEEN MATURING IN 328 WEEKS.
THE BOOKS ARE NOW OPEN FOR SUBSCRIP
TIONS FOR SHARES IN SERIES NO. 58.
START SAVING FOR A RAINY DAY—SAVE TO
t OWN YOUR OWN HOME.
BEGUN NOW.
t CABARRUS COUNTY. BUILDING LOAN AND
• SAVINGS ASSOCIATION.
Officejn the Concord National Bank
Mve zone supervisors
NAMED BY ANDREWS
i —.
Will Co-operate With Dry Adminis
trations In Various Parts of the
Country.
e Washington, Oct. 15.-64*)—-Ap
-1 pomfinent of five zohe supervltiahi
' Who’ will serve as iiason officers be
tween the prohibition ferees iii the
field and headquarters here was an
nounced today by Assistanct Seere
| tar.v Andrews, chief of the dry forces.
, They are: O. Dt Jackson, dry admin
istrator at New Orleans, Gulf zone;
grid it. O. Dunning, collector of cus
toms at Savannah. Ga, South At
lantic zone; Geo. P. Busch, of Garden
'City, N. Y„ North Atlantic zone;
Maurice Campbell, of Pei'.iam. N.- \\,
' Great Lakes zone; and John E. Coop
er, of Henldsburg, Calif., Pacific zone.
Turkey Hast Trouble in Selecting
New Alphabet.
(By International News Service.)
Constantinople, October 15. - The
•Turkish Committee charged to se
lect a new alphabet in place of the
existing Arabic alphabet is meeting
with many difficulties.
Latin was found to oe imprac
ticable in view of the midle sounds
existing in the Turkish language, al
so because of the many doubble eon
! sonants, which do not exist in Latin,
j The opinion now prevails among
. some members of the Commission
! that the Cyrilic or S'av alphabet,
' i used by the Bulgarians, Russians,
, Serbs, which contains all the sounds
of the modern Turkish language,
. would be the most suitable.
I This idea finds general support, as
1 there are, thousands of Turks who
ready know either of these Slav lan
guages.
i i
i Dr. Oscar Haywood to Preach Here.
Dr. Oscar Haywood, ret'red Baptist
i minister, of Mt. Gilead, will preach at
the McKinnon Presbyterian Church
' Sunday morning at the 11 o’clock ser
' f vice. Dr. Haywood was for 16 years
' 1 pastor of the First Baptist Church in
'; New York City.
' Three-fourths of the world’s cot
i fee is grown in Braxil.
MISS TBS
HUDCOTUGE WITH
MUM
[Mysterious Woman Made
[ Debut in the McPherson
j Hearing Today, Aiding
| Case of Evangelist.
IDENJITY^OF
WITNESS HELD
Says After She Left Car
s mel Cottage With Radio
j Operator Last May She;
J Disappeared.
Leg Angeles, Get. 15.— (/P) —The
I Carmel incident of the Aimee Semple
. McPherson mystery remained an un
solved equation today with the iden
tity of "Miss X’’, file unknown fac
tor.
The lilysterions "Miss X" made her
debut in the ease by swearing that
she was the companion cf Kenneth
O. Ormiston. fugitive riyiio man, ■ dur
ing a sojourn at Carmel by the Sea
last May and then vanished.
She has been partly identified by
Mrs. Lorraine Wiseman Seilaff. star
state witness, and confessed perpe
trator of me "Miss X" plot.
Mrs. Wiseman, co-defendant with
Mrs. McPherson, and the defendant’s
accuser in the conspiracy hearing new
j in progress in municipal court, testi
I fied yesterday that she knew "Miss
IX" to be Rachel Wells, of Philadel
phia. Her present whereabouts are
unknown to Mrs. Wiseman, she de
clared.
Attorney W. I. Gilbert, of Mrs. Me
Pherson's defense counsel, contends
that "Miss X" is in reality Mrs.
Wiseman's twin sister, Mrs. Virla
Kimbnjl, of Oakland.
GREENSBORO MAN 18
SUICIDE IN CHARLOTTI
C. H. Itlacknall, Shot Himself Whip
Soft ting Before Mirror in Hotel.
Charlotte. Oct. 1.”.— (A 3 ) —Seated it
a eomfortablely upholstered cha : r il
front of a plate glass mriror in a k>ca
hotel, C. H. Itlacknall. of Greensboro
shot ami killed himself today. II!
health and financial worries were tin
cause aseribed by relatives for the
deed, . .. t
1 Itlacknall was abmlt year* oM ’
He was employed by the Progressivt
Fanner, of Raleigh, as a traveling rep
resentative. He ' came here about
three weeks ago and lived for a time
with his brother-in-law. R. W. Bal
lard, but two days ago moved to tht
hotel.
The body was discovered by a mai<
when she inspected the room. Lift
was extinct when the manager of thf
hotel and a physician called by thi
maid arrived.
Rallard told the police that Black
nail’s father, O. W. Itlacknall, formei
owner of the Continental Plant Co.
of Kittrell, in 11116 shot and killer'
himself, his wife and a daughter. Sinet
that time, he said C. H. Blacknail hai
heen on the verge of a nervous break
down.
He said that Blackball hail beer
worried by financial affairs and alsc
brooded over the act of his father.
The dead man left no notes.
SYNOD ADJOURNS
j Approval of Proposed Memorial to
University Given by Synod.
Statesville, Oct. 15.—</P)—Approve’
of the proposed memorial to the Uni
versity of Nor til Carolina, touching on
the SlcXair "Foundation established to
bring lecturers to the University, was
voted by the Presbyterian Synod of
Xojth Carolina pi session here today.
A committee of five members of the
synod was appointed to bring the me
morial before the faculty and students
of the University.
The memorial assails some of the
lecturers already heard, declaring the}
do not meet the terms of the founda
tion. The synod adjourned at noon
to meet in Concord October 4. 1027.
GIANT DIRIGIBLE IS
SAFE AT FORD AIRPORT
Made Trip From Lakehurst in 16
Hours.—Weather Generally Good.
Detroit, Oct. 15. —M*)—The navy's
great airship, the Ixm Angeles, arriv
ed at the Ford Airport at Dearborn
inear here at 3:2K a. m. today, ami
was anchored safely at the mooring
tower two and a half hours later.
I The big Zeppelin completed the voy
age from the airimrt at Lakehurst, X
.1., to Dearborn, the objective of the
ill-fated Shenandoah, in slightly more
than 16 hours. Weather conditions
encountered along the route were gen
erally good, and the ship functioned
well, according to members of the
crew.
Thousands of persons waited all
night for the arrival of the ship at the
airport, and cheered as the big grey
hulk hove into sight.
Lieut. Z. W. Hicks of the Lake
hurst airport, was in charge of the
landing crew deta'led to receive the
Los Angeles.
Dr. C. P. McLaughlin advises
friends here that the vesper services
at the Church of the Redeemer in At
lanta will be broadcasted Sunday eve
ning, October 17th. The services wPI
begin at 5 o’clock. Atlanta time which
will be 8 e’eloek Concord time. The
services will be brosdessted over sta
tion WBB.
Some of the coins used by the an
cient* were •• Urge aa dinner plate*.
ISMWESM
TO DESTROY 4,000
CASES Os LIQUOR
! | Liquor Was Seized From
i the Rum Ship Elma and
;! It Has Been Stored at
Wilmington.
JUDGE MEEKINS
» DOOMS LIQUOR
He Ordered the Contra
' band Destroyed.—Elma
Was Captured at Sea by
Revenue Cutter.
Wilmington. X. C., Oct. 15.—(/P)
Under the direction of Marshal R.
W. Ward, cf the eastern district, fif
teen negro laborers were today en
gaged in destroying 4.000 eases of
Scutch and assorted whiskies which j
were taken from the rum ship Kiuia j
when that ship was brought into port I
here about four mom'as ago. |
Destruction of the whiskey was in I
.*( inpiunre with an order signed by ;
Federal Judge I. M. Meekins.
Hid.tory cf the Liquor.
Wilmington, X. C„ Oet. 15.—OP)— j
The destruction of the contraband car-i
go of the "Elma" was by far the larg-!
est in the history of the state, being
approached only the similar fate of
1.000 cases of assorted liquors seized j
from the ill-fated "Message of Peace" ]
during the fall of 1021.
• The 4,000 odd cases, valued at j
i 1400,000 bootleg price, tepresented the i
finest brands of-alcoholic beverage ob-!
tainable. An analysis by prohibition I
lepSrtmeht chemists at Charlotte
showed all samples to be absolutely
jure and free from adulteration, a
finding that is not published about i
nany samples of seized bootleg liquor.
The liquor was destroyed in the
came manner and at the same loea
:ion no the "Message of Pence” cargo
>n Decembed 14. 11)22.
The cases were passed out of the
jarred vault in a ground floor corner
>t the Customs house to the street
inning along the Cape Fear, an an
ient passageway paved with Belgian
blocks. Here the "cases crashed and
negro stevedores demolished with axes
and picks the few bottles that remain
ed intact.
~.,H**lijr thgef days w*re. bp
unload and store the ifcjuor, and the
ask of destroying was one not a
great deal lighter. Virtually an efi
iire day was consumed in disposint
Os the 1,000 cases from the "Message
of Peace” and although mo.-e men were
it work on the “Fima's'’ cargo it
.oomed as a job of many hours.
Crowds that outnumbered the
throng which craned its neck four
years ago when Wilmington's first big
rum cargo was destroyed pressed
jgainst the ropes setting off the area
of destruction. Every Deputy United
States Marshal that Marshal B. W.
Ward could muster was on hand to
see that nothing went amiss.
Then it was being towed by the
Coast Guard Cutter "Manning" car
rying a crew of 60 men under the
commanded of Captain Algier. The
crew of 60 men under the command
ed of Captain Algier. The crew of 13
men were under heavy guard and the
liquor was sealed beneath the hatches
if the captured prize.
Thousands of citizens were attract
ed to the scene at the Customs House
dock when the contraband was trans
ferred from the “Elma's” holds to the
Customs' House vault. Interest was
accentuated by the knowledge that
the vessel had been seen at dock in
Morehead City a week prior to its
capture, the last week in .Tune, and
the report that she had been engaged
in the most audacious attempt to land
liquor in the history of prohibition in
the South Atlantic States.
The boat, when she entered the
Morehead harbor and when she was
overhauled off the Virginia capes by
the "Manning” was masquerading ns
a government lighthouse tender and
flying the official lighthouse flag at
the mnshead.
Later it was learned that the “El
ma" was formerly a lighthouse ten
der, and had been reconditioned and
sold to private individuals in Boston
after being taken out of the service.
No owners have put in a claim for
the boat, and it has been advertised
for sale on November 15th at public
auction under libels filed against it by
the United States government.
The order for the destruction of the
liquor was signed by Judge I. M.
Meekins, and forwarded to Marshall
Ward, at Raleigh by Deputy Clerk
H. H. Ford, of the It. S. District
. Court at Wilmington. The order left
the method of destruction up to Mar-
I shall Ward.
The Judge's decree ordered thHt
“enough” liquor be preserved as evi
dence. When the boat was first cap
. tured members of the crew told nyws
, papermen that the “Elma” took on
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TODAY’S NEWS TODA*!
NO.ziL
WILL OPERATE Ain :
MAIL SERVICE in
I 01 DIFFERENT PHI]
i Within 30 Days GovfeHi*
I I ment Will Quit; Opfera- |
tions and Give Work to I
! Private Enterprise. -
iMANY LINES TO jJ|
! BE AFFECTED'
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Secretary New Is of Opih- *
1 1 ion Company Getting a j
Contract Must Carry fit
press and Passengers.
, Washington. Oof. 15.—GW—The
| government intends to ’ relinquish.
| elation of tin- trans-eontinental air
I mail service and within thirty dhjrs
’ invitations will be issued by Fite so*)t* J
| master general calling for bids for its
operation by private enterprise, i, o'jSl
| With the passage by the last. Con- /.j
I tress of legislation placing the deipaiis
ment of commerce in charge of wfiti- N
mereial aviation matters,
• General New said he felt the
; arrived when the post office diySif- ,- 1
' ment could step out.
The department has on hand 1
airplanes 15 hangars at dying
: [ all over the eoun % and shop equip- ;]1
1 ! ment won'ii several million dollars.- •
I The postmaster general
] today that no company could
; fully operate a commercial uir
jon a mail contract alone, but WuSL .
i also be prepared to transport imsueufc '
! ers and express. This ronditiOfiftfcSjt' *
| said, would be all the more appiMijHif
to the contractor who took ov|iiS|H|
lines now being operated by the pOkt i
office department. 'tipM
| Mr. New is toying plans ft r chknajpoKT- 1
in air mail postage rates that
render them more uniform, and jot<Sr i
vide a fiat rate applicable tliroiigKWftV.::
the country regardless of distas«\j||
In addition to ttfe transfer of ;J1
continental lines to private contrite-*' aj
tors, the overnight New York-CMMSsfI
service also will be let by con tract tp
private operation. The bids for tfce-,,3
two services will be returnable {MI I
days*after the date of advertisenMM^B
MINISTER MUST PAY IrJH 1
JEW FATHER SSOB :|j
Because-He'P^todeff'
Home and Enter Methodist Bible |
Vero Beach, Fla., Oct. 15. \il
Rev. J. O. Jameson, nastng ftf.the A]
Methodist Church at Felismere, MKg
pay SSOO damages to Max Hbhsfc of. 3 j
that place for having induced Mensh'a - i
son Israel,- 15. to leave ’home Sfid' .
enter the Methodist Bible Institute
Cleveland. O. A circuit coijrt Jury .
awarded Mensh the amount in' a/<|Mt'X|
ing returned today.
Mensh. an orthodox Jew, had
for $20,000 for mental action catmed ,
by It is son’s action, the cost of bMffic'. :
!ng him home, and the loss of busitiySz v
while away. \ *
BELIEVE BANDITS ARE
HIDING IN MOUNTAIN'S i
State Police of New Jersey SwJi Mm i
Who Robbed Mail Truek. Ta
Somerville, X. J., Oct. 15.—OW— ''M
State police reinforced by iirt(f|fMsti‘ J
of patrolmen from Newark, -.terse)*
f'ity and other municipalities Coda}’*
began their advance on the
mail bandits believed to be hiding in 1
the Watchung Mountains. ~ -
Armed with rifles, riot gunk aM( ■i'
tear bombs, the forces which fhi'OoyaLsj
the nig'.it had patrolled every exit fit
the mountainous country todiry began' :l
closing in on the section in which the I
bandits are believed to have take*) |
refuge.
In order to protect herself from $
the dust and sun the sash ions We
woman motori-t 'n France has :
to attaching a strip of black qjft t*
the bottom of her goggles in \ the
manner of a Venetian carnival J
=—
more than 4,500 cases in a transfer kt J
sea, about twenty miles off Oape.li
Lookout. They said the plan was to >
take on 5,000 cases, but that' rough M
weather intervened.
It was said that many cases iveffe
thrown overboard when it was seen ’
that the “Manning” was going
overhaul the craft. Less than 4,500 1
cases were removed from tile boat and Js
the or'ginal niiinher was short abofit 'M
twenty eases when the cargo wits ,3
transferred from the jurisdiction, pi Ji
the Collector of Port to .Vlarsiikp Y
Ward. This was accounted for, hofiWß
ever, by officials who said that theW;?lß
was probably an error in the
f count, j
The fourteen members of the ’crew,
without diselosing who was skipper,': m
were jailed under SIO,OOO bond. Later 3
’ this was reduced to SI,OOO. The- shla-USM
1 cook, swid to have turned govcrahtUilH
■ witness, was released without!'iWhjfeJ
■ and is now working here. One hfeiia
her of the crew died of luberCffltsiu 3
last month. 3
The case is expected to be
some time during the fall, but coutfjS
officials have expressed doubt that
trial will disclose anything of import!®
ance, as the men at liberty on bcqjifl
are not expected to aiqiear. i j