ASSOCIATED
PRESS
DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVII
Vigorous Defense Os
DukeEndowmentMade
By Former Governor
Defense Offered by Former
Governor Cameron Mor
rison at P. & N. Hearing
in Charlotte.
INDENTURETO
BE EXHIBITED
«-'■■■ " ■
Will Be Placed in Evidence
Although P.-& N. Offi
cials Hoped to Keep It
From Coming Up.
Chariot:!*, June 21.—0 P) —A v’gor- j
ous defense of the “saeTcdness” of the
nature of the indenture creating the
I>uke Endowment featured the first
session today "of the hearing being
conducted by H. C. Davis, examiner
for the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion into requests of the Piedmont and
Northern Railway for permission to
extend its lines.
Cameron Morrison, counsel for the
electric line, and h v E. Jeffries of
Washington, vice president and chief
counsel of the Southern Railway were
the chief figures in a verbal exchange
during which Mr. Morrison challeng
ed Mr. .Teffres to "make good his
most brutal assault on this noblest
and most sacred document.” Mr.
Morrison said the indenture would be
placed in evidence, expressing the wish
that “this sacred document" woald
not be made the basis of "common pub
licity.”
“We are going to put it in evidence
and challenge the opposition to make
good his most brutal assault on this
the noblest and most sacred instru
ment ever executed in North Caroli
na,” Mr. Morrison said. “Mr. Duke
tjam.es B. Duke) is dead, but the
instrument specifically states to whom
his will was given." The indenture
had been demanded yesterday by Mr.
Jeffries Who claimed that the endow
ment through ownership of stock in
the Duke power company tended to
create a situation detrimental to the
steam railroads of the section. W. S.
I-ee, president of the Southern Power
Company on cross examination had
refused to give My. Jeffries a copy of
the indenture. Mr. Ijee was util) on
the stand when the passage occurred’
this morning, but soon was dismissed,
and JS. Thomason, of Charlotte, vtee-;
'lirfsldent and general manager of the?
P. & N. called.
Excerpts from the indenture were
read, showing that hospitals, educa
tional institutions, churches, orphan
ages and othqr benevolent and chari
table institutions were designated to
receive the income from the principal
fund of the endowment forever.
On cross examination today Mr.
Lee said the Duke endowment, owns
103.000 shares of stock in the Alumi
num Company of America; 316.026
shares of Duke power company stock;
and 7.035 shares of the stock of Jud
son Mills, of Greenville, S. C.. having
a total approximate par value of $42.-
000,000. Stocks held by the Duke
Power Co., of Charlotte, included 36,-
600 shares of the Western Carolina
Power Co.; 58.501 shares of prefer
red stock of the Southern Power Co.,
as well as common stock of which the
amount was not specified: 56,112
shares of the preferred stock of the
Great Falls Power Co.; and 141.844
shares of common; 155,316 shares of,
the Wateree Power Co.; 108.000
shares of the Southern Public Utili
ties Co.: 10.090 shares in the Pied
mont & Northern Railway ; and other.
stocks in similar amounts.
Mr. Jeffries brought out that the
P. & N. officials have signed agree
ments with merchants and other ship
pers in some towns along the line of
the proposed extensions,, whereby the
P. & N. would receive half of each
agreeing shipper's freight traffic.
Counsel for the electric line agreed to
produce these agreements.
It also was developed that direct
ors of the Duke interests were in num
erous instances the heads of great
manufacturing concerns or chains of
m'lls in the Carolinas.
After Mr. Jeffries had concluded
the witness. Carl H. Davis of the
Atlantic Coast Dine, questioned him
briefly regarding the operations of the
line.
* On re-direct examination, contracts
with shippers at Salisbury were pro
duced to show, that those who had
“urged” the building of the extensions,
it was announced, “were serious.”
Similar contracts with shippers and
other towns were produced, but those
from Concord were withdrawn, as at
torneys said that P. & N. officials “do
not now propose to extend this line
by Concord.”
Wants New Connection With C-00l
Fields. -
Charlotte, June 21. — OP) —Officials
of the Piedmont & Northern Railway
and electric line, hare an ambition to
provide a new and direct connection
for the Carolinas with the coal fields
of Virginia. E. Thompson of Char
lotte, vice president and general man
ager of the electric lines said here
today. His statement was made dur
. iug the testimony before H. C. Davis,
Interstate Commissioner Examiner, in
n hearing on the petition of the elec
tric line for permission to extend its
lines.
Mr. Thompson indicated that the
plan was to connect with the Norfolk
and Western Railway at Winston-
Salem, North Oh.fdlina.
Parents of Daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Porter are
receiving congratulations on the birth
.of a daughter, Anne Ruth, on June
20lh.
The Concord Daily Tribune
North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
BITTEN BY MAD DOG,
DIES OF MENINGITIS
Physician Denies Rabies Caused
Death of Durham Boy.
Tribune Bureau.
Sir Walter Hotel.
I Raleigh, June 21.—Though he had
been badly bitten about the face by a
dog. and died of meningitis within
about the same number of days it
would have taken rabies to develop.
'Jesse Pone. 12 year old Durham boy
who died June 15. did not have
rabies. i
1 This was announced today by Dr.
j Clarence A. Shore, director of the
I State Laboratory oi Hygiene, and
I internationally known authority on
rabies, who has just completed a
mierosopie examination of the boy's
brain, in an effort to determine
whether or not rabies, in combina
tion with menigitis. But nothing was
found to indicate any trace of rabies,
and the boy's death is now attribut
ed entirely to the meningitis.
There has been and is likely ;n
be no increase in the njnnber of
rabies cases either now or during the
summer. Dr. Shore said, and there
is nothing to the o'.d belief that dogs
are more likely to "go-mad” during
the hotter weather known as the
"dog days.”
"However, there is always danger
from rabies, as long as dogs are
permitted to run around unmnz
zled." said Dr. Shore, "and until
people realize this, it will not be pos
sible to bring about any material re
duction in the number of rabies
cases, which result entirely from the
bites of rabid dogs.
“Yet rabies can be stamped out
entirely, either through keeping all
dogs muzzled or confined for a cer
tain number of months, until all'the
rabid dogs can be weeded out, as
was done in Great Britain, or
through a law requiring the innocu
lation of ail dogs against rabies.”
The laboratory js kept busy the
year round examining the brains of
dogs, to see whether or not they
have rabies. Dust year about 1.800
heads of dogs were examined, or an
average of from 30 to 35 dogs a
week, and this average is keeping up
about the same. Dr. Shore says.
The laboratory keeps a supply of
the anti-rabies serum on hand at
B|l limes, which it will supply with
out charge to any who may be bit
ten br rabid dogs. 'Ha ml mis lives
Ifre shveif' ahffiirtffy by this Shi-nnil
+HE STOCK MARKET
Ability of Market to Absorb Selling
Caused Constructive Operations.
New York, June 21. — (A*) —The abil
ity of the stock market to absorb
I early professional selling today pre
-1 dieted on the large gain anil record
breaking total of brokers loans, caused
a speedy resumption of constructive
operations which were impartially dis
tributed among railroads anil indus
trials. Talk of competitive buying
of the Chicago & Alton and Perior
& Eastern, the outlook for more fav
orable terms being obtained by the
Nickle Plate for its Pere Marquette
sliares on the expiration of the cur
rent option, and pool operations in
American Can, Postum Corporation.
J. R. Thompson, and Canada Dry
Ginger Ale caused the list to recover
early general losses of 1 to 3 points.
i A father and daughter received
bachelor of science degrees simul
taneously at the recent commence
ment of Sam Houston State Teachers’
College, in Texas.
THE STOCK MARKET
Reported by Fenner St Beane.
(Quotations at 1:30 P. M.)
Atcliisan l*®
American Tobacco B 133%
American Smelting l’ r *S%
American Docomotice lOO%
Atlantic Coast Dine 185%
Allied Chemical 142%
American Tel. A Tel. 183%
American Can 55%
Baldwin Docomotice 226%
Baltimore & Ohio 117%
Bangor
American Brown __ 13%
Bethlehem Steel 50
Chesapeake & Ohio lBO%
Corn Products 54
Ortainteed : 52
Chrysler v 47%
Coca-Cola 115%
DuPont , 243%
Ere L_. 52%
Fleishman 55
Frisco H 4
General Motors 200%
General Electric 103%
Gold Dust 55%
Hudson 83%
Int. Tel. 188%
Kennecott Copper 62%
Rorillard 31%
Diggett Sc Myers B 116%
Mack Truck 106%
Mo.-Pacific Pfd. 108%
Mo.-Pacific 58
Norfolk & Western 182%
Stand. Oil of N. Y 30%
New York Central 1 152
Pan. American B. r 58%
Producers Refiners ‘ 28%
Rock Island 113%
R. J. Reynolds 135%
Seaboard Air Dine 36%
Southern-Pacific _.* __ ■ 113%
Stand Oil of N. J. 36%
Southern Railway 126%
Studebaker 50%
Texas Co. 47%
Tobacco Products I 102
U. S. Steel ... 121%
Vick Chemical ._ ... 58%
Westingbonsc 7(1
Western Md. 60%
oems
DIO SEWER?
HIS BID MYSTERY
Are the Bones, at First j
Thought to Be Those of j
Harry Sligh, Those of ai
Human Being or Goat? j
TOWN STIRRED
BY SENSATION
Bones Were Found in a
Home Formerly Occu
pied by Sligh, Who Was
Arrested in the West.
BY W. .VI. SHERRILL,
(Editorial Correspondent.)
Seneca. S. C„ June 20.—Even this I
quiet city which has just rid itself of I
red, dusty streets for modern con
crete highways, has its modern crime
sensation. The tale is not a new one
but it is at least different so far as
Seneca is concerned and while the
first effects have worn off the town
still claims the Harry Sligh case as
its most sensational and its greatest
publicity asset.
Those who keep up with South Car
olina news facts will remember that
several months ago Sligh was arrest
ed in California after a hunt that had
extended from his former Georgia
I Mime to the Pacific slopes. Detec
tives employed by insurance compan
ies are said to have conducted this
man hunt, which had its inception in
insurance policies to the amount of
SBO,OOO on the life of Sligh.
Sligh was born and reared in Se
neca and was regarded as one of the
finest young men about town. His
family long had been prominent in
city affairs and he was accorded that
love and respect that any small town
bestows on a son of a worthy mother
and father. He was "Harry" to ev
erybody and many were those who pre
dicted a great success for this scion
who gave promise of taking full ad
vantage of his training and opportun
ities.
Several years ago he moved to
Georgia, entered the real estate game
and seemingly prospered. Insurance
policies to the amount of SBO,OOO
were carried by him and «4ien he re
turned ,to the scene of his boyhood
hiette he was feted and tietted , , tlie
same as any other favorite you who
comes back home for regular but brief
visits.
Then one day several months ago
Seneca was startled to hear that Har
ry Sligh had been burned to death
when his Georgia home was destroyed.
Bones found in the charred remains
of the house were sent to Seneca and
a funeral service which challenged the
attention and interest of the ent're
town was held last September when
the bones were laid to rest with sin
cere grief. His immediate relatives
moved with other kins-people and the
matter remained for Seneca only a
sort of night-mare; a tragedy that
might befall any town.
Several montlis later the second
shock came.
News dispatches reported that Sligli
had been arrested in California by de
tectives put on the case almost imme
diately affer the fire. He did not at
tempt to conceal his identity. He
faced the music with the plea that his
mind had been a blank following the
fire and he did not know how or when
he reached the Pacific coast region.
Whose bones then were buried?
That was the first question asked
the people of this quiet town.
Over whose remains or the remains
of what had they shed their tears?
What sort of bones lie buried-in the
graveyard here, in a grave that was
banked high with flowers for days and
weeks following the funeral? In a
grave that was well kept and on
which fresh flowers were regularly
placed ?
The bones are those of a goat, say
the detectives and . others who are
prosecuting the case. That they
should be allowed to waste their sym
pathy and tears in such manner, if
the charges be true, has aroused the
good people of this community more
than anything else in connection
with the case. They eould forget and
forgive the crime, if there has been
one, but they can’t forget the flowers,
the tears and tlie anguish that was
given for the bones of some unknown
animal or person.
Members of Sligh’s family, it is
further charged, left home several
days before the fire, going to visit rel
atives in the city where their furni
ture was stored.
What do they know about the mys
tery? What communication, if any,
did they have with the missing man?
These too, are phases of the ease
that Seneca wants cleared up, and
people here are heard to express the
opinion that these relatives haven’t
told all they know.
And the bones, after all. may be
those of some human. At least that’s
the defense that Sligh ie expected to
offer. It is said here that he will ar
gue that he has committed no crime
since the bones are those of a burglar
who entered his home the night of the
Are, a burglar who was shot in a
fight and who set fire to the house by
crashing a lamp as'he fell after be
ing mortally wounded.
Th'e may be Sligh’s defense with
this important addition—that the
house was unoccupied at the time,
that it had no furniture in it and that
it was without « roof, the roof being
removed for a new one which had not
been constructed. Ip. Seneca they
say it is not unlawful In Georgia to
. burn a house which is not furnished
CONCORD, N. C., TUESDAY, JUNE 21,1927
Official Data on 1918 Flu Epidemic
Puts Death Rate at 587 per 100,000
Washington, June 21. —The Census j
Bureau of the Department of Com* |
merce has issued a report on mortality I
statistics covering the years from 1015
to 1025 which shows the enormous
death toll of influenza in the 1018 epi
demic. It,states that the dealh rote
“from influenza and pneumonia, all
forms,” in 1024 was 117.7 per 100,060
estimated population. With the ex
ception of the rate 00.8 for 1021, the
rate for 1024 was the lowest recorded
since 1000.
In 1018. the year of the great “flu”
outbreak, the death rate per hundred
thousand was 587.0 in the registration
area. The rate for states was 584.6.
rural communities 500.8, and Cities
— l#j~-
RADIO IS DISC ROSED
AS A FERTILIZER
' *
Admiral Bullard Tells How Two
Blades of Barley Grow fat Place of
One.
Hartford. .Tune 21.—Radio ha*
another and a far more important
future than the dissemination of en
tertainment. So said Admiral W. H.
G. Bullard, Chairman of the Federal
Radio Commission, spenking at the
open air service of Trinity CollegeV
rommeiirement program here. He
foretold cultivation of enormous
crops by high frequency electric
waves projected from powerful
transmitters.
Farming by radio he thought a
good career for members of the grad
uating class. He referred briefly to
his present task of untangling the
broadcast snarl.
"I am sure,” he said, “that any of
you who would like to enter the
broadcasting field will find it go
congested you would be disheartened
at the outset.”
He pointed out tlie result of re
cent experiments showing that plant
life subject to electric waves de
velops rapidly. "This has been tested
and proved in many instances —
Howers and vegetables ripen quickly
anil grow to unusual size." he went
on.
"Some years ago. while I was in
charge of the navy's high powered
station at Arlington, it became de
sirable to beautify the ground space
under the lofty towers, and as a
preliminary step it was derided to
plant a crop of barley so it in time
could be ploughed under to help
fertilize the very clayey sail. T.o
every one’s amazement the crop (if
barley grew to immense size and Jh
full-grown man would be lost to view
when he attempted to walk through
it.”
--, ———- -• -Sr***
Professor’s Case May Be Reopened
Charlotte. June 20.—The case ol
Professor William Garner Burgiti
professor of sociology at AA’inthrop
College, Rock Hill. N. C., who was
discharged by the board of trustees
of the institution may be reopened
Governor John G. Richards of South
Carolina indicated here today.
The Governor said he had learned
unofficially that members of the
hoard of trustees soon would petition;
him to reopen the question. He de
clined to stnte what action he would
take. Authorities at Rock Hill,
however., have stated that if two
members of the board petition the
Governor for re-opeViing of the case,
the law requires tlie executive to
grant the petition.
Milwaukee Journal —Revival of
the Hughes boom raises the question
of whether a guy with whiskers can
still be eleetetd president of the
United States.
and which has no roof.
The furniture in the house, says
the wagging tongue here of Dame
Rumor, was moved several days be
fore the fire. It was taken to the
home of relatives and stored in out
houses. AVhat crime then has Sligh
committed? t
AA’ho can prove that Sligh did not ,
lose his mind after the fire? In the
tight with the intruder, it is said lie j
will argue, be was wounded and so j
fatigued that he lost his reasoning |
power. After he shot the burglar, ru- I
mor of his defense continues, he rush
ed from the house in a dozed condi
tion, and his mind was not restored
until he had travelled for weeks and
months in a westerly direction.
Maybe the prosecution is worried
over this defense.. At any rate the
case has been continued until Fall and
in the meantime the bones, whatever
kind they are, lie at peace in the quiet
of Seneca’s graveyard, in a lot that
was purchased from one of the oldest
residents of the city who spared it as
a courtesy to the family of the youug
man, who was held in such high es
teem here.
It is probable that the bones will
not be disturbed until time for the
trial, to the disappointment of local
people who expect this phase of the
case to be the next sensational step in
this queer mystery. And at pres*-
ent the grave is not so well kept. There
are no fresh flowers each week; there
are no silent pilgrimages to the spot
by relatives and friends, for no one
knows now just what lies in the grave
that at first caused genuine sorrow
and many tears. If the bones are
found to be those of a goat, which tlie
prosecution alleges was slain and
burned as part of Sligh’s infamous
scheme, then , Seneca will forever bear
a grudge against the man who played
false with friends and counsellors. If
the bones are those of the midnight
intruder, which Sligh is expected to
try to prove, then the towns-people
may tidy, up a bit the grave and re
place the faded flowers with fresh
ones, as a testimonial of fheir love
for humanity no matter how low It
has fallen.
; And In the meantime the town is
jnrte waiting/fcr new developments in
a mystery that has given it “front
page” 'recognition.
I 667.6. Maryland led with 803.6 deaths
I tier 100.000. The rate among the
I white people was 758,5 and among
negroes 1023.3.
New A’ork’s death rate per 100,000
was 508 2 in 1018, compared with
125.7 in 1024 from influenza and pneu
monia, and New Jersey 760.4.
Pittsburgh led all cities with a
death rate of 1.243.6 per 100,000. New
A’ork City’s rate in 1018 was 582.5,
distributed as follows: The Bronx.
540.7; Brooklyn, 600.2; Manhattan,
580.1; Queens, 537.0, and Richmond,
766.3. '
■ These are the first accurate figures
made public here.
STATE BIBDE LEAGUE
TO MEET THURSDAY
Meeting Called Yesterday by Miss
Julia Alexander, of Charlotte.
President.
Charlotte, June 21. —Call for a
meeting of the North Carolina Bible
1/eague, the enemy of evolution teach
ing, was made today, the secretary
of the league, Aliss Julia Alexander,
of this city, announced. The members
will assemble here Thusday morning.
Steps to extend the league through
out the stnte will be made, it was
stated. There are now branch leagues
in sixty of the counties for organiza
tion of leagues.
Rev. Dr. AA’. McAA’hite, of Raleigh,
is scheduled to nddress the league at
the meeting here, ns well ns others,
including Rev. Herman Stephens, of
Gastonia, evangelist.
The call for the meeting wns is
sued by Rev. R. A. AA’hite, of Moores
ville, chairman of the board of direc
tors; Rev. AYiHinm Black, of Meck
lenburg county, chairman of the pro
gram committee, and Miss Alexander,
the secretary.
WRECKAGE MAY BE
ST. ROMAN’S PLANE
Found Off Brazilian Cost; Aviators
AVere on Flight Across Atlantic.
Rio De Janeiro, .Tune 20.—The parts
of two wings of an airplane fastened
together to form a makeshift raft have
been found near Cape Maguary, Brazil.
They are believed to be a possible
clue to the fate of Captain St Roman,
French airman, and two companions,
who started their Atlantic flight on
May 5 from the African coast.
The National Telegraph Bureau, at
Belem, on the I’ara River, issued a
note to newspapers telling of the dis
covery, whicli was made by a canoeing
party. ,lt was. reported that op the
.pieces of plane wings were figures and
letters rending 1-5 —Aero-—800x100—
12.12.26.
The description of the wrecknge in
dicates it may have been a part of the
St. Roman, plane.
Osteen May Dose Job Under Re
quirement For Experience.
AA’nshington. June 20.—1 tis re
ported here that two of the North
Carolina deputy prohibition ad
ministrators fail to come up to the
requirement for at "least four years
experience.” Ben C. Sharpe has uad
the required number of years. The
other deputies : are : Arthur G. Mc-
Duffie. Fayettesville, and J. I*.
Osteen. Greensboro. There is some
confusion as to their standing; it
may be cleared up in their favor.
A great many applications are
being disapproved because the ap
plicants "failed to meet the mini
mum experience requirements for the
positions applied for.” the civil ser
vice commission today explained.
“All applicants for examinations
for positions under the bureau of
prohibition are given by the eivil
service commission opportunity to
be considered for lower grade of
positions if they fnil to meet the
requirements of the positions for
which they apply.” it was explained
bv the commission.
I ’
! Gets $25,000 Damages For Mis
j placed Heart.
j Atlantic City, N. J., June 20.
I Charging that his heart had been
misplaced in a crossing crash, A’io
tor Fowler Thompson, of Pieasant
ville, was awarded $25,000 damages
by a jury today in a supreme court
action against the West Jersey and
Seashore Railroad company and the
Atlantic City and Shore Railroad
company.
The case was tried by Judge W.
Frank Sooy in seven and a half
hours ami the jury returned the ver
dict in little more than 17 minutes.
Thompson had asked $50,000. •
More Airmen to Seek Honors.
Prague, Czecbo-Slovakia, June 21.
OP)—Two Czecho-Slovakian airmen,
Captain Franz Malkovsky and Lieu
tenant Ludwig Pavlovsky announced
todn.v their intention to fly from
Prague to New York and return iu
August. Their plane and Its motors
will be of Czecho-Slovakian manufac
ture.
[can you score I
TEN ON THESE? I
j I—Who is France’s most industri
ous cabinet-maker?
2 Are British peeresses permitted
to sit and vote in the House of Lords?
3 AA’ho was Consuelo A’anderbilt?
4 AA’hat is the purpose of tlie
American Law Institute'?
5 Where is it proposed to build a
thirty-two mile railroad and automo
i bile traffic'tunnel?
6 AVhere is the world’s largest and
most powerful locomotive operated?
i 7—Give its size and motive power,
i B—Name two famous river deltas.
o—AVhat is;the Gregorian chart?
10—AA'ho was Harry Lorequer?
MRS. WILLIAMS.
U. D. C. LEADER.
DIES AT HER HOME
Newton. N. C.. June 21.—CP)—
Mrs. Fannie Ransom AA'iilinms. 71
years old. nationally known for
her activities in the United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy, and hon
orary president of that organiza
tion, elected for life in 1023, died
at her home here this morning at
4:20 o'clock, after a week's illness
following a stroke of paralysis.
DID FRIEND’S LIQUOR
SEND MAN TO PRISON?
This is AATiat Man’s Wife Says in
Letter to Pardon Commissioner.
Tribune Bureau.
Sir AA’alter Hotel.
Raleigh, June 21.—1 s a husband
and father now serving a prison sen
tence because another man brought
some liquor to his house at prayer
meeting, and then forgot to take it
with him?
This is what the man’s wife says
in a letter to E. B. Bridges, in ask
ing him to make an investigation
with a view to getting a parole for
her husband, whom she claims is a
victim of circumstance. And because
the letter is sc. straightforward,
though illiterately written. Bridges
is inclined to believe that the wife
is telling the facts- Consequently he
is making an investigation of the
case.
The letter, laboriously written,
and with scarcely any attention to
such minor details as grammar nr
spelling, states that the writer's hus
band was convicted of possessing
liquor, but that the liquor was not
his. The wife states that one night
when a community prayer meeting
was being held at their home, one of
those who attended brought scone
liquor, and evidently forgot it. Right
after this prayer meeting, the officers
found tlie liquor, and charged her
husband with its possesion. When he
wns brought to trial, he was con
victed. and is how serving time.
And because it was not his liquor,
but brought by some one to the
prayer meeting, the wife thinks that
her husband should be paroled.
That the story is true, an I not
concocted as an alibi or excuse would
seem to be indicated by the straight
forward manner ill which the wife
tells the details of the affair, and by
the fact her letter would indicate
that she had not'sufficient originalrty
to make up the story, if it were not
true. She evidently does not con
sider it at all unusual tlmt sup
posedly good church members should
carry liquor to prayer meeting with
them, or that they should forget it.
However, the commissioner of
pardons considers it sufficiently un
usual to bring about a thorough in
vestigation of the ease involves
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady at Advance of 3 to 7
Points, October Selling Up to 17.22.
New York, June 21.— OP) —The cot
ton market opened steady today at an
advance of 3 to 7 points on a con
tinuation of the recent buying pro
moted by apprehensions that the South
was getting too much rain and that
the wet weather was increasing the
danger of insect damage this summer.
October sold up to 17.22 and Janu
ary to 17.52, or about 7 to 0 points
above yesterday’s closing quotations,
but the advance met considerable real
izing and there were reactions of 5
or 6 points before the end of the first
hour. A'irtually all reports reaching
here from the South are said to be
emphasizing the appearance of boll
weevil, and some buying also was re
ported this morning oil encouraging
reports from the cotton goods trade.
The reaction from the opening ad
vance carried the market off to 17.10
for October and 17.40 for January,
making net declines of about 4 to 5
points. The market steadied up again
later in the morning on renewed cov
ering. At midday October was sell
ing around 17.18. or 4 points net
higher.
Cotton futures opened steady: July
16.80; Oet. 17.18: Dee. 17.47; Jan.
17.51; March 17.70.
Pennsylvania Mines Kill Seven Each
Day.
(By International News Service.)
Harrisburg. Pa„ June 20. —Seven
workmen were killed each day dur
ing the first five months of 1027 in
the State of Pennsylvania, a report
by the State Bureau of Statistics re
veals.
Figuring 24 hours a day, twenty
one persons each hour suffered non
fatal injuries during the month of
May. Nearly one-half the fatalities
and injuries were suffered in the
State’s anthracite ami bituminous
coal mines. ; .
There were 173 persons killed in
industrial accidents during May.
while 12.860 persons were injured
during the month-
Byrd Cannot Leave Tonight.
New A’ork. June 21.—(4>) —Takeoff
for France of the 4-man crew of the
monoplane “America" will be impos
sible either tonight or tomorrow morn
ing, the present atmospheric condi
tions do not look favorable for a hop
off any time tomorrow, James H. Kim
ball. weather bureau meteorologist an
i nounced today,
STAR THEATRE
! See It Today or Never
f “ANKLES PREFERRED”
' With Madge Bellamy Strutting Her
Stuff
t ~
- This Picture Played the Rexie Thea
tre in New York For Two Month* at
I Two Dollars Admission
OUR PRICE lOo—We
Remember RMmfl Dh in
.“KNOCKOUT REILLY”
Naval Limitation Plan I
Offered By Ja*’ Gets I
“0. K”^asliingto»|
CARS CRASH AS “COP”
CHASES FLEEING ALTO
Two Alleged Auto Thieves Were in
Cor Which Engaged in ««-Mile an
Hour Chase in New York.
New York, June 21.— (A*) —A gun
battle between a lone motorcycle po- '
lieeman and two alleged automobile
thieves during a 66-mile-an-hour chase
down First Avenue ended early to
day when the fleeing car crashed
against another machine. One of its
two occupants was captured.
Pedestrians and motorists rushed
for safety as the automobile and mo
torcycle speeded down Ist avenue
from i)th street to 59th street. No
one was hit although one of the shots ;
fired from the fleeing car tore away i
the shield on the patrolman’s cap.
The prisoner said he is Thomas Me- <
Donnell. 10.
i
With Our Advertisers. I:
The Southern Railway will operate ;
an excursion to Washington, I). <,
on July first. Round trip ticket from |
Concord only $ll.OO. Read new fid.
for particulars.
See testimonials of Dorman Medi- ]
cines, sold by Cline's Pharmacy, .in ,
this paper.
On Wednesday and Thursday the .
Gray Shop will sell 500 new summer j
dresses for sls each. These dresses ,
will entice you with their beauty and ,
value. This store also has 150 new
dresses to be sold for $5.75, these in- (
eluding pongees, silks, crepes, voiles
and wash silks.
The Bulova Watch will please the '
man who wants a good watch.
Medium priced but reliable. Sold.by
Starues-Millerk-Parker Company.
Fisher's has summer frocks, cool
and airy, for hot summer days. Im
porter! hand embroidered voil dresses
at $5.05. • Pastel tints in perfect har
mony of color' scheme. Guaranteed
fast colors.
S. W. Preslar. with offices in Archey
Building, has budding gems for in
timate frocks. Just the thing being
worn now.
You can get all of the modern
bathroom fixtures from E. B. Grady.
Showroom at 27 East Corbin street.
Don’t delay making your will. Con
sult the expert at the Citizens Bank
and Trust Company.
“Ankles Preferred,” with Madge
Bella thy strutting _hftr,stuff, .at Uut
Star today. Richard Dtxht “Knock
out Reilly" Thursday and Friday.
Bathing suits for the entire family
at the .1. C. Penny Co . Fancy stripe
suits for men. one ami two-piece suits
for woman, plain and fancy suits for
boys, girls and children.
Forest Fire Causes.
The Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, June 21.—Brush burners
and smokers led the field of causes
for forest fires during May, according
to the monthly report issued today by
the department of conservation and de
velopment.
Fifty-four or almost one-third of
the total of 170 forest fires in co
operating counties originated from
these two causes, says the report.
Although the number of forest fires
in these counties last month was vir
tually the same as compared with
April, the totals being 170 for May
and 178 for the previous month, the
damages were more than twenty i>er
cent less for May. Damages from
the fires in May were estimated at
$77,550 and for April $90,117.33.
May fires covered 35,871 1-2 acres,
while 51,310 were swept during the
previous month. Os the May forest
tire coverage, 15,569 1-2 acres were in
merchantable timber; 16.475 1-2 in
second growth; and 4,826 1-2 in open
land.
Incendiary fires during the month
were among the largest in number
with a total of 18 being credited to
this cause; lumbering operations orig
inated 19; 16 were assigned to rail
roads; and 14 to campers, hunters
and fishermen.
Women Professors Named on North
Carolina University Faculty.
(By International News Service.)
Raleigh, N. C., June 20.—Women
have passed another milepost in
North Carolina on the road to recog
nition.
For the first time since the Uni
versity of North Carolina was found
ed 133 years ago. women are going
to be members of the faculty.
Shattering of the precedent comes
in the wake of the action of the board
of trustees of the institution in ap
proving the recommendation of the
executive committee that women b“
admitted to the faculty of the School
1 of Education “in order to facilitate
• the service of the School of Eduea
■ tion in advanced and graduate in
■ struction for elementary school
• teachers and supervisors.”
Miss Sallie B. Marks, now «u
--. pervisor of grades in the public
schools of La Crosse, Win., and Ce
! cilia H. Bason, at present head of
the department of primary methods
in ttie East Tennessee State Teach
ers college, are the first two women
instructors. Each will have the rank
of assistant professor.
r Mrs. Fannie Williams In Serious
Condition.
Newton, June 20.—Mrs. Fannie
' Ransom Williams, nationally known
1 tor her activities in the Daughters of
the Confederacy, and who suffered a
stroke of paralysis at her home more
than a week ago. is reported to be
fast sinking. Her death is momentar
ily expected. All her children are
now at her bedside.
THE TRIBUNB 11
TODAY’S NEwl TOCmrl'
NO. 1371
The Proposal Offered jfcy ft
Great Britain WasdKe* »
garded as Unsatisfac&tijjEjS
by American Officials. 1
JAPAN DOESNOT 1
WANT MORE SHJpM
Her Plan Is Taken to Mfdß
That She Thinks P*|| I
ent Size of Navy Is I
Country Really Jf
Washington, June 2i.—
Japanese naval limitation proposal
favorably received in official cireles'ifi|H
Washington today as
only a concoliatory spirit, but |mey-9
ing satisfaction with her
ent strength and a willingness 9
main in a position of comparative pfy 9
feriority in all classes of auxiliary m
ships to Great Britain and the UptraffM
States. ■
The British proposal, however, was 9
regarded unsatisfactory by officii* 9
here, insofar as they affect qugfßjwaii'M
decided at the Washington conference 9
and which tire administration
should not be discussed at the preMn| 'H
conference because of the abseneddf S
two of the signatories of the 9
treaties.
Japan's reply was taken to jndi-tfl
cate that she admits slue needs no
larger navy than she now has.
Japanese navy at present is oit-e
tio of 5 to 3 with England iff ftjjfflß
matter of modern cruisers,: MMrSe 9
same ratio holds between Japan* KjjHjjH
the United States for
while for destroyers between the lat- 9
ter countries the ratio is abou£.Jj^^H
1 1-2. 9
The British acceptance of the
ratio for cruisers, the proposal tb’lWr ■
duee destroyers from 1,750 tone *sf 9
flotilla leaders and to 1.4(H) toae jot 9
destroyers would hr completely
able to this country since AmeraMr*M
largest destroyer is 1,215 tons, it
viewed here. Reduction of suhtpagt 9
fines to 1.600 tons would also be
tically immaterial to the
States, since only the five V-i type 19
submarines are above this tonnage,®*
Committee to Meet. ,'JMi 9
Geneva. June 21.—(A*)—Thc.exM|itg9
five committee of flic tripartite naval J
conference under the presidency of|9
Hugh S. Gibson, of the United
decided today to convoke a meetidjjgH
of the technical experts of—.fjittitt 9
Britain, the United States and sapaiib 9
The experts were instructed to e» 9
change views and reach an
ment on the existing status, of tbiS.9
three navies, including building pr#r 9
grams, and second to begin .tXs&i olw
the three sets of proposals
fore the conference yesterday
view to clarification of their
port. I
SPICER LEADER IN • 9
GOLF
Defending Champion Had 74 on Cs!jpj> 9
lotte Course During Duff. 9
Charlotte, June 21. — (A 5 ) —Emmett 9
Spicer. Memphis, defending
with a 38-30-74. had an early
over tlic (|tialifying field here today in -9
the Southern Amateur Golf
ment. 9
More than 35 entries had turned it* 9
cards today. With the exceptiody« 9
Spicer and Kced the other cards haQtfl
run unusually high. 9
The weather continued wind* and 9
cloudy and tlic galleries were at) edw- 9
parativel.v small. It looked
would start at any time, but none hud 9
fallen during the forenoon. 9
The play of Spicer was the
of the morning. 9
May Be Able To Tune In On RttMfe 9
Os Byrd. 9
New York. June 20.—Radio jfajgfc,®
who can tune their sets to ,lt
meter wave length and can
the continental code letters 15TW,..9
will have a chance to catch messages 9
from Commander Richard E. ,Bsfit , U.9
monoplane America on its
tic Hight. The plane's 100-watt I
transmitter will send out its cd}l lets ■
ters continuously to indicate 'h)k9
plane's safety. a
Julian Harris to Address Editepß’jjp9
State. 1
Charlotte, June 21. —(A 3 )—JuHarafl
Harris, editor of the Columbus, GuAH
Emptircr Sun. and winner ill RjSMM
of the Pulitzer prize for
service has accepted an invitktibD to J
speak at the semi-annual
the North Carolina Press
at. Morehead City. July 21, Jfc* A®
lsiwrancc, secretary of the
i tion announced here today.
ris will *i>eak at the batuiuet the uSmH
; of July 21.
Novelists make Conte Milo a isl
f orite scene for murders and mjgMm99
* hut ns n matter of fact the codijjfc
there have had to deal with
' murder case in twenty years. J
e Increasing cloudiness foßeweffl*:?*
p showers and warmer in west ptttfl
e in east portion ami pooler la ej*^9t|j