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. REV. MR. SHARP MUST GIVE
EVIDENCE Or VVHAI Ut
CHARGED IN HIS SERMON
Pastor of Calvary Methodist
Church Subpoenaed To
Hearing Wednesday.
SAYS HE HAS AFFIDAVITS
Charlotte Minister Tells Some
Startling Tales From
Pulpit Sunday.
CHARLOTTE, June 21). " I uui
reauy to appear iu recorder's court una
piuuuce ti" eviuuuee m support of iny
riiuai trow uiy puipit euuuay uigut,'
Jmjv. J. A. oimrp buii lust uitfiit iu re
gard to tug au icsuikuuuuiu proceedings
uisuuiea uguiusl iinu Muuaay aitti
liouu to compel mm to appear iu court
uua sustain uis contention or uooueg
guig on tuo imrt oi individuals or tuu
city .
a subpoena wus drawu up by T. C
Outline, jr., Alonuay aitemoou, bigueu
by Juuge . A" ouuvo, und scrveu up
ou 'Alt. euarp at his residence msi uigui.
It is rcturuiiuiu n recoruer court
Wednesday morning ut o cioek.
Juuge joutb sutu last nigut that be
luid ausoluteiy no teeaug in mo mutter,
tUt tuut wut.it a muu wanes upecilic
charges us to alleged irregularities or
officer uud citizens, no must 'ie muue 10
provu them or retruct them, lie be
lieve! tout uuy ollicer would serve war
rants ou the strength of such affidavits
as Mr1. Sharp Bays ho has, if they prove
of sufficient importance .
"We have our men ou watch iu every
section of the city who make regular re
ports to us, " Mr. fcharp said when talk
ed with lust night. "They go into
everything and keep right up with what
ia going on throughout the city."
It ia likely that the afliduvits that he
will produce in court will be only those
relating to raids that have keen made,
some of which have been 'published and
some have not, he stated. There have
been just 27 of these, in and near the
city, he suid. Ilia complete list carries
about 50 names of alleged bootleggers,
many of whom he cannot divulge with
out the permission of federal authorities
or -without the assurance of city of
ficials that they will not let the list be
come public, llo says publication of the
complete list would only help the viola
tors to run to cover and foil justice.
"I especially hope that I shall be ask
ed about the city auditorium raid," tho
minister said. "I want to tell exact
ly how the situation was when it was
made. I can also give afliduvits of cases
wljere the police were .informed of li
quor cars entering town and where net
a particle of'actiou, was taken. : No good
will be accomplished, until the police go
after the big fellow ami stop giving so
aiuch attention to tho small fry."
i Mr. Sharp has evidence of automobile
loads of whiskey being unloaded at some
of the clubs in Charlotte, he says. Ho
knows of three of the most prominent
clubs liere that have received whiskey
in recent weeks, he stated.
Immoral conditions in the city were
again attacked by the preacher, w ho said
that lie knew of cases in which school
girls with .liooks in hand were taken in
to automobiles and carried from towa.
Most of the illicit liquor here goes to
houses of ill fame, be charged, telling
how his agent not long ago went to such
a place when liquor was very much in
evidence and mingled with the crowd.
"Am I a Ku Kluxf Well, if I were
to deny it everyone would say that 1
was one." 'Mr. Sharp said, but without
saying in so many words that he was not
a member of the organization.
"However, I do know that they havt
the fines t constitution and by-laws of
any organization I know of. Any law
abiding citizen coulld become a member
and not violate a single statute. The
constitution definitely states that the
members must bind themselves to obey
the laws of the land . ' '
He said that he read the relations
completely through while coining back
from Atlanta a Short time ago.
CHARLOTTE, June li. " Rum
runners have threatened to kill both me
and Frank Little job n because we arc too
bot on their trail," said Rev. .1. A.
Sharp, pastor of Calvary Methodist
church, in a sermon Sunday night on
"Law and Order," in which he exposed
what he termed wtrupt conditions in
Charlotte and Mecklenburg county.
"They are so wared of Littlejohn
that they have even effered him 10.i'o
to let up. I give them full warning that
if I catch any bootlegger with the g.xids
I hall turn bint over to the federal au
thorities," continued Mr. Sharp.
During the course of his sermon he
said that reports are current that both
he and Littlejohn are members of the
Ku Klux Klan and are furnishing thu
organization with information, referring
also to the appearance of about font
members of the order who appeared in his
church at the close of a sermon several
weeks ago and gave kirn money and a
letter.
Reference To Kb Klux Klan. .
The reference to the Ku Klnx was in
cidental in Mr. Sharp's sermon, during,
which he neither denied nor affirmed con
section with the order, which, according
to reports from Winst on -Salem, he ad
dreseed i that city a few weeks ago.
The prevalent crime ware will never
(Continued on page 4.)
THE WEATHER
North Carolina, cloudy, local showe.s
tonight WMrwsda chaag e in tem
perata: . V; ' . ' ' '
Secretary Weeks Thinks Large
MIimL0 MiKrv SrlinnU Is
Healthy Sign For The Country
Does Not Mean In Preparation For War But As Military Pre
paredness Urges V. M. I. Graduates To Take Part In th.
Affairs Of the Nation.
LEXINGTON, VA., June 20. By
Associated JrTess.) Secretary Weens
Breaking acre touuy to tne graduating
ciass ui the Virginia Military institute,
raued as u "good sign" tuo increasing
number of military senools in tne coun
try, ihe increase, he said, must be a
Kreat gatisiaction to tnose believing
m adequate military preparedness."
1 ao not mean preparation for
war," the Secretary continued. "An
education at such a school does not
create u passion lor war. In tact, my
experience has been that those who Know
most about war are tuo ones most desir
ous of preventing it. Wo cunnot be un
uiiumui of tuo xuct, however, that m or
uer to survive, u nation must possess a
military lorce sumcieut to tteleua it from
me enemy without and wiiuin, to make
secure its sovereignty, uud secure eu
loiceiiieut of its laws.
' 1 ne Federal government, especially
the Var Department, piaces great re
liance ou me results oi the education
uud training at this iustitutiou. 1 be
lieve that other things being equal, iu
addition to his capacity to servo hia
country in time ot ued, a man who has
received a military training is better
equipped to meet tho problem of life
ti.an the man who has not had tho bene
fit of such trailing. The training given
iu the standard military schools of our
country is tt great asset to the young
man about to uudertukc a cureer und the
responsibilities of citizenship. It gives
him noise, u disciplined mind and body,
a decisiveness of action, a knowledge of
the advantages f dean thinking uud liv
ing, and a high sense of honor.
"I appeul to you, therefore, what
ever may be your vocation ufter leaving
this institution, to devote some part of
your time to the affairs of your coun
try. It is not necessary for you to hold
public office, but it is essential that you
give to your country the benefit of tho
training and education you have received
here. Resist all attempts to turn irom
the representative form of government
created by the constitution and tuko an
active interest in the affairs of your
community to the extent of seeing that
only wise, trustworthy and courageous
men aro elected to public office. This
is the duty f the good citizen and un
less wo can obtain from such schools
as this and the multitude of schools
maintained throughout the country men
capable of performing these important
duties of citizenship, then wo must face
the certainty of a failure of popular
government .
" You have been trained to lead men.
Should vout- count rv liecomn eneaired ill
: war it will be your duty to command
j your fellow men in the defense of the
I nation. Let me urge you to keep your
! selves prepared for eifieient service to
I the nation in the eevent of such an
emergency by joining tho national guard
jar the organized reserve. If you do not
I wish to become connected with a military
I organization, at least take an active in
! terest in the military establishment and
j determine that your country will have the
i best trained and most efficient military
I force it is possible to develop and that
it shall bo of sufficient strength to meet
tho requirement of the nation."
BORDER FLOOD SITUATION
- IS GROWING MORE TENSE
(By The Associated Fress.)
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., June 20.
Twenty-one thousand acres of Rio
Grande valley land with crops valued at
$2,300,000 flooded in Hidalgo county, a
fresh rise in the lower stretches of the
Rio Grande as the result of flood waters
which tamo down late yesterday from
the Pan Juan river in Mexico, while the
cloudburst flood of the upper river is
Hearing its crest at Laredo, 130 miles
up stream, summarized the border flood
situation early today.
Meanwhile the fate of 18,000 inhab
itants of Piedras Negras, Mexico, across
th river from Eagle Pass, isolated since
railroad and highway bridges were swept
out Sunday night, is causing grave con
concern. The city is surrounded by
water and the food supply is thought
to be short.
The flood stage at Laredo this morn
ing was 27 feet and rising. Late last
night a stage of 40 feet was reported
at Palafox. 82 miles up stream, and that
border village was threatened with in
undation. Apparently fhe flood is trav
eling at the rate of 1.1 miles an hour.
Its erst probaebly will not reach the
swollen stretches of the lower Rio
Grande before late Wednesday.
The section, situated in the Hidalgo
ami Cameron counties, contains nearly
uveiity prosperous towns and is a highly
developed agricultural section settled
largely by fanners from the middle
western states. Th total population ex
ceeds 100,000.
COL.
THOMPSON TO BE
TRIED IN SEPTEMBER
TRENTON, N. J.. June 20. Col.
Marrellus H. Thompson, son-in-law of
Ambassador Harvey, ami seven others
indicted for conspiracy to ship arms to
Ireland in violation of th neutrality
laws, will be tried here during the Sep
tember term of the Federal court. Unit
ed States Attorney Winnis announced
today.
GREENWOOD. S. C. June 20.
Clothed only with an expression of ile
spair, Ben Frarier, young white man,
early today called at the home of W.
M. Davenport, a neighbor, and told a
story of having ben robbed of eTery
v stiteh of his clothing by two bandits on
tr Abbeyille-Oycn ood hjghirj,.
Lives of Americans
In Canton In Danger
PEKING, June 20. (By The As
sociated Press.) Three American
buildings in Canton were struck by
sheila during Sunday's bombardment
of tho city by the gunboats of Sun
Yat Sen, the south China leader, who
has been trying futilely to re-capture
hia stronghold Jacob Gould Schur
man, the American Minister, has ask
ed Rear Admiral Strauss to rush
protection to Canton and American
gunboats are expected to proceed
there.
Word that Americans in Canton
were endangered was received at the
legation here today in a message
from the American consulate at Can
ton. The extent of the damage to
American property was not stated.
The consul has protested to Sun Yat
Sen against indiscriminate firing a
long tne Bund, the macadamized way
on the water front.
PRIEST DISCUSSES ONE OF,
THE SINS OF THE AGE
Marriage and Birth Control
Discussed By Catholic Pries.
In One of Series of Lecture,
at St. Michael's Church.
"Marriage and Birth Control," tho
second sermon of the scries to be
preached by the Rev. Father Reginald,
Catholic rmssiouer, drew an audience of
various denominations to the church last
night. Tho preacher took for his text
the words of Christ, "Suffer tho little
children to come unto me and forbid
them not, for of such is the kingdom of
haven . ' ' lie reminded his hearers that
God instituted marriage and raised it
to the dignity of a sacrament for the
propagation of the human raee, and
that children might be born to know,
love, and serve Him here on earth and
to see and enjoy Him forever iu heaven.
The purpose of marriage aiid the de
signs of God, he said, were being per
verted and destroyed and a holy state
was being made a state of sin and
damnation by many who advocate and
practice tho shameful and sinful means
of birth control and abortion.' Hus
bands who refuse to become fathers,
wives who refuse to become mothers,
luudlords who refuse to receive tenants
with children, and all who advocate,
propagate, and practice means to pre
vent the conception and birth of chil
dren wero severely denounced and con
demned for their sins and crimes. The
preacher said that poverty, weakness,
sickness, the doctor's advice, and even
tho fear of death could not excuse sin
ful means and methods. "The end
jloes not justify the means." Christ
has died for us and He commands us
rather to die than commit one mortal
sin. Tho sinfulness of birth control
was proved by God 's punishment of
Ouau recorded in the 38tu chapter of
Genesis. Father Reginald nmiutained
that many who practice birth control
uro often guilty of a more fearful sin
the crime of abortion, by which un
born and unbaptized children are mur
dered with less ropugnanoe than is felt
in tho killing of a pet cat or dog.
Kmbryologists teach that there is human
lift a living human cell from which
every cell in the human body is derived
at the first ' moment of conception;
therefore abortion by any means, even
in the first day of conception, is mur
der; because it is tho destruction of
human life, and the worst murders; be
cause it deprives the murdered child of
baptism and heaven.
These things, said tho preacher, had
to be spoken of publicly and plainly,
even to boys and girls liefore they are
old enough to marry. Many non-Catholics,
among them doctors of large prac
tice and high repute, bad praised his
lecture and .encouraged him to speak
openly and strongly on the subject. The
sermon was ended with refcrcne to the
evil effects of race suicide in France,
aud a warning to all patriotic Ameri
cans lest we should allow our nation to
be weakened and ruined by the same
evil agents and means.
A sermon entitled '"A Message from
the Dead" was announced for tonight.
! TWO BODIES TO BE
i EXHUMED FOR EXAMINATION
i
(By The Associated I'ress.)
j WASHINGTON. -a., June 2'). The
i bodies of Charles W. Willbanks and
t the firt u-i fa nf Hi- .1 ( S:id-c71is were
i to be exhumed today, according to the
plans announced by the coroner s jury
for an examination to determine the
cause of their deaths.
This announcement was made follow
ing the arrest yesterday of Dr. Saggus,
who was lodged in jail here oh charges
of poisoning the former Mrs. Saggus
and Willbanks, a former neighbor and
husband of the present Mrs. Saggus.
Dr. Saggus emphatically denied the
charges and attributed them to a
' ' frame-up, ' born of jealousy . His de
nial was substantiated by Mrs. Saggus,
but with the yerdict of the eoroner'a
jury that the physician was guilty of
a doulU murder in their bands, offi
cials prepared- for th", Tvwt-"inrt:ni ex
Saved From Mob
- I
When a mob of 3000 gathered be
fore the Jackson (Mich.) jail Georg
Straub, charged w ith the brutal kill
ing of Alice Mallet t. social worker,
was secretly piiited awny to Lan
alng. Mich., after tear gas bombs
had been thrown Into the crowd to
disperse. It.
PYTHIAN BAND GDNIitRT AT.
UUMMUNIIY PAHK 1UNIGHT
At 7:to o'clock this evening the Gas
toni lytliian Band will give i no second
iu ti series of open air concerts at the
Community toetvice Park, 'comer ot beo
oud avenue aud feoutli street. Hie lust
concert was very largely ullcii'lcd
immensely enjoyed by tne. puinic.
Weutlier permuting, it is expert, -,i mat
the park will be crowded to lis limit this
evening.
Following is the program:
Murcli, Oiory of tuo trumpets, Losey.
At i-veuiug Time, (ricrcuudc;, Ji-tvcil,
Baritone to.o, Y. l. biiutii.
Mountain Alaiaeu Dreum, M) I, Au,;.
La-uitzKy.
Alpine - Sunset, Valse Itomautiqae,
King.
Aiurch, "National Kinblcm," Bugley.
Selection, " Bohemian! Oui, '' Ua.ic.
Medley Selection Or fooutuern teoiis,
L. Conterno.
Final, Dixie.
CITY COUNCIL MttIS
TONIGHT AT 7:30
The city council meets tonight at
7: JO o'clock at the city hall. Several
important business matters that were
postponed at last week's meeting will
come up tonight for discussion. The
most important of these will be the
granting of licenses to jitney drivers.
This mutter has been banging for some
time aud. the council's action at this eve
ning's session will be of great impor
tance to public car operators who de
sire to renew their licenses.
The fixing of the rate of taxation for
the vear from May ;tl, 11)22 to May 31,
j 1923 is still undone-, due to the slowness
i of the citizens in listing their property.
! Following the ratings, the budget will
! lie made out. The latter plays a very
important part in the affairs of the; city
and it will determine whether or not tho
icity will be able to grant an appropria
tion to Community Service. It is to 1
recalled that that organization asked for
!.tl,IMH) from the city to enable it to fur
nish band concerts to the public during
the summer months.
IRATE KENTUCKY FARMER
GETS FARM HAND TOLD
LOUISVILLE, KY., June 20.
Coakley Howe, whose wife ran
away with his farm hand, raced a
train from New Haven, Ky., to
Louisville in his automobile last
night and beat the train. He was
disarmed by the police but at his
suggestion they met the train for
him and arrested the farm hand,
William Bray, and Mrs. Irene
Howe.
'I prayed four hours to find out
whether it would be a sin to kill
you," Howe told Bray, "and I
found out that it wouldn't. I in
tended to send ten bullets into your
body, but the police wouldn't let
me. I promise you that if ever I
see you again, I will put you out of
existence. I suggest that you join
the army or navy and stay away
for life."
Bray sought refuge in a cell for
the night and then departed from
Kentucky, while Howe and his wife
went back to New Haven today.
j SGT. KIMBALL TO BE
GIVEN PRELIMINARY HEARING
j COLTMBUS. Ga.. June 20. . I'rclimi
j nary hearing for Sergeant .1. B. Kim-
ball, charged with complicity in connec
tion with the bombins "f the residence
I of Mayor J. Homer Pinion, on May 3L,
was scheduled for this morning at 10
o'clock before Recorder Walker Flour
' noy.
WTiat evidence the state has against
the Fort Benning soldier or the plea
I to be entered by the defense has never
I been indicated, due to the vigilance with
! which the authorities have guarded their
i actions. It has been learned through
j an unofficial source, however, that two
: comrades of Kimball are to appear
1 against him .
I Much interest centers in th bearing
i today as tomorrow fhe )cial session
j of the grand jury will meet to consider
the cases of Kimball and Bryant Toole,
a taxi driver, recently arrested in con
nection with the ease.
- Miss Louise Beal will leave Wed
i nesday for Atbemarle. where she will be
I the guest fir wrs ;icr Miss May FAN
A.'Ji'it ,
IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND, HALLOWED
BY HISTORY, GRAY-CLAD VETERANS
OPEN THEIR
CHARLOTTE CHIEF IS
CLEARED OF CHARGES
Chief W. B. Orr Exonerated
By Magistrate's Court Ot
Charges Brought Against
Him By Certain Parties.
CHARLOTTl-:, June 20. "In the
assault case 1 find that no deadly
weapon was used. It looks like there is
much malice shown in both. I therefore
discharge Chief Orr in both cases."
Such was the decision of Justice J.
W. Cobb about 8:. 10 o'clock last night,
following a two-aud-u half hours ' hear
ing of two cases against Chief of I'olico
Walter B. Orr, one charging assault,
tho other charging him with usiug pro
fauo language in a public place.
Tho courtroom was filled to overflow
ing, the crowd having been attracted by
tho charges that grew out of a present
ment by the superior court grand jury
lust week, as a result of which acting
solicitors were instructed by Juiljje T.
B. I'inley to bring indictments and have
them heard "before tho proper court,''
a magistrate's court which has "original
und final jurisdiction" in such cases.
Several tilts between attorneys repre
senting Chief Orr, L. B. Smith and
T. L. Kirkputrick, und the attorneys
representing J. II. ltoss und Wulter
Cuthbertson, including James A. Lock-
andjlunt, K. Ji. Bridges and Jake t New-
i ell, were enjoyed by the large crowd, to
j such au extent that 'Squire Cobb had to
! instruct the sheriff to keep order.
Sharp Word Battle,
j Then, too, Mr. Smith and Mr. Rons
had a sharp word war, which wus fol
lowed later by one between Mr. Smith
i and James K. lloneycutt, commissioner
; of public safety, who was a witness in
j the case charging Chief Orr with disor
, dcrly conduct, cursing in u public pluc.e.
i The entire battery of the acting mi
j Jicitors, including Thomas C. Guthrie,
Jr., uud Francis O. Claikson, of this
I city, and A. JO. Woltz and A. C.
Jones, of Gustoiuu, serving for Solicitor
George v. Wilson, during his
was present at the hearinir.
illness, i
Motion was made by Mr. Lockhurt
at the beginning of the trial to change
the warrant from assault to ussault with
a deadly weapon, but Inter agreed
that
if the court tound sufficient evidence as
! the case proceeded, the warrant might
! be chauged.
Often the attorneys "scrapped" with
each other as to tho admission of cer
tain testimony, 'Sipiiro Cobb ruling, in
general, that anything might be opened
up, culling a halt on objections in a few
instances in which he considered the
matter too foreign.
J'robably the tensest point of the
hearing came when Mr. lloneycutt
asked to be allowed to make a state-
meut and Mr. Smith told him to answer!
tho question asked, both he and Colonel '
Kirkpatrick stating that it was no place j
for stump speeches, in addition to other
words, some rather warm, between the'
attorneys and the witness. i
Reference fo K. K. K, 1
Another interesting aspect came while
J . II. ltoss was on the stand, when hi:
and Mr. Smith became "wordy,1' Mr. I
Smith asking him if lie had not. been i
brought into court with reference to!
some tuii'ls belonging to children lor
whom he was guardian, Mr. Koss reply
ing that he had not, that he bad in
vested the money at the advice of the
bondsmen, that they luid paid a part
of it ami that he had raised the chil
dren in oiiestion, iu repayment of a part
' of tho funds lost through the invest -'
ment .
J One reference was made to the Ku 1
, Klux Klan duriiifr the hearing. That)
; was when attorneys asked Chief Orr
; what organization F. N. Littlejohn,;
one of the witnesses, represented. . The
I chief said he did not know, unless it I
I was the Ku Klux .
( "I want, to know if you represent!
I any otle r government than that of
North Carolina." Colonel Kirkpatrick1
fired at Mr. Littlejohn while be was
on the stand. The witness ignored the1
objection of attorneys for the complain-!
ants and said Cat ,e could answer that,
that he did no! represent any other gov
eminent . !
WOMAN IS RUNNING
CLOSE RACE FOR SENATE
(Bv The Associated Press.)
ST. I'ACI..
the Associated
come of the M
apparency!
Minnesota priu
race Mrs. Ai
the Iemo rat !
Reports av1!
and tuek
Mieghen, oi.
it became 1
would be in "
eincts had fj,
Minn., June 20. (By
press.) With the out
i jor llepublican contests
nnined, interest in the
i.irv turned today to the
. Ibrkie Oleson made for
nomination,
able showed her in a nip
ate-t with Thomas J.
t !, r two opponents, and
i nt that the outcome
t until many more pre-
COTTON MARKET
CLOSING BIOS ON THE
NEW YORK MARKET
(Ky Tl,
NEW "!!''
Associates frees.) .
June 20. Cotton
fu
tures
J..b
22.ii I .
Spot-
-I
. . points up.
her 22.-: December
.1 ,M,rv
J-'.-jO ;
TODAY'S COTTON MARKET
Bales
22 Cent
Receipts
Price
32nd ANNUAL REUNION
Shots Fired at Home
of Sir James Craig
BELFAST June 20. (By The As
sociated Press.) Shote were fired
early today in the vicinity of Stor
mont Castle which was purchased by
the Ulster Government as the official
residence of Sir James Craig, the
Premier, who with his wife took up
his residence thre for the first time
last evening.
Officials were reticent regarding
the firing, but the belief was express
ed in other quarteers that an attack
on the castle was contemplated but
was frustrated by the police guards.
INTEREST IN RAIL STRIKE
CENTERS IN CONFERENCE
Only Possible Move To Prevent
Strike Is For Government To
Order the Labor Board to
Suspend Order.
j CINCINNATI, June 2(1. (By tho
j Associated I'ress.) Interest hero today
I in the nation-wide rail strike situation
centred in the . cjinl'erencn tonight be
tween officials of the miners and rail
road shop craftsmen when union plans
for concerted strike action between these
organizations will be heard.
1!. M. Jewell, head of the railway
employes department, and John L.
Lewis, president of the United Mine
Workers, at a conference yesterday dis
cussed the agenda of tonight's meeting
and mapped out a plan of action to
propose to the officials of these two
unions.
None of the "big four'' or transpor
tation brotherhood was expected to at
tend the meeting, it wus stated. Mem
bers of these organizations are not af
fected by recent decisions of the Rail
road Labor lioanl cuttinir wages and
altering working conditions. However,
they are members of the rail miners
alliance, having signed the
I at Chicago last February.
agreement
! In a statement William II. Johnston.
president of the machinists, declared the
only possible move that could prevent
a walkout of approximately J.bOit.Ouo
rail workers July 1, was for the govern
ment to order the Labor Board to sus
pend its order reducing wages uud per
mitting the farming out of shopwork
by railroads.
The first move toward a walkout of
the clerks Was the authorization of i
strike vote being taken on the New
York Ceutral system. Approximately
1 1,01)0 men will bo affected, it wus '
learned at the clerks' headquarters here.
PR0MINENT ENGINEERS
ATTEND MEETING OF WATER
POWER CONFERENCE
(By The Associated Press.)
ASJIKVII.I.i;, N. C, June 20.
Formation of a permanent Southeastern
Water Power Congress with an organiza
tion extending- over six states, com
prising the Southern Appalachian Range
for the purpose of studying every phaso
of the present and potential water now
: ers in the area looking to their further
j utilization and conservation, is praetical
! ly assured with the opening of the water
power conference of the Southern Ap
, palai hian States, opening here today.
-More than l(M) prominent engineers,
i railway officials, capitalists, manufactur
; ers, Federal and state officials aro ex.
j peeted to be present at the meetings
, which will extend t hrough Thursday.
j ). C Merrill, executive secretary of the1
! Federal Power Commission, will pre-1
side over the conference. A number of
preliminary conference are being held ,
i today and the formal session will open (
i at four p. m. ;
Several of tin; important topics will be j
assigned to committees, and it is pro- t
posed to continue these as permanent j
boards to make a detailed study of their
respective subjects for report and ac
tion at the next conference. .
Water poi r development, navigation,
forestry, conversation, water shede pro
tection, construction of electrical trans
- I
mission lines ami various other subjects
arc on the program for discussion.
BABE RUTH RECEIVES
HIS THIRD SUSPENSION
(Bv The Asoeiated Press.)
CHP'ACO. June 20. (By The A
soci.ited I'ress.) Babe Ruth, of th""
New Vork Yankees, today received his
third lay ofT of the season when Presi
dent Ban Johnson, of the American Lea
gue, suspended him for his argument in
yesterday's game at Cleveland with Um
pire Pineen.
No time limit was set on the snsnen
siousion, the duration being indefinite
until Mr. Johnson receives a full report
f the affair. Ruth was out of the game
at the start of the season as a result of
a suspension by Baseball Commissioner
l.andis and recently was given a one day
lav off anil a fine by Mr. Johnson for l
argument with an umprire at New York.
SEMI-POLITICAL MEETING
OF RAILROAD MEN
RALKIGn. N. C, June 20. Repre
sentatives of shop crafts and railroad;
unions tnpt. here ttxLiv for the nurtMMrt
March 22.35; (lf perfecting a semi political organisa
tion which will gather information re
garding the labor records of candidates
! seeking office in this state with a view
! to furnishing such information to affili-
jated crafts. Dlegates are here rfom
I many railway and Industrial centers of
VETERANS FIRE HEARTS
OF ALL BY THE VIGOROUS
LOYALTY TO LOST CAUSE
The Cause They Did No
"Think" Was Right But ,
"Knew" Was Right. .
GEN. JULE CARR SPEAKS;
Enthusiasm and Sentiment at
Reunion Is Unparalleled
In History. '
KICroNI, VA., June 20. (By
The Associated Press.) Surrounded)
by rich traditions of the old South, ia
a city hallowed by a history into whicbf
are woven records of high devotion, sacrU
fire an. I courage, the men who sixty years
ago fought over an ideal, officially open
ed their :;2nd unnuul reunion hero to
day.
Tune. I to a pitch of enthusiasm anil
sentiment, which perhaps is unparallel
ed in the chronicles of such reunions ia
the Southland, the United ConfRuerato
Veterans iu thir initial session, fired the
'hearts of young and old alike by thoir
vigorous loyalty to a cause that seems tu
stand like a far beacon in the fading twi
light of a day which, for them, gradual-
! ly is closing .
! Looking opon the scarred, grey faces
j of these old soldiers, as they sut to
I gel her iii the massive city auditorium,
jone could not help but feel that from
'somewhere through tho cloud rifts in tha
heavens, tenderly Smiled tho spirits of
I these noble Confederate leaders who '
! have gone lH:youd ; und that as an old
j veteran raised ft palsied hand to his
i brmv to shut out a shaft of sunlight
j which, ),e must have felt, in some way,
, that the spirits of those beloved chief
tains were invoking upon him and his
comrades an abiding benediction.
Culled to order by General William B,
Freeman, commander of tho. Virginia dlt
vision, Confederate Veterans, the opening
session of the reunion got under way is,
the Auditorium at an early hour. Do
spite a bard ruin which swept tbe city
through the night, the old soldiers' were
in their places fresh anil undaunted.
Folowing 'brief preliminaries General
Julian S. Curr, venerable commandcr-in- r
chief of the veterans, took the chair. .
Governor E. Lee Trinkle, ofj Virginia,
whose fattier shouldered 1 a musket front
'Ml to 'iii), welcomed tho, veterans anil
declared that those who bled and died
sixty years ago, did not go to battle itt'
vain . ,
General Curr, in a stirring vein, saw
in the assembly, he said, dreams rein-;
m mate of an ideal that still clings in
tho breast of the old soldiers, and whish
will be passed like a torch to future
generations.
Dr. Pouglas H. Freeman, reunion ora
tor, discussed tbo Confederate contribu
tion to tho life of tho nation. ",Tha
leadership of character, continued ideal
ism, a unity abovo class, and a patience
in adversity. Of all these contribu.
tious," said tbo speaker, "the nation
would have need . ' '
With characteristic, word and gestnrsj
United States Senator Pat Harrison, of
Mississippi, warmed the enthusiasm of
his audience with the statement that
never in the history of tho world was a
war fought so nobly as that between the
States, and never before has a cause re
mained so cherished in memory, though
it be true that theese same men who fol- .
lowed Lee. and Jackson now lift their
heads as proudly when fhe Star Span
gled Banner waves in the breeze of a
new and stronger nation.
AI the speakers were gnerously ap-
iplau.l'd. The addressis were followed
by brief sMieeche from prominent veter
lans, called to the platform by their
.comrades. The oil soldiers in their joy
! raised a storm of noise for favorites.
yens, cries an t the rhythmic rapping iiZ
canes upon the fljor bringing the speaks
ers to their feet.
Such utterances as "We did not fight
what we thought was right; but .-t
fought what wo knew was right,"
brought on a paroxysm of joy, grey
lnire.l, Iiewhiskered veterans here ant
tie re waving their hats, some throwing
their bead gear excitedly across th
auditorium. To heighten the fevor the.
l and pbi.ye I " Pixie." Then, a veritable"
( ,,,rm
of noise raged until, with the
dving nwav of the music, through the
din, the quick tattoos of the gavel
brought silence..
With the announcement of the com.
mitfees on credentials and resolution
the convention adjourned until 3 o'clock
this afternoon.
CHARGED WITH KILLING
WIFE AND MOTHER-IN-LAW
AUGUSTA, Ga., June .20. Elliott
Max Padrick, charged with th killing
of his wife and mother-in-law, whom
bodies were found in an automobile be
tween Clito and Dover, Ga., yesterday.
was lodged in Richmond county jail
here shortly after midnight.
In a statement given newspaper men
this morning Padrick tvM of the doot.lo
killing. He stated that he killed bis
wife because he was jealous ot her at
tentions to other men but that his
mother-in-law's data wu accidental, she
bing shot when she tried u, ftfr-Ka. b:
fr?" kU""f his