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Tb Western Sentinel la published every Tuesday and Friday mominjf, at one dollar the year the same price as once-a-week papers, . The best and cheapest way to xe Eight Thousand Families in the ad, v cent rural sections is to place an advt tiaement in The Western Sentinel, ' ' SIXTY FIRST YEAR WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 14 1916 MLL GO TO CAPTURE OR KILL THE VILLA BANDITS IN MEXICO AT LEAST 5,000 SOLDIERS WILL BE SENT THERE rder . Provides for a Punitive Expedition to Deal With Lawless Forces. Washington, March 10. Pres ent Wilson today ordered jmerican troops over the Mexi In border to capture or kill the 11a bandits who yesterday raid Columbus.New Mexico. Major ;neral Scott, chief of staff! the army, announced that the pedition would consist of not fes than 6,000 men, ail whom ie available on the border un- ir Major General Funston. pn its present stage, the presi- Jnt s order does not mean arm intervention in. Mexico. It pvides for punitive expedition deal with the lawless forces er which the Carranza govern nt has no control. ffhe following statement was hied at the White House: I 'Adequate forces will be sent once in pursuit of Villa with t single object of capturing h and putting a stop to his lays. This can be done and will be e in" entirely friendly aid of I constituted authorities in irico and with scrupulous re let for the sovereignty of that jiblic." I was explained at the White use that the American gov inent wants Villa dead or le and that no steps will be aected to carry out that ob- was declared, however, that United States will not con- ir the expedition as an inva- of Mexico and will continue eal with the Carranza gov- rent. The American govern- jt is still opposed to armed in tention but has decided that peace of Mexico and the ed States is imperiled by the iinued activities of Villa. lie cabinet was unanimous in ping that Villa must be rht. Secretary Baker left (White House to confer with pr General Hugh L, Scott, if of staff, and other army ers, to decide just how ly troops would be needed to w Villa. pneral Scott said today that Inecessity of providing even pger forces for the border it now has, while the Amer troops are operating in aco, would necessitate the pf some troops not now there ;he punitive expedition. They iably will be ordered from ir posts. No plans have been je so far as is known for the of the National Guard. T RIAL OF FORM ER WARDEN BEGINS Thomas Mott Osborne Is Defend ant in Case Charging Perjury. NTS ABOUT $7,000 FOR VIRGINA BOND prney T. W. Kallam will soon demand on the State treasurer rginla for a sura ot money In the Iborhood of $7,000, representing rrlnoipal and interest on a bond py Mr. J. W. Tllley, ot Winston It the State ot Virginia does fcmply with his request. Attorney In said this morning that he enter suit tor the money asked bond, which is still In perfect ion, has been in the Tilley fam- r over 100 years. Mr. J. W. Tu be present owner, secured it from randfather, who in turn received p his grandfather. The writing tfectly plain and can be read as today as when the bond was Issued. first legislature in the State fginia issued the fcond. It was I by A. Craig. T. C. Randolph and Ibb, and is dated March 1, 17S1. fraey Kallam expects to hear lie Virginia State treasurer, who Ifflces at Richmond, in a very ume regarding the bond. feov. Glenn Home. Ex-Governor Glenn came in Saturday nleht 1V VI . . . . . VaBiuuBiun, wnere ne nas oeen me time attend ine to some im- t matters for the International onrralssion. Mr. Glenn will be r a week or more. White Plains, N. Y., March 13. Tho trial of Thomas Mott Osborne began in the Supreme court here today on an indictment charging him with perjury in connection with two investigations of his administration as warden of Sing Sing prison, one by Dr. Rudolph Dledling, a State prison commission er, and the other by a Weschester grand jury. Osborne is alleged to have sworn that he had no knowledge of certain Immoral conditions in Sing Sing which had been testified to by prison inmates; the other indictment, charg ing neglect of duty and immorality, is pending. . Five tentative Jurors were chosen within the first hour. History of the Case. When Thomas Mott Osborne, weal- tny retired manufacturer, lecturer, writer, Harvard graduate, twice may or of Auburn, N. Y., and 1916 Dodge lecturer at Yale, withdrew last De cember as warden of Sing Sing prison at Ossimng, N. Y., Governor Charles S. Whitman announced that he as sumed that Osborne would be reap pointed if acquitted of the charges contained In two Indictments which had just been brought against him by a Westchester county grand Jury which for bIx weeks had been investi gating conditions at Sing Sing. The Indictment on which he is now being brought to trial accuses Osborne of perjury. The other pending bill charges him with neglect of duty and immorality. . , During his stewardship of approxi mately thirteen months at Sing Sing, Osborne organized a system of discip line, a personal-dealing method of conducting convict government. known as tho Mutual Welfare League. This institution, under which the re sponsibility for their conduct was im posed upon the inmates, was the out growth of a similar association which Osborne had, while chairman of the State Commission on Prison Reform, organized at the State prison at Au burn after he had for six days lived a convict's life at Auburn under the name of "Tom Brown," in the fall of 1914. , The progress of the Mutual Welfare League was watched by penologists, sociologists and others, including many men and women of note thru- out the country who believed they recognized in it a system of reform from within instead of from without. George Gordon Battle, of counsel for Osborne, arguing recently in the Su preme court at Pougnkeepsle on a motion to dismiss the indictments, emphasized what he declared was the wide public interest in Osborne's methods. "The eyes of the world are upon Mr. Osborne," Mr. Battle de clared, "Prison reform is on trial." One phase of the treatment of con victs was associated with the perjury indictment brought against Osborne. The prisoners were often voluntary confessors of crimes committed with in Sing Sing's walls, and OBborne and members of the executive committee regarded these admissions as confi dential. This was the stand which Osborne took when he appeared as a witness before the grand jury last December. At the recent hearing on the motion to dismiss the indict ments, Mr. Battle quoted grand jury minutes to show that Osborne had declined to reveal confessions of im morality made to him' by convicts, the witness testifying that "There is no case so far as the prison is concern ed." A previous investigation conducted by Dr. Rudolph Diedling, a State prison commissioner,-' had revealed that of nearly a score of convicts ad mitting immorality, some were offi cers of the Mutual Welfare League and had confessed to Osborne. Argu ments on the motions to dismiss the indictments indicated that the per jury charge hinges on Mr. Osborne's grand jury testimony that "there is no immorality case" that is. whether Mr. Osborne had knowledge of suqh cases as existing at the time he was testifying. Manv of these convicts had been indicted, charged with immorality, prior to the two bills brought against Osborne. In February. Nathan Kap lan, the first of these to be tried, tes tified in Supreme court here that he had been "framed" by Osborne's ene mies. The verdict in Kaplan's case was acquittal. The charge that enemies were be hind the grand jury's investigation of Sing Sing was made by Osborne as a grand Jury witness and by Mr. Battle In his argument to have the indict ments dismissed. During the latter proceedings it was brought out that Osborne had stated before the grand Jury that he believed politics was be hind the inquiry but that he denied at the same time that he had said in public speeches that he believed there was a "prison ring" engaged in a conspiracy to disrupt and disorganiie the industries of Sing Sing. WILL BE CHARGED WITH MURDER AS RESULT OF RAID So Says a Special Agent Acting for the U. . Department of Justice. Columbus. N. M.. March 11. Seven wounded Villa soldiers captured in Thursday's battle here will be charged with murder for the killing of the etgM American soldiers slain iiv the fighting. according to E. B. Stone, special agent of the Department ot Justice. The prisoners Include a boy twelve years old and two officers. Stone saio tho Mm rr would nrobablv Include Francisco Villa. Stone said it wa probable that charges of murder also would be filed againstt the prisoners in the State courts in connection with the killing of nine civilians by the bandit raid ers. Pablo Sanchez, arrested while sig nailing Mexican soldiers across the border yesterday, and held as a spy. will bo charged with aiding an ene my. The murder charges against t-ne Villa soldiers, Stone declared, would stand because the raid was not car ried out by recognized belligerents but by bandits whose loader was b man who had been proscribed by the de facto government ot a country with which the United States was not at war. Stone declared the case had been rendered particularly Btrong by tho fact that evidence had been found, in cluding papers taken from Villa's offi cial correspondence picked up on the battlefield, to show that, while Villa was approaching Columbus, he. ad dressed his troops, telling them to "spare no American, to burn and loot the town, and to make human torches of every man, woman and child." JACKSON AND TUCKER COMMITTED TO JAIL SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, ONE DOLLAR A YLAR HIGHER WAGES TO BE PAID MOUNT AIRY STONECUTTERS Stoneville, March 13. Two Winston- Salem men. giving their names as Ar thur Jackson and R, L. Tucker, with a Ford automobile and 50 gallons of whiskey, were captured here late Frl day night by Deputy Sheriff Walker, of Mayodan, and R. F. Joyce, of this place. When first arrested the men would not reveal their names, but lat er when they found that it would 'be useless to withhold them they gave them to Magistrate T. L. Smith. At the hearing the men's bonds were fixed at $500 each, which they failed to give and were today carried to Rockingham county jail, at Went- worth. It is said that the car, in which the men were, belongs to W. F. Gordon, In Winston-Salem, being used as a car for hire. - SLAUGHTER RELEASED ON BOND FOR $10,000 - Stoneville, March 13. Chief: of Po lice J. W. Slaughter, of Draper, was released Friday i frcrni Wentworth jail on a bond of $10,000 when a hear ing on a writ of habeas corpus came up before the Superior court at Went worth before Judge James L. Webb. Col. B.-K. Terry and Mr. A. L. French, citizens of Draper, signed Slaughter's bond. The case will not be tried until the May term of court when Slaughter will be tried for killing Thomas Weaver, a Draper cotton mill employe who was shot and killed about three weeks ago by the police chief when the latter was executing a civil sum mons. The testimony was very conflicting and there are many witnesses, the prosecution taking several men who were eye witnesses ot the tragedy to Wentworth to oppose the ball pro ceedings. Witnesses for Slaughter were heard for the first time and they said that the officer had shot Weaver when the latter had lifted a spade as tho to hit the police official. Mount Alry.Marcli 12. A new agree ment 'between the Granite Cutlers' International Association and the gran ite quarry owners and granite cutting companies has been slgnod. Tho re vised contract Is made for a term of four years. It goes Into effect April 1 1ML An JncivaBa in wa,s of gran ite cutters has been, granted and the men will be psld weekly instead ot .very two weeks. A mutually satisfac tory contract for one yeir has alst been signed with the Paving Cirfter.V uiilon. This organization makes its agreements annually rather than for a term ot years. The community, lo which the granite interests are so vital, rejoices that a contract which seems mut ually ad van tageous has been entered Into. This naturally gives greater stability and certainty in the granite industry. About two years ago Arthur In man, a well-connected young roan of West field townshJp, was convicted of for gery. While bis lawyer was pleading with the court for leniency,, Inman slipped out of the court room and es caped. Last fall bis bondsmen located him in Virginia end had him brought, back. The defense desired to livtri duce some new witnesses before sen tence was finally puBsed on Inman. One of the witnesses was sick and so the case was continued, young Inman having been placed In charge of the sheriff until bond of $500 for his ap pearance could be obtained. Under the custody of Deputy Sheriff Key. the elusive young man waB spending , the night in a room over a Mount Airy store. The deputy sheriff sought for a key to lock the door to the room, but none was to be found. So he decided to keep guard while Inman slept. But lo! the officer was aroused to a realization that his man had gone. The escaping prisoner had taken the precaution to lock the dep uty inside the room. Search was made for Inman and a reward of $100 offered for his arrest. Yesterday a telegram came to the young man's brother here asking for money. The message was signed "A C, Arthur." This gave Chief ot Police Boyd a clue. The result was the arrest of Inman in St. Louis, Mo. Deputy Sheriff Belton left Saturday for the distant city to bring Inman back. Detectives are. here on the trail of Jean Crones. It is stated that last Tuesday a card was mailed in a box In the eastern part of the city from Jean Crones to the police authorities wishing them and their co-workers, the detectives, much success in their ef forts. One of the detectives, who knows Cronea and his hand-writing. is positive' that the card was written by the man. There are others who be lieve that these cards are being mailed here . by confederates of Crones and that the alleged "soup-poisoner" is in some dlstant'clime. ' i GREAT ACTIVITY BEING SHOWN A J VARIOUS POINTS Troop Trains Moving During the Night in Rapid Suc cession. El Paso, March 13. Daylight today revealod the beginning of the expedi tionary forces which the United States army has gathered along the border west of here for the pursuit of Francisco Villa. Six mountain guns, unloaded during the night, wore in readiness at Columbus, n. m., the scene of Villa's raid, and the armed camp developod evidences that it has been selected as one of the starting points for a pursuit column. Flfty seven carloads of battery mulos and transport animals, also arrivals of the night, gave evidence that more guns were coming. Eleven hundred men were in the Columbus camp this morning. Along .two hundred miles ot the bor der west of here, troop trains were re ported passing various points during the night, tho result of orders roloascd Friday by the war department. What points except Columbus would be used were not developed,- but considerable activity was noted on the Arizona border near Nogales and also In the vicinity of a small Mexican settle ment, San Bernardino. In that reg ion several troops of cavalry were re ported in readiness tor action. The column entering Mexico from one ot these Arizona border points would have a fairly direct route to the mountain passes in Sonora, thru which apprehension has been expressed that Villa might escape from the Chihua hua territory into which he retreated. Nogales reported that few cannon have been discovered in the hills fac ing the border near there, but else where along the line where the Amer ican troops were gathering, no signs of disquieting activity along the Mexi can side were reported. Aiding the military, other branches of the government service were active thruout the night on ramifications aft er Francisco Villa's trail. The drag for Villa sympathizers In El Paso last night resulted in the ar rest of four generals, one general's secretary, a physician and an Ameri can. , Uneasiness which prevailed at Demlng, N. M., after the Columbus raid, has been relieved by the arrival there of two companies of the 20th United States infantry from Fort. Bliss. FAVORABLE RESPONSE ST HAS GONE FORWARD TO CARRANZA REOUE MAMr'UilTO INM'KI) MY .likllL CAU11AM. ll VMj. Slunk 13 tten. Carraaaa Itut night Uaur4 . manifesto to the nation drrlar t"K that undrr no rlrrumatanrra wouM ihr Mrxiran avrraniint arrant tho right to the tailed Klatra to vl.ilHIe Mrl-aa trrrf torjr by arndlnc la an a nurd tatvr In puranlt of Villa without ronarnt and la rrrlprural arlvl Jen brln Mrat obtained and ad mitted. Word waa arnt to the ronftdentlal- asrnt ot the Mexl. an government l Washington to make Immediate representa tion to this eflert. (General t'arransg says In his manlietoi "1 am aure that I Interpret In this matter the national aentl. men! and that the Mexlran peo ple w ill eomply In . dlgnlHeil manner nlih their dutr l the sa. rlll.rs what ther mar. o sus tain their rights and sovereignty If. unfortunately, this drags us Into n war a wnr nhleh the I'nl. ted Ntntrs ran never Justify. We will not be responsible for the disastrous ronsriiiienees. l!pon the hrnds of the traitorous Me lotins who within and without thin rountry hnve In bored t pro.. dure-this result will fnll the la eornble justli-e of the people." ANSW ER IS JUS T COMPLETED AND SENT PROMPTLY Mexican President Asks for Re ciprocal Arrangement on Crossing of Troops. CARRANZA PROP08AL ' HAS BEEN ACCEPTED. CIVIL TEKM OF FOKSYTII SUPERIOR COURT OPENS A Pronounced Pause In German Infantry Attack On Verdun Sunday Passes Without Infantry .Advan ces No Cessation of the Artillery Fire, However Late War News BABY WEEK FOR THIS COUPLE SURE ENOUGH Greenville, March 13. (Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Haddock, of Wintervtlle, about six miles south of here, have a strik ing realization that last week ' was "Baby Week" for there is a little stran ger at their house. They were aroused before day by the cries of a little baby. Not understanding such proceedings at that hour and at their house, too, they investigated and found the very little one at their door, scan tily wrapped and in a box. There were no marks of any kind on the box or on the wrappings which would sug gest any clue to its identity. It was nearly frozen when found. The only suspicious circumstances giving any idea of when It was left is the report that an auto passed thru WInterville sometime between midnight and' day light, and no one knew the car or saw the occupants. The little boy will be taken care ot by his stork-found parents. SUGGESTS THAT GUARD BE USED FOR PATROL Washington, March 13. Senator Simmons today' proposed the use of the National Guard for patrol service on the Mexican border, speaking with reference to a question that arose on the number ot troops available in case emergency demands more than the regular army. Senator Chamberlain, chairman of the military affairs committee, said that while they might be used for pa trol service they are not trained as yet in the same manner as the regu lar army. A pronounced pause has come in the German offensive operations against Verdun so far as the infantry arm is concerned, according to an official bulletin from Paris. Sunday passed without infantry advances and the Crown Prince's troops did not leave their trenches for an attack at any point during last night, the French war office reports. There has been no cessation of the artillery play, however, the bombard ment continuing along much of the front. It was particularly severe in the Woevre district where the French guns have been searching out hostile positions, indicating the probability that some move by the Germans to the east or southeast of the fortress on the French right flank is antici pated. A small engagement occurred in the Le Pretre forest where the French report penetrating two hundred yards of trenches and withdrawing . after destroying the German saps. French aviators bombarded the rail road station at Conflaos where fires were seen to break out. Reports come from Dutch sources that the Dutch-Belgian frontier, which has been closed for several weeks co incident with the Verdun offensive, has been reopened at one point. This is commented on in Holland, accord ing to, a news agecy dispatch thru .London as probably indicating that the Germans consider their offensive near an end. The Urltlsh-Mesopotamlan force under General Aylmer suffered casu alties of 5.000 In the battle of March 8 when it tried to ascend up the Tigris towards Kut-El-Amara and was reported defeated and obliged to re treat, according to an estimate by the Turkish war office. In Arabia a British force tried to advance inlaijd from the Gulf of Aden and was dren back by the Turks to the protection of the warships is the Gulf. Forsyth Superior Court convened Miindiiy for a two winks' term for the trial of civil cases. Judge James L. Webb is presiding. The sessions to day were taken up with tho hearing of the motion docket and reviewing the calendar for tho opening days of the court. The jury will bo presented by Hherift Flynt today, when It Is ex pected that the court will be able Im mediately to enter upon the trial dock et. The following cases have been or dered transferred from the motion to the trial docket; Thomas Muslin vs. G. P. Knouse and J. A., Sink, individuals and as . partners trading as Sink & Knoueej William Dalton vs. Isaac Dal- ton; Briggs-Shaffuer Company vs. The Tobacco Stemming Machine Company; State Bank of Now York, assignee of Jesse H. Jacobs, vs, T. B. Jenkins Co.; W. C. Graichen Glove Company vs. T. B. Jenkins Co. The following cases on the motion docket were non-suited: In re Mebane E. Matthews: Jenkins Brothers Shoe Company vs. Frank Reynolds; J. J. Norman, agt vs. Amer ican Hosiery Miills; The Cudahy Pack ing Company vs. A. F. McBslck Gro eery Company (two cases); K. O. Cau die vs. Granite Slate Flro Inmtrnnce Company. Judgments are open In the cases of W. O. Crotts vs. City of Win ston-Salem; T. W. Kellam vs. Reming ton Typewriter Company; Ji. W. Har mon, et al., vs. Mayor and Board of Commissioners of tho Town of Ker nersvllle; and "J. J. Lloyd vs. R, J Bowen. The case on appeal of Stale and Ella Floyd vs. Otto Biinkley was 1 dis-missed. Trial Docket. On the trial docket the case of John G. Kernor vs. Southern Railway Com pany was Bet for Friday, and the fol lowing; cases have been continued: C II. McDanlel vs. R. W. Flynn; Union Guano Company vs. John B. Bailey; J. W. Watson vs. P, N. Montague, trad ing as Montague garage. Judgments have been entered In the following oases, which have, been set tled out of court: Leonard S. Morgan vs. Royal Fraternal Association ; An derson Neal vs. Nancy Martin and W. T. and F. K. Sprinkle; Wachovia Bank and Trust Company, admr. J. S. White, vs. Charlotte While. The report of the commissioner In the sain of a car of hay under orders of tho court In the case of Southbound Railway Co. vs. L. D. Soutbine, was filed and confirmed by the court, and tho Judgment of the court provides for the removal of the case from the docket. COL. SLOCUM VISITED THIS CITY IN 1895 Col. Herbert J. Slocura, who com manded the 13th regiment of cavalry, which was stationed at Columbus, X. M., and who last week was sub jected to an attack by Villa and his company of Mexican bandits, is well known to many in this city. Col. J. C. Bessent recalls that in 1895 Colonel Slocura visited this section, spend ing several days in Winston-Salem. At that time he with several other army officers spent several days in Davie county, hunting. Colonel Bes sent also knew him as major and in spector general of the 7th army corps in the Spanish-American war, at the time Forsyth Riflemen saw service in Cuba. He was promoted from ma jor to colonel of the 13th regiment im mediately following the Cuban expe dition. Colonel Slocum is a native of Ohio, and entered the service following his training at West Point forty-four years ago. He was appointed lieuten ant in 187S and was major with the 7th cavalry in active duty with Gen eral Custer during the Indian massa cre. - . ... Washlnflton, March, 13.The United Staui thl afternoon a cepted General Carrsnu's ore posal for a reciprocal arrange ment by which his trooos bp Americans may pursu bandits on either side of ths border. A note of acceptance was sent for ward to General Carranca at Queretaro. - ASHEVILLE HOTEL MUST PAY $9,000 Judge James E. Boyd has returned to Greensboro from Ashevllle, where he spent a few days last week holding United States court. He signed a con sent judgment In the case of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Chafln against the Lan- gren Hotel, awarding Mrs. Chafln $7, 000 and Mr. Chafln $2,000. The attor neys for the plaintiffs, Mark Brown and Judge J. D. Murphy, had a confer ence with Lee A Ford, counsel for the hotel company, and at this compro mise on the original verdict, totaling $10,500, was agreed to. At the January term of the court the Jury gave the plaintiffs the last mentioned sum in compensation for alleged mistreatment by one of the employes of the hotel. The defend ants' attorneys moved to set aside the verdict and the question was post poned by Judge Boyd until the March term. Washington, March 13. The United States will reply to Gen. Carr&nia's request for a reciprocal arrangement tor crossing of troops at the Mexican border late today after '.Secretary Lansing has conferred with President Wilson. It was Indicated today that Carrania's proposal would be accepted. The war department was still with out advices as to whether American troops had crossed Into Mexico, ' Sec- retary Baker said he had not heard of any crossing and reiterated his prom ise to make that news public as soon as it reached him. He added that tho morning dispatches contained nothing of Importance that could be given out. Official Washington was , in sus pense awaiting official announcement " that American troops were over the horde carrying vengeance to the ban dit Villa and his followers for the Co lumbus, N. M massacre. The war department was besieged with inquiries and newspaper nten gathered about the door leading to Secretary . Buker's office. He had promised there would be no delay; that messages from General Funston announcing the expeditionary forces were on their way wonld be published upon their receipt. There was no as surance, however, that General Fun ston would advise the department be fore his men were well on the march south. - President Wilson arrived early to day on the navy yacht Mayflower from a week-end trip. . Every important de velopment In the situation was sent to the Mayflower by radio as she steamed up the Potomac last night. : " A question confronting Mr. Wilson was that of reaching a decision as to whether or not It would be wise to lay the Mexican situation before Congress at tills time. The president himself Is understood to have been inclined to do so immediately after the cabinet meet ing last Friday when it was determin ed to send troops In pursuit of Villa. Some of his advisers, however, hare felt that the action might be miscon strued In Mexico possibly and the ex pedition to pursue the bandits magni fied as the advance guard of a move ment enforced to police all northern Mexico. While the strictest secrecy was maintained by the war department as to forces General Funston has obs ignated to pursue Villa, information from the border pointed towards a force of cavalry, mountain artillery and engineers which would total be- -tween 5,000 and 6,000 men. ASHEVILLE BOY KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE SUNDAY SALARIES OF HIGH POINT COURT OFFICIALS RAISED High Point, March IS. The salaries of Judge Dalton and Prosecuting At torney Albertson, officials of the High Point municipal court, were ordered raised by the city council Friday night to' $75 for the Judge and, $50 Jot the prosecutor. The advanced salaries be gin with April 1. ' Ashevllle, March 13. Stafford Dan iels, aged 12, son of an employe ot the Southern Railway here, was run over and fatally hurt Sunday morning at 11 o'clock on Southslde avenue by an au tomobile owned and driven by V. JS. Henderson. The boy was taken to the Mission hospital, where he died one hour after the accident. It is stated by witnesses that the boy was attempting to catch a street car on the blind side when be ran directly In front of the automobile. Henderson was held by the police after being discharged by a coroner's Jury. ' 1 " GASOLINE MAY VET . , REACH FIFTY CENT That gasoline will reach the 40 or " even the 60-cent level was the candid judgment expressed by Mr. Paul Smith, vice president of the Chalmers Motor Company, says the Charlotte Observer. Mr. Smith had been in con ference with New York dealers Just before coming to Charlotte and he based his Judgment that the Broadway . dealers were entertaining the belief that gasoline would be (0 cents a gal lon in Manhattan and that too at so distant date. It is now selling-In Charlotte at 27 and will probably a op to 30 cents within the next week: or 4 wo. . . ; . . , . ,
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