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Bebtoir Hi
it
Minister Under Sun Yat
Sen Regime Passes
In Canton 80 Years
Old
Shanghai, June 23 (By The
Associated Press) Wu Ting
Tang, minister to Washington
and more recently foreign min
ister for Sun Yat Sen in the
disrupted Canton government,
died at Canton this morning,
tn Reuter dis-
patch. j
Known as the most picturesque
figure in diplomatic circles at Wash-
Ington during his two terms as Minj
ister from China' to the United States!
Government, Wu Ting Fang possibly j
did more to cement the cordial rela-j
tions between that country and this j
than any other envoy from the Orl-i
nt, with the possible exception of LI j
Hung Chang. j
Dr. Wu had a sharp tongue, was
"breezy, frank and unconventional, i
and his keen epigrams, even at the
expense of important personages in
official life, were constantly finding
their way into print, sometimes to the
embarrassment of the administration.
He was an ardent baseball enthusiast
and bicycle rider when ibicycling was
so popular. He was" a vegetarian and
Tiad predicted he
would live lOOj
years.
His sympathies with the United
States during the Boxer uprising In
"IQflrt lad tr Mo ronnlf TViq InUmn
18
tion by the State Department that
His beheading would be offensive to
this country only prevented his sum-jtold
mary execution. During the troub-
lous times of the rebellion Dr. Wu
rn) thrnnirh Q nioaoap-o in tho Amort.
can Minister, Mr. Conger, who, wlthi
his colleagues, was in the legation j
compound, Peking, and whose fate;
was a matter of grave concern to the I Clarksburg, W. Va., June 23 (By
State Department. The Empress Tne Associated Press) Two men
Dowager and her advisors were dis- were kj!le(1 whlle a deputy sheriff
satisfied with Dr. Wu's activities andand a dozen other persons were in
Tiis recall, which was in the nature I jured when a ra0D attacked a sub
of a rebuke, quickly followed. Hejurban t raction ,car carrying non
was given an inferior post and later ;unlon miners and officers of the
altogether retired, to be subse- Hudson Coal Company .guarded by
quently reappointed, which was con-depuUeg from thlg clty t0 the LewIg
sidered in the nature of a personal' ine near Reynoldsville this morn
triumph. ing Tne mine wa8 opened on an
Dr. Wu was active in bringing re-open gnop baglg Monday.
forms to China and he favored the ,
."open door" policy. His spirit of
progress was symbolized in a mem
orial he presented to the imperial!
throne favoring the abolition of the
queue. A number of prominent Chi
nese gathered at Wu's home "and
publicly had their queues cut off. He than 77 years old, and is survived by
started the work of codifying the his vwife and four children. Three
laws of China and instituted a num-'sons: Noah Bright, Jr., of this city,
ber of legal reforms, one of which i George Bright of Parksville and
,was Jury trials. Charlie Bright of Pasiotank, and
The revolutionary movement one daughter, Mrs. George Gregory of
gun in 1911 found a strong- sym- Woodville. The funeral will be Sat
pathizer In Dr. Wu, who advised the unlay afternoon at three o'clock at
Trince Regent to abdicate; Two Corinth church, conducted by Rev.
years ater Wu issued an appeal to H. K. Williams. Interment will be
the world for recognition of the Chi-:made near Corinth church.
nese Republic.
Dr. Wu appreciated the importance
of railways in the development of a
country and he was instrumental in
having built the first railway in 1 .
China. He became the promoter and! Cincinnati, June 23 (By The As
chief director of the Kal Ping Rail-; sociated Press) Samuel Gompers
way Company and later was appoint-iwas re-elected without opposition to
ed by the imperial government co-di- dav as President of the American
rector in the Railway Bureau, con- j Federation of Labor. It Is his forty
structlng railways in Northern j "rat election to the office.
China. j. .
Although Dr. Wu always had been! Btndy of natlonal institutions and
a staunch advocate of peace, in the (.()ll(,KP!i 0 hls arrlva, at
stormy era through which China jKong hp practi(.(l(1 law untll 1882
passed in 1917, when President Lljwhpn he wag ppointed legal adv,80r
Tuan Hung dismissed his premier and and d t for fore, affairg t
the cabinet for opposing a declara-
tion of war against Germany, he
ramed Wu acting premier, empower
ing him to form a new cabinet to
Treak the deadlock and to sever rela -
tions with the Teutonic powers. Dr.
1 1 I .l.t.A AlJtr. 4..-
i.e. i.au ..em nii"i. .....nsit-i
Foreign Affairs in November, 1916,
resigning In March, 1917, later sug
gesting his government to follow the
example of the United States and
breaik relations with Germany. In
July, 1917, Dr. Wu resigned as pre
mier owing to 111 health and it was
believed then that his retirement
would be permanent, as the republic
had weathered the most serious
crises.
Dr. Wu was born In Singapore In
1842. He was educated In the Chi
nese classics at Canton and studied
English at Hong Kong. He enrolled (jects to leading American and Brlt
as a student at Lincoln's Inn. Lon-jlsh publications. He lectured re
don, In 1874, where he studied lnter-lpeatedly before university classes
national law and other legal gubjects jhere and abroad and In 1900 the de
two years, when he was admitted to'gree of LL.D. was conferred on him
practice at the English bar. He re- by the University of Pennsylvania,
turned to China In 1877, passing He was married and had several chll
ilhrtuigh .0-, United States, making a dren.
Stuopy Point Is
A Modern Utopia
A twentieth-century Utopia,
in many respects, is Stumpy
Point, Dare County, the remote
little fishing community where
the 1922 Elizabeth City Dis
trict Methodist Conference will
be held July 4-6. The 1920
census gave Stumpy Point a
population of 250 souls, dis
tributed among 51 families.
Nearly all the inhabitants are
church members, and mostly
they belong to the Methodist
church.
There is less drinking and
drunkenness at Stumpy Point
han in any other urban or rural
community in North Carolina.
Probably there is not a single
moonshine distillery on the bit
of highland upon which the
settlement is situated. Cigar
ettes have never been sold there
for the reason that public opin
ion has 'tabooed them. Card
playing is not tolerated, and
even -the innocent-appearing
fame of Rook is not permitted
there. The inhabitants are a
kindly, gracious, hospitable lot,
and will make the stay of the
Conference delegates most en
joyable. (i
Beat It" Police
Tell Strikebreakers
West Frankfort, III., June 23 (By
The Associated Press) One of the
strike breakers who escaped from the
I massacre at Herrin was located here
i today when he entered a pool room,
I without hat or coat. A crowd gath-
"ed bu , h ?f ttookf 0
i h'm' pir te.dKh IV. of towl and
hlm t0 beat U'
TVft ADC If 1 1 I Fll
i "i" Mill IllkktaU
by union MOB
()AH BRIGHT, SR., DEAD
Noah Bright, Sr., died Friday
morning at his home near Woodville
about four o'clock after several
weeks illness. He was a little more
Gonpers Reelected
Tientsin University in 1895, he was1
appoiled chlef dlrector.
In the same year he was made first j
secretary of the embassy peace mls-
Lon8 t0 Japan and plenipotentiary for
exchan , ratifications of the peace
" , !
treaty effected at Chefoo. Wu also'
assisted In negotiating at Peking the
Chlno-Japanese treaty of commerce
and navigation, which was ratified
October, 1896.
In the following year he was-sent
as Minister to the United States,
which post he occupied untll 190 2.
when he was recalled, being reap
pointed in 1907, later returning to
China to take an active part in the
moves that led to the forming of the
Republic.
Dr. Wu contributed numerous es
says on economics and political sub-
'In eGlfacttl
, Twice Fired On By SoH
i diers Since Assassina-
tion Of Marshal Wil-j
i son Thursday !
Belfast, June 23 (By The As
sociated Press) The situation
here is one of great anxiety to
day owing to the high state of
feeling over the assassination of
Field Marshal Wilson at Lon
don. The military was forced
V V V av . V U V. . X .
The casualties by midforenoon
were six wounded.
Fifteen Arrests In London
London, June 23 (By The Associ
ated Press) Fifteen men and one
woman were arrested in raids
throughout London last night in con
nection with the assassination of
Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, it
was announced today In the House of
Commona by Austin Chamberlain. Helay enroute to his home at Grandy,
stated that every step possible is be-N. C. He has just returned from at
Ing taken for the protection of life in tending the grand reunion of the old
England and Ireland, and intimated
that a discussion of Irish affairs
would be held Monday.
Police investigating the assasslna-
tion of Field Marshal Wilson have
come Into the possession of docu -
ments, says the Central News today,
disclosing a conspiracy to take the
lives of a number of prominent per -
j sons and conduct a campaign of out
! rages. ' ,
New Christian Flag
Flying To Breeze
Kansas City, Mo., June 23 (By The
Associated Press) The new "Chris
Hian flag," white with a red cross on;"uuu,c' "c,u lv w,c
in hlnn fielrl la flnntlnir ahnve Con-1 ARUre.
jvention Hall, level with the Stars and
Stripes during the International Sun
day School Convention here,
j The flag, it is explained, is intend
ed as an emblem of the Christian
I unity which It Is hoped the conven
tion will do much to strengthen and
further.
A rally lof youn men and women
under 24 years of age will be held
June 26, colncldentally with the con
vention. The young people's rally
will be In a separate auditorium.
Large numbers of young people
have volunteered for service during
j the convention. Some will take part
!n the pageant of Christianity to be
given nightly during the convention,
! while others will act as ushers at the
.
convention and in charge of Informs-.
tion bureaus.
Kansas City homes are to he
thrown open to the delegates to sup
plement the hotel accommodations,
and Boy Scouts will guide visitors to
the lodgings assigned to them.
MAYOR (JOODWIV KK-KLMTKD
FIRST DISTRICT PRESIDENT
Mayor W. Ben Goodwin and Judge
J. B. Leigh returned Friday morning
from a trip to Wrightsville Beach,
where they were delegates to the an-
nual convention of the State League cursion of the season Sunday, leav
,of Building and Loan Associations 'nS the North River Line dock nt the
this week. Mayor Goodwin was re- foot of Burgess street at .eight : o'clock
j elected president of the First Build- )n tl,fi morning, and leaving Nags
jing and Loan District. He reports Head late in the afternoon. Indica
;that everything weht along smoothly tions are that the popular resort will
.and that Indications are that the nav" the biggest season of recent
building and loan associations of the years this summer.
State will double their resources in .
the next few months. Other conven
tions of the North Carolina Associa
tion of Insurance Agents, and the
'North Carolina Retail Merchants As
sociation were In progress at Wrights-
Ivllle at the same time, he says, i
COAST GUARD TO
USE HOSPITAL
instead of being taken to
Norfolk for hospital treatment,
as has heretofore been the case,
men Bervlng In the Coast Guard
heiow and in the vicinity of this
city who may' require such
treatment will henceforth re
ceive it at the Community Hos
pital here, following the sign
ing of a contract to that effect
this week by the Hospital Asso
ciation directorate and the
Coast Guard, notification of
which has just been received by
Acting Assistant Surgeon Dr. H.
D. Wajker, of the United StateH
Public Health Service. Few
people lwre, perhaps, knew
;hat Dr. Walker Is connected
with the Government Public
Health Service.
Blown To Atoms
Oy Explosion
East Liverpool, Ohio, June 23
(By The Associated Press)
Two men were blown to atoms
ind three' houses on the out
skirts of Wellsville were wreck
3d early today when nitro
glycerine being transported by
automobile exploded.
KING IN CHOIR SUNDAY .
Two formerly familiar faces will
be seen in the choir of Blackwell
Memorial church at both services
Sunday, when Mrs. Joseph It. Moss,
of Waverly, Va., and Mrs. Frank
Poole, of Georgetown, S. C, both of
whom were members before their
marriages. Mrs. Moss was Miss Mary
Strahl, and Is now visiting her moth-
er, Mrs. J. L. Strahl, on Norm Mar
tin street; and Mrs. Poole was Miss
Rose Goodwin. She is paying a va
cation visit to her mother, Mrs. J. E.
Goodwin, also on Martin street. Doth
will be pleasing additions to the choir
while they are here.
Ilack From Reunion
M. E. Woodhouse of Currituck
County passed through the city Fri-
Confederate veterans held in Rich-
j mond, Va., and reports one of the
j greatest reunions he ever attended.
j meeting with people from the many
j different states of Mississippi, New
jYork, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana,
Alabama, South Carolina, North
Carolina, West Virginia, Maryland
1 and Virginia. He said there had
never been more people in Richmond
on any occasion than at this reunion.
ELKS PUT OVER WIN
; ON RED MEN, 4 TO 3
; The Elks yesterday afternoon de
jfeated the Red Men In a rather rag
' ged game by a score of 4 to 3. Ex
ceptional twirling by both Evans and
Both pitchers were stingy with hits
when men were on bases, practically ! njht and Paid for them fr01" a 00,1i
all runs being scored as the result oflB,zed ro" ,n wnich he observed a $10:
loose support on the part of the two
infields.
The F.lko rot the hrenkn of the
game, their errors coming at times
when they were not so costly.
Three runs in the first inning gave
the lElks a lead which the Red Men
w. iinohla tn norrnmo Wlh nno
out, Dorrls let an easy fly fall safejMr- MItche" 8tated that he loft his
anA n..iio lot th.,h hi-,i
U II U I V. , VIIV llll UUgll Villi u, 1
an j
1 wo mis men scoreo. iwo rung, anu r 1 1 , 1
Cooper completed the bad Inning by!ham nine weeks aft('r a" ac-1 Fmley and an unidentified man.
throwing wildly to catch a runner at 1 lualntance of six or seven weeks. HelJhe latter was beaten into un-
hnmp 1 said that hla first wife died In Mem- 11
Home. . . . rrnirni7hl condition.
J3espite the miserable playing of
both Infields, several hundred spec-
..., ,., i niu v.
"
nnni nur wna rnunp
The all round playing of Combs,
Elk first baseman, and the one hand
stab of a liner by Henderson at short;
featured the game. j
Score by innings:
Elks . 3 0 0 1 0 0 04
Red Men . . ., 0 2 0 0 0 0 13
Batteries Evans and Bell; Wood
ley and Rogers.
NAGS HEAD K. I RSIO.V
The steamer Annie I.. Vansclver
will run on the first Nags Head ex-
LATE BULLETINS
I Washington, June 23 (By The As-
laoclated Press) The nomination of
Lawson J. Prytchard to be postmaster
I nt Tennelle, Georgia, opposed by Sen-
ator Watson, is understood ordered
j favorably reported to the Senate by
the postofilce committee.
! ... . . , , ,.-,,
, Washington, June 23 (By The As-
,...', ' ,.
soclated Tress) Henry Ford s offer
i, , ' , '
(again today by witnesses testifying
i?r! thlf,!na,1,? ASrcltura Com -
-in, urn, lump weiiH, lormer law oi-
fleer of the Forestry Service, declar
ed he had "never seen a nroDosltlon
made to the Government as outrage-,
ous" as Ford's. j
Sandwich, England, June 23 (By
The Associated Press) Walter Ha-
gen, American professional, won the
iriiinn open cnampionsnip today with
a score of three hundred.
j Washington, June 23 (By The A
i soclated Press After a consulta
;tlon with the PresWeht. Secretary of
It.uIwt nnvL in a .t0w,f ,.,! ,i0
Vfc.. - . . . . ' u
. ....r.., in a, iii.mr; i n M, n mm r iiM um
Illlnolg mine disorders should be pro -
secuted to the full extent of the law.
White Man Held
On Theft Charge
DclVnilitnl, Clnirpil Willi Theft Oil
Considerable Sum, h ailed To Ex- I
; plain HiitiNfai'tui-ily
John H. Rogers, charged with the
theft of between $85 and $90 from
E. F. Mitchell, a contractor employed
in moving part of the Fred Davis
house for Mrs. C. D. Boll, of this
city, was held over for Superior Court
under a bond of $500 as the result
of a hearing in recorder's court here
Friday morning.
Mr. Mitchell testified that he left
the money in a wallet on a shelf in
the Davis jhouse late Wednesday af
ternoon, when he finished work for
the day. Later ho went back to look
for it, and found a pair of Rogers'
shoes where he had placed the wal-
p(.
Rogers failed to show up for
jwork the next morning, and was ar
rested at Edenton during the day
with about $35 In hls'possesslon. He
did not explain where he obtained
the money.
! Rogers, representing that he was
:dead broke, asked Mr. Mitchell for a
job Tuesday morning, and the con
tractor employed him to assist in
moving' the Davis house. At the
time of the robbery, he had four dol
lars due him for work done. Mr.
Mitchell told the court that he made
a search for Rogers that night but !
did not succeed in finding him, and j
did not see him until he was brought I
by Officer Wlnslow from Edenton '
Friday morning.
When Rogers was picked up in i
! Edenton, he had, besides approxl-j
mately $35 In money, receipts total-'
jing $33.65 for clothing he had bought!
there on Thursday. The woman wlthj
him, whom he claimed was his wife,'
had about six dollars. He said that, ,
I he had this money before he was
; employed by Mr. Mitchell.
Rogers then had former Police 1
Officer Phelps, who now runs a small
restaurant on Parsonage street ex-'
tended, called to the stand to suhstan- i
tiate his claim that he had the money i
before the theft. Phelps testified1
that Rogers purchased a package of
cigarettes from him on Saturday
an" bl" and Beveral one8'
ine prisoner, a man pernaps 3t
VAD ia 1H tsvt- -w L ) kn nlnnl In h o
cats uiu, 117 a i, iiuiv iucj oiauu in ma
jown benalf-
He said that on the
money Is alleged to
auernoon ine
have been stolen, he observed one of i
Mr Mftnhall'a navrn omnlnva, ialra'
LnotkU. - Ik.
which
nuiiiBiiiiiiR iium mo Blieil (ill
wallet. Rogers stated that he was,
i married to his present wife in Dur-
pniB, Tenn. five years ago, leaving!
three small children who are now In '
care of an uncle. The prisoner
ie 1,1 an u
came here recently.
1 " "'J
Ifrom Greenville, after having worked 1118 ""if"" lnRn(lH ln lnl8
1 in Roanoke Ranids. Klnston. n,,r.:w111 1)R Phased to learn that Victor
ham, Danville, and other cities.
Rogers stoutly denied having
written a letter supposedly to a
brother In -Georgia, signed John Rog
ers, in which It was stated, "I am
veil, ibu t just as mean as ever. I
have done wrong by Bailer, but am
going back to die with her. I rode
the blind from Rome, Ga. to Chatta
nooga, and a freight from there to
Old Fort. I got In trouble at one
place, left a week's 'time,' and whip
ped about ten men who tried to run
over me In the woods, but It didn't
work."
The defendant testified that with
out telling his wife where he was
going, he left this city Wednesday
night on the late passenger train,
which he said he boarded just as- it ,
was leaving the station. He declared
that he went to Mackeys Ferry to.
see one Will Smith on u business
matter, and took the Thursday morn-'
Ing train hack to Edenton. He went
to Edenton, he Insisted, to pay a
man there a debt of $4. SO but could
- not recall the man's name. He said
that he Intended to come back to this
'city Thursday afternoon, but was
arrested before the train arrived.
! James Bennett and Bishop Baker,
'colored employees of Mr. Mitchell,
. , . ,u u .
iwere next called to the witness chair,
t. , j . l .i
floth denied having taken the money.
an, I llu Vol. tauHHnrl thai T7.,,,i-a f.l.l
,,,,,, that ' ..pul,P(1 slx
( months under a gun. hut this work
Is harder than that. ,
In addition to the Rogers hearing,
numerous cases were disposed of
at Friday mornings court session.
R. C. Abbott was required to pay the
r n a charge of per-
mlttlng his son. a boy under sixteen
V of ae, t operate an automo-
""r- r""'un ninnm, tun-
,ed with creating a disturbance In the
'T.riitaii tfill.tu.' n ft I !.. ), rtA t V.
colored section between Shepard and,
Lawrence streets, was found nt 1
guiHy. LUaie White, colored, paid
... . ......
l". " . " " """a ana r"8" " 8
line cnarge. ueorge Kerr submitted
Jo nn Indictment for operating an
'automobile without a license, and
H R
jilGy i li
0
But Was Scene Of Wild
Disorder When Union
Miners Attacked
Workers Thursday
Herrin, June 23 (By The As
sociated Press) Official In
vestigation of the mine war in
which 27 to 45 were killed be
gan here today in response to
an insistent demand of Gover
nor Small for action by the lo
cal authorities. The coroner's
inquest will be held immedi
ately. Herrin, 111., June 23 (By The
Associated Press) Herrin is
quiet today after the wild dis
orders yesterday in which at
least twentyseven men were
killed and an unknown number
wounded when five thousand
union miners and their sym-'
pathizers attacked approxi
mately half a hundred men
working in the Lester Strips pit
of the Southern Illinois Coal
Company.
County officials maintained
that, since none remained at
work in the Strip Pit, that in it
self guaranteed against further
outbreaks. An inquest into the
carnage wrought yesterday was
set for today, but up to late
last night no official step to in
vestigate the affair had been
taken and no arrests had been
made.
Detectives Missing
Chicago, June 23 (By The
a...:..j P.. Tk N.
'
grave secret service, w
hich
sent thirty men to Herrin as
guards at Strip Mine, where
I rioting occurred yesterday, tnis
morning announced they could
account for only two men, A. F.
0
VHTOIl OVKIt-MAX AWARDED
V"MT VKlK ''"'r
K. Overman, who Is now taking a
course In professional photography
at the Illinois College of Photo
graphy at Effingham, 111., was
awarded first prize In a photographic
contest held by the College Camera
Club, of Effingham, together with a
certificate of merit. Mr. Overman
competed with the other students of
the college, and with professional
photographers and artists of the city.'
Mr. Overman entered the college
early in the spring to take a special
course of Instruct Ion, having decided
that he preferred photography to his
former work as a pharmacist, He
hud been associated with his brother,
Harold S. Overman, In the manage
ment of the City Drug Store hero for
the last three years.
Negro Farmers Use
Up To Date Methods
Washington. June 23 (By The As
sociated Press) More than 14,001)
negro farmers In North Carolina,
Texas and Virginia who raised 90,000
acres of corn last year under the ad
vice of county agents, employed co
operatively by the Department of Ag
riculture and state agricultural col
leges, obtained average yields of 35
bushels an acre. The average for all
farms In these states ranged from 17
to 25 bushels an acre, the Depart-
merit unlit tiwhiv.
I In Virginia, nearly 5,000 of the ne-
i detlllinHtralori pBnt,d pure geed
,, abMUt , Hp!pcted Bfled for
their 1 922 rrons. All these demon-
Btrati(m I)IatI, of corn were harTegted
,xcept g7 whlrh were "hogged
(ow u , estimated that 70 per
-nt ... farmpr ... Virini
are following methods of growing
corn rune-hr hv extenutnti umrbnra
'
Mr Hnd Mr (h , Meeklns of
ABhll rud ho.n Th.
J ml! . nd J Til
after visiting Mr. and Mrs. . M.
Meeklns on West Main street.
was required to pay the costs of tha
case.
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