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Fm*Hy Insane, Says Brain
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Asbiflte, May 17.?N??es shatter
ed by boars of merciless grilling, Mrs.
Ann* K. Montague dings U her story
that' Mrs. Mary R Cooper, whom she
is ebahred with murdering, commit
ted stfcide, an* defiantly M" into a
rage ^t the mention of the word mur
der. Y.
: Declaring that her home was bro
ken as five years ago by the Ku Klux
Klan, "Mrs. Montague assists that she
is hgftg persecuted by tbp Knights
cf the hooded order and that the so
licitors and alt the officers are mem
hen of the Kjan engaged in hounding
her. '?
The,' statement that the prisoner's
husband. Dr. S. S. Montague, of Ox
ford, would come to AahviHe at once
in aw effort -tp hare his estranged
wife committed to an insane asylum,
created quite a nwtton here today
when jit was backed by a statement
from Dr. Roberts. CarnH, bain spec
ialist. for whom the nurse formerly
worked, that the appeared to have
symptoms of Paranolia, q dangerous
form nf insanity.
Dr| CanroH pointed nut the ilius
sions"of persecution* which the wo
man has indicated since her arrest as
one Tof the "strongest'symptoms.
-Whether or not they think M*8- Mon
tagn| slew her aged companion in a
fit of *">""? aytsed by paranolia, the
offkdps who aire working, on the case
dedifed to say today.
Aprs and sensational turn was
by the case today when it was
raw|lt*i that Mrs. Montague hail
bee a? receiving attention from a man
in ijtrmt weeks arid that on the night
at fmader a car was parked dur
- ing'toe early morning Sours in front
of the 'Cdbner beam-*hich raBMuned
shrouded m the darkness of mystery
and death. The. police believe that Mrs
Cenier ^wes struck on the head with
awaftjMaiky blunt instrument and that
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Marines Killed
By Nicarag
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Captain Buchanan And Private
Jackson Arc Slain . By
Gucrrila Band ! .
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Washington, May 17.?American
marines in Nicaragua have? suffered
their first serious casualties since
they were dispatched to that, war-torn
country last January for the announc
ed purpose of protecting American
lives and property.
Captain Richard R. Bichanan, of
this city, and Private Marvin A. Jack-!
spn, of Chicago, were killed, and two
other Marines wounded, the Navy was
advised officialy late today) when a
"guerilla band" of Nicaraguans at
tacked an American detachment at 2
a. m. today at La Paz Cantro, near
Leon. -. ? -
Corporal Anthony J. Rausch, of
Philadelphia, and Private William F.
Simon, whose address was not given,
were wounded slightly.
No further details were contained
in the message, Admiral Latimer,
commanding American naval forces
in Nicaragua, who forwarded it, de
claring he would send a lengthier re
port later.
The dispatch followed an earlier
ohe from Latimer reporting an at- ,
tack by a band of armed natives on
the American camp at Chinendega
Saturday night, and coincided with a
message received by the State Depart
ment from Henry L. Stimson> person
al representative of President Coolid- 1
ge in Nicaragua, stating that the civif
war in that country "is now definit
ely ended."
The Stimson message was dated to
day, the date he set for his departure
for home after arranging a truce be
tween the Conservatives and Liberal
forces.- He expressed the belief that
the "way is now open for the develop
ment of Nicaragua along the lines
of peace, order and ultima.e self-gov
ernment."
; ,
iSe# Up Stations
^?Commission, is making a tour' of
fUie State with John P. Lawrence,
headlight expert, who is addressing
KMtbrists on the advantages to be de
F lived from having headlights proparJ
Hly focused, and of ways of keeping I
? Since there is no State constabul-1
!ary or other State police force to en-1
J force this law, it will have to be car-1
ried out largely through education and I
co-operation. The State Highway I
Commission has charge of administra
? There is considerable interest be
? ing manifested by motorists on the!
I matter of properly adjusted head-1
? lights, Mr. Witherspoon said, and!
? meetings held throughout the State!
? have been well attended. Mr. Wither-!
spoon and Mr. Lawrence ^ Jaral
I Raleigh Thursday for Winston-Salem!
I Wi^ h?'ld 1 meeiing^^M
, in Durham Saturday night, and ir^J
k towns in the eastern part oMhe State^J
[ Don't Yon Want to ||
Ht.e is a typical group of Mississippi floofl family of
?white tenants?driven to the levee from th? lovn They At
awaiting the arrival of ?. "Red Cross telicra^H^| Bnthcm to A
camp on the highlands. The Red Cross is still
Sneers For Dry I
Law Upjustif'd
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Ramsay MacDonald Says That
. Prohibition Is Great Praise
worthy Event i
f ?
? New York, May 17.?Ramsay Mac
Donald, former British Prime Minis- hi
ter, who is just completing a month's M
visit to the United States, believes re
that prohibitioon is a great praise- N
worthy effort to keep people-decent C
and does not merit the sneers of yisi- d;
tors who find it a subject ^?smart
ness. ,x cl
"So many of our smart people have
been over here and sneered at the pre- ai
hibition law, but when" I go beck I am A
going to take the othejr-.side," he said.
"It is a great effort. ^ keen people n.
decent and to enable man to npend
their mon^:<^pB|ies." JtS' v IE
V?*hile stating^ that his ^ie<ssnt^ ij- G'
MY". "JifiCDOHSiu, WHO CtUW6. to tiW
United States for an eleven day visit z
to -zenew acquaintance of ^ honey- n
moon trip" many years ago, and then
I
wil leave ..tomorrow night for Eng- s
land aboard the Berengaria with his ?
daughter Isabel. .Fully recovered from |
his illness, but stilh shaky,t he -greeted a
interviewers^ this afternoon "in a little a
study at the Henry Street Settlement >
in the lower East Side wherg. be and t
his daughter are the guests of Little T'
D. Wald, noted American social work- c
er.
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? i wo Liangs, Jie said, "AlVfflWiP"
I ed me very rauch; first the very cor; .
I dial greetings I received from the -
? press of all colors and parties in the
I United States and, second, the great
I personal care I had during the three
? weeks of my illness.
I "I am tremendously imp*afcSfed with (
I the need of America and Great Brit- <
? ain to understand each other. 1 don't ,
? want alliances; I don't want agree- -
I mpnts; I don't warrt entanglements of j
? any kind, but J do want understand- 1
I 'nS- 1
"It is not true to say that the 11
I British people hate or are even an- J
B gry with Americans. There are things. M
K bit difficulty understand. A 1
? Britisher blurts out his feelings a- ?
!j bout them, but underlying it all is a
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The gusts will begin" arriving in
lharotte early Friday morning. The
elebretion will open with the pr?-= I
entation of the American Flag to the I
rum and bugle corps of the Hornets^ I
[ftpt Post, American Legion, for use
t the national convention this fall I
t Pans.. v.; I
"Following the flag presentation,
he May 20th parade will J?e staged,
f'd by the red-coat drum and bugle
orps members.
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I Raleigh, N. C., May 18.?Investiga- 1
Bions are now under way by- the Unifc
Bd States War Department to deter- 1
Bnine the advisability of replacing the 1
Bubematle and Chespeake .Canal, Gov.
BlcLean was advised yesterday by
Blanford MacNider, acting Secretary
Bf War.
B Replacement of the lock is being
Bought somewhat frantically by resi
Blents of northeastern North Carolina
Bnd the Currituck bay region. They
Blaim that salt wlter in large volume
Bs pouring through the canal and salt
ing Currituck sound, a fresh water
I body., ClainTis made that damage to
I the extent of $390,000 already has
water damaging fresh water crop and
game districts and hurting the fresh
I water fishing industry almost beyond)
?description. M
The facts were laid before GovernotfM
Glenn Barden Writes of life
As Seen In The Congo,
Africa " -
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; Goldsboro, Mayl7.?Rev. Glenn
garden, special missionary to Congo
Beige, Africa, sent out by St. Pan!
Methodist church of Goldsboro, in his
annual report of his work oyer ih titt
dark, continent for the past year in
cludes the following incident: . ,
"Please hurry," said the native wo
mtn oftheCongo, as the kind hands
of the missionaries tended the fearful
wound- hi her abdomen whichshekhd
inflicted upon herself in an agony of
grief th^er the death of her child. With
out a Quiver to show the. dreadful pate
she was enduring, this woman, wound
death, trusted herself confi
dently' to the Christian missionaries
to whom she had come for help in
her grtat suffering, and cried but on
H| "Please hurry, it hurts."
For AO hours she had been suffer
ing unspeakable agony while undergo
ing the cruel treatment, of the tritch
doctors Who had simply added to her
torture by their sorcalled cures. Dur
ing all this time she had been steadily
bleedmg to death until the flesh a
round the wound was colorless from
losM>?ieoA At last, impairing -of
the niecesa.of tj?e ***?& doctorf*treit
raents, relatives had bundled her up,
more dead than alive, and ca*?*e<rpw:
to the hospital at Wembo Nyama
^^ the chief jl^^ of the m>
be healp^dA^y the missionary doctor.
But afas, the only doctor on the sta
tion?in fact, the only doctor of the
entire; mission?was ill, very ill, un
able. to lift his head from the pillow.
En Africa there is no audi thing as.
calling for another physician?there
is simply nobody else to call. A physl
cia?k* Africa must doctpr
no' matter how il he may be hltaself.
Therefore,, when Dr. HandHea
Moore, the missionary dentist, and
th^ h^Bu1
^fflTStdMing without * ?y the
dreadful pain, Ae looked up
missionaries trustfully as :|B8?
"Please Hurry, it hurts-" .
The ery of the Congo woman to
the Chris tian miss jpiaries to hepfche*
physical wound is but typical ?* the
cry that is going up from. Africa to
Christians of America to heal her
spiritual wounds.
CB0OL HOUSE FIRE
RELIEVED INCENDIARY
Hickory, May Fire believed to
e of incendiary dMjbr destroyed the
uflilfng and contmoi of the Peace
academy School, about three miles
astof Hickory Sunday night,
When Hie fire was discovered the
aiHiing was a mass of flames and
ntr|jsce to save the furniture was im
possible. School in Peace Academy
"as- closed about two weeks ago. The
wilding had been cleaned and locked
ip for the summer.
N* one was supposed to have been
n the academy since it was dosed.
The building, a four room struct
lre, was valued at $1<M)00, on which
nsuiSnce, amounting to $7,600, was
iffec|ive. None of the furniture, val
jedat $1,000 was insured.
: xi
I RM May 16.?A bit of indis
I eriswmte shooting, the climax of the 1
antippri freshman's "bath'' at N. C. J
Sme College, last'night strated a I
number of wild rumors as to distur- I
? baizes in the section of the college
and brought numerous reports to por I
lice. I
The shooting wrote finis to fhotim*
nual aquatic affair, which took on the
form of playing streams from three
fire hese on the first year men who
to torrnitories in front *of the gym-1
Receivers Nam
ed C. W. Home
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Temporary Receivership Order
Is Returnable Saturday,
May 28th.
Raleigh, May 17.?R. B. Whitley,
of Wendell, and Dr. j. J. Young, of
Coytoh, were last night named tem
porary receivers 'or Charles W. Home
and Ashley .Home $ Son following
presentation of a petition by credi
tors tp Judge W. C. Harris at Pitts
boro. The order appointing tempor
ary^ receivers is returnable May 28 be
fore Judge Harris in 'chambers" here.
The petition, presented by Biggs
and Broughtbn on behalf of B. JP.
Robertson and Dr. B. A. Hocutt, of
Clayton, creditors, set forth belief
of insolvency of the* prominent John
ston county man.
Mr. Home was present at the bear
ing and was represented by counsel;
Abell and Shepard, of Smithfield, but
did not resist issuance of the order.
The receivers will assume imme
diate-charge of the business and will
Submit their "report at'the hearing
here May 28. It was stated last nigh4
that the receivers have assurances
from bankers and other creditors of
co-operation, and it is felt that the af
faire of Mr. Home can be satisfac
torily worked out without necessity
of any bankruptcy proceedings.
Pasquotank is
Leader in Clubs
Elizabeth City, May 17.?With more
members per square miie of county
area than any other in the State, Pas
quotank's Boys' and Girls' 4H Giubs
ed by each club member:
"I pledge my head to reason, my
hands to service, my heart to loyalty
.and my health to efficiency for.
home, my community, and- my coun
tryS
Pasquotank wfcs?one of the five
North Carolina counties which were
pioneers last year in the consoifda*
tfcrti of various boys' and girls' clubs
into single functioning county units.
The plan woriced out so well last year
that it is being adopted throughout
the State this year, and everywhere
is said to be winning favor.
STATE PAYS ACCOUNT
THIRTY-ONE YEARS OLD
?
Raleigh, May 17.?Voucher for $1 2,
060.04, payable to W. W. Worth, pass
ed through the office of State Audi
tor Baxter Durham yesterday- and
was 0. K.'d for payment of an ac
count held against the State for 31
years. The check was in repayment o 1
money made good by Treasure]
Worth on account of defalcation of i
clerk in his office during the Russe)
administration.
. Highest Yet
Melville E0ggjgd As \
Levee Quickly freaks
People of Melville, Louisiana, .
Barely Have Time To Reach
Temporary Haven On Levee
Tops; Collapse of Levee Came
While Most of People Were
Asleep; .Weather Bureau Urg
' es Utmost Caution In Region
Above New Orleans.
New Orleans, May 17.?Unhamper
ed by the earthen, man-made barriers
the swoolen Atchafalaya, fed by Miss
issippi flood" waters, today added Mel
ville'to the long list of towns that
have been swept aside or inunlated in
the mad rush for the sea.
Leaving terror-stricken inhabitant^
viewing the remnants of their town
from levee tops as they awaited res
cue-. boats, the waters turned south
ward and westward to join those from
the Bayou des Chaises breaks which
already have spread some forty miles
down the Valley to Palmetto, approx
imately 50 miles northwest of Baton
Rouge- and - 130 miles northwest of
New Orleans.
The east side dykes of the. Atcha
falaya still were holding the waters
out of the eight parishes comprising
the "Sugar Bowl" of Louisiana, and
loeated between the -Mississippi and
Atchafalaya rivers.
No "lives were believed lost at Mel
ville in spite of the fact that the riv
er's wrath was loosed upon the town
in the eariy morning hours while
many of the residents still were sleep
ing. Fleeing before the waters, they
sought refuge on the levees and in
upper floors of buildings until boats
cunlii teach-them. :
Late .this afternoon water was.
charging'through a 2,000 foot crev
asse upon the town and spreading
westward to join the lake from Bayou
des Glaises .Still another creva sse
occurred on the west bank of the
Atchafalaya six miles above Melville
this afternoon to further Intensify the
situation. ;? "
| /The New Orleans Weather Bureau
said that toe water was running one "
Railroad tracks at Palmetto, and at
moving slowly down upon theAtcha
falaya. 0^f such immense proportions
was" it that toe weather bureau- said
its stages were threte'feet above, those
of the ftoqd of 1881 It was estimated
it would require from thredfe four
weeks for it to reach Mwfeait .City, at
the edge of the Gulf of Me*&>.
jBvery precaution was urged against
"these unprecedented conditions in
the Atchafalaya basin." *
Ti;e weather bureau said that con
ditions r.ow in sight indicated the ?
flood'in St. Martin Parish would be
. 17 to 20 feet deep in the low bottoms
and would overrun railroad" tracks in
the neighborhood of Breaux Bridge.
The Mississippi River below OKt
River will not change materially
within the next few days, the bulletin
said, but precautions were urged con
tinued against stages previously pre
dicted.
Twelve square miles already had
been " inundated from the Melville
1 crevasse. A high railroad embank
ment fit the town was believed to bare ' <
L contributed largely to the sfcfety of-:
? the inhabitants. Breaking' thefirst
: rush of the waters, toe embankment ?
1 forced them to make a detour and al
1 lov^ residents time to gather" their
children and run to the
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AWARD CONTRACT FOR
.1, . > BRIDGE AT MANTEO
Elizabeth City, May 17.?A gnat,
causeway and bridge prej?e4 to link
Manteo and Roanoke Island with the
? beach lands to the east, as a first step
toward ultimately linking this region
jwfef the mainland, moved definitely
toward early consignation the past '
f- week with the letting of contracts for
the bridge itself by the board o? com
missioners of Dare county.
v' "?The bridge contract was let to the
W. L. Jones Construction Company,
of Elizabeth City, at ?88>61C. Specifi
cations call for a structure 4,800 faet
I long and 20,feet wide, Of wood con
struction, with a steel draw 100 feet
long.
Contract for construction of a three
rence, of New Bern, at 146,000. The H
'Mil l ?AA *j i .1
j ba^lloping geatjy urfc * roadway ^ ?