WEATHER Generali (air art continued cool Friday Saturday Inrreaaiac cloudt neaa and somewhat warmer. Showers •ai ur >l* ' .* fi ernoofi VOLUME BIGHT; NUMBER 69 TWO DISABLED MOTORS FORCE GRAF TO RETURN Mammoth German Liner O (■ . * Had Voyaged Thousand Miles Toward America Crankshaft or Connecting Rod Break Caused l>r. Eckener to Head Homeward t m , . (4. COVERED 1.000 MILES IN FIRST 12 HOURS Journey Back to Home Port Re ported To Be Underway at Very Slow Rate _ FRIEDRIUHBHAF»N, Germany Xeppellu tonight aluwly cruised homeward from the Mediterranean wltb two ot_her five motora crippled and 16 disappointed passengers wlro had hoped that Lakeburst, N J., would l>e their drat atop. The giant alrahip iu ita flrat IS lioura of flight- had covered nearly 1000 mllea and had reached a point between tbe BjU-rlck laluuda In the Spanish and Gibraltar. Front there jPfwa* to have puraued a' course over /the Axores and poa albly Bermuda tu America. Inatead the motor„ trouble appar ently due to tbe cruiikidiuft or cou t.eettng rod* cauaed her commander. Dr. Hggo Eckener to mwliir the ahlp aiottnd and fkead for the home hang ar here. It van the flrat time that the Graf .'.bppellit bud turned back° front any vs the long voyages which had been for her. The flrat voyage to Ant; vrlco was accomplished despite ntorms which damaged gntl called for Iterate repair of her fabric. No hitch developed on other fllghta egeept on a BicOttd Medlter teanean rrulae wlteu In mid-air a propel lor- was removed and replaced while the ship hovered neatly nto t lon leas cover spaln. NEW YORK. May I*. (4*l-The Columbia Broadcasting Company to day racelved the following bulletin from l» correspondent on the Graf Zeppelin: "Two broken motors. Heading hack.” The Radio Marine Corporation said * <L that It had received the same mea i>*ge and was attempting to confirm it. The full cable read: "Two broken motors Heading back to Germany Cannot go fast-" The Columhla Hroadcaatlng Com f-any officials said the cattle was signed by Frank K Nicholson, their correspondent. It came In over the Commercial Line cable*. , The nrgjJ*Zeppelln has five engines and can Vl/hont difficulty with with three, although the speed ia re duced with every engine that goes -■lit of commission. to Nicholson Is a New y<trk gilthor making the flight tojfather material tor a book. He wnsjituide*' contract to send a dally story to the Columbia Corporation. LEGION HAS A FINE MEETING Dr. Slrosnidfr Urgmt AH Eligible To Join Isocal Legion Auxiliary Dr. C. K. Htrosnltler past command ai.t of the post, last night urged all eligible to join the local Legion Aux Illary, hta appeal coming at the final slimmer meeting of the Wayne I’osi of the American Legion. The Legion wan host at a barbecue to Us wives Ind sweethearts following the liusl tiesa program About 100 wete pres ent. With the meeting last night, the post disbands for the next three months. It watt announced, however, that Mrs. George Isley, president of the Legion Auxiliary In the Htate will visit the local axillary jjjti May 21 . Kuril f tort eh ree'ted the irffforv nt the Wayne Cost amt Hen Snorter at the piano anil George Thompson on the banjo provided a musical pro g, am. crHAITI HE dIN MEET SPARTANBURG, 8, U. May 10.— IJP)—'The Southern Retail Furniture praoclatlon opened ita 17th annual «*I!8U9I tan todfr. THE GOLDSBORO NEWS • ; 1- ■ . . ■ ' . ■'> .■ ' READ IN THE MORNING WHILE MINDS ARE FRESH—READ BY BUYERS BEFORE THEY; BUY. LOSES AN ARM . FROM ACCIDENT Dr. E. I*. Bpcncf, Native of City, Knocks Gun Down, und Is Wounded I)r E P. Spence, native Golds loro and a lirohter t>f Dr X. R, Spence. :oit an arm In an accident*Which oc curred at Ills home In GreenWlle at I o'clock yealerday. according ty word received by relatives p ■» Dr. Spence and a party of ]M«nd* were preparing to atart on a fish ing trip The former Goldsboro' 9 man went Into a close* to get a pair of bootp and accidentally knocked oyer u shotgun- The gun fired and the load riddled one arm. The wound wm am severe that surgeons ut the hospital to which he waa rushed found It necessary to amputate. Dr. Sftpnce, well known In Golds boro, had for a number of years practiced dentistry in Greenville. BODY OF BILL TYSON FOUND “Wild Bill” Anderson Thought To Have Knocked Tyson Out of Boat MARSHALL. May HI (A’J-The body of Hill Tyson, young Marshall man drowned In the French Hroad River on Wednesday of last week, for whose death “Wild Hill*' Attdersoa 's being sought, was found floating ng.lhr surface of Gte water late Wed roHjJny afternoon. The body, found near the mouth of' Rock Creek; about half way between u n«dy Bottoms, where the youth was drowned. anti Hot Springs, was brought to Marshall, where the In quest was begun. After hearing part of tlie testimony Coroner Frank Rob erts continued the hearing until next Saturday „ ‘ ' Y out It s who saw some object float ing on the water, got a boat and re covered It. The body was Identified as that of the youth by Ills futber an dottier re lative*, although Identification was difficult. Dr H H Dltmore, who made an ex amination. discovered breaks on the head, which he said might have been suffered either before or after the voung man sank. It Is charged by Authorities that Tyson was knocked okt of the boat In which he was rid ing with three others by "Wild Bill" Anderson, r Two persons hnve been held since tnr latter part of last week. Cora An d« rson and Zack Ramsey, said to hlWe been In the boat at the time the youth was drowped, said Tyson was knocked out of thf Mist by Ander son. who disappeared shortly after ward. Anderson Is believed hiding In the mountains and officers believe he will be captured soon. 1 C - iAHNKNHLY CONVENES MEMPHIS. Tenn. May 16 UP)— Tne Assooiured Reformed Presbyter ian Synod of the south convened' Its ,'.'sih annual meeting here today with between 2fVO anil 300 ministers and ley men present. Stephenson and Dowell Address City Merchants Flfty-o<ld local merchants and their employee* gathered last evening for the annual membership dinner of the Goldsboro Merchants' Association, lls tened lo Gilbert T. Stephenson of Witt Mton-Salem outline the benefits Jo be derived from'the local group and heard W. L Dowell of Raleigh. exe rutlve secretary of the State Mer chants Association, relate plans for the "annual state convention in Hick ory, June 11 and 12. "You don't succeed In business by the tricks of the trade," declared Mr. Stephenson as he launched Into Ills address. "You succeed by giving value received, by atudy and lion of sound principles of merchan- ] (Using. * Through the merchants as-, :9 T. ~ GOLDSBORO, N. C. FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 17. 1929 Huge Lockout Threatens Trade l . -* — —— na 4 H H Broach, left, vice-president of the Electrical Workers' Union, refusad to'’supply men on tluee Jobs of mentbe.r* of the Employers' Association al New Vork, who, In turn, voted to lock out 76.000 now wording In the build ing trades In New York city. This action, U taken will tie up nearly (300. Ooo.ottD of pending building construction The' workers obtained an Injuiic lloit.agulnst the action which Christian G. Norman, below, chairman of the founding Trades Ass’n, has ordered the members to obey. Thomas Wil liams, right, representative of the department of labor, from Wuabiugtoa, D. C.. In an attempt’ io mediate tWlockoui? was partly Instrumental In per suading Broach to withdraw his refusal to supply the men. Graham Galls on Slate to Ik On Guard Against Fruit Pest RLLKIGII, May 16. (4N—A warn • tig that II the Mediterranean fruit flv Is not kept out or North Carolina **u v«ry nil uni loll” may m* faced was sounded today |J> Couimts sinner W. A- Graham of the Htate department of agriculture upon hi* return from a conference In Atlun ta at which the Florida pest situation was considered. Commissioner Gra ham was accompanied by Dr. It. W I 1 Ihy, department entomologist. The commissioner called on Indlv -1 bis snd organisations to cooperate bv destroy decayed fruit and by send 'rtf to Dr. Leiby an ylnsect* found In fruit especially In grapefruit.' Hl* statement follows. c "Every precaution jdinuld be etn ployed to prevent the Importation of tbe Medlteranneatt fruit fly Into North Carolina. To that end I call upon every housekeeper, every fruit dealer, civic cluh. garden club, rhamber of commerce, American lar i'.oh post, and every state agency to. lain In n campaign to educate the public lo the llnparlance of prevent ing the Introduction of this pest In to North Carolina. Every person nhould be very careful lo examine .tch piece of fruit coming Into their poiyssslon. especially . grapefruit to see If It contains anv Insects and If It does send the insects to Dr. It. W Lelby. state department of aril culture at Raleigh for Identification." sociatlon, he declared. Information If collected ala central point and given ouffor the good of all. Mr Stephenson likened a Imal tner 'cjhanttT- association to u manufactur ers association of which lie knew Uie hi-lory 'l ime was when every jiiaijd; fa-t li'-er 111 that lll.ie. lie decl,ire.(J thought etijry oilier manufacturer in th(* same fine was about the ‘'iio-an eel" man alive. CJrcumatanceH threw two of them together, and thev Joined in orgnnlxitig an association that prov ed In the deflation period of I'i2l the salvation of Gte Industry, l.veiy piau uTtketurer In the group learned that 5 . 1 tbe man be hadn't known before waa 1 (tontlauel.on page (1 .. l,ik - i -—-1. END (xTmES FOR A. P. THOMPSON Funeral Will Ik* Held From Home On John Street At 4 O’clock Thin Afternoon Albert I*. Thompson, .61, died at a local hospital at 10 o'clock last eve ning 1 following att Illness of three weeks Funeral services will he held tills pfteriiiHin at 4 o'clock from tKv home. 414 North John street, and will t**> conducted by Rev. U. F Mitnns. pastor of Ht. John Methodist church, flu rla I will be in Willow Jiale cents •eiy. > The following have heen selected as active pall hearers: TV J. Casey, H. T. IliKiks, Clarence M’oodard, H. II llohha, Chiules Ihiyett. O If. Pip kin. B. C. Howell, and E<l F. Hasser. Honorary: C. 11. Gaddy, O M. Ilren dle. C M tilllikln, D. W. Cobb, W. J ! Perkily*. E A. Wilson, George Brown. I. W to Mpkln, Df Will Htdcer. Dr \ I). E. Rest, and G. D. Richardson. ' The deceased was a Ison of the late Zadock and Penny Thumpaott and was horn In Goldsboro, /fid lived here , : It his life, honored and respected by 1 all who knew him. . -B i He Is survived by hi* widow, snd the following children: Mrs. Ed Perk : ins, Miss Eva Claire Thurnpion, Mil j on. Willis, and Ben Thompson, all residents of Goldshoro. The follow rig brother sand sisters survive: C 1 I J. M I, G anil- Z* L. Thompson; "r- -\ A Kdgerton. Mrs. 11. A. Pike ..ml Miss I < i <n v Thompson. There . ue several nieces and nephew*. Mr. Thompson was a member of the Junior Order and «f the Woodmen of it* World and was a < nnslstvnt mem l- r rd st. Johns Methodist church. The Junior order will, attend the {. meral.ln a body this afternoon. All '"•n of tin- Order age aabad lo . mei-l at lire home of the deceased hi other at 3:45- GLENN A IN FINALS St. Andrews, Scotland, Majr 16. — (pi Gleniia Collett, American wom j mu's golf i hani[i lou, won her way Into j.ji- finals of the’ British thpntriT* • hampluiislilp this aftfruoon bv <!•- i • ding Mlsa Doris Park, Scotland, fcnir up and three to play. a HANDLEY RITES AT 4 O’CLOCK * o Mrn. John R. Handley Died At lah-mI Honpiul Youterday Afternoon *■ Funeral aervlce for Mra. John H lin mile), who died In a local hos pital at 3 o'clock yealerday after noon, will be held from the home ill East Walnut st leet at 4 o'clock ,'ils afternoon and wilt be In charge of Alev W. V. Mcßae parlor of Si. ‘mil Methodist'church. Burial will be itp Willow iNtle. Mrs. Handley fell In her home about •wo weeks ago and suffered a brok <n hip For several days after the accident It was thought that she would recover bift complicadona Incident to •wo years of 111 health developed .Hid she was not able to rally. Surviving are her liusbuiul and ope daughter, Miss Annie Dove Handley ol Goldsboro. Mrsf Handley was the daughter of the late Mi god Mrs James Dove of Goldsboro, apt)' was horn and raised in i In' city She waa In her alaty-second • ear CntJW 111 health necessitated her remaining sit home. Mra. Handley bad been a fa'thful worker among the :hrmherahlp of f|ft Paul Methodist church. The 'following have been selected a* pall bearers for the funeral: I>r. !'. B. Cobh. J. Faison Thomson. Sam Brldgers. C, y>’ Peafbck, Walt er Peacock, J. 8. Crawford. Laalla Overman and . Max Cohan. THREE DAY OLD INFANT TREATED 91 I’uticntw Attend Extension Ortliopcdlr Clinic. Betting New Record A three-day old baby Area among the Rl patients who ware examined and treated at the Orthopedic clinic held at the clinic home near the Goldsboro hospital here yealerday. The Intent, which was brought In from the Mount Olive section, was treated for a alight defurtnlj#- of the foot, arid Mrs. Mary Miller, field secretary for Eastern Carolina, lold The News last evening that there was every chance the baby would be permanently cured- The patient* came In to the clinic from a radius of more than KKI miles, It was said, and the clinic ataff hifd a busy day of it. Considerable plaster work was done. It was said, and this work requires a good deal of time The clinic was conducted by the staff fronj, the elate Orthopedic hospital at Gastonia, who were assisted by Mrs Miller, and .Mra. laler und Mlsa Turn age., Goldsboro nurse*. The clinic, which got under way at 8:3« o'clock yesterday morning, was nob completed until 4:30 o'clock In the afternoon This was the longest clinic hfcld here. Mrs. Miller stated, the work being usually completed by 8:10 o clock. fiardner to Make Radio Talk About This State RALEIGH, May . 11. vGovernor Gardner left tonight, byway of Washington, for Chicago, where he will deliver a radio address Saturday n'ght at 9:30, Eastern Standard Time, over elation \\ MAy on North Caro line ID will he guest of the Chicago Dally News, which will devote a page *.'* North Carolina I nlta rotogravure ectlon, carrying pictures of Coventor Gardner and of jhe State, along with vorle* on the development and pro gress of North Carolina. Good Chance For Earlier Opening of Weed Market Earlier opening of the Eastern Carolina tobacco markets Hits year Is probable. It was stated yesterday by N. G. Barlett, secretary of tbe Eastern. Carolina Chamber of Com merce, The Tobacco Association oL, the United Slates will hold Its annual meeting at Virginia Beach June 26 to 2K. and wilt set the dates for the openlnga In nil t>Hts- Thousands of signatures hnve tieen secured to a petition asking a date la August for the local belt. Growers und others have algned It Paul Frlxzele, presl dent of the Chamber of Commerce, will name a committee In a few days Tbe commercial organisation has {been striving (or two years to se Spontaneous Combustion Given As Cause Tragedy That Claimed 143 Lives DIOCESE ENDS ITS CONVENTION K«Nt Carolina Episcopalian** Name Greenville For tMcet injf Neil Year. FAYETTEVILLE, May U.-GW-4 fr he fourth annual convention of the diocese of Eaat .Carolina of the Pro testant Episcopal church which has bean In session since yealerday at St Johns Episcopal church bar# ad iuorned thin afternoon after selecting Greenville, N C., as the next meet ‘i g place. The final aaaalon was taken up with •sports from tbe University of the «oulti at Sewanee. Tenn.; Bt. Mary’s School. Raleigh; the Thompson Epis copal Home, Charlotte; and the Kptacola Church, Chapel Hill. END PROGRAMS OF MUSIC WEEK W. L. Frederick Milim Final Appearance An Director of School Muuic • About three hundred people were in attendance at the final program of Music Week In the auditorium of (he Gpldsboro high school last eve ning The program, which Included group winging by children from sev eral of the grammar grades, rythm symphonic band concerts by child ren of soma of the lower grades, con cert singing by the high school girl's glee t*lnb 1 and selection* by the high school band, waa rendered In a high ly entertaining manner that brought forth much applause from the audi ence. , At the program last evening W, L. Frederick, director of music In the Goldsboro Public schools, made hla f.nal appearance In connection with the music work In the schools as no provision for public school music In st ruction la mads In the Hancock Reboot bill- The first number on last evening'# program was group singing by girl* of the. fifth grade. One song, "The Hwlng Hong,” wa* especially wall rendered, excellent harmony being nt •alned throughout the selection. This nrmbor was well received. The Rythm band of tha flrat grads pupils of the Walnut street school next rendered a concert on toy In struments. Real cympala and drums were used, however, and under the direction of their lender, tha youag •oncertlsta followed tha pianist through the Intlcate maxes of a com plete musical score with perfect tim ing. Tha girl’s high school glee club rung several selections, and held the audience almost spelt-bound aa (hair voice* rose and fell In perfect her* n*ony In "Btarllght I«ove," "The Call" erd "The LUG# Church onTha Hill.** The different parts of these selections wore artistically blended Into melody bv voices that give promise tuie for their owners. The Rythm Rand from the first Xi ad* pt the Virginia street school tendered ’’Under the Double Kag|e" u.d, "Amaryllus.” The children were (Continued on page 4) i cure earlier opening of the bright leaf marketa Conditions are claimed ’ to be favorable this year. Tbe Georgia • crop Is well v kdvaA<"d. and grower* lit that state are mi id to be asking earlier npdMng the past. Bankers g\rie wltji the I rhamber of that opening > In this belt two weeks earlier thuu • lit the past will mean a saving of bun fjdreds of thousands, possibly millions I I of dollars to tbe growers. August 20 ■j/* the date suggested. The Eastern ■ j Carolina crop Is usually ready for the auctions long before that data. Earlier opening. It Is contended, wIU i i mean better prices and "tide over” ■ I fanners during the dullest swtuion of m*. in ißiifinii MEMBER OF * THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICK FIVE CENTS Deal* Toll Fro* Clptplmml Clinic Hospital Slowly Mount* With Tin* LU MBER RELATES HIS DISCOVERY OF GAS FI)MR Firo Harden* laaue Findings Al lot Investigating Cleve land Catastrophe CUCVBLAND. Ohio. May U—<*>— Spontaneous combustion la a* owr heated storeroom caused the (tre aad explosion which wrecked the Cleve land clinic bulldlne aad took the lives of scones of patleate. aareee sad doctors, firs wardsas rsported today. Tbs dsath list tonight steed at Ml. x the heat came from a leaky ataam pipe In the basement room, depety warden Mu Rose sad P. T, fnh who made u lavealtgatlen re posted. It was ths story of Bofferty Bent, s plumber who was seat ta repair the p.pe whl<si led to the Investigation sad decision that thg heat ceased the flame which HPeMped deads es poisonous gasss and overeams esaay of the 300 oceepeate of the bulldtag As rsports vert rsoelvsd rspalarly of additional deeths des to the ta ■idious set ion es the (same, the total mounted to word 1M with ladteaUeae that this number would be lanreaesd before tomorrow. Ron told the authorities Ho fowad ihs firs proof door to the vantt opoa sud the place where the films ware kept fall «f etoem. preeowahly from a leaky pipe Me was aasMt ta Bad . th* leak, however, ant finally aetleed a brown sticky eubetsaoo an the wall ing which steam sssmad ta ha Man <ng. Hs need a fire axttafafdhod with to effect ead wu overcome a lew minutes later by P*o- As he an attempting te crawl out es the raam, Boggs said an explosion lilted him through tbs door sad he eventaatty reached the outside eeemtsg la be none the worse for the super!soeo. victims who bed fought ter their ■lves through the night succumbed «ne after another, aad physlelaae predicted that ereataally ethers whose bodies wore polseaed with paa would die. There Is Httle hope tor them, they sold. The gas bed attacked the blood, they Mid, slowly destroying rod cor puscles ead brtaglag death nearer Pa it worked. The visit ms were ‘compered, ta JOm "walking gas eases’ 'gf ths World War—gaaaed soldiers whs withstood •hs In roods of the poison tor a few days end then fell over deed. *h c ‘ Some at the survlrore were patleate nurses pad doctors at the cliatc. Oth ers were flremea aad polteemM who rirked their lives la the add, yellow i moke to remove the bodies Pane were volunteers who bed worked fer 3tiehty with them Physicians said most had hut little chance for their Urea. The Impossibility of eartahlag the blood against the attache of the gas points to death la ths mors serloas rases, ths physicians declared. Ad ministration of oxygen aad Meod transfusions already have failed la seme Instances. _ Buck a cans was that of Dr. John Phillips, one of tbs founders of the clinic. Two tanks of oxygen were ased but he collapsed aftsr walking soma dl tsace to hta boms from ths cliatc This recourse having fallsd. Dr. George W. Crlls. co-founder ud head ,f the, clinic, pefformed e blood transfusion upon his collsagae. In srlte of everything that could be dvta tor him he died. Blx similar cases ware recorded «t Mt Blnal hospital last night, thrse at the vlsttms who had left the charred -'"nlc with no apparent effects of ths noxlou' fumes. Ona Waa Mm Kite Moeller, stenographer at the cltase *••*'o Jumped from a window aad weot l orae, believing she was uutoach-UI. I.a'er she fait 111 and ws.it to Ml. Blnal-. She laughed knd talkM whl*e waiting for trfiStment sad than col lapsed. A blood transfusion was er drr-vl with hope that wY»* rtemed tbs 'osvltable might he are.-e|. The other two patleate wore a fire man and a woman who entered the c Inlc just an the first blast oeeoar red. She got a whiff if ihp CH, |§»

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