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
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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.
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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, |§»