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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1926
Page
1
A hurricane sweeping Vera Cruz caused three deaths at sea and heavy property damage in the city and surrounding areas. Villa Del Mar and the Carbon station were destroyed, with losses estimated near half a million dollars. Some fishing craft were sunk and houses unroofed as the storm lashed the coast.
Washington leaders from both parties clash over the state of the union as November elections loom. Senator Phipps touts prosperity under a Republican tariff and president while Senator Bayard counters with agriculture concerns and party figures. The campaign scene includes a proposal to publish a campaign expenditures report in December and a probe into the anti saloon league.
Government tests case against Daugherty and Miller as Judge confers privately with attorneys for both sides. Hurricane causes 2.5 million dollars damage at Vera Cruz with many ships sunk but no loss of life reported. Justice reports 44,202 dry law violators convicted in the fiscal year with 502 fewer acquittals than last year. Loree testifies at Dallas railroad hearing urging abandonment of 30,000 miles of track in United States.
Albanian representatives in Vienna and Belgrade rejected claims of revolutionary fighting inside Albania. They urged cautious interpretation and emphasized stability and government control amid circulating rumors.
Oscar Edwards, 55, a deer hunter missing since early yesterday in the swamps of northeastern New Hanover county, was found dead from heart failure. Authorities believe exhaustion during escape from the swamp contributed to his death.
About fifty residents comb the Northeast New Hanover county swamps for Oscar Edwards 55 listed as missing since he strayed from a hunting party early yesterday. Searchers scoured reachable areas all night, hoping for a break in the case.
Atlanta reports no change in the condition of Asa G. Chandler financier founder of Coca Cola after a Sunday stroke. Attachés at Wesley Memorial Hospital said the 75 year old remained in the same critical state today.
Bobby Jones of Atlanta Ga has been elected to membership in the Royal and Ancient club of St Andrews after winning the British open at St Annes with a 291. The honor follows his June victory and adds to his stature in golf culture in Scotland.
In New York the morning session of the Daugherty Miller consuracy trial was halted as Judge Maci and the defense continued talks on dismissal motions. The government had rested its case yesterday afternoon and the court adjourned. Proceedings resumed with a two o'clock session scheduled after a delay.
After private arguments the continuation of the Daugherty and Miller trial hinges on Judge Julian W. Mack’s view of defense motions. The government completed its case tracing liberty bonds linked to Richard Merton and John T. King through to Miller and a bank tied to Daugherty, with a $50,000 check amid the $441,000 alleged bribe. Court adjourned as Mack met with prosecutors and defense counsel to consider motions to strike evidence and to dismiss.
In Asheville North Carolina a local man backed his faith in the Dempsey Tunney boat by wagering his automobile against a cheap watch. The incident reflects prevailing opinion in the hill country where Dempsey trained in spring and where few bet their cars on the outcome.
Entombed miners at the Pabst mine in Ironwood Michigan may be reached today as rescuers work from the shaft toward the eighth level 800 feet underground. Three other attempts continue despite a rock and earth cave in blocking access at the shaft bottom. Miners from an adjoining shaft provide access to deeper levels as crews press hazardous operations after days of mining collapse.
The North Carolina salary and wage commission approved annual increases totaling 21 200 for state employees and authorized eight new positions with minimum salaries totaling 13 200. The measures were recorded in minutes from the commission meeting in Raleigh with H Hoyle Sink serving as ex officio secretary.
The U S circuit court of appeals orders canceling the Mammoth Oil lease on Teapot Dome lands in Wyoming. It holds the deal tainted by favoritism and corruption linking former Secretary Fall and Harry F Sinclair. The decision directs an accounting of oil taken and enjoins trespassing on government lands.
Fire swept hills near Carson City toward Lake Tahoe destroying two ranches and damaging timber. Three men are believed dead, two hospitalized with severe burns, and about a dozen others lightly burned as flames neared the state capitol before wind shifted.
The weather bureau issues advisory noting no reports from the tropical disturbance center around 27 N 71 W moving northwest or west northwest. No signs yet that the system is more than slight or moderate in intensity.
Hollywood and its suburbs Dania and Hallandale tabulated 37 dead 300 injured and seven missing after a comprehensive survey. Property losses reach $5 million with 3 039 structures damaged including the Joseph W Young companies losses at $1 million. Salvage work continues as residents return home.
Chief of Detectives Joe Orr of the Charlotte police died at Salisbury hospital after a crash nine miles from Salisbury. The car carrying five officers overturned while speeding to a police convention in High Point. Orr succumbed to internal injuries and secondary shock.
In Greensboro on September 29, the jury selection for Theodore Gibson of High Point in an assault case against a young High Point girl focused on capital punishment views and other qualifications. Eleven of seventy five jurors were seated, with two other boys, including a second defendant Doc Long, involved in the charge. The state aims to try Gibson first. if acquitted Long may face nol pros.
The New York jury in the Daugherty Miller conspiracy trial was dismissed today until 10:30 tomorrow to allow defense lawyers to press dismissal motions before Judge Mack in his chambers.
In Richmond Virginia two young bandits kidnapped H A Ryan assistant superintendent of Atlantic and Pacific Tea Stores from a storefront. They forced him to remove his coat trousers and shoes and escaped with two thousand dollars from the company plus Ryan's seventy five dollars car and his watch and clothes in the suburbs.
Bandits attacked motorists near Mexico City wounding two, with one victim Cordoba suffering a leg amputation from a bullet. Troops pursued the outlaws who demanded a stop but fled as the chauffeur sped away amid a rain of bullets.
In Paris on September 29 the first committee of the International Motion Picture Congress urged no censorship of news films and equal rights for film reporters alongside newspaper journalists. It called for unrestricted filming of news without exclusive privileges. Henry Noblehall of the International Chamber of Commerce was to present the committee report to the plenary session.
Deputy Sheriff Walter Norwood and four deputized citizens were held for the Wake county grand jury under $5,000 bond each after a coroner's inquest into the fatal shooting of Billie Dean near here Sunday night. The deputies named are Hester Smith Plummer Leonard W E Murray and Alton Mangum.
The North Carolina Y M C A reports rapid growth from 16 304 to 23 488 members since 1920 placing the state among the nation s leaders The annual session features a push to appoint four more members and discuss methods to promote athletics in the state Debts on several buildings have been cleared in the past year with Charlotte Greensboro Winston-Salem Durham Raleigh Concord and Wilmington listed among towns involved.
In municipal court on Monday the third investigation into a kidnaping case opened. The evangelist risks added charges of criminal conspiracy as stenographic records from two meetings between Howard Benedict and Lorraine Sielaff are introduced to show she spent time at a Carmel-by-the-Sea cottage rented by Benedict during her absence from the temple.
Miss Glenna Collett, defending national champion, defeated Mrs Norman Rood of Wilmington Delaware 8 up and 6 to play in the second round at Merion. Collett led by five at the turn, then closed with birdies on the last two of three holes. her drives were long and accurate and putting solid throughout.
The Ward Line steamer Mexico, grounded on a reef off the Yucatan coast on Monday, was floated last night. She will proceed to New York immediately with passengers safely removed by the Steamer Rio Dray and taken to Havana.
About 125 Asheville business men, aboard the land of the sky special, arrived in Washington on a goodwill tour. They will depart this evening for the north and proceed into Canada on their itinerary.
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