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OUNDED EBRUARY 189!) NO 8816 DANVILLE VA THURSDAY ATERNOON JANUARY 13 1927 (HOME EDITION PRICE: TWO ffiNTS UIN GIRL KILLED IN A UTO WRECK DOWN ATER ca LONG SEIGE MORE SHIPS TO NICARAGUA another badly INJURED AND IS hurt in 2 DESTROYERS expected to die STAR WITNESS ROCKY MOUNT IRE MAY PAL? DIE OTHERS IMPROVED al BILL JAMES hie brok New Movement were irst National meeting of be for behind them and a LATE NEWS BULLETINS A RELATIONS BETWEEN AND MEXICO IS NEARING BREAKING POINT BELIE 0 the DEATH Of CHILD who was unanimous In its Danville Passaic In con a ord this father of wife and and said heed door these reasons yesterday be ll is mallee an assault said loyd pistol then gunpowder at Hankow were re Pcklng a few days his large far as to i the con Coolidgc different Preparations are the observance of Danville beginning jamln ranklin's churches schools that he left the go to the express Tuesday the grand Jury heard witnesses Cooley and Hlcgfns of Ornvson county and Richardson the Wythe coun and avc the this Bolshevist between the Pan America George Thompson five year old son of Mr and Mrs A Graves Thomp son of the county died lust night at a local hospital shortly after his ar rival for treatment The funeral will be held today at 2 and Inter ment will he made at Leesburg Investigating Bird young skull skull ORDERED OUT BY NAVY DEPT INDICTMENT 1 RETURNED IN A LYNCHING James officer and assistant Nelson Benton usslst Denlal that the Detroit ball club "threw" a series to the Chicago White Sox was made emphatically by "Bill" James former Detroit pitcher named by Risberg and Gandll as the "payoff man" Jams said the two gave him money for besting Boston not for losing to Chicago This picture was taken as he arrived In Chicago to tes tify before Judge Landis message to congress was regarded as a clear declaration of the Coolidge determlna tlon to carry out its own policy for the protection of American interests In the region between Panama and the Rio Grande While a strict silence was maintain ed in Mexican official circles regard ing Secretary Kellogg's charges Ma dame Kollotay sole minister of the Soviet government In the America's was outspoken In her contradiction of the charges "Absurd" she said when Informed of Mr statement to the sen ate committee "Mr Kellogg can not have Information relative to a thing which does not Xlat" RECOVERY 101 GIRLS REGARDED DOI BTUL The Community Stores banquet will be held tomorrow night at the golf club as scheduled It had been de cided early this morning to postpone the event but later it was agreed to stage the dinner as originally planned The banquet will be free to all grocers and an Interesting pro gram has been arranged The young boy James McGuire arrested for turning In a false fire alarm is In no wise kin or connected with James McGuire son of Mr Mrs Hunter McGuire 815 Wylllc This statement was requested by father of the Wyylle avenue lad morning Danville people were afforded a real treat last night when the Zim mer Harp trio assisted by Erna Korn contralto gave a concert In the audi torium of Averett College under the auspices of the Music Study Club They presented a lovely programme before large and appreciative au dience praise both of Miss Zimmer as a soloist and the trio as a unique of fering to the concert world and of Miss Korn whq had a wonderful euutraltv VOlM TWO SHARI QUAKES 1 ELT IN CALI BRADLEY Uni Jan (AP) Two sharp earthquakes shucks wi re felt here (Ids morning at 3 o'clock No damage was reported flue The about $100 At' the annual meeting of the stockholders of the irst National bank of Danville held on Tuesday the following were re elected directors of the bank: Jas I Pritchett A Carrington Williamson A Overbey Booth Herman IL ltzcr gald Conway Jr Perktnaon Boatwright Holland A Patton Plumer Wiseman and Gilliam Jr The report of the president showed that the bank had enjoyed its usual satisfactory year ollowing this meeting the directors re elected the following officers: Jas I Pritchett A Overbey vice president Booth vice president ana cashier Bustard trust cashier and ant cashier Sergeant ulton Grigsby formerly of flic West Virginia recruiting ser vice but more recently of Richmond arrived in the city last night to take charge of recruiting' in Danville He is replacing Sergeant Bert Ward sub stutlon commander who has been transferred to Norfolk Sergeant Grigsby stated this morning that he was very much Impressed with Dan ville and that the outlook as regards recruiting was bright He comment ed favorably In the town declaring that business in his estimation is as good here us In any city he has been commander of the fleet arrived here flagship Pittsburgh Beyond the statement Gwynn of the Caswell apart ments had a close call late yester day afternoon when he was struck by a ord car Mr Gwynn was not in jured and the driver of the car whose name was not ascertained continued on his way The accident was said to be unatonable covery of four of the young women who leaped from the third story of the fire swept overall factory at Rocky Mount landing on the cement walk below Ten of the girls were rushed here yesterday morning fol lowing the fire that consumed a busi ness block causing damages estimat ed at $400000 Those whose recovery Is regarded as doubtful are: Miss Mildred Sledd Miss Beulah Brown Miss Lydia rith and Miss Blanche rith The other patients are progressing nicely The charred body of Miss Annie Brown was found late yesterday afternoon She failed to jump from the window and it is believed she fainted and fell back into the building Ashworth who was employed in the Montgomery Hardware com pany was one of the first to realize the plight of the eleven girls He said that he t' lkd with Muse pro? prletor of the overall factory and Morgan Bowles who fired the furnace tn that building about 7:10 A as they emerged from the elevator door after building a fire in the furnace He said that at that time there no Indications of fire After returning to the store attending to some business he he heard screams but gave no to them until he looked out the and saw a man throw his hands into the air and shout Then he ran to the street and saw smoke curling from the windows and all of the girl employes were hanging in the win dows "Then I heard the fire alarm' Mr Ashworth declared "and immediately ran back through the store to the warehouse and grabbed a forty fool extension ladder with which I in tended to rescue the girls but when I returned to the street they were all lying on the sidewalk some groan ing from pain and others almost mo tionless If they had not lost control of themselves because of fright I believe every one of them would have reached the ground safely Unreason ing fear apparently possessed the young women Cut off from every means of es cape but the windows they became frantic and warnings from the ground to wait before leaping were futile Eye witnesses of the tragic scene all expressed the belief that they could have been saved without serious Injury had they waited for a ladder Both southslde lire departments were called out last night about 7:20 to the residence of Lynch 810 Pine street where a blaze was discovered in the roof iremen soon extinguished tlie flames which started from a detective damage will amount to It Is said ARM RELIE BILL APPRO) ED WASHINGTON inn J3 (AP) The house agriculture loinmltbc today the McNary ltaugen form relief hill by vote ot 13 to 8 MEXICO CITY Jan A severance of diplomatic relations between the United States and Mexi co at an early date was regarded as inevitable today as the reaction here to the publication of Secretary Kel logg's charges to the senate commit tee that the Soviet government of Russia was operating here and lu Central America against the interests of the United States The early recall ot Ambassador Shef field was presaged as the ambassador is generally regarded as being respon sible for the state department's vigor ous attitude towttrd the protection of American rights The secretary of state's charges coming ou the heels of President ROANOKE Va Jan (AP) Attending physicians today reported that little hope was held for the re tie ar tlierc late yesterday mid He is now cn to Anderson his next In his message Lcfforgc 'It Is getting warmer all lie We know we are getting Seller in good shape go Great reception an Called by the police "one of biggest confidence men lu the coun try" Dryden alleged partner of the late Gerald Chapman is under arrest at San Diego awaiting removal to New York where he Is accused of forgeries totalling $235000 He was caught after a two year search to brag The reeular monthly the board of directors of the Young Men's Christian Association win held at 5 o'clock this afternoon to visit him disarming them at the door Among them was the chief of police and through him Johnson sent out the declaration that he would not be taken alive His wife quarter ed in a bungalow three hundred yards distant pleaded with officers as they squared off for the attack After several spirited bursts the firing became desultory and then there was no answer from the build ing Still the officers hesitated and finally decided to use dynamite Mrs Johnson protested that in the house with her husband was expensive fur niture pictures and jewelry ive sticks of dynamite were thrown The front part of the house was wrecked and through the roof of ficers entered Lights soon flooded the place but Johnson was not to be found Sheriff Walter Anderson led his men to the cellar and from the darkness they were greeted by re volver fire Johnson firing from the prone position was wild one answer ing burst and the battle was ended The man had two wounds In the right eye and leg Many rumors as to the cause ot Johnson's difference with Hie women he killed were to be heard in the community of 800 today but few per sons knew more than that the man and younger woman had been ac quainted before her marriage Mrs Bishop's husband lost his life with the American army In rance A nlne year old son survives her Mrs Johnson the mother of five children would not throw any light on her husband's action The police have been Informed however that In the last ten days Johnson spent $15 for ammunition and purchased con siderable food supplies Instituting divorce proceedings soon as they had "got enough" NOT NAME McGLTRE not equipped Mr Muse stated ordered from a had not arrived fire is still un was located on of any fire The first trace of the blaze was discovered when the girls noticed smoke pouring from the ele vator shaft and through the one door that led to the stairway It was then that the young women became panic stricken on realizing that all means of exit except through the windows had been cut off The building was with fire escapes that these had been Roanoke concern but The origin of the known The factory the third door of the building The second floor was vacant while the ground floor was occupied by the va rious establishments WEATHER ORECAST Virginia: air and warmer tonight Thurs day cloudy Carolina: air and wanner tonight Thursday wanner probably rain The Baraca class of Cabell Street Sunday school will hold its quarterly business meeting tonight at 8 clock A full attendance is urgently request ed JEERSON CTTV Tenn bn (AP) A slayer of two women and I college student who successfully 1 barricaded himself against an armed community for eight hours met Ids! nemesis early today in a fusillade of shots in the basement of his home Johnson a prominent busi ness man went down severely wound ed before the charge ot 12 deputy sheriffs who gained entrance by the use of dynamite At a Knoxville hos pital where he was carried physicians said he had a chance to live Johnson armed with revolvers and 150 rounds of ammunition held the whip hand over scores of deputy sher iffs who during the siege used ma chine guns automatic rifles and tear bombs in unsuccessful attempts to dislodge hint Late last night Gover nor Austen Peay was asked to author ize mobilization of a National Guard company to quell the disturbance Johnson one time deputy sheriff yesterday accosted Mrs Josie How ard 60 a cripple and her daughter Mrs Josie Howard Bishop 25 a wid ow nil acquaintances of long stand ing The women were returning to their home from a shopping tour when the man accompanied by Rob ert Purkey a friend stopped them An argument between Johnson and the two women was punctuated sud denly by revolver fire and the two women fell mortally wounded each shot through the mouth The men fled Johnson to his home nearby A crowd gathered quickly around Johnson's residence Suddenly he apepared at an upstairs window and fired two revolvers Into the crowd Dribbell Hicks Carson Newman Col lege football player fell deal The crowd drew away Reinforcements were ordered and a call sent out for mere ammunition In the darkness automobiles played headlights on the building and ma chine guns soil a challenge inally there was silence Soon after Johnson entered the brick building he permitted friends WASHINGTON Jan (AP) Two more destroyers were ordered to Nicaraguan waters today by the navy department The ships arc the Williamson aii'l the Goff Both now arc with the scouting fleet off Cuba Navy officials said the plan was io have the Williamson and the Goff re place the destroyers Smith Thompson and the Osborne recently sent to Nicaragua These two in turn would take the places of the Williamson and the Goff in the scouting fleet Doubtless Bear Admiral Latimer in command of the squadron In Nicara guan waters will keep all four ships as long as he thinks conditions war rant Vessels Will Be Kept In Harbor As Long As Con ditions Warrant KILLS 2 WOMEN THEN HOLDS POSSE AT BAY 8 HOURS being made Tli rift Week In January 17 Ben birthday various organiza tions and societies are co operating in the movement ROANOKE Va Jan The special grand Jury the kinins of Raymond negro in the jail of Wythe county at Wvthevllle on the night of August 15 1926 where he was confined charg ed with a criminal attack on two young white women daughters of a farmer of that section of Wythe county came Into court yesterday afternoon and returned an Indict ment against loyd Willard charg ing hlmwith the crime Willard a farmer Is the only person named in the Indictment The special grand jury was convened bv the Judge of the circuit court of Wythe county on Tuesday morning pursuant to an order enter ed by the court late Monday after noon! The Investigation of the lynching was begun shortly after the affair occurred In August 1926 and continued Into September At that time one man Herbert Huddle was arrested in Bluefield Va and brought to Wytheville but was after wards released On rec Dean John ty jailer On Wednesday three witnesses were brought from Grayson county by the sheriff of Wythe county and appeared before the grand Jury They were Charite Higgins Harvey Higgins and Wayne Higgins The Indictment re cites that It was returned upon the evidence of these six men The evi dence was not made public The Indictment charges that "loyd Willard In and upon one Ray mond Bird then and there feloni ously wilfully and of aforethought did make that is to say that the Willard with a certain and there charged with and metal ball and then and there had and held by the said loyd Wil lard then and there feloniously wii fully and of his malice afore thought did discharge and shoot off at against and Info the body of the Mild Haymond Bird" KELLOGG'S ST A I LMEN WASHINGTON Jan (API Momentous debate on the adminis tration's policy of regarding the Nica raguan Mexican situation was In the offing as congress turned today to peruse more carefully Secietary Kel logg's testimony detailing the reasons which led the state 1 department to become concerned with the spectre of a Mexican fostered hegemony Intervening United States and the canal Mr Kellogg revealed In a lengthy statement fore the senate foreign relations com mittee and efforts were expected to be made today to have him appear before the house foreign affairs com mittee while such a move was block ed yesterday Representative Moore Democrat Virginia was prepared to move today that the secretary also give his views to the house commit tee Quoting from extensive communist declaration and resolutions Secretary Kellogg told the senate committee which had been called to meet again today that all ot these had named Mexico in particular and Lutin America In general as bases for at tacks oil the "imperialistic" United States It was these documents to gether with information showing that arms and ammunition were clearing Mexican ports for the Sacasa liberals in Nicaragua which led state de partment officials to regard the re cent developments in Nicaragua as affecting not only American interests In that country but in all Central (Please turn to page 3 column 4) Promnent Business Man of Tennessee Town Pfuns Amuck With Gun After Slaying Wo man and Daughter Oni Street Barricades Self In House Then Shoots Into Crowd Killing Stu i dent inally Shot Ballots for the new members on the board of directors of the A' A have been mailed to members Twelve names are on the ballot and each member Is asked to vote for nine persons returning the ballot not later than January 22 Through the medium of the press the A' A desires to correct an error on the bal lot which reads "please mall ballot It is not necessary to sign the ballots The plan of signing bal lots has been discontinued several years at the A Dr John Seiler "the lying Yank" ho left here Monday aft ernoon to run to Miami lorida is still ahead of Ills schedule and Is going strong A telegram re ceived this morning from Lcfforgc his secretary stated that Dr Seiler left Greenville tills morning at 5 o'clock for he next lap or ms journey rived spent (lie night route stop said time south ing fine Hlvng route' LOS ANGELES Jan The 20 mlle swim across Catalina Channel next Saturday for the $40 000 Wrigley prizes promised to be one of the greatest open sea marthons In the history of the sport One hundred and fifty three swim mers from all parts of the United States and Canada Including many 6f the famous and near famous of the sport have entered Moore Schoemmell Clarabelle Bar rett and Lottie Mayer given an edge over the rest of the field of feminine contestants and a good chance of fin ishing Norman Ross of Chicago contin ues to hold sway as the favorite the race The race Is scheduled to start from Catalina Island between 9 and 10 o'clock Contestants may either wear bathing suits or Just axle grease or both according to their preference Several of the women entrants have declared they would choose nothing else all traffic to be at a Elects Directors Had Good Year BEATING I STOP LIGHT A NEU SPORT (Special to The Bee) ROCKY MOUNT a Jan Re ports from the hospital at Roanoke regarding the condition of ten girls Injured In the disastrous fire here yesterday are more encouraging The condition of six ot the young women were described shortly before noon as somewhat Improved and hopes are held for their recovery However physicians reported that four oth ers Miss Mildred Sledd Miss Ruth Brown Miss Lydia rith and Miss Blanche rith are In a precarious condition and not expected to live The other patients are reported now as having a better chance to recover The charred remains of Miss Annie Brown were today prepared for burial as a pall of gloom settled over this little community Miss Brown's body was located yes terday afternoon by firemen after several search Nothing re mained of the body except the torso the arms and legs having been burn ed off Those who arc In a critical condi tion in the Roanoke hospital arc: Miss Lydia rith both legs broken and fractured skull Miss Blanche rith both legs en and fractured skull Grace Pugh fractured Dora Turner fractured Macy Stanley Lottie Cooper Beulah Brown sister of the Zimmerman Trio Pleases Audience ASHEVILLE MURDER IN SOLVED ASHEVILLE Jan The mystery surrounding Hie murder of Miss Marv McGuire 71 year old dietitian which has baffled Asheville police for three weeks was believed to be solved today when III Bar ton negro taxi driver confessed according to police that he was the driver of the automobile when struck the woman Stage Is Set for Catalina Island Swim Is Announced By Chinese Mrs Miss Miss Miss Miss dead girl Uiau me oiv iiciy umu a hindrance that they tend to speed Miss Grace Hodges up traffic as a whole as well as keep I Miss Mary McCulloch is also among It safe I the seriously Injured but she Is at I ner nome nere wnen sne jumpsashe came In contact with an electric wire and was badly shocked Her hands were severely burned and on striking the pavement she suffered a dislocated shoulder sprained back and ankles The fire loss was today generally estimated to be around $400000 No plans had been made early today for rebuilding by any of the owners and proprietors ot the seven manufactur ing and mercantile establishments which were destroyed All thoughts at present are of the unfortunate women all ot whom sustained their Injuries In leaping from the third story window RMuse of Danville president and manager of the overall factory which employed a dozen girls stated that had the young women waited a few minutes until the arrival of fire apparatus they could have been saved However they became panic stricken when they found the stair way and elevator their only means of exit In flames and rushed to the windows and jumped 30 feet to the hard pavement At least one of the girls reported that she saw Miss Annie Brown seat ed In a window as if to jump as did the other girls and Jt Is presumed that she lost her balance and fell backward into the building Mr Muse pointed out that the girls could easi ly have waited another ten minutes or until fire ladders could be hoist ed or fire nets brought Into play to break their fall Persons below plead ed In vain for the young women to wait to be rescued Instead of Jump ing The frightened girls refused to heed this advice with the flames roar ing not many feet began Jumping Mr Muse stated factory at 7:15 to office and at the time saw no sign Seiler Leaves Greenville bandits captured when gun jams PITTSBURGH Jan 13 (INS) Two bandits who attempted to hold up the Pennsylvania Railroad's Keystone express bound from New York to St Loills near here today were overpowered and arrested when one bandit's gun jammed as he started to shoot their way to freedom loyd Willard Indicted or Killing of Negro Who Attacked Two Women Associated Press International News Leased Wires Harry Snead Is Given Ten Years In Penitentiary Ten years In the penitentiary was the penalty meted out to Harry Snead charged with feloniously cut ting Police Officers Bowles and It Dameron when he was found guilty of the charge in the Corpora tion court yesterday Snead was given five years on each ot the two counts Counsel for Snead failed to convince the jury that he was men tally defective Snead seriously cut the two officers about the head and throat when they attempted to ar rest him on charges of being drunk and creating a disturbance SLAYER SHOT Luther Robertson young boy recently returned from where he was arrested nection with the theft of roadster from Durham morning pleaded guilty when arraign ed in the police court and was held for the grand jury His bond was set at $2500 Young Robertson is charged with taking an automobile belonging to Kearns He ad mits taking the machine but says he merely Intended to "borrow It" adding that he "forgot" to return the machine Officer Mayberry went to Passaic after the youth and while there paid New York City a brief visit WHITE PLAINS A' Jan (INS "Peaches" Browning lost a point In her legal battle for separa tion from her millionaire husband Edward Browning today when Supreme Court Justice rank Young ruled that Anna Olsen a tele phone operator might be examined before the Browning trial regarding conversations she Is alleged to have heard Miss Olsen was the operator at Kew Gardens Inn where the Brownings spent their honeymoon According to the Browning attor neys Anna's testimony will prove that and her mother planned to effect the marriage to the millionaire only for the purpose of gain" and that they contemplated instituting divorce proceedings as Danville has a new sport that beating the traffic signal lights of ficers observe The sport consists of speeding up at the last minute so as to pass a light protected crossing before the green light turns red There are many angles that entice the motorist and keep the traffic officers guessing One is that of "shooting the yel lUVr CIO DWA OJ tuv yellow or caution light shows It's a dangerous practice warn the police because yellow Is merely a cautlou light for standstill but permitting those cars unable to stop readily to cross un molested Another feature of the game and a safer one Is that of avoiding corners with traffic lights altogether Motor ists simply turn off the main artery for a few blocks It saves stopping and starting In some cities this practice has diverted so much traffic that new sig nal Installations are necessary This sport of avoiding the traffic lights however will die out authori ties believe when motorists recognize that the lights are a help rather than Police ind Mary Motor ists Increase Speed To Get Through Before Appears SHANGHAI Jan A re port received l)ere today said repre sentatives of the Peking government culled on certain legations at Tient sin yesterday and "suggested" that the foreign concessions there be hand ed over to the Chinese Tientsin is the principal sea outlet and commercial capital of North China This move is not considered surpris ing as the reent case at Hankow where the southern government took over the British concession after an uprising among the coolies hud caus ed evacuation of British and Amer ican residents Is considered a prece dent which certain Chinese lenders Intend to follow elsewhere Reports that the northern govern ment would follow the course taken by the Cantonese eelved here from ago Admiral Sims American Asiatic today aboard his from Manila I that lie bad been given orders to pro tect American lives and Interests in China" he gave no Information re garding the details of Ills mission A dispatch from Ichang about 800 miles up the A'angtse river from here said arrangements had been made to evacuate 400 British citizens and 200 Americans from Zechwan province Wireless advices from Changsha Honan province said a general strike and boycott against foreigners had begun there Students at oochow are reported to have ransacked a Japanese shop there and confiscated or burned considerable amount of goods Sergeant Grigsby Is Here To Take Over Recruiting PIIILirPINES SWEPT BY THE EPIDEMIC MANILA Jan The Philippine Islands were being swept bv an epidemic of Influenza today Dealt 11 officers declared that several thousand cases have been reported But on ing to those who refuse to consult phvslclans the exact number of cases Is not definitely known Authorities said that dcatlcs so far nere less than a hundred injured (Special to The Bee) REIDSVILLE Jan Katherltne Watllngtou 17 of Ruffin was Instantly killed and Miss Bessie McBride 16 of Stacey was probably fatally wounded early today when the I ord roadster in which they were riding to their work in Reidsillle skidded on the Piedmont high way six miles from here and turned turtle Two other young women Mrs Grace Evans and Miss Myrtle McBride escaped un injured The young women employed in the American Tobacco company cigarette factory here were their way to work when the tragedy occurred Mrs Evans was driving At a point about si miles north of town the machine skidded on the icy pavement rolled down an embankment auu overturned Miss Watlington met instant death when the steering wheel ot the ma chine struck her tn the breast Miss Miss McBride was hurried to a bos pltal here where attending physl clans stated she would probably die Her chances to recover are slim She appears to suffering from serious In ternal hurts Miss Watlington was the daughter i of Mr and Mrs Brooks WatHngton of the Ruffin community where otic Is well known She is also knowt here and tn Danville Miss Bessie McBride is the daugh ter of Mr and Mrs McBride of Stacey 5' Mrs Evans lives at Ruffin while Miss Myrtle McBride resides at 2 Stacey the daughter of Mr and Mrs Posey McBride The young women ride to Reids ville dally with Mrs Evans to their place of employment The details of how the accident be curred have not been learned AMERICANS 1 I EE 1 IGII ZONE LONDON Jan Two hundred Americans and 100 BrltMi mostly missionaries are cvncnatliig the province of Szecliow according to lliinkow dispatch to the Evening News Missionaries In Hie vicinity of Hankow are steadily leaving tliclr posts mid taking refuge in the international centers the dispatch states ROBERT WOLE PUBLISHER ALLS TO DEATH COLUMBUS Jan Robert Wolfe piitillslier of the Columbus Dispatch and the Ohio State Journal was killed today when lie fell from the roof of the Dispatch building to the street below Mr Wolfe who in addition to being a publisher was a banker and shoe manufacturer had gone to the roof of he build! ng and apparently came dizzy and toppled over to tlie street five stories below ATTACK ON AMERICANS NARROWLY' AVOIDED MEXICO CITY Jun 13 (AP) Special dispatches from Guadala jara state that an anti American demonstration before tlie American consiate there was only molded by the prompt Intervention of federal authorities Miss Katherine Watling ton Meets Instant Death When Car Skids and Turns Turtle Miss Bessie McBrnde Prob ably atally Injured 0 10 CHAMPION ATHER TITLE BURLINGTON Jan (INS) Reuben Bland Martin coun ty claimant to the title of champion father of the United States has still another rival He is Tom Moore 70 year old Ala mance county negro who claims the world championship as tne 42 children 24 by his first 18 by his second While Bland boasts of family and event went so go to Washington to receive gratulatlons of President Moore holds a decidedly view about the matter it sho' ain't nothing about" Moore told the International News Service Bland the first North Carolina man to come out for the champolnship title boasted of being the papa of 34 children but a few days later cle Dolph Saunders a Wilson negro claimed 37 And now comes the Alamance ne gro with a list that tops them all 6 Peaches Loses Point In ight or Separation 13 1 i I iiWiW Milk 1 a2 I I.