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i TUESDAY, SEPT. 3, 1918. WEALTHY MONROE MAN DISAPPEARS Aulo in WlUch T. J. Gordon I**ft Homo Found, Hut No Tract) of Owner. The mysterious disappearance of T. J. Gordon, one of the wealthiest men of Monroe, N. C., was report. ed by relatives, who declared an orga nixed search is being made for the missing man. Mr. Gordon leftT nis home early Monday morning of last > week in his automobile, intending to visit one of his farms about eight miles from Monroe. The car was found Thursday morning under a shed at the home of a negro, who said Mr. Gordon told him Monday morning he would leave the ear r- there and walk three miles to a home where ho would spend the night. A reward of $100 was offered for information as to his [ ' whereabouts. _ As no clue to his disappearance had been obtained, members of his V family were said to be In doubt as to whether he has been a victim of Jt-'? foul play or whether his mind had a- become deranged. It was pointed out that the latter was hardly to v T ^ expected. When Mr. Gordon left his home he was wearing a grnv suit and hal, F \ " blue striped shirt and black shoes. He is 55 years of age. weighs ahout I 165 pounds and is live feet, nine inches in height. He has a slight rr impediment In his speech. J* PROPOSAL TO STABILIZE \ PRICE OF COTTON SEED a Has lleeii Put llefore Pood AdminIstration?$70 a Ton P. O. II. Gars Proposed. Washington, Sept. 2.?A proposal to stabilize the price of cotton seed and its products on a basis of $70 per ton, f. o. b. cars, for the seed, has been put before the food administration, by a committee represent In? state directors of markets and agricultural commissioners of the cotton-growing states and members * of farmers' unions. \ "The effect of the proposal would be to make the price o* seed vary from $64 to $7r in carload lots, de pending upon the yield of oil." n food administration statement said "and the price of meal would range from $57 per ton in Texas to $53 for the eastern section. A meeting of rattlemen has been called to consuit In the matter." Prices suggested are based upon ? 1917 figures, it was said and the ob* Ms ject of fixing, if adopted, would he to protect "both the cattle feeder and the seed producer from the highly speculative market that now thre'tens the industry." : i \ FORD W'NS FOR SENATE ON" DEMOCRATIC TICKET I? Republicans in Michigan Nominate Commander Newberry as Their ^ j Candidate For Senate. ? Detroit, Sept. 2.?Henry Ford, \ 'Detroit automobile manufacturer ff J and choice of President Wilson for iZQT i ' the Michigan senatorial nomination, on the face of returns from more 36 than half the state. was both winner ttjMf and loner in Tuesday's statewide y% primaries. ' Trnam II Ncv??p?-y, of 'Detroit, k . commander in the third TTnited f States naval district and former sec\ retary of the navy, has won the Repuhlican nomination for United States senator by a vote which in& complete returns ?*pdlcate may 6 equal the tota.lv ? er of votes polled by lil^ * j^ord and former Governor Chase S. Osborne. Only a light vote was rnnt for William O. Simpson, o' ?Detroit, the other Republican c flidate. In the 'mocratlc ballot inc. hnwever, the Detroit manufacturer who was a candidate on both party tick-' W ?ts. won an easy race frrfm his lone 3^1 opponent. James W. II?me, figures being 2 to 1 in favor of his candl^VOI'I-D JUTID IIOUSFM IN wK\ . < H. C. FOR WAR WORKFRS Mtfr f Columbia, S. C., Sept. 2^ The United States Housing corporation. operating under an act of congress, "organized for the purpose of erect-| Ing dwellings for war workers, r isi contemplating construction opera CV 11 Hons In South Carolina, according RHpi to a letter from Stuart C'hcalier, of ft WaflhlnRton, actafr. chief counsel for W ^fcCC?rP?5V Indu8tfriSC,,Uftm Bank" tfi*. 8e?W.raothod p,. Cylinder date oJltL the kataer Mub'y. dated JhdynaatlC Idea and howkthat he * d" aplrlt of deiiiboulred vj1 liHL f ? SntRKr y X is . THE "BLIMP" SCCEEDS f AS A U-BOAT DESTROYER liitlle DiiiKibte Airsliips Can Spot Submarine and Stay With It. An American, Balloon Ilase In Kngland, Sept. 2.?The "Blimp" is the nickname which the American pilots have given to the little dirigible airships which are technically termed "S. S." or submarine scouts. The gas hag of the blimp is about lf>? feet long and 30 feet in diameter. \ The lower structure is virtually that of a scouting airplane of! medium power, so that the wholej effect is that of a sort of a cross be-, tween airplane and balloon. Thej crew is usually one pilot and an ob-j server, and the speeu is about 4 0 miles an hour. . The cargo is a load of bombs which work like a destroyer's depth charges, exploding T>y water pressure at a depth of 20 to 80 feet. The carriage contains steering gear, bomb levers. wireless apparatus, camera and observation instruments. Hundreds of blimps are constantly ~wT duty around the coasts of France and England. American pilots and observers are Just beginning to take up this work. It is the greatest U-boat destroyer In existence, if the men who work the blimps are to be believed. One enthusiastic American who had been dropping bombs up and down the Irish sea a month, remarked tojl the Associated Press correspondent, "The blimp is not only one of tbe ways of destroying U-boats; it is the way." The advantage that the blimp has over the seaplane is that It can stand still in the air. If a U-boat dives down and lies out of sight on the bottom, the blimp sits over it until it decides to move on or come to the surface. If the submarine does not move, the blimp is Just as \ ?11 content, for in the meantime /ireless had been at work, . :awlers are coming up in the c? se of an| hour or two with the necessary equipment to smoke Mister submarine out of his hole. If the submarine rises before naval help arrives, the blimp tackles it alone, with bombs. If the submarine tries to move away along the bottom of the sea. the blimp follows its shadow until it comes, sooner or later to a shallow spot where it can tie effectively dealt with. Subject to the blimp's fuffi supply and its "duration power" in the air, .'.fur in liilie chance ot escape for aj U-boat once it has been sighted bv one of these handy little dirigibles I The sighting or spotting of the IIboat is the great difficulty, for the I ?as around England are large places "and the range of the individual blimp is comparatively small. A larger type of blimp is nr .... icig used, known technically as h?TJ C. P. or coast patrol. It carries a' larger crew and a greater supply of, fuel and is used for detecting minefields as well as submarines. * . SOUTH OAitOLIXA MAN PRISONER IN GERMANY Washington, Sept. 2.?Names of 131 enlisted men of the American expeditionary forces who, it has been ascertained, are prisoners at Lrugenealza, Germany, were announced by the war department. Included in the list are: Private Dan M. Mc-' Guire, 4008 West street, Forestj Ilill, Richmond, Va.; Private War-! rle Ward, It. F. I). No. 1, Saluda, S. 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