North Carolina Newspapers

r B. Editor and Publisher. VOLUME XLVJII. pi v BE SUCCESSFUL plans jV r the Campaign for pai iv‘ Rhyne College, \\ Lenoir College, Hr; Made ai Present. ' vracvY GREAT PAY AT COLLEGE Held Meetings and Aoied Speakers Heard.— Church to Give SIOO,OOO -vv. C ampaign, jl '■•!> March S.—Preparations to :’! ssso.oot> campaign during r 1 »TT n i«*l Rhyne (’allege, tin* *t<* f*>r tin* greater institivtiou sprung froui I.i noir College, • !l 'underway here today, with ami "Trionds of the institution :i';r» iici s ;»ml tin*, story of it! !■ >n lining pictured in the Pageant" prepan J • for tin* af ,\i <>(' tin* institution at a meet !-• i. tnlay endorsed the. tiini and I >r. John L. Morgan, presi- j n: t' t*ii‘ North Carolina Lutheran I . In'*>uuht wonl that the church *»: »;< was hacking the college , *.•( >,! tis. si nooooo. .)<*-• |i!i I>. Kliioft will preside at a I •*. .' inu tonight at which a nuni r ■ i m oiii'iicnt sjieakers will make! M; :' . March 7. —Featured by an Dr. Fretler.ck H. Knubel. N. w ’i ik, president of the United i I’linrch of America, me >essi«m of the conference 'lt*- interest of Lemur college’s' appeal, to be waged-in April. ti-M-lared t<*night to augur cum si,i—t*ss of the campaign. Dr. d.t was oin* of several speakers iarge'y !e»l bampict in the j 5 the caiise of this | ...is stressed by one or sev ;t sut-akers a: a largely attended I'anquet in the armory, at which the .'*■ »i is college nan sm-swed by . : i - tV. <»rrer • ,' was toastmaster, amt re lit}: i-riffly on the work earlier in 7 y Vi;, alumni and other friends y - adorsed the campaign at an i t..it session, and Dr. John L. .- - . iii-csjdent of the North Caro- 1 I. i hi Synod, brought the j news that tire c-farch in this! ' hack of file college to the j one hundred thousand do! Miid- y tire Lenoir college glc* •» o enjoyment to the large com , it the banquet tables, around it sji ; scores of Lutheran pas tV a1 i sec tions of the state. Dr 'Leery announced that 'the ii coiiege pageant \v*oiild be held !i ti • auditorium tomorrow after ooii. / Tie address of welcome was ue -11 y Mayor Marsha I H. Yount, ■•Xpres?eel th<* interest of Hick- T ir l.e institution. 1 Dr Edgar W. Knight, professor of" ; ‘"a in ihe University of North ;,I '"!ina. represented Dr. E. -C. 4 1 rate superintendent of public in. and brought greetings r " n ' Ti* department and from ttt esi isc. of the university, ur. ■ ’ -a»• * some striking facts about • - ad ; rogress in this state mid Lenoir college liatl plav • '0 ' - program :♦* a grade college. ' caU-s. .be said, entered the i'..r higher degrees and ’ : Mi. equal of those from ~-hy ! tin: lon. He complimented o' Hickory and the enm •iud declared it was the ■ f the state board of educa tin' university to cooperate !i •; . va\ w ith the denominaiion - "o!< in the state. . T: .. \V. B. Ramsay, former piesi !ie Community club, gave • u »rsemcnt of the college, :i ' ered her belief that it iva» a '•I to Hickory. -She asserted 1 ■ inch can afford to cut oft of its leadership, and ap ' nn mini ms support or the , sT ' !!f ir>u.. Ih ' Dnnhcl painted a picture of om. economic exaggeration 1 ■ of dogmatic:' religion since war, and although lie snu\v ovict, Russia was doing to I ;nib am*e of religion,'mS vv<*n in America ttiere e nev i,» iut loose from the •is of religion, to oitset 1 he told how the world ■'led to the importance of ..el of the part the denomi :i - miist play in tl\g life -i id movement. Dr. Knubel the friends of iand by it in its great ap 'ing that the purpose of the cultivation of ideals he movement in North ; was*, part of the world pro gram tomorrow includes a of pastors and delegates •Midrew's church at 9 a. m.; the "flying squadron” at ‘ hoir pageant at 2 p. m.; pa - li'-kory alumni and ex-stu :;h) p. m., and a ass .meeting ; aud.rorium at 8 p. ni. At this •D'sc.ph D. Elliott >vill pre • addresses in beha f of the II he made by Dr. William THE CONCORD TIMES. Mcniher-i Discuss rrip to f harleslon | l onvc-itioc.—Musical Numbers .Make l a Big Hit. j A line mushal program, including a ' novelty act by Miss Helen Patterson, ' and discussion of several matters of o routine nature, were the high lights in the weekly meeting of tin* Concord Rotary Flub at the Y yesterday. Line matter of vital importance at this rime was a discussion of the dis- , f rift meet fug to Ik* held in Flinrleston, S. <V. this week, (ins I (art sell, ehair nian of ■■-‘The (in to'Charleston” com mittee. led the discussion and declar ed that all them Tiers of the local club who plan to attend the convention can get Pullman reservations if they decide within the next week that rher can go. Gus dtx-lared that Rotarian 1 H 11. Urahani, of Charlotte, division* pa -senger agent of tin* Southern Rail-j -i in position to offer all Pull man space needed for this club, but that it wouid Ik* impossible for “last | iniimters ’ to gj_*t good ticcomihodations, j and for that reason all members wlnyj are going have been asked to sign up by iu*xt Wednesday. The Southern phi ns to run a special train, from Charlotte for the event, and in addition to tin* train special i Pullmans wiil Ik* run on regular trains, j Occupants ol\the Pullmans can use the cars in Charleston or got reservations! at flu* hotels, as lln*y/desire. No report was mad** on the attend-! .•nice contest which was held with the Salisbury Club during tin* months of 1 •lanuarj and February. The club has juu* *mcpdier who has not |»epn heard from during the past -week and it is not known whether lie attended a meet ing last week in some city other than • Concord. It was also stated that the 1 Secretary of the Salisbury Club is out |‘ of town tnis week and tin* standing of that club is not known. It is believ- j ed that not more than one point will ' separate the standing of the two clubs for the two months. j "Miss Elizabeth ' Maccv, member of j tin* faculty of the high school, sang j several solos, with piano aecomp.ini-; ment by-Miss Margaret Mansell. That. | Miss Slaeey was heard with great in- j terest was shown bv the applause she •received after each nuuibth*. Miss ]|('lt*n Patierson. drcss<*d as a | negro "maiiTmy.” made a. s <lecided bit ! with tin* club members. Her inter-j prein I ions of favorite old-time songs j and her* parodies on several club i members., including (Jus Hartsell. Shipp Webb ami Maury Richmond, brought almost riotous applause. BOXING LEGALIZED IN CITY OF WILMINGTON ! “No Decision" Act Recently Adopted ! cot AH o. Ne v liunover Count>. | >*' f'.'T&if'.i&r*-... ..* «*m* ,<! t first legal boxing match ever staged ; in Wilmington will lie sthgnl tonight j when Ilarry Sales meets Frankie Lew- j is in a ten-round no decision tight. The b*mt will Ik*' staged under the j .provisions of the recent law which I legalized "no decision” contests in! j New Hanover county, under tin* sup-j j ervision of a boxing commission mini- j !ed by tin* mayor. Marsden Bellamy, local attorney.! and president of tlie* Rotary Club,! heads flu* commission, jwi>h \V. A. I French. Jr.. wholesale shoe dealer, j and president of the Kiwanis Club;! and Henry E. Longley, a prominent member of the Lions Club, as tlvt other jnombers. tHE COTTON MARKET There Was Renewed Covering by Near .Months Shorts Today. New York, March S. —There was re- j newed covering by near months shorts j jin the cotton market this morning. First prices were steady at an ad vance of 8 points on July, but gener ally 7 to 14 points lower under realiz i itig and scattered Southern belling.! I These early offerings were very quick !lv absorbed, however, and within the | ! first, half hour May contracts sold up to 111.47. or i!0 points net higher, and jail ilie old cro]) months made new ! high records for the season. • j Cotton futures opened steady. Match 80. no: May 31.18: July 30 35: i Oct. 20.78: Dec. 20.28. i “Owsley Day" Observed in Fayette ville. ! Fayetteville, March B.—“Owsley ; Day” proclaimed by Mayor Ma< - Kethan in a proclamation in which lie asked that merchants decorate their stores, and all citizens join in welcoming Alvin M. Owsley, national | commander of f-lie American | was observed here today during the ! visit of the Legion chief. A woman who di**d recently in an English town had lived in one house for 7b years, never sleeping out of it a single nijglit. Minnesota now has 82,600 miles of improved road, not including that ad ded last season, according to the Bu reaen of Public Ronds, which has made a complete census in the state. South Dakota has 20.875 miles of im proved road, not including that mi nted last season. I S. Carrel I, former president of the University of South Carolina; Airs. E. B. MenZies, president of the com iniunity club, and others. 1 The name of Lenoir college has been changed to Daniel Rhyno col , lego by act of the genera: assembly land this spring’s graduating, class I will receive diplomas from the great 'dr institution. The was that with the earnest backing of the state synod and leading. Lutheran ! laymen in all parts of the union the 'campaign next month will be a b'g | success. Those who have been bearing i the brunt of the battle for more than 30 years are hopeful thd the college, which is one of the strongest in the state, will be better equipped for the great work that it is expected to do in the future. * / ROT FEY MEETING PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS World War Veteran Has Walked | 18,000 Miles and Regains Health After walking IS'.Otlrt miles, Ser geant Patrick Thomas Howard Tress ler. of Austin, Texas, veteran, of the Canadian armies in the World War Is in Concord on a short stop-over be fore continuing the last 2.000 miles of liis hike. Trcsslcr is walking for liis health. Wounded, gassed and burned with liquid lire, during the vv.tr. In* was re turned to America, and in January. Ib2l, was given six months to live. However, with but a small part lefi of his self-imposed task of walking 20,000 miles, lie is in perfect health, has*gained thirty-pounds and lias a chest measurement an inch and a half greater than it ever was. “Par." 'a pet coon, is liis only com panion. The conn was captured in ilii* swamps of Louisiana six months ago. and' already almost Iris cost HAD TEMPERATURE OF! 114 FOR IST OATS Despite This Miss Evelyn Lyons Chats With Friends and Wants to “(Jet Out in the Cold Air.” Escanaha. Mich. March 8. —Miss Evelyn Lyons chatted cheerfully with her today apparently undis turbed by her temperature of 114 de grees winch has persisted for lb days. Sin* seemed to he resting better, phy sicians said, and Iter pulse was nearer normal. l>r. Harry Dc/net reported there Was no decrease in tin* Ihermoni tcr readings. Miss Lynns erased to eamplain ag.iinsi her confinement .today- al though she protested she knew she would fc.e) better if she was allowed I to “get «»ut into tile cold air.” A “FLI” PREVENTATIVE Dr. Hale Has a Plan Thai Pulls the Fangs of Fiu. Fayetteville., Ark.. .March 8. "Pull ing the fangs of Influenza” has been ; tlu* chief duty of Dr. Harrison Male, head of tin* department of chemistry at the University of Arkansas, wlml has evoivrd a “flu preventative.” that j jm Voi *• v i aa ti anal "Mention, dur -A LjL~ iKe<b <■-»* During the influenza epidemic of j Ibis. Dr. Hale begin experimenting with chlorine, gas as the solution of ftu germ Control. H(* experimented with a group-of forty young men and women, and so successful was his work thal only om* of the number siif- J fi-reil «*veii a 'light attack. The re suits formed the basis for several spe cial articles in scientific ami medical journals of the country. With th<* start of the present epi demic in this state. Dr. Ilule again got out his chlorine appartus and is now offering free preventative, treat ments to those who desire them. The treatments consist of breathing a rari tied chlorine treated atmosphere* in the. chemistry building of tin* Univer sity. From the start, many have taken the treatment, the groups including from UX) to 150 daily. Five minutes a day in the chlorine air makes up the treatment. Although statistics are nit yet avail able on the effectiveness of the treat ment during the present .epidemic, it ifc believed University officials that many days of school work already have been saved by the method. * Dr. Hale, is compiling data on the number taking treatment and it is probable that the figures thus obtain ed will I*t* published and contributed to the scientific records of the disease. PROMINENT MEN OF ROCKY MOUNT HURT E. I*. Bet he. ne, W. L. Edwards and L. W. Murphy Injured When Automo bile Strikes Pole. Rocky Mount, March B.—E. P. Betli une. local druggist, received internal injuries which are regarded by attend ing physicians as extremely serious, W. L. Edwards, another business man suffered a broken arm. and cuts about the head, and L. W. Murphy, also a 'druggist, who recently came here from Weldoh, a badly lacerated leg and other cuts and abrasions, early this morning when tin* amomobile in which they were riding crashed into a tele phone poll* while rounding a curve on the Nashville highway a short dis- from this city. The injured are at a local hospital. Man’s Neck Broken in Unusual Man ner. Greenville. S. C., March 7. —A restless mule and a pow line ‘ habitually carried around his neck 'yesterday caused the'death of Hamp • ton Foole, 54, of near iMaulrm, in the (opinion of Dr. E. E. H end Ex, wiu examined Poole’s body after he was found dead in a field near his home. iThe man’s neck was broken. Poole, it was said, habitually piow -led with the lines around his neck. Dr. Hendrix said that the only theory | he cou d advance was that the mule j hitched to the plow jumped, jerking ; Poole in such away as to bre;ut nis ,neck. y- With Our Advertisers. When you do business with the. Citizens Bank and Trhst Company you are dealing with a group of busi -1 ness counsellors- sincerely interested in your success. Alee suits $30.00 to $40.00; Knox hats $7.00 to $8.00; Superior union suits and Bates Street shirts at Browns-Cannon Company. CONCORD, N. C., THURS' DAY, MARCH 8, 1923. Tressler his life. ! “It was in Mexico,V he said, “I wn>f | stopping over in a town in which a group of bandits made their head ! quarters. One of the bandits began j to play with ‘Pat.’ and not liking the ' man’s looks the. coon took a bite at liis" mustache. The greaser grabbed his sword, and T grabbed my gun, but there wasn't any fight for at that moment t lit* presiden; and a squad of officers rode up, and the bandits beat j ir. It was a close .call." j Sergeant Tressler said he was de- I lighted to hear that Lnkie Tenner will : light here tonight. "I have seen Ten ner in action ami fie is a real two listed lighter." the. sorgenen said. “1 am sta.wng over to see the bout.” "Pat” seems to be a coon of unusual intelligence end has created'much in terest during liis* stay here. lv (LAUSANNE TREATY ISi- REJECTED BY TURKS Who Signify a Desire, How ever,. to Continue Peace Negotiations (With the Al lied Powers. London. March 8 (B.v‘the Associat-* ed Press). —Prime Minister Bonar Law announced in the House of Com mons tmlay that an official statement from the British authorities at Ango ra relayed by the British high com missioner at Constantinople, was to the effect that the draft of tin* treaty presented, at Lausanne was considered unsuitable but that, the grand national assembly by a great majority had giv en authority t<> continue the peace ne gotiations. * MIGHTY GLAD THE WORK OF LEGISLATURE IS OVER Rut Enrolling Clerk and Force Had a “Mighty Good Time." Raleigh, March S tßy the Asso ciated Press). —Eighteen girls, all ol them pretty stenographers, and a lone niaii v Thomas L. Crook more, enrolling clerk, are "mighty glad” the North j Carolina General Assembly is “no I more" for two years-—despite the fact j they have had a "mighty good time" •} keeping their past *'t**tke cterial ma chinery running smoothly. Tired? They say they are, be cause they have copied approximately 1800 hills introduced during the pres ent session of tin* legislature. Mrs. Minnie Bagwell- Fox, head of the. sec retary of state's clerical department has directed the work and as rapidly as the documents have been turned over to the enrolling ele.rk they have been copied and tiled in accordance with regulations. The force now is engaged in finishing the journals of the House and Senate. The original copy of a hill, after it lias been ratified, goes to the secretary of the state for tiling in liis office. The original measure is sent to Miss Carrie Broughton, state librarian, for filing in her department. Both mea sures passed and hills defeated are kept by her. One of the copies made by the clerks of the secretary of state department is sent to printers for ex tra t copies to be furnished all mem bers of the assembly. The steady “grind" of the wheels of legislation during the first part of tlu general assembly kept Mr. Greek more and his two assistants, Miss Frances McKenzie and Miss Gladys Dewar, and several coypists busy, but during the last two weeks of the session, ful ly three-fourtlis of the total measures passed were enacted, it was necessary to add about ten more girls to keep I up with tin* steady stream of bills. | SAYS VETERANS’ SCHOOL _ AT WAYNESVILLE POOR j Commander, Lockhart Says the School I Lacks Equipment and Men Get No I Benefit. ! Wilmington, N. C., March B.—The i veterans’ school at Waynesville is sadly lacking in equipihent and the '350 men in training there are deriv ing but little benefit from tlieir ef forts, State Commander Lockhart, of the American Legion, said last night. The state commander also announced liis opposition to the proposal to have the state grant a pension to veterans of the world war. The federal government and not the state, the commander said, should handle the compensation for world war veterans and the state should give all its bonuses to Confederate veter ans. Young Man Killed by Train at Salis bury. Salisbury, March 7. —A young white man, probably 22 years old, identified by army discharge papers found in his'pocket as Vance L. Shuping. of Morganton, was fatally injured here today, dying this afternoon at a lo cal hospital. fl'lie hotly is being held tonight awaiting instructions from Morganton. Sliuping was picked up by the side of the Western railroad several miles from Salisbury. It is thought he was riding on top of a train and was struck by tfie overhead bridge at Ellis Street, rolling off the. train after it had traveled several miles. Capable of carrying several hundred ’ men, a 6,000-ton submersible liner has b<*en designed for the French Naval Ministry. ‘ practice to tattoo on the hand of a mother the dates of her children’s ■ births. ' NEW LAW AS TO TAX DISCOUNTS AND PENALTIES None Are to Be Applied Unless the | County Commissioners'Su Decide. I The State law in regard lo the ap plication of discounts and penalties in ithe payment of taxes was changed by J the recent Legislature, and it lias been ! put up to the county commissioners to (allow a discount or impose a penalty. The followi* ' is the new law: “Except as otherwise provided by an act of the m-esenr session of the Gen eial Assembly with respect to the pen alties for delay in the settlement of taxes for tin* year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, the -taxes shall be due the first Monday in Goto her in each year. Unless the Board ol Commissioners of any County shall deem it wise so to do and shall by res olution duly passed at a regular ot (specially called meeting of said board prescribe discounts and penalties for tiie payment or non-payment of taxes then none shall be allowed or assess ed. In the event a Board of Commis sioners by resolution duly passed.,, as provided herein. provides for dis counts and nonalties, then such dis counts and penalties shall not be in excess of the following schedule, to v. it : A discount of one-half of one per cent per month upon all taxes paid in the months of October and Not em ber and a Penalty of one-half of one per cent, per month for the months of February, March and April, provided, the penalty shall not exceed one am’ one-half per cent. Provided further, that if 1 lie Commissioners shall pass a resolution providing for discounts ot penalties, then such resolution shall not be tepeaied as to tlu* taxes for the year referred to'in said resolution." CONDITION OF MRS. D. E. PURCELL “NOT SO GOOD" Woman Was Wounded Tuesday by Milton Soares, 17-year-Old Orphan Youth. ’ Greensboro, March S. —The condi tion of Mrs. D. E. Purcell, shot three times at her home—near Reidsville Tuesday morning by Milton Sett res, 17-year-old orphan youth, was re ported as "not so good" at a local hos pital this afternoon. Hospital au thorities ni-e awaiting developments, ii is stated, before any surgical ‘-mea sures will he taken. Three bulletts struck Mrs. Purcell, one. entering through the breast, tlie* others-through the hack. Soares is still at large, and is be lieved to have loft this section. Mrs. Purcell was shot when she failed to open her husband's same, and give the youth the money lie demanded. He did hot know the combination. FRENCH WILL ACCEPT , r WbVSIILWi PKiMUiVM Naval Program of France “Ceiceived Within Framework" of War hington Program. Paris, March 8 (By the Associated Press). The government naval pro gram was introduced in (lit* chamber of deputies today by Minister of Ma rine Raibcrti. with the remark that tlu* program "was conceived within tlu* framework of the Washington ac cords so that the government cannot give stronger proof of its intention to obtain their ratification." Women Voters in National Meet. Washington. D. C., March 7.- —One months hence the eys of the. 2,500,006 members of the National League of Women Voters will He turned toward the city of Dos Moines, where the fourth annual convention of the na tional, organization will he in session for* the live days beginning April b. Advices received at the general head quarters in this city indicate that the coming gathering will he tin* largest and most important that has been held liy tin* organization. Information gained from the com munity study groups will he featured at the convention. The first day, fol lowing tilt! opening formalities, will he devoted tptrdeptfrtmerit a)ul stand ing committee conferences, which in answer to7a widespread demand will be open to, rife delegates tliis year in stead of limited to committee mem bers. Thje main sessions will begin Tuesday, April 10. and will continue through the remainder of the week. The most important topic to the or ganization itself, which will come be fore. the. convention/ is the proposed plan for reorganization. The dele gates at the list convention indicat ed a strong desire for the placing of greater emphasis on the citizenship and educational activties of the league and less on welfare legislation. By order of the convention a commission will be brought to propose a reorgani zation plan and the report of the com mission will he brought before the coming convention for final decision. In addition to a large amount of rou tine business pertaining to the af fairs of the organization the conven tion program calls for several open sessions at which speakers of wide prominence will he heard on questions of public interest and concern. Bank of Fairmount Robbed by Bandits. Cartersville. Ga.. March 6.—Two of the three bandits who held up the Bank of Fairmount, at Fairmount. Ga.. about noon today and made off with $1,500 in cash were captured in a swamp near Fairmount this afternoon and the money recovered. The men wore regulation army uniform. A third man with the automobile, in which the robbers escaped lias not been apprehended. Mrs. Helms Shoots Herself. 'Charlotte, March 7. Mrs. Hoyle Helms, of North Charlotte, shot her self here today, according to police, on learning that her husband wss be ing held at police station on a charge, of bigatny. She is not expected to recover. Police said she is wife No. 2 and that wife No. 1 lives in the southern of the city. Mrs. D. M. Watkins, of Forrest County; is the first woman in Mississ ippi to hold office as county treasurer. FIVE PERSONS SHOT RELIEVE TRACTOR 1 6? PAROLED- F'„ nr U .EMPLOYED AS WHO ESCAPED UEER! “TORTURE MACHINE” Brother, Mother imd Sister of Secretary of State of Tennessee Victims of Ne-\ gro’s Bullets. DETAILS OF THE TRAGEDY LACKING Posse is Now Scouring the Country for Assailant.— What Caused the Shooting Is Not Known. Spencer, Tenn., March X. —Posses from both this and White county this morning were searching the banks of Calf Killer River near Sparta for Lewis Douglas, negro, paroled con vict. who at 3 o'clock this morning at (.euipted to wipe out t lie Hasten funn ily home at t’uraniingsville, three mile's from here. i The wounded include Sam Gaston, a brother of Ernest N. Ilaston. Tennes see's Secretary of State, Mrs. George Hasten, Sr., his mother. Mrs. E. D. Shapero, a sister, Tnllus Trogden. a hoy living on the place, and another person also living on the place, hut whose name is not known here. Members of the Hasten family were sitting up at tin* bedside of Mrs.,Sam Hasten, who vims critically ill. when ■t 3 o'clock in the .morning someone paid a visit to the corn crip and is said to have found the lmroled convict , there, lie was ordennl away and left 1 without creating a'disturbance. Later, however, the mfgro returned and when near tin* house. called out. Members of the family went to the door and Douglas, who had armed himself with a shot gun. began firing, it is reported. HUSTON TO GIVE UP i FEDERAL POSITION • Rumor Says He Will Head New World Commerce Corporation, Which Will Deal in Oii. Washington. March 8. —<’. 11. Hus ton. of Tennessee, assisting secretary 'Of commerce, is expected to resign ip ’flip ■ n&tV Tmuro’ cr 1 he’ presl denjey of the World Commerce Cor poration, a new oil company now be ing organized in New York and Pitts burgh for the purpose of acquiring control rtf oil lands in Venezuela and Central America and establish itig a shipping service to market tin* prod uct. Mr. Huston would not confirm re ports today that he actually had sign ed a contract with the corporation, but he indicated that he might have an an nouncement to make before the end of the week. The -organization and investment in volved in the World Commerce Cor poration. |it is understood, will he on an extensive scale. The company ex pects to take in some organizations which .are now operating. Mr. Hus ton's salary is to he several times that lie receives as Assistant Secretary. HERRIN RIOTS TRIAL HALTED TEMPORORILY Wife of One of Jurors Is 111, and Court Was Recessed by Presiding Judge. Marion, 111.. March 8 (By the Asso ciated Press). —The second Herrin riots trial was halted today by the illness of the wife of one of the jur-j or*. Judge I). T. Hartwell announced a recess at the opening of the morn- j ing session to permit the juror to go • to his wife's bedside. HARDING STOPS CRIUSE FOR ROUND OF GOLF CTiief Exeetive Played on Melbourne Country Club Course.—Mrs. Hard ing Greets Brother. Melbourne, Fla., March B.—Coming ashore here at noon today front his vacation houseboat President Harding had a round of .golf over Melbourne country club course and then re sumed the cruise down the Indian j river. During the trip a stop was made at liockledge, where Mrs. Hard ing was greeted by her brother, C. B. Kling, _ Heavy Freight Loadings Continue. Washington. March B.—Freight i traffic <>n railroads, according to re ! ports compiled by the car service of J (lie American Railway Association, is j breaking all pre nous records for this j season of the year. During the week i ending February 24,- 830,223 eitrs were loaded with revenue freight, or 101,208 cars more thdn the total load ed during the same week last year, tjnd 171.581 cars in excess of the load ing of the corresponding week of It^L* Fires in the national forests of Cal ifornia have, in the past ten years, ending in 1020. burned over 1.300,000 acres, causing nearly $4,000,000 dajn ! age.: according to a bulletin just is j ijuieq by the Forest Service. Depart | ment of Agriculture, liasod on a study of more. Mhan 10.000 fires, most of + which were “man-caused.? , ~ Wireless recently played a part in a burial at sea, when the words of the . burial service were sent from a big steamer to a small freighter which lackeif a Prayer Book. | Sir William Xieoll, noted -London editor and journalist, began liis writing career at the age of four teen. •> $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. Officers Investigating Deaths of Daniel and Richard Make Public the Results of Their Inquiry. MEN TORTURED IT IS BELIEVED i j Heads Were Crushed and | . Condition of Bodies Indi- Bodily Punishment Before Death. Bastrop La., March 8. —(By tne As sociated Press) —Persons who have examined carefully the report of the pathologists on the <*ondition or the I mutilated bodies of Watt Daniel and T. F. Richard, found in Lake u,a- Fourehe December 22, la ft, and who are. familiar with .mechanical aeva.-es, declared they believe they have identi fied the so-called “torture machine'* as one of the many road or farm tractors used throughout the parish. Daniel and Richard were kidnapped on August 24. and nothing was heard jof them until four months ater when the two bodies were discovered in the | lake, and identified .as those of the missing men. The head of. each was crushed to a pulp the scalp and skin forming a sack c’mtainhig the shatter ed skulls. The hands and feet of each had j been crushed off, and at equal dis tant es the lower legs, thighs, upper arms and forearms were broken. The ehosls had been brushed in, thosyil)? torn from the breastplates, and the ilesh (in (lie man identified as Daniel, had been forced to submit to it serious surgical operation. The pathologists testified at the op en hearing' in January that an exam ination of the muscles at the stumps t of the legs and arms andiat the frac tures indicated that the wounds had been inflicted before or just after death, basing their opinions upon traces yf blood found in the muscles. The heart of each man. they said, had l>een drained of bhiod,. indicating that iwflinnf all of v the fluid had escaped from the bodies. About three miles from Bastrop on the Bastrop-Collinston-Monroe high way is a huge tractor used to pull a ■ road scraper, a typical machine of its kind, pn polled by a heavy duty gas oline motor. The iron wheels are 7 or 8 feet in diameter, while the rtips have a width of approximately three feet. Riveted to the rims to prevent. the wheels from slipping in soft earth are steel cleats, the w dth of the wnceils and about 15 inches apart. The bodies apparently had been stretches! the full length when tcey were mutilated with the arms brought above the head. Fractures of ihe„ forearms were on a level with the head and those who assert the bodies must have been broken with a tractor before they were stretched on the ground and the machine i;un or pushed over them. Such a machine as thr one near here, it is contended, would in flict such injuries, the heavy cleats on j the wide wheels fracturing the arm ■ and leg bones, crushing the head - and ! chests, and severing completely the j hands and feet at the wrists and just !above the ankles where little flesh j protected the hones, j It is known that the authorities I had received numerous anonymous i letters from plantation .owners and I farmers in all sections of the state ; suggesting that a “tractor must have been and the arguments to sus tain the theory are similar to those advanced here. x FUNERAL OF MRS. MARY DANIELS IS HELD TODAY Services Held in Wilson and Interment Was Made in Cemetery in That City. Wilson, X. C., March S.—With hun dreds of friends and relatives in at tendance. the funeral of Mrs. Mary Cleaves I) of Josephus Daniels, former Secretary of the Navy, was held here today. Mrs. i Daniels, who was 8S years of age, died in Goldsboro yesterday after a long illness. Services were conducted bv Rev. E. H. Davis, of Clinton, former pastor of Mrs. Daniels, assisted by Rev. Freder ick S. Love, of Wilson, and Rev. lj. L. Read, of Goldsboro. The services were held in the Methodist church. CON MALONEY HAS BEEN C APTURED BY FREE STATE Maloney Ls Deputy C hies of Staff of the Irish Republican Forces. Belfast. March H (By the Associat ed Press). —Con Maloney, ’republican deputy chief of staff, has l>oeii captur ed in fJlen Aperlow. Maloney was the successor of Liam D. asy, whose peace proposals made while he was a pris oner of the National army, were re ; jeeted by the republican leaders last j month. Burton Lumber Plant Destroyed by Flames. Charleston, H. C., March 7.—Prac tically the whole of the F. P. Burton ! Lumber Company plant near Charles ton was razed by flames here today with a loss of close to if not ex<*eed ing: $400,000. Th{*. cause of the tire has not been learned. NO. 70.