fOLUME U
Eal m is
jC«
(. anton,
l pff hai and Nanking
Largely in
■Composition.
■)?r.\L SHEK
I real leader
Ir Just Another of
I Many Governments
th Have Been Set
■ in China.
■ . ']v [/P) —Knrma-
■ tl A; iv ; r :!> :it Nankins by
■*„ ]< :( ; sin-!; was report
■ ' ;j, w ,, |r jrivHi bur it is un-
B'll'.p ( anion. Shanghai :>Ji<l
■ nliii t ; r-' largely in its
■"! re ;UV rently three
■ in < ‘iiina not counting
l in < mi-iini**!»<‘ii<l *m ll war lord-
I Bombartlin.it l’tikow.
■ • viui' Is. -<#) —A wire-
■ it ,.j, f r „m Nanking today said
■ f,*ui ll .•!i guns mounted on
By ;lt \;iiiking. which is hehl
■(•.mtoiifsc. were bombarding
■ffos-. the river.
■vinwiran ibsU'o>er John D.
■- iiir by rifle lire from Xan
■ Demands More Vigorous.
■ ls.--(/P) —It was an
■vriy eta red today that new
■ mi the Cantonese government
Bill be *nmre vigorous in tone
Bjbh include a time limit for
B<e wi.l lie made by the five
Bdiirh delivered identic notes
Butomse yiivermnent last week
Blit "f the Nanking disorders
Bli 24th:
Bl). A. K. CONGRESS
B (all to Womanhood to Stand
■''Adequate Preparedness.”
April IN-OP) —A call
Binit wiiiiianiunnl to stand for
■ !'!'e]iareiliicss" was sounded
B the opening of the 30th
Bed t'nmn'ess of the Daughters
Bom Revolution by Mrs. Al-
B Ilnisseaii. president-general.
B Anthony Wayne Cook, hon-
general.
coupled her
B preparedness of "the kind
■<>mh only, and does not pro
■- with an appeal to women
Hrneweii interest in social and
B problems, declaring that a
B considered and intelligently
■ baivit was more effective in
B run that writing letters to
■sen.
■fthtinn of the I'nited States
Be maintained "in the big pa
life" unless it is prepared as
■any other nation to defend it
■ said.
■nalyses of State’s Water.
■ternational News Service.)
ji'. N. C,. April is.— Indus
■dopments of the future in
■ andina wiii have complete
■ardmg the quality of water
■ for the manufaeturing pro
■croriling to plans being
■ the Department of Conser-
Bnil Development.
Brents for making analyses
■ffidiistrial waters of the state
B : been eompleted in a con
■enveen the department of eon
il an< l development officials and 1
■t department heads of State
■ai"i tin- 1 aiversify of North
81-'1B 1- ' 1 dug that North (’andina has
■ under the co-operative ar-
■ !i! will start at once, and it
■'idated that a complete «ur
■ available for ..uo.tcation
it was said.
■ r M ‘l*P-y." Major Phillips.
■ " | lp department said, "is
■ r!am requirement in every •
■A,“A with a wide |
Banc a ' s 1° quality j
■ ‘ ;D. Hie question is al-
Bhnt ri(l t,: '‘ dication of
B ', nt ' a “ (1 we h°pe to be able
■ ,‘‘ ail,l uictureers in determiti
-8.;,7 f ,:y "f locations and
■n/V I'* 1 '* " l "' v, ‘ l °f industry
Xoiih Carolina ;ias
■ k v and quality.
|p., ith our Vlyei tisers.
IV,aN at Fish-!
■lit ” nil - ">m-'kird to one-half i
■ today"' !)V Us :!,r ’' ;u ‘ tsve prices.
■ hi r 11 Sl ”‘ ( ' ials rhis week)
Be mbs b ;' M ' n, “ nt - Garbage
B and • l, ' r,>u Rtughams,
f 1 -oo ( p- ;(t spPoiffi i
i s new to i ,
W* the I V. N. ,ls ° a "
Kies , !“' ls ' ia dy low. All i
I '* *»«>• !«c. in fa»t
■ pe
Kiie - V1; ,wor - sold by
B r 10 V iJ H:U ' 1 ‘ s guaran
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B ’ !1, ‘ w features.
B In TxV >v ,>uts n
■ . lc Music
Be A Pril i -
mm, 0 f , ■ • trials and
Bl by a i j]a( '; . " r, t have been
■‘ a reuijirDtera
■»V r, rp , •' ' ,l! : ‘ v 'he P.ofiton
B' anta w foe ' ,lO ttaine
S. Con
■ ®otp “ t* 1, millionth
■ Un S ‘tc. owner.". ,
THE CONCORD TIMES
J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
AMERICAN CRUISER
! TWICE FIREB UPON
! ON YANGTSE RIVER
I
| ;
, Three or Four-Inch Guns
: Turned Against Criuser
i on River Below Nanking
Last Thursday.
MACHINE GUNS
ALSO BEING USED
Admiral Williams Reports
i All Foreign Property at
Luchow Fu Has Been
Confiscated.
Washington, April IS.— (A 3 ) —The J
Fulled States cruiser Fincinnati has;
twice been fired upon on the Yangtze '
river in China. Admiral Williams,,
commanding the American fleet in j
Fhinese waters, reported today, to the
navy department.
Besides meeting machine gun tire.
Admiral Williams tuiitl that the cruis
er also had either three or four-inch
guns turned against her below Nan
king on Saturday. The lire was' re
turned by the Cincinnati with machine
guns and her six-inch battery. The
veesel also met heavy rifle fire north
of Tatung, the Teport said. There
were no casualties aboard the Cincin
nati in either encounter.
Admiral Williams said that all for
eign property at Luchow Fu. in >
Anhwei province, had been looted. j
Eight American* and five British j
missionaries there were said to be en |
route to Shanghai. At Kiukiang the j
house of the Anderson Meyer Com- 1
pany. American exporters, was looted
Friday. The commanding officer of
the American destroyer Tu.bert lodged ,
a strong protest and demanded the
return of the loot.
The encounters of the Cincinnati
mark a continuation of the firing from
the river banks on American ships
in recent day*, during which the guns
of the ships have been brought into j
action in .reply. In previous in-j
stances, however, there has been no |
indication that the Chinese .were us
ing heavy guns in their attacks.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady Today at an Advance
of From 6 to 10 Points.
New York. April 18.— UP) —The cot
ton market opened steady today at an
advance off» to 10 points on the over
holiday, weather and flood news from
the- Mississippi Valley. Active cover
ing. with considerable trade and fresh
speculative buying sent prices up to
14.56 for July and 15.03 for De
cember, or about 10 points above last
Thursday’s closing quotations, and the
market held well up to these figures!
at the end of the first hour. Owing
to a continuation of the Easter holi
days. Liverpool remained closed today
but was among the buyers here during
the early trading.
Cotton futures opened steady: May
14.23; July 14.48; Oct. 14.77; Dec.
14.95; Jan. 15.00.
Three Killed In New York.
New York. April 18.—OP)—Three
persons were slain today in an apart
ment building on West 135th Street, i
The body of a woman known only to j
tenants as Mrs. Brown, riddled with |
bullets, was found in her apartment
on the third floor. The body ot a
Chinese was found on the second floor
landing, while on the roof the body
of a Japanese was found.
J. Fred Welsh Jr., student at Duke
L'niversity is visiting at the home of
i Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Sides, on Valley
street.
THE STOCK MARKET
Reported By Fenner & Beane.
at 1:30 P. M.)
Atchison 182%
American Tobacco B’ 127%
: American Smelting 147%
{ American Locomotive 108%
J Atlantic Coast Line v 180%
Allied Chemical 146
American Tel. & Tel. 166%
American Can 48%
Allis Chalmers 104%
Baldwin Locomotive 191%
Baltimore & Ohio 116%
Bangor 71
Bethlehem Steel 53%
Chesapeake & Ohio 170
j Coca-Cola 166
! DuPont 249%
i Dodge Bros. 10%
Erie 54%
j Frisco 116%
I General Motors 187
! General Electric j~-_ 02%
| Great Northern ®7%
1 Gold Dust — l ,4—— 53
j Hudson 74%
Tnt. Tel. 134%
i Kennecott Copper 64%
I Liggett & Myers B 101%
Mack Truck 111%
Mo.-Pacifie 57%
Norfolk & Western 180%
N. Y. Central 140
Pan.-American Pet. B. 57%
Rock Island 96
Rep. Iron & Steel 71%
R. J. Reynolds .119%
| Stand. Oil. of N. J. 36%
1 Southern Railway 125%
\ Studebaker 55%
l Texas Co. 46
i Tobacco Products 96%
i IT. S. Steel*" 172%
! U. S. : Steel. New 124%
j Vick Chemical will E—s
Westinghouse 74%
Western Maryland 37%
i Chrysler 44%
ANOTHER TORNADO
IN OKLAHOMA AND
THREE ARE KILLED
Fort Smith. Ark., April 18.—
I4P)—Three persons, members of the
family of Carl Rurcham. were killed
and another injured in a tornado
which struck at Bokoshe, Okla., 25
miles south of here, today. Burch
am. his wife and an infant we«e
crushed to death, and IV. C. Burch
t am,a son, injured when the Brueh
} am home was blown away. The
injured boy was brought to a ho«-
, P’tal here. His skull is fractured
and he made die. The home of
i Ed. Wood also wne damaged and
| Mrs. Wood injured.
\ Several houses were damage! at
> Arkoma, Okla.. two and one-half
t miles Goutnwest of here.
I
i-"~ ' " ■
GRAFT PRIVY CHARGES
WERE ONLY A BUBBLE
———. !
The Board of Health Emerges Victor
i ' and With a Clean Slate.
By J. C. BASKERVILL.
Raleigh. April 16.—The odorous
(charges of graft in privies made dur-
I ing the recent session of the general
I assembly have turned out to be noth*
i ing more than gaseous (bubbles emitted
Iby fermenting politics, and the State
Board of Health has emerged as the
victor and with a clean slate.
This is the interpretation being
placed here upon the letter of Attorney
General Dennis G. Brummitt to Gov
ernor A. W. McLean, in which he
declares that after 34 days of pre
liminary probing in an effort to find
some evidence upon which a formal
investigation of charges of graft
against the Board of Health might be
based, he has failed utterly, not a
single definite charge of graft having
been filed with him, nor a shred of
j evidence to support any such charge,
j One or two have expressed the opin
j ion that the regulations with regard
{to the sanitary privy law have been
j too strict, and the the law has not
produced results—mere opinions—but
jof proof he has had none.
| The beginning of the affair was
j during the closing days of the legis
lature, when a law designed to modify
the sanitary privy regulations was up
in the senate. In the course of debate
on the bill. Senator Rivers Johnson
made a statement to the efFect that
there must be some graft somewhere,
] when ‘a privy costs sls to $lB. ami
i made the charge that some of the
| sanitary inspectors must be making
a fat commission, by splitting with
the contractors and carpenters. Re
cords in the Board of Health show
that Senator Johnson once paid out
$8.40 for a new privy. But when,
he was asked by the attorney general
to submit his charges in writing, along j
with some evidence, not a line was
forthcoming.
At this same session of the senate, j
the charges made by Senator John- I
son were upheld by Dr. John B.
Wright of Raleigh, and a member of
the State Board of Health, who as
serted that he had proof of graft
in the Sanitary division. But accord
ing to Attorney General Brummitt,
despite repeated requests, Dr. Wright
did not make a single charge or sub
mit any evidence upon which a probe
might 'be conducted.
Within a few days after the close
of the general assembly, a formal re
quest for a complete investigation to
be made by the attorney general was
sent to Governor A. W. McLean, by
Dr. C. H. Laughinghouse, secretary
of the Board and State Health Officer.
In his letter, Dr. Laughinghouse stated
jthat the activities of the Board of
j Health "pronouncedly influenced the
| physical safety of the citizens of the
I state," and intimated that it was due
i to the people of the state that the
charges of graft be either proved or
disproved. In other words, he de
manded that the criticism of the
Board either ‘‘put or shut up.”
In his letter to Governor McLean,
under date of April 15, attorney Gen
eral Brummitt says in part:
“I informed Dr. John B. Wright
and Senator Rivers D. Johnson of
your request that I enter upon this
inquiry. Neither has submitted to
me any charges of graft against the
State Board of Health or any of its
officers, members of employes, nor any
evidence upon which an investigation
could proceed.”
Continuing the Attorney General
refers to a conversation with Senator
A. E. Woltz of Gaston, in which
Senator Woltz sad he thought the old
sanitry privy law too tringent, but
made no charges of graft concerning
the Board of Health.
‘‘l also comunicated with Mr. R. W.
H. Stone, president of the -Farmers
continues. “His contention is that
the construction of the privies has
not resulted in 'any appreciable im
provement in health conditions or de
crease in the death rate from typhoid
fever; and further that it has been
difficult for the average man to con
struct the buildings and that cost has
'been' excessive.” Mr. Brummitt then
quotes the concluding paragraph of
of Mr. Stone’s letter as follows:
“ ‘Since the work they (the Sanitary
division of the Board of Health) did
has not (been thought necessary in any
other state and has not proven of any
value whatever in this state, we con
tend that what amounts to graft has
been .perpetrated upon the people by
the Sanitary Bureau of the State
Board of Health.’
“This does not amount to any
charge of graft,” the Attorney General
tersely says, adding that any complaint
of this nature should be made to the
general assembly in an effort to secure
the repeal of the law.
“Therefore, upon this preliminary
inquiry, I am without material upon
which to proceed with an investiga
tion,” he concluded.
The Associated Sportsmen’s Clubs
of California has completed all pre
liminary details for the big Sports
men’s.Show to be held in San Francis
co under its auspices during the week
of May 14. +
CONCORD; N. C„ MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1927
FIGHTING TO NOLO
MISSISSIPPI BUCK
FOLLOWING FLOODS
As Many as 20,000 Persons
Already Are Homeless,
and Levees Are in Great
| Danger Now.
j BATTLE NEARING
NEW ORLEANS
| Other Rivers Are Overflow
'( ing Also, and Thousands
J of Acres Are Now Un
der Water.
Memphis, Tenn., April 18.— (Aty —
Great levees along the lower Mississ
ippi basin are being strengthened
frantically as a record tide pressed
with immeasurable weight against the
enrtfhen walls which defend the low
land areas against the rampant flort#.
As many as 20.000 persons driven
from their homes by backwater over
flow from many tributaries of the
great stream were under the care of
national, state and community agen
cies of relief today. Other thousands
were moving from the valley in fear
the floods might break through at any
hour. * ,
Hope was renewed today for the
relief in the upper reaches of Arkan
sas and White rivers, great tributar
ies of the Mississipjpi, and in the
mother stream itself around Cairo. 111.,
and Hickman, Ky., where the height
of the current had menaced the dykes
for weeks. Slight declines in the
stages were reported.
From Hiekman southward govern
ment engineers were working with ev
ery available labor in the drive to
strengthen the huge embankments.
Sand bags were thrown on the dykes
throughout the first, second and third
levee districts and supervising engi
neers were.hopeful that the bulwarks
'would be equal to the strain which is
increasing hourly.
Eastern Arkansas lay under a
swirling overflow from the Arkansas.
White, Little Red and St. Francis
rivers and smaller streams which have
climbed over their natural banks or
burst man-made restraints to cover an
immeasurable area. Highway traffic
•was virtually suspended awl train s#»*.
j vice paralyzed by •washouts and inun
dation of trackage.
! Battle Draws Near New Orleans.
j New Orleans, April 18.— UP) —A
battle with the Mississippi River drew
near Neew Orleans today. A crevasse
in the dyke at the little town of Good
Hope. 25 miles north, sent hundreds of
men to the scene. At daybreak they
reported they thought their work
would hold back- the flood'.
"Water seeping through new ami old
levees which had not been completely
joined led authorities' to warn the 150
inhabitants shortly after midnight.
Many of them fled tb the city for the
night.
Levees were reported holding their
own as far north as Natchez.
An unofficial estimate for Arkansas
alone places the number of persons
driven from homes at exceeding 20.-
000. and the acres overflowed at more
than 1,000,000. Property losses have
been great.
Refuge and relief camps at Hiek
man, Ky., under the direction of Red
Gross officials and state authorities
are sheltering nearly 2,000 homeless
in churches, barns, railrond cars and
tents. Public kitchens are serving
the needy with food.
Less Damage From Forest Fires. *
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, April 18. —Although norm
ally a heavier sufferer from forest
.fires, the amount of damage in co
operating counties and the area cover
ed were kept down during the month
of March to less than those experienc
ed during February, the monthly re
port of the Department of Conserva
tion and Development shows.
Counties where forest fire organiza
tions are .maintained suffered .damages
during March estimated at $67,582,
while February showed $68,666. The
fires in February covered an area of
57,533 acres and only 47,310 in
March.
The total number of fires decreased
in March to 141 from 170 for the
previous month. The report shows
that persons burning brush were more
careful with their tires during March
or fewer areas of brush were burned
since the most noticeable decrease in
causes of forest fires is recorded in
this elasification, February showing
that 50 originated from this source
and only 29 in March.
Crßz Signs to Play For Reds at
$12,000 Per Year.
Cincinnati, April 17. — Hughey
Critz, star second baseman of the
Cincinnati Nationals, who has been
a holdout, signed his contract to
day. Critz had refused to sign at
the clubs salary terms, but after a
conference with President August
Herrman affixed his signature t<» a
one-year contract, under which he is
to receive $12,000.
Critz appeared in uniform on the
field before the gate today and was
given a rousing welcome by the
fans. He will not get into the line
up during the two remaining games
with the Cardinals, but very likely
will appear against Pittsburgh later
in the week.
Mrs. J. N. Talbert and children, of
New London, have arrived to spend
Easter with Mr. and Mrs. Cirl
Spears.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
WIDESPREAD TODAY
j ON SMITH'S LETTER
I
i Governor Writes That the
, j Catholic Church Would
i j Not Interfere With Him
! Were He President.
!
FRIENDS GIVE
I LETTER PRAISE
• They Also Show That They
i Are Anxious to See How
It Will Be Accepted
Throughout Country.
New York, April 18.—UP)—Editor
. ial comment was widespread today
| on Governor Smith’s open letter stat
| ing that he recognized no power of
« Roman Catholic church “to interfere
. with operations iff the constitution
, of the United States or the enforce
i ment of the law of the land.” His
. friends praised it and indicated they
i were eager to learn what reaction it
! would have.
A letter was written to Atlantic
i Monthly in reply to one from Charles
1 C. Marshall, New Y'ork lawyer and
Episcopalian, who quoting ecclestiasti
cal authority, had argued that in any
conflict between church and state the
Roman Catholic church claimed the
deciding power for the Pope. Mr.
Marshall asked the Governor to make
his position clear.
Publication of the letter today was
authorized by the magazine a week
ahead of the time first planned, be
cause some newspapers had printed
it Saturday and Sunday in violation
of copyright.
The Atlantic Monthly characterizes
the correspondence as an “historic
incident which may have a part in
deciding whether complete religious
•tolerance shall prevail in this comntry.’
The questions raised by Mr. Marshall
have been regarded as of political im
portance because of Governor Smith's
prominence as a possibility for the
democratic nomination as President.
Marshall Makes Reply.
New York, April IS.—(>4*)—Another
chapter was added today to the docu
mentary debate between Governor Al
fred E. Smith and Ghas. G. Marshall,
New York attorney and Episcopalian,
when the latter made public a reply
to Governor Smith.
Marshall's letter, written in answer
to Governor Smith's reply to his open
letter in the Atlantic Monthly, chal
lenged the governor's statement that
the religious convictions imputed are
not held by Roman Catholics as far as
the governor knows.
Supporting his contentions that quo
tations from the manual of Christian
doctrine, published by John Joseph
Movey. of Philadelphia, Marshall con
tended that some of the teachings of
the Roman Catholic Church are ir
reconcilably with American constitu
tional principles. This. Marshall as
serted, was a matter of policy and not
religious controversy. His article,
Marshall asserted, was in the nature
of an inquiry into church policy and
not an attack on the Roman Catholic
faith.
Woman Named Chief Clerk.
Raleigh. April 16. —Miss Josephine
Rand, for eight years assistant clerk
at the State prison here, has been
appointed as chief clerk, to succeed
the late Major Hugh A. Love, who
died this week, it has been announced
by Dr. J. H. Norman, warden, speak
ing for the Prison Board.
Miss Rand, as far as is knowri,
is the first woman to hold the office
of chief clerk at the prison. She was
first appointed as an assistant clerk
by Governor Bickett in 1919, and
was later reappointed Gov
ernor Morrison and Governor MvLean.
Miss Rand is perhaps better known
to the newspapermen in Raleigh than
any one at the prison with the ex
ception of Mr. Pou and Dr. Norman,
and has won their regard by her
ability and constant courtesy. She is
in charge of all the thousands of
records, and can supply almost any
information about any of the more
than 1,500 prisoners on a moment's
notice. All those who know Miss
Rand are gratified at her appointment
as chief clerk.
Duke Student in Suicide Attempt.
Durham, N. C., April 18. —Duke
University has narrowly escaped the
student suicide wave-
William H. Nokes, a student at
Duke, is recovering (Torn an attempt
to end his life by drinking strychnine.
The student’s attempted suicide
followed a disappointment in a love
affair, it was said.
He begged physicians to kill him
with chloroform.
He created such a disturbance
that the sheriff was called. He’s in
the county jail now.
Ag d Salisbury Woman is Called By
Death-
Salisbury, April 16.—Mrs. Jose
phine Neave died early this morning
after being- in ill health for a num
ber of months. She was a native of
Germany and was fiinety-six years
old. With her late husband. Profes
sor W. H. Neave. Mrs. N>ave con
ducted a widely known music school
in Salisbury for many years. The
funeral was conducted this afternoon
from St. Luke’s Episcopal church.
Mrs. George B. Slack underwent an
operation at the Concord Hospital
Friday and is doing nicely.
- i
Those who keep their word live the
longest in our trust.
Avenges Brother ■
mm t™*v*rv?*xt*t*t*Att*«n*»t* vWiv.-’-nf ■
Laying aside the tools with
which she had sculptured her
way to fame, Bonnie McLeary,
of New York, became a sleuth
and solved a murder mystery.
She traced to Canton, N. C.,
and brought to justice the mur
derers of her brother, Samuel
BL McLearv.
PREDICTS CLEAN PLAYS
WILL COME INTO OWN
j Daniel Frohman Says People Get the
Kind of Shows They Want.
Atlanta, 6a., April IS. —(INS) —
Blase New Yorkers, cynical and satiat
ed with pleasure, will be asked next
’ year to patronize plays “clean as a
hound’s tooth” and exceedingly clever,
is the opinion of Daniel Frohman,
veteran producer and one of the most
widely known men con nee ted with
the legitimate stage, who was in At
lanta to attend the premiere of the
• Charles L. Wagner Production Comp
any at the Erlanger Theater the night
of April 11.
The real desire of the theater-going
public, he said, was for cleanliness
combined with cleverness. As an il
lustration of this he points to the re
cent drastic action of the New Y’ork
authorities with resultant court action
in closing several shows, including
"Sex” and “The Captive.” He de
clared that the closing of these shows
was but incidental to a depper move
ment as was also the fanged law re
cently passed by the New York Legis
lature.
Te veteran producer, speaking with
a profound knowledge of the stage of
all time, as well as from experience
gained through 50 years of intimate
association with all things theatrical,
said: %
“This revolt of the authorities is
simply an illustration of the revulsion
of feeling that has taken place in
people. They don't really want the
solacious. They want the clean, clever
plays.
“The character of productions fol
lows in cycles from one generation to
another/ Garrick, of the world famous
old London theqter that bore his name
a couple of hundred year ago, rewrote
Shakespeare’s immortal works to
please the fancy of his audiences.
He renamed the “Taming of the
Shrew” and called it “How He Won
Her,” simply because the real name
of the play was considered to high
brow for the people and went over
their heads. He revised “Romeo and
Juliet” to give it a happy ending, and
so on with the rest of the -Bard's
works.
“Lord Byron once remaked publicly
upon the decadence of the stage in
his day. It .has 'been so through all
the ages. Shakespeare himself with
held production of “Hamlet” a month
because the patrons had taken a sud
den devastating interest in fights.
Every few years brings a change.”
Mr. Frohman declared there are
no stars now like those “in the old
days,” but accounts for this toy the
fact that now a star only plays one
role, possibly, for as long as a year,
the supporting cast being built around
her, while in the latter half of the
last century stars had to know all
of the famous roles they would be
called upon to play in the Lyceum
productions.
“What was your own first produc
tion?” he was asked.
"It was called ‘Marie Kirk,’ and
was put on the New York stage in
1880, 47 years ago,” he replied.
“That was the first of the long run
plays. It stayed on for 486 consecu
tive nights. The star and mother, by
the way, are still living and playing
part.
“David Beiasco was any stage man
ager in that show. When the salary
question was broached I told him he d
be paid the same salary I received.
“‘What is that?’ he asked me.
“You’ll get $35 a week, I replied?”
Vienna is perhaps the only city
in the world that has a regularly
organized society for defending men’s
rights against women. This society
recently served notice that if a bach
elor tax is introduced into Austria
it will demand that the tax be ex
tended to spinsters.
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
«. SNYDER WILL
.■ SEEK TO SHOW SHE
my?
In Her Trial Coun
sel Shows She Will Seek
to Show Gray Made Her
Aid Him in Slaying.
JURY IS BEING
CHOSEN TODAY
First Twelve Men Called
Were Rejected and More
Were Then Called—Gray
Shows No Interest.
Xew York, April 18.— UP) —That
Mrs. Ruthy Snyder's defense in her
trial for the murder of her husband
will Ibe that her hand was forced
by Henry Judd Gray under fear of
bodily harm to herself, was indicated
by her counsel when the case was
called for trial in court today.
Edgar Hazelton, the lawyer, dis
closed his intention while questioning
a talesman at the trial's opening
session.
“Do you know,” he shouted suddenly
after several minor questions, “that a
defendant cannot be found guilty if
it be shown that she acted under the
command of another, one of whom
she stands in fear of her life, or of
great bodily harm?" “That is the law.”
District Attorney New combe jumped
ed to his feet to object, but after a
brief and inaudible exchange of words
with the judge, sat down with a
muttered remark about Hazelton's
“si>eeeh.”
During all this Mrs. Snyder and
her former corset salesman lover Gray
sat stolidly at the counsel tables, show
ing not the faintest trace of emotion.
New York, April 18. — UP) —An hour
and a half after the Snyder murder
trial opened for selection of a jury
today the ease was right back where
it started. Under triple barrage of
objections, challenges and questions,
the first twelve talesmen called to the
box melted away. The jury box was
l theYi refilled.
THE STOCK MARKET
Prices Displayed Strong Undertone, at
Opening of Market Today.
New York. April 18.— UP) —Stock
prices displayed a strong undertone at
the opening of today’s market. Burns
Bros. A showed an initial gain of 2
.3-8 points, and Great Western Sugar.
American Sugar Refining. United
Drug, Pathe and Colorado Fuel op
ened one to two points higher. Gen
eral Motors and Allis Chambers
touched new high records.
Report on Hospital Case in Weeks.
(By International News Service.)
Raleigh, N. C., April 18.—The at
torney general’s report on the Mor
ganton Hospital for the insane probe
will not be ready in less than two
weeks.
The attorney-general. Dennis G.
Brummitt, of Oxford, intimated to
day that he would make an exhaus
tive study of the findings of the ex
amination—here on April (i.
The attorney-general, it was ex
pected. would receive the transcript
of evidence presented at the inquest
sometime next week.
The investigation was made fol
lowing charges of re’.atiyes of H. B.
Williams, of Beaufort County, that
he died as a nsult of “mistreatment
and cruelty” in the state institution.
The report of the attorney general
will be confined to the William case.
The investigation was ordered by
the 1927 Legislature, under a reso'u
tion by Representative McLean (D.),
of Beaufort.
Tbe hearing created a sensation
when it was held here early this
month.
Survey of Commercial Apple Orch
ards.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, April 18.—The Depart
ment of Agriculture is at* present en
gaged in a - survey of the commercial
apple orchards in North Carolina
which will be similar to that made in j
1925 of commercial peaches. Apple j
growers will be interested in this
survey as it will give them a very
definite basis to judge the size and
location of the crop each year. It
should 'be the most accurate informa
tion yet available along this line.
Farmers with apple orchards are j
urged to fill out the questionnaires
being sent them as fully as possible
and to return these to the department
promptly.
The survey will show the number
of trees of different ages and varieties
in commercial orchards, the dates when
trees were set, the amount and method
of sale of the crop, and a great amount
of other useful information that the
grower cannot now obtain from any
available source.
Crescent Limited Derailed.
Atlanta, April 18. — UP) —Three per
sons were injured when four cars of
the Crescent Limited, New Orleans to
New* York, were derailed three miles
west of West Point, Ga., advices re
ceived here today said.
One man suffered a broken leg.
Names of those injured were not givqn
in reports to railroad offices here.
Wreck occurred in an isolated lo
cality and was reported by the con
ductor who rigged up a telephone set.
The dining car, two sleeping ears,
and the observation car were derailed,
the observation being partly turned
over. Cause of derailment, not .known
here.
SENATOR REED ILL
SO LIBEL SUIT IS
HALTED FOR TODAY;
Senator Suffered Attack of
Acute Indigestion While
Returning From the Na
tional Capital.
PHYSICIAN SAYS
NOT ALARMIWG
|lt Is Probable the Senator
- Will Be Able to Appear
in the Case as Usual
Tomorrow.
Detroit. April 18. — UP) —lllness of
Senator James of Missouri
chief of counsel for Henry
caused adjournment today of the 41.-
000,000 libel suit filed against the
motor manufacturer by Aaron Samira,
Chicago lawyer. The trial probably
will be resumed tomorrow.
Senator Reed suffered an attack of
j acute indigestion early today s\ft bo m
neared Detroit on a train from Wash
ington. after a visit to the capital
during the Easter holidays.
Senator Reed was able to walk ’
the train to an automobile. He wan
hurried to a hotel and given
attention. Associate counsel sai,d the
senator was not dangerously ill. uu4
probably would be able to appear
in court tomorrow.
Today was to have been the Htb
day that Senator Reed had faced
Sapiro in the task of cross examina
tion.
The opening of court was delayed
30 minutes while counsel for Ford and
Sapiro conferred with Federal judge
Raymond, who convened court, in
formed the jury of Reed’s illness, and
then directed adjournment until 9:30
o'clock tomorrow morning.
CONVICTED SLAYERS OF |
TURNER TAKEN TO PEN
Four Men in Lee County Guilty Os
Killing Sheriff Get From 15 To 30
j Years Each.
Sanford, April 17. —Lodging the
four convicted slayer of Lee county's
popular sheriff. James L. Turner, in
state's prison at Raleigh today marked
tbe closing chapter of Sanford's biggest
court trial in history. The cases con
sinned two weeks’ time, a dozen at
torneys took part and crowds packed
the court room daily. The jurors were
selected from a venire of Harnett
county men.
The verdict of guilty was returned J
around midnight and Judge N. A.
Sinclair, of Fayetteville, immediately j
pronounced sentences. Bud Davis and
Tom McAvinew, convicted of,second
degree murder, received 30 years each
at hard labor. Macon Harrison, who
was alleged to have fired the fatial
shot, convicted of manslaughter, wa«
given the maximum, 29 years. ;*
Parker Robbins, 21, was found
guilty of manslaughter, the jury rec
ommending mercy. Judge Binclair,
considering this, passed an inter
mediate sentence of not less than Id
year nor more than 15 years. Rob
bins’ youthfulness was mentioned by
the court when he received his sent
ence.
The prosecution asked the death
penalty. Jurors, however, said that
not a single ballot was taken for first
degree murder. . , . \ V
The jury deliberated two hours and
three minutes and sent for Judge EUm
clair. With court room doors 1oc1m»4.
and 11 deputies from Lee and Ghat- >
ham counties standing ready to> meet
any jiossible outbreak on part of
prisoners or spectators, the verdict
was taken and sentences passed. The
crowd was detained while officers took
charge of the quartet. A few minute*
later they were on their way to |
Raleigh to begin their terms.
“CRAZY MAN TERROR”
AT ASHEVILLE LSFTEf*
Old Man. Found Alone in Hmtaa,
His v Clothes Tattered and Beard
Matted.—Without Home.
Asheville. April 17. —The “crazy J
man terror” which had gripped the
residents of Hubbard street in „ tbe
western section of the city was lifted
tonight when detectives visited a
large three story vacant house in /,
answer to a call rojiorted that a
demented man had taken refugo
there.
Dave Anderson, 05, was found in
: the house lying on a pallet of straw
in the corner of a room with rags, *
stuffed into broken window panes to
keep out the wind. He stated that
he had lived there for the past five
weeks appearing only at night to go }
in search of food and always return- *
ing before daylight. His clothes were
scanty and in tatters, tyis hair was
long and his beaid was matted and *
this, gave him the wild appearonee
that had spread terror in neighbor- Jj
hood among the residents.
Anderson declared that he had no ~
people and asked the officers to
make arrangements for him to go to , \
the county home. The local chari
table organization was notified and
the "crazy man”, was given a bed
for the first time in many weeks.
Tomorrow he will be taken to the
county home for the aged and in
firm. '"tjjgaEjlp
WEATHERt
Partly cloudy tonight, slightly cold
er in central and west portions; Tues
day partly cloudy.
NO. 84