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• ASSOCIATED © • PRESS « • DISPATCHES * VOLUME XXIV Absence of Witness Is Halting Oil Committee Process Servers Have Been Unable to Locate Wahl berg, Former Secretary to H. F. Sinclair. WILL HAYS TO ! TESTIFY LATER Concerning Charges That Sinclair Furnished Securi ties to Cover Debts of Re publican Party in 1920. <Dy the AftMOdaleff Pren«.| Washington. March 20.—The Senate oil committee suffered a temporary set- ( back today when it undertook to inquire into a story fl at Harry F. Sinclair had turned over a large batch of securities to Attorney (tenoral Daugherty and Will H. Hays, former chairman of the repub lican national committee, to help wipe out the heavy deficit incurred by the party treasury in the campaign of 1!)20. Process servers reported that so far they had been unable to locate C 5. It. Kahlberg, former private secretary to Sinclair, who was to have taken the stand today as the first witness in the new line of investigation. Mr. Hays lias been subpoenaed later, and Sinclair prob ably will be questioned tomorrow. When he was before the committee some weeks ago .Wahlberg testified that i Sinclair turned over $25,000 in Liberty ; bonds to "Mr. Hayes." He did not I identify the man named, and the commit tee did not follow tip his statement. Later Senator Walsh said it was re ported that Wahlberg was in Havana. Cuba, and therefore the committee had no power to compel him to attend. As Will Hays lias been summoned to testi fy it appeared probable that no further effort will be made to tint Wahlberg. I The committee had planned to take up the trail today of a story that Sinclair; had turned over 75.000 shares of Sinclair stock to Will Hays and the Attorney | General to help wipe out the republican j committee debt. The Republican National Committee! came out of the 1020 campaign with a| deficit estimated at .$1,500,000, but an- - nouncement was made last summer that! it had been liquidated. What part, if j any, of this sum was paid off through the • sale of Sinclair stock is not quite clear in tile story which has reached the corn- i in it tec. Former Representative Tkos. J. Ryan, j of New Y< rk. v. Umtarily took the wit ucm',—SliU.t- -M l(e— imibyV | session to deny that he was the man re ferred to in the records of oil stock ; transactions laid before the committee,; and Louis F. Bond, the committee’s in vestigator. followed him to explain how the identification hail been made, and to! further explain his report on stock j transactions of others. Questioned again about Attorney Gen eral Daugherty’s stock account, Bond said the first transaction was a sale of ; 500 shares of Sinclair consolidated, and ! the next was an outright purchase of the : same number of shares. Details of oil stock transactions of Jess] IV. Smith, friend of the Attorney Gen-; erat. as given by Bond, showed a net i profit of $1,531 in 1022. The. Smith amount. Bond said, was listed as "W. W. Spaid No. 3" while Attorney General Daugherty had an ac count as "W. W. Spaid No. 4." Spaid is a member of the firm of Ilibbs & t’om pah.v. Without hearing any other witnesses ttie committee adjourned until 10 o’clock tomorrow morning. Will Quest ion Al Jennings. Washington. March 20. —Al Jennings, once famous train robber of Oklahoma, is to be summoned to Washington by the oil committee. In announcing subpoena for Jennings, Senator Walsh said he would be ques tioned in connection with the rumor that .lake Hamon. former Republican, nation al committeeman from Oklahoma, under took to put. through an oil deal at the Republican national convention in Chi cago in 1!I20. Tabs Race Horse Pill; Almost Crosses Tape. Greensboro, Mar, 19.—A man regist ered at the Guilford Hotel here under the name of R. A. Blair, New Orleans, today took a pill designed to make a race horse step faster and strenuous efforts of physicians wore necessary to save his life. The "gift fast” tablet had in it strychnine, heroin and digitalis it is said. A powerful drug was given him to counteract the poison and he suf fered hallucinations. lie said lie took the pill by mis take and it was the continuous ring ing of a telephone bell from his room to the hotel desk while attracted the at tention of the clerk- The man managed to knock the receiver from the hook. Call for Another Investigation. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, March 20.—A resolution falling on Secretary Weeks for full in formation regarding the sale of arms to Mexico was adopted today by the Sen ate. WHAT SAT’S BEAR SAYS. Ip Rain tonight and probably Friday morning, followed by fair Friday; slight ly colder in southeast portion Friday. The Concord Daily Tribune ♦ McADOO SWAMPED j SEN. UNDERWOOD In the Georgia Primary, Held j Yesterday.—McAdoo Gets 322 Votes in Convention. t (By the Assoclsted Press.> Atlanta, On.. March 20.—1 V. G. Mc- Adoo's overwhelming victory over Oscar W. Underwood for the Georgia Presiden tial preference was indicated today when , returns from yesterdays primary gave i McAdoo 322 votes out of the 412 that I will compose the state convention which j meets in Atlanta April 23rd. Underwood on the same returns had 72 convention , votes. Reports had been read from 150 of the ICO counties. Four counties did not hold primaries. Quitman County reported the vote tied. 48 to 48, with two precincts missing. McAdoo on the returns this morning had carried 120 counties, and Underwood * 31. The state convention will select the 28 delegates from Georgia who will sit in the Democratic National Convention in New York beginning June 24th. NEW PROPOSALS FOR ROM’S BILL SUGGESTED Republicans and Democrats of Senate 1 Finance Committee Waul Changes. (By the Associated Press.) | Washington, March 20.—Amendment of the House soldier bonus bill appeared certain today with both Republicans and Democrats of the Senate finance com mittee advocating the new proposals. Chairman Smoot yesterday introduced a proposed amendment to increase slight ly the value of the life insurance policies provided for in the bill and to make | them payable only at death rather than at the end of twenty years, and to elim inate the borrowing feature of the in surance clause in the House measure. I At the same time Senator Simmons, of i North Carolina, raking democrat on the 1 committee, announced lie would seek ; .adoption of a full cash payment option | such ns was advocated by the House , democrats. / Bonus Will Get Priority. | Washington, March 29.—Prediction ! that the bonus bill will be given pri ority in the Senate finance committee j over tile tax measure, was made today by Senator Watson, of Indiana, a Re publican member of the committee, j He said it was likely such a pron wi f lion wmtthr OP'tntTrte r<r The comm (fire ' | in a day or two and work started on the j bonus measure next week. j MEN ON SUBMARINE DESCRIBE EMOTIONS ; .Men Are Trapped oil Submarine And Are Being Slowly' Suffocated. ! Tokio, March 20 (By the Associated Press). —Graphic description of the emo tions of eighteen mene facing a slow death from suffocation are being recciv ; ed by underwater telephone from tuem- I bers of tlie crew of the Japanese sttb | marine 43. resting on the sea bottom off ! Sasebo harbor, according to dispatches ; today to navy officers here. Through the underwater telephone communication, which lias been estab lished. it was determined that 24 men and 2 officers, one of them the command er. perished when the forward compart ment collapsed as a result of the shat tering of the conning tower in the col lision yesterday with the warship Tat suta. Two enginccer officers and 10 men are still alive, and by means of the telephone vivid stories of their sufferings are being heard by rescue workers on the warships standing by. Ten divers were striving to attaeli chains by which the submarine could be pulled up with heavy winches. Hotarians to Meet in Raleigh. Raleigh. March 20.—The annual con ference of the thirty-seventh Rotary dis trict, which is composed of North Caro lina and Virginia clubs, will be held in this city on April 3 and 4. next, it was announced here at the weekly meeting of the Rnleigh club. There are 39 Rotary clubs in this district and reports coming from 22 of them indicate that approximately GOO Rotarians and 100 women will attend the meeting. At the last meeting of the Raleigh club plans were laid for the entertain ment of the visiting Rotarians and their guests, the Raleigh club acting ns host. On Thursday afternoon, the first day of the convention, the Raleigh Kiwanis, Civitaus and Lions clubs will escort the visiting ladies on an automobile ride through the city and 'the surrounding country, pointing out all the places of - interest. Ujton returning to the city, . the ladies will be entertained at the , Woman’s Club' at tea. Friday will he the day on which receptions will he giv en in honor of the visiting ladies by Mr. and Mrs. Josephus Daniels and Dr. and Mrs. Hubert Royster. i Mr. Caldwell to Arrive Tonight. » Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Caldwell have - been advised that their son, M. H. Caldwell, Jr., has arrived in New Orleans , from Honduras and will arrive in Con cord tonight for a visit. Mr. Caldwell arrived in New Orleans yesterday on his first, visit tot the States since he went to Honduras last spring. Pheba Crawford Married. (By the Assm lated Press.) St. Augustine, Fla., March 20. —J. Harold Sommers, St. Petersburg pub lisher, and Pheba Crawford, evangelist known as the “Angel of Broadway,” and one of the most celebrated women in America, were quietly married here yes terday afternoon. A called meeting of the Cabarrus f Chapter War Mothers will be held at the - home of Mrs. .Tno K. Patterson Friday afternoon it 3:30 o’clock. CONCORD, N. C„ THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1924 ALONZO WHITE IS BEING HELD IN COUNTY JAIL Kannaprlis Negro Is Charged With Kill ing llwiry Davis, Another Kannapolis Negro. Alonzo White. Kannapolis negro, is being held in the county jail here as a result of a shooting scrape last night in Tincttp, famous colored suburb of Kan napolis. White was charged by a coro ner’s jury with fatally shooting Henry Davis, another negro. White was lodged in the county jail following an investigation by Sheriff Caldwell and Coroner Hart sell. The shooting occurred about 10 o'clock and the officers went to Kannapolis as soon as a report of the affair reached this city. They found White near the scene of the killing and lie was immediately question ed. A jury summoned by Coroner Hart sell ordered the negro held after hearing his testimony. No one seemed willing to tell limel about the shooting, officers reported upon their return front Kannapolis.’ Many negroes were questioned, hut all declared they knew nothing about the affair. White, according to his story, did not know how Davis was killed. lie and Davis, lie admitted, quarreled in a case when he asked Davis for $2.50 which lit* had loaned him and Davis ’cussed him for demanding payment before the crowd in the case. The fight then started. White said, and Davis drew a gun. When Davis pointed the gun at him, White said, he knocked the barrel of the gun down and Was shot in the foot. He ran then, ho said, and so far as he knew only the one shot was ti red. Other witnesses told about hearing three shots and officers later found three I empty cartridges. These were examined and officers say they fitted a gttn which was identified as White's. The gun showed it had recently been lived, the officers declared. Davis was shot behind one ear and in one shoulder. He lived only a short time after being shot. An autopsy was per formed on the body this morning by Cor mier Hartnell, who was seeking to find the two bullets. PLASTER PARIS PANCAKES GIVE EATER NO TROUBLE Wife Mixed Batter With Ffour Left By I’pperhangers. Corning, N. Y. March 19.—Plaster paris pancakes was the menu Samuel L. Smith, prominent Corning contractor, had for breakfast a day or two ago, and despite the fact that, he ate four, he suffered no ill effects. Mrs. Smith, in mixing the batter, dip ped into a bag left in the flour by paperhanger recently, and the mistake was not discovered until Mrs. Smith's daughter noticed the peculiar taste. By this time, Mr. Smith had devoured four. He went to a physician us a precau t ion act measure, hut hn£g not yet been tOUrered 1a .’tjfX'E vt jwaL DISORDERS REPORTED IN PERSIAN CAPITAL Anti-Monarchist Demonstration Led to Disorders Throughout Capital Yester day. Teheran. Persia. March 20 (By the Associated Press). Anti-monarchist demonstrations led to disorders through out the capital yesterday. Fiery speech es were delivered by the leaders of the opposition to the Shalt, but the people remained apathetic. Business was sus pended while the meeting was in prog ress. When the business houses at tempted to reopen, rioting started. Against Naval Base at Alameda. (By (he Associated Press.) Washington, March 20.—Plans of the Navy Department for a naval base at Alameda. Calif., were disapproved today by the House naval committee. The vote was (i to 13. We pay you to save. wmSS/Bm' Show me the man who thinks big things —and I’ll show you a man who plans every detail. Haphazard, hit or miss methods nev er bring success. If you are married, go over the mat ter of saving together. Work out a schedule and then stick to it. Often you can save money without denying yourself a single necessary tiling. We are able to declare unusually high dividends to the person who in vests his savings with us—due to our mutual (non-profit) plan. Furthermore, our plan of REGULAR saving is the true way to practice thrift. REGULAR SAVINGS GROW. Once in-a-while methods of saving never ac complish much. Series No. 53 Now Open. Running Shares Cost 25 Cents Per week Prepaid Shares Cost $72.25 per share. All Stock Nou-Taxable. START NOW. CABARRUS COUNTY B. L. & SAV INGS ASSOCIATION Office in Concord National Bank t BEGIN NOW Final Service of Local Mission Held Last Night Bishop Edwin A. Penick, of Charlotte,, Conducted All of the Sessions of the Mission. “LIVING CHRIST” TEXT OF SERMON Fact That God Does Not Mean Anything to Aver age Person is Cause of Troubles of the World. A living Christ was pictured as the world’s greatest need at All Saints Episcopal Church last night by Bishop Edwin A. Penick. of Charlotte, who sit the service concluded the mission which lias been conducted in the local Episco pal Church this week. Bishop Penick was l heard by a congregation that filled every seat in the church and utilized chairs placed in the aisles and he de livered a masterful sermon with the conversion of Paul as the basis of his text. Before beginning his sermon Bishop Penick discussed at some length modern ism and fundamentalism, subjects that have caused worldwide interest within the past several months especially. Bish op Penick declared that he was a funda mentalist and also a modernist and he declared that it was possible for every one to believe in both. Fundamentalists, he explained, accept the Scripture as infalltby correct. Mod ernists see in nature new truths as giv en by God. There are extremists in the latter school. Bishop Penick declar ed. that go too far, but he declared that every one should thank the scientists and not condemn them for pointing out new truths as revealed in nature. A portion of the fifth verse of the ninth chapter of Acts furnished the text for Bishop Peniek’s sermon: "And He said. Who are Thou, God?” Some time ago. Bishop Penick said, he was asked to address a gathering of men on the subject,' "The Living Christ.” The subject at first puzzled, him, the speaker said, because he could conceive of no other Christ than a 18’t‘tg One, but af ter more thought he arrived at the con clusion that the originator of the sub ject must have felt that it was needful for hits hearers to be reminded again that Christ is a living Christ, "And I have chosen' this same subject (or this sermon.” Bjshop Penick con tinued, “to remind ti,s again that we worship One who dinlfefii the Cross but ever liveth.” Saul, the persecutor, the man dreaded by the Christians, was on his way to Damascus to arrest and put to death more Christians when he was called by Jesus, Bishop Penick pointed out in ex plaining more fully his text. Saul was « learned man. versed in the language of the laws of his country, and he must have been infiueneed by the behavior of the Christians he had seen put to death, men and women who died calmly and courageously. "While riding along,” Bishop Penick continued. "Saul suddenly had a revo lutionary experience. There came a blinding light about him .and he fell to tlie ground listening to the voice that said. ■Saul, Saul, why perseoueth me?’ "And the reply to Paul is the sum and substance of religion. 'Who art thou?’ he asked. The word 'who’ gives the keynote to religion. Paul did not say ‘What is it?’ He felt a powerful presence. He knew some living pres ence was near. He said ‘who.’ "The faults and troubles of the world •today are due to the fact that to a majority of the people God means about as much as the law of gravitation. It is not a question of ‘who’ hut 'what' with most people. "The world is hungry for God Himself but society is seeking a panacea some •where else. Man’s home rightfully is in the heart of God but he does not recognize it. Society is organized into all sorts of clubs with high sounding names, into fellowships, fraternities and societies and all are trying to find a solution to the problems of tlie day.! Any one can get a following if ho! springs some belief for people want leadership and .vet they do not know they need God. "There are local. State, national and 'international societies but all are miss ing the mark. Wars will never cease, men in business will never quit cutting the throats of competitors, polities will never be free from scandal, homes will not escape disruption and young people will not escape pitfalls until God comes into the heart, the home, the State, the nation aud the world. All ,th eeffort of society is lost montion for the only thing that will inspire is the unifying ' spirit of the Holy Ghost. “Many persons are trying to saye the world by a system of ethics. Without God these are no good. System is not what the world needs. What, is the one thing you want loved ones to possess . above all others? It is not. system. You do not want them to belong to system. Bitch is a pitiful ideal for man who was fashioned in the image . of God. “There is only one home for man. That is in the heart of God and there will Is- lonesomeness and homesickness until man gets back there. And the truth of life as shown by Jesus Christ will take man back there. Man does not need a thesis; he needs God. He does not need a system; he needs the (lower of God. “There come times, usually in some great crisis, when one can feel the pres ence es God. and this presence drives away fear. The nearness of God is so close that it seems a reality, standing near with His strengthening power. If such an experience comes to you, build around it. It is a raythica lexperience | (Continued on I'age Six.) ♦ COTTON CROP: TOTAL GIVEN Entire Crop Was 10,128,478 Bales, Which Was Increase Over Last Year’s Crop. (By (lie Press.) 'Washington. March 20—. The total cotton crop was 10.128,478 equivalent 500-pound bales exclusive of linters last year as shown today by the Census Bu reau's final ginning report of the sea son. That includes 1.7.204 bales, gin ners estimated would be turned out af ter the March canvass. A crop of 10.081.000 bales was esti mated alst December by the Department of Agriculture. Bast year’s crop was 0,762.060 bait's. The number of running bales was 10,1.70,408, including 242.177 round bales counted as half bales; 22.426 bales of American-Egyptian; and 78.7 bales of Sen Island; compared with 0,728.306 bales, including 172.182 round bales, 32.824 bales of American-Egyp tian. and 5.12.7 of Sen Island in the 1022 crop. The average gross weight per bale for the crop was 405..7 pounds compared with .701.7 pounds for the 1022 crop. The 1023 crop in equivalent .700- nottnd bales for Xorfh Carolina was 1,017.32.7 bales. PRISONER OF THE VATICAN. Dispute Between Pope and Italian Gov ernment About to Be Settled. London. March 20. —Much attention has been attracted by the publication of a statement to the effect that, the dis pute between the Pope and the Italian Goverment is about to be settled and that in cosequence tin* l’ope no longer will consider himself a prisoner of the Vatican. Few expressions are at once so true and so misleading ns that, of '“the Prisoner of the Vatican”—a reference to the fact that since 1870 none of the reigning Pope's, from Pius IX. to the present Pope. Pius XI, has left the pre cincts of that great palace of a thou sand rooms. So true, because the Pope is a prison er: but. so misleading because bis ••im prisonment" is unlike that of any other man: it it a self-imposed seclusion, adopted and maintained to vindicate a principle. ; It was brought by the follow ing circumstances: Fore mWe than a thousand years the Pope was. not - only the spirit uni sovereign of the Catholic Church, but also a temporal ruler, a wiehler of governmental power over territory which became known as the Papal States. These Papal States included nart of what is now the kingdom of Italy, among other places the city of It.nuo itself. The last of the Popes who ruled over the Papal States was Pius IX.. who was elected in 1846. In his region the political movement for a united Italy developed, and the end of the temporal power came on September 20. 1870, when the Italian troops entered Home, which was afterwards, in spite of Papal protests, proclaimed the capital of the Italian Kindgom. Pope Pius withdrew into the Vatican, and never left it again until his dead body was borne to its last resting place in the church of St. Lawrence. Nor have any of his four successors—Leo XIII.. Pius X.. Benedict XV.. Pius Xl.—set. foot, as Pope, on Italian soil: for the Vatican is ‘'extra-territorial," and therefore no part of Italy. OSCAR OF THE WALDORF. Famous Maitre de Hotel Has Been Made Chevalier in a French Order. Xew York. Mar. 20. —Oscar Tschirky (Oscar of the Waldorf) has been made a chevalier in the Ordre Merito Agri cole. The honor comes from the French Government, in recognition of Oscar's unfailing courtesy and attention to hun dreds of French travelers who have been guests at the Waldorf and have por i ttiken of the dinners prepared under | Oscar's supervision. Oscar is befittingly grateful for this latest honor bestowed upon him, but it is not likely to inter fere with the customary routine of his everyday life. Receiving such honors is no new experience for Oscar. He al ready possesses a long list of “decora tions” given him by grateful members of royalty who has been his guests. Oscar Tschirky is the highest paid maitre d'hotel in the world. Several years ago he signed a ten-year contract with Ihe Waldorf-Astoria management at a fee said to involve almost .$500,000 Oscar joined the Waldorf on its open ing night. March !), 1803. The story of how he rose to fame and wealth through the tips of Wall Street men is too well known for repeating. Aside from just one vacation of more than the week-end variety, he has been on the job every day. personally attend ing the supervising the dining rooms with the personal touch and correctness that only Oscar knows. It is said that he has handled more social functions of importance given to world prominent men and women that any other man in America or,Europe. Week-end Sale at Eflrd’s. Tomorrow, Saturday and Monday Efird's will conduct an 88-cent sale and | for the trade event many interesting . and useful articles will be offered. The company in this paper carries , a page ad. announcing the sale and . pointing out some of the many fine bar , gains to be offered during the three , days. , It will be to your advantage to read | the ad. carefully. ! The proportion of polygamous mar riages to the total number in Turkey is now- less than one to a thousand. NO. 65. THRIFTY COU-ECTORS OF HOSTAGE STAMPS .Stamp Celleeliiig Now One of the Hob bies of the Rich. New Y’ork. March 20.—Stamp collect ing can now be listed among the hob bies cf the rich. In the opinion of prominent New Y’ork collectors and dealers, the stamp hobby bids fair to supplant fine paintings and other bulky works of art in the estimation of those who make ejlleetious for collections' , sake. j ‘ One reason advanced for the change that is taking place is the modern liv ing condition do not afford space for bulk collections. Whereas a collec tion of valuable canvassers requires spa - eious halls and corridors, with proper lighting, a very valuable stamp collec tion can be carried in the vest pocket. Even tlie largest and most valuable col lections are contained within a few volumes which fit into a bookcase. Stamp collecting first became a real ly international hobby, dealers here say. in the early nineties. From 1893 to 1900 the hobby had a great following. Then it died down until 1912, since when the ranks of stamp enthusiasts have been steadily augmented. Today there are in the United States alone 50 or more collections which are worth be tween SIOO,OOO and $200,000 each, deal ers say. while there 'are almost any number es collections valued from $25.- 000 to $75,000 each. The most valuable stamp in the world is said to be the British Guiana stamp now owned by Arthur Hind, of Utica. N. Y. He competed with the Kisg otf England' for this stamp and won. At the present time it is valued by dealers at about $38,000. About five years ago stamp collecting received a great impetus, since when prices have advanced greatly, placing some issues entirely out of reach of any but wealthy buyers. This has driven many collectors into the field of post cards and envelopes, but prices on these too. it is said, are advancing rapidly. Lately, there has been a big demand for stamps of the Confederate govern ment. issued during the war of the re bellion. Old ramshackle buildings on the lower East Side have produced many rare stamps of the early days of the United States. Collector* say that, tlie craze has ex tended to. Europe, especially in Eng land, where there is a particular de mand for stamps of the United States. Hardly a day passes in Which there is not. a stamp auction in New York. The same is true in London, and in Paris there is a regularly established stamp exchange. With Our Advertisers. The Bell & Harris Furniture C 0... buys in ear load lots and therefore can sell cheaper. See ad. today for inter esting facts about the business of the company. . Y’oit -wit) find specials every day at the Cabarrus Cash Grocery Company. Name-on stationery at very reasonable prices at. tlie Specialty Hat Shop. Because of its exceptional facilities, conservative policy, .experienced manage ment and complete organization, the Cit izens Bank and Trust Company is quali fied to serve most satisfactorily in the transaction of any financial matters. Genuine hand made laces and medal lions at Robinson’s. See new ad. for particulars and prices. Unusual furniture at unusual prices at the Concord Furniture Store during the big 15th Anniversary Sale now going on. See big ad .in today’s paper and go to see their line of home furnishings. The 53rd series of building and loan is now open at the Cabarrus County 11. L. & Savings Association. See Gilbert Hen drix at Concord National Bank for pnr tieu lars. Ooolidge Won in North Dakota. (By the Associated Press.) Fargo. N. I)., March 20.—Calvin Coolidge was conceded a victory in the Republican Presidential preferential pri mary in North Dakota last Tuesday in a statement issued here today by the State headquarters for Senator Hiram Johnson, one of the President's primary opponents. Churchill Defeated. London. March 20 (By the Associated Press l. —Winston Churchill, standing as sin independent and ami-socialist candi date. lost his fight in the parliamentary election for the Abbey division of West minster to Otho Nicholson, conservative, by 33 votes. Will Not Unseat Moore. (By the Associated Press.) Washington. March 20.—11. I,ee Moore, democrat, is entitled to retain his seat in tlie House from the first Georgia district, an election committee decided today, dismissing the contest of Don H. Clark, republican, Moore's opponent in the 1922 election. Hot plates, warmed by electricity, are set into the ground at, certain street corners in Amsterdam. They are intend ed for the comfort of policemen on traffic duty. mu ■iiiniiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiimg Because of its exceptional facilities, conser- jgg; 2 native policy, experienced management and E 2 complete organization, this bank is qualified B E to serve most satisfactorily in the transaction |s EE >f any financial matters. ES /CITIZENS Rffe 1 I BANK TRUST CO.j 11 f| m k. CONCORD,N. C. .1- 0 TODAY’S 0 0 NEWS 0 0 TODAY 0 00000000 TEX RICKARD TELLS ABOUT MONEY PAID W n, l OTHERS Fight Promoter Called Be fore Daugherty Investiga tion Committee in Connec tion With Fight Films. PAID MONEY BUT GOT NO RESULTS Says He “Got Bunked” When He Arranged With Muma, Orr and Others to Get Film Protection. (By (he AHsooiateit Pres*.) Washington, March 20.—Tex Rickard, fight promoter, told the Daugherty in vestigating committee today that he "got bunked'' when lie arranged with .Tap Muma. Will A. Orr. and the mysterious ike Martin to exhibit motion pictures of tin* Curpeirtier-Dempsey fight, with immunity from prosecution. "They never did anything at all for their money." Rickard told the commit tee. adding that Muma had told him he could got a law passed legalizing the showing of the pictures, but failed to do wo. Emphasizing that none of them claim ed any influence with Attorney General Daugherty. Rickard maintained that ex pecting passage of a law to legalize the sl owings, he went ahead and got fined in stead. When he found they were not "delivering the goods" lie revised the contract on a basis that contemplated Orr's influence in "fixing it" with the Xew York State board of censorship. Some results were obtained there, Rick ard said, and as the contract finally was revised, he testified that Orr got. a little over $4,000 for hit-share, and Martin and Muma each got a little more than $3,000. “I never thought there was any con spiracy," Rickard said. After hearing Rickard, the commit tee turned lo verifying the statement of G. O. Holdridge, a Department of .Jus tice agent. Holdridge in previous testimony to file committee quoted Muma as having said Attorney General Daugherty had told him (Muma) that if the deal went oyer he (Muma) ought, to get a big cut oui of it, at least. 50 per cent. Holdriibre presented, hix statement t* the committee with an attest by Thom as Spellac.v, a former Department of Justice agent, as “absolutely true." The committee got Spellaey on the stand today and he confirmed some of Holdrige's testimony but made a change in Holdrige's account of Minna's report of the alleged coimsfcation with the Attorney General. “As I remember Muma's statement," Spellaey said, "it was not that Mr. Daugherty suggested a 50 per cent cut, but that lie thought Minna was interced ing for Tex Rickard, and that. Daugh erty said Minna ought to get an inter est for that. Muma said lie told Daugh erty lie was going to get an interest. Spellaey admitted ou cross examina tion that lie had never checked up on Minna's statements to Holdrige. District of Columbia About 300 Per Cent. More Drunken Than Paris, Says Tinkham Washington, March 20. —The District of Columbia is 300 per cent, more drunk en than Paris and 2.000 more murderous than London, Representative Tinkham, Republican, of Massachusetts, declared in a statement giving comparative fig ures. Statistics ou arrests here as reported by the police department, he said, “dis close a civil depravity and social disin tegration under present conditions and laws which are both appalling and un believable." Foremost as excuses ‘for these amaz ing and pretentious phenomena of the American social decline," Representa tive Tinkham said, are the "loss of con fidence in and respect for present con gressmen, and therefore, for laws pass ed by them." and the "abdication of cer tain sects of the Christian Church from their spiritual direction and leadership and their assumption of political and leg islative domination.” Divorces in the Cnited States, lie said, had increased 100 per cent, in the last ten years. London, with a population of 8,000,* 000, Mr. Tinkham said, had 28 murders in 1022, the latest year for which sta tistics are available, against 38 in the' District of Columbia with a population of less than 500.000. In Paris, he said, with a population of 3,000,000 there “ . wkere 16,000 arrests for drunkenness in 1923 against more than 8,000 arrests for drunkenness here.
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