North Carolina Newspapers

ASSOCIATED PRESS ' DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVI REPUBLUSHOPE CONGRESS ELBE OVER B) JUNE IST With Tax Bill Practically Out of Way and Work on Appropriations Start ed, eaders Hopeful. SEVERAL BILLS OF IMPORTANCE Must Be Acted Upon But It Seans Certain Now That Way Can Be Found to Adjourn by June Ist. Washington, Feb. 30.—OP)—Ad journment of Congress before June 1 is now the hope and expectation el republican leaders in the two houses. With the tax bill practically out of the way and work on the ten annual appropriation bills well advanced, some of' them evefi estimate that Congress should get away by May 1, but this, prediction is , not generally shared. As the legislative programs are now arranged, there are comparatively few measures of major importance to be acted upon. These include several railroad bills, farm relief legislation, the $106,000,000 public buildings bill, and. Muscle Shoals. Democratic leaders in the Senate have announced that the question of a Unified air service must be fought out, but they are . not adverse to an. early adjournment as this is a political year with the complexion of the new Con • gross to be determined in the Novem ber elections. The senatorial and congressional campaign committees of the two major parties already are laying plans for the campaigns and senators and representatives will be drafted for campaign speaking in many states. BELIEVE MONROE MAN MURDERED IN HIS CAR Holmes Morris Is Missing and Hlt Automobile Found Pierced by Bul lets. Monroe, Feb. 10.—Holmes Morris, popular mechanic and automobile dial er of tile firm of Morris and Small, of this city,,is strangely missing, and it i« thought that he has been murdered. Mr. M6trw left Monroe last (light at -7 o'clock to we 1>1« mother, who Is suffering with pneumonia and who lives about ten miles from Mon roe in the old Davis mine section. He was last seen at tile home of his father-in-law, T. B. Price, In the same neighborhood. He had left Monroe with the inten tion of remaining away kll night, and not until 11 o’clock today when a mes sage was phoned to the office of Sher iff Clifford Fowler that an automobile which indicated that its occupants had had misfortune, was standing tm the Indian Trail and Waxbaw road near the old Davis mine. On investi gation the ear was found to he that of Mr, Morris. Into the car two pistol balls had been shot. One took effect in the rear of the body of the car, and the other -pierced the glass in the door op posite where the driver was rittlng. In the car was Mr. Morris’ hat which had been cut from the top, .both crown and brim, but which showed no stains of blood. Both pistol balls were re covered "by the sheriff and his depu ties, also the cartridges from which they Shot were found lying near the car. These is much evidence of murder, but no trace of the body has been found. It was thought that it was • placed in a gold hit, many of which are in the woods nearby, but it is now believed that this is not the case, and that if a murder was committed the body was hauled away. Sheriff Fowler Is requesting all hos pitals to wire him in case they have received a patient which answers to the description of Morris, a man about five feet and eleven indhes tall, weight 180 pounds, head somewhat bald. He is 28 years old and has a wife and two small children. Farmers Gave Business Men a Btq»- par. Salisbury, Feb. 20.—(A*)—A unique sbeial event was that here recently, • when farmers of Rowan county played the role of host to local business men, representing more than forty lines of endeavor. v j • The occasion, a banquet supper, was featured by talks, made by farmers and business men, on the Teiatione be tween the two groups, and how re lationships could be improved, Md closer co-operation be secured. More than 250 persons were pres ent. The idea of the supper is Mid to have been conceived by W. G. Yeager, county agent in Rowan coun ty. X' ' * * Suzanne Collapsed. Nice, France, Feb. 20.—GW—Bus an ne Lenglen collapsed while en route to Be&ulftu ty automobile today to fulfill her engagements in the lawn tennis tournament there. She was taken back to her home where she is confined to h« bed and is expected to be scratched from the tournament. After her collapse it was announced thate Mile. Lengen had been scratched from the Beaulieu tournament. The French champion is reported to be in extremely poor health. Canada is the gold-produc ing country in the world,.the Trans vaal being the first, and the United States second. The Concord Daily Tribune North Carolina's Leading Small City Daily Gets By t*q)U«. four-months-old .ton terries owned by Dr. P W Horner of Elk hart. lnd.. was horn without any front legs, hut she gets by anyway. She has learned to walk about on her hind lege, using her stubby tail as an added' support, and seem* to «n- Jby Ilfs thoroughly PREDICTS GREAT FLOW OF SETTLERS HERE People of Other Sections Need Only Know What North Carolina Has Asheville, N. C., Feb. 20.— OP) — Once the people of the north and east come to realize what the State of North Carolina offers in the fields of agriculture and industry, and are , aware of the equable climate and I splendid living conditions here, there | will be a steady and healthy flow permanent settlers into the state. "T This is the mature opinion of a former North Carolinian, Harlan P- I Kelsey, a prominent nurseryman, of Salem, Mass., who has recently tour ed the state, speaking in the interest of the creation of the proposed national park in the Great Smokies. Mr. Kelsey, whose family moved to Linville when he was two years old, and who grew up in and about Linville and Highlands, is thorough ly convinced that the people of the North Atlantic and New England I states will be glad to pursue their agricultural and industrial occupa tions in the Sonth, and abandon forever the struggle for existence in the severe climate of the North. The present very Cold wcßther in the Nyth Kill turn many tq thinking at •setting In the South before before another winter sets in, Mr. Kelsey avers. They need oaiy to be told of the possibilities and the conditions here. Many thousands—and in time mil lions—of people will come to know North Carolina by coming here on their vacations and visiting the re- 1 sorts of this state, Mr. Kelsey told audiences on his recent visit to North Carolina. The proposed Great Smoky Mountains National Park wlil be an attraction that will, he believes, draw merge people to North Carolina than all the other scenic an(l health resorts combined. For this reason, he thinks the park should be made large enough, or pro vision should be made for expansion of the park area, to accommodate the limitless thousands who will come here by train or motor, in,his opin ion. / Mr. Kelsey is a member of the Southern Appalachian National Park Commission, which, at the direction of Secretary of the Interior Work,' selected the two sites in the South ern Appalachians for national parks —one in the Great Smoky Moun tains, and one in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. These two parks will, in Mr. Kel sey’s opinion, be the only two large national parks to be created in the east, bacause, he says there are no other sites of sufficient size or quali ty to warrant being included in the national park system. Southern Rusties Work of Laying the Heavier Rail. Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 19.—The most extensive rail laying program ever un dertaken by the Southern Railway System was completed during 1925. when heavier rail was laid on 929 mile* of track, and an even more ex tensive program has been mapped out for 1926, according to an official an nouncement. ’ Included in the lines improved dur ing 1925 were 549 miles of track laid with new 100-pound rail, the stand -1 ard section for lines of heavy traffic; 407 miles with 75-pound rail, and 102 miles with rail o{ other weights on branch lines, rail of lighter section being released in each instance. The Southern now has 1,080 miles of track laid with 100-pouud rail. A notable step forward in 1925 | was the adoption of 30 feet as the Standard length of all new rail bought [ instead of 83 feet which-has been the standard for many years. The use of the longer rail requires a smaller number of joints, improves the riding quality of the track and gives an add ed fWtor of safety. For laying during the first six ! months of 1926, 48,200 tons of raU | hate been purchase). , Duncan to Coach Tr Heels. Oka pel Hill, Feb. 20.—Oto—Duke Duncan, former owner and manager; of the Raleigh baseball club, today] 1 signed a contract to coach the Unl -1 versity of North Carolina baseball 1 team this .spring. Rickets ia a disease confined ai - most entirely to large cities. In - agricultural communities tae disease i ia very rare, and among savages, practically unknown. CONCORD, N. C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1926 ILHE IN BOMBING EfOUSE KLLS THREE UNO INJURES FOUR A Man and Two Children Were Burned to Death in Geenvilie, S. C., in Early Morning Fire. DOZEN PERSONS ESCAPED SAFELY Russell Hamby, Evelyn Smith and Earl Smith Were Trapped on the Second Floor. Greenville, S. C., Feb. 20.—OP)— : One man and two children were burn ed to death, and four others seriously burned in a fire at the residence of Mrs. C. I. Smith here early today. A dozen other residents escaped. ! The victims. Russell Hamby, 23, Evelyn 11, and Earl Smith 15. were trapped on the second floor. Margar jet Smith, 17. received severe burns but escaped by leaping from a sec | ond atory window. The bodies of ‘ the two children were found on the I sleeping porch, and that of Hamby in j the bath room. ■ Mrs. Smith, mother of the girls, , and an unidentified woman were tak en from the fire suffering more or less serious burns. Mrs. Smith operated a boarding house. , SIMMONS TAKES SIGNAL VICTORY FOM TAX FIGHT Retroactive Measure Relieves Nearly ) Half of Estate Tax Payers of Their Burden. ! AA’ashington, Feb. 19.—Senator Simmons wrested a victory out of the tax controversy here. This time yes terday it looked as if he were going to lose, but today he won. There is no doubt about the results. His office announced tonight that! “the outcome of the conference constitutes a great victory for him and the other Senate conferees.” . Here is the way his friends see it: ! While yielding to an extent to the House on the estate tax, the Senate conferees cut the heart out of the House estate provision by raising the exemption from $50,000 to $100,000., thus relieving entirely from any es tate tax nearly half of all those here tofore subject to estate taxes.; and by adopting Senator Simmons’ retro active nlnendment applying the 1921 rates to estates of descendents dying under the 1924 law, reducing the rate on the Duke and other estates from 40 per cent, to 25 per cent., eliminat ing the House provision double tax i ing charitable bequests, and giving a 25 per cent, credit on estate taxes to be paid to the states under the 1924 act by the Duke estate and others. On practically all .else the Sim mons nnd Senate victory was equally and even more complete. THE COTTON MARKET Renewed Covering by Near Month Short* Featured the Early Trading Today, New York, Feb. 20.—Renewed cov ering by near month ahorts featured the early trading in the cotton mar ket today. Prices held steady al though Liverpool cables were rather disappointing. Reports that the certified stocks here had been reduced to less than 18,000 bales yesterday and 1,000 hales would be withdrawn today no doubt stimulated the covering movement, particularly as Tuesday will be the first March notice day in the local market, and all American markets will he closed Monday. The market opened steady at ad vances of 1 to 4 points and sold 3 to 6 points net higher, March ruling around 2032 and October at 18.22 i,t the end of the first hour. Cotton futures opened steady. March 20.28; May 19 71; July 19.05; Oct. 18.20; Dec. 17.86. Closed Steady. New York, Feb. 20.—(A s )—Cotton futures closed steady net 3 points to 3 points down. March closed 20 25- 26; May 19 68-71; July 19-07-08; Oc tober 18.16; December 17 82-84. Earl of Craven Honored In Canada. Ottawa, Ont„ Feb. 20.—<AP) —Hon- ored by war veterans of Ottawa as a war comrade, the Earl of Craven has •heeH formally presented with the gold badge of the Ottawa branch of the Great War Veterans'. Association. This decoration is given only to great soldiers, statesmen and others deserv ing of high honors. The Countess of i of Craven was presented with a bou . quet of roses. - Judge Varser Enters Charlotte Ho#- pita!, Charlotte, N. C., Feb. 19.—(W— --; Former Assooiate justice L. R. Var ] ser, of Lumberton, has entered a Charlotte fiospital for treatment. Judge Varser recently suffered a kid- I ney attack, while on the train, it is is learned. Mbs Wills Continues to Win. ~ Beaulieu, France, Bept. 19.—(A0— r ' Two more decisive victories todmy r marked the prqgress of Helen Wills, . the American Champion, through the 1 woman's singles of the Beaulieu ten nis tournament. She defeated Miss Emily Wright 6-0, 0-0, and Mrs. Ban . dolph Lycett 6-0, 6-1. i t Chunks of dried milk were reeent , ly used as fuel to drive an Engiteh railway locomotive tea mile*.. Plotßared i Hr l ■OK;.;, gßkr' ' <**%»&&* jfl ■gm* . J* ■" 1 Hi Sr 3 Cj - I \ j •i *" / Mrs. Albtrdlna Frank, 24 (above), o{ Kansas City, waa tired of her hus band. So she asked Carl B. .Davis. (6 (below), to hire a gunman to toll him. Davis tried to. but got hold of a city detective by mistake and tried to hire him. The two were arrested and have confessed, according to Kansas City police. PRESIDENT IMPROVED BUT STAYS AT HOME Again Cancels All Engagements So as to Be Entirely AVell By Mon day. Washington, Feb. 20.—OP)—Al though his condition was reported as greatly improved President Coolidge again cancelled engagements for to day and remained in his room nursing the cold with which he has been suf fering. It was reiterated at the White House that the President was tak ing extra precautions so that 6e would be able to address the Depart ment of Superintendents of the Nat ional Education Association here m Monday night and thnt it was for this reason that he was remaining away from his office. Weather Bureau Explains "Florida" Climate in Alaska. AVashington, Feb. 20.—(A 5 )—The weather bureau takes no stock in suggestions that volcanic activity in tha Alaskan territory have caused the recent high temperatures there. Instead, the bureau declares a pe culiar layout of atmospheric pres sure has brought warm ocean winds to Alaska and has deflected down through Canada the cold waves that usually pass over the Alaskan-Siber ian sector. “That’s all there is to it,” say the experts. ‘Talcanoee may look and act fiery, but the most ferocious one in the world isnt warm enough to heat up even a small corner of a regular cold wave.” On one occasion the temperature in Eagle, Alaska, was higher than that at Jacksonville, Fla. An Island on the Move. Rome, Feb. 20.—A French naval officer who has been making an official survey of the island of Corsica, re cently made the startling announce ment that it was floating away. In the last hundred years, he estimates, it has moved eastward a distance of i 33 feet. The curious discovery would fit in with the theory of geologists who suggest that the earth’s crust is shifting horizontally. But an Italian humorist has suggested that the people of Corsica would rather be Italians than French, and there fore are riding towards the land of their preference. we* |vnKffl says: R Mad to ha that girls •aedad to bo told that if they ■ado themselves Into a wel come sign they were expected to say. “Como in." Now we know it and we know, too, whaa to say, “Go to r Watch this »opor for fur ther new* of Joanns’* thrill top Unto story. - Whftt Would You Do With • Million Dollar*? ‘P 1 START PROCEEDINGS IN FEDERAL COURT TO PADLOCK HOTEL TJ. S. District Attorney Buckner Filed Charges in Federal Court Against the Hotel Brevoort. HOTEL FAMOUS t FOR GENERATIONS Many Notables From Other Countries Have Been at Hostelry Since It Was Built in 1845. New York. Feb. 20.—OP)—Padlock proceeding* were started today by Fnited States District Attorney Buckner against the Hotel Brevoort, one of New York’s best known hotels. The Sailors Snug Harbor, owner of the land upon which the hotel stands, also was named as a formal defend ant in the proceedings. The papers filed in federal court charge that liquor has been sold in the hotel on numerous occasions con stituting a “public nuisance.” The hotel is operated by Raymond Orteig, Inc. Officers of the croporation are Raymond Orteig, Raymond Orteig, Jr., and Blise Dantion. The elder Mr. Orteig in 1925 offered a prize of $25,000 to the winner of a non-stop airplant flight from Paris to New York. On June Ist last year he ex tended his offer for the further period of five years from that date. The Brevoort was built in 1845. Among its guests in earlier days were President Garfield, the Marquis of Queensbury, the Duke of Marlborough, Queen Emma, of the Sandwish Is lands, Prince George, of Greece, and numerous other noted persons. This is the first time padlock pro ceedings have been started against a hotel in this city. Discussing his ac tion. Mr. Buckner said “Hotels, sa loons, night dubs., speak-easies and holes in the wall must all stand equal before the law.” MARION TALLEY’S RADIO DEBUT WELL RECEIVED Young Prims Donna Sing s Famous Aria to Invisible Audience With Great Success. New York. Feb. 10.—Marios Tal ley tonight made her seeomi debut iu. three days. The 19-year-old soprano who was accorded an ovation at her first appearance at the Metropolitan Opera house Wednesday night, sang to her home town folk of Kansas City tonight and to a radio audience scattered throughout the country. Broadcasting from station WJZ linkoxl with six other radio station. Miss Talley began her program with the “Caro Nome” aria which won her nine curtain calls at her opera tic debut. A message received from Kansas City said the program was coming in clearly, as re-broadcast by WDAF station of The Kansas City Star. A direct telegraph wire between sta tion WJZ in the Aeolin building and Kansas City was operated by Char les M. Talley, father of the young prima donna. Local radio fans reported clear re ception of the girl’s singing. Her voice portrayed no sign of nervous ness. Afterwards, she said she found an invisible audience “about the same as a visible one” when she was sing ing. In an impromptu speech with she concluded her program, she ex pressed gratitude to the Kansas City friends who had sponsored her career and appreciation “to her new radio audience.” All Through An Arrow. London. Feb. 20. —An ancient and interesting story lies behind the an nouncement that a great hall is to be built by the Brewers’ Company at Dame Alice Owen's School at Isling ton. Tile fortunes of this foundation have risen from practically nothing to more than $50,000 a year, solely through the growth of London. While Dame Alice was out for a walk in Islington she passed some archers. An arrow, shot at random, pierced her bat, and the startled wom an declared to her maidservant that she would erect something on the spot to mark “the great mercy of the Al mighty in this astonishing deliverance from violent death.” Some years afterwards she bought land at Islington and bequeathed the fields to the Brewers’ Company to sup port a school for thirty boys. This was 300 years ago. The original sum realized was a mere pittance, but as London spread outwards the land at Islington grew in value until today its income is well over $50,000 a year. The school itself now accommodates 300 boys and 300 girls. Blease to Furnish His Folks With News. Senator Cole Blease, of South Car olina, doesn’t intend to get out of touoh with his constituents while he’s representing them In Washington. He's figured out a new way of keep ing in touch with the home folk. Blease has a weekly paper that carries only political news and speech es on issues in which his .constituents are interested. Not only is the. sen ator serving the home folk in this way, but he has issued notice that he will tend an issue of the Congression al Record to every sheriff’s office in the state so shat it od* be placed in that office for any one wishing to read it. Will Teach Him Mat Game -- , e— ——-ttd —» ..V . ajjßßj Ed "Strangler” Lewis, world famous wrestler says the late Franl Gotch taught him many of his tricks Now Lewis has taken Ootch s son in tow and Is going to make a champion of him Lewis is shown in above photo with Frank C.otcn Jr., who is 12 years old. CLARENCE SAUNDERS IS I INDICTED IN ST. LOUIS Charged AVith Using Mails to Defraud In Sale of Piggly Wiggly Stock in 1023. St. Louis, Feb. 20.—(A s )—Clarence Saunders, of Memphis, Tenn., former President oi Piggly AA'iggly Corpora tion, was indieted by a federal grand jury here today on a charge of using the mails to defraud in sale of cor poration stock in 1923. Bond was fixed at $7,500. The in dictment waa returned after an in vestigation made by post office in spectors under section 215 of the fed eral penal code covering use of the mails to further a scheme to defraud a felony. Twelve witnesses appeared before the grand, jury Thursday, including seven residents 6f Memphis,' who were’ officers or employees associated with Saunders. The post office inquiry resulted from complaints of some of the ap proximately 1,500 St. . Louisans who bought Piggly AA’iggly stock and lost money. DENIES PATROL BOAT I FIRED ON SCHOONER Capt. Blake Says His Boat Did Not Fire on Eastbound As Was Report ed. New York, Feb. 20. —(A 5 )—('apt. Eugene Blake, Jr., of the coast guard patrol boat Seneca, today denied re ports from Nova Scotia that the Se neCa had fired on the schooner East wood as staled by the captain of the, latter vessel when it reached Lunen burg yesterday. The Seneea is now undergoing an overhauling at the Brooklyn Navy Yards. , Captain Blake said no shots had been fired for any reason by the Se neca. The commander of the Eastwood ] was quoted as saying that 200 rounds' had been fired, many of them striking, the ship and doing considerable dam age. Approves Watson-Parker Railroad BUI. AVashington, Feb. 20. (A*)—Ap- 1 proval was given today by the Senate interstate commerce committee to the AVatson-Parker railroad labor bill in the form in which it was reported yesterday to the House. Early Sen ate action will be urged. Only a few minor changes have been made in the original bill ns drafted by representatives of the rail roads and the railroad employees. Eire Raging in Vessel. Sidney, N. C., Feb. 20.— OP) —The Steamship Kamouraeka, which sailed from Louisburg to St. John. N. 8.. Wednesday with a cargo of coal, to day was racing for Halifax at full speed with a fire raging in her No. 4 hold. Palestine is a country 125 miles long and forty miles wide. j HOLIDAY NOTICE jj Monday, February 22nd, 1926 | WASHINGTON'SBIRTHDA Yj | Being a Legal Holiday in the State of North Carolina, | | the Banka of Concord Will Not Be Open For Business I IN CONCORD NATIONAL BANK CABARRUS SAVINGS BANK CITIZENS BANK AND TRUST COMPANY NO, 41 | i . .... Id. a. r. TO HOLD ANNUAL SESSION Unusually Interesting Program Be ing Pngjorcd For Meeting. New Bern, Feb. 20. —Plans are going rapidly forward for the annual State conference of the Daughters of the American Revolution to be held during the first week of March, beginning Tuesday, March 2, .in Charlotte. An unusually interesting program is being arranged by the State regent, Mrs- Gdwin C. Greg . ory, of Salisbury, chairman of the . program committee, and Mrs. Frank . Brandon Smith, chairman of the , Charlotte central council, assistant [ chairman. Dr. R. D. Connor, of the State > University, will deliver* the principal • historical address of the convention. ■’’Mrs. Carl Vrdoinaa, einiuent author and philanthropist of Illinofc, will spent on Locarno and World Peace. I At present Mrs. Vroomnn is in Lon . don at work on another book. She and her husband, who was Assistant Secretary of Agriculture under the j Presidency of Woodrow Wilson, I were close personal friends of the I late Mr. Wilson and are interna tionally known. She is returning to ’ America just to attend the Ncrth Carolina D. A. R. conference. Judge T. B. Finley, of North Wilkesboro, who recently offered Rendezvous Mountain as a State park and suggested that the State Society, D. A. R„ convert it into a patriotic shrine, will tell the dele gates more about the mountain and his plans for the shrine. With Our Advertisers. The banks of the city will be clos ed Monday, Washington's birthday. | Wolfheart, the wonder dog in i "Fangs of Wolfheart,’’ at the Concord j Theatre today. Also Wild West No. !4, and a comedy. Monday and Tucs ! day Patsy Ruth Miller in “Rose of the World.” I Star Theatre Monday and Tuesday, j Thomas Meighan in “The Man Who i Found Himself,” Admission 10 and 25 cents. 1 Mrs. Julius Fisher is back from ! New York, the market of fashions, and the smart successes for the spring ' are pouring in at Fisher’s store. See ' new ad. today. See new ad. today of the Concord Plumbing Company. Frigidaire electric refrigeration keeps your food fresh and wholesome. Get a demonstration at the display room of the Standard Buick Co. Phone 876 or 303. Better see that your property is in sured. See new ad. of Fetzer & Yorke. Office in Cabarrus Savings i Bank building. Let your electric fixtures be of mod ern character. Phone W. J. Hethcox, No. 669. You will be pleased with the new j footwear of the Markson Shoe Store. The Parks-Belk Co. has the spring , apparel for you men—clothing, shoes, caps, hats, ties, socks, everything. THE TRIBUNE PRINTS TODAY’S NEWS TODAY! 'i GUESTS FLEE mil FIRE BURNS PM ARNOLD DILL Two Men Were Missing and Three Others Were Se* verely Injured When a Section of Hotel Burned, WEALTHYYOUNG MAN PERISHED When Fire, Started by a Lighted Cigarette, Bunt d His Room at Claridg# Hotel in Chicago. «| East St. Louis, IU., Feb. 20.—GP)-r< J Two men were missing, 3 others were J severely injured, and 60 guests were ,3 forced to flee in night clothing when : fire early today destroyed a section of the Arnold Hotel here, with a lose J estimated at $130,000. The missing were:H. L. Cole, daff- i clerk, and a railroad man named Kgtoi Cole was sleeping in the hotel. %:J register was not reeovered, and A. C. s Arnold, proprietor said others i&iffftf I be missing. The injured were: Harry Darling 42, editor of tl<e East St. Inwl News-Review; Wallace Calvin, 37 of Chicago, and William B. Denver, 45, ■ of Terre Haute, Ind. Darling who if had planned to leave today to take It 5| position with the Trenton Tenth,* News-Democrat, received injuries to 3 his back and head when he jumped 1 from a window. Calvin and Denver j suffered burns. All were expected to recover. Many of the guests were finable to get down any of the three fire escapes and came down ladies or ropes to safety. The cause of the fire which, i started in the hotel restaurant, was undetermined. Man Missing After Fire. East St. Louis. 111., Feb. 20.— UP) —One man was missing and three others severely burned when fire de stroyed a section of the Arnold Hotel here early today. The loss was es* i timated at $130,000. Frederick Pearson Burned to Death. Chicago, Feb. 20.— OP)—Frederick ' Beverly Pearson, 30, whose father died two years ago leaving a $6,000,000 estate, was burned to death today in a fire in his room at the Claridge Ho-,* ' 4*l- started, by.Ugbjed jasaTeJis*, John H. Hogshead, his young cont panion in a night of revelry, •narrovr ly escaped a similar fate. Mfj The young men registered at tha hotel at 4:45 a. m. after a night ; at the six-day bicycle races and plena- • ure resorts. Both had been drink* ing. Hogshead told the police. ;’§S The room was ift flames before Hogshead, who had thrown himsell \ upon a bed with his clothing on, was awakened. His clothes were afire and flames had singed his hair before he staggered to the door and shouted ’ for help. Hotel employees prevented the fire from spreading and when firemen ar rived it had been extinguished, they looked about and left. After policemen arrived Hogshead began asking for his companion. In vestigation disclosed Pearson’s body, badly burned, seated in the charred remnants of an overstuffed chair in which he had fallen. Young Pearson inherited most of ' the $2,000,000 estate of hig father, the late Walter B. Pearson, who Wan president of the Standard Screw Com- J pany. Here’s a New One. ~ , .Ljl§ Paris, Feb 20.—A French electrical corporation was convinced that one of its consumers was obtaining, elec tricity for nothing through a franc-in- 3’ the-s’ot meter, but inspectors could not diserver bow the electricity had ) been obtained. In despair, the con sumer was offered a monetary ward, when he confessed that he had frozen water in moulds to the diameter and weight of the coin normally used. Af ter a short time in the meter the ice melted and left no trace. Dr. James M. Sloan, or Gastonia, is Dead. Gastonia Feb. 19.—Dr- James M. Sloan, veteran physician of this city, died early today at Kqchester, Minn,, following a fruitless fight againw stomach trouble. He was a native of Mecklenburg county, coming here while a young manto practice medi cine Two Killed by Train. Sc Newton, N. C., Feb. 20.— UP I )—R S. Bolick, 60. of Maiden, and Cole Williams, about 60, of East Maiden, were instantly killed this afternooit about 1:45 o’clock when a freight train backing out of M&ulen on tbfes Carolina & Northwestern Railroad track, struck their wagon and ground them beneath the wheels. ’ -“BS .i. ii jjP SAT'S BEAR SAYS: . X j Fair and w.tmtt Ml Sub* ; I erote soutberl'. * b«omlbt ——