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VOLUME XXVI
FOUR PEPSONSfIRE
GIVEN HEARING 111
TMEWATKMSUSE
Carl Sweat, Mrs. Sweat,
Tom Drake and John
Gray Given Hearings
During the Day.
DRAKE ARRESTED
IN THIS CITY
It Is Charged That Wat
kins Was Killed and His
Body Burned in an Old
Barn Near Albemarle.
Albemarle, March I.— UP) —Three
men and a woman today were being
given preliminary hearings in connec
tion with the alleged murder of "Dad”
Watkins, aged man who disappeared
several weeks ago, and whose charred
body was believed found in the ruins
of a burned barn.
John Gray, Carl Sweet, Tom Drake
and Mini'. Carl Sweet are the four
held in connection with the alleged
slaying.
The body was found in the debris
•with the arms, legs and head cut
olf.
Gray was returned from Dillon, S.
C. ; about ten days ago, and placed in
jail here while the other arrests* fol
lowed later. Drake was arrested in
Concord.
Deputy Sheriff Pussor testified to
day that he overheard Gray telling
his wife that he knew all about "the
murder, and would tell at the proper
time.”
The deputy sheriff further testified
that Gray and Carl Sweat and Drake
took “Dad” Watkins up the Salis
bury road on the night of the al
leged slaying, and got bnck about 10
o’clock without him. According to
the story of the sheriff, he said he
heard the torso of the man was
placed first in the Gray ‘home, but
later removed.
Robbery has been the only motive
advanced for the slaying of Watkins.
MAKE CHANGES IN DUKE
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Several Divisions of This Depart
mentof University Undergo Re-
ButhaSrFeb. 27.— Changes in thp
-staff -Of - Dose .tTnfcj ’
veeaMjr-Vcrc announced today, m
volving tbe reorganisation of several
divisions of the university adminis- 1
tnttive department. Under the' reor
ganization Prof. Robert L Flowers,
secretary of the univorsity, is made
vice president of the institution in 1
the business division. Dr. Wil’iam
H. WannamakcT, dean of the uni- 1
vorsity. is made vice president- in
the educational division. The third
vice president is Dr. Edmund D. ;
Soper, dean of the school of religion,
who heads the student tire division.
Dr. Frank C. Brown, professor of
English and for many years chair
man of the building committee, is '
made comptroller.
Dr. \yiUiam P. Few. president of
the university, heads the adminlstra
tiye staff, and under his direction
the re-organization is made, paying
away for the development of the
staff to one of oompleeness. During
the next several months addition of 1
a number of prominent educators is 1
expected to be announced, indicating
that the institution is paying no less i
attention to the development of a i
faculty than -it is to a remarkable i
building program.
W. R. Perkins, vice president of
the board of trustees of the Duke en
dowment, accompanied by several of
his friends from New York, Colonel
Rossen, 8. B. Robes and J. C. Hub
bard, visited Duke University today.
Mr. Perkins looked over the building
construction on the campu3 and was
well pleased with the progress being
made.
Mctermen and Conductors Get Raise.
Philadelphia. March 1.-- C^> —A
wage scale of 73 1-2 cents an hour for
the more than 10,000 motormen and
conductors of the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit Company has been agreed to
by the general commmittees repre
senting the men and the company, it
was announced today. . From this
base wages will be adjusted once a
year to conform with the purchasing
power of the dollar as set forth by
the cSknpany a week ago. The base
is 8 1-2 cents below the 77-cent rate
that prevailed in 102 S.
Will Consider Request For Investiga
tion.
Washington, March 1. — OP) —A
special meeting of the Senate immi
gration committee has been called for
tomorrow to consider the petition of
the Better Government Association of
Chicago and Cook county for a Con
gressional investigation of outlawry
in Chicago.
Chairman Johnson issued the call
today after examination of the peti
tion which was presented to the Sen
ate Saturday by Vice President
Dawes.
Dr. Justice May Again Try for the
Legislature.
Charlotte, Feb. 28.—0 f much in
terest in Mecklenburg political cir
cles is the intimation that Dr. Z. K.
Justice, of Davidson," will again make
the race for the State House of Rsp
\ resentatives. Others mentioned as
probable candidates include Mise
Julia Alexander and W. R. Matthews,
incumbents, Conley E. Robinson, E.
J. Hhnson and Frank Houston. The
county elects three representatives.
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THREE CHARLOTTE MEN
ARE HELD IN DALLAS
Sons of Legislator Said to Have Been
Guilty of Mann Act Violations.
Charlotte, Feb. 28.—Two prominent
Charlotte men, sons of W. R. Mat
thews, Mecklenburg legislator, are be
iing held in Dallas, Texas, on Mann
act charges. It is expected that they
will make their bonds of SI,OOO each
in the United States court at Dallas
tomorrow.
The men are W. M. and P. D.
Matthews, both of whom have wives l
here, who have sworn out warrants
charging non-support and abandon
ment.
The two Matthews men, with J. P.
Matthews. 10-year-old brother, disap
peared on January Bth. J. P. Mat
thews was arrested, but subesquently
was released in view of the fact that
on the way to Texas he had married
the woman whom he had accompanied
away from Charlotte. The charges
against him will not be pressed.
The women are Mrs. Florence Lipe
Matthews, who married the younger
brother, her daughter. Miss Lena
Lipe, said to be thirteen years old,
and Mrs. Pearl Lambert, whose hus
band is now in Florida. Mrs. Flor
ence Lipe was a widow before her
marriage to the younger Matthewß.
The women were all of this city, Mrs.
Lipe recently coming here from Co-,
lumbia. 8. C.
W. D. and P. M. Matthews have
waived preliminary hearings in Dal
mS/iid their cases win be prosecuted
In federal court there.
State Warrants have been sworn
out by the wives of W. M. and P. D.
Matthews, charging abandonment and
non-support, and a warrant charging
W M. Matthews with abduction has
bren sworn out by C. E. Lamber t
THE WATSON-PARKER BILL
IS PASSED BY HOUSE
BUI Sets Up New Methods of Settling
Railroad Labor Disputes.
Washington, March l.<—o4>)—The
Watson-J'arker bil to set up new
methods of settling railroad labor
disputes, was passed today by the
House,
The measure, which now goes to
the Senate, would provide for aboli
tion of the Railroad Lnbor Board.
Final action was taken after the
House had defeated, 292 to 16, a mo
tion by Representative Blanton, dem
ocrat, of Texas, to send the biil back
to the Commerce Committee with in
structions to provide for he enlarging
I lowers for an emergency board which
the measure provides as a last resort
in settlement of disputes.
Butlers Borrowed by Society Matrons.
Palm Beach, Fla., March I,—“lf
you'll lend me a couple of butlers for
Saturday night,- I’ll lend you two or
three for your party Tuesday.”
This has been a not uncommon
conversation among society matrons,
for the practice of borrowing butlers
for special occasions has sprung up
this season.
Florenx Ziegfeld, J. J. O'Brien and
Joseph Riter are among those who
loaned Mrs. E. T. Stotesbury eight
butlers for her party last night. Mrs.
Statesbury's staff of servants num
bers 49, but she professed to be short
of butlem and had to send out the
SOS.
Gold Producing Method Failure.
Montreal, Feb. 27. —German meth
ods claitned successful for the Con
versation of mercury into gold are a
fiat failure, says a paper prepared by
Dr. H. Gordon Sheldon and Dr.
Rogers 8. Estey, of New York uni
versity, read before the American
Physical society today.
“During the past year we have
repented the mercury-to-gold trans
mutation experiments of Dr. Miethe,
Os Berlin, and we have not been able
to* produce the slightest trace of
tranamutetd gold,” they reported.
Apparatus patterned after Dr.
Meithe's was used in their tests.
Part of Diaoonain Law Void.
Washington, March I.—OP)—A
part of the Wisconsin inheritance tax
law, taxing gifts made within six
years of deaths as made in anticipa
tion of death, was declared void and
unconstitutional by the supreme
court today in a ease brought by the
executors of the estate of Ferdinand
Schleainger.
The condition of the little son of
Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Roberts, of Sal
isbury, is Improved. The child has
been ill with pneumonia,
lliu Mary Aide® spent the week
end In Charlotte with frienda.
A
' ‘ CONCORD, N. C„ MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1926
BUILDING BLOWN UP
IS FIB LEM
Twelve Fire Fighters Felt
Walls Tremble So They
Fled Second Before the
Blast Ruined Structure.
Chicago, March I.— G4>) —Twelve
firemen fighting a blaze in a frame
building on the South Side early to
day missed death by a few seconds
I when a trembling of the two-story
structure warned them to the street
just before an explosion blew the
structure into kindling wood.
The blast, believed by some to have
been caused by a dynamite bomb,
splintered every timber in the house,
shattered neighborhood windows and
showered roofs and streets With char
red or burning particles.
Mike Castelli operated a grocery in
the building Castelli, reported to be
wealthy and the owner of several gro
ceries, recently had received extortion
threats, police were informed. The
damage was estimated at $59,000.
COL. R. M. JOHNSTON,
VETERAN EDITOR, DEAD
Retired From Active Management of
Houston Post Six Years Ago.
Houston, Texas, Feb. 28.—C01. R.
M. Johnston, 76, veteran Houston
newspaper man and at one time an
important factor in democratic polit
ical circles, died at a hospital here
late today. He had been in ill health
for some months.
Colonel Johnston was appointed to
the United States Senate in 1913 up
on the resignation of Senator Joscpti
Weldon Bailey, of Texas. For years
he was editor in chief and president
of The Houston Post.
He retired from active work in
1919, but remained as a member of
the board of directors of The Post
until the consolidation of that pnper
with The Houston Dispatch in 1924.
At the time of his dentil he wns a
member of the board of directors of
The Houston Post-Dispatch.
Colonel Johnston was a native of
Georgia. He began his newspaper
career in a printing shop in his home
state. He wns a Confederate vet
eran and at one time was vice presi
dent of the Associated Press.
BROWN KETNER DIES
FROM GAS POISONING
Rowan County Man Found Dead in
Bed in Cincinnati Friday.—Body
Sent to This State.
rmiffibury, PH), -28.—The death of
Brown Ketner. Rowan, county man,
in Cincinnati Thursday night was
caused by gas, according to a mes
sage received this afternoon by
Ohief Cauble, of the Salisbury police
force, in answer to an inquiry sent
the chief of police of Cincinnati.
Mr. Ketner was found dead in his
bed Friday morning. News of his
death was received here by his par
ents and brothers but no particulars
were obtainable. The body has been
ordered sent to Salisbury for burial
and interment willl be made at Eb
enezer Church in the county. Mr Ket
ner has a wife and one child, he hav
ing married since leaving Salisbury
some years ago. Mrs. Ketner was not
in Cincinnati when her husband died.
D. A. R. IS TO MEET
TUESDAY IN CHARLOTTE
An Unusually Interesting Program
Has Been Arranged.
ClNirlotte, Feb. 27.—Representa
tives of the 2,000 members of the
North Carolina society of the Daugh
ters of the American Revolution will
gather Tuesday in Charlotte for the
26th annual state conference, with
Mrs. Edwin C. Gregory, of Salisbury,
state regent, presiding.
An unusually interesting program
has been arranged for the convention,
which will last from Tuesday night
through Thursday afternoon, with
headquarters at the Hotel Charlotte.
Among the principal speakers will be
Dr. R. D. W. Connor, of Chapel Hill;
Mrs. Carl Vrooman, of Illinois ; Judge
T. B. Finley, of North Wilkesboro,
and Ex-Governor Cameron Morrison,
of Charlotte.
Will Cut Output of Alcohol.
New York, March 1. —(A>)—John
A, Foster, recently appointed to take
charge of the supervision of the alco
hol industry throughout the country,
said today that he plans a sweeping
cut in the output of alcohol manu
factured under government permits.
It is his aim, he said, to reduce the
present output from 6,000,0000 gal
lons to 2,000,000 gallons per year.
French Steamer Now Safe.
St. John’s N. F., March I.—OP)
The French steamer Kentucky, dam
aged about the bok by ice last week,
•has been reached by the stealing
steamer Terra Nova 250 miles south
east of Cape, Speer, and is being
towed stern-first to this port.
Wreck Interior of Church in Chinn.
Chunking, China, March I.—CP)
Students and soldiers during an anti-
Christian demonstration today wreck
ed the interior of the American Ad
ventist Church. Many persons were
arrested.
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, The March meeting of the Minis
f terial Association will be held at the
l Y. M. C. A. tonight at 6 o’clock.
Several Important matters are ex
pected to come before the meeting,
' It is Mid.
i With fifteen consecutive victories
to its credit the Syracuse University
basketball team entertains high hopes
of finishing the season without a de
feat
SIXTY-TWO KILLED
IN ACCIDENTS LAST
WEEKINTHESOUTH
Florida Led in Deaths and
Injuries, the Former Be
ing Sixteen and the Lat
ter Twenty.
TEN KILLED IN
NORTH CAROLINA
Most Serious Accident Oc
curred in Georgia, Moth
er and Four Children
Dying.
UP) —The South’s weekly toll from
automobile, railway train, trolley and
motorcycle accidents last week was G 3
dead and 320 injured, if was revealed
by a survey conducted by the Associ
ated Press today.
Florida led the 11 stntes in which
the survey was conducted, both in
deaths and injuries, the former being
16 and the latter 80.
Mississippi brought up the bottom
of the list with no deaths and only
injuries reeorded.
The outstanding accidents of the
week were recorded in Georgia. On
Friday night the chief of police with
another policeman were chasing a
speeder at Hapevillc. near Atlanta
when the policeman mot his death
in an ensuing accident. The chief Is
in a serious condition in an Atlanta
hospital.
Last night a mother and four chil
dren were killed and the f.tcner and s
son seriously hurt when a Seaboard
Air Line train crashed into their
machine at Elberton, Ga.
A tabulation of states includes:
North Carolina: 10 dead, IS injur
ed.
South Carolina, 3 dead 4 injured.
THE COTTON MARKET
Activity and Weakness Characterized
the Opening, First Prices Fluctu
ating.
New York, March I.—UP)—Activ
ity and weakness characterized the
opening of the cotton market today.
First prices were 12 points lower to
2 points higher. The market subse
quently declined to 18.50 for May
and 17.40 for October, declines qf
day’s close, and the lowest for the
movement on old crops and for the
season on new crop positions. Spot
house brokers were heavy sellers of
March and there also was considerable
pressure from Liverpool, the South
and from traders who had purchased
cotton toward the close of last week,
expecting a rally. Heavy selling of
July contracts was believed to have
represented hedge operations.
News features continued about the
same as at the dose of last week but
speculative sentiment appeared to
have become more bearish over the
week-end outside of purchased shorts
and the trade there was little support
to the market.
Cotton futures opened barely steady
—March 19.20; May 18.60; July
18.00; October 17.50; December 17.19.
Mrs. Ida Moore Young Is Dead in
Charlotte.
Charlotte, February 27. —Mrs. Ida
Moore Young, wife of the late Joseph
H. Young, died at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. L. A, Dodsworth, the latter
her daughter, after an illness of sev
eral months. She was nearly 76
years of age, having been borne April
13, 1850. The funeral services will
be held Sunday afternoon at the
Dodsworth home. Dr. Albert Sid
ney Johnson, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church, of which Mrs.
Young had been a devoted member,
will conduct the service.
Mrs. Young was a daughter of the
late Samuel Moore and Mary Ann
Bethel Moore, of Caswell county.
She was married to Mr. Young in
1872. Five children were born to
this union, of whom four survive.
They are Robert B. Young, of Sa
vannah, Ga.; Mrs. Gillespie Sadler,
of Atlanta, Ga.; Mrs. L. A. Dods
wortb and Mrs. Dotph M. Young, of
Charlotte. Mrs, Young and her hus
band moved to Charlotte from Con
cord in 1885.
Mrs. Young was a sister-in-law of
the late Col. Thomas Holt, governor
of North Carolina.
(Mrs. Young's husband was a
brother of the late Alfred B. Young
and Dr. Robert S. Young, of Con
cord.—Ed.).
Os Interest to Chair-Warmers.
* London, March I.—How many
times can a man ait down without
wearing out the sent of his trousers. 1
A definite answer to this question
now can be obtained in round num
bers from a novel textile testing ma
chine devised to measure the dura
bility of cloth used in making uni
forms for Britain's army and navy.
When applied recently to a new
quality of cloth its was found that
the wearer could sit down 07,000
times before the cloth showed the
lMsf sign of wearing through.
In. boosting the “eat-more-com”
movement as a result of the crop
surplus, many places in the com
belt are accepting corn as money. I
Marriage ceremonies at Kingston, I
m„ can be paid for at the rate of
$1.50 a bushel. Two bushels will
I pay for a year’s subscription to a
Carml, 111., paper. The storm there
1 will accept corn in payment for
• merchandise. An armful of ear corn
will also buy a movie ticket.
SECRET® Dll
MAY BE CANDIDATE
Secretary of Labor in Cab
inet May Decide to En
ter Gubernatorial Race
In Pennsylvania Soon. !
Washington. March I.—OP)—Sec-j
rotary Davis. of the labor department, j
has under consideration the question
Os entering the race for the governor-I.
ship of Pennsylvania.
Returning today from a trip to \
Wilkes Barre. lie said he had been j
asked by a delegation there to be-;
come a candidate, but he declined to
give an indication of this course.
Several men influential in Pennsyl
vania, he said, had urged him to make
the move.
REFUSED TO PAY $2 000
FOR BATTERY PARK HILL,
Tom Dixon Reraßs Realty Values in
in Western Carolina Many Ycai-s
Ago.
Asheville, Feb. 28. —Disregarding
his physician's orders to remain in
bio room and fight a threatened cold,.
Thomas Dixon, Carolina's most fa
mous author and playwright, arose
from a sick bed today just long
enough to address tho Asheville Ki
wanifl club during its weekly lunch
eon at the George Vandervilt hotel.
Dr. Dixon wos received with gen
erous applause and his address,
which touched a varied number of
topics, brought hi« audience to the
highest pitch of enthusiasm that has
been witnessed at a luncheon club in
some time.
Referring to the real estate move
ment in western North Carolina. Mr.
Dixon stated that to his knowledge
land in the mountain section had al
ways been acclaimed as being too
high but that he did not beneve the
peak had yet been reached.
"This section,” said Mr. Dixon,
“was reputed to be high in its real
estate values when I was a boy of
14, my father refusing to pay $2,000
at that time for the 35 acres that
comprised the famous Battery Park
hill, believing the price demanded
was unreasonable although he was
willing to pay SI,BOO for the tract.
My coming back to this section of
North Carolina was influenced by
many things. My eyes were first
opened to the grandeur of the moun
tain region when ns a boy of 17
I made a speech on the crest of Mt.
Mitchell. The vision and imagination
which possessed me at that time has
always remained a most Cjvid men
tal picture.
“Another thing that influenced me
was that while in New York I was
constantly being brought in contact
with the fact that Yankees were
spending their money, time and en
ergy in unbuilding the great south
and it was a matter of pride that I
should co-operate with them in
bringing prosperity to a section for
which I had been working these
many years.
“The south has a’ways been the
garden spot of the hemisphere but
it took generations for us to bring
its beauty and attractiveness to the
attention of the world. Had the
south seen the economic faults of
the slave system before a war was
necessary to remove it the country
would have attained its position as
the greatest garden spot there was ”
With Our Advertisers.
Friday, March sth, will be Oliver
Day lit Yorke & Wadsworth Co’.s
store. Lunch will be served at noon,
and a string band furnish music, j
You are cordially invited to be the
guest of the store on that day. Read
the particulars in ad in this paper
Let the Yorke & Wadsworth Co.
put a Pathfinder tire on your car
and you'll thank them. It sells for
only $7.75. See new ad.
The Parks-Belk Beaty Shnnpe soe
eiallzes on permanent waving add
marcelling. Phone 892 for an ap
pointment.
New spring silks, cotton peice
goods and ladies' spring coats and
dreeses at Efird’s.
H. B. Wilkinson now has on dis
play a large line of hammock swings,
exclusive styles and patterns. Read
his new ad. today for more about this
line.
Sec the new ad. today of the Reid
Motor Co. about the Ford’s three
point motor suspension.
Everything in restful bedroom fur
niture at Bell & Harris Furniture
Co’s.
Bob's Dry Cleaning Co., master
cleaners and dyers—workmanship
you can always depend upon.
Schloss Bros’ suits, S3O to SSO at
Hoover's. They’re beauties, too.
8. W. Preslar can modernize your
wedding ring for you.
Spring frocks, only $14.75 at J. C.
Penney Co.’s. Both the style and
color are fetching.
Moore’s Paint and Varnish at Yorke
& Wadsworth Co. Phone 80.
Let the Concord and Kannapolis
Gas. Co., show you the latest features
in your gas equipment and appliances.
Governor Will Address Auto Men.
Greensboro, March I.—C4*>—Gover
onr Angus W. McLean has accepted
an invitation to speak before the an
nual convention of the North Caro
lina Automotive Trade Association
which will be held in Winston-Salem
March 17-18. The governor made
known his acceptanee here today. He
| will deliver his addres on the evening
I of March 17th at the annual ban quet
of the association. Harry Clenden
in, of Greensboro, is president of the
State Automotive Trade Association.
Lynn M. Shaw, assistant manager of
the National Automotive Dealers, As
sociation, and W. B. Brurruas, sales
expert, will attend the convention.
Andrews Wants Chief
Executive To Appoint
Dry Board Os Inquiry
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TROY FITZGERALD ENDS
LIFE IN STATE’S PRISON
; Alleged Efland Bank Robber Uses
i Sheet to Strangle Himself to Death.
j Raleigh, Feb. 28.—Troy Fitzgerald,
untried prisoner who was being held
in the State penitentiary for safe
| keeping, hanged himself this after
j noon in a death cell at the State's
| prison and when found about 5
i o’clock, he was dead.
Fitzgerald, who wan captured with
the recent gang of alleged Efland
bank robbers, was a thorough dope
fiend whaße suicidal mania had shown
itself in other attempts. At Under
taker Fab Brown's tonight it was
said that Fitzgerald sought to kill
himself when a prisoner in Durhnm
jail. He was brought here six days
ago and lodged in the prison for
safety. He had not been tried. His
testimony was that the other robbers
framed him and caused him to be
found with enough money to make a
case against him. Dope, however, is
credited with much of his story.
Fitzgerald slew himself this after
noon by use of the sheets which were
furnished him in his cell. He made
a crude rope and choked himself to
death with it. He had been dead half
an hour or more wheu he was dis
covered by prison people.
Fitzgerald was bady wanted, more
for the testimony that he could give
than for the actual part which he
took in the robbery. The prisoner
would have made almost sure the
conviction of those with him. it was
said, but officers were doubtful to
night whether the State could make
a case without him.
The dead man will be sent to High
Point tomorrow for burial. He was
married, but his wife, Mabel Perdue
Fitzgerald, is said to have left 'aim.
He had no children, but his adopted
son’s picture, found on the clothes
of the prisoner, proclaimed his affec
tion lof the body.
The marks of the dope habit are
written all over the body of this
crippled man whose age is given as
37.
NO TRACE FOUND OF
GEORGE MELCHOR
Salisbury Brother of Missing Man is
Puzzled Over Sudden Disappear
ance.
Salisbury, Feb. 28.—Ray Melchor,
an employe of the North Carolina
Public Service Company in this city,
whose brother, George Melchor, mys
teriously disappeared from this city
abdut two months ago, stated Satur
day afternoon that no word has ye'
been heard of him or his present
whereabouts. The missing man wa.
imp eyed as a plumber by Beaver
Brothers, of this city, and boarded
■ n East Thomas street. He left
his watch in his room at his boarding
house and also his outfit of work
clothes.
Ray Melchor is very much con
cerned over the sudden leaving of
his brother but has an idea that he
may possibly be working at his trade,
that of a plumber, in some nearby
city or town, but why he would leave
so mysteriously, without telling rela
tives or friends of his intention, is
not known.
It was thought by some that prob
ably he had taken a sudden notion to
go to Florida but his brother does not
believe he went there, and even if
: ho did is at a loss to understand the
manner of his leaving, for which no
reason can be assigned by any one.
The mother of the missing man
lives in Cabarrus county and she is
very much distressed over the affair
Glass That Will Bend.
London, March I.—“ One of the
most important discoveries of recent
years," is the verdict of a high official
of the Institute of Patentees on a
uew substance known as “organic"
glass, which will shortly be placed
on the market.
This substance is produced at a
price no higher than ordinaly glass,
yet it bends, bounces and breaks with
out a trace of slpintering. Its weight
is only half that of common glass,
and it can be broken in the hands
without risk, the edges being neither
sharp nor jagged.
During thb course of experiments j
to teßt its potentialities, a small hall
made of the substance was dropped j
on to a stone floor. Not only was!
it unchipped, but it bounced.
It is expected that the new glass
will soon be in general use in auto
mobile*. where it reduces to a min- ;
imum the menace to human life
caused by splintering glass when ac
cidents occur. Another big point in
its favor is that it retains its crys
tal clearness in all atmospheric con
ditions.
PUujis Leave For Florida.
Charleston, S. C., March I.—oP>
Two seaplanes piloted by Commander
John Rogers and Lieutenant L. W.
Curtain hopped off here todoy for
Fernandina, Fla., on their way to
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where they
will jain the United States fleet in
maneuvers.
The planes arrived here Sunday af
ternoon from Hampton Roads, Va.,
via Morehead City, N. V.
Fines a la Cafeteria.
Chicago has adopted machine for
traffic court use that will enable a
violator to automatically plead
; *ullty by pulling a lever. In return
he will receive a ticket stamped with
the amount of the fine owed. This
i unique piece oft apparatus is Intend
ed to relieve judges.*
NO. 48;jf
Head of Dry Law E.
forcement Bureau Says
, Public Should Be Given
All the Facts. _
SEES GREATNEED
OF REPORT NOW
Public Does Not Know
Just What to Believe
Says the Dry Chief in
His Proposal.
Washington, March I.—UP)—Crea
tion of a commission to study the
general prohibition question in all its
aspects was proposed today by As
sistant iSfteretary Andrews, of tjie
treasury, in ('.large of dry law en
forcement.
With both the Senate and House
preparing to take steps to inquire in
to conditions tinder prohibition, and
with wet and dry organizations en
gaged in bitter controversy over it.
Mr. Andrews declared he believed the
time had come for a thorough study
of the question in its economic, social
and all other phases.
Unwilling to make an estimate of
tlie various effects of the law him
self, the secretary declared that if
enforcement was to proceed with suc
cess, some action must be. taken to
quiet the public mind.
In the six years since the 18th
amendment to the constitution was
adopted, no more of a similar nature
iias been made by an authorized ad
ministration official, although Con
gress has been asked by various
groups on numerous occasions to or
der such a proceedure.
Mr. Andrews emphasized it was his
business to enforce law rather than
to judge its benefits or disadvantages,
and he suggested the study be left to
8 commission to be appointed by the
President Wb ieli would have trained
experts and wide inquisitorial pow
ers He thought the investigations
being proposed in Congress would be
helpful, but believed they would re
sult ultimately in the recommenda
tion for appointment of a general
commission to be composed of men of
high standing and which would be
outside of the political field.
Enforcement of the- law so far, he
said, has not been a fafr test of the
working of prohibition, .and a fair
test cannot be made until a judiciary
and police sufficient to carry out the
law are available.
Complaining against the continu
ous agitation against the law, the as
sistant secretary said this was re
soonsib’e for the trend (f drinking.
He said he hoped for the time when
hostesses would apo’ogize for serving
liquor, rather than for not serving ;t,
which latter condition he said now
exists to a more or less degree.
OVERMAN WILL AGAIN
ENTER SENATORIAL FIGHT
Junior Senator Formally Announces
His Candidacy For Another Term
Washington, Feb. 27.—“ With this
long experience. I feel that I am bet
ter prepared to serve North Caro
■ lina in the future,” Senator Lee S.
Overman stated today in an official
announcement that he will be a
candidate for re-nomination ns
United States Senator in the Demo
cratic primaries this spring.
In his announcement, Senator
Overman makes no mention of the
opposition of R. R Reynolds, of
\sheville. who announced himself as
a candidate a short time ago.
In his announcement, Senator
Overman states that he will not
’eave Washington to campaign the
state for re-nomination. No organi
zrtion plans were announced by the
junior North Carolina Senator.
"I shall remain at my post of
duty here where I belong,” Senator
Overman states, “and I have the ut
most confidence that my interests in
this and other matters will be secure
in the hands of my loyal friends.
At Senator Overman’s office it
was stated that all letters from the
state indicated that there is no rea
son for Senator Overman to ex
pect serious opposition from Mr.
| Reynolds.
Rev. H. M. Pressly Dies In Char
! lotte.
j Charlotte, Feb. 28.—Rev. Harvey
j M. Pressly, a prominent minister of
1 the Presbyterian church, died at his
home in this city this morning after
|an illness of ten days Mr. Pressly
j was born in Illinois September 19,
1945. His mother was a South Caro
linian and his father a Kentuckian.
He was educated at Monmouth Col
lege. Illinois, and studied for the
ministry at Xenia Seminary, Ohio.
He bad resided in Charlotte for ten
years or more, being the first pastor
of the West Avenue Presbyterian
Church, and afterward supply pastor
He was universally beloved in city
and county. He was a man of wide
t learning and was beloved throughout
Meeklenburg county. (
Methodists to Gather in Charlotte
This Week.
Charlotte. Feb. 27.—The Sunday
School Conference which is to be
held in Tryon Street Methodist
March Ist. 2nd and 3rd wi’ljgjring
to Charlotte several humj' >**Meth
odist Sunday Bchool wfmxers rrom
all over the conferences, his meeting
will be the first of the kind he'd In
western North Carolina. The three
delegates appointed by the pastor oft
' Tryon Street Church are: Dr 8. B.
Bivena, Mr. R. a Ktrby nd Mrs. A.
H. Weern.
THE TRIBUNE
PRINTS
TODAY’S NEWS TODAY 1
RIGHT OF RADICALS 3
TO MEET AND TALK
-JMASKEB
Supreme Court Will De- j
cide Question on Case
Being Carried Up From
Michigan Lower Courts.
NO VIOLENCE AT
MEETING PLANNED
Defense Contends Com
munists Can Meet Pro
vided They Do Not Plan
Any Act of Violence.
Washington, March 1, — UP>— The
right of radicals to meet and dis
cuss the aims of the communist party;'
provided on overt acts of violence 5
arc committed, was asserted today in
a brief filed ill the supreme court in
behalf of Charles E. Ruthenber, who
is challenging the criminal syndical
ism law of Michigan.
The ease, which probably will M
reached for argument at the preseMf- |
term of court, reviews some asfKiinjri
of the celebrated Whitney case frohff X
California. In that instance this |
court upheld the conviction but a re- '
hearing has been granted.
Rutheuberg was convicted after a
meeting of a secret convention of the
community party of America in the
sand dunes near Bridgman, Mich, in
August, 1922.
The brief filed today declared the
Michigan supreme court in sustaining ;
Ruthenberg's conviction, did not give
sufficient consideration to the right
of “assembly.”
“Our constitutional and criminal 1
'aw ought not to mean one thing for
communists and another tiling for
others,” said the brief.
COURT ADJOURNED WHEN
NO CASES DEVELOPED -i
No Cr iminal Cases Docketed For the J
March Term of Vance Superior |J
Superior Court.
Henderson. N. C., March I.— UP)— f'fj
Within an hour and a half after it i
opened here today, tho March erimi
nal term of Vance County Superior
Court adjourned because of lack of
business to handle. There were no
criminal cases docketed for tria'l. ii
Only one bill of indietpsent was giv
en to the -grand jury and this was '
continued until the next temTof court.
The Vance County jail has been
empty since the first week in Jan
usrv when the January term of court.
disn-'sed of criminal cases awaiting- "
trial.
The vacancy of the jail and the
°hort term of court are said to be al
most unprecedented in this section, and
-curt attaches state of their definite
knowledge that the March term sets
a record for a number of years, if not
for all time.
WILL BURY RICHARD E. U
REEVES AT MT. AIRY
Body Will Be Taken on Special Car
From Summit. N. J., Where He
Died Saturday.
Winston-Salem, March I.— UP) ,
The funeral of Richard Early Reeves,
of Suinmitt, N. J„ who died in New
lock City Saturday afternoon, ia to
be conducted from the First Method
ist Church at Summit this afternoon.
A special car will bring the bod?,'
members of the family and other
friends of the family to Mt. Airy, ne
rving there at noon Tuesday. A brief
service will be held as the body -is ip- 4 .
terred in Oakdale Cemetery and the
party accompanying the remains will
raeturn to New York late the same
afternoon.
Louisiana Tax on Corporations Up
held.
Washington. March I.—UP)—Louis
iana tax upon corporations doing
business in. but not domiciled In that
state, was sustained by the supreme
court today in an appeal by the Gen
eral American Tank Car and other
corporat ions against the sheriff of the
Parish of East Baton Rouge.
It was contended by the corpora
tions that a tax imposed on t'.ieir tank
cars operated within Louisiauo was
an invalid restraint upon interstate
commerce, and unjustly discrimina
tory.
Hamback Gets Temporary Promotion.
Washington, March I.—OP)—T. F.
Hamback, first deputy prohibition ex
aminer for Florida, was played tem
p-rarily in charge of the Florida dis
trict today by Assistant Secretary
Andrews.
B. T. Simmons, administrator, re
tires today on account of ill health.
Declaring enforcement conditions in
Florida had improved considerably
Mr. Andrews said he would reorgan
ize that district at an early date.
SAT’S BEAR SAYSI
:
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Cloudy tonight, Tuesday fair cold-fa
'. er. Fresh to strong southwest’ shift*,
ing to northwest winds. t