ASSOCIATED :
PRESS
DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVI
niuni
STOCK EXCHMGETD
REACH HIGH TOTOLS
Paper Losses, Following
• Biggest Slump in Two
Years, May Amount to
Billion. Dollars.
RAIL SHARES HAD
HARDEST SLEDDING
Hinted That the Decision
Against the Nickle Plate
Merger Caused the Big
Break.
New York, March 3 .—UP) —Est ! -
mates today of paper loanee from the
first big smash in quoted values on
the New York Stock Exchange in
two years ran aa high as a billion
dollars The break came in the last
hour of trading yesterday or about
an hour before disapproval of the
Nickel Plate merger was announced at
Washington, Today there vvns much
discussion of the possibility of a leak
in the news, especially as rails were
hit hafd. , E. H. Simmons, president
of the exchange, said that news of
the decision renched the exchange’
through regular channels so far ns be
knew, and came after the market
closed. The general decline in ac
tive issues was 1 to 15 points, and
was the most severe break the mar
ket has had since the 'deflation of
1921.
EDUCATIONAL, COMMISSION
Twelve North Carolinians A pointed
By Governor McLean.
Raleigh. N. C., March 3.— 04*)
Governor McLean todny announced
the appointment of 12 North Carolin
ians who will form the Educational
Commission, authorized by the last
general Assembly to make a complete
survey and investigatiori of eduen
> tional problems and methods of admin
istration in the state.
On the commission, the Governor
named the following: Charles A.
Webb, Asheville; Mrs. E. L. McKee,
Sylva; Carr, Wilmington;
James K. Norfleet. AVinston-Salem ;
Mrs. Joseph Ac Brown. Chadbouru:
Thus. D. Warfen. New Bern; I)r. J.
J. Joyner, Raleigh; C. E. Teagtte,
Sanford; Mrs. J. G. Fearing, Eliza
and 8,0, Lett amove, Shelby.
The provision for the Commission
was made by a resolution adopted by
the last Geeneral Assembly. The
adoption of dh’s resolution followed
extended debate in the legislature ov
er the school system of the state, the
administration of the school system in
general, and. the operation of the
■fate equalization fund in particular.
The commission is authorized to
make a complete survey and investi
gation of common school system in
the state; of the system of higher ed
ucation in use; of the administration
of the equalization fund; the method
of determining the cost of determin
ing thug various stages of the opera
tion of the state educational system;
and to collect and compile and dis
seminate educational data in order to
give the people of the atate the com
plete status’ of the cost and results of
the state’s educational activities.
The commission is to act without
compensation, except _for a travel
and expense account ofnot exceeding
$6 per day.
Studying Better Sew big Methods.
Asheville, N. C., -March 2.—(A*) —
Club girls and farm women in Bun
combe county are studying better
sewing methods under the leadership
of Miss Anne Edwards, the new home
agent recently placed in the county.
During the past week there were
meetings of the different clubs at Jup
iter, Fairvicw. Black Knob, Tweed
and Sand Hill. Many of the club
girls are learning to measure for pat-
J terns and to flraft and cut them for
f use in sawing, The women of the
Tweed Community are also making
money weaving and selling rugs.
Underweight Children Being Studied.
Jackson, N. C., Merck 2.— (A*)—
About thirty children who are ten per
cent, or more underweight are being
studied by the home economic class
in the Rich Square school, reports
Miss Mary Sue Wiglet, the h'-me
agent of the county. The home eco
nomics girls are working with the un
dernourished children, weighing them
each week and making growth charts
so as to help them overcome their de
ficiencies. Meanwhile the botne agent
and the teachers are visiting .the moth
rs of these children and securing their
co-operation in feeding the proper
foods, such as milk and tg ga. !
National Army in Chinn Dd«W.
Peking, March 3,—<A>)—Decisive
defeats for the Kuominchun or nation-
al army on two fronts are reported
today, Indicating the rapid develop
ment of a new'phase in the civil war
which may bring new masters to Pe
king now controlled by the Koumin
chun under Feng Ynsiang:
New Kind of Society Formed.
Rochester, N. Y., March 3. —CA>) —
The Rochester Journal and the Poat
Express say today that the “Damned
Souls” socllty has been formed by
students at the University of Roches
ter,. a Baptist institution “to prove
the necessity of atheism and to abolish
belief in God and all religions b*sed on
y that belief.”
The Concord Daily Tribune
North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
Beauty Censor
iT a|
Or. frank B. Broderick U now De
troit's beauty censor. The oity got
*U excited over an unfounded report
lhat a woman had been electrocuted
*) a downtown beauty parlor, so Dr.
Broderick was appointed to supervise
the city's 1200 beauty parlors.
ARNOLD’S LETTER SHOWS
HE BETRAYED FOR PRICE
Letter of Traitor Sold in America
Recently Fbr (3.000.
New York. Marc's 3.—UP)—Bene
dict Arnold believed that had he been
able to carry out his plans for the
betrayal of America, the Revo'utim
arv War would have been brought
to an end favorable to the British
and he so expressed himself in a let
ter written in 1783.
Little did the traitori Hiinx at the
time he wrote Thomas Townsend,
“one of his Majesty's principal secre
taries of state," asking that he and
his officers in a provincial eorps be
put on the British establishment,
that the communication inter would
be sold in America for $3,000.
The price, which was obtained at
an American Art Gallery sale, was a
record one and would hav> been a
small fortune at the time Arnold
was in dire need of funds.
Addressed as “The Memorial of
Benedict Arnold,” the letter follows:
“Humbley shewcth that your Me
morialist influenced by sentiments of
loyalty to the King and attachment
to the British constitution has sac
rificed a handsome property in Amer
ica, and prospects that were extreun 1 -
ly flattering, and at the most erni
oerftiiaxard of his .life co-operated
with Sir Henry Clinton, commander
in-chief of the British army in Amer
ica. but his intentions and measures
being discovered, before they could
be brought to the happy issue which
promised to put a favorable end to
the war in America, he was bo for
tunate as to escape from the Ameri
cans, and having joined the British
nrmy at New York he exerted himself
in raising a provincial corps, at a
very great expense to himself, and
officers, under the idea and promise
that his corps (called the American
Legion), should be put on the estab
lishment when completed. But hav
ing raised about four hundred men,
his officers were, (for reasons un
known to him) prevented by the coin
mander-in-chief from completing their
numbers.
"Your memorialist begs leave to ob
serve that a number of provincial
corps (without any greater claim to
merit than his, and other corps) have
been put on the British establishment
through the interest of their com
manding officer.
“Your memorialist therefore prays
in behalf of himself and officers, (most
of whom are Americans who have
sacrificed their property by joining
the King's army), that you will be
pleased to take his and their case into
your consideration, and he hn6 the
greatest confidence from the justness
of his claim, that your interest will
be used to have his corps put on the
British establishment, that his offi
cers may have some recompence for
their exertions, and the sacrifices
which they have made, and that an
adequate provision by some appoint
ment, or other reward may be made
for his losses, and sacrifices which
he has made in promoting the inter
est of his country—and your memo
rialist as in duty bound will ever
pray.”
Beautifying Rural Home and School
Grounds.
Newton, N. C..’ March 3.— UP) —The
grounds around 22 homes, one church
and two schools will be beautified by
home demonstration club members in
Catawba county as the result of a
movement started last by Miss
Anna C. Rowe, home agent. Miss
Rowe made plans for beautifying the
grounds after conferring with the
home owners. In some cases the lad
ies stated it would cost from $75 to
SIOO each to have the plans made
while they could use the native shrub
bery such aa suggested by Miss Rowe
and improve the appearance of .their
home* at little expense.
Largest Peacetime Apropriation Bill
Mmefl.
Washington, March 2.—C4>)—Presi
dent Coolidge today signed the larg
est peace time appropriation bill in
history, the annual supply measure
for the Treasury and Postoffice de
partments, carrying 808,281,501.
The bill was the first of the yearly
: appropriation measures to reach the
I White House.
Jim Barnes, Gene Bareten; Walter
) Hagen, Leo Diegel, Macdonald Smith
i and John Farrell are all probable
i American competitors in the British
open golf championship this year.
See Possibility During
Year of Linking Power
Plants More Closely
* *
¥ SENATE APPROVES *
I* NEW FEDERAL *
i * DISTRICT IN STATE #
3K ’
Washington, March 3.— (A 1 )
The Senate today passed the bill 5K
of Senator Overman, democrat,
ifc of North Carolina, creating an ■¥.
iK additional Federal district, for
iK North Carolina. ;
* *
**************
GRAPE GROWERS UNHURT
BY DEMISE OF SALOON
Grape Growing Industry Under Pro
hibition Has Not Been Injured.
San Francisco, March 3.— OP) —Six
years of grape growing in California
under national prohibition have prov
en unfounded fears of vineyard owners |
that abolition of the saloon would n
jurc the market for ther product.
Shipments of grapes from this state
have increased from 21.(i05 ears iu
1919 to 72,110 Inst year.
Statistics of the Agricultural Econ
omies bureau of the department of ag
riculture do not distinguish between
so-called “wine” and "table” grapes.
Therefore they do not show whether
it is hunger or thirst that has caused
the more than 300 per cent, increase
in the demand of other states for the
product of California vineyards.
Before ratification of the Eigh
teenth amendment grapes sold nround
S2O a ton. Since' the law was en
acted prices have, several times, soar
ed over SIOO a ton. Acreage has in
creased but not In ratio to the growth
of carload shipments. Much of the
increase in the shipment figures are
due to the fact that a considerable
part of the crop once used in wine
making within the state now goes to
other markets.
As the California grapegrower takes
stock of his last year's business and
looks to the coming season with in
quisitive eye “Winehaven,” before
prohibition referred to as the world’s
largest storage center for wine, is be
ing dismantled. It was built imme
miately after the San Francisco fire
of 1900 on a seven acre tract on Point
San Pablo at a cost of $3,500,00, lu
clud’ng cottages for 200 employes.
The winery had vats and cellars with
a total oapacity of 9,500,000 gallons.
When filled its stock had a value of
$10,000,000.
In its heydey Winettnven owned a
fleet of 150 railroad tank cars and it
was in these that the last of the wine
was transported under armed guards
to San Franrisco to be stored in
bonded warehouses when the Cali
fornia Wine Growers' Association de
cided to abandon the once famous in
stitution and to attempt to sell the
property for some other use.
COBB AND NEWCOMB
' ON ALL-STAR TEAM
Were Hitfi Scorers in Basketball
Tournament at Atlanta.
Atlanta, March 3.—OP)—Two mem
bers of the champion University of
North Carolina quintet were placed
on a composite all-star team published
today by the Atlanta Journal from se
lections submitted by more than a
doxen sports writers.
Cobb, high scorer for the second
consecutive year, and Newcomb,
whose work was a sensation in his
first year of tournament play, were
picked unanimously. They were the
backbone of the Carolina attack, and
Newcomb was runner-up in the high
score tabulation^
Schools Serve Hot Lunches.
Roanoke RaDids, N. C., March 3. —
(A>)—Nine rural schools out of 24 in
Halifax county are serving hot lunches
’ to the children, states Miss Hazel Er
t vin, home agent. Three of the schools
have very little equipment and the au
thorities are using the kitchen stove
for the coking while the children
bring their own cups, bowls and
spoons.
Miss Ervin has found that the club
girls are great aids in this luncheon
project as they are divided into cooks,
housekeepers, and servers. Responsi
, bility is shifted once each week and a
general supervisor is elected from
month to month. This latter office is
usually filled by one of the girls who
‘ has demonstrated great efficiency and
generally is one of the older club mem
-1 bers.
i
Tinsel Wigs to Hide the “Bob.” !
Paris, March 3.—Evening wigs of 1
gold or silver tinsel thread or of
colored silks are worn in Paris by *
those who realise that tne "shingle,”
however desirable in the daytime, j
looks incongruous on bo many even- •
ing frocks. The wigs are made upon ‘
a strong net or muslin cap, wnich
fits closely to the head.
The colors chosen have no connec
tion with the natural hair. The idea i
is not to look natural, but to look l
one’s best. If pale blue is the color ]
that will help towards that end, one 1
can have pale blue silk in the even- <
ing and be a brunette again next ]
morning, with a suitable complexion i
for each oeension. i
Jack Dempsey claims his ancestors i
were Irish, Scotch and American, and <
on the American end he has Indian <
blood in his veins.
The British Women’s open golf
championship will be held this year i
on the course at Royal St. David’s,
Harloch, on May 10 to If
CONCORD, N. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1926
”,
.' Atlanta Paper Quotes New
f! York Man Who Has
l Aided in Working Out
| Present System.
r SURPLUSPOWER
TO BE UTILIZED
\\ . i
i I Power Companies to Linei
So That Power Can Be
Sent to All Parts of the
Country.
[ Atlanta, Ga., March 3.— OP) —The |
Atlanta Journal in a copyrighted story |
. from New York todny says that with
in the year electric power companies I
in this country will have established j
physical connection of transmission j
. lines to an extent that will make pos- j
! j s’blc the interchange of power from ■
one system to another throughout the j
eastern half of the United Sflirtes.:
When these connections are complete.!
the story says, it will be possible for
power stations on the Canadian bor
der to como to the aid of power gen
erating stations on the Gulf of Mexi
co, and vice versa. Thus the surplus
power in Minnesota can be utilized
to meet the immediate shortage in
Pensacola. Florida, and surplus power
: n Danville, V*., can fill shortage in
South Bend, Ind. The Journal inter
viewed Sidney Mitchell, president of
the Electric Bond and Shre Co., in
New York, and obtained plans of
this great countrywide distribution of
electric power. Mr. Mitchell outlined
results to follow when these plans
have been put into effect. The story
pointed out that this plan would con
nect hydro-electric plans, large steam
generating plants in and near the coal
fields, and the great system of steam
generating plants in natural gas fields
of Louisiana, where the natural gas
fuel supply flows at high pressure
from the earth beneath the boilers;
Reference was made to the fact that
72 per cent, of the country's water
power, developed and undeveloped, is
west of the Mississippi River in the
Rocky Mountain region, while 79 per
cent, of the country's industries are
east of the Mississippi River. De
claring that the water power develop
ed and undeveloped in the South can
be easily delivered where it can he
. advantageously used by the industriet-.
I the story said, that “with its adequate
supply the South is certain, and at
no distant day. to become a great in
dustrial section.”
ALEXANDER WAIVES
PRELIMINARY HEARING
Raleigh Salesman Charged With
Responsibility For Death of Man.
Charlotte, March 2.— D. H. Alex
ander, traveling salesman, of RaV
eigh, whose automobile ran down
and killed A. N. Boger, manager of
the Mecklenburg Hotel Coffee Shop,
three weeks ago, waived preliminary
I hearing on a manslaughter charge
in police court here Tuesday and
was bound over to Mecklenburg su
. parlor iourt.
1 D. B. Smith of the defense coun
sel, announced the waiver of pre
liminary hearing, and Judge Corric
fixed the bond for appearance at Su
perior Court at $5,000. The bond
was signed by W. C- Petty and
‘ Warren Brice, both of Charlotte,
■ who were bondsmen for his appear
’ ance Tuesday.
McKELLAR AIMS ATTACK
AT HOUSE FOR WRITINGS
Colonel From Texas is Blamed With
Betraying the Late Woodrow Wil
son.
Washington, March, 2.—C01. E.
M. House was vigorously assailed
today in the senate by Senator Mc-
Kellar, democrat, Tennessee, for
publication of his papers disclosing
his relations with Woodrow Wilson.
Colonel House was accused of "be
traying” the war president and with
| undertaking to show that "he was
f only a puppet in the hands of this
unknown colonel from Texas.”
Alleged Counterfeiters Arrested.
New York, March 3.— UP) —The ar
rest of ten alleged counterfeiters here,
and the roundup in Philadelphia, Sy
; racuse, Detroit and other cities of
, some 30 “passers” of spurious eur-
I rency, was announced today by Jos
. eph A. Palma, chief of the New York
district of the V. S. Secret Service.
Imitations of $5 and $lO Federal
Reserve Bank notes totaling SIB,OOO
have been seized.
A four months investigation has
brought the arrest also of five boys be
tween the ages of ten and eleven
years, used by the forgers as passers
in this territory, according to Mr.
Palma.
King George to Economize.
London, March 3. —There is a
rumor current in Court circles to
the effect that the number of the
King's lords-in-waiting will present
ly be reduced from ita present figure
of six to three. Seeing that each
holder of this appointment only
serves for a month and receives a
salary of $3500 a year for this ser
vice, it would seem ns l though
economy could be effected without
the. least loss in efficiency. It is un
derstood that the King is in favor of
this reduction being carried out
forthwith.
| George A. Stone and W. T. Leslie,
Jr., of Charlotte, representing the
J Dodge cars, were in Concord Monday.
Figures in Indiana’s “Worldly” Trial
\ 1881 I |i && I IHftl %
Because Clyde Martin, former high school principal at Palmyra, Ind.. built a community house, organized a
basketball team and provided recreation facilities for the young people of the town, elders of the Palmyra
Church of Christ have accused him of being 'worldly and un-Christian,” and are seeking to oust him from the
church. These pictures were taken at his first trial, when it was voted to refer the case to the entire congrega
tion. At the left, above, is Charles Ellis, elder who brought the charges against Martin; below is William-Bos
ton, who presided at the trial. At the right B. B. Boston, his brother, and editor of the town's only paper, is
shown carrying a huge Bible to the church to use in this testimony against Martin.
HOUSE COMHUTTEE
DEFEATS fWOSIL
I
To Create Department of
National Defense—Vote
on the Proposal was 11
to 10.
Washington, March —The
House military committee bj» a ten to .
eleven vote today refused to report a
bill to create a department of national
defense.
It also refused by another close
vote to report a measure proposing
creation of a unified a : r service, and
likewise a bill to create a separate
air corps in the army.
200 CHILDREN ESCAPE
FROM BLAZING SCHOOL
They Do Perfect Fire Drill When
Mi 11 brook School in Wake County
is Destroyed.
Raleigh, Mar. 2—Millbrook school,
about eight miles from Raleigh, was
destroyed by tire this afternoon fol
lowing the noon recess from which
the children in eight rooms had re
turned to their books.
They were immediately assemoled
and marched from the building, the
200 young people doing a perfect
fire drill under actual tire. The loss
to the building is approximately
$50,000 with insurance on somewhat
more than half of it. The structure
was one of the best thnt the county
had outside the city system.
Raleigh firemen went out with
their paraphernalia, but of course
were handicapped by the long lead
which the blaze had before the com
pany could make the distance.. The
origin of the fire has not been estab
lished but it is believed to have come
from the furnace.
With Our Advertisers.
Lower prices on the Hudson and
Essex cars went into effect last Sat
urday. The new prices are ns fol
lows : Essex six coach SOOS, Hudson
coash $1350, Hudson Brougham,
SIOOS, Hudson seven-passenger sedan
$1795. These arc the prices deliv
ered in Concord. Sec ad. elsewhere.
Make your liens lay and your
, chicks and pullets grow by givTig
them Coruo feeds. See ad. of Cline
: & Moose.
The Standard Buick Co. lias five
used cars for sale. See list in ad. in
■ this paper.
Don’t forget Oliver Day nt Yorke
& Wadsworth Co.’s next Friday,
March sth. Ten per cent, off on all
farming implements on that day on
ly. Free lunch will be served.
Harry Rosenberger, representing
Sohloss Bros., will be at Hoover's on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday of
this week with a very handsome line
of spring and summer samples, and
be ready to take your order.
Better listen to the insurance agent
—see new ad. of Fetzer & Yorke In
surance Agency.
See Patt Covington’s ad. today.
Store back of city hall.
Happy Hopie house dresses, fast
color ginghams in fancy plaids and
solid colors, sizes 30 to 60 only 95
cents at Efird's, while they last.
Students’ ideas in the suit for
spring, at J. C. Penny Co.’s, and the
price is only $19.75. English model
suits that make a hit.
During the investigations in con
nection with the first census in the
history of ersia, a woman aged 140,
with a son aged 117. were found l
living in the village of Mochin, at j
the foot of Alwand Mountain. !
3 TRAINMEN KILLED.
20 PASSENGERS HURT
l
Deaths and Injuries Oc
curred in Head-on Col
lision of an Interurban
Train and Freight.
Chicago, March 3.—Three train
men Were. killed and more than 20.
passengers were injured, 15 seriously,
in a bend on collision of an Illinois
Central suburban train and a Michi
gan Central fast freight in the South
Side early today. Officials of each
railroad immediately began investi
gation, and reported that an open
switch was responsible for the crash.
A tower man and helper near the
scene of the wreck were held respon
sible by a coroner’s jury.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Unchanged to 9 Points High
er, With Better Undertone Than
Ex-pected.
New York, Mart's 3.—(A s )—The ,
cotton market opened unchanged to 9
points higher today showing a better
undertone than had been expected in
view of the weakness in the Liver
pool market. Although demand ap
peared to eome mostly from shorts,
some of the leading local operators
were more favorably disposed to new
crop positions at these levels.
Commission house buying of late
months also was reported. A con
siderable amount of price fixing was
noted, partly for continental account.
Liverpool bought hero, but sold in
their own market, reversing straddles
which helped to explain the weakness
abroad.
The upturn was continued after the '
opening in line with better reports
from the stock- market March an
vanced to 19.04 with May up to
18.50 and October to 17.29, net ad-1
vances of 12 to 20 points.
Reports from New Orleans were j
to the effect that the Hester figures
on fertilizer sales had been delayed,
but might be issued today and were
expected to be bearish.
Cotton futures opened steady.
March 18.86; May 18.30; July 17.09;
Oct. 17.17; Dec. 16.92.
Bavaria Stocked by Women’s
Frocks.
Berlin, March 3. Should the
world, with his wife and daughters,
decide to spend a holiday in Bavaria,
lie would be well alvised to see that
their dreekes are such that they
will not arouse protest from tno old
fashioned.
An organization called the Bnvar
in'n National Costume Preservation
Society has forwarded a communi
cation* to the Bavarian Government
regarding the “indecency of the
clothes worn by feminine foreigners
visiting Bavaria.”
If. this communication threatened,
the Bavarian Government did not
immediately announce its policy in
the matter, the society would take
“.suitable action” to put an end to
tho disgrace.
Presbyterian Council Meets.
Atlontic City, N. J„ March 3.
The tenth biennial meeting of the
General Council of the Presbyterian j
and Reformed Churches in America
was opened here today with many
prominent leaders of the denomina
tion in attendance. In conjunction
there Is being he'd a meeting of the
Western section of the Alliance of
Presbyterian and Reformed Church
] e«. Home and foreign missions and
Christian education will be the prin
-1 cipal subjects discusset.
BAPTIST WOMEN IN
RALEIGH FOR MEET
About 1,000 Delegates and
Visitors Attending An
nual Missionary Union
Convention.
Raleigh, March B.—COT—Approxi
mately 1,000 Baptist women, delegates
and visitors from all parts of the
state, were in attendance here today
at the annual Women’s Missionary,
Convention of that Church. The con
vention was opened last night at the
First Baptist Church here with the
annual sermon delivered by Dr. J. R.
Jester, pastor of the First Baptist
Church, of Winston-Salem.
At this morning’s session the story
of the struggles and achievements of
the Baptist women of North Carolina
in their missionary endeavors for the
past forty years was told by Mrs.
Wesley N. Jones, of Raleigh, presid
ing for the twelfth time over the
annual sessions of the organization.
SNOWBOUND PAIR FORCED
TO NIBBLE SHOE LEATHER
Man And Wife Trapped by Storm,
Survive But Recall Ghastly Ex
perience.
Sacramento, Calif., March 2.—-Just
how boiled slices taste and how it
feels to be snowbound and starving
is told in n dispatch to The Sacra
mento Bee from Westwood, describ
ing the experiences of Mr, and Mrs.
J. E Reeder, of Sacramento, who
were trapped in the snow for ten days
without food. 30 miles west of West
wood. Today they are convalescing
jin a Westwood hospital following
their rescue yesterday.
Mrs. Reeder's impressions of shoe
■ leather as a food are summed as fol
lows ;
“I put them up tp my mouth and
I then my whole system revolted. As
j hungry as I was after several days
without food, I just couldn’t stand to
eat shoe leather, although most any
thing would have been welcome.”
State Got $1,000,000 For Vegetables.
Raleigh. N. C., March 3.—(OT—
During the 1925 season, 1,559 car
loads of fruits and vegetables were
shipped to Philadelphia from North
Carolina. The State Department in
making this announcement tonight
said the shipments had netted the
growers $1,200,000. This total does
not include the freight charges, load
ing and selling charges but is the ac
tual amount received by shippers af
ter all expenses were deducted. The
prices paid by the firms which bought
tlie produce probably was 50 per cent,
or about $1,800,000.
While Irish potatoes led in the
number of carloads shipped with 304,
strawberries brought the greatest
amount of money, $292,830. Potatoes
brought $212,000.
Other Mergers Not Affected.
New York, March 3.—COT—Pending
railroad mergers, other than those in
tricately tied up with the proposed
Nickel Plate consolidation, will not be
deterred by the adverse decision of the
Interstate Commerce Commission
j against the Van Sweringen's projeet
j ed combination, the*r sponsors assert
,, ed today.
Sir Sidney Lee Dead.
. I London, March 3.—(OT— Sir Sidney
> j Lee, famous as an authority on on
.; Shakespeare, died today.
1—
Ty Cobb's best totting seasbn was
in ; 1911, when he hit for .420.
THE TRIBUNE
PRINTS -i
TODAY’S NEWS TODAY* I
NO. 50
D.A.R COHFEHEHCE
SOTS 111 WST
' nANY PROBLEMS
With the Preliminaries |
Out of the Way, Busi
ness Questions Demand 1
| Attention Now.
I I
REPORTS WILL BE
HEARD TODAY
m
Mrs. Edwin Clarke Greg
ory, , State Regent, is
Presiding at Sessions of
the Conference.
Charlotte. March 3—OP)—The
annual conference of the Daughters of A
the American Revolution • entered WL
to actual business sessions at the
state gathering here today.
Mrs. Edwin Clarke Gregory, of
Salisbury, state regent, was presidt , *
ing when the conference started at 10 ‘
o'clock, with many state reports tc< be .
brought before the assemblage
A luncheon at noon was to be fol*
lowed ty another business seskion a$ '
2:30 o'clock this afternoon. ™
KELLOGG DECLINES TO I
EXPLAIN HIS ACTIONS
Will Not Tell Committee Why He j
Barred Countess lvarolyn From ;
This Country.
Washington, March 3. —C OT —Secre- . ')
tary Kellogg declined today to dis
close to the Senate foreign relations
committee even In secret the reasons
why the Countess Karolyi was exclud
ed from this couitry.
The Karolyi rise, as well as that a
of the Countess of Cathcnrt, was
brought up by Senator Johnson, re
publican, Califortiia, but the Seere- j
tary said he preferred not to discuss J
them at this time. /
The committee had before it a reso- j
lution by Senator Wheeler, democrat, i
of Montana, proposing an iuvestigg- .’
tion of the exclusion of the Countess
Karolyi, but this matter was not
brought up, the Secretary appearing
primarily to oppose the bill of
Chairman Borah un/ler which he
would be shorn of the war time pow- >r .i
ers which were invoked to deny her
admittance.
Mr. Kellogg was closeted with the
committee for two hours and was S
-questioned at some length. An unuspveu
uni veil of secrecy was throw* around
the whole proceedings. Chairman
Borah declined to make any stnte
-1 ment other titan to say Mr. Kellogg
was opposed to his bill.
Bouquet Fcr Simmons For Work on
Tax Bill.
Washington. Mar. 2.— “ The great *
middle c ass of the people who are .
the salt of the earth, should be grate
ful to you." E. S. Parker, Jr., of
Greensboro, today wrote Senator F. %
M. Sitnmons in a letter of congratu
lations for his part in the passage of
the new revenue bill
" And the Democratic party every- *
where recognizes you as one of its;
leaders and in North Carolina I be
lieve every citizens feels a pride in
your achievements.”
Let the Women Do the Work. 1
Glacier Park, Mont.. March 3.
There is a reason among the Indians- £
for the equivalent to the slogan “Let ;
tlie women do the work.” The braves
always have specialized on hunting i
while the squaws reconciled themselves
to the task of doing everything per
taining to domicile life. As a matter
of fact the Indian men would be about
as handy in setting up tepees as the |
reader's great-grand-father would f
have toon arranging the parlor furni
ture and washing dishes for his wife.
Florida Protest Before Committee.
Washington, March 2.—COT —The
question of whether Florida land f
acreage is to be computed at .high or ?
! low tide was brought before the House |
] public lands committee today in a 8
protest by Attorney General Jqhpson, j
of that State, against the Sinnott bill ;!
to give the Federal government con* I
trol of certain coastal land a.
The fact that June 2 is the. date |
of the great English Derby this year
is causing no end of misgivings J
among superstitious race followers "
in the British Isles. June 2, as
, commonly expressed in figures, is
{ 2-0-20, or the double of 26, which
1 figure is itself double of the terrible
13. So the turf so lowerx are predat
ing that most anything may happen .»
' in a race run on such unlucky day. f
Although women have less hair in s
■ these days than formerly, much more
time and money are spent in keeping
‘ it in order, and hairdressing estab- '
• Ushments for women arc tremend*
: ouely on the increase both in Amer
* ica and Europe.
-• — - • " t!
SAT'S BEAR SATSI |
Fair and continued told tonight, |
s Thursday fair, rising temperattuttoj
| Fresh to strong northwest winds. 3