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* >■>■!» N»Mif ASSOCIATED PRESS , DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVI ' RALPH SAFRIT HELD IN JAIL HERE FOR AtALLMM Admits That He 1 Seized Girl, His Cousin, But Did So Only to Play a Joke on Her. CONCEALEDSELF BY LONE PATH Leaped Out and Seized the Girl as She Passed. —j Bloodhounds Used by * Officers in Hunt. On complaint that he attacked a white girl, menfber of a prominent -Ca barrus -family,' afternoon about 4 o’clpck. Ralph Safrit. young white man. wax lodged in the county jail here. It was stated at the court heuae this morning that specific charges have not yet been lodged against Safrit pending further inves tigation by county officers. According to the report brought to Sheriff Caldwell, who arrested Safrit, the attack was made near the Cruise' schoolhouse where the girl attends school. Safrit, it is said, concealed himself in a patch of pine trees which skirt a lonesome pnth which the girl is accustomed to use on her way to ' and from school, and when she pass ed leaped into the pnth, encircled her waist with one hand and closed her month with the other. The girl wns so badly frightened she did not recognize tile man, she told the officers , but did know that it was a white hand which closed her mouth. She also told the officers that the man wore a red stripped sweater and light colored pants, She manag ed to break away, she said, and reach the home of friends, where she told of ~ the alleged attack. It was by means of the swe/vter nnd pants that Safrit was suspected, Sher iff Caldwell stated. The officer was advised that Safrit, wearing such clothing, had been'nt the school dur ing the day, and had been seen there a short time before the alleged attack. Bloodhounds, secured at Rockwell, and placed on the trail, tracked Safrit to the home of his grandfather, Mhrtin Snfrit, where he was urrested. When aegn by a news reporter in county- jail this morninr young the matter. Be said lie saw the girl, who is his cousin, com ing along the path, so he decided to frighten her, not realizing the serious results that might ensue. He did not mean to attack her, he insisted, and stated further that he made no at tempt to hold her when she started twisting and fighting in his arms. He had started to the home of his grand father when he saw the girl, so hf just went on there. He admitted that he wns the man sought shortly after he was arrested, Sheriff Caldweil stated. When reports of the attack were circulated in the Rimer neighborhood, where is located the Cruise school, and where Safrit nnd the giri live, a number of persons joined in the bunt, it is said. Some went to Rockwell for the bloodhounds, while others as sisted Sheriff Caldwell in his search for the man. Sheriff Caldwell stated this morn ing that he planned a fuller inquiry during the day and would probably prefer apecific charges after the in quiry. Safrit is a son of John Safrit. well known merchant and farmer. He is not atteqfDing school now, he said, be cause of TTis age. He wag a student formerly at the Cruise school, and went there yesterday to see friends. Wien seen in the county jail this morning Snfrit seemed calm at first. When asked if he did not realize the seriousness of the charge against him, he replied that he had done nothing except “try to play a joke.” After talking to a reporter a few minutes Ik. he seemed a little more nervous. He *Vas still wearing a red striped sweater and l'ght colored pants. While the girl was said to have been ao badly frightened that she could not talk coherently when she first told of the alleged attack, she became calmer during the afternoon. Officers planned to question her again during the afternoon. Says Alleged .Slayers Have Confessed. Miiledgevile. Ga , March 26.— UP) — Floyd McClelland, of Brockton, N. Y„ under sentence of electrocution here today, and Ted Coggeshall, of Clayton, 111., for the murder of Prof. W. C. Wright, superintendent' of Putnam county schools, has confessed to the murder, Warden B. H. Duna way, of the State prison, was told to day by a Macon social worker. By Request of a Groat Many People We Are Calling Back ‘The Royle Girl" FOR FRIDAY ONLY This Is a Wonderful Picture and it will be Your Last Time to sec it STAR THEATRE FRIDAY The Concord Daily Tribune _____ _ North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily . * e P> It’S Him! I Hi In caaa ydu don’t recognise the ball lUayffi- with the dirrffnera, we'll let you In on the secret. It’s your oh] friend, Tyrus Cobb, manager of the Detroit Tygers. The photo was snapped at the Augusta (Ga.) train ing camp of the Detroit team just after Cobb had arrived from Haiti giore where he underwent an opera tion fer the removal of a growth tatma Ma-left ana. GEORGE REMIS MOVES TO THIS WINDY CITY Will Start Real Estate Business in Chicago.—Prison Life Not So Bad. Chicago. Mart* 26m —CP)—(George Remus, erstwhile Cincinnati bootleg ger,’ whose activities led to a term in the Atlanta penitentiary, is to make Chicago his future home and real es tate his business. ' Remus, who formerly was a lawyer before he amassed a fortune in li- 1 quor activities in the Ohio city, an nounced his intention after he had lost a court effort to save 1.500 cases 1 of pre-war wlhiskey. The circuit court of appeals ordered it destroyed. 1 “Penitentiary 'life wasn’t so bad,” Remus said. “You see. I could send ' out for most anything I wanted, nnd 1 really my bill for the eighteen months 1 I put in amounted to $17,000. I - gave many parties there.” Reinus maintained that his wife had possession of most of his money, and said that when his divorce hear- 1 ing comes up in Indianapolis May oth lie would ask the court to order 1 returned his pronerty. • 1 SOCIAL SERVICE WORKERS GATHER IN GREENSBORO Group Meetings Featured Opening Session of Meeting This Morning. Greensboro, March 25.—CP)—With approximately 200 social workers and individuals who are interested in bet tering conditions socially in North . Carolina present, the 14th annual meeting of the North Carolina Confer ence for Social Service got underway here this morning with six group meet ings held at 9:30 o’clock. The six , groups which make up the conference are: Travelers Aid Societies; Family , Welfare Societies; Recreation Orgnn- | igations: Childs Welfare Agencies; Juvenile Court Workers, and the Anti- , Capital Punishment League. Meet ing separately with their different , chairmen in charge, they discussed the problems peculiar to their groups, and heard speakers from their own ranks. \ J Agree on Holidays For State Officers. Raleigh Bureau of The Tribune Raleigh, March 25.—Holidays rec ognized by the salary wage com mission will be observed by all state employees and regular office hours kept on all other legal holidays, heads ( of state departments decided in a meeting with the salary and wage commission here Wednesday after. - noon The decision was unanimous In its report, presented to and ap proved by the governor last fall, ob servance of seven of the twelve holi days recognized in the state was rec ommended by the commission and that recommendation became a part of the regulations for the conduct of state offices. Washington's birtbday was one of the holidays not to be observed. On February 22nd last, a few of the de partments closed their offices for all or part of the day, but, in general, usual office hours were observed throughout the state department. In order to make holiday observ ance -uniform in all departments, the matter was presented to the depart ment heads by the commission and left to them to decide what should be inade the general practise. With out a dissenting vote, they decided to abide by the commission’s regula tions hereafter. Only routine matters were taken up by the commission in addition to the question of holidays. Some 100 applications for advancements were 1 considered, of which approximately 26 per cent, were approved, 60 per cent, turned down and the remainder continued pending further investiga tion. Spring Opening and Easter Drive'at nrhk Drib Go. The Big Before Easter and Spring | Opening at the Parka-Belk Co. begins Friday morning, March 20; Every de partment in this big store will be loaded with specials. Never before has there been such a display of love ly fashions as will greet your eye for Easter buying. Everything for Eas ter ’and after, in clothes for sports, daytime and festive occasions—acces-, oriea of every description. In both The Tribune and Time* to day you will find four pages of read ing that will sound good to yon inas much aa it points the way to wonder ful selections and bargains. Says Julius Dellinger I Is Man Who Thinks He Is Ross, Long Hunted ♦ governor mclean not SPONSORING DIRT DEALS Is Net Intern ed ini Wild Acres or Any Other Real Estate Develop me.it. Raleigh Bureau of The Tribune Raleigh, March 25.—;Qnestioned yesterday evening concerning rumors that he was in some way conneeted with the Wild Acres development near Little Switzerland, Governor A. W. McLean denied empbntieally that he had “gone into the real estate basi licas” or thnt he had my interest, financial or otherwise, with thnt ni nny other enterprise. The rumors evidently arose from the publication, in an advertisement j of the names of an “advisory com- - hiittee.” presumably for the Wild Acres project, of which Governor McLean s name was first. He had consented to having his name used as a member of an ad visory committee when approached by Thomas Dixon, the creator of Wild Acres, the governor explained, but only after he had been assured that the committtee was to foster the de velopment of nil arts clubs and was for civic purposes only. The governor is inclined to be lieve Hint tile advertisement from which'the erroneous impression was gained was written without the sanc tion of Dr. Dixon, and made public a - telegram he received from him even before the advertisement had been called to his attention. “Shocked to discover the use mnde of our advisory board in advertising lots,” the telegram read. “Wired Mr. Hines peremptory order not to repeat this. While we must have ten thousand people there to realize our plan nnd while every dollar made in the sale will be used to build wat erworks, lights, clubs, streets, ho tels and auditorium. I will not per mit such use of our board. Pleace accept my npologyy with assurance that the blunder will not be repented. Tlios. Dixon.” The board roster included the names of the governors of South Carolina, Georgia and Mississippi, the presi dents of all the important educational institutions in the state and a num ber of others high in educational and art circles outside the state, JUDGE LANE IMPOSES UNUSUAL SENTENCE Suspended Road Term Is Hung Over Head of Husband Who Beat His Wife. ■Winston-Salem, March 24.—The first sentence of the kind ever im posed in Forsyth wns handed down today in Forsyth Superior Court by Judge Lane. After Frank Austin, the defendant, was taxed with the costs for an assault on his wife, with a suspended road sentence of six months, Judge Lane addedd a provi sion that Austin must remain sober and not assault his wife at any time during his life, else tile road term will become effective. Defendant ac cepted this judgment. Judge Lane is regarded pretty se vere on auto thieves. Will Bullis and Charlie Reagon, convicted of this jiffense, were each given terms of five years at hard labor in the State prison. An order setting Thursday morning at 8 o’clock as the time for the hear ing of a motion to set aside the ver dict rendered in the Superior Court here in 1926, in the case of Cala N. Ellis, was signed by Judge Lane. The motion to set aside the verdict was made by attorneys for defendant and plantiff. It will be heard before ■Tqdge T. D. Bryson, presiding over a term of the Guilford County Superior Court, in Greensboro. Start Wdrk Soon on New Yadkin Bridge. Albemdrle. March 24. —A force of the Atlantic Bridge Company is now on the grounds and is making rapid preparations to begin the actual con struction work of the steel bridge across, the Yadkin at Stoke? Ferry, about ten miles north of Albemarle. A 'contract for the construction of this bridge was given to the company several weeks ago. R. L. Smith, one of the owners of this bridge, stated today that the bridge was to be completed and ready for traffic by July Ist. The bridge will be privately owned and there fore will charge toll but it will serve a large territory and will furnish a short route between important towns. With Our Advertisers. See the new complete line of low priced metal cabinet frigidaires at only $245. For . sale here by the Standard Buick Company. Display room at 47 South Union street. Phone 870 or 303. , The White Auto Co. is having a big sale of used cars at bargain prices. They are determined to sell out the entire stock' in a few days. See ad. or page five. The Cabarrus County B. L. & 8. Association will help you finance a deal to buy a home. Get ready by taking some shares in Series -No. 57 now open. All stock is non-taxable. Jim Ballard Saved From Electric Chair. Raleigh, March 25.—<A>>—Jim Bal lard, negro, today was saved from ; death by electrocution, a fate which awaited him tomorrow morning. Gov. ernor McLean commuted the sentence to life imprisonment today Shortly be fore 1 o'clock. Comutation is based on the ground of insanity without rep gard to the degree of guilt. CONCORD, N. C.. THURSDAY. MARCH 25. 1926 Jn Article Today Asheville 1 Times Gives Story Se cured by Reporter From Gastonia Carpenter. LONG THOUGHT ; HE WAS ROSS Man Is Quoted as Saying He Had Felt For Many Years That He Is Person Lost in Year 1874. Ashevi'le. March 25.— UP) —The Asheville Times in a copyrighted I story today declares that Julius Cole mail Dellinger. Gaston county car penter, is the man who believes al most to a certainty that he is Charlie Uosk, sou of a Philadelphia million aire, missing since 1874. In an interview with Robert Bun liel'e. Times reporter yesterday, Mr. Dellinger revealed himself as the man who confronted more than forty years ago with information that his real name was not Dellinger, had spent the greater part of his time since in tracing down his real identity, with the result that todny he has a large batch of papers which undoubtedly will give hjm a hearing on his claim of being the real Charlie Ross, sought for fifty years by relatives. Mr. Dellinger declares he has spent n fortune in tracing down his ances try, and has a picture of himself when a baby which he hopes will es tablish his claim finally when com pared with photographs in possession cf the Ross family. His earliest investigations, he said, seem to point to the fact that his fasther was 1,. D. Dellinger, a States ville mail now dead, anil whose body is buried in Asheville. He adopted that name. Within the past few months, however, he dec-lares he has discovcred thnt the son of L. D. Del linger, who was abducted about the same time as Charlie Ross, had com mitted suicide and thnt his body is buried in Birmingham, Ala. He pro duced affidavits which corroborated hi« statement. The rest of Mr. Dellinger's story reads like s novel, but with inescap able logle which he presents in the .form of signed statements, photo graphs and affidavits. For the pasts five years, he declared, he has written') an average of one hundred letters a week in an effort to find out who he is, with the result he has been able to trace his history back to tlic time he was brought to Gaffney. S. C., ns a child by a man who called himself ,T. H. McCalc, and a womnn supposed to have been Jlcllale's wife, whose maiden name was Mnry Jane Catli cart. Thnt was a year after Charlie Ross had been kidnapped in the East on July 1. 1974. His earliest recollection, says Mr. Dellinger, is of a large white two story house surrounded by a high iron fence. He must have been a child of not more than two or three years then, he said. There were lights in the distance, he remembers, and a little creek that ran near his home. The description, it is declared by those who followed the case, coin cides with the location of the Ross home in Germantown, Pn. THE COTTON MARKET Less Favorable Weather Reports and Steady Cables Caused Active De mand. New York, March 25.—(A s )—Less favorable weather reports and rela tively steady cables seemed responsi ble for active demand at the opening of the cotton market today. First prices were steady at advances of 5 to 10 points. Active months sold 15 to 18 points net higher after the call. May selling up to 18.75 and October to 17.55 'on covering by recent sell ers. New Orleans nnd local buyers. New Orleans also bought cotton here, but after the first spurt of de mand had been supplied the volume of business tapered off- and prices showed reactions of n few points from the best at the end of the first hour. The outlook for unsettled weather, with showers or rains and lower tem peratures in the South led to appre hens’ons of delayed farm work. Cotton futures opened steady. May J 8.00; July 18.11; Oct. 17.47; Dec. 17.22; Jan. 17.10. SUBMARINE V-2 MAKES NEW RECORD ON TRIAL TESTS Goes More Than 200 Feet Under the Water. —First In Its Class to Go to Such Depth. Portsmouth, N. H., March 26.—(A 5 ) —The V-2, the latest giant of ttie i United States submarine navy, is here i today after having reached a record I depth for vessels of its class in.trial . teats. The ship submerged to the depth of 220 feet yesterday, off Prov • incetown, Mass. It remained ttiere i more than thirty minutes. Only once before has a f States submarine reached a greater . depth. During the World War an accident to ballast forced the L-4 to 315 feet in the Irish sea. The V-2 never again will be called - qn to go farther down than’one hun i dred feet. Navy regulations forbid l sumbarines to sink to a greater level. . A minor mishap, the brusting under e pressure of a low blow line was the - only untoward occurrence yesterday. 1 One other ship of the V class al r ready Is in action, while four more hre building. When Ice Jam Swept Bridge Away , Thousands of tons of ice borne downstream by the flooded Alleghany river at Franklin. Pa., exerted such tremendous pressure that a steel bridge was broken in half ami part of it swept away. The picture shows two when first carried away, but were bite an ice gorge some distance below their original location. They overturned spans of the bridge lodged, upright, inr set upright by the pressure. SCHOOL PEOPLE TO BE GUESTS AT EXPOSITION Details Will Be Given to- Public at an Early Date. Raleigh Bureau of The Tribune Raleigh, March 25.—The North- Carolina boy or girls of high school ago who most conspicuously embodies the highest ideals of American youth nnd the woman school teacheir'who has accomplished tile greatest good for the pupils of the state will be the guests of the Sesquieentennial Inter national Exposition at the exposition in Philadelphia the week cf June 28th to July sth. according to announce ment made by Governor A. W. Mc- I.rtui yesterday evening. Word to thnt effect was received by him only yesterday from W. Free land Kendrick, mayor of Philadelphia, and president of the exposition. The honored teacher nnd boy or girl will have a place of honor on July 4th at tile 150th anniversary observance of American independence, when Presi dent Coolidge will be the orator of the day. Each state in the Union is in vited to select stuli representatives. Governor McLean is asked to serve ns honorary chairman of the Stnte committee of award which will se lect the teacher to be honored nnd supervise the selection of the boy or giri. Tile actual choice of Hie lat , ter, however, will be left in the hands of the youth of their own age, ac cording to the plans of the award, y Mayo* Kendrick suggests that the State committee be made up of Hie State official ih charge of education, the two members in North Carolina) of the national advisory commission j of the exposition, the mayor of Ra j leigh, the capital city, the superin-{ tendent of schools in the governor’s | district, a president of Rotary, Ki wnnis and Lions clubs, one clergyman each of tin Protestant, Catholic and Jewish faiths, an American Legion commander, the state regent of the Daughters of the American Revolu tion, the president of the State Fed eration of Women's Cluhs, the presi dent of the state or a local League of Women Voters, a woman official of a parent-teacher association, adult ex ecutives of tlic Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts and the Camp Fire Girls and others at large to bring the number to 25. Governor McLean will announce liis decision on details left to him at the earliest possible date. SMOKES CIGARETTE AS HE PREPARES TO DIE Father of Condemned Man Praises Him as He Sets iq (he Electric Chair. Milledgevflle. March 25.—(A 3 )—Ted L. of Clayton, 111., and Floyd McClelland, of -Brockton, N. Y., were electrocuted here today for the murder a year ago of Prof W. C. Wright, superintendent of Put nam county schools. McClelland went to his dentil at 12:49 p. tn„ eastern time. Coggeshall’s aged father and broth er, Sam, entered the death chamber a few momenta before the condemned youth, and quietly took their seats af ter being searched. As Coggeshall was being strapped in after he had calmly lighted a cig arette, his father stood before Him and grapsed his hand and a smile that seemed to be of pride illuminated his face. < “Look at him, gentlemen,” he said “He is as clean and innocent as the day he was born.” Coggeshall looked him squarely in the eye, but did not reply and his ' father continued: ! “You were a good boy, and the fu- I j ture will show it. You have been I I a good boy all your life, and I am proud that you are dyiqg like a man.” 1 Coggeshall's voice was as £lear as a ’ bell as he calmly replied, “Good-bye ‘ dad.” I The two died with denials of guilt 1 on their lips, although earlier in the ■ day it had been announced by Warden - I). H. Dunaway, of the State prison, ■ that McClelland had confessed to a Macon social worker. I Want Steck Seated. > Washington. March 25.— UP) —A > majority of the senate elections com mittee voted today to recommend the 1 unseating of Senator Brookhart, re - publican, in favor of Daniel F. Steck, 1 democrat. r Every Easter morning the old town eof Winchelsea elects its mayor. A ■ water-bailiff, having a silver oar as - bis badge of office, is also still ap f pointed, although the sea has retired several miles from the town. 'i&S t CASES AGAINST HILLSBORO OFFICERS UOLLE PROSSED News of Interest to Auto Drivers Throughout the State. Raleigh Bureau of The Tribune Raleigh, March 25.—Governor Mc- Lean was notified yesterday that the case against S. D. Eubanks, Orange county justice of tlic peace against whom many cpmplainst had been reg istered by tourists, had beeen ’ nolle pressed by Solicitor L. I’. McLendon after the former justice lmd agreed to resign and return $95 of county funds which he is alleged to have mis appropriated. A similar case against his son, A. H. Eubanks, constable, also has been nolled. According -to complaints registered by irnte motorists, the son, in iris role of constable, would stop drivers on traffic charges ami take a deposit for their appearance in court at some later day. This deposit is said not to have been treated as a bond, but was used to pay fines and “costs” assessed by the father, as justice of the peace, when the offmlers would fail to appear for trial and a judg ment of “guilty" had been entered. The governor lias received a num ber of letters from persons residing cut of the state, complaining of the treatment they were accorded in Orange county while driving across the state. He had no comment to make yesterday on the disposal of the ease. MORE JUDGMENTS IN CASES FOR USURY I Accused Men Let Off With Fines But Must Show Heed For Law. I Winston-Salem, March 24.—Furth er judgments against defendants charged with usury were entered by Judge Etird. presiding over the mu nicipal court todny. Tile judgments were in eases of J. R. Drew and J. R. Tolley, indicted jointly in two cases, and J. T. Nichols, indicted un- 1 der two charges, each of usury. Drew and Tolley, in the first ease, were each fined SSO and the costs. In tlic other two eases against theie defendants they were taxed with tlic costs and prayer for judgment was continued that |he defendants not lend any money on household goods in violation of the law. Each of the de fendants consented to this judgment nnd under it they will be allowed to continued tlieir business. J. T. Nichols, charged in two cases with usury, indicted in one ease in connection with the operation of Nichols and Company and in the i thor in the operation of the Lacy Company, was fined SIOO and the costs in the first ease and taxed witli the costs and prayer for judgment continued with the same provisions and conditions .used in the cases named above. To Take Up Case Tuesday. Washington, March 25.—(A s ) House leaders planned to call up in the House next Tuesday the judiciary committee report submitted today rec ommending impeachment of Federal Judge English, of Illinois. Coal Legislation Hearing Next Week. Washington, March 25.— UP) —The House commerce committee today de cided to begin hearings on coal legis lation next Tuesday. &A TYPICAL MEMBER OF THIS ASSOCIATION He walks with vibrant stride— Shoulders back— Head high— Because he has money saved scciation is supremely safe and because he knows our as and pays exceptional dividends New Series Now Open Cabarrus. County B. L. & Sav ! ings Association : OFFICE IN CONCORD NATIONAL BANK RHINELANDER AGAIN IS LOSER IN THE COURTS i Justice Morschauser Refused to Set Aside Verdict cf Annulment Suit. Poughkeepsie. N. Y., March- 25. (A s )—Supreme Court Justice Mors chauser todny deuied Leonard Kip Rhinelander a new trial in his annul ment action against his negro wife, Alice Jones Rhinelander. The first trial was before Justice Morschauser in Westchester County Supreme Court at White Plains last Novem ber. It is understood Rhinelander will appeal to tlie appellate division i in Brooklyn from Justice Morschaus er’s ruling. In the two words "motion denied.” Justice Morschauser refused to grant the motions of Isaac N. Mills, Rhine lander's counsel, to set aside the ver dict of the jury which was .that Rhinelander, a member of an old and wealthy New York family, should not receive an annulment from his wife: ami to grant a new trial. At the same, , time Justice Morschauser allows Lee Persons Davis' Mrs. Rhinelander’s attorney, an additional sum of sl2.- ; 000 for his services in the trial, and I subsequent proceedings to date. OPPOSE IMPEACHMENT OF JUDGE ENGLISH Minority- Repart of House Judiciary Committee Will Be Presented to the House. Washington. March 25:—OP)—Op position to impeachment” of Federal Judge George W. English of Illinois, is expressed in a minority report be ing prepared by throe members of the House Judiciary Committee. Insufficient evidence is the basis of the arguments which are being written by Representative Bowling, democrat, of Alabama: Hickey, republican. In diana ; and Weaver, democrat. North Carolina. Representative Yates, republican. ■ Illinois, another member, haw aimounc | ed he may file add ; tional views. The position of Representative Wel ler. democrat of New York, has not been made known. He was the only member of the special committee of seven who investigated the ease last summer, to vote against recommending impeachment. Special North Carolina Number. -v Raleigh Bureau of The Tribune Raleigh, March 25 —The May issue of Hie National Geographic magazine will be in the nature of a special North Carolina number, according to information received yesterday by Governor McLean. The principal ar-! tide was prepared by a staff repre- i sentative of the magazine, who spent I some time in the state last fall and i winter, calling upon the governor for j suggestions during his stay. The article will be plentifully illustrated vyitli photographs of scenes in all sec tions of tlie state. Oil Fields Partially Burned. Long Beach., Calif., March 25. (A 3 )—Fire early today ate its way through the northwest extension of Signal Hill oil field near here, totally destroying two derricks and four oil tanks, and enveloping in flames three other rigs'. ' The damage at 4 a. m. was estimated at a quarter of a mil lion dollars. THE TRIBUNE PRINTS Si TODAY’S NEWS TODAY j NO. 69 TREASURY GETTING j AS MUCH CASH AS JTfiOTIMAfI Library j, 1 Income Xax Payments For the First Quarter Alost as Big as Those of Last I Year. MELLON CHANGES 1 HIS PREDICTIONS 1 Treasury Department Al- j' ready Has Received More Than He Predict ed for the Month. Washington, March 25.—UP)—In come tax collections for the first -ij quarter under the new revenue law - are now expected to reach $435,000,- J§ 000. or within six millions dollars' R of collcctirrus a year, ago under the higher rates. This total, predicted today at the Treasury, exceeds by $35,000,000 the fifst estimate of Secretary Mellon on the collections for this quarter. : » These figures take into account only the income tax collections, but considerable reductions are expected in the miscellaneous tax collections, Rincc the new law repealed many of these levies. The increased returns, despite the lower rates, was attributed ,by Score tary Mellon today to the large profits last year, and to the stimulation in business which he believes resulted from the anticipation of tax reduc tions. .ADD $200,000 TO DAVIDSON FUNDS 1 Anncuncemcnt Made of Raising $125,000 to Match Offer of Board. Davidson, March 24.—Announce ment was made today by F. L. Jack son treasurer of Davidson College, j that $125,000 has recently been raised for the endowment rund of Davidson, to match the offer of $75.- 000 made by the General Education A Board of New York if Davidson would raise the $125,000 by March 4 15. It was stated that this amount S was raised with the assistance of ' $70,000 whicii was not included- in .1 the campaign of several years ago. t In launching the SOOO,OOO cam- | pnign of several years ago Davidson College bad the two-fold purpose of i increasing its endowment, nnd the building equipment. First efforts were turned toward the erection of a third of New Chambers building, nnd with its completiion the officials' turned to the endowment fund- Since the designated amount has been raised for the endowment, the col-. logc will now focus its efforts on the i raising of money to complete the re- I maining two-thirds of Chamber* building. •> ’ Tlie present wing of the new 4- buiding cost approximately S2OO,- | 000. and # it is estimated that to com- -V plcte it will entail a cost of $400,- 000 more. The original amount plan ned to be used on the building wag J $400,000, but the plans were en larged. and when completed the building will be valued at approxi mately $600,000. In the past 15 years the endow- ' ment of Davidson College has grown from $250,000 to $800,000; the building equipment has jumped from 'M a value of $250,000 to $900,000; the budget of the co’lcge has been en- % arged from $35,000 to $200,000, and H the cnrol’ment of the students has increased from 300 to 600 students. More Than 80 Dead in River Dis aster. Kio Janeiro, March 24.—Eighty | passengers, the captain and the first ; and second engineers of the Brazil ian river steamer Paes De Caradio perished when the steamer sank in the Solimones River, one of the up per forks of the Amazon, near Manacs, according to despatches re eeived here today. The disaster was j caused by an explosion. Seventy-eight passengers and sev eral members of tlie crew were res cued. Wants Cost of Wheeler Case. / Washington, Mareli 25. —(A 3 )—By a vote of 01 to 13, the Senate today di- j rooted the Department of Justice to transmit -to it u detailed statement of the money spent in the prosecti- 'r, tion of Senator Wheeler, democrat, of ;? Montana. : Will Try New York-Parlg Flight. i Paris, March 25.—(A 3 )—Capt. Rene Fonck, France's foremost nee of the world war, announced todny that he ! would attempt a uon-stop flight from j New York to Paris in May. He said he would sail for New York at the end of April. SATS BEAR SAYSt Showers tonight, bolder In west portion; Friday partly cloudy and colder, showers on coast. Fresh south- ’ west shifting to northwest wintbk.
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