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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVI men held 111 HIM. IS RESULT OF TRAGEDY Police Officer of This City Shot and Killed Mark Simpson on Farm Near Monroe Thursday. HEARINGsiT * for monday| Officer Surrendered Tell ing Sheriff He Killed' Simpson in Self-Defense —Three Eye-Witnesses. A. B. Medlin. police officer at the Hartnell Mill here, who killed Mnrk Simpson in Union county Thursday, will be given a hearing in Monroe on Monday, county officers Merc have been advised. Sheriff K. V. Caldwell, Jr„ talked wit'll Sheriff Fowler, of T’nion county, over long distance telephone Thfirs day night and the Union officer said Medlin would be held in jail in Mon roe until after the hearing at least. What action will follow the 'hearing is problematical. Medlin claims that he shot Simp son in self-defense, according to in formation received here. There were three eye-witnesses to the tragedy, all of the witnesses being relatives of the dead man. The witnesses are Mr. and Mrs. Briton Helms and Mrs. Simpson. They made no statements Thursday. The officer's version of the affair is to the effect that he left Concord Thursday morning and went to his farm in Union county, on which Helms lives, to arrange for the fur nishing of feeds and supplies. When he arrived, he found Helms and his wife planting onions near the road side. The three had been engaged in amicable conversation for some time, when a car came down the road, in which was a man and a woman. It stopped suddenly, the man alighted, drew off his coat, laid it in the car, and advanced rapidly toward Medlin i rolling his sleeves. He remarked "you have been talk-1 ing about me, and I am going to beat you half to death.” "Let's not have any trouble,” the officer said he replied, but the mnd man in his advance. —ln cemtinuatlon the officer said that he being sixty years of age, and the advancing man being about thir ty-five and much superior physically, | he thought it necessary to defend him self. He drew his blackjack, whic'.i was seized by the belligerent, and next he drew his pistol to shoot him loose. Two shots were tired, taking effect in the abdomen. His assailant loosened the blackjack and died. He then asked Helms if this man was named Simpson, and what was his given name. He stated that he thought that the man shot was a Simpson, but that he did not know until told what Simpson it was. Officer Medlin went immediately to Monroe and gave himself over to of ficials there. Officer Medlin is well known in Union county and has many rela tives in Mecklenburg. Simpson leaves a wife and sevetal children. Associated Press Report. Monroe, March 20.—A. B. Medlin, Concord policeman and deputy sheriff of Cabarrus County, was today held without bail charged with the fatal shooting of Mark Simpson, Union County farmer yesterday. Simpson was killed on the farm rented by Medlin and located three miles from the Mecklenburg County line. Medlin, after giving himself up to the authorities, said that he shot Simpson .in self defense when the lat ter approached him in a threatening manner while he was at the farm. Simpson's brother-in-law, Briton Helms, lives on the place. STORM WARNINGS Colder Weather Is Predicted For North Carolina Cities Tonight. Washington, March 26.— UP) —The Weather Bureau today issued the fol lowing storm warnings: “Advisory 10 a. m., Northeast storm warnings displayed on Atlantic coast, from Boston, Mass., to the Delaware Breakwater, and northwest warnings south of the Delaware Breakwater to Jaeksonville. "Disturbance of increasing intensity over North Carolina will move north northeast and cause strong northeast shifting winds south of the Delaware Breakwater.” An Old Bnilding. Gastonia, N. 0., March 26.— UP) —A story and a half leg structure, 130 years old, was recently moved here by Caleb A. Spencer, veteran house mover. Its removal became necessary due to the construction of a lake in tbe vicinity of the house. The house was the old Leeper house. It was located seven miles south of Balmont. The house, the property of L. L. Leeper, was built by the grand father of the present owner. Since its being moved, it la to be re modelled, the owner states. Another Coach For University. Chapel Hill, N. C„ March 25.—0 P) —James N. Ashmore, until a year ago head coach of Depauw University, to day was named as bead baseball and basketball coach, and assistant foot . ball coach at the University of North Carolina. The Concord Daily Tribune . Leiter and Wife Photographed in Court odi a ““ —■ ■■■ i .. . i———— • -cf!, ’■ Sere ia a camera atudy of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Leiter of Chicago, made as they sat In court ... |vught by Leiter'. tlUtd sifter. Lady Marguerite Hyde of England, to remove him a! trustee ofXhefr father'! (54,000,000 estate. Winers *T~ I I ; SNATCHES SCHOOL, TOTS FROM ARMS OF TORNADO Aged Texas School Teacher Saves 300 Children From Harm by a Torna do. Orange. Texas. March 25.—Three hundred children were snatched from the path of a tornado that swept the village of Orange Field, Texas, to day and were brought safely through the rending gale by Superintendent P. X. Powell, of the Orange Fie'd school. Not a child was hurt, although the tornado caused the death of one per son and the injury of eight others as it tore through Orange Field nnd the oil field west of here, doing damage estimated at $500,000. Superintendent Powell, a modest gray-haired school teacher with his left arm off, had just lined up his 300 charges this morning when he heard the ominous roar and saw the I approaching funnel-shaped cloud which meant a tornado. The chil j dren were ready .to enter the school building. Quickly the superintendent ordered the children to inarch to the audito rium instead of to their separate rooms. Patting the heads of whimpering and trembling boys nnd girls nnd , smiling Into their frightened faces as they huddled together in the auditori um. the fifty-year-old school man went calmly about his duty as the tornado neared the building. Above the howling storm came the sound of timbers splintering nnd glass shattering as the school house was struck nnd rocked on its foundation. Not a child among the 300 cried out. Superintendent Powell had been firm in warning the boys nnd girls that tinder no circumstances were they to scream or start a panic. One wall of the brick structure was torn loose by the twisting wind, but not a child was scratched. Had the children been caught in the open many, probably would have been killed. ’ I Glenn Keowan,-24, a tool dresser, was killed in the oil field. None of those injured is in a serious condi tion. A dozen derricks in the oil fields were demolished permitting the wells to run wild. Tile principal damage in Orange Field was in unroofed buildings. W. L. Jamieson, of San Antonio, an aviator, related after the storm passed how he raced ahead of the tornado for fifteen miles. He sighted it near Beaumont while looking for a landing field. He got to the ground and his passenger, Mrs. Stella John son, had just stepped from tile plane when the wind picked it up and ddashed it to pieces. Neither Jamie son nor Mrs. Johnson was hurt. Embroidered Egg Shells. Paris, March 26.—The hobby of M. de Schcrviller, of Rouen, is to em- egg shells. From 600 to 2,000 holes are made in each shell, and all konts are made on the inside of the shell. Sometimes an egg shell will take eighteen months to embroid er and will cost SI,OOO. A THRIFT TALK tto HOUSE WIVES In your hands you hold great opportunities and can mightily shape the family destinies toward success. "X Fortunate the wives who . t , A early learn the wisdom of IHV / maintaining a safe, sound \ • s lw thrift account with this building and loan associa- C tion. '’xl 11 Series No. 57 Now Open START NOW Cabarrus County B. L. & Savings Association OFFICE IN CONCORD NATIONAL BANK i NOELL’S RESIGNATION WILL BE ACCEPTED I i F. A. Hutchison, of Greensboro. Will. Succeed Him at Charlotte Office, j Raleigh Bureau of The Concord Daily Tribune. ! Raleigh, March 26.—Following two conferences yesterday afternoon be tween Frank 1). Grist, commissioner of labor and printing, and a delega tion of members of the American Le gicn. Commissioner Grist announced t'aat the resignation of Paul G. Noell, , state service officer, will be accepted, effective June Ist and that F. A. . Hutchison, of Greensboro, then will : succeed him in Charlotte assuming full charge of the office there. From , April Ist, the date Mr. Hitchison's appointment becomes effective, to June , Ist, the Greensboro man will serve ill , co-operation with Mr. Noell, learn- , ipg from firsthand experience Bhe routine of the office at the veterans’ bureau. Mr. Noell's record during his nine i months in office was approved by Mr. Grist, who announced that, during that period, the officer has helped with 810 claims due veterans of the World War and has been instrn- 1 mental in securing rue sum of *4(l,- i 610.70 from the veterans’ burenn for claimants. Mr. Noell resigns to nc- : cept another position, it was an- ' nouneed. "Mr. Hutchison, the new service officer, comes well recommended by the Greensboro post of the American 1 Legion, of which he served as adjut- 1 ant for some time," Mr. Griest stated, i He now is in the insurance business. During the war He served as captain of infantry. Legion men who participated in 1 the conference yesterday which re sulted in the agreement were: De partment Commander Henry L. Stev ens, Jr., of Warsaw; Paul R. Younts, department service officer from the Legion, Charlotte; and the following committee appointed by the executive committee of the American Legion at ; (High Point: Major James A. Leon ard, Lexington; Captain J. C. Benja min, Raleigh; Major Wade Phillips, ' Lexington, and 11. Hoyle Sink, Ra leigh. ‘ ! i FRENCHMAN BREAKS THE WORLD AVIATION RECORD 1 i Far Duration Flight While Carry ii*; 1 a Useful Load. Villa Coublay. France, March 26. 1 UP) —The French aviator Bajac today broke tlie world’s record for duration . flight while carrying a "useful load” of 1,500 kilograms (3,307 pounds). He | remained in the air three hours and ] 40 mimitss. 24 seconds, using a new ] four-motor plane destined for commer- i cial purposes. , The former record was established I October 2, 1024, by Lieut. J. A. Mae- 1 Ready of the IT. S. Army who stayed I aloft 2 hours 12 minutes, 49.6 seconds, flying a Curtis-Martin bomber. Farmers cut an inch off the tail of a fattening calf every ten days in the 17th century as they thought the re sultant bleeding would make the veal whiter. North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily CONCORD, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1926 j NO STATE FAIR THIS YEAR ! Directors Soon to Meet to Select Suc , cessor to Mr. Hart. Raleigh Bureau.of The Concord Daily Tribune. ' Raleigh, March 26.—Within a short time members of the board of directors of the North Carolina Ag ricultural Society will assemble in special session for tec purpose of se lecting a president to fill the vacancy ’eft by the death of William A Hart, of Tnrboro. last week. The selec tion rests with the directors, no meet ing of the entire membership being necessary. While reports have become current that the choice lay between Julian Price, chairman of the state salary nnd wage commission and president of the Jefferson Standard Life In surance Company of Greensboro, and Leonard Tufts, chairman of the ag ricultural society commitfee upon se lection and development of a new fair grounds site, it has been authorita tively stated thatt no tentative selec tion has been made as yet. Members of the committee, headed by J. R. Weatherspoon, in charge of the development and sale of the pres ent fair grounds property, now lying within the city limits of Raleigh, met yesterday afternoon with the Raleigh city commissioners, city engineers and the city attorney for further discus sion of plans. While options have been taken on two or three other sities, all outside the city limits, no decision on the site for the future fair grounds will be made for some little time. Because it wilt take a year and a half, at the least, to develop a new' site, it has been definiately determined to hold no fair this year. NO TRACE OF J. B. WEST Disappeared From His Home With $3,000 in His Pocket. Fayetteville, N. C., Mar. 26.— UP) —No trace has been found of J. B. West, prominent merchant of this county, wtho (disappeared; from his home on Wednesday morning. Mr. West is said to have left home with $3,000 in his pocket, for deposit in a bank here. Late Thursday he had not appear ed at the bank, at the homes of negroes below Hope Mills, where he told his son he was going, on the same day, to collect some debts, or at his home again. He rest home at 11 o'clock in the morning. He is said to have started away from Fayette ville towards the negroes' homes. Mr. West, the fnther of a large family, is said to have been per fectly normal, to all appearances- His family fear foul play, because of the large sum of money which he carried. A more thorough search has been started, which, it is hoped, will lead to some information regarding his mysterious disappearance. GOLDBERG TRIAL Case of Gaston County Manufactur ers to Come Up at Charlotte. Charlotte. March 27. —OP) —The trial of Frank Goldberg and Robert •Goldberg, Gaston county manufactur ers, will be held at Shelby at the reg ular term of Federal Court there be fore Judge E. Y. Webb, it was learned today from the office of the district attorney here. The men are charged with conspiracy to evade the income tax payments and four other counts. Reports from Gastonia have been to the effect that both denied knowl edge of the specific charges. Rowan Man Instantly' Killed at Sawmill. Salisbury, March 25.—Leo Poole, a young white man about 18 years old, was almost instantly killed this morning while working at a saw mill on the T. L. File farm, Provi dence township, this county. Poole who is a son of Charles I’oole, was working with the A. M. Eller saw mill force, when a scantling that had been sawed out came in contact with the saw and struck the young man in the breast. His neck was broken and death was almost instantaneous. Rowan Farmer Dies. Salisbury, March 25.—Lee Stiller, well known farmer who lived several miles west of Salisbury on jtbe Lin colnton road, died this afternoon after an illness of a few days, death I being caused by heart trouble. Mr. Stiller was sixty-nine years old and leaves a wife and several children- Charm School iHm 'WI ' iwrol P a|Hf Jt& ggKgg fIP 1^ K - * Bk . Ik" • ja H J9jfjh ; JHj %> ' I . A bachelor won’t have a chance fa New Orleans soon—not when Miss Louise Koppel’s Charm School has turned out a few graduates. Miss Koppel, an artist and society leader, ! has several score young ladies learo- I Ing the secrets of physical, spiritual <a*»d numlfkl oUnwm 1 _ == ___ = _ = ___ ! __^ Mil Mil IS SET FDR NEXT WEEK Young White Man Who Is Alleged ;to Have Attack ed Girl Wednesday Still In Jail Here. Ralph Safrit. 22 year old white man, who is alleged to have attacked a white girl Wednesday afternoon, will be given a hearing on Monday, couu? "ty officers stated this morning. SaTrlt is being held in the eonnty jail here, and no effort will be made to secure freedom for him until after the hearing, it is said. Sheriff R. V. Caldwell. Jr., who ar rested Safrit at the home of his grand father, Mnrtin Safrit. made further investigation of the ease Thursday. During the day he conferred with rel atives of the girl in the case and stat ed this morning that Safrit probably will be charged with attempt at rape. The warrant, it is said, will be issued at the request of the girl's relatives, who will sign it. Safrit admits that he concealed him self in a patch of woods and seized the girl as she passed, but claims it was all staged as a joke. He made no at tempt to hold the girl when she start ed fighting, he said. The case has aroused much interest throughout the county, relatives of Safrit and the girl being prominently known. THE COTTON MARKET Cpemffld Steady at Decline of 1 to 7 Points and Sold 6 to 9 Points Net Lower. New Tork, March 26.—OP)—The cotton market opened steady at a de cline of 1 to 7 points, and sold about 6 to 9 points net lower during the early trading, under liquidation by re cent buyers. Southern and local sell ers. Cold rains were reported in the South, which was considered unfavor able for the coming crop start, but the prospect was for clearing weather, while there is plenty of time for crop preparations and there was probably some selling on the easier late cables from Liverpool. May eased off to 18.71 and October to 17.60 and the market was within 2 or 3 paints of these prices at the end of the first hour. . Private cables from Liverpool report ed some trade calling in the market there, but complained of a continued poor demand for cotton cloths and yarns. Cotton futures opened steady. May 18 75: July 18.28; Oct. 17.67; Dec. 17.35; Jan 17.27. NOT TO CONSIDER THE SINK SHACKLETT CONTROVERSY State Prison Trustees Meet in Raleigh Today But Not for That Purpose. Raleigh, March 26.W I )—The pris on’s state trustees are meeting here today but not to consider the contro versy between Pardon Commissioner Sink and Prison Chaplain Shaeklett as to whether the former referred to all ministers ns fools." Frofn a high official source it was learned that the meeting of the pris on trustees had been called several days ago and would consider a mat | ter of great importance. In advance 1 of the meetuig officials declined to be i quoted as to what the trustees would consider, other than to say the matter was one of "importance" and “seri ousness.” I Approves Five-Year Building Program Washington, March 26.—(A*)—The i House military committee today unan i Imously approved a five-year building . program for the Army air service, de -1 signed to give the service 2.200 new planes at the end of that period. !♦************♦ 14- $ * A WORD TO OCR ADVER- * j * TISERS. * HE Our good friends, our adver- ifc HE tisers. are asked to help us give HE IHE all better service by observing HE IHE strictly our rule that copy for HE iHE all advertisements requiring ex- HE ! HE tra space or a change in form of Hr I HE the ad. be in the office the after- HE HE noon before the day the ad. is to HE HE be inserted. Copy for ads. oe- HE ; HE copying the regular spnee will HE IHE always be changed ; f received in Hf i |HE the offiop by 10 A. M. on the HE ’ HE day of publication. HE iHE * ♦ HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE^ | PERV AND CHILE ACCEPT i AMERICA’S OFFER Frr the Settlement of the Tacna- Arica Controversy. Washington. March 27.—-C4>)—Sec retary Kellogg announced today that the governments of Peril and Chile had accepted the good offices of the T’nited States for the settlement of the Tnena-Arica controversy. Arrangements for tile procedure of meditation, the secretary said, are now going forward in correspondence between Washington, Santiago and Limn. Tile secretary would make no furth er explanation of the latest turning in the long controversy, and State department officials professed not to know whether the resort to diplomat ic settlement foreshadowed abandon ment of t'ae plebiscite now in prog ress under an arbitral award to Pres ident Coolidge. Presumably that question among others Is involved in the correspond ence bet ween the three governments as to methods of procedure under the mediation plan. The normal method would be for each of the disputant governments to name either its diplomatic representa tive in Washington or some other person to meet with Secretary Kel logg for a round table discussion of all aspects of the dispute. It would then be the task of the secretary to offer such assistance as he could toward an agreement be tween the two countries regarding the sovereignty of the two provinces. Both Chile and Peru Have Acepted. Arioa, Chile, March 26.— UP) —Both Chile and Peru have accepted an offer of the good offices of the i"nitedl States for solution of the dispute over the sovereignty of Tacna and Arica, it was announced here today. It is ex pected the problem will be taken up with Washington at the earliest mo ment.. Meanwhile the plebiscite award will remain in abeyance pending the outcome of the attempt for a direct settlement. With Our Advertisers. Go to the opening dance at the Mer it Shoe Store tonight. This new store will have a free grand opening dance tonight. Dancing from 9 to 12. Mu sic by Clay Dean and his Tar Heel Orchestra. Souvenirs will be given both to the ladies and men. A free pair of full fashioned hose will be giv en with every pair of ladies’ shoes sold and a free safety razor with every [ pair of men's shoes. See big ad. in I this paper. The store will open for business tomorrow morning. Series No. 57 of the Cabarrus Coun ty B. L. & S. Association is now op en at the office in the Concord Nat ional Bank. Seven more days of the big Easter | Sale at Efird’s. Men's and boys' Eas ter suits, the new spring silks, wom en’s ready-to-wear, silk hose, shoes and every kind of Easter apparel. Friday and Saturday will be Hollar Days in the Grocery Department of the Parks-Belk Co. In their new ad. today you will find listed numerous specials that are real money savers j to every householder. Don’t miss this sale. Better go today. The Cabarrus County Union Sup ply Co. will give a free ticket to the Cabarrus County Pair this fall with ! every ton of ij.6.4.4 fertilizer you buy from it for cash, See ad. for particu lars. The smartest and newest footwear is ready for Easter shoppers at the Markson Shoe Store. You will find a wonderful selection of rugs at the Bell & Harris Furni ture Co. Ivey’s is now showing a handsome line of footwear for Easter. You will j find here many charming novelties, | and all that is new. Prices range from $3.45 to SIO.OO. Y'ou will find the lubrication sys- j tern of the Ford ears simple and de- i pendable. You will find several interesting S specials for Saturday at the .1 & H i Cash Store. See ad. A store full of things for men and boys for Easter at Hoover's. Have milk delivered at your home ' every morning by the Cabarrus Cream-1 ery Co. Y'ou can buy D. & M. baseball goods j at the Ritchie Hardware Co. Com-1 plete line of nthletic goods. H. B. Wilkinson has just received I another ear load of Kitchen Cabinets, j Many styles to choose from. Shining styles in dazzling silk Eas-! ter frocks at J C. Penney So's. Pearl 1 grey bois de rose and tan. j Sleeves ’ong and e'aborntcly trimmed. New hosiery in all tiie new shades j and new Easter wearables it Fish- j er's. Specials in outer and under wear. See details in new ad Spring's newest millinery at Robin son's millinery 1 department One profit on the Studebaker ears. See ad. of Anto Supply & Repair Co. 1 The Spanish mother, even of the upper class, can seldom be persuaded to separate from her children, and astonishment is often expressed in Spain when foreign visitors are found to have left their children at home. Beer? This is Oon. Lincoln C. Andrews, Ihjhl of the federal government's pro hibition enforcement organization, who is taking a “swing around the circle” to study present methods of enforce ment and see if it is possible to draw the lines any tighter. If he is con vinced that prohibition in its present form cannot be enforced it is said that he will recommend modification cf the aw to allow the sale of light wines and beer. FRANC FALLS TO NEW LOW RECORD For First Time in History the Franc Sells For More Than Twenty-Nine to the American Dollar. Paris, March 26.—C4>)—For the first time in its history, the franc sold today for more than 29 to the Ameri can dollar. The official course figures were 29.10, this new low record being due to heavy buying of foreign securities and also foreign exchange to meet payments falling due. There seemed to have been none of the intense speculation which hereto fore lias marked every sharp drop of th franc. JUZY DELIBERATING IN THE BENNETT CASE Aged Mountaineer Will Probably Know His Fate Some Time During tile Afternoon. Burnsville, N, March 26.— UP) — The fate of Jonathan Bennett, on trial for his life here in Yaneev Superior Court, was resting with the jury at noon today and a verdict is expected momentarily. The aged mountaineer went on trial Wednesday charged | with murder in the first degree in eon ! nection with the death of two aged negroes. Mack Hill and the latter’s wife, Mattie, on the night of May 15, 1925. It was charged that Bennett shot and killed the aged couple in tbe'r little cabin while the latter was be friending him while he was a fugitive I from justice. The case went to the jury, which is composed of citizens of McDowell County, at 10 o’clock this morning af ter, the charge of Judge Michael Schenck, of Hendersonville, which oc cupied about one hour. Large crowds which have filled the j court house since the trial began were ■ present again today eagerly awaiting the verdict. The defense during the trial based its contention of Bennett’s innocence upon an alibi plea. ’ AFRAID OF WHIPPING. BOY ATTEMPTS SUICIDE Johnston Lad Puts Nocsa Around Nc.rk and Jumps From Tree. .Smitlifield. March 26.—Terrified, it is said, because his teacher said she was going to whip him, Richard Barber, Jr., 12-year-old son of Rich ard Barber, who lives near Bentons ville, tried to commit suicide by ty ! ing a rope around his neck and | jumping from a tree which he had ! climbed. He did this with his mother j beneanth the branches of the tree pleading with him not to do it. I Due to his weight being insuffi cient for the fair to break his neck I or the fall not being great enough, i he was gotten down alive, though to | day was unconscious and may not I recover. j He swung from the limb until | Miss Pau'ine George, a teacher, j passed. Miss George. an athletic young woman, climbed the tree and j held the boy in such away that jhe could breathe until the attention of sonic men close by was attracted | and they came and took the boy I down, Two Fatally Injured In Auto Accident. Raleigh. March 26— i/P) —Munford D. Dexter, of Wilmington. Mass., was instant'y killed, his wife was fatally injured and Mrs. Thomas J. Wilson, jof Boston, Mass, was injured when | their automobile driven by Dexter, was struck by the engine of a Sea | board Air Line limited train near ' Franklinton this morning. Body of Missing Soldier Found in Lake. Leavenworth. Kane. March 26, ■ (A s ) —The body of Thomas ,T. Culp, I private, who had been listed as a de [ serter since his disappearance at Fort i Leavenworth early in March, was ■ found in Smith’s Lake at the army ; post yesterday. Culp’s home was in Rock Hill, S. C. THE TRIBUNE PRINTS TODAY’S NEWS TODAYS NO. IQ K.FEHRENBAM FIFTH CHANCELLOR o.- GERMANY, DEAD Had Been 111 For Some i Time and Death Was Ex pected.—Rose From Ob scurity to High Office. RESIGNED AFTER BITTER STRUGGLE Had Been Pillar of Rojtelb | stag and For Number of Years Had Been LeXjm’J ' of Centrist Group. Berlin, March 26.— UP) —Konstan- 1 tin Fehrenbacb. fifth chancellor of the German republic, died today at Frei berg. Baden, aged 74. He had been ®:® fur some weeks of pneumonia. ' ‘ Herr Fehrenbach was born at Wel lendingen, in the Black Forest, ; on January 11, 1852, the son of a public school teacher. His first studies were in Catholic theology, 'Mrf] he later changed to the law. * He began practicing law at Frep i burg in 1882, from the first taking ait intense Interest in politics, in which he was affiliated with the centre party. In 1885 he entered the Baden proV incial assembly of which bodv he was elected President in 1907. Sin el 1903 lie lias served continuously in i the reiehstag, the duties of which so absorbed him that he dropped his pro vincial seat in 1913 to devote himself t exclusively to national polities. * ' In 1918 he became chairman of the reiehstag ways and means committee, and later in the same year was elect ed to the presidency of the reach- : stag. He also presided over the post- ;{ revolutionary assembly held at Vei- i mar in 1919 where he distinguished h'mself by his exhibition of parlia mentary skill in trying situations. Upon the exit of the Socialists from the cabinet in 1920 he became chancellor. Shortly after the forma- 1 lion of his cabinet the Spa eonferenee was held, at which the Germans for i the first time after the war faced their former enemies over the council table. When at the London conference In . 1020 the allies presented an ultimatum > to Germany giving her six months to fulfill their terms regarding repara- - tions he decided to resign, and did so-* in May 1921, leaving the field to his | Catholic colleague. Dr. Wirth. Since then he has continued as one of the p’llars of the reiehstag, sue* > ceeding to the leadership of the cen trist delegation when Dr. 'Marx in ’ 1923 became chancellor. CHARLES BOYCE DEAVER 1 IS DEAD AT BREVARD Was Prominent in Republican Ranks, and Was Successful as L&wyor. Asheville. March 26. — UP) —Charles ’ Boyce Denver, 52. lawyer, and infiu- j ential citizen, died early today in a hospital at his home in Brevard. He a had been in declining health for eight q monfius. Mr. Deaver was widely and favor ably known throughout western North ’ Carolina, and was accounted a leader in the Republican party. At tine time he was a member of the general assembly from Transylvania county. He was one of the most successful lawyers in this part of the state Mr. Deaver was a member of the Baptist Church and belonged to the Masonic 1 Lodge. Funeral and burial will take a place at Brevard tomorrow afternoon I at 3 o'clock. SEEK CHARLIE SAUNDERS, I AN ESCAPED CONVICT j Negro Is Alleged to Have Attacked White Woman aa Anderson, 8. C., Thursday. Anderson, S. C„ March 20.—OP)— •% Charlie Saunders, escaped negro con- 1 viet, who was being sought here to- 1 day for an alleged attack upon a j white woman at a local mill village 1 last night, reached Greenville early today in a taxi, information from Greenville shei ill's office said. The negro was believed to be mak- jgj ing an effort to reach North Caro ’ina, the Greenville sheriff said, as- j ter a conference wit’ll Sheriff W. A. Clamp, of Anderson county. Sheriff Camp and his deputy left Greenville today for Charlotte, where the negro was believed to be going. “Big Tim” Murphy Finishes Prison Sentence. Leavenworth, March 26.— UP) — ‘ "Big Tim" Murphy, political and la bor leader of Chicago, was released from the federal penitentiary ’here to day upon expiration of a four-year sentence for complicity in the S3BO,- -5 000 Dearborn Street mail robbery, 1 April 6, 1921. 1 1 SAT’S BEAR SATSI i Partly cloudy and colder tonight, J temperature near freeaiufc 4n i portion; Saturday fair, colder. Strong ;! nirtb and northwest winds.