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PRESS .
DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVI
PRESIDENT PLANS
ECONOMIC SURVEY
FOR THE PRIMES
The Chief Executive Ap
points Carmi A. Thomp
son, of Ohio, to Study
Conditions There.
WANTS ALL DATA
ABOUNT COUNTRY
It Is Said President Feels !
Such Survey Will Prove
of Great Benefit and
Value.
New York, April 2.—(A s )—Carmi
A. Thompson, of Ohio, wns appointed
today by President Coolidge to be n
special commissioner to survey eco
nomic and internal conditions in the
Philippines.
"The decision of the President to
take this step,” a White House ati
nouncemmcnt said '•follows the in
creased interest in Congress recently
in regard to the Philippine Islands.
"Moreover the President feels that
nn intensive study of the possib’lities
of the Insular possessions may lead to
increased development of their natural
resources, and such a study will be
of great benefit and importance, not
only to the I'nited States but to the
Philippines as well.
“It is his desire to obtain further
information gathered by a man in
whom he has eonfidercc, and whose
practical experience will enable him to
give the President a comprehensive ar.d
accurate report.” 1
Mr Thompson has conferred with
Secretary of War Davis twice this
week, but Mr. Davis said today he
had not the "ha* : est" idea about the ,
appointment. "Philippine affairs are
directly under the War Department.
It was indicated in White House i
circles after the formal statements-find
been issued that the, commissioner was
going to the islands with the knowl
edge and approval of General Wood,"
and that his m’ssion carried no signifi
cance beyond that contained in the an
nouncement. The administration has
repeatedly announced its full support
of the Governor-General.
With Our Advertisers.
New and fashionable fnbrios for
aka* "iifme fr'nk* and mil*
- ilnery- »t Tlo6ltisoh'*s. 'Mltllhei'y and
ready-toswbar on second floor.
The Markson Store Store presents
the newest shoe models for Easter.
Prices range from $1.95 to $6.05.
Phone 897.
Easter is right on us. You will
find at Hoover’s a wonderful selec
tion of men’s clothes designed and
made by the fnmous Schloss Bros. A
complete line here of everything for
the men.
Many Easter special Saturday at
the J. AH. Cash Store. See ad.
Easter footwear for all the family
at Ivey's and the prices range from
$3.45 to SIO.OO. Hosiery to match
all and designed to match your new
Easter dress.
Home made Easter candies for
sale Saturday, 20 cents a pound at
Kerris Candy Kitchen.
The Automatic refrigerator pro
tects your health, and eaves food and
ice bills. Your old refrigerator will
be taken as part payment by the
Concord Furniture Co.
Rogers Brushing Istcquer makes
any womnn nn artist. Dries to a
rich, glossy finish while you wait.
Sold here by Yorke & Wadsworth
Co.
A glass of pasteurized milk is
the Cabarrus Creamery Co., is most
satisfying food drunk.
Y’ou will find a brilliant collection
of new hats at Robinson's millinery
department.
Spring’s choicest styles in Easter
apparel at J. C. Penney Co's. This
store has concentrated on coats and
dresses at econecy prices. You will
find here a gorgeous array of fash
ions for women, misseß and juniors.
Only one mole day to do your
Easter buying. The Easter showing
at the Parks-Belk Co., of everything
in the way of ready-to-wear will in
terest you. They are making a
special drive in Easter dresses at
$8.95 and $9.95.
Newest dresses and the finest top
coats at Fisher’s. Hats for Easter
two. of course. The smartest styles
alway at this store.
New series of stock in the Ca
barrus County Building and Doan
Association new open at the Con
cord National Bank-
CRANFORD CASE SEEMS
CLOSED FOR THE PRESENT
Not Believed It Will Come Up Again
at Present Term of Stanly Court.
Albemarle. April 2.—UP)—Attor
neys for both sides today considered
the case of N. C. Cranford, charged
with first degree murder in connec
tion with the deaths of two negro
convicts in 1918 while he was Stanly
county convict superintendent, as a
closed issue for the present term of
Superior Court.
Motions to quash and another to
transfer the trial to another county
are still before the court.
State Rest* in Case Against Gray.
A I msrle N. C., April 2.-—(A 3 )—
The state rested its case today against
John Gray, alleged slayer of “Dad”
Watkins, aged man, whose charred
body was found in the debris of a
burned barn recently.
Many a girl who appears a kitten
with man la a cast with woman.
The Concord Daily Tribune
_ ' North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
Champion
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Mrs Jessie Miller, a native of Little
Rock. Ark., has won the world’s rec
ord for typists and stenographers.
Writing 162 ki words a minute in
shorthand and 46 words a minute on
her typewriter And now that she a,
champion, she says. “1 hope people
won’t laugb at Arkansas so aw nil
JOHN GRAY IS PLACED
ON TRIAL FOR HIS LIFE
Testimony Regarding His Admission
of Killing “Dad” Watkins is Heard.
Albeinnrld, April I.—John Gray,
one of the four alleged murders of
“Dad" Watkins ou the night of Oc
tober 30. was placed on trial for his
life in Superior court here this
morning. It will be remembered that
on the night of October 31 the muti
lated aud charred body of a man was
found in a burning barn about a
mile north of Albemarle, that later
John Gray confessed to the murder,
implicating his brother, Theodore
Gray, Mack Lawrence «nd Carl
Sweat. Gray’s confession wns made
before J. A. Little, clerk of the Su
perior court.
Most of the day was taken up
with the selection of a jury, only
three or four witnesses having testi
fied this afternoon after the jury had
been selected. C’lerk of Court Little
testified regarding John Gray’s con
tension, reading two separate state
ments made by Gray. One of these
statements wns to the effect that on
Friday night, October 30, Cqrl
HWeul-.ci.iieu Min' Wvtrr td v SwWff*& "
home; that "Dad” Watkins was
there; that Carl struck “Dad” with
a hatchet and killed him, after
which Sweat took a saw and a
knife and cut off both arms, legs and
the head aud that these members
were packed In a sack and thrown
into a closet in Sweat’s house;
Sweat forced John Gray to assist
him to carry the body to the old
born, according to the testimony,
and the next night, October 31, both
he, John Gray ahd Carl Sweat went
to the old barn, and that Sweat set
fire to the straw.
In that statement nothing was
said about what finally became of
the legs, arms and head left in the
closet at Carl Sweat’s house.
The other statement of John Gray,
read by Mr. Little, was somewhat
contradictory to the first. In that
statement John Gray stated in sub
stance that on Friday night, October
30, he and Mack Lawrence were
passing the old barn that was burned
the following night, and that as they
were passing, they heard someone
laughing and talking in the barn;
that they stopped their car and went
in aud found “Dad” Watkins there
alone and that “Dad” was drunk;
that Mack Lawrence struck “Dad”
and he fell over and that he. Gray,
said, “You have killed ’Dad’,” where
upon Lawrence said “We haven’t
half killed him yet.” Gray then
struck “Dad” several times with a
stick. Then they, according to the
statement, cut off Watkins legs,
head and arms and buried the mem
bers in a rock heap nearby, leaving
the body in the born.
The next night they burned the
barn, and some time later he, John,
went to the rock heap, got the head
and legs and carried them to the
basement of the Wiscassett school
where his brother, Theodore, was
janitor and burned them 1 in the
school furnace. He said he threw the
members in the furnace and stirred
up the coals. He then called his
brother, Theodore, who was upstairs
in the school building.and he came
down and saw what had been done.
County Coroner Finch Morgan,
who held an inquest over the body
after it had been taken from the
ashes of the burned barn, testified
as to the condition of the body, as
did Policeman Henry Troutman,
who saw the body at the under
taker’s funeral parlor. John Gray is
represented by Attarney W. L.
Mann, Mr. Mann haying been ap
pointed by the court under the sta
tute. It is expected that the case will
take up most or all of tomorrow’s
session of court-
Successor to Harvey Moore Has Not
Yet Been Named.
Charlotte, April I.—Commissioner
of Public Works Stancill and Com
missioner of Safety Robertson to
night had been unable to get together
on a man for Harvey Moore’s place
as mayor, resulting in the city being
mayoress for the time being. There
was no indication as to when the two
commissioners will be able to decide
upon a man for the office. A num
ber of men are seeking the place.
The fair foui hit was first intro
duced in baseball by Dickey Pearce
of the Brooklyn Atlantic* in 1871.
FREIGHT RATES ON
LUMBER AND OTHER
PRODUCTS STUDIED
States of the South Wantj
“Proper Level” for Rates
on Lumber and Other
Products of This Section
maxwelTTpresent
FOR THE HEARING
Is Representing North
Carolina Before Com
missioner M’Ley—Hear
ing Very Impportant.
Atlanta, Gn., April 2.—OP)—Gener
al investigation of rates as published
by Southern carriers on lumber and
other Southern produels began here
today before Examiner Mcl.ey of the
Interstate Commerce Commission, co
operating with the public service com
missions of Georgia, Alabama and
North Carolina.
Hearings characterized by Commis
sioner Perry of the Georgia commis
sion as among the most important
rate cases of recent years, are to de
termine the “proper level of rates to
be applied” in the Southern territory.
Commissioner O. R. Bennett, of the
Georgia commission. Commissioner
Frank Moran of the Atlanta commis
sion, and Commissioner A. J. Max
well, of the North Carolina commis
sion were here to represent their
states.
GENERAL PERSHING’S
PICTURE PRESENTED
Given to No. 2 School by American
Legion Auxiliary in Memory of
Miss Annie Snyder.
With beautiful and appropriate ex
ercises the picture of General John J.
Pershing was presented to No. 2
School by the American Legion Auxil
;ary in loving memory of Miss Annie
Snyder.
The presentation took place Friday
morning at 8:45 o’clock in the school
auditorium where the entire school
had been assembled for chapel exer
cises.
Many members of the Auxiliary
were present, together with Prof. A.
S. Webb, Rev. C. H. Trucblood, Mr.
Furman Betts, Mr. Barnhardt and
P«Lvmhiul Snyder.
"Tlie fittipg program which had "been
arranged by the teachers of the Rohool,
opened with the Allegiance to the Flag,
everybody taking part. Th : a was fol
lowed by “Jesus Bids Be Shine,” that
dear little song so adapted to chil
dren’s voices, was beautifully sung
by the children.
Mr. Trueblood conducted the devo
tional exercises, choosing the lesson
from the Epistle of Ist Peter. We
were fortunate in having with us Mr.
Bhtts, of Raleigh, who delighted his
audience with the beautiful rendition
6t “the Golden Bells.” This song
was especially appropriate, carrying
as it did the sweet message of love
and hope.
The children followed with another
Selection “in the Garden,” which they
sang with much feeliug.
Next came the presentation of the
picture of General Pershing by Miss
Maude Brown, president of the Am
erican Legion Auxiliary. Miss Brown
said:
Mr. Long. Co-workers, Friends, Boys.
and Girls of No. 2 School:
“It is with much pleasure that I
come before you today. Your bright
faees full of expectancy and hope of
what life holds in store far each of
you, makes me more sure that the or
ganization ’The American legion
Auxiliary,’ which I represent, has
made a good choice in choosing the
photograph which we present to you
at this time —General John J. Persh
ing.
"He was selected by our wonderful
War President—Woodrow Wilson, —
and his associates to fill a place that
meant hardships, trials, tact, execu
tive ability, disappointments, but in
the end victory for our splendid young
men and our nation. He has at last
consented to return to the United
States and be treated, but is still a
man in every sense, wanting to rush
his recovery so he can continue to
serve his country and nation. This is
the type we want to urge you boys
and girls to be.
“So we present this picture in lov
ing memory of Miss Annie Snyder,
one of our charter members who was
beloved by all who knew her and
faithful aud loyal to duties in the
church, in the school and in the
home. So what I want to impress on
you is that you follow the example
of General Pershing and our co-work
er. Miss Annie Snyder. Do the
things that are for the best of country,
state, city, school and home.
“Try each day to do a kindly deed
and keep a smiling face, and always
know that we are looking for the best
and know we will not be disappoint
ed.”
Mr. Long accepted the g : ft in ap
propriate words, dwelling on the ’he
roic deeds of General Pershing, and
closed with a most beautiful tribute
to Miss Snyder.
The program was dosed with an
Easter song sung by the children.
The giving of pictures to our schools
1 is a beautiful custom. The pictures l
1 themselves are constant reminders of
! the brave deeds of our American He
roes. This picture serves a double
purpoae, for linked with the brave
deeds of General Pershing we have
the beautiful Christian life of Mias
> Annie Snyder whom we all loved, to
honor and revere.
CONCORD, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1926
TOBACCO CASETAKES
NEW TURN AS BANNS
PRESENT PETITIONS
I
{Two Banks Ask Meekins
to Allow Them to B«
Made Parties Defendant
—Request Denied.
REQUESTTOO LATE
THE JUDGE RULES
Banks Testify Association
Owes Them About $9,-
000,000 and They Do
Not Want Receiver.
Raleigh, April 2.—lA‘ )—When Fed
eral Court convened here this morning
in the dissolution and receivership
proceedings against the Tri-State To
bacco Growers Co-operative Marketing
Association, Guy B. Hazelgrove, at.
torney for the Federal intermediate
Credit Bauk of Baltimore, aud the
American Trust Company, of Rich
mond, appeared ami asked that these |
institutions be made parties defend
ant in the suit.
Judge Meekins denied the petition,
arguing that the ease had proceeded
too far. Tlie grounds for the petition
were that the Association owes these
banks approximately $9,000,000 and
that they preferred from the stand
point of creditors that no received be
appointed.
Although the petition wns denied.
Judge Meekins allowed the defendants
to reopen the ease to introduce affi
davits which Mr. Hazelgrove would
have presented.
The affidavits showed the bankers’
appraisal of the warehouses bought by
the subsidiary corporations of the As
socint’on, used in rebuttal of evidence
presented by the plaintiffs; other fig
ures bearing on the solvency of the
Association were carried in the affi
davits.
Col. H. E. Buford put one of his
clients on the stand with a view to
showing that he had not been advis
ed of the Association’s intent’on to
purchase warehouses in rebuttal of
the Association’s claim that all mem
bers were notified of intentions to
make such purchases, and given op
portunity to dissent. He also testi
fied that the warehouse men in his
district refused to disclose to him the
price l)u?d the-warehouse in fi&ft
loca’ity. The membership in hia lo
cality in Virginia had lost the confi
dence in the Association, he testified.
The w’tness was not cross-examined.
Judge Meekins questioned Aaron
Sapiro, counsel for the association,
very closely about several matters in
regard to the association. He par
ticularly wanted to know if the mem
bers would have an opportunity at
an early date to make dianges in the
management if they so desire’d. Mr.
Sapiro’s answer revealed that the
present board of directors will meet
tomorrow and that the newly- elected
board will take office in June, with
authority to discharge if they wish
nny officers of the association and
elect new ones, or to re-elect the pres
ent officers if they see fit.
The argument in the case began
shortly before 11 o'clock with Col.
Buford opening for the plaintisff. Mr.
Sapiro was expected to reply for the
defendants, with Judge J. Lloyd Hor
ton, of Raleigh, closing for the plain
tiffs. No time limit on the sooroh
making was fixed by Judge Meekins.
SUPPORT OFFERED CORN
BELT FARM RELIEF BILL
Southern Members of American Cot
ton Growers Ecbange Will Support
the Bill.
Washington, April 2— UP) —The
House agriculture committee was in
formed today by southern members
of the American Cotton Growers' Ex
change that they probably would sup
port the corn belt farm relief bill.
Officers of the cotton organization
are iu Washington conferring on the
measure which would stabilize agri
cultural prices h.v placing an equali
zation fee on certain basic crops in
cluding cotton. It is not known
Whether the cotton men will agree to
the fee on cotton, but they are un
derstood to be favorable to general
principles of the bill. They have
made no announcement.
Saunders Wins Again.
Memphis, Tenn , April 2.— UP) —
C’arence Saunders today won another
step in his fight against a federal
indictment returned against him in
St. Louis, with a ruling by Judge
Harry B. Anderson in federal district
court here, upholding the opinion of
John R. Walker, Jr., United States
commissioner, that the indictment
failed to show that Saunders had
committed an offense against the
United States.
The Fred Y. McConnell poet of the
American Legion will meet this eve
ning at 7:46 o'clock In the Post
rooms. The members are urged to
be present as the new club room will
be discussed and decided upon.
Beautiful of form and feature, she
combined these womanly graces with
a mental alertness and graciousness of
manner, that made her a distinct per
-1 sonality. She numbered her friends
i by the score and bound them to her
with “bands of steel,” her true heart
edness and sincerity. “Her life work
was to teach the truths that bring
eternal joys and form the imperfect
world a promise wrest of one perfec
tion,” and faithful to her trust she
ever stood. P.
I WETS WONDER WHAT
WITNESSES ARE TO
1 BE GIVEN HEARING
i Request Has Been Made
s | That 25 Witnesses Be
[! Called for Wets at Pro
hibition Hearing.<
SOME QUESTION
( ABOUT MATTER
i The Wets Have Been Told
That Only Government
» Officers Will Be Called,
and They Protested. <
Washington, April 2.— UP) —Wets
anddrys in the senate are at odds as
to whether the judiciary sub-commit
tee is to summons all of the witnesses
the wets want examined during the
prohib'tion hearings next week.
Senator Edge, republican, of New
Jersey, has submitted to Chairman
means a list of 25 witnesses including
police chiefs and marshals he wints
to have heard, ami has been inform
ed that the sub-committee intended to
summon only government officers,
leaving the wets to produce other wit
nesses themselves.
This led to a strenuous protect and
the sub-committee has been called in
spec’al session to thresh out the ques
tion.
Refuse to Call Some Witnesses Want
ed.
Washington, April 2— UP) —The
Senate prohibition committee refused
today to issue subpoenas for eighteen
witnesses which the wets desire to
have heard next week.
’Hie committee didived, four to one,
Senator Reed, Democrat, of Missouri,
nione voting to sustain the request of
Senator Edge, Republican, of New
Jersey* that a number of police chiefs,
judges, sheriffs, doctors and others
be formally subpoenaed to appear here
on the bill for modification of the
Volstead act and the 18th amend
ment.
The committee contemplates sum
moning only government officials
leaving the wets to get their own wit
nesses. and Senator Edge explained
that the wets could not get many of
them here except through formal suh
poenas.
Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Mon
tana, led the fight against Summoning
witnesses. The New Jersey senator
pointed out that witnesses had been
subpoenaed in the Senate Teapot Dom
inquiry, but Senator Walsh contend
ed that the prohibition hearing was a
different matter.
CHILD DIES IN
1 AUTO ACCIDENT
Mon and Women Injured in Wrecks
at Greensboro.
Greensboro. April I.—Automobile
accidents here Wednesday cost the
life of a child and resulted in injuries
for three adults, two men and a
woman. Two of the accidents, in
cluding the fatal one, were directly
due to the high winds.
Raymond Myers, 12 years old, son
of W. P. Myers, this city, died in
a hospital last evening, having been
struck early in the afternoon by a
car driven by Waldo Shepard, this
city. The child was walking along
the road near his home on the edge
of the city. The wind was so heree
and so impeded his progress that he
turned his back and walked back
ward. Shepard said he tried to avoid
the child coming toward him back
ward, but could not. The child’s
skull was fractured. He lived five
hours.
“Dry” Aroused Over Prohibition De
bates.
Washington, April 1-—The effect
of the prohibition debate raging here
for weeks has been to arouse the
friends of the dry cause to action.
North Carolina congressmen, like all
other southern members of the house
and senate, are receiving a constant
stream of literature against proposed
liberalization of the existing pronibi
tion laws. Schools, colleges, church
es, reform organizations and thou
sands of individuals are busy telling
their members of Congress their
views. The wets cannot beat mat
'.nek fire. They will have to go to the
noils with their arguments and is
sues.
Sa’isbury Bank Building Bought for
Music Store.
Salisbury, Apri' I.—The Peoples
National Bank building has been pur
chased by J. R Maynard, the pur
chase price understood to be $45,000
This, deal has been on for some time,
but Confirmation was just secured and
the property changes hands this week.
This was the home of the bank which
suspended two years ago. Mr. May
nard will spend SIO,OOO in improve
ment)? and will use a greater part of
the building for a home for Maynad
Brothers music house.
Bad For Burglars.
New York, April 2. —An indicator,
attached to a burglar-alarm, that
shows the burglar’s progress as he
moves from room to room has just
been patented. The inventor claims
that the alarm will operate warning ■
be.ls, horns, or sirens, and cause elc-'
trie lamps to flash. When it is de
sired to gain knowledge of the bur
g’ar's movements, a single light can
be made to flash in a different part
of the building—say, in a watchman’s I
ro< m—while an indicator there would
show where the intrduer was. In
a house or building, contacts can be
placed on doors, windows, the furni
ture, or curtains.
Irving and Ellin in Madeira
Irving Berlin, sung writer, and his society bride. Ellin Mackay, are now
in the Madeira Islands on their honeymoon. This exclusive picture was
taken as they sunned themselves on the rocks after a dip in the sea.
MRS. H. W. HARTLEY
DIES AT SALISBURY
Death Due to Blood Poison Caused
i By Infect&l Tooth—Mrs. Mattie
Shuman Passes Away.
Salisbury, March 31.—Mrs. H. W.
Hartley died this morning, ueath
being caused by blood poison due to
an infected tooth. She had been ill
for some weeks. The funeral takes
place from the home on Fulton
street Friday mornig at 10 o'clock
and the body will « taken to Win
ston-Salem for interment in the Mo
ravian cemetery. Surviving is the
husband and six chi'dren, Mrs.
George Conrad and Miss Inez Hart
ley, of this city: Mrs- P. V. Neese,
of Greensboro; Neyerly Hartley, of
California, and Bertram and Agnew
Hartley, of Salisbury. Also surviving
is her father, J. H. Zeverly, of Win
ston-Salem.
Mrs. Mattie Shuman, widow of
Stephen A. Shuman, died this after
noon, death following a long siege of
ill health. She was 75 years old and
is survived by six children-. The
funeral trill be conducted Thursday
afternoon at 3 o’clock from First
Methodist church.
Salisbury sent a fire truck and
several men to Statesville today to
help fight fire. The truck made the
20 miles in 32 minutes handicapped
by a bad stretch of road and a
strong wind that faced it all the
way.
OFFICERS WILLL FACE .
CHARGES OF ASSAULT
Three Charlotte Policemen Arrested i
For Tarrant Shooting—Are Out;
Under Bond. 1
Charlotte, April I.—Charlotte Po
lice Officers O G Overcash. L. W.
Bowlin and J. O. Hughes were arrest
ed here late this afternoon on war
rants charging an assault with in
tent to kill in connection with the
shooting and seriously wounding of
A. A. Tarrant, alleged whisky run
ner, late Thursday night. The < fficers
were released on bond to await ac
tion of the grand jury, bond in the
sum of $1,500 each being required.
The arrests followed an investiga
tion of the shooting by Solicitor John
Carpenter after Tarrant had charged
that ho was shot in the back by the
officers. He denied that he was
armed, although the offiers charged
that he shot at them. Police depart
ment officials tonight indicated that
the three men would be kept on the
police force. Their case will go be
fore the grand jury at its next meet
ing, scheduled for the first of May.
Surnames For Turks.
Constantinople, April 2.—The Turk
ish education department hat? ordered
the adoption of surnames throughout
Turkey. Turks may choose freely
provided that the names they select
do not belong to some historical fig
ure.
The conviction that you can will
furnish the power that can.
“LIBERTY ENLIGHTENING A
THE WORLD”
YOUR liberty, which is free
dom to choose', may bring good or
bad results, —according to your JmTgjl
If you choose a thrift account
with our “building and loan” as- jfO.flj agNß
sociation, you gain true liberty, flinl
—freedom from worry about fu- lUuj
ture want, freedom from the |yj i-lIS
landlord through the attainment Ir.aiHßj
of a home of your own.
| NEW SERIES NOW OPEN jpffll
START NOW
CABARRUS COUNTY B. L. ft S. ASSOCIATION
OFFICE IN CONCORD NATIONAL BANK
THE FIGHT OVER
CO-OPS RECEIVERSHIP
The Plaintiffs Won Their Real Vic
tory Thursday Afternoon.
Raleigh Bureau of
The Concord Daily Tribune
Raleigh. Apri. 2.—With the over
ruling b.v Judge Isaac M. Meekins of
the two pleas in abatement filed by
the defendant in the Federal court
action for a receivership for the To
bacco Browers Co-operative Market
ing Association, the plaintiffn won
their first real victory yesterday af
ternoon. These rulings were follow
ed, in short order, by a further rul
ing admitting the 73 additional Vir
ginia tobacco growers represented by
Col. E. P. Buford, as parties plaintiff
another decided blow' to the chances
of the defendant association.
The rulings were considered all
the nature of a victory since they
came at the conclusion of what was
considered by those who heard it a
most persuasive, if not convincing,
argument by Attorney Aaron Bapiro,
chief of counsel for the association,
upon some of the points involved in
the judge's decision, on ruling. In
fact, the judge interrupted the on
swer of Attorney L. L. Horton, of
counsel for the plaintiff, to Attorney
Sapiro’s argument, to give his rul
ings.
“The defendant moved to dismiss
the action Farmer et al against the
Tobacco Bonvcrs Co-operative As
sociation for the reason that fraud
I had been practiced in procuring
plaintiffs required to secure jurisdic
tion in this court. The motion is
'i denied and the plaintiff exqepts,” the
j first ruling read. On the second
1 plea in abatement:
"The defendant moved to dismiss
the action on the grounds that the
plaintiffs did not come into court
with clean hands. The motion is
denied and the defendant excepts.”
; Then further: “In this connection,
I want to say that there is nothing
in the record that impresses me as
1 justifying charges of nefaricious,
illegal or unethica' practices against
' the counsel for the plaintiffs.”
That was that, and the case dragg
• ed on.
1 Practically the entire day was
1 taken up with arguments, starting to
* cover only the points of the vourt’s
’ jurisdiction and taking in practically
1 the entire scope of inquiry before
- they were included
t
Tennis Star to Wed.
| 1 Paris. April 2.— UP) —Su2rfnne Len
glen is engaged to be married to Jac
ques Drindejones Offenbach, poet and
writes - , and grandson of Jacques Offen
bach, poet and writer and grandson
j of Jacques Offenbach, the famous com
t poser of the “Tales of Hoffman,” it
r was learned today.
t
Contest Consideration Postponed.
Washington, April 2.—o4")—Senate
consideration of the Brookhart-Steck.
1 lowa sensational contest, was deferred
today uptil Monday.
THE TRIBUNt H j
PRINTS 1
TODAY’S NEWS TODAIM
NO. 76
PREPARING REQUEST 1
„ s r "EW TRIAL FiJ
CONDEMNED BAN#! {
Counsel For Gerald CtfclijK|
man Going to Use Et«ry -
Means at Hand to Pre-;
vent His Execution.
SUPREME COURT ,
WILL NOT Afct
Court Refused to Inteft l
vene In Behalf of Bfih l
dit Who Is to Be Exectil»
ed Early Tuesday.
Hartford. Conn., April 2.— UP) —Djjtl i
seated in their attempt to get the £L 1
S. Supreme court to intervene in exe
cution of Gerald Chapman early next -
Tuesday, bis attorneys today turned
their atteuttion to preparing their •'
mot : on for a new trial. They wifi at- 5
tempt to get a hearing on this motion
tomorrow. '
Meanwhile state’s attorneys wet#
interested in dispatches from ,
son. Ky., about a negro detained titet&
Thos. McKinley White, who says he
acted as Chapman’s chauffeur anil
drove him to New Britain the night
before the shooting of the policeman 5
there. He said he witnessede thn
shoot-ng and received between *7.000 |
and *B,OOO from the slayer os the 1
promise not to talk.
White said a troubled conscißßOt |
caused him to disclose his relations
with Chapman.
The murder of the New Britain po- fj
Herman during a burglary is the crime j
under which Chapman is sentenced to
die.
Franc's J. Groehl, Chapman’s at
torney, plans no further action in the
Federal courts.
WHITTEMORE MAD AS I
HE REACHES BUFFALO
Refuses to Be Photographed, Kicked
Over Camera and Tried to Hick
Photographer In Stomach.
Buffalo. N. Y., April 2.—C^>—- :
Richard Reese Whittemore, bandit,
arrived here from New York this
morning to stand trial for the murder
and robbery of two guards of the Hank
of Buffalo last October. Escorted
by a cordon of police, Whittemore
was taken to po’ice headquarters. He
refused tv be phot ugraj/ied. ... $
“I guess they’ll hang it on roe in
Buffalo." Chief of Detectives Roche
quoted Whittemore as saying on the
long ride from New York. “I Could
have beaten the murder charset in i
Baltimore. But before I burn six
ethers in the Buffalo robbefy will
burn with me.”
The prisoner was in such ill tern- j
per when he arrived at the station ij
that in addition to kicking a camera 1
from the hands of a photographer, M| 1
tried to kick him in the stomach, and i
then lashed out with his free fist at
a spectator. Police subdued him. ,
THE WESTERN NEWSPAPER
UNION BUILDING BURNED
Company Officials Estimate That the
Damage Will Amount to $150,000.
Charlotte, April 2. — UP) —Fire of
1 undetermined origin destroyed the
building of the Western Newspaper
: Union here early today. No esti
mate of the loss has been officially
made, but it is feared by firemen that
the damages will eeeed SIOO,OOO.
i The loss was later estimated by
i Western Newspaper Union heads at
i $150,000.
The blaze was first discovered s
i shortly after 5 o’clock and had gained
considerable headway before the fire- t
men arrived.
Bandits Get $20,000.
Providence, R. 1.. April 2.
1 Bandits entered the Pheni Trust
- Company at Phenix, R. 1., this mornt |
i ing. held up attendants, handcuffed
them, procured about $26,000 and
t sped away in an automobile. T&e
r bbers, four in number, wore rain
coats, and were masked with blue
bandannas. The bank employees and
p Albert Hudson, a depositor, were all
. | handcuffed, and it was necessary to
j file the metal from their wrists.
Eyes Grafted on the Blind.
Geneva. April 2.—Professor Gitye
ot, of the University of Geneva, ha»
| reeded in restoring—or creating
gl ts in the lowest forms of animals
b.v grafting new eyes. His experi
mental "subjects” are tritons, a Spe
cies of aquatic salamander. The
tests are only in their experimental
stage, and out of eighty-four casefc
he has had only three successes, but
these are regarded as conclusive. J
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SAT'S BEAR SAXSI
9
Increasing cloudiness and warmgjg
tonight, followed by showers Bata|*
day and in west portion late tonlfjtoL
Moderate northeast shifting to totfjpri
- I east winds.