ASSOCIATED
PRESS
DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVI
BUTTLE OF WOHOS
BETWEEN WHEELER |
AND SENATOR REED
I
Spectacular Scene Before'
the Senate Campaign
Fund Committee in the!
Hearing Ttoday. j
BIG CROWD WAS
PRESENT TO HEAR!
Wheeler’s Public Charge l
of Expenditures by Li
quor Interests in Recent
Pennsylvania Primary.
Washington, June 17. —(A 5 )—Wayne
H. Wheeler, general counsel of the
Anti-Sn'oon League, fnced Senator)
Heed, of Missouri, in a spectacular
battle of words today before the Sen
ate campaign fund eoinmittee over
Wheeler's public charges of expendi
tures, by the “liquor interests" in
Pennsylvania's $2.000,000 Republican
primary.
The long waited clash of wits be
tween the dry leader and the fiery
Missourian, a consistent foe of the
Anti-Saloon League and its prohibi
tion policies, brought an overflowing
crowd to the big cominitte room and
provided a breathless climax to the
committee's colorful inquiry into the i
Pennsylvania polities.
Wheeler took with him to the wit- !
ness stand a bundle of papers ns if
he were prepared for a long siege of ]
questioning, running over many phas- j i
es of the league's activities. I
While the' eommmittee was engaged i
in preliminary routine, Mr. W'.ieeler i
pushed his way to the committee table i
and addressed Cha : rmnn Reed: “My I
name is Wayne 11. Wheeler,” he said. <
“I’m glad to have the pleasure of i
your acquaintance, sir," said Reed.
"How long before 1 will be called?"
Wheeler inquired. “Oh, in a little
while.” ,
“The reason I ask is I have an en
gagement for 1“I think you
had better cancel it," tile chairman
said, and Wheeler returned to his
seat.
Wheeler held his right hand high as (
he took the OHth administered by Reed
as committee chainnnn. He took a ,
sent directly across the table- from ,
the Missourian.
After bringing out that Wheeler
was born in Ohio 56 years ago, Reed
asked “What salary do you get?”
“Six hundred sixty-six dollars a
month."
“How long have you drawn it?” j
“Four or five years.”
"What did you get before that?” (
“Seven thousand dollars."
“What was your first salary with
the league?' ’ "A hundred dollars a (
months and sometimes I did not get
that." f
“When did you start with the
league?” “In June, 1894.”
"At first I only mai)e speeches for ‘
the league while in obllege and got .
only excuses then.”
“The first four or five years of the j
fight were very difficult," Wheeler
said, "and funds were slow in coming
in, and sometime the speakers re
turned part of their salaries to make
up the deficit.”
He figured that in the early years
he received about $33 a month, plus 1
expenses while on the road. {
“What salary were you getting in ;
1897?” Reed asked. “I can’t recall
definitely. I think it was $l5O or
S2OO a month."
Polite and soft spoken thus far, 1
Reed explained that he was trying
to “get at” Wheeler's "history” in a
general wny. But he pressed for a
definite answer to his question and
Wheeler said he would have to look
up his records to get his salary from
year to year.
“1 did not know I was to be here
this morning until I read it in the
papers,” he said.
“I did not know what I would be
required to furnish.” Senator Reed
chewed at his inevitable cigar and re
plied softly “don't let's talk too much
—let's answer questions."
Wheeler then said his salary rose
to $4,500 when he became state su
perintendent in Ohio in 1900 or 1901,
or "somewhere along there.” “Did
you collect that?” “Most of it. I
may have donated part of it along
toward the end of the year.”
The salary went to $5,000 some
four or five years later. "The sub
poena did not mention any of these
things, so I did not refresh my recol
lection,” Wheeler said.
“Oh, 1 can give you plenty of time
to refresh your recollection,” Reed
said. “I just wanted in a general
way.” •
Wheeler said he was transferred to
Washington in 1916 or 1917.
"What was to be your position
here?” "General counsel for the An
ti-Saloon League. Later on I be
came legislative superintendent.”
“What was your salary as coun
sel?" “I think it was $5,500 to
$6,000.’”
Wants Definite Facts and Figures.
Washington, June 17.—(A*)—Under
a machine gun fusillade of question
ing by. James A.' Reed, the wet Demo
cratic senator from Missouri, Wayne
B. Wheeler, of Anti-Saloon League,
maintained . today before the Senate
campaign funda committee that the
leagued had played only a legitimate
role in politics, in legislation and in
litigation arising under the dry law*.
The league’s entire financial chest
for 1025, the witness estimated, wonld
not run bver $150,000 or $200,000.
He said (hat he himself received a
■alary of $666 per month for the or-
The Concord Daily Tribune
- North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
1 Many Killed When Limited
Train Crashed Into Express
j ■— —«| > — 1
! have you for Accident Occurred Near
j YOUR NEW license PLATE? / Blairsville, Pa., Shortly
iif Not you Had Better Get it Right Before Midnight on the
t A " ay - „ Pennsylvania Railroad.
) Raleigh, June 17.- —Hnve yon your
I new license plates yet? If not. you prvTTt? TDACVC
Iliad better get them right away, or tUIJu IKALIYO
I that car of yours will be tag’ess when WERE RIPPED UP
the last day of grace expires. (
j “People must begin getting their oi„ rv. T ,
! license plates much faster thiin they '-UTC SICCpCP A/TIVCn IntO
j have the past two weeks." said r. a. Another, Appearing as if
Dough ton, commissioner of revenue. a-v u J T>
! today, “or many will be lost in the Ulie ****« Jtteeil COlt
j mad rush for tags at the end of the StrUCted ArOUnd Other.
1 month. Now is the time to get the
tags, for they can be handled with- Pittsburgh, June 17.—<A>)—At least
out any rush or congestion.’ eighteen persons were killed when the
Motorists are also being urged to Cincinnati limited train No. 4flernsh
be more careful in the manner in ed into file Washington Express near
which they attach t’.ieir license plates Blairsville intersection shortly before
to their cars than they have been l as t midnight. Pennsylvania officials
heretofore. soi<l this morning.
-In the past, many ear owners Os the eighteen known victims, nine
have used straps or strings or wire, bodies were recovered from the Oleve
or a most anything that would hold land sleeper on No. 50. Three were
the plate on the car. lint this year trainmen.
we are going to enforce the law to Five bodies were found in the club
the limit and require every car own- car of train No, 40 which was imme
er to have his license plate "rigidly diately behind the double-header loco
attached . to his car, directly under motives pulling the Limited,
tlie tail light, in such a manner that Ten injured passengers were re-
It ean be easily illuminated at night moved to Latrobe hospitals,
and read at a distance of not less The smqs’j occurred on a slight
than uO feet, said officials of the curve two miles west of Blairsville
automotive division today. intersection, an important railway
Two reasons are given for this nc- center. Here the ground is level
tj o *!. First, t’aat it is a safeguard and the entire countryside is farm
that will save the individual car jng land.
owner needless trouble and expense, As daylight dawned those at the
in that where license plates are care- scene were given the first ronl view
lessly attached, the plates are often of the wreck. Four main line tracks
lost, thus causing trouble and ex- were ripped up for about 100 feet
pense in replacing them, and second, The two locomotives on No. 40 were
in that it will materially aid the a mass of wreckage, while one sieep
theft bureau in tracing and locating er. in which most of the victims were
stolen cars. Attention is also called ooated, was found to be telescoped
to the fact that this rigid attach- full length. Inside this sleeper ail
ment of license plates will also tend other Pullman ear Mad been pushed
to discourage the “switching” of li- by the terrific impact The two
cense plates front one car to another, sleepers appeared as if one had been
which is strictly forbidden. constructed around the other.
Another sleeper was standing on its
SURPLUS OF CEDAR pnd - tll ‘‘ renr section high in the air.
(*. M. Sixsmith, superintendent of
Which Can Be Had at Attractive I ,nNs enger transportation, said today
Prices for Fence Posts. ,hat thp smashup occurred when t’lie
Tribune Bureau express halted so that a broken air
Sir Walter Hotel boßc couM bp repaired. The flagman
Baleigh, June 17.—Attention of of Xo - 30 ’ llp Baid - went to the rear to.
farmers is being directed to the fact Ket Bares and the block signals
that there is a surplus of cedar which J' prp BPt eastbound trains,
can be had at attractive prices for I) ' S - McDonald, the flagman from the
fence posts by H. M. Currnn, forester P f |)rpSN ’ Performed Ilia duty for after
for'the State department of agricut- * No : 4(> borP into the express, Six
ture, who has asked the county smitb Baid - McDonald’s flares were
agents to make quotations to them. fnnnd burning on the right of way.
“If the farmers in your eonnty Thp "Operlntendcnt added that W.
contemplate fencing pastures or poul- Gordon, of Altoona, Pa., who was
try yards or expect to use durable killpd - was engineer on the first loco
posts for other purposes this sum- m °ti ve hauling the Limited,
mer.” wrote Forester Currnn, “it will Special trains brought a number of
be well for them to pool their orders 8,i * htl - v injured into Pittsburgh,
and buy a car of posts direct from Great crowds gathered at the scene
the producers. Prices range from °* * bp wret 'k during the morning.
15 cents to 28 cents, depending on Thoße in charge of rescue work ex
diameter of post. The length of the P rp ssed the belief that additional
posts is seven feet. A car will hold h** l^B would be found, especially in
from 1,000 to 1,400 posts, and the thp Cleveland sleeper which was tele
rates are three and a half cents per aud which at dawn gave up
hundred pounds to eight cents per nine . dpad - A heavy derrick was used
Hundred pounds for distances rang- to lift il: from the other car. Brig’ht
ing from five to seventy miles. The B,,nßbin e flooded the wreckage ns it
posts weigh from fifteen pounds to waß l ,lappd on the right of way. Then,
twenty pounds each.” ddlseloscd to view, pinned in the mass
Shipments of Fruits and Vege.ab.es. —• ~ ~ *» d
SR W,her Ho",IT’ Thp ( " ub " ar < bp second train
Raleigh, June 17,-Cnr lot ship- T “ . n,aß ?, of . , ''•pecka«p
ments of fruits and vegetables up to * 10,1 1 yie dpd tbrpp
the middle of June this year totaled ££rs‘ ninned in^Teh"'
209,876. as compared with 189,003 wss hllief the’ 8 ; .
the corresponding date last year, it t i w , H ‘ , “t the scene that
’ , * ‘ the death list would mount to at
was announced at the State Depart- ] ea!it oq
meat of Agriculture. These figures pjttsbureh Tune 17
allude to the entire United States „ on(i in(^d i fo^r trainmen
and were received at the Department „ pa(lß engers J re killed in wreck
W C .»h^r Per Wlre fFOm 0f thp Washington Express and the
on, "u * u li . , Cincinnati Limited near Blairsville
ni w” f *° da * <> • I »t p >-«e<-ti o „, the Pennsylvania rail
mne car lots of new apples as compar- rof)d offioiall announced todny , fter
ed with « the corres,K,nd,ng date , careful k of a „ luortuary eH .
last year. The late season also is re- tab i ishmenetß in ‘strobe, Derry and
flectHl in to|npta shipments. There B i airHville to which lat ; the ‘ bodta|
have been only 6,179 car lots shipped were relnoved p
this year, as compared with 11,572 c . • .. _ ...
last, while watermelon shipments to C*rolinlan Among the Killedfl.
date total 2,269, as compared with 4 lt,sbur Kh. June 17. UP) —A. H.
3,563 last year. Dinsmore, of the Gulf Refining Co., of
Other commodities are summarized |®| u ™ b * a ’ 9” waN amon s those
as follows, the first named figure rep- kl pd :n tle tram wreck last midnight,
resenting this year's shipments, and
the second in each instance repre- N With Our Advertisers,
senting last year’s: Celery 5,869-8; Frigidaire costs less than ice. Price
cucumbers 3,327-3,342; strawberries, $l9O and up.
12,460-11,959: sweet potatoes, 20.554- The Ritchie Hardware Co. sells
16,053; cabbage, 14,630-14,480; as- Hood tires. Phone 117.
paragus 2,282-1-827; peaches; 507- Two b : g games of baseball between
1,10; old apples’ 126,853-103.607; Gibson nud Kannapolis: Friday at
spinach, 8,721-1,129; onions, 0,210- Gibson Park, and Saturday at Kali
-5,025. napolis. All games called at 3 :30.
The Bell & Harris Co. has just re
sale of White SCar L’ne Approved. cpivcd Beveral car loadK of furniture.
New York, June 17.—OP)—Sale of Fc - Nibloclt in Ins new ad. today
the White Star L ! ne to Furness haa an illustration and description of
Withy & Company, and other British a wonderful little home of two stor
interests was approved today by stock- l® 8 * nl ® e enou or anybody. Look up
holders of the International Mercan- a “* , _ _ .
tile Marine Co., for between 7,000,000 Th p Yorkp & Wadsworth Co. has
and 7,500,000 pounds. / 3,000 feet of floor space equipped with
one of the best tire changers and air
j — IIWW * compressors. See ad.
„ j u j ! Phone the Cabarrus Cash Grocery
ganixation, and had no other source f a „ kjndN of freah veg o»ab!es.
of income. I XL „ r-m
Several times Reed accused the wit
ness of failure to make definite re- ' --
plies, and asked that exact facta aud .
figures be produced later for the com- n « nr<n A W ■
mittee. RASKKAI .1 .
Although the league leader was call- \
ed as a result of his public statements '
about expenditures in the recent Penn- TWO BIG GAMES
sylvania primary, that subject was between
i scarcely broached by Reed during c-tuccim jlf AMMAPOT TQ
i the hour and a half Wheeler was on GIBSON and KANNAPOLIS
i the stand before < adjournment for Friday at Gibson Park, Con
, luncheon. Just before the session cord
; thp up Saturday at Cabarrus, Park,
I to the Pennsylvania situation, into
. which he said he wonld go more thor- .„ _ ““f”
i oughly after the committee had r<- All Games Called Promptly at
■ convened at 2 m. 3 ;30
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1926
* In the News Spotlight J
J
JTGR c-TULTO CAMPERO COUNT KARCLYI
BERTHS K.LANDED COUNT' VOLf*
Monsignor Julio Campero, pishop of Salta, Argentine, an
rived in America for the International Eucharistic Congress
Count Karolyi, of Hungary, was challenged to a duel bj
Count Teleki, who charged an insult. Mayor Bertha K. Landei
launched a police cleanup of Seattle. The financial policy
of Count Volpi, Italian finance minister, was approved bj
the Italian Senate
In the News Spotlight
SYRACUSE U. HEAD CALLS
LIQUOR “GREATEST CURSE”
“Mocks at Law, Sneers at Decency.”
Chancellor Flint Tells Graduates.
Syraeiiße, N. Y., June 17.—Intoxi
enting liquor wun branded ns “the
greatest single cume of mankind, tlij
most insidious corruption of cmliAh
fion.” by Dr. Charles Wesley Flint. ■
ehaiicellor of Syracuse University,
in his baccalaureate address to nearly
900 members of the graduating class,
today. "It substitutes .passion for
reason," he said, "mocks at law and
sneers at decency.”
“For more than seventy yearn,”
Chancellor Flint continued. "the
method of dealing with traffic in in
toxicating liquor was the liveliest is
sue before the American people. It
is surely fair to say that apy indict
ment of this deliberate and clear-cut
consummation of decades of progress
and honest use of the orderly pro
cess of American-government is an
indictment of our citizenship and
the validity of our institutions.
"Those who se the pace socially
for the age should forego this
demoralizing fad and, by personal j
practice, by social example and by j
civie influence seek to establish an
era of law observance and sobriety, !
giving to the most important social, j
economic and moral experiment of
the Christian era. a square deal, a |
fair chance', an honest trial. If not— j
What? At what price?
“Applied idealism," was Chancel- j
lor Flint's subject, and he emphasiz- J
ed the need of leadership in public]
affairs from among those who are the I
product of America's educational sya-1
tem.
CARL MAGEE IS SET FREE
AT TRIAL IN NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque Editor, Charged With
Manslaughter For Killing High
way Employe During Fight With
Former Judge Leahy.
East Las Vegas. N. M., June 16.
Carl Mage,- Albuquerque editor, was
freed of a charge of maus'alighter by.
a directed verdict of the court to
night.
' District Judge Luis J 3. Armijo
granted the motion for a directed
i verdict a short time after the open
ing of the night session of court,
i Magee shot and killed John B.
Lasseter. a state highway employe,
■ last August during a fight with for
mer district Judge David J. Leahy,
■ a political enemy.
The granting of the motion came
• at the end of a two-day trial during |
f which the prosecution introduced
. the testimony of eight witnesses in
, eluding Leahy.
“It was the only thing the court
, could do,” declared District Attor
, ney Chester H. Hunker, the prose
r cutor.
, Cotton Sead Statistics.
Washington, June 17.—(A*)—Cotton
seed crushed in the ten-month period.
August Ist to May 3lst, totalled 5,-
' 426,283 tons, compared with 4,501,-.
191 tons for the same period n year
ago, and cotton seed on hand at mills
May 31st totalled 53,495 tons, com*
pared with 54,688 tons a year ago,
the census bureau today announced.
Doty Will Not Be Executed.
, Geneva. June 17.—(A>)—Bennet J.
' Doty, of Mempihs, Tenn., who is now
- awaiting trial in Byria on a charge
of desertion from the French foreign
legion, probably will be subjected to
disciplinary measures and faces vir-.
tually no danger) of being i6ot, Henry
t de Jouvenal, French high aommis
sioner in Syria, indicated..today.
BRYAN HURT CAUSE OF
RELIGION. SAYS PREACHER
Tells Trinity Graduates Famous Ora
tor and Publicist Was Wrong-
Headed and Harmful in His Viesgs
Hartford, Conn.. June 17—Brynn
isiu was assailed 'here in the Trinity
College baeeit laureate sfcrmon at
Christ Church preached by the Rev.
Dr. Elmer T. Merrill, of Santa Bar
bara. Cal., formerly president 01 the
American Phililigical Association.
| He said :
“The most lamentable sight in the
world is the college graduate who
shows himself not a whit better than
the rucks. The chief fault of the pres
ent age which the society of scholars
should combat, is cheerful indiffer
entism. amiable and lazy disregard
of relative values. To s e life steudily
and see it whole does not require
much genium, but it does call for
much care and work. Thinking is
hard work. Hence, most men do ns
little of it as possible. You will be
up-to-date if you don't think.
“Wrong-headedness is quite as
fatal a thing as wrong-heartedness.
[Bryan, being wrong-headed, did more
j harm to the cause of religion than
any other man of his time. If the
evidence of evolution is misleading,
i then there is no creative God and the
( universe is the product of a power
! ful and malignant devil. But there is
]a God. and there is no real conflict
between science and religion.’’
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady at an Advance of
Front 3 to 7 Points.
New York, June 17. — UP) —The cot
ton market opened steady today at an
advance of 3 to 7 points in response
to steady Liverpool cables and further
! covering. October sold up to 16.43
with more active positions showing
net advances of 6 to 10 points in the
first few minutes. The initial demand
seemed to be supplied at these figures,
and prices later sagged under liquid
ation with local and Southern selling
I based on favorable view of weather
conditions. October eased off to
16.30 by the end of the first hour, ac
tive positions generally showing net
losses of 1 to 5 points.
The prospect for showers over the
belt seined to be considered more de
sirable than otherwise, although some
traders were inclined to think warm
dry weather to be preferable.
Cotton futures opened steady: July
17 75: Oct. 16.38: Dec. 16.40; Jan
j 16.36; March 16.45.
Bledlcman Spent $119,622.93.
Harrisburg. Pa., June 17.— UP)- 1-
; The E. E. Biedelman statewide cam
paign received $127,062,75 and spent:
$110,622.03 in the unsuccessful pri
mary campaign of Edward E. Biedel
man for the republican gubernatorial
nomination, the committee reported.
1 This was the final day for filing ex
■ pense accounts of political commit
' tees.
• Ctarges Liquor Was Used in Cam-
I pa ign.
•| Washington, June 17.—(A*)—K. M.
• Updegraff. a former prohibition agent
!of Pittsburgh today told the House
alcoholic liquor traffic committee that
preceding the Pennsylvania primaries
• i recently “you could get a drink in any
' | saloon” in Pittsburgh, with “a Pepper
-1 Fisher" campaign sign on the outside.
II
> I As red ns a ruby, a wonderful dia
- ] mond has been found in the Kimber
f, ley mines. When' cut, it will weigh
■ about six carats, and should be worth
I anything up to $5,000.
Many Reservations For the
Building and Loan Meeting
Between 175 and 200 delegates
from the more'than 150 associations
in the State are exported here for
the annual convention of the North
t’artdipa Building and Loan League,
to be convened next Tuesday.
Reservations already made at the
new Hotel Concord show unusual in
terest in the 1020 meeting and in nd-j
dit ion to these reservations scores of j
prospective delegates hnve signified)
their intention of attending.
C. Boss Wenriok. manager of the!
hotel, stated this morning that res- j
ervations were coming in by the doz-1
ens now. with each mail bringing re-1
quests for rooms for building and loan i
men in all parts of the State. Tin* j
reservations are being made as fast
as the requests come in.
CAN YOU EDUCATE YOUR
CHILD ON $4.32 A YEAR?
Yet That is What the State of North
Carolina is Doing Right Now.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, June 17.—Suppose you
should decide to teach your own
child, could you secure a building,
heat it in the winter, maintain it
and pay a!) operating costs, and not
pay out more than $4.32 a year?
Yet that is what the state of Xort'li
Carolina is doing right now. accord
ing to the figures on expense distri
bution contained in State School
Facts, published by the department
of education, just off the press today.
But if you did not want to do the
teaching yourself, could you employ
a teacher who was an expert in all
the various subjects, fbr $2165. to I
teach this child of yours for the en-1
tire school year? Yet that is what I
the State is doing.
But although these figures may!
sound ridiculously small, when you
come to think about all the splendid
work done by the schools and school
teachers, take a look at wfiat the
State spent for the education in 1914-
15. Ten years ago an average of
$5.78 was spent on the education of
each rural child, and only $12.62 was
spent on the educating of each city
child. In 1624-25 this amount had
increased so that 21.81 was spent in
educating each rural child—but only
for a six months term—while in the
special charter and city school—most
of them running on a nine months
basis—an average of $38,02 was being
spent in the education of each child
—not quite twice as much being spent
on the city child as on the rural
child. Thus a tendence appears to
maintain a big gap between the edu
cational cost of the rural and the city
child. partly because it costa consider
ably more to maintain a school for
nine months with better trained
teachers, than it does to maintain a
six months school in the country. It
is to remedy this wide gap between
the advantages of the rural and city
children that the State department of
public instruction is urging consider
ation of a nine months school term for
both city and rural schools over the
entire state.
But. in analyzing the per capita
cost of educating one child in North
C'nrolina, the total cost has been di
vided into three parts.
These divisions are teaching and su
pervision, which comprises 83.4 per
cent, of the total expense; second,
administration 2.5 per cent. —this ex
pense; and third, operation and main
tenance, amounting to 14.1 per cent.,
which includes the amount spent for
fuel, janitors, school supplies, rent,
insurance, etc. In other words, out
of every dollar spent for schools in
the State, 83.4 cents goes for teach
ers and superintendents salaries, to
supervistors and principals, that is
those who do the actual instruction ; |
2.5 cents goes for clerical work in
for the upkeep of the property.
The per capita cost for each child,
but city and rural schools, was $25.97
in 1924-25, taking the entire state as
a whole. This represented an in
crease of $1.91 over the previous
year, of which $1.25 was for teaching
and supervision and 66 cents for op
eration and maintenance. There was
no increase in administrative cost.
The largest per capita expenditure
in rural schools is an expenditure of
$35.85 in New Hanover county. Dur
ham and Currituck follow next with
a per capita expenditure of $31.53
and $28.65, respectively. One rea
son for the cost in New Hanover
county is that all the schools have a
nine months term. Currituck has a
nine months term for all white chil
dren, and Durham county has an
' eight months term in nearly all of
the rural schools.
1 The lowest per capita cost per child
is in Scotland county, where it
amounts to $12.10. Greensboro has
1 the highest per capita cost among the
city schools, at $49.51 per child.
Rocky Mount has the lowest per
capita cost out of thirty-four cities
listed, at $25.54 per child. The
"/ schools in the cities are all nine
months schools, which accounts in
part for the increased cost.
1 Wheat Farmers Pooling Crop; To
Delay Selling.
Wichita, Kas., June 17.— UP) —
Thousands of fanners ’in Kansan.
Oklahoma, Nebraska and" Colorado
will market their 1926 wheat crop
cooperatively this fall and yvinter.
State selling units in these states
■ have combined their membership and
1 resources into the Southwest 00-1
1 perative Wheat Growers association.
I which will act as the selling agency.
9 Hie organization has taken over the
>’ sales equipment of the Kansas pool.
- which includes a 400,000 bushel
• terminal elevator in Leavenworth
and another of 1,000,000 bushels at
- Kansas City.
It is planned to obtain control of
i wheat, store it in the terminal elevn
i tors and slowly feed it into the mar
ket.
Wilde the vast majority of
egates will be quartered yjCw
the three days of the co
known that many froiW .lining
towns will go home each In 1. It is
predicted that the attendance on Wed
nesday night will pass the 209 mark.
Final details incident to the con
j vrfit'on are being mapped out and i>er
j ferted. The banquet program will be
i announced today, '! is believed, indi-
I eating that everything is in readiness
j for il. This promises to be one of the (
! most interesting features of the pro-1
! gram.
I Concord citizens are planning to!
I give the visitors such a royal wel
come and wholesome good time that
they will bo anxious to return again
in future years.
FIVE PERSONS BI'RNED
TO DEATH IN SLEEPER
A Cross-Country Limited Pullman
Catches Fire and Five Passengers
Cremated.
. Los Angeles. June 16.—Five per
sons were burned to death and up
wards of thirty others escaped unhurt
early today when fire of undeter
mined origin turned a cross-country
tourist sleeper into an inferno of
flame at Crystal Siding. Nevada.
Mrs. J. G. King, of Drummond,
Mont..* a bride of nine days, who was
on a honeymoon trip with her hus
band. a railroad clerk, was the only
victim identified tonight. King es
caped by leaping through a window.
The unidentified bodies were those
of two women, one man and a child.
All have been removed to Las Vegas.
Nev., where a coroner’s inquest will
be held tomorrow.
Passengers aboard the car said they
were aroused by the flames which
spread so quickly they could not
reach the doors and had to jump
through windows to safety.
King said both he and Mrs. King
tried to make for the door. Flames
blocked this exit and King smashed
his way through a window. He said
he believed his wife was following
him, but learned too late that she had
been trapped.
The destroyed tourist sleeper was
part of the Continental limited which
left Los Angeles last night for Salt
Lake City.
At the outbreak of the fire, the
train crew cut out the car on the
side track. Later it was taken to
Caliente, Nev. When the wreckage
was searched, five bodies were re
covered.
RENEW EFFORTS
TO SAVE .HANSEL
Many Asheville People Convinced
That Negro is Not Guilty.
Asheville, June 16.—Aroused to
vigorous action because in the light
of new- evidence they are convinced
that the state is about to snuff out
the life of an innocent man scores
of Asheville citizens today were re
doubling their efforts to persuade
Governor McLean to spare the life
of Alvin Manse), Asheville negro,
who is in death row at State Prison
awaiting execution July 9. A. Hall
Johnston, Asheville lawyer, who de
fended the negro, when he was con
victed on last November on a charge
of attacking a Buncombe county
white woman last September, has in
his possession seven or more affi
davits from persons which he stated
would establish an absolute alibi for
the negro.
The petitions in circulation today
are asking that the death sentence be
commuted. Au interested group of
citizens met this morning in Mr.
Johnston's office where the petitions
w-ere drawn up and placed in circu
lation. The Governor, it was learn
ed. in a recent letter to an Asheville
resident indicated that his attitude
toward Manuel’s sentence would not
be changed save through the efforts
of a large proposition of Asheville
people.
Cardinal Bonzauo Reaches Chicago.
Chicago, June 17.—(A*)—T.he spec
ial train of red pullmans bearing Car
dinal Bonzauo, the papal legate, eight
other princes of the church, and six
ty prelates of the Catholic heirarch.v
to the euchatistic ceremony, arrived
in Chicago shortly before 10 o'clock
this morning.
Braving threatening skies, a throng
of several thousand greeted the train
at the city limits, whence it moved
slowly to the Illinois Central station,
where the official welcoming delega
tion waited to escort the legate to the
Cathedral of the Holy Name.
Satisfied Soviets Helped Strikers.
London, June 17.—(A*)—The Brit
ish government is satisfied that the
soviet government waived its regula
tions concerning export of money to
England during the recent general
strike. Sir William Johnson Hicks,
home secretary, said today in the
1 House of Commons.
The government, however, has no
1 intention at all avents at the pres
ent time, of withdrawing recognition
of the soviet government, he said.
The tent meeting at the graded
school will continue until the fourth
of July.
City Tax Notice!
All property on which Taxes
for the year 1925, and also 1916
street assessments that expir
ed December Ist, 1925, will be
advertised and sold after July
Ist, 1926.
CHAS. N. FIELD,
City Tax Collector.
THE TRIBUNE 1
PRINTS
TODAY’S NEWS TOC>A]lj
NO. 141 :
MIHIWJ
OHIO,OOO BIM
Cashier of Bank of IHwfc’g
land When It Burned,?!
Arrested in Charlotte I
Yesterday Afternoon.
SCOTT HAD THE
WARRANT ISSUE]Jj
Father and Uncle of
fendant Sign
Preliminary Hearing
June 22nd Here.
Carl T. Blakeney. cashier of .tgfey
lionk of Midland when if was bawl
ed several weeks ago. was anjtNH
yesterday on a warrant issued Jjpqflf, '•
A, Scott, State deputy insurance;cqjs-;
missinnor. The warrant charges ar
son.
Mr. Blakeney was arrested ati||M§
home m 527 Sunny-side Avenue, Cj||M|
lotto, by detectives who werei a«Sjt
there by Deputy Sheriff Honeyfut&ggl;.;
Cabarrus county, and Cnmin
Scott, who went to Charlotte during
the afternoon and turned the wg|V
rant over to the Charlotte officers Jail
service.
Later in the afternoon the qffigfmC
returned to Concord with Mrl Blnkaw
ney, who was taken before ’Sqqire
G. M. I-ore, who set his bond at
060. The bond was iminrilistmr'
raised by W. S. and I*. P. Blakeney,
uncle and father, respectively, of the
defendant. The bondsmen res
Monroe, it is said, the former being l
president of the Bank of Union, M
Mr. Blakeney, it was stated, did
not discuss the case at all, except* jfti ;
i say that he had worked hard for the
bank and did not deserve to have a
crime laid against him. Before le&y***
ing Charlotte he communicated witb 1
relatives and his uncle and father J
arrived from Monroe shortly after he -
arrived from Charlotte.
Mr. Blakeney told the officers, they 1
said, that he had not been working
in Charlotte, where he has been liv
ing since the latter part of May. Ho
expected to get lined up shortly, he
said, and start to work there. J
After the bond was signed ’inquire
Isn't 1 set June 22 as the date for the
preliminary hearing, to be held in
coni. Mr. Blakeney has retained
Frank Armfield. of the local bar, and
the State will be assisted by H. 8.
Williams and Hartsell & Hartsell, al
so of the local bar.
The Bank of Midland was burned
early on the morning of April Bth I
while Mr. Blakeney was at wqHt in
it. The building was completely de- ,i
stroyed along with some of the rec
ords and books on which the defend- -
ant lias been quoted as saying he was -
working. Bank examiners tooji the
cash and books from the safe seywli j
hours after the fire had been fcxtitt
guished and later the American T*4ipfvi
Company of Charlotte, was named
receiver for the bank at the request of
bank examiners.
Mr. Blakeney has been quoted as
saying that lie was struck on the head :
by some unknown party or parties ;
who set fire to the bank, after rob
bing or trying to rob it. He was
found near the front corner of the
bank by persons who first reached the
fire, and was under the care of a
-for several days. I
Mr. Blakeney went to the bank
about 4:30 o’clock on the morning of
tlie fire, it was said, following a Cus
tom he established soon after beepfii
ing cashier of the bank. Often when
business was heavy, he is said to have
stated, he went to the bank at an
early hour to get in a full day. He
had been in the bank for half an hour
or more when the fire was discovered.
Bank examiners, so far as is kndwn,
have never made public a report of
the check-up they made of tlie money
taken from the safe. Whether cob
bers took any on the morning Os the
fire has not been stated, since the
examiners have not made a report. - i
Tt is said that a number of prom
inent men of the county have been
summoned as witnesses by the State.
Georgia Dewberry Farm Brings
SIOOO Per Acre.
(By International News Service )
Mcßae, Ga„ June 17.—The lowly
dewberry and blackberry, which have
flourished wild along Georgia's high
ways and byways since time im
memorial, now have taken place be
sides cultivated cash crops. .
The United States now has its
largest dewberry farm in Telfair
County, Georgia. Forty acres are,
under cultivation by Dr. W. H.
Born, and shipments to Eastern
markets began a few days ago. Indi
cations point to a minimum of 19
ears being shipped within tlie next
week.
The 40 acres will net SI,OOO au
acre.
British Miners t-o Meet June 23. !$
London. June 17.—(A*)—A. J. Cook,
secretary of the British miners
ation, announced today that the inter
national miners federation will most
in London on June 23rd, possibly
to discuss either an embargo on coil'
or an international strike.
THE WEATHER
Cloudy tonight aud Friday, prdH
ably showers in west portion; slight}?,
wanner in west portion tonight ip
in central portion Friday, FrSNk
northeast shifting to southeast wiami