T p SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher.
01 l ME XLVIH.
i, re Than Score of Deaths Are
Reported in Kentucky, Ohio and
Tennessee as Result of Storm
II! m DEATHS 1
: -ili' SScE VILLAGE
Scven’y-Five Others in Same
Vicinity Were Injured.—
j V v Dwellings Wrecked
by the Winds.
vwm DEATHS
IN KENTUCKY
school Hoy in South Ports
•r )uth, Ohio, Killed When
Roof of School Building
Hit the Ground.
.] . i ini. Tcnii.. March 12.—Twenty
i., : ivporP'd killed ;i)i<l seventy
; red in tin* vicinity of Pinson,
'i,.,,i .■ !l! sol it li of Jackson, by
U.flieffi swept over I lui I SCc
r. ii ■■■■■* night.
\ i i i r of tht* dead arid injured
ii. About oil dwellings
1‘ -on were wrecked, ’accord-'
!!!»■; ger r< jiorts received here.
A . Lin train was blown from the
•i. ,* in iii.it vicinity. Only minor
i. • ■ if-;*, iin ilia ire occurred here.
. f putties were sent from Jack
'll plans made, to bring tin* in
i' to b spit'll in this city.
\\ : .nmiic atV'ii witli Pinson is
three KiMi'd in Kentucky.
t;'i La; .nil. Ky.. March 12.—Three
It* \vc re killed, two fatally injur
ed :: iic! a iiimilii r seriously hurt by a
sii*;m ul.icii swc'pt over a small sec
■."ii c.f iln * Madisou-rayette county
I s!.. 11 I v before miduiglit.
School Child Killed. ,
Pot smooth. Ohio. March 12.—Den
■ - It. __s. ;:"**d nine, was instantly
■•••!. ii I the other children were in
two seriously this morning
high wind unroot’ d the High
S.-t :t.; : -i*t‘in South Portsmouth,.
Km c.'-p.-sii-' liore. and eu »'in»l it
.. e. ' U.f -\;.i 4. En
*■ I'mi >\t i*• playing.
H»** Hermitage Damaged by Wind.
Na'iivifi' 'iVnn., March 12 —The
lei: M*tliodist Jhthlishiitg House,
i ' j .d word tills morning that]
I I i. .lames, wife of the Mtliodist j
]» - - ! l’iosei). was killed in a storm j
tl l 11 place last night, andj
h 11 Mr. James was injured. l
ii l 1; .•' "i n removed to a hospital
1 -lacks..a. the report said.
A. ii,.- 11 e rin ifa go, tin* home (»f An
di ■ •■■v .hiek>c c)i. r)ie wind blew down |
da an. in cedar trees planted over I
‘ , ‘ l ‘ N “ r, °'
FOSTER ON TRIAL
I.irst (if A'i Communists to Be Placed
<a Trial in Michigan Court.
S- los.-pi,. Mich., March 12.—Wm. i
■■ i -of t'liic-ago, was placed on
■ hi P.c iim ii county circuit court ;
' ui'Tiiing charged with writing, ad
-1i: and “eP'liheratc.ly justifying" j
h rii.- that ‘‘industrial a+ni po
:11 icfo! m .vlmiild lie Imonght about
'in ■. salndage* and other unlawful
I ierrori>iii.“
*’ h i iv :| l( . first of 22 iK*rsons ;ir
!|,'h '■ fter a raid on the national 1
'' ! ’i’ i• 11 .of i.h»* <*oinnuiuist,. party |
' p, fac* trial.
No Decision in Pot liter ('use.
'! ington, March 12. —Rejecting a !
T’ ; i ' • review, the Supreme Court;
' ' • today it would not deter-j
t this time whether the Feder-|
11 >'t< have jurisdiction to try liol- j
,v !’ "itii' i. indicted for the murder
■ Aie\ i'. Cronkliite at Caiup
Mash., iii 1!I1S. The court
1 : 'he appeal should hint 1 been
r; h» ihe civeiiit court of appeals,
1 *ase was referred to the first
J ln i mni of appeals.
iff.Mix MICHIGAN GIRL’S
: MPKKATfRK REACHED. 11S
*' Says High Murk in Case of
th*- I ) oils Is 115 and Her Cwndi
-1,1 a !s I nehanged.
i. Mich., March !».—Dr.
I I nfnet, in charge, of the Case
Pvclyji Lyons E scan aba girl,
' . !i ni|iei-atinv of more than 114
■ ' r a pc*riod of more than
has attracted the atten
l 1 medical profession. tonight
11 temperatme as 114.2. The
~ 1 ' "‘'tiiati's pulse was given as
I pressure, l2_‘; respiration,
” • • t.fair: mentality, normal.
1 'C grams arid letters are be
' " 'd l*y Miss Lyons. She
'j, !l1 with much interest and
' . >hc* would try to answer
V' , 1 awhile.
, ■ h - hi. *r stated today that reports
' / ' hist, night to newspapers
1 i! hipcniVt lire had reached lIS
-pecial thermometc.r was
u • not authentic, and were
1 f '."'.O by him.
' 'deal thermometer used by
1 -token, but that is not un
i:i,"gh rapid expansion, he
highest absolute record that
~l 1:1 n as authentic was reach
v, ' '-Id * when the tempemture
' ] i r > by a special thermome
•);, ; ' 111 «* by the local Weather
*’ 'he doctor saicl^
THE CONCORD TIMES,
BEIORUMK
American Quarters in Lon
don Learn of One Fleet
That Makes Regular Trips
to American Coasts.
London. March 12 (By the Associat
'd Press >. —Wholesale ru mrunning in
t(» tin* I nited States by a fleet of
four or live ships registered under the*
j Panauian flag, is being tinanc-ed by a
j irominont German magnate, according
ro information it‘cc*;v(*d in res]ionsihle
American cpmrtcrs, The fleet, it is de
clares!. is being chiefly operated from
ihi* l nited States end by a former Ger
man captain of a Hamburg-American
liner.
The fleet itself is under the com
mand of a character of questionable
nationality who achieved notoriety in
onnection -with marine operations of
a dul ions* nature during tin* war.
.While absolute proof of these vast op
erations is lacking, the information re
oeivod by American cbvl'es here points
to a landing of liquor cargoes in tin* j
I'nited States c*liieflv from Glasgow. !
MISTRIAL DECLARED IN
MRS. El GENE INGRAM CASE
\Yoman Was Charged With Sending:
Objectionable Letters to Principals
at Wedding.
Florence, S. March th—At jti :2fl
o'clock ibis evening. Judge H. A. M. I
Smith, in federal court, ordered a mis-!
trial in the case of Mrs. Eugene In- i
gram, formerly of Benedict. Mil., and i
Washington. _ 1). now of Columbia, |
who was under trial on the charge of j
sc.mling ohs<'cne letters through tlu*
mails of the principals in the wed
ding of Miss Margarie McGfegor ami
Thomas Boyle, in Columbia, last Oc :
tober. The jury had been out since j
about noon this" morning.
Mrs. Ingram lias been on trial Imre
for tin* t>asf three days.
The cos.* was given to the. jury at
1 1 ;4o this morning and it was not un
i't itl oi> evec.lqg la’v
red i:' ai lie' jm y room.
At that hour tin* foreman reported
that it was impossible for the jury to
arrive* at a verdict, and that no ad
ditional instructions would assist
them in reaching an agreeme.ut.
Judge Smith then ordered a mistrial.
Throughout the trial the* prosecu
tion hid stressed i~h * testimony of
handwriting experts to prove that the
defendant was the. author of the ob
jectionable letters. The defense
played up the apparent lack of mo
tive*.
All parties interested in the trial
were prominently and well ,
known throughout South Carolina.
HOTEL CASE BEGINS
IN THE QCEEN CITY
E. I). Letta Defendant, Says Terms
Lnder Which He Subscribed Were
Nat Carried Out.
Charlotte, (March 9.—When amigo
B. F. Long, of Statesville, overruled
the motion of counsel for defense to
order non-suit in the action or the
Citizens Hotel company against E. i).
Latta. for his failure-to pay a sub
scription of $50,000 to the capital
stock, of the, corporation' the defend
ant was called to the stand Friday
morning.
The plaintiff company introduced
! two papers and an excerpt from the
hi l of complaint and answer Thurs
day. The first paper introduced was
; the article of incorporation of the
; hotel company to which the signature
j of Mr. Latta was attached along with
! his agreement to subscribe stock
I amounting to sso.f«oo'. The other of
| ficial entry made by the* plaintiff was
! the deed for the transfer of the prop
j erty on which the now hotel is being
j built to the Citizens Hotel company.
• Mr. Latta refused to make payment.
Judge Long said before delivering
his opinion as to the motion that he
would be forced jto let the jury pass
upon the evidence.
Letters were read by both sides.
Defense made a strong point in agree
ment by two hotel companies op the
West Trade street site before Mr. Lat
ta knew of it. Mr. Latta’s refusal is
based oil the ground that conditions
upon which he subscribed ssi>;ooo
were not complied with. Large
crowds attended the hearing.
Kept Girl Trisoner For Number of
Days.
Henderson, March 11.—John George
was given six months on the. roads
by Judge* Allen in Vance Superior
Court Saturday. George, with Lo
renzo Cox. was tried before Recorder
Sutherland several months ago on a
charge of having- taken a girl to a
I lonely spot above the North Ilcjider-
I son mill village and mistreating her.
i keeping her prisoner there for several
; days. Both drew long terms in the
recorder’s court. Judge Allen se.nt
them both to the roads for six months,
with'the stipulation that the time al
ready served by Cox should be de
ducted from his sentence.
The majority of actresses are said
to have a deep-rooted belief in the luck
of oats. One of the most celebrated
women of the American stage always
brings her cat to the theatre upon first
nights to bring her luck.
PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
ENURE MISSISSIPPI
BADLY AFFECTED B1
DAMAGING STORMS
Dozens of Cities in Valley
Have Been Cut Off From
Communication With the
Outside World.
BLIZZARD DOES
SEVERE DAMAGE
Transportation Both Steam
and Electric Are Badly
Crippled.—Rain Adds to
Misery in Two States.
i
("nii ago. 111.. March 12.—Dozens of j
cities in the* Mississippi Vafley today]
were deaf and speechless as far as]
their relations with tin* outside world!
were concerned. A storm coming up
from the,* southwest, spread, fan-like
ever the great plains, and caused death
and property loss and demolished lines
of communication. Telephone and
telegraph lines were blown down, iso
lating seftne cities completely, while
other communities of many thousands
of inhabitants conversed with the rest
of the world by a single copper strand.
As communication was restored to
day stories of death and property de
struction began to
ported several persons, mostly n<>-
groes. were killed hv the storm at
Pinson. Tenn., and a half hundred
homes were destroyed and a freight
train blown from the tracks. Tin* ab
sence of wire communication with the
stricken district made details impossi
ble, hut it was reported 7."» persons
were injured.
High winds which did much damage
through central Illinois, seemed ,to
have spent their energy before they i
reayhet’. The wind and the
rain were accompanied in Ghieago by
an el(*e trie-al storm, which, as far as
known, did little damage*. ,
A tornado took three lives in Ken
tucky last night, according to meager
reports rocohed early today.
Central and southern Wisconsin an* i
tied' up by a blizzard which started
last night and still raged today. The
snow is heavy and in some parts of
tin* state high drifts have formed from
tin* high wind. The storm has created j
the* greatest .damage of its kind this]
winter. And one man is dead of ex- j
haustion from bawling tin* elements,
according to the correspondent.
Transportation, both steam and elec- 1
trie, in the storm area is badly crip- ;
pled, and wires of till kinds are down
in many sections.
Thousands of Milwaukeeans were
compelled to walk to work this morn-1
ing because (installed street: car set*-1
vice. Many automobiles were stiu4(
in huge, drifts. Eighteen -inches of
snow fell /in Madison.
Itain. accompanied by a wind which
tit times attained a velocity of 60
miles an hour, was general over the
Eastern part of Missouri and southern
Illinois last night and today.
EASE AGAINST E. V,
(DARKE CONTINUED
Former Imperial Wizard of Klan To
Re Tried in Texas in the the Near
Future.
Houston Texas, March 12.—When
the case of E. Y. Clarke, of Atlanta,
former Imperiaf Wizard of the Ku
Klux Klan, charged with violation of
the Mann Act was called today in
Federal court, district attorney Hold
en announced he had received word
through the Atlanta district attorney
that Clarke would be ready for trial!
the latter part of this month or eariy ]
in April. Federal Judge Mutcheson
will set the date of trial late today.
Program for Howell’s Community Club
The Howell's Community Club will
meet on Friday, March 16th, at 7:20
p. in. Following is the program to he
carried out :
Business.
. Ripening Exercise—President TE|irt-
Recitation: “Lonesome’’ Rosalie
Hart sell.
Spring Song—By Children.
Declamation: "Glutton"—C. W.
Bost. Jr.
Solo —Willie Ruth Bost.
Reading: “A Breach of Hospitality"
—Beatrice Morgan.
Duet —Mrs. Will Black and Miss
Lunda Garmon.
Monologue: “Wait a Minute”—By
Messrs. Ross and Felix White.
Pantomime: “The Old Oaken Buck
et”.
Address.
Closing Song.
Oldest Episcopal Bishop Seriously 111.
St. Louis, Mo„ March 12.—The Rt.
Rev. Daniel Tuttle, 86 years old. pre
siding bishop of the Episcopal Church
in the United States, who has been ill
with grippe for a week, was reported
to he in a critical condition Hoday.
Ho is said to he the oldest Episcopal
bishop in the world.
CONCORD, N. C, MONO AY, MARCH 12, 1923.
THE GREAT PROGRAM
OF ROAD BLINDING
Working Every Day to Complete the
Stale’s $65,000,000 Program.
Raleigh. N. March lt>. (By the
Associated Press!. —Sons of hard toil
j and steady brain-work, engineers ed"
the North Carolina Highway Com
; mission, like cogs in a great, fast run-
I uing machine, are Working every day,
regardless of weather conditions, to
I complete the state's s<;r>,ooo.O(K) road
j building program, whiefy when com
| plefed, will total approximately 2,060
! miles of hard surface highways.
80 smoothly is this machine working
that if it rains one day and stops over
4,500 miles of uupaved loads in the
state, under maintenance by the high
way department, will have been diag
ged before the end of tht* next day. In
some sections, the engineers have to
ride miles on horseback to tlieir work,
being unable to operate automobiles on
account of liu* road conditions. Yet.
in six months or ajyear these sections
will be accessible through modern
highways.
When a decision is reached by coun
ty and state authorities to build a new
road, the chief engineer sends one of
Ins engineers in the district to make
:i u inspection. When the report is
completed, it is submitted to the chief
engineer, who fields a conference with'
the highway commissioners involved
and it decision reached as to the loca
tion of the road.
The plans and recommendations of
the engineer then go to tin* drafting
and planning (leimrtment in Raleigh,
where they are studied and improved,
if possible. The location of materials
plays an important part in the decis
ion reached its to tin* road to he con
structed. The division which designs
bridges work out plans for the type» of
bridges to lit* placed over waterways
intersecting the highway. After tin*
contract has been granted for tin* con
struction. all plans are placed in the
hands of tin 1 contraetqrs.
A state* highway inspector takes up
his duties on tin* day die* 'contractors
start work and remit ins \in the job un
til the work is completed. He sees
that all materials are mixed properly
and tested and that till specifications
are followed.
In order that the best materials nitty
he used in the highway, all shipments
are inspected before they leave the
factories or qua fries. After arriving
on tin* scent* ed’ operations, they again
are tested. Samples then are shipped
to the commission's laboratory in
Raleigh, where a .third test is made.
After the highway is completed sam
ples are taken from it and sent to Ral
eigh. These are "riven a thorough test
in order to ascertain that all speci
fications have hesrtj.followed. In addi
tion to this, flnily samples of eomplet- 1
ed sectiofls are sent in l’br examination
in order to insure proper mixtures.
"It is most diHicvU.’’ sajd Gharles
M. Upliam. chief'oitgfneer fonighT,“To
obtain efficient inspectors. W<* nn*|
compelled to have=a school for them, i
being one of the few states in tin* Un
ion to have such institutions. Wo
want ottr men thoroughly trained in
order that wo may construct tin* best
highways possible,"
The resident, engineer makes regu
lar visits to the highways under con
struction. When they are completed,
lu* makes ah inspection and reports to
the district etigim*er, who. ill turn,
gives his findings to the chief engineer.
Each district engineer has about thir
ty jobs under his supervision.
In discussing the ’ construction pro-!
gram, Mr. Upham said the $15,000,000 j
in bonds, recently voted by the general J
assembly for highway work, would
keep the present plan of operation go
ing for three years. At the end of
this time, he expeotes to -have com
pleted more than 2.000 miles of hard
surface highways in addition to im
proved reads of other types. Dne
thousand miles of haxd surface roads
already have been completed or are
under contract. Approximately 2,<Xto
miles of improved roads of all
are being constructed or have been
placed under contracts.
The maintenance department of the
commission is considered by officials
to he one of Hie most important of all
because of the wide scope ol‘ its activ
ities and valhe to citizens. It serves
to keep till roads and detours in good
condition at till times and protects
tlie modern paved highways after
they have been completed.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Finn at An Advance of 8 to
29 Points With Old Crop Months
Firm.
New York, March 12. —The cotton ]
market opened firm at an advance of j
8 to 2h points with old crop months
relatively firm on covering and the
tirme.r showing of tin* Liverpool (ta
bles. May contract sold up to 30.D7
right after the call, or 34 points net
higher, hut the( new crop was easier
under liquidation and October con
tracts sold off tto 28:45 during tlin
early trading, or 0 points net lower.
Cotton futures opened firm. March
30:75; May 30:80; July 20:92; Oct.
26:75; Dec. 26:08.
Troy Helms Fronv Hospital.
Master Trav Helms, 0-year-old soil
of Mr. and xirs. T. V. Ilelms. lias re
tmNjed from the Orthopedic Hospital
in Gastonia, where he had been tak
ing treatment for the past several
months. When he entered the hospit
al, lu* could not walk, or even stand
on liis feet. Ilis condition is a sur
prise to his many friends, as witJ:
the aid of crutches he is now able
walk, ,‘ind can use his feet and legs to
advantage in walking, lie expects to
re-enter the hospital later for further
i treatment.
Biddle University Quintet Tonight.
The Biddle University Quintet will
appear at Westminster Preslg-terian
Church tonight at 8 o’clock. The pub
lic is cordially invited. Seats will he
reserved for white people. A silver of
fering for missionary work will lie
. lifted.
FOUR MEN ARRESTED
HERE CHARGEB WITH
It Is Alleged They Made An
Assault on Mr. and Mrs.
B. W. Means and Daugh
ter Early Last‘Night.
HELD UP OTHER
PARTIES FROM CITY
•
All Were Bound Over to Ca
barrus Court—Three Pis
tols and Liquor Taken
From Them.
Four young white men. all giving
Norwood as their- homes were arrest
ed hero lust night charged with vari
ous <ifionses. ranging from intoxication
to assault with deadly weapon. All
we*ro given a preliminary heaving this
morning, and were hound over to Ca
barrus Superior Court,
Tin* men gave their names as E. W.
Gails, Charles Dees. G. S. Smith and
Clarence Shaping and their troubles
began' when they are alleged to have*
trieel to sto)i Mr. and Mrs. R. W.
Means and daughter, of this city, as
they were returning from an automo
bile ride to Kannapolis about 8:20
oVlook. later. it is charge*.!, they
stoppeel another car anel made the oc
cupants try to repair their car, which
was broken down.
Aee-ording to testimony given in re
corder's court this morning, tin* men
were drinking, and three of them were
armed. Gails. Smith and Shuping
plead guilty to the charge of carrying ]
a concealed weapon, and Smith also
plead guilty to a charge of driving an
automobile while intoxicated. A
charge of carrying a concealed Wea
pon was not entered against Dees,
though Mr. Means testified that Decs
was the member of the party who til
l'd at his car.
Mr. Means testified .that the trouble
occurred just south of Cook's Crossing
on tjie National Highway. He testi
fied that when some distance from the
crossing lie saw a man standing in the
road waving his arm. “.My wife told
me to stop, saving there is a man in
trouble.." Mr. Means testified, "but 1
replied tin* man is drunk' and,drove
around W-hc dmu. fifty,
yards from the man lie started shoot
ing. At tin* first shot 1 pushed my
wife and baby in the foot of the car.
My wife told me to speed up. hut tear
ing I would he struck and tin* ear
wrecked. I did not increase my spee«i.
The man fired live times at my car. '
The man doing the shooting was Dees.
Mr. Means said.
Mr. Means stated further that lie
took his wife and child home, went by
police headquarters and got two of
ficers and also notified Sheriff Mabry,
who joined the party when it started
for tin* scene of tin* shooting. When
the party reached the car of the four
men. it was brought, two of them were
missing. Mr. Means said that Shuping
ran around bn one side of tin* car and
pointed his pistol at Patrolman Hold
brooks. At that time Mr. Means stat
ed. he struck Shuping twice on the
head, knocking him down. Shuping
came into court with his head tie*d up
and showing the lvsitli of ijht* blows;
Mr. Means delivered.
Smith at this time was iff the car,
and Gails and' Dees were missing.
Mr. Minns ami the two officers start
ed oft? to find the two menJ'anil just
as they started Gails came rip and a sk
i'd what the trouble was. lie was ar
rested. Mr. Means saiel lu* took the
officers to a spot near the old e-ounty
home and they started down the rail
road track, while he drove hack to see
if he could see the* man near the
crossing. When he got back to the
party, Smith had been arrested.
Mrs. Means corroborated her hus
band's testimony as to the shooting.
She said sin* saw three men at a car
and “a small man in the road” ns they
drove by tlie ear.
Patrolman Iloldbrooks also corrobo
rated the testimony of Mr. Means as
to Shaping's threat.
Fred Widenhouse, William Ilersli
man. Walter Russell, Banks Widen
liouse and Clifford Brantley testified to
an assault made by Smith on Fred
Widenhouse. They testified they were
just behind Mr. Means and when
they reached the defendants they were
told to halt. They got out <>f Hu* car
and Smith, they said, shot five or six
times at Fred Widenhouse. Thev saw
Smith reloading his gun, some of them
testified.
The four defendants knew nettling
of the shooting' when called to tin*
stand. Does said Shuping had his
gun and that lie did not shoot at all.
lie thought Smith or Gails must have
done the shooting. Shuping did riot
shoot, he’testified, and he also statoel
that lu* was trying to throw his gun
down when Mr. Means thought he was
going- to shoot Mr. ITohlbrooks.
Smith testified that his home is in
Parkton and not Norwood, as he tul.i
the 'officers last night. He is married,
was driving bis own car and was
hendtxl for Kannapolis. He did not
shoot at Mr. Means and did not shoot
at Mr. Widenhouse, he said. He
said he thought if there was any shoot
ing Dees or Shuping did it.
Gails said he was from Wilmington
.originally, but had been working in
Raeford. He said the crowd had two
pints of liquor, which they chipped in
and bought. He did not shoot, and
said his gun was nbt fired. He was
(Continued on Page Three.)
Crisis in Ruhr Nears
As Clashes Increase
i -I
j * 2)00 PRISONERS St**
* TAKEN IN RA,
!* . ■ *
I Dublin, March 12 IBy the As- rb
I dt sociated Press). —Nearly 300 rfc
id; prisoners taken in the week-end
j & raids in England and Scotland
] are . understood to have been &
I & landed here from British war-
ships. 2(H) men from one. and tlie &
remainder including about 30
& women, from another. All were H
'F conveyed under heavily armed rb
d- guards to jail. __ dt
* -*
♦ * m * & w. :* * * * * rb * * ♦
ROE PENSIONERS BY A
SLIGHT OF HAND TRICK
Changes Envelopes After JWoney Is
Placed in Them by Unsuspecting
Persons.
Washington. March 11. —A "sharper"
is going through the south cheating
veterans or the widows of ex
soldiers out of pension money. A
slight of hand trick is used to swindle
the old people. This fellow has work
ed hfs way through Mississippi, Ala
bama, and Georgia and is traveling to
ward the Carolinas and Tennessee.
The federal, government is after him.
Gayly dressed and glib ol the
fellow, makes headway vimore a less
pretentious chap would not.
“Posing as a special agent of the
pensions bureau." the department of
interior warned today, “this man has
been calling at the homes of pensioned
soldiers with an announcement that
an increase in their pensions to 872
has been awarded them, providing they
pass a simple test.
“The surprised pensioner, according
to the information obtained by the bu
reau of pensions, promptly agrees to
any sort of test and the swindler
then presents an empty envelope and
asks that the former soldier place all
money itr his possession inside of
it.
Here's the proposition, the fake pen
sion agent then explains. All the gov
ernment wants to know is whether
you're an honest man. Now. -m go
ing to seal this envelope with thf* mon
ey you’ve just given me in it. and
leave it with you to keep until the
commissioner of pensions conies around
tomorrow, ““If he finds the money un
touehed you've passed the test and
proven you're an honest man. If fie
. discovers you vc* Lorn open Hu* envelope
and taken out the money, it shows Mbit
you're dishonest and no increase in
pension will he* given you.
“Sums running all the way from $5
to SSO have been eagerly dug up by tlie
pensioned widows or old soldiers, and
the clever flini-flammer' in each in
stance has deftly slipped the money in
to the envelope and given it to the
pensioner to hold awaiting the arrival
of the commissioner 'of pensions the
following day. But the commissioner
: fails to put in his appearance either
| the next day or any subsequent days.
! Growing (impatient the pensioners
| finally give up hope and tear open
! their envelopes. Instead of finding
j their money in it they sire startled to
| discover ii few pieces of old nevvspa
] per.”
] The sleek’stranger claiming to he a
! pension agent lots worked a slight of
| hand trick in transforming the money
land instead of putting the currency in
I the envelope has placed it in his i»x*k
j et.
Department of justice agents and
i special examiners of the pension hu
i reau are conducting a search for the
swindler but have so far been unable
to catch- him.
173,466 Bales of Cotton Exported in
January.
j Washington, March 10. —Raw cotton
I exports during January amounted to
j 473,466 bales, valued at $65.2560,1KM).
! the department of commerce announc
ed today, compared with exports dur
ing January 1922, of 475,910 bales,
valued at $45,233,000.
Cotton exports during the seven
I months ending with January totalled
2.752.730 valued at $464,593,000 as
' compared with 4,183.232 hales worth
$307,899,000 for the seven months end
ing with January, 1922.
ALLEGED RUM DEALER
IN CHARLOTTE KILLED
Dead Man and His Companion Chased
By Polite Officers. —Companion
i Wounded.
, < ’lia riot to. March 10.—After a spec
tacular chase that led from the sub
urbs of Mint street almost to the heart
of town, ti man identified as John Da
vis. and charged by the police with be
ing .*) rum runner, was shot and killed
liore today and si companion, Oscar
! Brielges. was wounded sis they sibstn
doned their automobile and fled.
Eight officers arid 2 machines chased
the car Faring the two men, and the
police said that a supply of liquor
was thrown away during the race.
Shortly after the. shooting l/ouis
Johnson, a comity policeman, who. it
j was ssiid. probably fired the shot that
! killed Davis, appeared with counsel
l lx'fon* Magistrate <’o6t). and after a
! hearing the magistrate decided the
i killing was legally justified.
It was declared during the hearing
I that police found five quarts of whis
key in the machine, and that Davis
j or Bridges had tired on the pursuing
: policemen during the chase. Magis
trate Cobh had issued a warrant yes
terday authorizing the search of the.
machine. .
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Darnell left yes
terday for Elkin, where they will
j spend two weeks.
52.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
' v: ’ I s Are Dead as
8 \x& ArS i oi clashes in Vari
ous Parts of the Ruhr Dis
trict Last Night.
MORE TROOPS TO
BE USED AT ONCE
I
Germans Make Attack on
Several French Posts and
Guards and in Each In
stance Casualties Resulted
Recklinghausen, March 12 (By the
Associated Press). —Eight Germans
are dead as the result of clashes with
: French troops in various parts of
I Recklinghausen district last night,
i One French soldier and three Germans
| were wounded in a riot at Dortmund.
I A stage of seige. has been declared
; in the entire Recklinghausen district
i in consequence of these disturbances.
Additional troops have been sent to
preserve order at liner, Where a '
French army officer and a French ci
vilian official were killed Saturday
night and where excitement liqs since
j n».en running high, resulting in re
| newed shootings.
Os the Germans who met death two
- were shot down while trying to es
! cape from the Gendarmes in the liner
i disturbances. Five others were kil
j c.d and several wounded an hour later
I when a crowd attacked a French
j guard post. The eighth German was
1 killed at Dortmund when a crowd at
i tacked a French guard.
Disturbances were caused at liuer
last night when, French gendarmes
went to the home, of a German sus
pected of being implicated in the as
sassination of the French official. Two
Germans who were* found there were
j arrested. They were being taken to
a guard post when, according to re
| ports, they tried to escape and were
i shot. \
j
.SOUTHERN TRAINS ARE
DAMAGED IN WRECK
; Extent of Damage Not Known, as
; Telephone and Telegraph Wires
i Are Down.
Cincinnati, March 12. —Destructive
winds which tore, down telephone and
telegraph wires, interfered today with
J official*?of the Southrn- railway h»ugj_
.when they endeavored to ascertain the
l extent of damage caused when a train
i from New Orleans ran into the rear
I of a passenger train at Pulaski, Ky. _
| It wa,s reported that several per
! sons were injured, hut how severely
I could not he ascertained. Both trains
iW( vy hound for Cincinnati.
| At the Union Central Station here
it was reported that the QueCn City
Special, coming from New Orleans and
the Carolina Special from Asheville
and other North Carolina* points, were
I late.
Two Hurt.
i Cincinnati, <)., March 12.—Two men
were Jiiut early today in a rear end
! collisttrm on the Southern railway at
I Pulaski. Te.nn., which was caused in
directly by a wind storm, according to
a report received by officials of the
road hCrc.
PROHIBITION AGENTS
MUST TAKE ACTION
State, Army and Navy Department,
Not to Take Action Against Mem
bers Who Have Whiskey.
Washington, March 12.—Prohibition
officials themselves must take what
ever ict ion-appears necessary in con
nection with the discovery in a recent
bootlegger raid, of a list of Washing
ton residents which included the
names of several officials of tin* State
Department and of many officers of
the army, navy and marine crops.
After a preliminary inquiry today it
was indicated that state, war and
, navy departments would take no fur
ther step in the matter, hut would re
gard each case as a personal matter
between the men named and the pro
hibition enforcement authorities.
Case is Closed By Death of Defendant.
j Greenville, S. C., March 9.^—'‘Case
closed by death of defendant."
These cryptic words written across
the record in the case of /Cliff Haw
| kins, charged with murder and twice
[placed in the ‘death house” or me
I South Carolina penitentiary, tell the
-end of one of tin* most spectacubir
and bitterly contested case in the
criminal annals of the State. 1 law
kills passed quietly away in his cell
in the Greenville county jail today.
Meningitis was -pronounced as the im
mediate cause of his death.
•For more than two years Cliff
Hawkins, young planter of me moun
tain section, had waited in prison ?<>:’
the ftna judgement of the courts. He
had been tried for murder, convicted
and sentenced ro die in the electric
chair. Almost on the eve of his
electrocution the sentence was sus
pended. and only last week he was told
. that his case would be decided at
j the present term of court of general
sessions.
Vanderbilt Bride of Four Days Jll.
Portsmouth. R. 1.. March 10.—Mrs.
Reginald C. Vanderbilt, a bride of four
days, is ill with diphtheria at the San
dy Point Farm estate of her husband
! here, it was learned today. Mrs.
Vanderbilt, who was Miss Gloria Mor-,
gan. daughter of Harry Hays Mor- <
gan. American consul-general in Brus
sels, has been sick virtually since her
arrival here Wednesday night. She is
118 years of age.
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