North Carolina Newspapers

I B, SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher VOLUME XLVIH. rieiiby Quits Under Fire I And His Resignation is I Accepted by President lun Came After the ucretary Had Con \i Length With the Acciitive. , KLTMAY SO QUIT POST Bart in Oil Leases, lany Had Urged [•retary to Resign ahinet. I 1 >. —Edwin B. Peti- S • • ret ary of the Navy i lias been accepted. (ie< hiring lie never cabinet under lire of ~ criticised bis part in tin* secretary (’..i lidge this morning iiwed a telephone con i' lbesident and Mr. tln* latest aspects «ts were talked over in lln* . :111 passed on to t in* R .üb!ie;iiis leader< in number of the secretary’s v, n i l i on-ulied by .Mr. they are understood to President that they • -aiiiarassinent that v ill. tie- oik annulment v be a party th the oil afliv i hU' signature along Ail rt !!. Fall, bur he re ci'tVndcd bi- part in the I ha- declared publicly i.ii• controversy ar >se- that ■ ultra*-!.' to be legal and Amt i** pursue the same iH.iiitcd (.in to the Presi at p'-ar inconsistent mat r of tile administration v v.., remain in office miiii-tra:i *n it-elf through \va> aiming i<t courts to m- «m titc ground that they ith mt the authority of the 'ten- in these proceedings. i> to prevent further work, in media r e{y _ after the cinfiramtiun*^of” on eblth n*lay. tie rea' iii there have been Thetidore Roosevelt also - a"ist a tit secretary under Hr. Ririsevelt al~«» had part g as til*' oil leases. mti r of rlie Navy Secre '■■! iHi'ioi' thjrt tile resig e - ti- iu ra! Daugherty ''■'ith ’i a ft days. A vitig t.i him. and some o 'hat .iii cited some da vs du* r*-sig|iation of Mr. •h*- in ill*' SiMiLte. and it* 1 n " tig I' -r quick action my conference's have been I'l-e-ah-iit with other offi i!niinistrati,m. senate lead- I triemls of .Mr. Penby. frequently at it lie 1 ins*- been Secretary AA’eeks Warren, of Michigan, both ••d political friends of Sec-j r p . . I :: lavor o, ; i resignation 1 - reai-hcd S(M«n after Mr. j t" hi' "ffiee tiiis morning. I iiotuieeiaent was deferred, j !| “ "f Mr. t’oolidge's score- . M lienbv -office to con-! r form the announcement | Mr. Benin -ik'h afterward I•* partnient by a private j ' n m • svlii* h the Presi- j ■ •I t<> ask Secretary Penby j '■'•biiiet, was adopted on' • with the Republican or-j brs opposing it. but with j voI ing in its support. ' :n it was sent to th* Mr. Coolidge issued a '•nig that such questions • the province of tin* •u.fits With President. I'’ l - is.—-Assistant Seore t’l r ;i conference with went "to the White v ’h President Coolidge. 1 Will Not Resign. I ’ Feb. 28. —Theodore ' ' Hit secretary of the after a half hour con i*i ivuffnt Coolidge today " resign as lhe result * t Secretary P<*nby. '"•eii to see the Prei-d -liot resigning,” Air. ■fleeti\-p March 10th. I.*l IS.—lt is expected ate of Secretary Pen- I ■■ I M 111 I ■ s M S REAR SAYS. | — ■% ‘ ( ids i- tonight; Tuesday, >ablv rain and snow in the THE CONCORD TIMES 7 - .; V f s v ♦ : . x - Resigned 1 flip* jpßgv ■ • mm El i* W y Sara Breagfcfcj : |||HW - EDWIN DENBY WlI SON’S FOES AS SEEN FROM ACROSS HORDE! Vancouver Sun Runs Editorial e,r “Humanity Versus Gold.” Vancouver, B. ('.. Feb. IS.—The fol ’owing editorial under the caption "Humanity or Gold” was carried this morning in Vancouver Sun. "It is a significant. if not pitiful fact, that those same Republican lead ers who a few years ago convietei’ AVoodrow Wilson of toe much loyalty ti humanity and too little loyalty to tin United Stales, should today themselve stand convicted of too little loyalty t< the United States and too much loyalt; to their own pocket books. "AA'ilson. it ru'i'ins. erred in bis love for humanity. His enemies, it seems err in their love for gold. "This ex|M»se. following as it does on the death of Wilson, is doing to force the people of the United States to choose between the'idealists of AVasbington and' the gold diggers of AA’ashington. “It does not signify a healthy con ditlon in American politics that, the liner? should have to be thu« sharply drawn. Rut the contrast between <hu muoitarbui Wilson ni;d the ivttiWjE sfruA him viotis and vivid to be lightly passed over.” PR. FRANKLIN IIORGOOD TO RE BURIED TODAY Funeral to Be Held in the Chapel of College of Which He Was President Oxford, Feb. IS. —Funeral services for Pr. Franklin I\ Hobgood. president of Oxford College, who died at a Richmond hospital Saturday night, will be held at ?, o'clock this morning in the eollegt ehnool. The st rviees will be conducted bv Rev .T. P. Iliirte. pastor of Oxford Baptist Church, assisted by Rev. J. F Hardiway, of Thoipasville. who was pa tor of the local Baptist_Churoll for many years. Burial will be in a local ceme tery. The faculty and student body of Ox ford College, of which Pr. Hobgood wa« president for more than 40 years, will act as an escort for the body, and will ; have charge of the niusic at the ser j vices. < I HARDING IS ELECTED TO HIGH POSITION Will Control Loan to Be Made to Huit i gary Tit ongli league of Nations. i Genva. Feb. 18 (By the Associated p r( > ss )_ —AA'. I*. G. Harding, former gov ernor of the U. S. Federal Reserve Board, , has been unofficially selected as- high I commissioner of the league of nations to , Hungary for control of the finances under j the league's loan plan. He has in ! formed the League that be will accept ii j officially designated. It was said in 1/cague circles that the selection of Air. Harding had been approved by all of the interested parties. Old Canfderates in a Fatal Fight. Nashville. Ten.. Feb. 1<. —Death- may write the closing chapter in the fight be tween two aged Confederate veterans^ at the state O’d Soldiers home here Fri day. when one of them. G. AA • Hamby. MT. was fatally stabbed in a childish argument over whether a window should be raised or let down. Pr. G. 1. Bracking. HI, the slayer, is in a serious -onditions due to injuries received in the encounter, and attendants at the home believe that action by the state in prose cuting him will be forestalled by his early death. Pr. Bracking confined at the quarters at the home, is claiming that lie killed hamhy in self-defense, when the latter attacked him because he would not raise the window in his t room. The state has announced follow ing an investigation by the sheriff of Davidson county and Governor Austin Pony that no criminal action would he taken until Pr. Bracking is fully re covered. Cotton Machinery to Be Sent to North Carolina Pawtucket. R. 1., Feb. 17.—The Tamerock No. 1 Alill owned b ythe Alan ville Jenckes company, was closed in definitely yesterday. The machinery, ac cording to Frederick L- Jenckes. treasurer of the concern, will be ship ped to Gastonia. N. C. The mill manu factured yarn and tire fabrics. by’s resignation will be Alsych 10th. There w.a« nothing to indicate today * that President Coolidge had given any s thought to a successor to Secretary Den l by. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS Burial of Eleven Poison Victims - . BB ii i Ik PiM Wmm « Balyk,. IBWB W$L These coffins contain the bodies of 10 adults, aid a baby, locked in death’s embrace in the arms of ib mother. They were stricken by botulism, a poisori after eating canned beans served at a dinner given fcr ; Reinhold Garber, at Albany, Ore.. Joint funeral aerviaw from the same church were held for the victims AIcADOO LEADERS ARE MEETING IN CHICAGO They Will Determine Whether or Not He Will Be Presidential Candida L 1 . Chicago, Feb. 18.—Alore than ,'IOO ad vacates of the candidacy of Wm. Gibbs AlcAdoo for the democratic hominntion for President, gathered here today and saw Judge David Rockwell, ol Ohio, open the conference I liar wili de •ide wlieilier the Tea|HK Pome discio • ures have or have not made Air. AleAdn. unfit to continue as a Presidential can didate. A goodly scattering of women was not ed in the gat tiering that listened to th« keynote s|*eeeh delivered by Homer -Cum mings of Connecticut., former chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Quite a number of railroad labor met were also among those prsent. The conference was called. Air. (him .nings saiil. "not only to discern the for unes of an individual, but t > consider lie fate of the cause of liberalism.” DAUGHERTY SENDS DATA Dh.tiA.Mibl) IB MvNATORh iivts Account ol War Fraud Activities of the Department of Justice. Washington, Feb. is.—Responding l< i res Julian sponsored by Senator King, democrat, of Utah, Attorney ,General Daugherty today forwarded to the Sen ate a detailed account of war fraud ao .ivities of the Department of Justice. In a statement accompanying the re port Air. Daugherty said he was reluc tant to make public any of the names contained in the information, because of the injury it might, cause to innocent persons. WAR DEBT POLICY |S - TO iwmxtf*’ TfWF * VATE No Change Alade at Aleeting of Ameri can Debt Commission AA’ashington, Feb. IS. —The American government's war debt policy remained unchanged after a conference today of the American debt commission. The commission failed to act on proposals that tlie debtor governments he reminded again that the United States is awaiting funding pisqwisals. Crooks Prey on Shoe Workers When Bonus Is Paid. Binghamptoii. N. A.. Feb, 14.—AA T ith the last 840.1 MlO of $1,200,000 in bonuses distributed among Endicott-Johnsan workers, police of this city and the two shoe towns. Johnson City and Fndicott. oday uncovered a variety of crooked schemes to fleece the workers of their share in the corporation’s annual divi sion of profits. Poker and dice tables and roulette’ wheels were taken from gambling houses in the shoe towns, while more than 100 strange women were sent away. The l!)2id bonus. issued to 14,000 workers, was $02.50 each and the es- ' forts of crooks to get it away from the workers were more daring than ever.' Tl.vO women wh » gave men workers poison liquor were reported to have "cleaned up” more than SI,OOO last night. The aids of the crooks —pretty girls —were more successful than in past years in enticing workmen to a “nice quiet place t > have a drink.” Three of them, however, were severely beaten by workmen who discovered their schemes. Endicot t-Johnson officials believe, how-, ever, the majority of the workers de posited their bonuses in banks. . v - j With Our Advertisers. You will find a wide variety of shoes at Parker’s Shoe Store. A perfect birthday gift is a ring with ! the proper birthstone. See new ad. of , the Starnes-Aliller-Parker Co. New A'ork's latest styles just received at the Specialty Hat Shop. The new fashion season has arrived and you will find the advanced spring tyles at the Parks-Belle Co.’s. New styles, and fabrics and new shades. Confirms Decision of Judge Hand. New York, Feb. 18.—Federal Judge Mayer in United Slates Court of Appeals today affirmed the recent deeesion of Federal Judge A. N. Hand, dismissing the government’s accounting against the Butterwor'th-Judson Corporation, and others. The litigation concerned an advance cf $1,500,000 made by the gov ernment to the corporation on a contract let for 72.000,000 pounds of picric acid for use during - the war. Ruling Affects Federal Reserve Banks, j Washington. Feb. 18.—Federal Reserve ! Banks acting as collecting banks, must require non-member banks to pay in cash or its equivalent checks drawn up on them or accept liability in ease other forms of settlement prove worthless, the Supreme Court ruled today in a ease brought by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, A'a.. against Malloy Brothers. • Air. Henry’s Condition Improved. The condition of Air. Aubrey (Bub) Henry was reported as somewhat better at 12 o'clock today. Air. Henry was tak en sick Saturday evening while at his place of business, the St. Cloud Barber Shop. CONCORD, N. C„ MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1824 (FATHER SLAYS U SON; BOTH WERE DRINKING A’iUiaiu Grady ('ntsc Tliroaf of Krnuilir Grady, at Tbcirf Home in Dtiplir County. Kinston. Feb. U»| —Romulus Grady 19. died Inst nighl :{( hiu Duplin count) home after being attacked with a knife his father. AVi limn Grady. Grady’s lugular vein is rcuerted to have beei levered. The district prosecutor -started an in vestigation today. Reports to that offi •ial said the slayer; was overcome by ;rirf. The Gladys were drinking and uid an alienation in the yard of theii home. According to several reports had hen the youth assumed an agressive at mule. The cutting followed. A physi •ianewan in. the house at the time, in tteiklau‘*e noon a sister of the victom. nit was unable to save the young man. Hours afterward the father becann sober and manifested k<*en grief. AA’il liam Grady is the father of more than 15 children and a well to do farmer. LAW IS VALID N. C. State Regulating Suits For Dam ages Resulting Fnun Use of Fertilizer Upheld. Washington, Feb. lis.—The North Car olina statute regulatjng suits for dam ages resulting from the use of fertilizer was declared valid attd constitutional by the Supreme Court today iu a case brought by Richard Al. Jones. ClaiTning that fertilizer purchased from the Union Guano Company contained a substance harmful to' the growth of to bacco, ones sought »6 recover damages, but the state courts joU North Carolina dismissed the suit oo4be* ground that he FuH !fu. 4(597 of the consolidated statutes of the state regulating the bringing of damage suits arising out of the use of fertilizers DAWSON CALLS MEETING OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Democratic Committee Will Alec* in Raleigh on February 2fith. Kinston, Feb. 18. —John G. Pawsvn. chairman of (lie State Democratic ex ecutive committee, has called a meeting Os the committee to convene in Raleigh on Tuesday. February 20th. The meeting will be for the purpose of fixing the time and place of tins State (•.invention; to designate a common day on which precinct meetings shall be held; to designate delegates to the coun ty conventions: and to designate a com mon day for the holding of the county j convention in each county in the State l for the purpose of electing delegates to j i t he State convent ion. USE GASOLINE BY MISTAKE; THREE HURT . Carmen Smith, llis AA'ife and Baby Burned at Asheville Home. Asheville, N. <\, Feb. 18.—Carmen ; Smith, hiis wife and infant were orit- j ieally burned at their home here today j by explosion of gasoline used by mistake j instead of kerosene in starting a fire, j Smith is in a local hospital, and it is j said he may not survive. The family was living in a garage while their home was being built. Airs. Baxter Shrinwell Dies at Her Home in Asheville. ■ y - Asheville, Feb. 17.—Airs. Irjßaxtei , Shemwell, 47. died at her home short ly after 2 o’clock this morning, follow ling an extended illness. Airs. Shemwell was Miss Susan Fitz hugli Battle, a native of Circleville. ■ Texas. Before coming to Asheville, the j family lived in Lexington. She was mar ried twice. In addition t+r her husband. Baxter Shemwell, she is survived by three chil dren, Airs. H. K. Northup and Everard Shemwell. of Asheville and Fitzhugh Harmon, of Lexington. Son of Deputy is Killed by a Negro, Charlotte. Fob- 17.—John Fesper lna ti. 21, son of Deputy Sheriff Aic Fesperman, was shot and killed shortly before midnight by an unidentified | negro on the AA T nketieht farm near this | city during a liquor raid. Young Fespcr- 1 man had been deputized for the raid, in w;hich a number of sheriff’s deputies participated. At midnight a posse of deputies and city policemen was scour ing the countryside in search of the slayer. I Twelve Killed in Explosion. i Frith, Kent, England. Feb. 18 (By the Associated Press). —Eleven women and one man were killed today in an explos ion that followed an outbreak of lire in a cartridge filling factory. _ Bavarian. Dictator Resigns. Alunich, Bavaria, Feb. 18 (By the As sociated Press). —Pr. von Kafir, the Ba varian military dictator, has resigned. Gen. con Lossow. commander of th Ba varjon reicliswer, has tendered his resig nataion. The local Y is planning a May Pay celebration, the like of which has never j been seen before. iepcblican now agree > TO 37 1-2 PER CENT. SI RTAX Mope Thereby to Win Over Insurgent Vote Nmlod to Pass Bill. Wnshigton, Feb- 17.—Hou.se Repub ican leaders determined today to boost ho proposed maximum surtax rate in •lie revenue bill ro 37 1-2 jiereoiit in an “fl<»rt to break the deadlock in negotia ions with the insurgents, who hold tin* talanee of power in the vote on the in ■ome rate seliedules wliieli will be taken ip Tuesday. The Republicans previously bad re ceded from the Mellon rate of 27 per •out. carried in tin* bill and had cen ored on 3-7 per cent in an effort to unite he party against the Democratic stand or a 44 tier cent maximum. The 3.7 per •out rate, leaders said, wou’d win 20N Republican votes. 10 less than a Majority. Two conferences yesterday wit.li the insurgent grou|C however, fail 'd to bring an agreement, the organiza tion led bv Representative's Frear and Nelson. Wisconsin, bolding out for a to per cent surtax rate and a reduction of .70 per cent in the normal income taxes. The Mellon rates call for a 2-7 per cent reduction in the normal taxes. Republican organizations leaders iu isted today they would not consent to the added normal tax reductions, which ■ire the same as. tose proposed by the Democrats, because treasury estimates had shown such a cut would reduce re venue receipts below the-estimated sur p’us on which tax revision is to bo based. T. F. ERVIN 111 RT BY TRAIN AT LEXINGTON Car in Which He Was Riding Struck By Xxttin—Be<& flf taken ro Winstoer. Salisbury. Feb. 17.—T. F. Ervin is in a Sa'isbury hospital suffering from injuries lie received when a ear was struck by a train at Lexington Satur day evening. He does not nptvoar to be seriously injured although bruised and cut up some. Another man with him at the time of the accident is said not hv have needed hospital treatment. Mr. Ervin was hospital treatment. Mr. Ervin was brought to Salisbury on a passenger train early last night. The body of Walter M, Crump who died by bis own band Friday evening was taken tmlny to Winston-Salem to lie buried by the side of his wife who died five years ago. A brief funeral .service was held at the Crump home on South Fulton street this morning at 10 ! o'clock and the funeral party 'went to j Winston-Salem through the . country! j Friends are still of the opinion that Mr. Crump's rash act in .shooting himself was caused by bis physical condition I following an operation which lie under went some weeks ago for masteoditis. Pose as Deaf Mutes. Raleigh. N. C., Feb. IS. —that Hie public is being misled and misinform ed by the action of certain persons j going about the stale and posing as deaf mutes is evidenced by a report that has just b;n'n made to Commission w M. Ij. Shipman of the State Department lof Commerce and Printing by .1- M Robertson, who was appointed chief of the bureau for the deaf and the Com missioner. The reports states that t le honor and the pride of the deaf and mute ofthe state is being greatly msu t "d* by the imposters ofthe state who oroteiid that, they are deaf and seek the assistant of the public by appeals to Ms feelings for charity. The deaf great.y resent this, the report says, and want the public to know that they are will ing to work far all that they receive. It is pointed out that the imposters remain only a short time in ore place for fear they wi’l be discovered.-That the procuring of money under snob con ditions and in such a manner, is un lawful shown by the laws that the re port quotes from the statins of the Star*' of North Carolina. Gotham to l se Radio for Schools. Now York. Feb. IS.—For the first time in the history of education active I use of radio broadcasting on an exten sive and permanent basis as an eduea ' tiori aid is to be today by he Board of Education of the City of New York, acting in co-operation with (die Radio Corporation of America Daily educational radio programs an* o be broadcasted from 2 to 2:30 o’clock >n evorv school day. The programs are designed primarily to acquaint the people with the work of 'lie schools, to educate the public as to education. Superitendents of each de oartment of the Board of Education will explain in turn exactly what is done in rhis department, and to what purpose. In addition .the pupils of each school will take part in the latter programs with regular recitations, music lessons, glee clubs and school orchestra concerts, spelling bees and special exercises for holidays. A barometer in common use in some parts of Europe consists of a pan of. water and a frog and a little steplad jder in it. When the frog comes out of More Sensations In The Oil Inquiry. *"’ THE FORGOTTEN MEN BTkcp Denny Issue Call in Behalf of AA <-Tii-Ouf Preachers. Richmond. A’a-. Feb. IN.— Uol lins Penny as the third episcopal district Jilt* • Alcth-dist Episcopal Church. South, has ..ssued $ call to Alethodfsts of this section in behalf of tin* "For jgotten Alen" of the church, as the aged J ttnd disabhxl Methodist ministers are designated. The third episcopal district includes the territrry of the AVestern Xortli Carolina. Upp->r South Caro ina, Ntn-lli Carolina anil South Carolina con feionics. According to Bishop Penny. there has never ‘been a greater cause under taken by Southern Methodism than this movement to raise $10.‘0()0.000 to he tt>cd as an endowmnent fund to give peace and material comfort to the worn out ministers of the church iu their de clining years. "Methodist authorities.” says Bishop Penny, "have agreed that tlie super annuate endowment movement shall have precedence over all other cam paigns of the church from February 1 to July 1. During this period it is Imped that <*very Methodist congregation throughout tin* connection will pledge to this fund one-fifth of the amount an-I nun ly paid to its pastor and presiding elder. It the 17.000( Alethodist congrega tions pledge this annwint for the next five years the required Slo.ooo.fttW) can be easily .collected." In regard to the urgency of this ap nea!. Bishop Penny quotes as following facts, stated by I>:. Luther E. Todd, secretary of the Board of Finance, which is fostering the movement: "There are upwards of 1.000 super annuated ministers in the Alethodist •iiurch. ()f hfese 400 are practically blind or deaf: 140 are invalids: 170 have an invalid member of the family ro support: 570 own homes that are heavily mortgaged: .*SOO rent or board; 70 roani around: and 00 live in super annuate homes. “To these men. who gave of the strength of their youth and manhood t > tin* church for the average salary of little more than S4OO per annum, the church now pays about half that amount, or approximately S2OO . per year, and to the widows -if ministers approximately $l5O. The . income de rived from the $10,000,000 super annuate fund will enable the church to increase these amounts to S7OO and SSOO respectively, and will relieve much suffering among the veterans of the jMtim-h -service, and bringing credit to me church which itse-.r open to criti cism on account of its past neglect." > In the appeal to Alethodist his episcopal area. Bishop Penny says. "Surely the men who have so success fully preached the gospel, visited the sick, ministered to the sorrowing, and for long years carried the burdens of other people, should have our comfort and our help, and 1 hope that this may come speedily and gladly." NO NEW SENSATIONS IN OIN LEASE MATTER Chairman Lenroot Denies Oil Commit tee Has Been Called in Special Aleet ing. AA’ashington. Feb 18. —Chairman Lenroot today denied a widely published a story that sensational developments had led to the calling of a meeting today of the Senate oil committee. The chairman said there had been no change in flu* committee’s plans and that so far as he knew the situation re- | mained ju-sf where it was when the 10-day recess was taken last Friday. Make Out Your Income Tax Report. Raleigh. X- (’•. Feb. 18.—'The time for fi'ing State income tax returns ex pires within a month and these who have not complied with the law by then will be subject to a penalty of five per (*ent with a minimum of SI.OO and six )x*r cent interest which will start on March 15 next, according to It. A. Houghton. Commissioner ,of Revenue of the State of North Carolina, Last year the, offices were rushed and over worked in the Revenue depart ment said Commission: r Dough ton, by those who waited until the last few days of the prescribed time to file their returns. The Commissioner in hopes that such occurences may be avoided has employed an. extra corps of clerks to assist the regular staff in aiding the public in making out its returns. From now until March 15 the offices of the Revenue Department will be open in the Agricultural Building and the puh 'ie is urged to make out its tax returns immediately. Deputies will he on hand in various cities to aid any person in making out his or- her tax returns. i, Mrs. Howard’s Mother Died I>ust Night., Relatives here have been advised of the death last night of Airs. P. H. Thompson, at her home in Baltimore, j Airs. Thompson had been ill with prim- i inonia for several days and her death j was not .unexpected. She formely made ■ her home in Salisbury and the body will i be carried there frtr burial. Funeral | services ,\\ ill he held AA’ediict-sday morn-j ing. Airs. Thompson was the mother of j Airs. A. it. Howard, of this city. Airs. Howard lias been in Baltimore several days, having been visiting her mother when the latter became ill. Airs. Thompson has visited in Con-j cord on numeros occasions and has many friends here. 33-Pouml Wildcat Killed- AA T orcester, Alass.. Feb. 10. —A thirty three pound wilcat. >re of the largest shot in AA'orcester County in r»*cent years, has been killed by Albert Ii and Thomas E. Garganigo and Barton AV. Caulfield of Shrewsbury. The cat killed a hountf dog. $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. Although Committee Is In Recess for Ten Days De velopments Whirled Along at Their Customary Speed. STOCK DEALINGS MAY BE EXPOSED Almost- Certain Now That New York Brokers Will Be Examined—Senate Ex pected to Confirm Roberts Washington. Feb. IS. —Despite the ten day recess of the investigating commit tee developments iu the oil scandal whirl ed along today in their customary- break neck S]K'Cd. Coincident with the resignation of Secretary Denby there were predictions among theli Senators that, important dis closures of new and sensational charac ter were imminent. These predictions revolved for the most part about the inquiry committee experts are making into the books of various brokerage firms in search of evidence of j oil stock speculation by government of ficials. Senator Wheeler, democrat, of Mon tana. who lias taken a hand in the in quiry in the absence from Washington, of liis colleague. Senator Walsh, declared that Harry Payne Whitney and members of the Benkard brokerage firm in New York undobutedly would be summoned before the committee as a result of in formation that has reached the capital. Mr. Wheeled' also asserted that im portant information had been given Scat ters by Wilton .1. Lambert, attorney for Edward B. MeLeon. publisher of tin* Washington Post. Mr. MeLeeaii came to Washington from Palm Beach in response to a summons from the committee. In, the midst of the new whirlwind of revolving about these and other subjects tlie Senate resumed its debate on the nomination of Owen .1. Roberts, of Philadelphia, to be special counsel in the oil suits. Prospects were that lie would he confirmed before the end of the day. and that, action then would b;* sought on Senator Wheeler's resolution for an investigation of the administration of Attorney General Daugherty. There were reports that those members of the oil committee who are in Washing ton might confer during the day behind closed doors with regard to the latest developments, -Chairman- I .enroot, liov.- Sivejr. sa'i<T*Thnt no meeting and neen tail ed and that there had been no Change in the plan to delay fci’ber hearings until next Monday. Roberts Confirmed. Washington. Feb. IS.—Organization of tin* legal machinery to handle the oil least' suits. w:w completed today by the Senate confirmation of Owen J. Roberts, of Philadelphia, as special government counsel. At lee Pomerene, the other member of the government counsel, was confirmed on -Saturday. ROPF.S may break ani» drop [IIE LID ON PHAROAirs BODY Mummy in Danger as Carter Holds tie Ki y;t aiid Egypt Bars lliin From the Monarch’s Tomb. Cairo, Feb. IS. —With Howard Carter sitting in his bungalow, the keys to Tutankhamen’s tomb in hio pocket, and with the government’s armed guards pre venting any one from entering the tomb, the deadlock is complete. Meauwhi)e the tomb is threatened by— a danger which has not yet received suf ficient attention. After the opening f cerenioney Carter covered the sarcopha gus with a plate glass lid. The huge granite lid, weighting a toil and a quar ter. was left suspended above. The ropes used to lift this lid stretched con isderably, delaying the work twice. Carter planned to remove the stone lid the day after the opening, but that day the'tomb was closed. So the big block of stone still hangs over the sarcophagus. Apprehension is fell that the ropes may break. It was not expected they worth! have )<► hold so long. # If the ropes should give away the sar- I eophagus and all its contents, including the mummy of the Pharoah himself, would be ground to fragments and dust by the crushing weight of the lid. Scaramouche at the Star This Week. The great picture. “Scaramouche.” that, has been so much talked about, will be at the Star on Wednesday. Thursday and Friday of this week. When a girl loves—whether in tin* Garden of Eden a million years ago— or on crowded Broadway this afternoon —the «t try is the same. Here is< a girl, beautiful, cultured, innocent, en amoured of a youth, handsome, adven turous and poor. Against him is a powerful rival, with wealth and a noble title, aHa me with the desire for a girl. Amid scenes of prodigal splendor in the royal court of France and through the gaiety and adventure of Paris, this great picture sweeps, unfolding the great est stf'r.v of live and lust, patios and passion ever screened. f Carolinians I>-ave Cuba. Havana. Cuba, Feb. IS.—The Green-* ville. S. C. Chamber of Commerce dele gation and a part of the Shrine delega tion from Charlotte. N. C„ left today en route home after several days in Ha vana. Not Sure Yet of Defeat of Democrats. Washington. Keb. 18.-—Republican in surgents and organization leaden in the House again failed today to reach an agreement that would in:cir»* defeat of the Democratic tax program. According to reports of traffic offi cials, “flopping galoshes” are the cause of many women and gir’s being injured in alighting from street-care. No. 61.