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■' B oupkßll-U Editor and Publisher vOLL : MH X.-MH- ’resident’s Name Is Mentioned Today In Oil Lease Question r 0 Telegrams Sent by the president to Edward B. MrU’Li Read Into the Re cor(j s of Oil Committee. o REFERENCE TO OIL MATTER Dealt With Dis tricf of Columbia Matters president Explains—Many Other Messages Read. .. Two telegrams ", j ; ,x i• ’ ! ■ -bilge to Edward ! , i ~ u .. , . I !«»<!::> into the reo- I , t - tl,, ,i; ■: i:t■ i*. Immediately | ..j , |■ , !• i:: i-stied a state- ! > , hi.i: lets referred to J j i.ir-d to questions of ■ * t -ij 11 ;*• i,t ,i. r i<- hist riot of Co , “ , vl •. n: mi da unary 12 ,j. ; ;u n \<l> ist- Slemp wit it il,i I . ail ' : ' , ■•( \ i.\ i \ t t m >i.li igi-:.” V. sweii.l "n February 12 a. v j.., % ...it- message. Vm. .. . : , oii'idel.ate. Mi s. ,i'i, v i'.iiiv i", ,i iklliiic kindest re- | I't \l.-kali " s ,-i • , . • i:i I‘altn Beach ; .. i, -i n:." i”" v..i.. >ent. Mem- , .... aii:i• 'ael : hey did not i , v |,, •" was. lut a s!mi t j -..iL.: a! i.' wen* read tliej silhit issiieil t .is siati-ment : TT trb-gnun nl.i'''i to the district ii:ii~si-»r.»*r'liil>. S..mtiel J. I’reseott is reoub!:. an 'i;v .i a "man. ami the s ; ( j,•. ,|,.2i-,4ii -4i uj:}; him iv jjsj. ,|!»t fir' matters." - tr. was sent r M'l.ran li.id t.—ti:il that- the t DUOti l,,;ui 1.• i.revi..ii':y laid said was |.- a. Fall "!. ;i ■ was in naility in | tiirm <’t i-he-ks wiiii-h were retnv,ne<lf lia Hucasiml. lie sen tail was . !;,■('< I tv.* days before’ \v;is >»iitiiii«i':*'.l in re by the c«*m- ! ~ | I ee to expliUlL resident ('■ oliiltj*' later made this i-iiifnt, relative to the' second tele n. sent to K I! Al' l. int under date^l i, f t.» Mr- Mel «jjyr> (r oi»'! ruary *I - li wa? in regard t 8" W TU«*- > Iron Mr. .Mel/eatt i-ongrattilating j Pre«;.l<*nr -m his Lincoln birthday pess in New York. r.:- rdegranis i-x.-haaged were «5m- J M r.'iier- ree.’von and sent out in ; fontiM-lion. Ir simply amounted in exchange of annuities. ■' '• H.ts.vin Slemp. ->•< :-.-r;tr\ to I’resi- , i Fwiliiig,. later i■— n<*i! a statement * >stiiig th.. prrvintis White House an-! intern* nt w:tli ii-si,,—: t< > the Me Lean tram *.f IVhruan 12tli. The state- [ Tie- telegram sent to Mr. McLean «• flat.' .if Fehru. tv 'l2th. was in fer 1., a t. leg ;iin rec eived from Me -11 fiiiiuramltiting :!m* I’resident on i slut*in-nr with p m-c.-i t,, 11;e* Senate aliing for the resignation of ■f. l»"iilo. ns Se.-ret;ir.\ of the Navy. n ” 1,1 ihe flat" ot me telegram, it :lt ! ‘ r '’ 11 1 <> 11 gI t it related to the >''l''iit - I.:ne .In |>;i\ nddress ftl New An ix.iniimition of the White ■T" idler iss|| ; inee by the l'resi i:e -t:i• « t 1 1•• j 11 . disi'losed. however, t Hio M« | M im—.- l ir.• related to tlie ®.v riiatter. A iminlier ~f i ,mg; ntulaioi y messages * rH, '- e ! in i oniiectioii with both ’d • *,;i tin- Kohinsou resoln au,‘ die New N <*i'k speech." ”"••• before this the committee telegrjim from chief door P r Al'KenHa ; ,r the White House, r '‘ :n ~ Mi-1.0.tn on hiM-etuber 22nd that - leaving that night for tie .'in <xi h.-inge of telegrams wati T'wing t,.at on January 10th Al ’ Lili nt I*-, 1„, lieaeh wired Chuir ,t'lir""t "I tie* oil c uninittee ask i!"\v i; _"\\a|s(i has authority to, ■ to testify" and got a re-; suing lie had not. " r ALiisli. chief ]iroseeutor in tliej \|4t X Florida to ques- . ' :U| - Lut the committee ' he uas empowered to sum-J ...' ll< * witiif'ses ;lv Jo. might desire. J ■ s '’ i,at or .lim and find out, ;l fli'i'osition to make 'mutual " a i ,:ig journey." said a , B ‘‘ I‘aim I .each on January \'il> * ih-v to Ira K. Bennett. innnager of the Cincinnati r :;"" T illl, i I’enin-tt is an editorial 'Ci-hington Cost, but It Me hn M’hlieatiohv' January ~’lt Mr Lean from Palm 1 e'i lien,uni Baruch, of New , ' ,l, " v. i s. ('.. asking when • \y V a si ington. i,j-V.' di Washington January' 6 • v a, to Mci.ean sign ir«L’ ' li ' l "affectionate re •hn, ur. 22 ‘ .luhns” sent a mes "I,AT SA 'f’S BLAH SAYS.. llK '’ and probably Friday h ' Frida \. THE CONCORD TIMES CONSIDERING NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL Daugherty Has Not Yet Re signed, But There is Every | Reason to Believe That i He Will. I I. . ' f Washington, March 0. —Developments in the investigation of the oil and other ‘ scandals have again brought up sharply ( the question of Attorney General Daugh jor tv's immediate |retirement from the I cabinet. j Selection of a successor for the At | r.irn y General is ur.de;- advisement at j the White House, „ and at least three I men have been approached indirectly to | ascertain whether they would accept I such an appointment if it should be of- 1 sered. Mr. Daugherty meanwhile is en route ; to Washington from Miami. Fla., where j his wife is ill. SKNATR URCIJNES ONK * 1 JWESTMiATION CIIANTK ] Will Not Investigate Findings of Jury Which Indietrd (’. R. F<*l»es. Washington. March I.—N<* investiga-j tion of the findings of the Chi«*ngo grain) ‘ jury, wliieii indictisl (’. I{. Forltes. and .1. W. Thompson, will he made by the special Sen.-tte Veterans’ Committee, it was announced today by Senator lieed.' chairman of committee. Senator Reed declared that the infor- 1 mation furnished to the committee eon-! oerning two members of the House of j Representatives, showed that it was not i a matter for investigation, but for prompt prosecution. HOI SE GETS HABIT Orders Sweeping Investigation—ls the Shipping Board This Time. Washington. March 4.—A sweeping investigation of the shipping board was authorized today by the House. After a brief debate a resolution was adopted providing for appointment of a special committee to conduct the inquiry. Four Republican and three Democrats to be designated by the speaker, will serve on the committee. The inquiry was projKi-ed by R« ptvsw'ntative Davit*, of.. Tenaessee, a <l»-m<»e«4s on the Mer- Metal railway ties nave to be used in many parts of India; wooden ones‘would lie eaten away by insects. sage to FT. B. McEe.an nt I’alm Beach saying “Subpoena for Fall today. Re turnable Friday." Another Mary message in code was presented.. I.ike the other, it was ad dressed to W. (>. Duekstein, a McLean employee at Palm Beach. On January 27th McLean wired Fran cis T. Homer, Baltimore lawyer, asking if the oil committee could compel hint to testify where he had SIOO,OOO on deposit. "Think over certain prominent people and that time, and you will realize why large cash funds were kept on fund at that time." Gaston B. Means, a widely known in vestigator. once employed by the De partment of Justice, win'd to McLean’s secretary early in January that he was on his way to Palm Beach. Chairman Lenroot was not present at today’s hearing, having gone ,to South ern Pines, N. C- Says President Should Explain. Washington, March C— President Coolidge’s telegrams to Edward B. Mc- Lean started another oil debate today in the Senate. Senator Harrison, democrat, of Mis sissippi. declared it was incumbent upon the President to give a statement to the country "to remove the suspicion that attached to the Prescott telegram he sent to McLean." "It is not enough that Bascom Slemp ghve out. a statement," Senator Harri ! son added. "The President himself should make a statement. I h"i>e some I real explanation can be made by the j President." I President Objects. | Washington. March (i. —President j Coolidge defined today to-turn over to I the oil committee the tax returns of in ! dividnals and corporations prominently mentioned in the oil investigation. Replying to a Senate resolution mak ing the request, the President said lie had been advised by the Acting Attorney General that he was without authority to comply. The President offered, however, to co operate with the Secretary of the Treas ury in an effort to secure tin amendment tot prevailing regulations which would permit tlie oil committee to "inspect the returns if it so desired. Starek Wanted to Buy Post. Washington, March 6. —Fred Starek, a director in the War Finance Corpora tion, told the oil committee today that, the matter he wanted to see E.-B. M#- ! Lean about, referred to in the Mclvean I telegram, was the purchase of the Wash ington Post. Senator Watson Speaks. Washington, March 6. —Mention of “Senator Jim” in a telegram exchanged bet'ween W. F. Wiley of the Cincinnati ; Enquirer and Ira E. Bennett, of the Washington Post, led Senator James E. Watson, of Indiana, to issue a state ment today saying he knew nothing ment today saying he knew nothing about it. The statement said: i "I do not know Mr. W. F. Wiley. I do know Mr. Ira E. Bennett, but he ! never at any time talked’ to me regard ■ ing the inquiry contained in Mr. W. F. Wiley’s telegrams.” TEACHING AGHICI I.TI RE IN THE IIIGII SCHOOLS The Plan Lt in Great Favor at Cornell I’nivcrsitv , Raleigh, X. C\, Ma:\ o —The plan of | teaching flgjrLuiltnre in the district high schools now in use in North Carolina is in great favor nt the Agri cultural CoFrgc of Cornell T’niversifv necordjng t.o a letter received hy T. E . Browne, Directoi- of Vocational Ednca i tion f-*r the State of North Carolina, from Roy IT. Thomas. District Super visor of Agricultural Education, who i now at C'rnoll I’nivorsity completin'? liiis work for his M- A. degree. Mr. Thomas writes that Agrieirturn’ School at Corne’l has endorsed the plan m-\v in live in North Carolina for teach ing agriculture in the district high .schools and that representatives from all parts of the Fnitod States have ex ! pressed their atmrrval of the p’an and that many of the representatives hnv< stated that their respective states were in hearty! accord with the present nvs tcqi. Ho stated further that many other states were planning to inaugurate tin i same system its that which is now used in North Carolina. t The undergraduate as well as those ir ; the graduate school of the Agrieultura’ School at Cornell Cniversity have ex | pressed almost unanimous belief that the teaching of agriculture and home economies in the high school through j ont the state has a distinct advantage I over the old system of separate agri ; j cultural ic-hriols of the secondary sys-t | tem. declared Mr. Thomas in his letter to Mr. Browne. In expressing his opinion of the present system of teehing agriculture ir econdarv chouls instead of maintain ing the old system of separate agri cultural .'■•hoof. Director Browne, said “The present system of the agriculture departments in the various district hig) schools ever the state is far superior to tin* system of separate school for teaching agriculture and honn economics. The od system was tin boarding school system and many boy; and girls con’d not afford to leave horn* and therefore were deprived of tin education along those linos to which they were entitled. I ndor tin* present system where these courses are taught in the different high schools many more boys and gif’s attend the schools or at least many more take the agriculture and home economic courses. There are now a nprox innately 2.”»<M> boys in the State of North Carolina who are takinv the agriculture courses in these high schools. Another distinct advantage of tin present system over the old is that it al lows the students to remain .-it home where they can continue to be of help to their parents and to make use of hii experience at school a.s lie acquires it instead of waiting until the school He also li|» .Ihc i.rivil-ge ,f the assistance his instnictors in solving questions that .arise on hir parents form from time to time. In other words both lie and his parent.- profit immediately by his attendance at the agricultural department oft ho high school whereas they all must wait un til he has completed his training should he be in attendance at the old boarding agricultural school." Due credit is given to the good that the old system of district agrieultura hoarding school had done for this state hy Mr. Browne. He stated that the dis triot agricultural school wits the founda tion on which the* present system was laid. According to the Director the formei district, agricultural rschool was called the "Farm Life School and there were originally 21 of them. They have now gradually been decreased until there to main of this old system six in the st.it* of North Garolina. The present system of teaching agricu’turc in a separate de partmert of the various high schools of the state lias been in operation since IPI7. A state appropriation was made by the General Assembly in 10V for the financing of the system. For the two years prior to that time the various communities financed the project. it was explained. It was also pointed out that under the present system, the farmer himself and even his wife has a better oppor tunity to study the scientific operation of farm and farm house, as he teacheri in the department of agriculture at the high schools are also part time field agents, so to speak, many trips opt to the different farms of the community to assist the farmer and his wife in their problems of ('very (lay life on the farm. Southern to Operate Trains in I>and of Sky By ’Phone. Asheville. Mar. 5. —The telephone will displace the telegraph for dispatching trains on the line of the Southern Rail way, extending from Salisbury. to Knoxville. Tenn.. 270 miles. through the "Land of the Sky." as soon as two copper wire circuits (-an be const! uctcd and telephone equipment installed in 7“» stations Work will be begun as soon as a.s the necessary materials can be as sembled. The telephone will also be used to operate the manual block signal system between Salisbury and Morristown. Tenn- fin the 42 miles of double track between Morristown and Knoxville, electric automatic block signaV are now in service. The telephone circuits will be used for message service between Salisbury, Asheville, Knoxville, and in termediate points. The new! line will be part of the general telephone system which the Southern is building. Lines are now in service between Washington find At lanta. between Cincinnati and Meridian. Miss.. and between Knoxvil’e and ! Chattanooga. Between Atlanta and Birmingham. a line is under con struction. Walter Candler Case Called. Dccatiir, Ga.. March G (By the Asso ciated Press!. —The trial of the suit against Walter T. Candler, son of Asa G Candler, Sr.. Atlanta millionaire, for SIOO,OOO damages, brought by Mrs. Sa rah Byfield, also of Atlanta, was called today in the DeKalk County Superior | court -here. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS CONCORD, N. C., THURS DAY, MARCH 6, 1924 Sunday School Institute Gets Off To Fine Start First Session of Institute, ’Held Last Evening, At tended by Large Crowd of Interested 'Workers. MR. SIMS UNABLE TO BE PRESENT Detained in Raleigh by Ill ness of Relatives.—Three Fine Addresses Delivered at First Session. — E'glit pastors, six tuipcrintendents and Sunday school toacboi's were among those present at the opening session of the Concord Town-ship Sunday School Institute at the First Presbyterian Church last night, ; The total atten dance was about 125 people, represent ing thirteen Sunday schools. • An interesting feaiire of the program was an address by llr. J. B. Ivey, of Charlotte. superint«ijPJbt of Hawthorne I,ane Methodist Sunday school, and president of th»f.,NoMh Carolina Sunday School Assoeianon|ME Mr. Ivey’s subject ■ was “The Bible." Bn the address Mr. ! Ivey gave tunny imprest ing and illumi nating facts about the Bible, how it was made, the various versions, and placed special emphasis on the place of the Bible in lit" Sunday schools. I Miss Flora Davis, of Raleigh, assist ant superintendent of the North C.aro ina Sunday School Association, began a series of talks on and Story Telling." her subject last night being "The Story—lts Vane and Elements.” In speaking on the value of the story Miss Davis said, “'the story has no limits of time, space or lands. The whole world loves a Story. As a means if teaching religiontruth, the story has been used almost Isinee the beginning *f time, and it has tfie approval of the greatest teachers of religion the world has even known. Jesus Christ, the world’s greatest teacher, was a wonder ful story teller. He believed so thorough ly in the story telling method of teach ing religious truth, that we read in Hie Bible where it savjfc of him, “Without l parable spake He not unto them." Without telling them a story to illus trate the truth He wanted to teach them. “Every good story must have in it four elements." said Miss Davis. “First, t must have a good beginning—not an -xulanation, but a s*o»tence or two to mrftM fhe-nttenticJiTid® the- to pre-.. tare their minds for the story that is o follow, and to introduce the main characters of t lie story. “The second elenpuit is the action of - story. Every good stoFy must be full of action. There must be no dull moments, something must be happening ill the way through from beginning to end. “The third element is the climax of the story. If a story is really to teach von a truth there must be a strong cli max. A weak climax makes a weak dory. The climax is the teaching point, it is the place where the teacher Irives home the truth that is to he aught. ‘ | “The fourth element Is the end of the tory. The end of the story must be j just as carefully planked as the begin ning. of any other part of the story, if t is to be effective." Miss Davis will continue the series • f addresses on the story at the suceeod ’ng sessions of the Institute. “Today's Needs" was the theme of an interesting address delivered by YV alter E. Myers, of Philadelphia. Pa., general secretary of the Pimsylvnnia Sunday School Association. Mr. Myers said. "The great thinkers of today are say ing that the greatest need of today is Christian education. I was talking with a friend the other day who is gen eral secretary of a big city Sunday School Association and lie said. ‘lf we can thoroughly educate in Christian ethics and principles one generation we have solved the world’s greatest prob lems. Babson, the great statistician, in one of his circular letters, recently published, says that “The world’s great est "need is not more money, more build ings. more railroads, more industries* but more Christian education." The Sunday school has always been recog nized as the educational arm of the church, and in some communities it is the only agency for religious instruc tion. "Let ns look for a minute at what we have done, and at the great, unreached work ahead of us. Less than twenty five per cent, of our whole population in this big state are enrolled in the Sunday schools, and less than three fourths of the enrollment are regula| attendants. So there remains more than eighty per cent, of our population entirely without the instruction that the Sunday school provides. Possibly be cause of this, and because of the fail ures of the Sunday school to provide trained teachers, and in some instances graded instruction, and adequate rooms and environment,' other agencies have arisen to augment work of the Sun day school in Christian education. “In many of our communities the church vacation schools are actually do ing more than the Sunday schools, in j the character of teaching and lesson ma terial. In the North a very common agency is the Week-Day School of Re ligious Instruction, usually held in the church or Sunday school building, with trained professional teachers, and thor oughly graded curricula. One two, and sometimes tjiree hours are given to ele mentary and secondary pupils through this agency. The day is not far dis- , tant when all of our Christian people, will recognize the responsibility of the church to this phase of training, and j not try to shirk the responsibility by; farming out the process to others, or] lContinued on Page Five). ; I “ ! WANT REDUCTION NOW ON ALL INCOME TAXES ! Senate Wants Action So 23 Per C ent, on ! Personal Incomes Can Be Made. l Washington. March <>.—The Senate finance committee decided today to seek immediate enactment of a joint resolu tion providing for a 2“> per cent, redue ;iion in personal income tuxes payable this year, so that it may apply on in stallments due Mat cl 13. Provision for such a reduction was ap proved by the House in the revenue bill. Enactment of that measure, however, is j not possible before March 13. and lead ers hope by passage of the join't resolu tion l«> avoid tlie necessity if making re funds on tin* first instalments which now would have to be paid in full. BURTON MAY SUCCEED DENBY IN CABINET He Is Being Considered by President | (V olidge for Appointment in Cabinet. 1 Washington. March (5. —Theodore E. Burton, present member of the House and former Senator from Ohio, is one of those now being considered by President Coolidge for appointment as Secretary , of the Navy. j White Mouse officials refused today to .discuss the possibility of his appointment, but it was confirmed that he was on a list of a half dozen now before the Pres ident. All indications today pointed to tin select ion of a Secretary to succeed Ed win Denby before the end of tin* week KNIGHT NEVER AGENT OF OIL COMPANIES This Fact Disclosed In TJegrams Re ceived 1 at the National Capital. Washington. I). (’., March (». —Samuel Knight, whose nomination as special counsel in the Standard Oil Company of California lease case has aroused oppo sition, on the ground that he was coun sel for a bank in which the Rockefel lers were interested, informed govern ment officials before - accepting that lie had never represented oil interests. This was disclosed today in an ex change of the telegrams leading to his appointment, made public at the White House. _ Salisbury Mayor Drrps Out of Building Injunction Case. Salisbury. March 5. —The controversy between Mayor C. M. Henderson and R. B. Yancey over the building of n three-story business block which the mayor claims projects out on two <treefx. Captain tjenderlite hav mg fnkerr « nya-oftUr frt tire, iltjnuwinrr case which was to have been heard be fore Judge Harding this week, and hav ing abandoned the appeal that lie gave notice of taking when Judge Harding ruled against him on a former suit which was brought by him as a private citizen. Work was today resumed on the buildir ; which will stand on tlio cor ner of Inn is and Leo streets. Mayor Henderlite in a letter to the board of aldermen assigns his reasons for abandoning the suit and apologizes t** Mr. Yancey and to members of the board who were offended at bis actions in the matter. He maintains that what he did he did solely on account of his de sire to protect the city and maintain the proper bound) to the public streets. May Festival at Trinity College. Trinity College. N. C. Mar. t*. —The election of the Queen and tlie Court of Twelve for the May Festival at the College has been made pub'ic here. Plans are under way. it -was said, to make the festival'this year most spectacular ever staged at Trinity College. Miss Elizabeth Kramer, of Elizabeth City, was elected Queen. She lias ap pointed as her attendant Miss Iva Jcn nett. of Maneto. maid of honor. The members of the Court of Twelve .are: Miss Ethel Merritt, of Faison : Ffiiza betli Aldridge, oft Durham : Elizabeth Hicks, of Oxford: Lucy Taylor. of Stovall: Bessie Hayes, of Lakeview; Mary Glenn Lloyd of Chattanooga. Tenn.: Ann Rutledge. of Advance: Mabel Westcott. of St- Augustine. Fla.: Elizabeth Showalter. of Richmond, Va.: Kittie Stub.xs.' of Sumter. S. C. : Mary Eskridge, of Marlington, West Va.: and Ida Munyan. of High Point. Big White Sale at Eflrd’s. With their warehouses stocked, their shelves filled and their counters loaded. Efird’s are starting off the spring with a great White Sale which will start F’ri dav morning. March 7. This White Goods Sale will give you the opportunity to purchase the things you desire for Spring wear at greatly ve il need prices. This is the chance to get your new Spring wear and save money. The thrifty woman will be greatly pleas ed and will welcome the opportunity to buy the bargains that are to be offered during Efird’s While Goods Sale. Sec double page ad. today and you will find out how you can save money. With Our Advertisers. All sizes, men’s and women’s watches at Starnes-Miller-Parker Co.’s. Tlie S. S. Brown Shoe Co. on Friday. Saturday and Monday will have an Early Spring Sale of shoes. The prices will surprise you. See new ad. New spring oxfords and slippers for i ladies, at special prices for Friday and Saturday only at Parker’s Shoe Store. For prices see new ad. Eor seed oats and potatoes see tlie Cash Feed Store. Gaston Means ( ailed as Witness in tlie Oil Inquiry. Washington, March 5. —Gaston B. Means a former secret agent of the de partment of justice, was subpoenaed in | the oil inquiry today, at the request of Senator Dill, democrat. Washington, j Means is a North Carolinian. He was reared in Concord and is well known in j the state. He is a member of a I prominent Concord family- Suit Starts *UUfi9| The cam Her family of Atlanta, Ga., once more is in the limelight with the commencement of the suit of SIOO,OOO tiled by Mrs. Clyde K. Byfield (above) against Walter Candler. She alleges Candler attacked her in her stateroom aboard a vessel bound for Paris. - THE COTTON MARKET Firm at Opening With Prices 11 to 34 Points Higher.—Firm Liverpool Ca bles. New York, March 0. —The cotton mar ket was firm at the opening today with prices 11 to .'»4 points higher in response to relatively firm Liverpool cables. The advance met considerable realizing at 21)..54 for May and early fluctuations were somewhat irregular, hut tie tone wirjr steady-*on reactions. oKfi or G point*., from the high prices. Cotton fulurrs opened firnv: March 28.40: May 28.80; July 28.15: October 25.0*; December 25.25; January 24.02. VIRGIXIA COMMI .SSION WITHDRAW SITS CASE Wes Appealing to the I. C. C. About Freight Rates in Virginia. Raleigh, March 5. —The action insti tuted by the Virginia Corporation com mission before the Interstate Commerce Commission, charging discrimination be tween intra-state freight rates in , North Carolina and interstate rates between North Carolina and Virginia, has lieen withdrawn, according to a telegram re ceived today by the North Carolina Cor poration Commission from the Interstate Commerce Commission. Never Formally Filed. Washington. March s.—Correspondence laid before the Interstate Commerce Commission in connection wiil complaints of th<> Virginia Corporation Commission that intra-state rates in North Carolina were discriminatory against Virginia shippers have been withdrawn, it became known here today. -The action, while laid before the Commission, was never formally filed with the commission, it was stated. ~ Ford’s Offer Being Discussed. Washington. March G. —The House to day resumed discussion of Henry Ford s offer for Muscle Shoals, shortly after convening at noon. Leaders of both sides had numerous speakers to be hiard in the three hours and fourteen minutes remaining for de bate. , Representative Garrett, democrat, of j Texas, opened the discussion with a warm endorsement of the McKeusie bill pro viding for acceptance of the Ford pro posal. Daugherty Leaves Miami; No State- Ment. Miami, F!a.. Mar. 5. — Attorney Gen eral Daugherty left Miami at 10:25 o’clock tonight for Washington, with out making a statement on front the White House that his imme diate retirement from the cabinet is impending. Those close to the attorney general said that there was nothing new in the dispatches" to the cabinet member and that he would not make a statement or talk for publication on the latest de velopments in the^case- Forbes Released on Bond. Washington. March G. —('has. It. For bes. former director of tlie Veterans’ Bu reau, pleaded not guilty today before a United States Commisinner to charges of fraud, conspiracy and bribery handed down by a Chicago grand jury. He was released on SIO,OOO bond. Southern Cotton Oil Co. Bankrupt. New York. March <i. —The Southern Cotton Gil Co., a subsidiary of the Vir ginia-Caroliua Chemical Co., was peti tioned into involuntary bankruptcy to day. Nominated to Be Cardinals. Rome, -March G (By the Associated- Press). —Archbishop Hayes of New York, and Archbishop Hundelein, of Chicago, have been nominated as cardinals. The consistory will be held March 24th. $2.00 a Year. Strictly in Advance. * SEEK CANCELLATION iJP LEASES II f GOVERNMENT SUITS Bills of Equity Will Be Filed Next Week by Govern ment Oil Counsel, It Has Been Announced. chargesTfraud AND ILLEGALITY i These Charges Will Form Basis of Government Con tention—A Special Grand Jury Ordered. Washington. March 6.—Cancellation of the government oil leases to the I)o --lieney an<l Sinclair interests will he sought in-bills of equity to be filed by the government oil counsel next week. Tie bills will ask for the return of the naval reserves to the government on the grounds that “fraud and illegality” were involved. Injunctions also will be asked against further drilling and withdrawal of oil by the Sinclair and Doheny companies, and the court will be requested to name receivers to control the properties pend ing completion of the litigation. At the request of the special counsel, a special grand jury will be empaneled here about April Ist to consider the evi- I denee so far brought out in the oil in i quiry. The bills for injunctions are being prepared by Atlee Pomerene and Owen J. Roberts, and will lx* filed in the Fed eral district courts for Wyoming and Southern California. Thursday, March Kith, has been set by the Federal judge at Cheyenne for a preliminary hearing on the Sinclair con : tracts, at which the government counsel | will be present. * FIGHT BEING MADE FOR | MORE PAY FOR POSTAL MEN Senators Overman and Simmons Reeeiv ing Many Letters. | Washington, March .‘l.—A very deter mined fight is being made for more ade quate pay for jtostai employes. North Carolina is manifesting keen interest in it. Senators Simmons and Overman arc receiving many letters urging legislative act ion. The people behind the movement j-iasoi ihe,-Kclloy-Edge bilj, In answer to a letter received today ! Mr. Overman said that he has always ! advocated helping the postal employes in every way possible and that he is hearti ly in favor of the Kelley-Edge hill but that President Coolidge has already an nounced his opposition to any appropcia -1 tion at this time for increased pay for , these men. stating that the treasury enn ' uot stand it at this time, and that he is also opposed to appropriations for erecting public buildings, but at the same time favors an appropriation of $r»00.(lfl0 for an additional construction to a negro college here, which is pure politics for the negro vote. In response to numerous communica tions Senator Overman is receiving, pre testing against the proposed additional tax on- cigarettes, be is replying that this extra tax was stricken out by tin* House and that it will stand no chance whatever in the Senate and should an ef fort be made to reinstate it he will use his Ixjst efforts to see that it is defeated. For Regulation of Radio. Washington. I). March 6- —Rules for the regulation of radio throughout the Western Hemisphere will be con sidered and formulated at the Inter- American Communications Conference which is scheduled to meet in Mexico City the latter part of this month. The Knifed States will be repre sented by two official delegates to be selected by the Department of State, who will be accompanied by a number of technical advisers. All Latin Ameri can countries and Canada are expected to send delegates. The conference was proposed at the meeting of tin* Pan-American Congress |at Santiago. Chile, last, year and the place of meeting was decided at a meet ing of Latin-Ainerican representatives at the Pan-American Knion in this city. All forms of electrical communica tions will be discussed at the coming meeting but. radio is expected to be the principal topics the general purpose of the conference being to bring tip to date the regulations adopted at the London radio conference in 11112 and to amend them to fit present conditions in the Hemisphere. An international conference for the drawing up of radio regulations for the entire world has been proposed to the advisory committee on communications and transit of the League of Nations with the request that the Council of the I league fake necessary preliminary steps. The proposal was made by a com mittee of radio experts which recently I met at Geneva. Will Report Bonus Bill. I Washington. March o.—Agreement to ! report a -oldier bonus bill was voted Hi i to 3, today by the House ways and means committee. Two Frenchmen recently did a roller i skating marathon, skating without a i break for twenty-four hours. during which period they covered a distance of 22 miles. Billy DeFoe. the St. Paul junior light weight. is scheduled to rake on Eddie Brady of Brookly in a 10-round con test to be fought at Passiae, N. J. t the night of March 6th. March’s lucky stone is the bloodstone, signifying wisdom and courage. No. 69
The Concord Times (Concord, N.C.)
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