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p c ,lp pp i IL, Editor and Publisher •olimh xlviii. ppm ftiifflS OFFER |■ . ] Cabinet Member to ri vc Cabinet Since Pres- 1 je„i Cooiidge Eook Over ' ie Duties of President. 1 IFNDS CALLED. 11 jO SA’t FAREWELL ; - 3 K;Ut .| Was Civen in His i lonor Last Night—Takes ; ;l lh as Max or inc Reserves i j lit* Mariiu* * orps. ‘ - * i j i n ID. SeereUiry ! ;; lilt* effect iVe to •, iii- assoekn es , \ I*< J.:.! !!!.. IM. | , M iIL . . .lie wit It my face to n ' In* ; i ild thorn. - ~ i .•! in tiu’iit is- tho first ~a | ,;>>,•: during President , ,j, t !<ilt. ;ltl(l llis sHr v,.; iu-cii although , ; v . i,,.,i{ to have boon liar- ’ I ■ - ;i!.:\ II! thy laM few (lays. , : i j- m.ttlo. Assist-ant ", if, ~.V l. 'r \. ill ho in charge of . Acting Secretary. • Si'Tftart devofttd hjs j j 'll I i l:g hll'iltoss of the " h , i-«tiii>rlnit lii' personal at- * l".;,;; taking the ont!i as a 1 . Marii.o < iii jis reserve*, a . iM-fiiuered when he on- ' I' 0 ’” • , - * r 4(. c,thavt. liN last miimtesof * iiowf-vi-r. vvii' 'I oii ii*'a tly inter- * i [iy, <\;,.i I,ad served under Mr ;j, z -j,- j, ; i-i thro.' years, calling 1 ~n , Vl . ii, will return to I)o- ' \ ui;.! is expected to an- • P ;i,,-n ii is plans for the future — s uUrlv \. i• i: . i lVn-iive In reports ,e iiit-mls t.i stok the republican 1 atii.n for i nile-i S:a'.rs Senator. f a fnrewlt tlaßi* l i [l *d s l onor last j* 1.,. told two’ hundred Navy and t officers that he t:.ul s. rved through 1 wars, the war wild Spain, the War and that revolving about 1 investigation, and declared "this J war has boon more bitter than t Admiral fooniz characterized him < '■upright, fair and everlastingly - and .M: or to neral Lejeunc of 1 n [mine C.irit' found him "white. aii 7l pure iioide and out.” To g ;,-j7 1.. • - Air. i.'-,0-i oil a tided llvat }| • "murage a- and his integrity un- i in?.” d juffieials of the nav> and marine }i so- present in Mr. Denby’s of> hi lie was '.vo: i, in a- a major bye tieln-ral I.c.Ji illle. ■! ii [a< iiio cn-onio.iy was concluded t i Mr. Ib-iiby si nod with upraised t rrjieating tin- o:iiii. a in t!:e sireot outside, broke into the p,f the Marine Corps march. "Sem- r idei is" - j rs t lerk S. 1 Curtis. who has f n the iitfioo of tin* Secretary >f the f for •’►! yea is. presented Mr. Deoby < i memorial - giitd by hundmls of j niiaii j» rsi■ iin«l of the department. • F. IN 110X1)1 HAS 1 > NOI LIKELY NOW saf Other Cent nil American Coun- • i tn Ktstore Peace Have Proved ’ uettssful. <~s dtiiign-if. .March 1ft —Honduran ( tiimlst' have rejected overtures * by several Central American repub- * > restm-e pence and government in Couct ry. Ti;is development re -1 bday to the State Dejiartinent, re;--est-icativo in Honduras, cans- | bartnicm officials to take an even pessimism- view of the Honduran * ion and to abandon hope that, an tnmt between the ('(intending can v hn' the presidency would be ef i'i the iictLc. future. *■ I '-nsui Purdy, at Tela, reported 1 cinsulate at that place was 1 Saturday during a five-hour en ’lfit in which the revolutionists I ffle de tm-iK government forces Zelaya. leader of the revolu '• a-Mn-.-d tin- c.gisul that Ameri > 'iisis would be protected. U1 Quarters lieady in to Days. s ! leadtpiarters for '-ainpaigii for Angus \V. Mc "l ' 1 "I'cn.eil in iiabdgh within | r i*' d;i\s, acoriUiijr )o W. J. '■ " ; d attorney who has been t '‘"l !l -' die gtihi rnational Condi -I,' ", llls - ate cunipaign manager. >■ "gu'-n had no announcement to i' :> i'laiis for the campaign i N,M . ii( ' wouhl make a statement bav days regarding it vc SnUiu °n Serious Cliarge. i - "ti. Alarcli jo,—A man arrest !'k'hi- on t!ic outskirts of . W:ls identified in police la, - ! ‘ n^|,,n ' '’a., today as Rep- Kluti-snii. of Minne ,u *“‘'d without bail on at " I,AT SAT S REAR SAYS. lyNs^lih. h 'dk this afroi.,,, er r.(»ni K i i! I 10,, . !l - partly cloudy and 1 Pirtini'.' mow in north coast. ’ lu, ‘ S(la . v fair, colder on THE CONCORD TIMES FELDER. MEANS AND ONE OTHER ARE INDICTED t Nv it ii Trying in l£iil,c (lovem mrnt OttJci.il .—{ eider nmlut All cf tl‘,7 CbtlgC;,, r ihe following stcry from the Saturday isssue of The New York World gives in detail some facts relative to the charges ! against Ga-tcn H. Means, of this city: In the expansive law office, overlooking the Federal Building of Thomas B. Feld er. at No. 1 (Vo Broadway, is a large photograph of Harry M. Daugherty. At torney General of the United States,, signed by bin* and addressed “to my good friend” tind concluded "with high esteem and good wishes.” Air. Felder was indicted yesterday by the Federal Grand Jury, charged with conspiring lo bribe Mr. Daugherty. Fill - ed States Attorney Hayward and two of Hayward's assistants. With Mr. Felder, known to his friends as "Colonel.” were indicted Can m !*». Means and Elmer Jarnecke. Means is an investigator, awaiting trial on charges of bootlegging and using t lk* mails to de fraud bootleggers. William 1. Burn-, Director of the Bureau of In <-disutio.i of the Department of Justice, ve • uitly on llie witrnss stand termed Mean-- "one of ilc best investigators 1 ever knew.” $65,000 Paid. Is Charge. Means was for yeai , s v a Burns opera- < live and more recently employee by I Burns in the Department of Justice.- Jarnecke Ims been less prominent. Hej is known only as secretary to'Means. 1 ie j is awaiting trial with Means on the same charges. The indictment is based on the a ecu- j .-ations of three men who have been s«*n- j , fenced to prison. They are Samuel Sa-! til*. Harry A. Sideman and Samuel Bos- * enblatt. They were arrested in Chicago in September. Tdli2. with other men since ' releaed. They were accused of using the mails to defraud to sell stick in the Altoona Glass Casket Company, which never manufactured a casket It is charged that Sagr and hi< com panions paid to Felder. Means and Jar necke $0.0.000 in fees, with the under standing that the last three would "fraudulently and corruptly induce" Daugherty. Hayward and Hayward s as sistants to drop prosecution an I per nit them to continue the sale of tin* bogus stock. "" "Col." Felder yesterday dene 1 the charges and said they were induced by < political motives solely, implying that some one was anxious to discredit nitn because he appears as counsel for via - ton B. Means in the liquor ca -<>. Got a Statement. "When my friend Daugherty became 1 Attorney General.” he said. “I refused to take any more cases that had their in ception in the Department of Justice. He said further, when be beard ru mors he was suspected of promising ' "protection" to Kafir and his pals, he got them to sign a statement saying he had never offered re use his influence- J in any way to obtain their freedom ex- ' dept to represent them to the best of his ability as counsel. "I told them.” he cried, pointing an ; emphatic finger, "that if they expected me to use any influence or anything of that kind I wotiid give them their money back and they could go look for another attorney." "Col." Felder said lie never got the money, anyhow: it was paid to his law partners in his absehee, and it amounted to only $47,800. He snid that two Fed eral grand juries bad investigated the charges against him and found .them groundless, and that it was not until he appeared as counsel for Means that the present grand jury took up the matter again and indicted him, Mr. Ilayw'ard declined to be quoted yesterday. At Iris office, however, it wis said that no bribe offers or other ap proaches bad been made by Felder. Means or Jarnecke in behalf of Kafir and his companions. Further, it was said the tes timony does not show that any such ad vances were made to any officials. Much emphasis was placed on the statement that the Department of Justice investi gation of Felder. Means and Jarnecke bega.n before Daugherty was placed un der tire in Washington by the oil inves tigation committee. The fact that Bafir. Rosenblatt and Kidemnn were convicted was given as jwoof that I'elder did not suppress prosecution even if lie tried to do so. Friend of Daugherty. It is expected Felder will be arraign ed Monday. He said be will demand an immediate rial. Means an.J Jar necke are both in 'Washington, whete Aleaus is recuperating from au operation on his jaw. Because of his illness bis trial and that of his secretary on the liquor charges was postponed recently until Alarch 21. Felder 1 as_ for many wars been an number of years ago from Atlanta. Ga. lie has previously defended Gaston l’>. Means, once on a cliarge of murder, of which “Means was acquitted. I-ato m February, Kenator Wheeler from the floor of the Kenate charged Felder was collecting money to sell public offices and for the dismissal of liquor cases. Feloder has for many years been au intimate friend of Harry Al. Daugheity,. and was associated with hint in the de fense of Charles XV. Morse, who was re leased from prison on the plea of ill health. T ~ While the Department of Justice, di rected by Hiram C. Todd, as Special Assistant United States Attorney Gen eral. savs it was invatigating Felders I connection with Kafir, an action was brought in the Federal District Court here by Kafir to force Felder to return the $(>5,000. This action is still peend in#’ Said They llad “Access.” Satir in this action, charges after his arrest for conducting the Crager Stock Kales System in which he sold the bogus Glass Casket stock, lie was approached bv Means. Jarnecke and I. B Pudorr. whose identity is not clear. They told him. he charges, that 1 elder bad cess” to Daugherty and Means bad ac cess" to William J. Burns and the we against him could be buried for $65,000 Office convicted. Safir decided his trust had been misplaced and brought action 1 last December. - . , The accusation i« the indictment is ai * 1 (Continued on Page Five). SINCLAIR PREPARES TO FIGHT FOR THE TEAPOT DOME LEASE Leaves Chicago With Six At torneys To Be On Hand When the Government Starts Action. FEELS CERTAIN HE WILL WIN Going to Chyenne, Wyoming, Where Government Ex pects to Ask for Injunction Thursday. Chicago. March ID (By 1 Ik* Asso ciated Press).—Harry F. Sinclair and six attorneys departed today for Chey nine, Wyo.. to contest the government action to cancel the Teapot Dome oil leases. IJe expressed confidence* of ulti mate victory and vindication. Air. Sinclair was accompanied by Col J. W. Zezeiy. his chief legal counsel, and five other attorneys who are prepared to oppose* the governmentV action, which it is understood, will start Thursday in Cheyenne with the tiling of an injunc tion to restrain tin* taking of oil from Teapot. Althoilgh refusing to make a state ment. declaring that In* proposed to try his case in the courts and not in the newspapers. Air. Sinclair indicated that his attorneys fully expected success in the courts. THE COTTON MARKET First Prices Steady at Decline of 2 Points to Advance of 17 Points. New York. March 10. —Relatively firm Liverpool cables and an unfavorable weather map, and higher foreign ex change rates ]**d to considerable cover ing and fresh buying at tin* o|>ening of the cotton market today. First prices were steady at a decline of 2 points to an advance of 17 points, but nearly all the active months were higher and the general market hoswed net advance of 14 to 22 points right after the cal, with Alay selling at 28.50 and October at 25.(52. There was readizing at these fig tires through uncertainty as to the out come of the Lancashire labor situation, which is being discussed in Manchester loday. Prices eased off during the eflrly to ad rug as there appeared la , W lit tle demand after the early buyers had been supplied 1 , Cotton futures opened steady. Alarcli 28.10: May 28.57; July 27.05; Oct. 25.00; Dec. 25.05. FORMER MAYOR ORBON CALLED TO XVAKIIINGTON lie Will Be Examined by Committee Which Will Conduct Daugherty In quiry. Washington. March 10. —In announc ing today the calling of another witness, Hairy K. Obbon, fanner .Mayor of Calex ico. Cal., to appear in the Daugherty in quiry. it was explained by Kenator Wheel er. democrat, of Alontana, that tin* com mittee’s first inquiry would relate to the 1021 revolution against Obregon in Imw er California. Senator Wheeler said he expected in formation from Obbon and others to how that Fall was -a go-between in the use of a $1,000,000 raised largely by Amer ican oil companies to finance the revo lution. The committee is informed that recognition for the revolutionary govern ment was promised contingently and Fall and others held conferences looking to its success. house c6ntinubs~to DISCUSS MUSCLE SHOALS Expect to Reach Vote on tlije Fbnf Offer Before End of the Day. Washington. Alarch 10. —The AluKvle Shoals legislation was given the right-of way in the House tvday over bills which ordinarily are considered on Monday. Without a dissenting vote the Hou«e adopted a motion by Representative Alc- Ivenzie. of Illinois, to resume considera tion of his bill providing for the accept ance of Henry Ford’s offer for Muscle Shoals. Those in charge of the measure -mid they were confident a final vote would be reached before the end of the day. NEGRO IS KILLED BY WENDELL FARMER Hugh Terrell Killed After He Is Alleged to Have Cut C. E. Robertson. Raleigh, Alarch 10. —(’. E. Robertson. 25 years old. a farmer of Wendell, shot and killed Hugh Terrell, a negro, after he had been cut about the face and neck here yesterday afternoon by the negro. The shooting followed an argument. Rob ertson was rushed to a hospital where seventeen stitches were taken in his throat and face, but attending physicians said his condition is not serious. Dr. M. M. Kinard, Winston Pastor. Is , Seriously 111. Winston-Knlem. Alarch U. —Dr. Al. AI. Kinard. pastor of the Augsburk Lu theran church here, who has been se riously ill with pneumonia and other complications for several days, may not live through the night, according to advices received from the Baptist hos pital, where he is being treated. Dr. | Kinard came here three years ago from j St. John’s Lutheran church at Salis bury. Clarke Enters Plea of Guilty. Houston, Texas, March 10.—E. Y. Clarke, of Atlanta, formerly a high Ku Klux Klan official, entered a plea of guilty to a charge of violating the Alann i \ct when bis case was called in Federal I Court today. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, MARCH 10, 1924 Announce Winners in Bible Story Contests Loraine Blanks Wins First Prize in Junior Class and! Fred Brown First Prize in j the Senior Class. SPECIAL MUSIC AT ALL SESSIONS Crowds Packed Churches to Capacity and Heard Final Stories. —Salisbury Quar tette One Big Feature. j Final contests in the Bible stcry tell ing contest inaugurated b\ tin* \. AI, I • A. several weeks age. were held in local ! churches yesterday and winners in the I ci.irtest were announced after the final ! sevwion in each division. The winners in tin* Junior class wen* announced after the final contest yes terday at Forest Hill Aleth.*diKt Church. The first session for this class was held Saturday night at the First Presbyterian Church. The following were the win ners : First—Loraine Blanks. Central Aleth odist Church : second. Alary Gibson Junker. Epworth Methodist Church; | third. John Hugh Williams, Central Methodist Church. , The first sessi m for the Senior class was h*>l(l yesterday afternoon at 4:sft o'clock at the First Presbyterian Church j and tin* second and hud session was hehl in the same church at 7:sft last night.,! The winners in this class follow: First . Fred Brown. McKinnon Presby- j te.rian Church; second, Mary Grady j Parks. First Presbyterian Church;! third. Muriel Wolff. KL James Lutheran 1 Church. Judges in the contest were Dr. Al ofl*lle Ashford. Professor of Psychology, at jueen's C'Kilege, and J. T. Festerman. 1 State hoys' work secretary of tin* Y. M. ' C. A., of Charlotte. The judges were present for all of the final contests beginning with the oik* at the First Presbyterian Church Saturday; night. They did not know any of the contestants personally and awarded the prizes strictly on merit. The content was so successful in every | way that another is certain to be held next year and in other years. Every feature of the contest, front the prelim-! inary stages down through the finals, was oarrid out without hitch, and each contest saw outcome. At each of the final .-p»it.e,st the el).urt , 4Hfls&#r*‘ packed ..awl although some of the sessions continued for several hours, interest was main tained until the end. Kjw'einl unitsi< al features added inter <>st to the final contests. Saturday night a solo by Airs. J. B. Wonible. with or gan accompaniment by R. I*. Benson, delighted the large ardience and the music at the Forest Hill Church yester day afL moon gave added pleasure to those present to hear the contestants in the junior class. At the First Presbyterian Church yes terday afternoon the quartette from Kt. John’s Church. Salisbury, rendered three numbers and they proved very able mu sicians in each number. The first num ber. ‘Some Blessed Day," was rendered by the quartette, and this was followt*d by a solo. "The Living God.’’ sung by Fred Young. The last number was a ! trio, “Father Lead Us." The quartette : s ccmpc’sed of Airs. 11. H. Newman. Airs. Ernest Beaver, Richard Hubbard and Fred Young, and Miss Lura Garner as pianis-t. The music at the final contest last night was under the direction of Airs. J. F. Reed, organist of the church. AI misters of the city co-operated with the Y. AL C. A. in putting over the con test and several of them had important parts in the final contests. Saturday night. Rev. J. C. Rowan presided and the invocation was led by Rev. L. A. Thomas Sunday afternoon at Forest Hill Rev. J. Frank Armstrong presided and Rev. Lawrence Little led the invo cation. Sunday afternoon at the Firstt Presbyterian Church Mr. Rowan pre sided and Air. Armstrong offered the in vocation and last night Rev. \Y. A. Jen kins presided and the invocation was of fered by Rev. Air. Taylor. Although the contest was the first of its kind ever held in Coneotrd it proved without question one of the inotst inter esting and beneficial movements ever un dertaken by the local Y. AL C. A. From the outset, when each church held its contest to determine who should enter Congress Facing a Week Promising More Action Than Anv Week So Far Washington. Alarch ft.—Caught in a swirl of sensations that have enveloped both wings of the capitol. Congress fac es a weak, which, in the opinion of lead ers. may-hold more action than any since tin* beginning of the present session. Investigations into a wide range ot subjects will continue to divert atten tion from legislation, with the senate oil inquiry resuming Tuesday and the in vestigation of Attorney General Daugh erty's administration getting under vay before the end of the week. On tin* public side, tlie committee which will go into shipping board affairs will meet during the week to organize and chart its program. Action will be taken by the house, per haps tomorrow, with regard to charges that two of its members have received money for improper use of official in fluence. Unable to obtaiu horn-the de partment of Justice the names of the two members mentioned in tin* Chicago grand jury’s report, the judiciary com mittee has been instructed to recom mend a course of procedure. Some icad | ers have taken the position that an ex i haustive investigation of the situation CANDLER WINS IN SUIT FOR SIOO,OOO The Jury Rendered Verdict i Against Mrs. Byfield, Who Wanted Big Sum From Atlanta Man. Decatur. Ga., Alarch Ift. —A jury early today awarded a verdict in favor of Wal ter T. Candler, Atlanta capitalist, grow ing out of the SUXM)OO suit brought against him by Mrs, Clyde K. Byfield. J beauty contest prize winner. Mrs. By-j field was led from tLo court room sobbing; hysterically. j The case v.as given to the jury early j Saturday night, following a three days trial. Ai midnight the jury reported it !, was unable to agree, and asked for a re charge. Tiie court ordered the jurors looked up until early today. The re charge was delivered at N:l7 this morn-j 'ing and tin* jury deliberated one. hour J before reaching ’verdict. .Mrs. Byfield in her suit charged Cand ler wiffi having attempted a physical at-| tack ujKHi her on July 17. PJ22, while 1 she was en route to Europe on board the I K. S. Bereugaria. Airs. Byfield was a ; member of the Candler party which in cluded her husband. Evidence was • brought out that By field on finding Cand ler in his wife's stateroom demanded that Candler pay him 3*5.000 for "ruining his wife, ruining his life and ruining Jis business. ’l'he jury was understood to have stood t<*n to two for a verdict in favor of the defendant Saturday night. Since filing her suit. Airs. Byfield tes tified during the trial that she had sepa rated from her husband. An appeal will lie taken, attorneys for j Mrs. Byfield announced. Doheny Denies Charges. | New York. Alarch Ift. —Edward Do-I Ucny. denying the charge of Senator I Wheeler that he with Sinclair and other I interests had financed the revolution | against the Alexican government, today j declared that lie had loaned $5,000,000 to j the Obregon government which enabled it to put down the rebellion. Doheny said Wheeler’s statement was made with reckless disregard for the truth. "I would lx* a fool to finance gun run ners into Mexico," he said. Morrison to Asheville. Charlott#, Alar. S.—Governor Aior .where ho-will be the guest tonight of Airs. Edith X'andervilt at a social function in Biltmore. Supreme Court Decisions. Washington. March Ift. —Liability lim itations fixed by telegraph companies in tin* transmission of messages today were sustained by the Supreme Court. nounoed last night* .increasing interest was noted. Large audiences were pres ent at each of the contests and they gave unusually tine attention to the young speakers. This tine attention was es pecially noticeable at the final contests, and there were no interruptions of any kind to interfere with the contestants'. Afire than 50ft children of the' churches of the city. tsd one church outside the city, took part in the contest and the ages ranged from four to fifteen. Va rious stories of the Bible were related, with th<* story of Joseph proving the most popular. The children, under the rubs, selected their own story, prepared it for recitation and in their own way gave their version of it. They were not allowed to memorize the Bible and in this respect the contest was especially fine. It was easy to note the language of the children themselves in the stories. H. W. Blanks, secretary of the Y. and the moving spirit behind tin* contest, ■ declared this morning that lie was more i than delighted with the success of tin* undertaking. "I have never set'll keen -1 er interest in such a contest.’ Air. Blanks | declared, as he expressed appreciation to all those who took part in the contest i or otherwise assisted in its inauguration j and completion. "Interest in tin* con i text increased from the first local con ! test until the final one, and the congre gat ion present at the sessions Saturday | night* and Sunday speak better than j words as to the interest the public felt." The silver cups awarded to the win ners are the property of the Sunday 1 schools which the winners represent and ! arc to be kept by the Sunday Schools. the finals, until the winners were an should he offered. As*-for legislation, an effoi ‘ will be made in the house to dispose of tin* Alus ele Shoals problem tomorrow. As soon as the McKenzie bill, wl ich would au thorize' acceptance of Henry- Ford s of fer for the properties, is out of tin* way tin* house will get back to consideration of annual supply bills, with the deficiene oy and naval bills having right of 'ay. The army bill probably will he reported during the week. The senate will act p obably tomor row. on the Xorbeek-Burtiu*-*' bill for the relief of wheat farmers of the north west and cotton growers of the south. Leaders have not determined what will be takeu up after this measure is dis posed of. <* The senate finance committee will con tinue to work over provisions of the rev enue bill iu executive session during the week, while the house ways and means committee is expected to decide what kind of a soldiers’ bonus bill should be passed. Efforts will be made to give the Ixmus right of way as soon as a bill is reported. NEW SUBJECTS TO BE GIVEN ATTENTION Oil (Vmmiitee Warns to Knew Oil Dealings and Offers L» CandlMci. Washington, March Ift. —The new week of the oil inquiry found the Senate investigating committee still digging in to the pile of telegrams it has sub poenaed, but planning soon to broach new supplies of evidence. These in clude the assignment assign ed tc study the books of brokerage firms, to- determine the extent of dealings by I officials in oil stocks before and after the leasing of the naval reserves, and the • reports that oil interest sought to in fluence the republican Presidential nom ination in lft2ft. In addition. the new week marks the initiation of court proceedings grow ing out of the inquiry, a preliminary hearing being set for Thursday in the Federal district court at Cheyenne. Wyo.. - on an application qf ihe government’s [ special counsel for a temporary injune j tii.n in retrain rlie Mammoth Oil Com j pany from further extraction of oil in j the Teapot Dome reserves. Owen J. Roberts, and Alice Pomereiie, special I Counsel for the government in prosocu "tii-n of oii suits, will leave Washington today for Wyoming. The attorneys will also go to California. In bitli cases the attorneys expect the court to I grant ilm applications for injunctions I and hold the leases in abeyance while jthe government continues its efforts to I cancel the menfirely. J Tin* oil committee also lias_before it | the nomination of Kamuel Knight, of ! San Francisco, to act as special counsel i for the government in the proceedings j to recover two sections of the Elk Hill reserve. ,- The public hearings will not be re sumed till tomorrow. WHAT IT COSTS YEARLY TO SEND GIRLS TO COLLEGE The Average College Woman Spends $:546.2t) Every School Year. Kt. Louis.- Alarcli Ift. — Increases in tuition, board,, room and sere, rather than in the amount spent by students l for books, dues, contributions and in | cidenta s. arc responsible for tin* rise in the cost of attending college, according to a survey made by the Kt. Louis branch the American Association of i University Women. A study of "catalogue expense" cov ering the fixed charges as set by the [college authorities and of "oxtra-eata- I logne expense," which included all other expenses of the school year ex cepting clothing and= railroad fare, was (made in 114 colleges and universities. Ths average catalogue expense for the institutions studied was s4Kfi.t)4. The average extra-catalogue expense was $160.25. which means that the average college woman spend $646.2ft every school year, according to the report. The commit tef* made the investiga fjbii'as' an ala 1 fitpa reiif s, cduehTfohnr and vocational 'counselors, to adminis trators of scholarship and loan funds and to others who need to budget the ekpense attendig a co-ed while she is in school. ALFRED 11. SMITH KILLED. President of New York Central Rail road Fall's From Horse and is Killed. New York. Mar- 8. —Alfred 11. Kmith. ■ president of the New A'ork Central rail road, was killed late today when he was thrown from a horse in Central Park AJjr. Smith’s neck was broken. Besides being president and director of the New York Central Lines, iie was an officer and director of each cf the i many affiliated and subsidiary railroads ■ in that system. He was a director of the Fifth Avenue bank in this city and of large financial institutions in Chi . cago. • Air. Kmith was riding along a bridle ■ path. He stopped his horse suddenly to al’ow other riders to pass him and was pitched over the animal's head to the • ground. Physicians said his neck was I broken. Mr. Smith lived at the Plaza hotel. • His soi* Emory Smith, and other mem bers of his family and business ns.so- I ciates immediately were notified. Air. Smith entered the seervices of ihe • Lake Shore and Aliehigan Southern • railroad as messenger boy in Is7ft. He • continued in the omply of this road uii : til lfto2. finally being appointed general i superintendent in Iftftl. Tn 1002 In* re signeed his positions with the road to i which he started to become geueernl • superintendent of the New Aork (Vn • tral and Hudson River railroad- Air. Smith was elected president of the system January 1. 1014. i After the 1 "United States entered the ' war. Air. Smith was appointed assistant director general of railroads by Director ’ General McAdoo. He was given charge I of transportation in the trunk ine ter ritory (*:ist of Chicago and'north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers. In January, ! 1018. re was appointed regional direc tor of the east district, under the United States railway administration. • Langley Demands an Explanation. Washington. March 7. —Representative Langley, of Kentucky, on the floor of the House demanded an investigation of pub lished charges that he had received mon ey for exerting official influence. In a five minute speech.! .Mr. Langiev ' emphatically denied that he had been guilty of any wrong doing. He was • cheered by tin* House when hi* eonelud ’ cd bis appeal for "a square deal. Burton Wants to Stay in House. j Washington, .March 7. —Representative 1 Theodore E. Burton, of Ohio, mentioned as a possible successor to Edwin Denfay as Secretary of tlk* Navy, has informed administration officials he prefers to con tinue as a member cf the House, rather j than accept a cabinet position. With Our Advertisers. Semi-dress and sport bits just receiv - ed at Specialty Hat Shop, e s The Wester* league hao decided a t season of 168 games, with April 16 as e • the opening date, e j s' One-eighth of the entire area of Fin , land is covered by fresh water lakes. $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. 8 BODIES FROM MINES WHERE MANY WERE KILLED All Other Bodies Found in Mine, Where Explosion Occurred, Will Be Brought to the Safe Soon. FEAR NO MINER MADE GETAWAY Rescue Workers Have Been 2,300 Feet Under Ground in Search—Fire in Mine Has Been Extinguished. Castle (iate. Trail, March 10 (Ry the Associate*! Press).—Eighteen bodies of miners killed Saturday when a series of explosions virtually destroyed Mine No, 2 of the Ttah Fuel Company, and en tombed 17a men, wehe brought out ear ly today, and every available truck was placed in service upon reports that many bodies hod been found and would la* brought to the surface. Indications were that none of the min ers in ti e workings had escaped. Seventeen rescue crews made rapid progress during the night in tin* explora tion of the mine entries. As a result, hope virtually was aban doned by Company officials that any of the men would be found alive. Last night rescue crews proceeded ap proximately 2..‘b>o feet into the escape way portal from which all rescue work is being carried- on. and extinguished a smoldering tire which had been burning a llda.v. With the announcement that the tire had beene extinguisl-ede came al so a re]vort that there were no signs of additional tires anywhere in the mine. Additional rescue and fresh air crews immediately entered the mine, and efforts were redoubled to find and bring out ad ditional bodies. At dawn additional rescue, fresh air and relief crews took up work in the mine. Heal headway in the rescue work start ed about midnight. Poison gas was dis apitearing in many portions of the mines. Relief stations and first aid depots were established as the workers, made headway. Air and water lines were laid as the men advanced, and no chances weye taken of members of relief parties being killed by tbe#unes. f» ; (governor Chari*** BrMabey ■»**-«♦«• the scene. Seven instances were given out yes ’ terday. where fathers and sons were working together in the mine at the time of the explosion. NEW PROPOSAL FOR THE SHOALS PLANT PRESENTED Bill in Congress Would Link the Plant With Boulder Canyon and Colorado River Plants. Washing to a. March 10. —The liking ' of Muscle Shoals. Boulder Canyon and the Colorado River in a great public . super-power system, functioning under , government control, to produce and sell electricity, fertilizer and nitrate**' for ex plosives on a cost basis, and conwerva '• lion* and use of the nation's resources are the aims of a bill introduced today in the Senate by Senator Norris, repub lican, of Nebraska, and in the House by Representative Keller, republican, of Minnesota. Creation of a federal non-political , service corporation, to co-operate with various state, municipalities, districts and other political sub-divisions in the development of this system, with its members appointed by the President, subject to tjie approval of the Seante, is contemplated by this measure. , A bond issue of $50,000,000 as a re ! volving fund to carry on the initial , work and developments would be author ized. 1 PAIDI P INSURANCE POLICIES AGREED UPON 1 As a Provirion of the Soldiers’ Bonus Bill.—Option of Cash Payment Im pending. Washington. March 7.—Paidup in , surancc policies were decided upon ns a provision of the soldiers’ bonus hill . today by the House ways and means , committee. A motion to include an al ternative option of full cash payments , is pending. Provisions of the bill, passed at the ’ last session, and vetoed by President I Harding for vocational training and farm or home aid, were definitely elimi nated. but an option of cash payment still i« pending. n Suit Against Simmons Dismissed. Little Rock. Ark.. March 10. —The $150,000 suit of H. W. Evans. Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klu\ Klan against . Joseph Simmons, former Emperor of the , Klun. for alleged libel was dismissed in the circuit court here today on motion of tl e plaintiff and at the plaintiff's cost. Federal Troops Take Porto Mexico. p . Mexico City. March It) (By the As ] 1 seriated Pres*). —The occupation of r j Porto Mexico by a federal c dumn under j t General Dominguez is announeed by the . j war department. The port wa* taken r ) without resistance, it was added, the rebels withdrawing and dividing iuto small bands. Horace Millr* Nancy Linker. Mary ■ Hudlow Hill. Rose Spears. Ha! Saiun. Claude Whitley. Elizabeth Tarlton. James Battle. Mildred and Patti Wad a dell’, Ora Lee Shinn. Elizabeth Me Each • s ern. Mary Eugenia Brumley. The National league has decided to i-’permit the payment of bonuses to play ‘ ers for good behavior. No. 70.