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BO BECAUSE
list LI TO
■UK IB COMMITTEE
Las Until Last
I'eek Legal Adviser to
■hid of Army Air Service,
Witness During Day.
WISED AGAINST
■' giving EVIDENCE
■. when He Refused to
lake Advice He Was Dis
|is<ed— Says Papers Were
■ahen by an Army Officer
■ !>. April 3.—-Thorn
■ I.nr. until a week ago legal
■’ " ,i*,. i.f itie army air ser
■ Icl.lVhe Senate I »augherty oommit
■ ' t)lil , 1.,, had I ordered "by
Volant it »f the air service to
■ , a> - f r em ihe commit Ice and the
■ : \ v!i(ll 1,,, i-efii-ed to lie dictated
he '■«ii-mi-«-.i" from the
H vv al'-ii declared that papers
■ Vis'.ovm personal tiles in connection
Bdrrraft r;tv* jtad been taken from*
»i,f c;!'e hv Captain Volatult,
■ uuiiioTi of Senator Jones, republi
■ wadihigton. the committee di-
Chairman Hrookhart to notify
Htar>"'Veks at once of Lane's testi-
Bim! adviser to the air service.
HAI he had ivcotnineuded to Sec-
H War, that tin government case
H; •re Standard Aircraft Gorpora
■ : o! hcr e.intractof' wtio supplied
Kutciials be rcon. iied. He declared
Hj 'iinav wa- some ulterior purpose"
K iii< dismi—~al. and ihat be had
■•• Rocked ami pained." because be
d Captain Volaudt.
diinmiuee decided to call on Vo
■ and directed him to bring with
K i;; | tt Tv taken from Lane. Senator
Bst suggested that Volaudt be "at
■l" it he did not -appear soon.’’
papers. Lane -aid. included the
Bcopy he had of tfie report to Kec
■ Weeks.
■presume 1 dismissed." he said,
know wlmt my status is. Yes-
K 1 found mv private tiles emptied,
■ll the papers taken front the. desk
■ I have worked for five year>*.V
■ /i/e-, fiie wirnekss <aid. were ex-
H. : _ :h '.*tkJjp}£SZ .&tksrj •
Bgli his hands in following up $50.-
worth of war claims which 1
Ha- a matter of personal pride.”
Hi" declared that he did not come
the (siiniuii tee of his own volition
lieen sem for.
H-aid h" had (■•■ commended rroovery
from the Lincoln Motors
Htili.v. and that war department offi-
H"ticd up" tl.e government claims
■*( the company, but that the I>e-
Hvnt.of .lu-tioo settled them despite
■•Min W. F. Voldant followed I*ane*
■liatelv on the stand, and told the
Hitree he did order Lane not to
Hr before the committee. He con
■l also that he had taken certain of
Hoards in tin- possession of I-iane,
Haid Secretary Weeks had instruct
■m to say that a subpoena served
H" sec-r-ctary himself would be neces
■l" bring papers before the coinmit-
B iant denied he had desired to sup-
B Eaitte s testimony, declaring that
B'l taken only "official records" from
B' desk and brief ease, and insisted
actuated only by a desire to see
I Ac committee should come through
channels if it desired to se
! ;•'sos-mn of the documents,
iiatnr Wlieder. the committee prte
-1,1 ■ instructed the com-
1 "ik "to get out a subpoena for
L wr '-tary ot war. describing the pa-
Lane had described the
Mg records to the committee as re
'*ma«.v aircraft cases or. which
■ a ‘ worked. These cases, he said,
V 1 Lincoln Motors case, the
J* n iff raft cases. and the Bosch
to rase, in all of which he charged
,vmerit had been made by Hie gov-
L* Lincoln case, he said, the
“"tit pt Justice made settlement
■' ot tk, ‘ Department
", a<l l *iat when it was broached,
n, ' k hnd the other War De
nr representatives walked out of
'inference.
lnsl r ,Mi ,}iat lIP was not under
p }!. " *' searched Lane's brief
Sato..n 11 /* *' e lia<l “suspended Lane
the Y wllP " ,lp refused to come
ted .• ' aiu ' 1 ' laf Lane later “sep
ret',r, ', 1P service" by action of
„ Weeks.
to ju.il” I ' > sa ’ ( ' t * ,nt when Lane fail
-Ito \vi ri * IT "® ( “ e Tip had wanted
ight ,-,' V- 11 ,he Standard and Willys
partuiei •" !■* , ’ rtl, ‘ r to r,l sh them to the
indani i I*. '' Us,i< ‘'‘ for action. The
v ag. I u,nt over about 5 days
''-min it*. ■ l>ut . ,ie denied that
! j * I»roceeding had any es-
I.;i'iif.\ j, ' ! ‘"'ecdure In this ease,
s < lf t ( M was emptied of pa
y. tii,, v '. ; ,' ln '
'"m t1,,. J, •• >a ‘ <k a,, d they were
He>w v ~ ” ■
N'.-w \... Avo 'd New York.
Ili ' !| g I'xp "LUo hobo is be-
York \ ' the sidewalks of
s uf t[„. .... " i'-up by welfare soeie
-! ‘;"p. houses" on the Bowery
~~ , '''' daunts of the genus
The H.ffi,, '■ ,a,f *nien f .
S'* hostel, V : '"!»*'• famed as an East
' uv, ( hose of the roving
; registi v " I " " ,0 ,ke Pnblic, but
<*d to. a,Ul '" bvast the records it
h 7 ~ I
E ni, ( . , Js ‘ nif> ° if we always were
1 sf >nietime6 are?
THE CONCORD TIMES
AL SMITH AND LaFOLLETTE
ARE WISCONSIN FAVORITES
Former Secured Endorsement of Demo
crats and letter Received Kndorse
ment of Repubi icons.
Milwaukee. NVis.. April ti (By the As
sociated Press), —Two district tlelegatcs
pledgevl to President (’oolidge were elect
ede in the first district in Wisconsin’s
primary election Tuesday, complete re
turns from that district show today.
Returns from 1.161 precincts out of
2..>7*4 in the state for republican dele
gates at large gave LaFollette 13M23 and
L’oolidge tR).U42.
Democratic presidential delegates
pledged to Cover nor A1 Smith of New
York, carried Milwaukee over the Me-
Adoo delegates by 5.25 M votes, with all
but 21 preciucs in the city reported.
In the state Smith also was maintain
ing a comfortable lead in the returns n*-
ccived today.
Connecticutt Republicans in Convention.
Hartford, C'oun., April .‘i. —The Re
publican State convention today elects
17 delegates to the Cleveland conven
tion.
Maine Favorable to Coolidge.
Portland. Me., April**.—The choice of
fifteen delegates to the Republican na
tional convention favorable to President !
Coolidge, but unpledged, appeared prob- I
able at the Republican State convention '
hero today. it has been the custom of
both political parties in Maine to send
uninstrueted delegation* to Hie national
conventions.
MeAdoo Ijeads in lowa.
Davenport, lowa, April 11.—An lowa
delegation to the Democratic national
convention, favorable to William G. Me-
Adoo. api*arently vlas assured today
when nine of the eleven Congressional
districts in a pre-convention caucus
named delegates who favor the election
of Clyde L. Herring, McAdoo’s lowa
manager .is the State’s national com
mitteeman.
Davenport. lowa. April 2.—Pledged
to a militant campaign for a complete
state ticket as well as national ticket,
lowa democrats in convention here to
day are deciding their allegiance to a
Presidential candidate; framing a teu
faiive slate of state candidates; and se
lection national committee men and
women. In the contest for instruction
of national convention delegates, chief
interest centers about the fortunes of
W. G. MeAdoo whose friends claim is
the popular choice of lowa democrats.
Other candidates, however, have num
erous supjmrters.
NO CRIME 'TO LAI GII
AT VAUDEVILLE JOKES
New York Magistrate Calls Arrest of
Two Girls Outrage.
New York, April <1. —Laughing up
roariously in a theatre at the antief and
jokes of a comedian is no crime, ruled
Magistrate Weil Fn the W est Side CourL
Fseeii>s: >?«*
Consnelo Freund, arrested on complaint
of sin assistant manager of ;» vaudeville
tDatre, the Court said 1 .
"Things have come to a pretty pass
v.'!"‘n peopie are arrested for laughing.
P.mple pay their money m ;< theatre to
Ls mtertained, and expect to lnugli. The
arrest of these girls is an outrage."
Assistant Manager Hawkins, who call
ed the jiolice, >jiid laughing was not
all the party indulged in. He said
there were loud comments. Just what
the 'comedian said was not divulged in
Court*, but the said it was very
funny.
THE COTTON MARKET
Strength of Near Month Situation Fea
tured Market During Early Trading
Today.
New Y’ork. April 3.—Strength of the
near month nituation featured the cot
ton market again in today’s early trad
ing. Reports of increasing activity in
the Manchester goods market were ac
companied by relatively firm Liverpool
cables and the opening here was firm at
an advance of 20 to 2G points on the
active months.
Trade interests were credited with buy
ing May, while there was continued cov
ering by near month shorts and commis
sion house buying, which scut prices up
to 29.43 for the May position and 24.90
for October, or 31 to 45 points net high
er during the early trading.
Cotton futures opened firm: May
29.15; July 28.07; October 24.82 to
24.96; December 24.50; January 24.05
bid.
MORE SUBPOENAS ARE
ISSUED BY COMMITTEE
Dil Committee Wants to Question J. B.
French, of Oklahoma, and Robert
Wolffe, of Ohio.
Washington, April *°>-—Subpoenas were
issued today by the Seuato oil commit
tee for the appearance here next. Mon
day of ,T. B. French, of Oklahoma City,
Okla., and Robert F. Woolfe, of Colum
bus, editor of the Ohio State Journal.
Both will be questioned as .to gossip
about oil deals at the Republican na
tional convention in 1920.
Easter Sale at Eflrd’s.
Announcement of a big Easter Sale
at Efird’s is made in a two-page ad.
in this paper today. The big trade event
will begin on April 4th and continue
through the 19th.
Silks, linens, white goods, as well as
hosiery, shoes, dresses, coats for
women, and suits, shoes and hats for
men and boys, will be offered at at
tractive price bargains during the big
sale.
The two-page ad. the company car
ries in this paper today enumerates
some of the man bargains to be offered,
some of the many bargains to be offered.
It will be to your advantage to read
the ad. and call at the store tomorrow,
the opening day of the sale.
At the beginning of the eighteenth
century people were hanged in Great
Britain for the illicit manufacture of
salt.
There are parts of Spain where the
hat is unknown except in pictures. The
men, when they need a covering, tie up
i their heads, and the women use flowers.
' SHOOT-TO-KILL ORDER
IN GIRL BANDIT HUNT
May Dying From Bullets of Brooklyn’s
j Bobbed Blonde. Foiled in Hold-up of
I 17 -
New York. April 1. —Brooklyn’s
blonde bobbed-hair bandit, who has
smiled through a score of daring holdups
in the past ten weeks, shot to kill today
. when capture seemed imminent after a
I frustrated attempt to hold up seventeen
, employees of the Brooklyn plant of the
| National Biscuit Company.
Her victim. Nathan Mazzio, lifts dan
j gerously wounded in a hospital, attend
ing physicians dec'aring he has but a
I slim chance to recover. He has two
I bullets in the chest and a third in the
thigh.
| Today’s attempt- was by far the most
j daring in the girl's meteoric career of
j banditry—a career which she has pur
sued in spite of the efforts of 250 city
detectives who have sought her and her
male companion for three weeks, with
orders to "shoot to kill if necessary."
Flashes a Smile and a Gun.
Accompanied by the inevitable male,
she Nauntered into the retail department
I °f the plant shortly before noon today
and asked for a dime’s worth of confec
tions. The clerk turned from the shelves
I to face a small automatic pistol in her
I hand and one" in each hand of the man.
He hacked into a rear room at their
orders.
There they were confronted by 15 girl
employees and the cashier. Mazzio, who
had just come in with a payroll sack.
The girl did the bossing: her companion
working under her direction. They start
ed herding (he 17 into a smaller room,
that, they might work at the office safe
uninterrupted.
Mazzio suddenl yseized her wrist in
one hand and tore at her heavy veil with
the other. As suddenly as a gunshot,
she threw him off. sent him stumbling
into the prison room and slammed the
door. Then she fired three shots through
the door, all of them hitting Mazzio.
Cabby Tied With Wire.
The two lied to a waiting taxicab and
the woman, till leading, rook the wheel.
They abandoned the car seven blocks
away and the police later found a chauf
feur in it, neatly trussed up with strong
picture wire, and gagged. The two had
called him to a hotel, at Eeighth Avenue
and Forty-third Street. Manhattan, and
directed him to drive to a lonely spot
near the biscuit concern's plant. When
he halted the car the man seized him. he
said, ami bound and gagged him while
the slim girl stood over him with her
pistol.
Police headquarters broadcast orders
"to shoot on sight and kill, if nece«ssary\”
The girl was said by Brooklyn police
to answer the descriptions of the bobbed
hair young woman, who. always ac
companied by a tall dark man. has fig
ured iu a series of robberies in Brook
lyn and Manhattan. ?^ e police <fe
**ribe her as_a. biondev. kve fe*t three
•WrTK - potrr&b
and 'dressed in a gray, beaded dress, pink
turban and sealskin coat.
This wan the first hold-up by the girl
bandit in which the victim was shot.
PRESIDENT WANTS NO~
SUMMER WHITE HOUSE
Cooidge Will Stay in Washington anil
Attend to Business.
Washington. 1). April ,'L —President
(Indulge will intend the summer in
Washington.
Tl|is statement was made at the,
White House in answer to inquiries as
to whether the Executive planned to ac
cept any of the offers of summer homes
which have been coming into him.
Business can be trancncted more eas
ily in Washington than at any place re
moved from the capital, in the opinion
of tho President, and the slight differ
ence in comfort is not to be given any
considerable thought, he feels.
Mr. Coolidge lias virtually abandoned
plans for a trip in May to speak at the
cornerstone laying of the Indiana War
Memorial at Indianapolis, and at the
semi-centennial celebration of Purdue
University, at Lafayette. Ind.
FIERY CROSS BLAZED ON
CAMPUS AT COLUMBIA
It Was Set Up and Fired on University
Campus Last Night by White Robed
and Hooded Men.
New York. April 3.—The Fiery Cross
blazed last night on the campus of Co
lumbia University.
It was set up and fired by a group of
white robed and hooded men opposite
Furnald Hall, where Frederick W. Wells,
of Union City, Tenn., a negro law stu
dent. has a room from which fellow stu
dents have attempted to oust him.
While the cross burned. Wells remain
ed in his locked room, heedless of calls
and knocks of his neighbors.
Volley Ball.
The business men of Concord who play
this splendid game are more enthusiastic
than ever as to its health giving quali
ties. No one who has played consist
ently cannot but be benefitted. The
public will have an opportunity to wit
ness a fine game between Dr. S. W. Ran
kin’s team and Jones Pharr’s team Fri
day evening. No admission will be
charged and every one in C-oneord will
be given .the chance to laugh loud and
long and spend an hour of real pleasure
watching this game.
May Day.
Much interest is centered in the com
ing May Day Fete, active practice to be
gin next week. Many clubs and organiza
tions affiliated with the Y will take part.
Some of the costumes will be very gor
geous and many of the characters will
portray many of the old fairy story
regime.
Jf you have not signified your inten
tion of taking part see Mr. Blanks at
once for a place.
Steamer Reported Burning.
London. April 2 (By the Associated
Press). —The British steamship Frang
estain, bound for .Tedoah with 1200 pil
grims a boa is on fire between docks,
says a Lloyd dispatch from Port Sudan.
Few’ people are aware that the first
American captain-general of Cuba was
Andrew Jackson.
PUBLISHED’ MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1924
SUDDEN DEATH TODAY"
OF EDMUND I\ CORRKLL
One ‘f City’s Best Known Men Died al
Home KYom Stroke of Apoplexy Suf
fered This Morning.
Edmund F, Correll, painting contract
or and for many years a prominent citi
zen of Concord, died suddenly this morn
ing at his home on Stbuth Union street.
I following a stroke of apoplexy. Mr. Cor
j rell retired last night apparently in his
usual health and when he arose this
morning about 5:3© o’clock to kindle a
fire, he made no mention of feeling ill.
Shortly after he returned to his bed.
however, his wife was attracted by an
uuusual sound from him and when lie
failed to answer her call she hurried to
him and found him stricken. He died
shortly before 7 o'clock.
Funeral services will be held at the
home on South Union Street Saturday
morning at Ift o’clock. Interment will
be made in Oakwood cemetery.
Mr. Correll was 02 years of age, hav
ing been born August 22. 1801. He was
a son of the late N. P. Correll and was
born and reared in this county. On Oc
tober 4. 1883, he was married to Miss
Mary E. Cochrane, who died a number
of years ago, and on April 15). 15)13. lie
was married to Miss Elmetta Lipe, who
with several children, survives.
The surviving children from the first
union are Fret! C. Cdrrcll. Greensboro;
]>eslie Correll. Kannapolis: Joe and Ed.
F. Correll, Concord; George B. Tel
this union.
Ernest Correll. died several years ago.
The surviving children from the sec
ond marriage are idane Lipe, and W. C.
Correll.
Two brothers, I>. C. Correll. Orlando,
Fla., and A. B. Correll, Spartanburg, al
so survive.
Mr. Correll joined the Methodist
Church while a young man and for many
years was a member of Central Method
ist Church of this city. The pastor of
tin* Church, Rev. W. A. Jenkins, is ex
pected to conduct the funeral services.
Mr. Cor-rell was widely known through
out. the county and had been actively as
sociated with the civic life of the city
during the past thirty years. The an
nouncement of his death came as a dis
tinct shock to his wide circle of friends
and relatives throughout th? county.
Several Deeds Filed Her Yesterday.
A number of deeds were filed yester
day with Register of Deeds Elliott. One
records the transfer of several lots in
Petrea Heights, near Kannapolis, from
L. J. Ramey, G. B. Gilbert and R. H.
Ramey to B. W. Durham, the purchase
price being SBOO.
Several lots in Jamestown, Colored
suburb of Kannapolis, were sold by I>.
B. Castor, commissioner, to Jennie C.
Flow, for SSOO, according to another
deed.
About three-fourths of an acre of litud
near the old Glass passenger station, ac
cording to another deed, has been sold by
Lewis C. Basinger to T. I. Graham, the
• price being $4,200.
M. A. Galloway, commissioner, has
sold to Clifford Wallace, according to
another deed, 5)7 3*5 acres, adjoining the
lands of J. C. Brnfford. for $3,812.25.
Another deed records the sale of a
tract of land. Containing about 4.44
acres, adjoining the lands of B. L. Um
borger and C. J. Goodman, to Mr. Um
berger by Sallie Little, the consideration
being $5)00.
A. B. Pounds has sold to the Guhf Re
fining Company a lot near the Brancord
Manufacturing Company, the purchase
price being given in the deed as S6,O(H).
State College Students Visit Four Tex
tile Centers.
The entire class of seniors taking the
textile course at the North Carolina
State College passed through Concord
Wednesday evening. The class accom
panied by Prof. Thomas Nelson, head of
the textile school, was- making a tour
of the larger textile plants throughout
the state. It is the policy of the tex
tile school to visit the mills annually,
an entire week being devoted to this
work. Those composing the party
were: Prof. Thomas Nelson, W. J. Car
ter, EL F. Culbreath, J. J. Chamberlain,
W. H. Bogart, M. T. Wilson. W. G.
Weaver, A. B. Quinn, S. It. Workman,
T. It. Johnson, R. Smith, T. S. Thom,
Chi Chang Pien, T. M. Harris, T. E.
Lattimore, M. M. Roberts and W. M.
Lentz. S.
Dr. Sokolowski Dismissed From Service.
Warsaw’, April 3 (By the Associated
'Press). —Dr. Vencentas Sokolowski, for
mer first secretary of the polish legation
in Washington, w*ho recently recall
ed after the seizure of a large amount of
liquor in his apartment, has been releas
ed from the diplomatic service after an
investigation by tbe foreign office.
Exp’osive bullets were used in India
; for hunting tigers and elephant*.
A WARNING!
- \
The Secretary of the Young- Men’s Christian Associa
tion for the past several months has devoted his time and
energy to the program of Christian Citizenship as it per
tains to the building of Character, Good Will and Peace in
the community, with a vision of so establishing in the
hearts of the people a love for the things that are beautiful
and helpful ancj a desire to upbuild womanhood and
manhood that there could be no doubt in the hearts of tbe
citizenship that the V has a place which can be filled by no
other organization. To the thoughtful man and woman it
is apparent that much has been accomplished. It is need
less to mention the many things, activities and far reach
ing effects of the program as inaugurated and carried out.
Thousands of boys and girls of every walk of life have
felt its influence and the name of the Y has spread to everv
State in the|Lnion. But unless the people realize that it
takes money' to carry on, pay their pledges given a year
ago and come up not with talk but with deeds, the work ir
Concord must cease. The doors of the great civic institu
tion will be closed and Concord will lose its one great op
portunity.
ROTARY MEETING
District Governor Scltcnck Guest of tbe
Concord Rotariaus Yesterday.
The visit of District Governor Pftul
Sehenck. musical selections by high
school students *and featured the regu
lar weekly meeting of the Concord Ro
tary Club yesterday at the Y\ M. C. A.
Previous to the regular program. Miss
Louise Morris delighted the Rotariaus by
a violin solo. Her selection received an
enthusiastic encore. Other guests were
the members of th Concord debating
teams composed of Miss Dorothy Block
and Smart Brown and Ridenhour. who
were introduced by Prof. A. S. Webb»
District Governor Schenck made an
interesting and instructive address on
Rotary and emphasized many practical
advantages that come, to the individual
and the community as the result of Ro
tary activities. ,
Following the regular meeting of the
club, a meeting of the board of direct
ors was held. After routine matters, W.
G. Caswell was elected a delegate and
John M. Oglesby an alternate to the In
ternational Convention, which meets in
Toronto in June.
R OTARI ANS MEETING IN
STATS? CAPITAL TODAY
Members of Ttiirty-SeVenth • District,
About 1,000 Strong, Gather for Annual
Meeting. •
Raleigh. April3.—With about 1,000
tional, embracing 40 citieß in North
Carolina and Virginia, opened here this
morning for sessions which will continue
throng Friday afternoon.
The convention was-called to order
by John A. Park, president of the- Ra
leigh Rotary club, and the 'delegates
were welcomed by former Secretary of
the Navy Josephus Daniels. G. Frank
lin Lentz, district governor, delivered
the response.
John J. Gibson, international direct
or of Toronto, addressed the convention
on "Rotary Interatioual, ‘lts Organiza
tion and Activities.’’
THESE ARE TOUGH DAYS
. FOB LADIES OF CHORUS
New York Revue Wants Several and
Thousands Seek Positions.
New York. April 3.—A call for a
handfull of chorus girls revealed that at
least 3.500 are out of work. As the sca
•son for road shows is nearing an end. it
is estimated that the number of unem
ployed soon will run as high as 5.000.
They will be concentrated in tpis city.
Bad business, high railroad rates, ex
cessive expenses and the controversy be
tween actors and managers are cited as
reasons for the large number of unem
ployed. Ordinarily, dozens of spring and
summer shows would be rehearsing at
this time, but now there are only three
or four.
“Keep Kool." a new revue which goes
into rehearsal Monday, issued a call that
brought thousands of responses. All
kinds of girls responded from show girls
to ballet dancers. The Chorus Equity
Association, a branch of the Actors'
Equity, declined to discuss the situation.
It was learned, however, that the frac
tion of chorus girls out of work probab
ly runs as high as 85 per cent.
EATS; PAY? INSULT! ISLAND
And So Court Knows Where Dapper
Youth Will Be For Three Months.
New York World.
Salvatore Filosi, a glass of fashion,
walked into Anthony Eepenella’s res
taurant, No. 873 Columbus Avenue,
Sunday night and partook of a porter
house steak, broilad mushrooms, sweet
breads au jus, grilled sw’eets, stuffed
corn on the cob, desert and coffee. Then
he started to walk out.
“How about the check?’’ suggested
Anthony.
“How dare you insult me!” exclaimed
Salvatore. “You should feel honored to
serve me. I never pay for my meals.”
Magistrate Weil in West Bide Court
yesterday asked Salvatore where he
lived.
“That is my business,” said Salvatore.
He will live on the island three
months.
Before Easter Sale, at Parks-Belk Co.’s.
The Big Before Easter Sale at tbe
Parks-Belk Co. is still going on. and
they have hundrbds of great bargains
for you. They have one of the largest
stocks of shoes.for women, men. misses,
boys and children ever seen in the state.
You will find big bargains in men's and
boys’ clothing too.
There is a creature known as the bag
fish which is in tbe habit of getting in
side cod and similar fish and devour
ing the interior until only the skin and
the skeleton are left.
GOV. MORRISON MARRIED.
Weds Mrs. Geo. W. Watts, of Durham.
—A Big Surprise.*
Durham. April 2- —In the presence *of
'only n very few of their most intimate
j friends. Governor Cameron Morrison
and Mrs. Sarar Eekcr Watts, widow
George W. Watts. Durham mi * 1
milionaire financier, wen* marric^
■this afternoon at the home of the unde
lon Morehead hill. The ceremony was
performed by Dr. D. H. Scanlon, paster
|of the First Presbyterian church, of
which the bride was a member, at 4
o'clock. Immediately after the ceremony
Governor and Mr*. Morrison motored to
■ Greensboro where they were to catch a
j train for New York and other northern
.points on their honeymoon.
The marriage party motored to
.the city in the afternoon from
• Raleigh where the marriage lieense was
issued. The governor gave his age as
52 and the age of Mrs. AVntts ns 51
Years. They proceeded directly to the
W itts mansion , from the courthouse
where (lie ceremony was performed. It
was witnessed by the governor daughter:
Mis* Angelin Morrison, bis sister. Miss
Ida Morrison. Judge Walter Clark, of
the Supreme court of North Carolina.
W. N. Everett, secretary of state. R. .A.
I Dough ton. commissioner of revenue.
General J. Vann Motts of the governor’s
personal staff. Clarkson, asso
ciate justice of Supreme eflurt and
former campaign manager for Governor
MArrison. Mrs. Gilbert C. While, and
Mrs. J. E. Driscoll, of Durham. No
members of the bride's immediate family
was present: *
No One Expected’ News-*
I Mrs. Watte’, who married the Dur
ham financier in October. 15)17. at
Syracuse, X. Y.. and Governor Morri
son have been friends for sometime but
nobody was ready for the news of the
marriage. Tt came as a distinct sur
prise to their immediate friends. During
the past several months he had 'been
known to visit Durham* frequently as
the guest of John Sprnnt Hill and
Gilbert C. White but nobody knew that
a courtship was underway between Mrs.
Watts and himself:' Ju*t when the
romance was culminated, the decision tiy
marry. Is not known and. it was not
dreamed by people "here that the - two
people were considering marriage.
Durham’s Wealthiest Woman.
Mrs. Morrison is Durham’s wealth
iest woman and since coming to the
city to live after her marriage with the
late Mr. Watts, she has been * one of
the city's morst influential and well
liked citizens. Bhe took part* in
practically every public movement look
ing toward civic betterment. In the
work of her church she has always
shown much interest and “her bene
factions have ’done much both for the
church and for tbe public at large. Shp
was formerly a trained nurse iu a
Baltimore hospital and it was in this
capacity that she first met the late. My
‘Wrrrt'sr .
him. This culminated in tfFir marriage 1
in October. 1917. On March 6. T 921 Mr.
Watts died.
Nothing is known as to the plans of
the couple- It is thought here that they
will reside in the governor’s mansion in
Raleigh until the governor’s term of of
fice expires after that it is purely con
jecture at this time as to jvvhere they
will make their home.
Knocks Charlhtte Clean Off Its Feet. —
Didn’t. Expect It.
Charlotte. -April *2. —Oiarl«\tt.e rel
atives and friends of Governor Mor
rison were "knocked off their feet
shortly after 5 o'clock this afternoon
by receipt of telegrams from bis ex
cellency .announcing "My marriage to
Mrs. George W. WattfT of Durham at
4 o'clock thus afternoon.”
The majority had never lieuftl the
Governor's name linked with that if the
widow of the Durham capitalist, and
their surprise registered above the nth
degree when the announcement broke
upon them.
Mrs. G. B. Bryant, a niect\ was
*’never so surprised in all my life.”
while his mother. Mrs. Ada Xuttnll, the
Governor's sister, was equally sur
prised by the announcement, neither
having ever heard o’s the Governor s in
clinations toward the Durham lady.
I*. C. Whitlock. Morrison’s former
law partner here, was “knocked off bis
feet” when he received his telegram. He
recalled upon consideration of the mat
ter he had heard desultory cum or that
the Governor was somewhat attentive
to Mrs- Watts but had no dea that
inartrimony was even a remote possi
bility.
KANSAS DEMOCRATS TO
SUPPORT GOV. DAVIS
Will Be Instructed to Vote for Him So
Long as ttie Majority Deems It Ex
pedient.
Hutchinson. Ivans.. April 2. The
Kansas delegation will go to the Na
tional _ .Democratic convention support
ing Governor Jonathan Davis as first
choice for the Presidential nomination,
but not bound to stick by him longer
than the majority deems expedient.
Followers of William G. MeAdoo sup-
the goverpor in the convention,
and declared the Kansas votes would go
to MeAdoo a-t New Y’ork after Gover
nor Davis had been accorded the usual
complimentary ballots.
Tropical Maiaria in Russia Claims
Five Million Victims.
Moscow, April 3. —The spread of
malaria in Russia, noted seriously for
the first time a year ago and seemingly
an aftermath of tl)c great famine,
continues. According to the federal de
partment of health cases registered dur
ing the first ten months of 1923 num
bered 4.887.000 and it seemed certain
that the annual total would exceed 5.-
000.000.
This malaria is of the tropical type,
lasting in its effects and apparently
came in byway of the Persian frontier.
The malaria mosquitoes found perfect
breeding spots in the backwaters and
sloughs of the great southern rivers and
in tbe swamp land* with which some
sections of Russia abound-
Hypnotism is scientifically studied in
some of’the French colleges.
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance,
TWO LIVES LOST IN ■
T! ttr T '<AT DAMAGES
* BROAD 0W( HOSPITAL*
Mrs. Hereford and Mrs.
Hamilton 1 Lose Lives t*s
* Sanatprium at Morganton
is Partially Burned.
severalTothers
SERIOUSLY HURT
North Wing of Hospital,.
Which is Operated by Dr.
J. W. Vernon, Total Loss.
. —Watchman Saw Blaze. •
Morganton. April M.—Two women
were killed and a man and. a woman
badly burned, the woman perhaps, fa
tally. when tire destroyed the north wing
of the Broad Oaks Sanitarium for ner
vous diseases here today.
The dead are: a Mrs. Hereford, of
Union, W. Va„ who was smotheml to
death in her bed: and a Mrs. Hamilton,
of Jacksnuvile, Fla., who was burned to
death. J. I*. Green, of ('harlotte, was
seriously burned, and a Mrs. Jaiues, who
entered the hospital ‘from a town in
Georgia, was probably fatally buwied.
of The hospital were not. avail
able this morning, and initials eould not
tie obtained.
The Broad Oaks Sanitarium is oper
ated by Dr. .1. \V. Vernon, and there
were 42 patients in the- building when
the Homes were .discovered by the night
w&tehman at 4 :‘*o this morning. It was
at first believed that all-of the patients
had been removed, but later it was dis
covered that several were missing. The
body of Mrs. Hereford was found in her
bed. and that of Mrs. Hamilton was tak
en from the debris of the north wing.
The uninjured were taken to the State
Hospital and are being eared for ihere
until the undamaged portions of the
sanitarium can be put into shape to
care for them.
Officials, of the sanitarium said today
they had been determine how
the tire started as 7? originated in a por
tion of the building in which patients
were forbidden tto use matches.
SWAIN HALL, AT STATE
UNIVERSITY DAMAGED
Fire Totally Destroyed Kitchen aiul All
EouuMpent.—L*Estimated at $35.-
i- n, ;y>•«— ... *
Chapel • Hill. April ll.—Six hundred
students of the University of North Car
olina this morning had to search for a
new place to J>oard. Fire discovered by
a negro janitor at an early hour dam
aged Swain Hall, the dining room of the
University, to the extent of $25,000. the
kitchen equipment being a total loss.
The tire originated in the furnace room
tinder the main portion iif the tuning
hall, and the firemen found the blaze a
difficult one to handle. Among -the
kitchen (spiipment was a $5,000 range.
University officials say. the building
cannot be repaired before May Ist.
With Our Advertisers.
Special facilities are provided for the
use of women depositors at the Citizens
Bank and Trust Co.
Cline & Moose are having a, sale of
sugar, rice and coffee. Sugar at O 1-2
cents in 100 pound lots or 10 rents in
]M>unds or over. See ad.
If you want to build a home or in
vest money see Gilbert Hendrix at the
Concord National Bank.
The Coneord Furniture Co. will nl-"
low you from $5 to sls for your old re
frigerator, or sell you a new for
$5 down and $1 a week.
Men’s collars. sl.2* a dozen u‘t the
Love Bankrupt Sale. Big bargains too
in suits, shirts, pants, shoes and. all
men’s wearables.
The new Hollywood Sandal at Parker's
Shoe Store for only $4.05.
Efird's has just received a big ship
ment of over blouses of canton crepe and
shimmering crepe.
All deposits made in the savings de
partment of the Citizens Bank and 1 rust
Co. on or before April 10 bear 4 per
cent, interest from April 1. compounded
quarterly.
Own your own home. Don't pay rent.
Go to the Coneord National Bank and
talk it over with Gilbert Hendrix.
The hat to suit y.our nose at Browns-
Canuon Co.’s.
Bell & Harris have just made a spe
cial purchase of 200 pairs of curtains
to sell at SI.OO. Also shipment of pil
lows for every purpose. Read about
these in the new ad. today..
The Concord Motor Co. offers you a
Hudson finer coach on a nfcw super-six
chassis for only. $1550, or a seven-pa>-
senger phaeton for SISOO. Sedan slWt>,
and speedster $1425.
Another new face in our advertising
columns is that of J. F. Dayvault and
Co. Get a pork steak cut from the ham
of one of their special corn fed pigs.
WHAT SAT’S BEAK .SAYS.
Fair and warm«f tonight; Friday in
creasing cloudiness, probable showers in
extreme southwest portion, warmer on
the coast.
NO. 77