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■ sHER rilL ’ Editor^andJPublisher |)LL'Mt-' xlviii. pus HOLDING P CONVENTION I RALEIGH TODAY National Com-| l # n is I In' Biggest; ■ k t 0 He Done at the ■p vent ion. BrFTT makes ■ key-note talk ■tan ’"of State Touches ■ the Work of the Party ■ ,|,e State, and Also ■| lS National Matters. j ]7 With democrats; ..]• ill.- State in attend-j I I-nlivt 'lit inll was I i t,.,. |. t noun today by H lt i Kiti'-ton. state chair- j edii.g liie "peiiiug; ot‘ the eon »v aiidiiorinm. eonven- H. | ( t iji '! riet - were lield in tin' 4 (..-ning iio.ur tit.* ball ill: and women, chiefly H', ftiri . about in groups. imn.in.l entities had been H tll v(l .ti..ii- "f the hall, and ■, . i( , , ir;lr ti, j.a-t years many (jelng.it imi' consisted of "all H.. o(l.>ii s’.-imling." though the H. limited that determined by iiv.r.'Tt \v. - introduced as the uiKiker. arid in his address H wi• dt the 1 temoeratie B j ts (infi.l of -rate affairs, and .in it' work in national as ■ 11, rat ie Convention H y„ r k in .lune will name'the next of tin Cnited States, B So-retarv State Everett. Kverett delivered a thirty page Bi addtc" in which he outlined the -iicce--fnl and con- ;,( and administration of Hw Wil-oi. w that of his sue |H if. :o«i how the government run for tne people while the |Hio(i -con: upon the "corrupt and B^B l ' government for in the Jtepilblicanß hotter. - y;‘B . • arc ban ; a tit affairs during the t administration was poiut- Bf tin- (li-viiuiev of the State itn |H .mil |».|ie:ev were prophesied. A |.l:in for ti,.- economic devel the 'tat., and it - resources was In Mr. Kverett. as well as de- ,,f finance and revenue. tile "key. ill te" of the (‘on- H Mr. Kverett said. "All signs ::i No-.ciuher—not mere-. B'-' ll '. to riie immortal party to B" 1 ' belong, but a verdict for re o. lr government from tlie hands ami Corruption. The ree- B ,:i '' nattoiial admiii'siration has flic American people and they the puli' this fall and punish who'.* selected agents have i; to coltish ami base needs." B!"' 1 I '"tile.' he said, "has loomed recent events. lr was due to * ar.ilinian. Josephus Daniels, of the Navy, that this in ■in r he Naval oil reserves was pro- B' 'hi" to him tiiar as long as he office t iiese reserves were sa “for the exclusive us(‘ of the ■*" l2 Gis speech t,, a (lisciission of •'Lit" tiiai lei's ihe Secretary of •'•'(.a'..l that the people of North B a ' llv b"HI upon building a great the luois ~f public education ; B "Kli'vnys: and public health. The 1 l"' ,l |d.- are detinitely fixed up ttg.'iici.-s. |,e asserted, and they ,n R 1., pay the bill and they can ■M stampeded )>y talk about taxes. ' ""t work he|ore the convention B . | “' ,|, H'""i was ihe adoption of a B d,l| l "lection ~f four delegates r " national convention at "ik. < ro.i. ntia 1 committee and Il! Oo uimitree got to work soon as- B f ' flli '<‘ntion convened. Crowd in Attendance. Hm""* 111 "’“tting underway, the 1 htau* convention was called . hy ,:,r c Chairman John ' ; at 12:1,") o'clock. H v a ' l " Il i "'.is “pronounced by the V ,i 7 : " ld " n '- v - °f the Edenton ■ 3 . 1,1 t1«,«1iM Church. ■ikl nu,l| t<oiuin was packed with H] ,|' . democratic leailer K, ri u . ; ' UII W;l> recognized lie haws,, ? 1 reports, Chair- B> a n- and ,| |ir 7 H!, ' Kl a tPm P ,>rar .V p VH ‘ ‘ M ' keynote speaker was Hit r, v 7 ' r r '“ tiJ, '- v " f xtate. Mr. H-I'iirtv "7') ,i: “ work of ~IP Demo ,vtur ‘ (1 ,H " ’"hi "f it* leadership that shortly before t d, received a tele j,i ’ 1 me run Morrison v "inoci-atio National Hl-ninni m ' x, President "it's. Mr. l'verett went i,s tilt.'nK , :i '’ republican party, bifri «" " asluiigton, had to selfish ends,” st, 'atio„ |' , M 1 .’hat the present ■• of its <rpdit was a HT/*;; uZZ'!™ un,,aral ' I, 1 '" nf Woodrow AVil- H r »iioi, h riM ' l , "i ~l! rS hmoufs of his ad ap„hm‘! 1,1111 , * H> eonven tion H Ih l 7, l .f 1, ; , ' !1 has entered the 1 t"r treatment. THE CONCORD TIMES MANNINGTON REFUSES TO GIVE TESTIMONY Frrprietar <if “IJttlr Green House on K Street” Refuses to Appear Before the Senate Committee. Washington. April 15.—Howard Alan nington, friend of former Attorney Gen eral Daugherty, and proprietor of the "little green house on K Street,” today refused through lis attorney to appear before the Senate Daugherty-investigat ing committee. His attorney sought to present a writ ten statement of explanation, but the committee ruled it out. and the lawyer then informed the committee prosecutor that "if you want Mannington you'll have to get him." In the rejected statement Mannington had sought to question the authority of the committee to question him. but did not fall back oil the constitutional pre rogative of' refusing to testify because it might incriminate him.. C. H. Kerns, recently released on pa role from the Atlanta penitentiary, pre viously had told the committee today ‘what he declared was the inside story of the liquor conspiracy in which he had been convicted in Ohio. He named Abe I'ngerleder. of Ohio, as one of those to whom he sold a large consignment of whiskey, and declared Un gerleider had told him he was in a po sition to dispose of the liquor because he had contributed to the republican cam paign fund. At one time, Kerns also testified, an Ohio attorney named Warren Barnett had offered to get liquor permits for him at SIT a ease, through Howard Manning ton. and Ralph Cole, in Washington. The witness said he employed John Todd, a former partner of Harry M. Daugherty, to represent him in order to secure influence at the capital but that he went to the penitentiary anyway. He was released on parole in February, but declared that since he had talked to several people .about appearing be fore the Daugherty committee he had been ordered by Heber Votaw, the pris on commissioner, to return to Atlanta as soon as he was released from sub poena. BAILEY* POINTS OUT SOME OF HIS PLANKS The Candidate for Democratic Honors Makes Public Many Things That He Is Now Advocating. Raleigh. April 17. —Josiah W. Bailey, candidate for rhe Democratic nomination for Governor, declared last night in a sjM»ech here that he favored repeal of foreign stock exemption from the tax laws of the state, favored increase in the railroad franchise taxes, a removal of some of the present raxes ui>on land and some readjustment which would give back to the counties certain of the taxes coH“v‘<>i t " " ed this measure would help relieve the burden on land. In the course of hi* speech Mr. Bailey declared that these measures constituted the chief planks in his tax reform pro gram and invited his opponent for the nomination. Angus AV. McLean, to meet him on the *ame platform and present his views to the same audience. Shortly after last night'j* meeting Air. AlcLeau'ts manager issued a statement that Mr. AlcLean would not meet Mr. Bailey, as he felt the public was well able to choose between the programs put forth by both candidates and decide which Jine it favored. STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY HAS COMPLETED WORK Adjournment Taken This Morning After New Officers were Formally Inducted Into Office. Raleigh. N. C., April 17. —The 71st annual convention of the North Caroli na Medical Society adjourned here this morning after officers who were elected at yesterday's meeting, were formally in ducted into office. The business of the society was practically completed yester day afternoon. The society this morning adopted the usual resolutions of thanks for the hos pitality of local officials and citizens and then inducted into office the following: President. I)r. Albert Anderson. Ral eigh : vice presidents, Dr. .A\\ L. Dunn. Asheville. I>r. A. E. Bell. Mooresville. I)r. K. G. Averitt. Cedar Creek: Secre tary and Treasurer. Dr. L. B. Mcßrayer, Aberdeen. Pinehurst was selected as the meeting place for the Society in 1925. REP. LANGLEY PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO CHARGE That He Conspired to Defraud the Gov ernment in Alleged Removal of Whis key. Cincinnati, 0., April 15.—Congress man John W. Langley, of Kentucky, pleaded net guilty in Federal Court at Covington today to au indictment charg ing him with having conspired to de fraud the government in the alleged re moval of whiskey from a Lawrenceburg, Ky., warehouse in 1921. The judge announced that he would set the date for the trial tomorrow'. ’ Big Easter Sale at Partcs-Belk Co.’s The three buyers of the Parks-Belk Co. have just returned from New York, where they bought large stocks of goods, ev erything the newest and best. This is the third trip they have made since Jan uary. Their stocks are kept fresh and new and their prices are the lowest con sistent with quality. Read the big ad. on page four today. . Airmen Are Landed. Aboard the C- S. Destroyer Hull, Kanatak. Portage Bay, April 16.—Maj. Frederick L. Martin, commander of the United States army globe flight, and his mechanician. Sergeant , Alva Harvey, and the air cruiser which was forced down yesterday eu route from Seward to Chiguik, were landed-safely at Kanatak after being rescued today on the beach at Cape Igvik. Baptists in Japan Take Action. Tokio. April 17.—The American Bap tist Mission of Japan today adopted a resolution condemning a proposed exclus ion of Japanese from the United States as “unnecessary and unchristian. Record flier . yi&Bi IBL * WtfM. • <•: v; JBSB^Br W- Mrs. Oliver Atkey is the first woman to fly across the English Channel with a passenger. She is also the first woman to obtain an English air Diiot’s licensa. THAW TAKES STAND IN TRIAL FOR FREEDOM Was Asked Only Few Questions By His Own Counsel and Counsel Opposing Tim. Philadelphia. April 17. — Httfrry lx. Thaw, flushed and confident, testified for a brief period in his own behalf in his sanity trial today. Then his lawyers dramatically turned him over to the other side for cross examination^ Thaw seemed self-possessed. Former, Judge John AI. Patterson, his counsel, asked Thaw only five questions. Seem ingly the attorneys for the opposition were greatly surprised when he was turn ed over to them so quickly. Arthur G. Dixon, counsel for the trustees of the Thaw estate, and AA’m. A. Gray, repre senting Evelyn Nesbit, Thaw’s divorced wife, whose 13 year old son has inter vened in his own behalf, discussed the case with the alienists supporting their views with great earnestness. At the end of ,5 minutes Air. Dixon said. "AA’e have no questions to ask." Thaw smiled and left the witness stand. Another brief conference followed .among the attorneys for Thaw. TJiy.v -were *ifrt peetryfeu- 4or*' roe granted their client, and asked for a re cess until this afternoon, which was granted. PROCTOR WILL TESTIFY BEFORE OIL COMMITTEE Man Who Managed General Wood's Campaign in IU2O Called Before the Committee. AA'ashington. April 17. —AA’illiam Coop er Proctor, of Cincinnati, notified Sena tor AA’alsh, of the Senate oil commit tee. today that he will arrived in Wash ington tomorrow in response to a com mittee subpoena Served on him yester day. He financed the campaign of Gen eral AA’ood in I!>2(> and is to be ques tioned concerning campaign contribu tions, and happenings at the Chicago convention. AA'eigand’s Attorneys Are Prepared For Stiff Fight- Durham. April 16.—A hearing into the legality of the extradition of Carl Weigand, Chapel Hill attorney, from this state by <>. C. Kaffits. Ohio officer, and George T. Featherstone, chief of police of Chapel Hill, yesterday will be lield in Lynchburg, Ya.. Friday, accord ing to R. O. Everettt, counsel for Weigand. ShVmld the court there decide 4hat the officers were in the wrong in spiriting the defendant, who is wanted in Colum bus. ()., on the charge of non-support of a child by his former wife, the ease will be moved hack to North Carolina. Should (the court decide that Weigand can be carried on to Ohio for a hearing, (the case will be fought out through every court in Virginia, Air. Everett stated. Already counsel in Lynchburg has been secured for Weigand and two Durham attorney will attend the hear ing Friday. Counsel has also been em ployed in Columbus in the event the ease should go to Ohio. Mrs. Weigand leaves for Lynchburg tomorrow to be with her husband and to assist him in the. hearing. Gland Rejuvenation Only Temporary, Says Savant. Berkley, Calif., April 17—Rejuvena tion by means of gland operations is only temporary, in the opinion of Pro fessoi* T. C. Burnett, of the University of California department of lipys-iology. “The apparent improvement following the grafting of glands will remain tem porary,’ the professor explained, “until our knowledge of the physiological as pects of glands and gland secretions is vastly increased. From what is known of body glands, it is logical to assume that if we could resupply the secretions wh'ich are responsible for our vitality and youth, we might thrust old age to the back stage. “Newspapers are too enthusiastic on the subject. They jump ahead of the experimentors and medical men to get a specatcular story. This policy has its effect on the public. Every one leaps to startling and unfounded conclusions, and the result is a lack of critical judg ment which is essential in the consider ation of such a complex subject.” Issues Challenge to AlcAdoo Dallas. Tex., April 17. —Governor Pat M. Neff, continuing his campaign in Tex as for au uninstructed delegation to the National Democratic Convention, today challenged IVin. G. McAdoo to answer his charge that his record makes him un fit to be the Democratic standard bearer this year. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1924 Miss Coltrane’s Name Placed Before the D. A. R. Congress 11. E. C. Bryant in Charlotte Observer. Washington. April 10.—It begins to look as if the Tar Heel Daughters would bring about harmony in their ranks, hut it may take month* to do it. In pre senting the name of Miss .lenn Coltrnne for vice president general to the con tinental Congress tonight, Mrs. E. C. Gregory was diplomatic and careful in her speech. She praised tire candidate and told of her splendid work for ihe national organ rent ion. Her first sen tence was happy. T* said : "The Old North State commends to your favorable consideration tonight one whose grace and grafjiousness are even surpassed by her ability. Os the form er. you can so judge for yourself: of her efficiency, tier record of service of fers indisputable evidence." Some of the elevtw women of the state oppose Mins Ooltrane, and her friends regret that any controversy was started, for tlie state organization had been such n joyful neat for years. Mrs. Gregory added, in presenting Miss Coltrane: “First holding the office of recording secretary and regent other chapter and later that of recording secretary of her state, in ID2O. sought out as its repre sentative “Daughter, she was elected his torian general, and brought to that of fice rare gifts and technical experience. "During her term ofi theree years, she effected two results sos Lour national so ciety. The first the re-oragni/.a fion of our historical department on a new, systematized with a main artery leading to every (.state. Miss C'oltrane’s Record. “Fnder her vivifying touch, history, which is the heart of ifmr organization, was glorified. More than that, through her skill, history wa«' garnered into eight permanent sheaves for our nation al society, as is proved by the record, published in 1M23. Her important ser vice, of which notable mention should be made, is as follows: “From 1020-22 were recorded World War service records ol | 4fi states in 107 volumes, and director®* of historical facts in 30 stages wer® com piled, as well as sketches of over srttßAmerlean women in history. "Not content merely with research work for our national 4foeiety, she adapt ed, on request, a efudy outline of rhe historical needs of individual states, in order to inrttdrp each with a love for American hisOfiry, stressing its importance as the basifKof American cit izenship. In additimmprom 1920-23 she was chairman of theßtoditing commit- FATE OF TirTirTTjtMf^f BI LCWlli, I’XK NO WX Senator Lodge Called to ('outer With President Before Senate Takes up Mm* Bill Again. Washington. April 17.—The fate of the immigration bill with its Japanese ex clusion provision, was involved in an other conference today between President Coolidge and Senator Lodge of Massa chusetts. republican Senate leader, prior to resumption ofiyjSenate debate on the measu re. Senator Lodge said the immigration question had been discussed, but he would not say whether he bad obtained any information as to the probable action of the President when the measure reach ed the White House. Senator Willis, republican, of Ohio, who with Senator lx>dge. supported the Jap anese exclusion provision, conferred with the President following the visit of the republican leader. Senator Simmons, democrat of North Carolina, opened debate on the bill in the Senate, with a demand for drastic re strictive legislation, and offered an amendment under which preference would be given immigrants coining to this coun try to follow agriculture, the amendment providing that at least one-half of the quota for each nation should be reserved for such immigrants. Kail Freight Traffic Marks Set in February. Washington, April 10.—Two new high records for February freight ‘hand ling by class one railroads were report ed today by the Bureau of Railway Economies. Freight traffic in February, the re port: said, amounted to 35.062.421,000 net ton miles, an increase of 10-2 per cent over the same months last year. The figure also was 0.1 per cent higher than for February, 1020, when the previous high record was established. A daily average movement of 27.4 miles per freight car during February, the railway bureau added, was two and three-fifths miles greater than the aver age in the same month last, year, and exceeded by five and one-tenth miles in February, 1020. everage. With Our Advert Lsers. Apprpriate and beautiful Easter gifts can be found now at the Starnes-Miller- Parker Company. To the men who want the best in styles and material the Browns-Oannon Co. appeals in an attractive new ad. today. Persons desiring additional or new banking facilities will find courteous and safe service at the ( itizeus Bank and Trust Company. Special display of Easter Millinery at the Specialty Hat Shop. The Ritchie Hardware Co. sells the I). & M. sporting goods. Three Planes Ready to Continue Trip Seattle. Wash.. April 17.—A wireless message from Chignik, Alaska, reports that the world cruisers Nos. 2. 3 and 4. piloteji by Smith, Wade and Nedson, are prepared to leave Cbigaik this morning for Dutch Harbor, weather permitting. Dies Without Explaining Shortage. Kansas City, April 17. —John M. Moore, deposed president of the Fidelity Bank and Trust Company, died at an apartment house today without a state ment as to the discrepancy of $600,000 l which had been found in his accounts. tee and a member of the national ex ecutive eommitr.ee. ‘’The second resu'.t achieved by my* candidate is perhati* even more import ant than the first. In addition to her erudition and her gift for specific suc cessful organization—due to her deep, strong character, due to her vivacity, due to her lovable qualities, poured out un stintedly with regard alone for worth— few in official life can rival her unique gift for winning friends and popularity, wherever she goes, for our organization, both within and outside our member ship. "With, therefore, experience, execu tive ability, capable and forceful" with versatility, which a college training and the legacy of a distinguished ancestry stabilizes, with unswerving loyalty to our country and fidelity to the high ideas of our organization and with a spirituality and faith in God that quick en her love for mankind—all of which are still inadequate to describe fully niy candidate, yet make it possible for vine to offer to you tonight a woman, who is one of the choicest assets of our or ganization. one who is amply qualified for the high office of vice president gen eral of the national society, for which, in behalf of her state of North Caro lina, T have the honor to place in nomi nation the name of Miss Jenn Winslow (Vltrane." Miss CoLtrane’s nomination will be seconded by Ohio. The voting will take place tomorrow and the results an nounced Friday. Opposition Subsided. Edward E. Britton in News and Ob server. Washington, April It*.—The flurry over the matter of North Carolina sup port of Miss Jenn Cpltrane, of Concord, for the office of vice president general of the Daughters of the American Revo lution appeared today to have somewhat subsided, though she may still lose some votes from the Gastonia chapter. She was placed in nomination for the posi tion tonight in a clever speech by Mrs. Edwin C. Gregory, of l&iiisJSury, daugh ter of Senator Overman, and~ljer nomina tion was seconded by the 'spokesman for the Ohio delegation. Miss Coltrane drew a favorable place in the order of nominations, being the second on the list of thirteen to be nominated. With eight places to be filled, and thirteen candi dates in the field, there is a deal of politics being played, but the backers of Miss Coltrane are optimistic as to her success. WOMAN yDEEP-SEA DRIVER <GONG AFTER TREASURE" Will Attempt to Remove Gold From Spanish Ship Admiral. Sunk in 1858 Off Tobemory. TohermoryvfScotlawl .April 13. —Ali*s Alargaret Naylor, described as the first woman deep sea diver, has arrived here to assist in the attempt to recover mil lions of gold dubloons at the Spanish Treasure Ship Admiral of Florence, which sank off Tobermory in 1858. With Commander Young, an experienced naval diver, she will decide on the machinery necessary for the dee psea treasure hunt. Alis* Naylor, especially trained by Colonel Fox, who was in charge of a similar hunt in 1919, has made several descends, adding a good deal of useful information as to the position of the wreck. Nothing has been recovered since the 1919 expedition, when some pewter dish es, coins, cannonball and other relics were brought to the surface but Colonel Fox considers there is a strong possi bility of getting into the ship after three feet of clay under which it is rest ing. is cleared away. He believes that. Aliys Naylor is likely to bring this about. THE COTTON MARKET Relatively Firm Liverpool Cables and Few Buying Orders Gave Market a Steady Tone Today. New York, April 17. —Relatively steady Liverpool cables and a few over night buying orders gave the cotton mar ket a steady tone at the opening today, first prices were 4 to 13 points' higher. This buying was held in check by the proximity of the holidays, however, and the market was quiet with prices sag ging off during the early trading, under realizing promoted by favorable weather prospects and continued complaints of a poor demand for cotton goods. May sold off from 80.65 to 30.48, and October from 25.30 to 25.14, or 3 to 10 points net lower. Cotton futures opened steady. Mav 30.65; July 29.08; Oct. 25.30; Dec. 24.65; Jan 24.30 bid. Salem College Endowment Fund Nearly Complete. Winston-Salem. April 16.—The Salem College building and endowment, fund of $400,000, subscribed in 1920 by over three thousand friends of the institu tion. is now well on the way to a suc cessful close on schedule time, June 30, this year, according to a statement, is sued by Theodore Rondthaler. secre tary of the fund. He states ithat. it ap pears now’ that losses on the total sub scriirtions will not be over 4 or 5 per cent. Approve German Suggestions. Paris, April 17 (By the Associated p ress ). —The reparations commission, at a plenary session this afternoon, decided unanimously to take the note of the reply of the German government adher ing to conclusions reached in the ex perts’ reports, and to approve, withi u the limits of the commissions attributes, the conclusions, and to adopt the meth ods proposed therein. Says Hanihara Will Be Recalled. Tokio, April 17 (By the Associated Press). —Ambassador Hanihara at Wash ington is tto be recalled by the Japanese government, the newspaper Yomiuri de clared today. Cotton on the local market today is quoted at 29 cents per pound. WRONG DOING CHARGED DAUGHERTY’ AND PALMER Gaston Means Account of Bribe-Taking to Dour of Daugherty. Washington. April Ifi.—Two former] attorneys general of the United States. A. Mitchell Palmer and Harry M. Daugherty, and one former governor general of the Philippines. Francis Burton Harrison, were accused of ser ious and personal wrong-doing during rapidly shifting testimony today, be fore the senate Daugherty investigating committee. Only two witnesses were heard, one. Gaston B. Means. investigator, long active in international and domestic affairs, and the other George W. Storek, accountant for the department of justice, hut out of the web of their stories were developed repented accusa tions of monetary misconduct and later of default in department of justice prosecutions. Means took his account of bribe taking straight to the door of Mr. Daugherty by repeating statements he ascribed to Jess W. Smith, the late companion of the former attorney gen eral. He also confirmed and extended impressions left by Storek. whose testi mony was a prolonged report of the in vestigation made by himse'f. upon the orders of John W. H. Grim, former as sistant attorney general, in'to the con duct of the alien property office. In the brisk play of question and answer. Means described Mr. Palmer, “looking seared tto death." coming out of Mr. Daugherty’s office after charges against hi* administration of alien property had been pushed to the point of a mention of indictment. ~ One moment of the session the com mittee devoted to Howard Mannington. of Ohio, when its “prosecutor." Sena tor Wheeler, democrat, Montana, de manded the production of this witness by Mr. Daugherty's counsel, in spite of his own refusal to appear- He demand ed likewise to know whether it was true that indictments had been returned in New York against Maningiton and Jess, for liquor permit transactions, but “hushed up.” He xvas advised h.v George E. Chamberlain of Mr. Daugh erty’s counsel to apply to the district attorney for his information. Two other issues arose during the day. one in the hearing, when Aleans quoted William J. Burns, chief of the bureau of investigation of the depart ment of justice, as advising Air. Daugherty against pressing the Alon tana indictment against Senator Wheel er. The other developer! after the hear ing whdPdonLt2 atga etao shrd 28282 Company, by letter to the eommittee.eon firmed its previous Verbal refusal to give the committee any more telegrams exchanged between principals in the senate investigation. MANAGER OF MeLEAN AGAINST ANY DEBATE W. 4. Bogden Says Democrats Are In telligent Enough* to Form Their Own Conclusions. Raleigh March 10.—“ There will be no joint debate: Mr. McLean will con duct his campaign in his own way with full confidence that the Democrats of North Carolina are intelligent enough (to form their own conclusions as to which of the candidates for governor will best serve the Democratic party and the State,” declared W. J. Brogden, manager of A. W. McLeans's guberna torial campaign, tonight after he was in formed of Mr. Bailey's challenge for a joint debate. , "We have not seen Mr. Bailey s speech but from what we have heard it must have been in line with Mr. Bailey's campaign of assault on the Democratic party and the progressive policies of the party. The party and its policies need no defense at the hands of Mr. Mc- Lean against the assaults made by a Democrat.' Such defense might be ex pected against the Republican part} in the 1924 campaign,” continued Mr. Brogden. "The impulse of Mr. McLean upon being informed of Mr. Bailey s chal lenge was to accept and go after Mr. Bailey on bis record but his friends and his manager and party leaders stood against joint discussion by Democrats and Mr. McLean unwillingly acceded to their arguments.” Preacher Goes by Airplane to Perform Marriage Ceremony. Charlotte, April 16— For the first time in Charlotte’s history a local min ister today used au airplane to travel to a distant state to perform a mar riage ceremony. Rev. Joseph A. Gaines, pastor of St. John's Baptist Church, left early yesterday morning in an air plane piioted by his brother. Lieutenant Edward P. Gaines, for Rockville, Md., where the aviator will be married Thurs day, his minister brother officiating. The bride will be Miss Katherine Jones. Lieutenant Ganies made the tllght to Charlotte for his brother. Knight Nomination Rejected by Senate. Washington, April 16. —The Senate today rejected the nomination of Samuel Knight, of San Francisco, to be special government counsel in prosecuting oil suits involving Sections 10 and 3(5 with in the boundaries of naval reserves number two California- The vote taken in executive session was reported unofficially as 39 to 2(5. Florida Republicans Favor Coolidge. Palataka, Fla., April 17.—Florida’s ten votes in the National Republican convention today were pledged to I resi dent Coolidge by the Florida State Re publican committee in session here. The delegate* will go to Cleveland in structed. Daugherty Committee in Recess. Washington. April 17.—The Senate Daugherty committee stood in recess to day to permit Senator Wheeler, the com mittee prosecutor, to attend the opening hearing in the Senate investigation of his indictment ’in Montana. “The Charm School" has been a suc cess in New York and London and it's going to be a success at Wineeoff High School. Don’t miss it. April 18th. $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. WHEELER GORGES , ~;,r*tnrb-fTTINC CLOSE MTENTIOH Charges in the Indictment Against Montana Senator Being Heard by Special Senate Committee. THOMAS STOUT FIRST WITNESS He Told Committee About Advising Gordon Campbell tb Get Senator Wheeler For Special Work. Washnigton, April 17. —Former Rep resentative Thos. Stout, of I.ewiston, Montana, was called today as the first, witness before the special Senate com mittee investigating the indictment in Montana of Senator Burton I\. Wheeler. Stout testified that he had been edit or and publisher of the Daily Democrat News of Lewistown for 15 years, and that he had known Senator Wheeler “quite intimately" for a number of years. Stout also said ho had talked with Gor don Campbell in December 1922, about Campbell's employment of Senator Wheeler. Campbell did not know Wheeler. Stout said, and he volunteered to see Wheeler about his being retained. The ease in volved was a receivership matter in the state district court. AVhen he saw Wheeler, Stout said, the latter advised him that he could not rep resent Campbell except before state courts. Stout said he had no further connec tion with the matter, but that Senator Wheeler appeared for Campbell in state court eases. Committee Reads Telegram. Washington, April 17. —Cutting at once to the heart of the whole contro versy. the special Senate committee in vestigating the Montana charges against Senator Wheeler opened its hearing to day with testimony bearing directly on the extent of his activities in Washing ton in connection with cases in which his Montana clients were interested. From Gordon Campbell, a geologist who said he had employed the senator ia 1922 to represent him ia ertate court*, of «Hegr*tns'-pawm* Between turn 1 aaa Wheeler, one purporting to show thut Wheeler had been "advised” the govern ment could not intervene in Campbell's behalf in a land proceeding* against him, and the other indicating that the senator had arranged for Campbell to confer with Solicitor Booth, of the In terior Department, regarding “the Lin coln permit.” Mount McKinley Sinking Because of Earthquakes. McKinley Park. Alaska. April 16. Tradition has it that Mount McKinley, the loftiest peak on the American conti nent, sinks about two feet a year from its official altitude of 20,300 feet. Residents qf the region are convinced that this happens. They point out that there is an average of four earthquake shocks a year, and contend that the mountain settles about six inches with each tremor. Byway of attempted confirmation, they refer to the Aleutian Islands. According to recent reports front scien tific sources, no one can stat the loca tion or altitude of many of the small islands, in the Aleutian (archipelago. One day an island may appear well above water and the next day it. inny have vanished. Numerous small islands, including Bogoslov, are "reported to have disap peared without a trace. Bogoelov is recalled as the island which suddenly appeared while the crew of the coast guard cutter Bear looked on. in 1906. blame is placed on Mount Katmai and Pavaloff volcanoes, which intermit tently send out dense clouds of smoke and flame. > Europe is on Road to Economic Peace. London, April 15. —As the result of Premier MacDonald’s announcement of Great Britain's acceptance of the re paration experts’ report as an “indi visable whole.” coupled with a similar decision by the Berlin cabinet, Europe tonight is back on the* road which the should lead straight to a longoverdue settlement between the victors and the vanquished in the world war. France still remains to be heard from, but in announcing the British decision to the house of commons, this afternoon Premier MacDonald stressed the unani mity ofthe reparation commission in accepting the experts’ recommendations. Eddie McKenna, the western bantam weight, has been selected as the op ponent for Pancho Villa at the Cleve land show on April 23. which will mark the reopening of the boxing game in the Forest City. WHAT SMITTY’S WEATHER CAT SAYS v K Showers tonight and Friday, warmer tonight except in extreme southeast por tion, cooler in extreme western portion Friday. NO. 8f
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