North Carolina Newspapers

- 3 Editor and Publisher^ VOLUME XLVIII. f IS OBSERVING 10 WEEK; FINE FROGRMI arranged ek Formally Opened Yes rdav Afternoon When hu rch Bells of (he City >re Sounded at 2 O'clock ST CONCERT this evening inc Band of Charlotte, ssisted by Mrs. Sloane, ill Provide Evening: of Rare Interest for All. W,nfiirinliv opened in Con < . v afu moon :iinl during tl)f* mii-i' lover* in fit'* city eAfii (.pioTtiitiity to hear some “ S' uifi of unusual ' . la'iihis !'..!• eaell evening of ' "'j j; of Church 1 tolls inaugur , w ,.,4 here yesterday. This n „ ut ) ( ieil featured of the pro waJ rendered when the Wiseassett _ t ',f Albemarle, gave a concert at ralay. April 21*t. at K'ls p. Tempii l Rand. Robert 1.. Keesler*; r, r with Mrs. Mary Sirns Sloane. | re. will give a concert at the New S!;.k<l auditorium. si:tv right at s oYloek there will wiimnunit\ *ing ami music memory it at the's;)me plaee. W.diu'day night the Davidson Col- Hec Club will give an entertain- Ttie following night the Concord 1 Society, under rtie direction of riee’ l »<n!e. will present "The Rose u" by Cowen. Friday .•veiling, Umberta Sorren he eelebrated Italian tenor, will ap n cotaerr. Mr. Sorreut ino’s 'beau u.iee has bcene developed. trained etitied to the full delicacy of the : some of the greatest masters. Saturday evening there will be ital on the Odell Memorial Organ rest Hill Methodist Church by Miss May lieges. ;) gifted musician of s College. public library Las set apart a por if two afternoon* during the week ery telling devoted to music. .‘C'unitev have grejTr r* hearing music duriug Mttsic lie teachers are in general following ties of ni-operai i.iti. ()ne is hold dials by their pupils, and the oth rimiiiendiiig to tin- pupils that they iiU'icals in their homes and the of friend*. Woman's (Tub ha* issued invira* to a Musical Tea i<> he given at the inn* and Manufacturers .Club, feller. Hie city is undoubtedly g a valuable contribution to a ben movejnent. It (ORKLLI. NOTED NOVELIST, DIES AT HOME One of Best Known Women in :> an <l and Had Written Popular nis and Tales. rtford-on-Avon. England. April 21 he A'soeialed Press).— Marie Cor -bgli'h novelist, and author of a ,f f .popular romantic tales, died to roJ?1 heart trouble at her home She had been ailing for several • hut was apparently recovering it lata! seizure occurred, n iu IM>4, the daughter of an n Father and Scotch mother. Miss 1 " :1 * adopted in infancy by ** journalist and song 11 She was educated in a French " . and nnicli of her early training "i h. the idea that she would take h'* musical |i,'uft«ssion. hut her pen 'vriting [.revailed, en puhlit aii..n of a number of ,s Arriving For Vanderbilt Wed ding. iWiHe. April 20. —Lord William •Hid hi* daughter. Miss Margaret 1 '»f England, accompanied by the V ( "* ln branch* Amherst Cecil, whose iag- t.. Mis.* Cornelia Vanderbilt. 'ideninized on Tuesday. April > arrived m Asheville Saturday' I n ,' g ' F'hey are staying at the Bilt- I'liioh. X.»rth Carolina home of the Louise Todd, of if .' . :Ui '* M ashington. a member s ßarty. reached Asheville j'' '*i' i: > A • Other guests are cx : ''it-* week. Witnesses Moravian Easter Service. a i!^ ,n ' S:,!, ‘ ni - April 20.—The at ’^r,‘ annual sunrise Easter jiin#' 'iHvian graveyard this wat >«. l <JiiHted 1 1 v the chief ush- !,i .*IO.OOO to 35,000. sijjjjil erowd by several lurii ff i* ’'! l "‘Oiessed any serv -’j.,' ,i '' years they have been (■■ Ps f! more out-of-town noini,,' 1 a l a rge mim dina ' r " ln ' 'i-ginia and South ,l! ‘tuirj- Postponed. failure ‘V ir ’ 1 -1-—because of 3 Montan " ltn, ' ssrs to arrive here rh«r e ' • timber investigation of defcrLi t * ainKt s ™ a tor Wheeler Biittee , y . the special Senate " ' ‘''ting the inquiry. qiisintitv f 7 7T *ea bv • n L" a - er < t ,s(vha »*g < ‘d in thout So ,V ; tt lo rivers of the world "tt'Pieo k l a day. L ftften worl d's greatest oil shintHf, e million barrels of oil U m there in a month< THE CONCORD TIMES ♦ *#****. ******#&♦ ¥ AUTOS NOT TO BE * PARKED ON CAMPUS -f T , . "c I'rot. A. S. Webb, superintendent £{4 ru: of the Concord Schools, asks that %• fj- persons driving to (he new high * s cbool building for Music Week ea- * tertainment. park their cars in the r.- streets leading to the school :*■ "Work is being done on tiie camp- «H T ll ' now." Prof. Webb stated, "and H* this vtork will be interferred with if rft , rfi cars are driven on the grounds. Per- f!** -f- sons will please park their cars in jfc • if- the streets leading to the building." r! ; ♦**********#**♦ SIMMONS AND MeLEAN FILE THEIR NOTICES Bailey Is No t Yet In. Bill His An nouncement Is Expected During the Coming Week. Raleigh. April 20. —Senator Sim mons notice of candidacy for re-election reached the state board of elections Sat urday about six days after announce ment was made from Washington that it had been tiled. It apparently was way-laid in the mails. Angus Wilton McLean paid his fee and tihsl notice with the state hoard Saturday. Mr. Bailey is yet to come in. but he is expected during the week, as the time limit for tiling notices closes next Saturday Not ices of candidacy have, been re ceived by the board since the convention as follows: Major W. A. Foil, Concord, Demo crat. candidate for the State Senate; •Tames P. Ccok. of Concord. Democrat, candidate for State auditor: Robert Q. I Burch. Republican, candidate for State treasurer; E. CL Griffin. Edenton. Dem ocrat. candidate for Congress in the first district; Congressman John H. Kcer. candidate for re-election; Don Gilliam, of Tarboro. Democrat, candidate for so licitor: Charles Ross. Lillington, Demo crat. candidate for attorney general; T red P. Latham. Belhavon. Democrat, candidate for commissioner of agricul ture: T rank D. Griist. Lenoir. Democrat, candidate for commissioner of labor and printing: W. C. Meßoiefi Republican, candidate for solicitor of eighteenth dis trict. OFFICER WOUNDED BY NEGROES AT A CHURCH Hendersonville Policeman Seriously In jured; May Die.—Another Officer Hurt Asheville. April 2ft.—Policeman .Tesse Maxwell is in a critical condition in, the hospital at Henderson with a ptstftl shot wound in his back, and Policemaii Gnstoo Freeman is suffering from a ft suit or tt sffooTTng scrap growing out of a free for all fight at a negro church at that place Friday night, (-'bris Pilgroin and James Pilgrim, two negroe* alleged to have figured in the shooting and to have inflicted the wound which may prove fatal to Policeman Maxwell, are held without bond in the Henderson county jail. The police were called to restore order in a negro ehurch meeting in the West End section of Hendersonville Friday night. The meeting had been railed for the purpose of ejecting the pastor, it is said, and the tight among factions transcended words. A church man whipped out a pistol and proposed to settle the argument his way. it is alleged. Shme one at the meeting failed upon the police to intervene. When Policeman Maxwell and Policeman Gas ton Freeman arrived the shooting had just commenced. A Miner Becomes a “King.” London. April 21—Known all over the Scottish lowlands and among the miners throughout Great Britain as ‘■Jamie Brown.” the member of parlia ment for South Ayrshire is destined to go down in history as the man who, after working for twenty-nine years in the pit. was sent to represent the King a« the Lord High Commissioner to the Assembly of the Church of Scotland. This entails his residence iu Holy rood Palace, the holding of levees, a mount ed escort of cavalry wherever he goes, a State coach, and the right to a royal salute ~on ceremonial occasions during his tenure of office. _ His appointment is without parallel in British history, and as this office has been regarded for 24” years as the special prerogative of the highest aristocracy, many people have become curious to know something of James Brown's career and personality. Slain Boy’s Father May Execute Negro. Florence, Ariz., April 17. —The state will interpose no objection to a request „ by W. H. Brosh, agerl father of Ted p Grosh, >flain university stutdent. to . spring the gallows trap to execute W m. , R. Ward. Globe negro, who was con vieled of the youth’s murder, it was an nounced today by R. B. Sims, superin tendent. of the Arizona state prison “We will offer no objection, if Mr. Grosh wants to be the executioner,” said the superintendent. Crosh’s father, was present at the trial here early this month when a verdict finding Ward guilty of liftst. de gree murder was returned by a jury. Groslt was slain near Globe qn the morning of December 2ft. Ward was sentenced to be hanged June 2ft. but sentence was automatical- Ily stayed by an appeal to the state Supreme court. Under near Plant to Close. Springfield, Mass.. April 18. The plant, of the William Carter Company, underwear manufacturers, employing sfto persons will close tomorrow, not to re open until April 28. Slack business is the reason given. Persia will develop her railroad sys tem by building new and needed roads, financing’the whrk by selling the crown diamonds- XX Place is the strange name of a street in London. t Travels From Europe in Suit Case f— ———— immmmm ———■———^^ ■— I | § I § |v A •>•• JL|b9 , - Jji When you’re taking, the “prince oi wails' on a long • ontmental vovuge there’s nothing like convenience. Hence the "suitcase crib." utilized by I >r. and Mrs. Charles 11 Lewis, who thus brought their four-months-old baby boy from \ ienna. Customs officials at New York were hittazed upon opening the suit case and finding its contents Di Lewis 1« un ohsteiri i ian of Los Angelos. j COTTON SEED STATISTICS 3,204.372 Tons of Seed Crushed in Eight .Months Period Which Ended March 31. Washington. April 21.—Cotton seed crushed in the eight month period end ing March 31 totalled 3,204,372 tons, com- I pared with i{,lll(i..’!(!fi tons for the same period a year ago, and cotton seed on hand at mills March 31st was 234.121 tons compared with 10ft.1122 tons a yeai ago. the census Bureau announced today. Cotton seed products produced in the period, and on hand March *3l were : Crude oil produced N7ft.oft4.fti»N pounds, and on hand llft.llo.4ft() pounds. Refined oil produced. pounds, ami on hand 210.0C2.233 pounds. Cake and meal produced. 1,301,010 tons, and on hand 172.007 tons. J,inters produced, 001.933 bales, and on hand lftK,7ftft bales. MADAM ELEANORA DUSE DIED IN PITTSBURGH Noted latlian Tragedienne Was Making inwl.ir—dMF aXiim »t ih» 4 a>fd i. Pittsburgh. Pa.. April 21.—Madam Eleonora Duse, the noted Italian trage dienne. who arrived in Pittsburgh three weeks ago today on her farewell tour of the United States, diisl early this morn ing at her room at a hotel. Death was caused by influenza and other complica tions. her physician announced. The body will be taken to New York as soon as arrangements can be made, and later will be removed to. Italy, the homeland of the famous actress. WORLD COURT PLAN TO BE DISCUSSED SOON Foreign Relations Committee of Senate Will Discuss Proposal in Sub-Com mittee. Washington. April 18. —Early hear ings on tin* proposal for American par ticipation in the world court were order ed today by the Senate foreign relations committee. The sub-committee of five, headed by Senator Pepper, republican of Pennsyl vania. was selected to conduct a hear ing and make a report to the full com mittee. With Our Advertisers. The S. S. Brown Shoe Store is now showing beautiful new Spring footwear. Your suit will look like a new one af t Jet your garden and field seed now. says says new ad. of the Cash Feed Store. The Baby Grand is the ideal piano and a beautiful instrument. See new ad. of Kidd-Frix Music and Stationery Co. Beginning Tuesday morning the Parks- Belk Co. is making clearance prices on nil aarly spring millinery and ready-to wear. See new ad. today for list of spe cial bargains. A cordial welcome awaits you at the Citizens Bank and Trust Company. You will find that every courtesy and accom modation is extended you there, whether your account is large or small Methodist Student Conference. Louisville, K.v., April 18.—A national conference of Methodist college students, the first in which both the Northern the Southern and Northern branches of the denomination have taken part, was opened in this- city today with an at tendance of delegates representing more than one hundred colleges. The ses sions will continue over Saturday and Sunday. _ One entire session of the conference is to be given over to a discussion of war and peace. The addresses will bo by student speakers and will embrace such topics as the aftermath of the war in Europe, the realism of war, the cost of war, and the breakdown of brother hood. Industry, race relations, and public opinion tire other major topics on Uro program. AH questions will be pro-] sented from the point of view of the Christian. Parents and Child Burned to Death. (By the Associated Press.) Quebec. Canada. April 18.—Mr. and Mrs. \Vm. Ramsay, and their ten-year old son. William, were burned to death today in their home at Breakeyville, near this city. Grains of wheat found iu the rock tombs of men who died forty centuries ago have proved able to grow at once into strong healthy plants when placed in the soil. ; __ PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1924 MAN LOSES LIFE KN FIRE AT STOCK YARDS Charles fterniehi and t(tr> Horses and MuJes Burned With Southern Stock Yards. Richmond. Va., April 21.—Charles Bernichi. 30 years old, lost his life and lfifi horses and mules were burned to death in a lire which destroyed the South ern Stock Yards here early today, caus ing damage estimated at $300,000. The origin of the fire which was seen first in the feed store room, has not been de termined. Police are investigating a theory that a lighted cigarette carelessly thrown into a feed bin started the fire. The tire was discovered by a police man shortly before 2 o’clock and before the arrival of fire apparatus it had spread to virtually the entire structure which covered several acres. There was little time to rescue the animals looked in the stalls, although many of them were gotten bo safety. Others, after being lib erated, rushed back’ iido the flames and j^iehed. SAVANNAH LIQUOR RAID DISCUSSED AT HEARING Clark Grier Gives Some Facts About Itaid That Led to Hie Arrest of 7fi Persons. Washington, April IS. —Minute de tails of the Savannah liquor conspiracy case in which 7<i persons had been sen tenced to the ’penitentiary were recited before the Daugherty investigation com mittee today by Clark Grier, who de scribed himself as a prominent Georgia Republican, and former "informant” of the Department of Justice. The witness declared there had been a long delay in prosecuting the cases, ifter Fie laid all of the facts befo’-e the department, and that his report was fol lowed by his "discharge" by William J. Burns, at the instance of John L. Phil lips, flu* Republican state chairman, who. he charged, was involved in the liquor cases. An indictment against Phillips in a lumber fraud case is pend ing in the District of Columbia. H. L. Scaife, also a former Depart ment of Justice iuvestigator. corroborat ed Grier’s testimony ,as to his separation from the department after the Savannah report was submitted. * Scaife also charged that some liquor, sized some years ago in Washington, but which disappeared from storage, went to the “office of Speaker Gillette.” TIIE COTTON MARKET * ■ Opened Easy at Decline of 29 to 43 Points.—May Off to 29.77, and Oeto lier to 24.55. New York, April 21. —The cotton mar ket opened easy today at a decline of 2ft to 43 points, and sold 38 to 58 points net lower during the early trading under local liquidation and Southern and Wall Street selling, based on reports of good weather in the South over the holiday. May declined to 2ft.77 and October to 24.55 under this pressure, but there was widespread covering at the lower prices, and the showed rallies of ft or lft points from the lowest toward the end of the first hour. The Liverpool market was closed today. Cotton futures opened easy: May 30.00; July 28.3 ft to 28.15; October 24.0 K; December 24.10; January 23.78. McDonald says cabinet IS DOING ITS BEST NOW But Does Not Think It Will Come up to Expectations of the Party Members. York. England, April 21 (By the As sociated Press). —Prime Minister Mac- Dcnald told the independent labor party conference here today that the labor gov ernment was doing its best but would not necessarily always come up to ex , pectations of the party he was address ing. He said lie did not know how long the labor cabinet would be in office. Car Load of Spinach. New Bern. April 21.—The first car load of spinach to be shipped out of this territory in recent years, will leave here during this week, according to C .B. Faris. Craven county agent. The car ' will be sent to a northern market and is being supplied by six farmers, who will furnish 600 crates of the produce, : the amount of the car. it was stated. F. ; M. Simmons and Mrs. George Simmons • and L. C. Hadder, W. C. Laughing- I house, H. A. Patten, and Sr., are supplying the car. DECLARE WOMAN HAS CONFESSED SHE IS BOBBEDHAIR BANDIT A Detective Says Edward Cooney and Wife, Celia, Confessed to Crimes That Terrified New York City. Woman is only 20 YEARS OLD Couple Did Not Fight Extra dition and Talked Freely of the Crimes, Detective Has Declared. Jacksonville, Fla.. April 21. —Prepar- ing to return to New York this after noon. in custody of two New York de tectives. Edward Cooney, aged 2. r ». and his wife Celia, aged 2ft. the beautiful bobbed-hair holdup woman who hao ter rified New York with 17 crimes during the last year, today confessed to the whole affair, according to Detective F. S. Gray, of New York. The man is said lo have confessed to the majority of the charges filed against ihe pair, and his wife freely talked of the most recent' affair, the robbery of the National Biscuit Company's plant] in Brooklyn, in which one man was se riously injured. The couple waived all extradition papers, and told the detec tives that they would be glad to return to New York and were ready to stand trial. BAPTISTS MEET IN ATLANTA MAY 14 19. Indications Point, to an Epoch-Making Convention—Great Progress is Made. Raleigh. April Ift.—The approaching session of the Southern Baptist conven tion. which meets in Atlanta. Ga.. May 14-lft. will be an epoch-making one. from all indications. It was in Atlanta this convention met five years ago. when the 7“» million campaign was launched. It seemed fitting that the convention should come back to the same place in this closing year of the campaign. Viewed from every standpoint this campaign has been a marvelous success. Approximately $.10.000,00ft more has raised for the> different benevolent objects* Gk* jfc&ujuftiuatunK during the last five years than in any like period of time in the history of the denomination. Almost a million mem bers have been baptized into the fellow ship of Southern Baptist churches dur ing that time. The number of foreign missionaries sent out has almost been doubled, and the number of native work ers on the foreign fields has been quard rnpled. The work in the homeland has been greatly enlarged and strengthened in every phase of if- The growth in North Carolina has been very marked. By the end of this year it is believed lftft.ftftft will have been baptized into the fellowship of the Baptist churches of this state in the five- year period. The denomination has gone forward in its contributions to all the objects fostered by it in a most won derful wav. It has for its goal this year the raising of s2.ftftft.ooft. Os this amount sKftft.Oftft is to be raised by April 3ft. While much of this is to he raised within the next ten days. yet some $30,000 more has been contributed this year than at. at this time hist year. DOES NOT REGARD NOTE AS THREAT TO COUNTRY Viscount Isliii Says He Caunot Conceive of Any Nation Addressing Threat to America. Paris, April IS. —“If is impossible to imagine tiny government or its tepresen tative addressing a threat to the Ameri can government." said Viscount Isliii to the Havas Agency today, commenting an the construction placed by some American senators upon Asmbassador Hinaharn's note regarding the immigra tion question. Viscount Isliii. now Ambassador in France, formerly was ambassador to the United States. ANOTHER CHANGE IN VETERANS’ BUREAU Thirty of Country’s Leading Physicians Asked to Assist in Getting Bureau on Nevr Basis. Washington. April 18. —Thirty of the country’s leading physicians have been invited by Director Hines, of the Vet erans' Bureau, to serve as consultants preparatory to putting the bureau’s med ical staff on a permanent basis through enactment of legislation and executive reorganization. One of the physicians on the list is Dr. William Leroy Dunn, ( of Asheville, N. C. FORD CANNOT APPEAR IN WASHINGTON NOW Tells Senate Agriculture Committee He Cannot Testify Now Regarding the Shoals Offer. Washington. April 21—Henry Ford informed the Senate agriculture commit tee today that it was impossible for bun to appear in person before the commit tee to explain his Muscle Shoals bid. The committee received a letter from E G leibold. Ford’s geueral secretary. saying that W. B. Mayo, Ford’s chief eingeer, would appear iustead. The largest bridge in the world will be built over the estuary of the River 1 Elorn in France tto connect Brest with 1 j Plogastel. It will be six miles long and • made up of two approaches, one-third of a mile long, and four span* of one '.and one-third miles each. .! London has 421 newspapers of all , kinds. ALL PARTIES READY FOR PENN S YIA AN IA NS PR I MARY Presidential Candidates Not to Be Voted on Directly, Bnl Delegates \Y ill Named. Philadelphia. April 21. —PresidenV candidates do nqj directly figure in the primary to he he'.d in Pennsylvania by all political parties tomorrow. Al though the law permits such candidates to place their names on the ballot to give preference, not one availed himself of the privilege. The Republicans will name 7ft dele gates to the Cleveland convention. The Democrats will elect 80 delegates to the New York convention with a total vote of 7ft. the party rules providing for eight delegates-at -large, four men and four women, with a half vote each. On the Republican side, the candidates for delegates are not officially pledged to any presidential candidate, hut state leaders said they ox)>ect that the delega tion to he elected will he unanimous for President Coolidge. The majority of the state leaders are supporting a list «f seven candidates for delegates at large made up of Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, Governor Pinehot. Senators Pepper and Reed. State Chairman W. Harry Baker. Congressman W. S. Vare and Mrs. Elizabeth Price Martin. There is a contest for one delegate at large. Ralph Beaver Sgrass burger, a Hiram Johnson supporter in lft2ft. but now an Jvowed Coolidge man. opposing Gover nor Pinehot for one of the seven “slated" places. On the Democratic side 17 candidates are in the race for the eight places for delegates at large, three elements within the party contesting to win the delega tion. The fight is a factional one and presidential candidates’ were not drawn i into the contest. The Democrats are also contending for control of thp state committee, mem bers of which will be elected at the pri mary. / The importance of this fight is due t'o the fact that the state committee will elect the next national commitee man. An attempt to have the national committeemen elected directly by the Democratic voters at the primary, as was done in lftlft and lft2ft. was defeat ed by a court decision. The present na tional committeeman is Joseph tF. Guf fey. Pittsburgh. Judge Eugene C. Bon niwell. Philadelphia, sought to have the committeemen elected directly by the voters. He is a candidate for the plaee and will take his fight info the state committee. He is opposed by members of the present state committee, headed by State Chairman Austin E. McCul lough. Before the court decision. State Chairman McCullough threatened to car ry the contest into the national com' mittee meeting at New York when the. convention meets. ' contests frrbodr nttjftfr parties for district national delegates, largely the result of factional differences rather than of presidential preferences. All parties will nominate candidates for Congress injhe 3ft cohgress’ional dis tricts, for the Statp Senate in 23 dis tricts and for the full membership of the state House of Representatives. Candidates will also be nominated by all parties, including Socialist and Pro hibition. for Judge of the State Superior Court. State Treasurer and Auditor General. ~ WILL OBSERVE DAY OF THANKSGIVING AND PRAYER .May Fourth Designated as Day by Ex ecutive Board of the Southern Presby terian Church. Nashville. Tenn.. April 18.—The ex ecutive committee of Foreign Missions and the other executive agencies of tho Southern Presbyterian Church announc ed today a call to the member of the church to observe Sunday, May 4th. as a day of thanksgiving and prayer. The call says: "At the meeting this week in Nash < ville of the executive committee of For eign Missions reports were received showing the work of the church for the past 12 months has broken all previous records. I “The total receipts for foreign mis sions. including running expenses and physical equipment, are the largest for .any one year in this church's history, totalling sl.3fts.ftfto. Within the past six years the anuttal gifts of the South ern Presbyterian Church have increased more than lftO per cent. 1 “Southern Presbyterians throughout the South will assemble on Sunday, May 4th. in their accustomed places of wor ship to render praise and thanksgiving . to a beautiful Heavenly Father, who has jso abundantly blessed the work of the , 'church ami all its agencies in the home | and foreign fields.” HAD NO INTENTION OF “ CONVEYING A “THREAT” i * * Makes Specific Disclaimer in Letter to * Mr, Hughes.—ls a Frank Explana tion. 1 Washington. April Ift. —A specific dis * claimer of any intent to convey "a veiled ’ threat” in the use of the phrase “grave ’ consequences" in his recent oommunica- tion to Secretary Hughes protesting against the Japanese exelusiou feature of the immigration hill is made by Am bassador Hanihara in a second letter to j the secretary made public today and characterized by Mr. Hughes ns a “frank and friendly” explanation. Tiie ambassador's letter and a reply by the secretary were made public by the State department. Mr. Hughes' let ter saying that in the light of the con text of the original letter and prevailing friendship and understanding between the two countries he “had no doubt that these words (grave consequences) were to be taken in the same sense ymi have stated, and I was quite sure that it was far from your thought to ex press or imply any threat.” j Winston-Salem will send its business men’s volley ball team to the Concord Y about Saturday of this week. Char lotte will more than likely come up this week for a match with Dr. Rankin's team. $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. SPEip PI LLETT IS ““ntniillAßOUT LIQUOR CHARGES 0! SCAIFE Denies That Any Liquor Was Ever Sent to His Office as It Was Charged by H. L. Scaife. SPEAKER LEAVES . LONG STATEMENT Said Constituent’s Trunk Was Sent to His Office But That There Was No Liquor In It. Washington, Apjril 21. —Speaker Gil lett appeared at the Daugherty commit tee hearing today and questioned 11. L. Scaife. committee witness, as to his state ments that liquor seized in Washington by prohibition agents some years ago went to Gillett’s office. “Where did you get your information?" the speaker asked. "Most of it came from Mr. Woodruff." "Congressman Woodruff?" “Yes." (Representative Woodruff, a republican is from Michigan). Scaife. a former Department of Jus tice investigator, insisted that his orig inal testimony "needed no correction" to his knowledge. He reiterated that his information was £hat the Speaker got the liquor for a constituent. The witness then turned to the Speak er. and asked if he denied that the liquor had gone to his office. "I certainly do.” said Gilletr. “Do you deny that a trunk went, there?’. Scaife persisted. ‘ Cillett said a constituent’s trunk been taken to his office, hut it had no liquor in it. Speaker Gillett then made the state ment to the committee under oath. Ht* said that in the spring of 1922 he had heard and denied the report that a trunk of liquor had come to his office. On investigation, he said, he found a trunk from which liquor had been remov ed had been seut to his office for u con stituent in lftlft. “For a witness before you to throw out a bold statement that 1 got liquor from the Department, of Justice when he knew the facts, or had opportunity to know the facts—well that’s an outrage. won't-ffy to rowjffirtwne wlatr his mo tives may be. He may desire notoriety.” Scaife insisted that his information not only came from Representative Wood ruff. who had been active along witli Scaife in the impeachment fight against Attorney General Daugherty in lft22, but from various sources.” Among other things, he said, “there was a report front Special Agent Cox.” He also named Dr. Samuel Wright and "a man named Bunch.” MR. WARD VERY ILL RELATIVES ALARMED North Carolina Representative Suffers Abcess on the Neck, Blood Poisoning Feared. Washington, April Ift.—Representa tive II- S. Ward is still very ill at his apartment here. Ite'atives and friends fear hip condition is critical. His trouble started several days ago with an abscess on his neck- This was lanced, but his condition did not. improve, and since then blood poisoning has been feared. There is now great pain in the head. Friends of Mr. Ward were first tip prised of his illness when it was stated that he would probably be unable to at tend the state convention at Raleigh. Before that he had been looking and feeling well. Chicago Girls’ Week. Chicago. 111.. April 21.—'“Girin’ Week” was launched in Chicago today under the joint auspices of the city school officials and the various women’s clubs of the city. The observance is to be along the. lines of the “Boys’ Week” celebration which have been held in many parts of the country and the pro gram provides for a week of special activities for future woman citizens. The schools will direct attention to the work of girls and women i't every line. Prominent Chicago women, among them Miss Jane Adame and Judge Mary Bartelme, will speak before school as semblies. Club women will address groups of girls on world service, and delegates from girls’ organizations in the schools will be entertained by club women. The League of Women Voters has prepared a pageant, showing tlio ad vance of women in civic rights, and the imblir library bus published lisfo of books of especial interest to girls. Blood flows through the bones of very young children almost as freely as freely as through the veins. WHAT SMITTY’S WEATHER CAT SAYS Increasing cloudiness, probably follow ed by showers Tuesday, and in extreme west portion tonight; warmer tonight and ; on the coast Tuesday. Cooler in ex treme .west portion Tuesday. NO 82