I B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher VOLUME XLVIII. il I, THOMAS, I OF CONCORD, MADE I CONFERENCE LEADER B.«tor of St. .lames Lutheran H ,'hurch Elected President II . Southern Conference I For the Year. ■ BfssIONS BEING ■ fc ' held in city ■ t cudrc'vs Church Host to ■ Vbmit Seventy-Five Dele- II S ates and Ministers Here I For the Conference. H, I s, ('.inference of the ■ T ; ! ’",- v ,!„ t .!ic;,l Lutheran Synod of ;; , ' under Wily hero last ,i | njHi.iios session attend- H- r.o delegates and lay-' "", nr i,„!< i 'l’lirelies in the jsouth- H' , , t |,, (Tmrli in ih*> Principles of :ri!-:iiji -Kcv. U. M. Carpenter. H a. in.—“Tlif. Stewardship of Proy —Rev. 11. A. Trt xlcr. -Vijuiirnmcm. fISPKCTATORS PRESENT AT COMMITTEE HEARING ii funmittpe Back at Work After a R?cess With No Spectators in t*ie Koom. May- s.—ln a committee n® institute <>f spectators. the praefi -1 •rail-, of ~il production <>n Teapot and Elk Hill were described to >• for tlic Senate oil committee by H. Hr l* ; iin. director of the Bureau of rm ‘>it weeks the crowds that) once t,: ‘‘ bearing room l ave dwindled . and today for the first time the '“ - lee began iis public session! >vith " ll ‘‘ I*r«-s»*nt except members, witijiess ’o,l,l ntnv 'paper men. It was the first ■-'•“K in a Week. “i mev | armers Objected to Kccon stniction of Tokio. ukin, M a y 9.-- Rural voters in Japan as numerous as those from ‘"‘p- aceonling to figures published Line Office in anticipation of the " "i!' for the House of Rep 'w’H-.v,. which will be held May 10. , litres furnish the most eonvinc- M'l.inaTion „f tin* legislature's oppo s, ale plans for the recon r " ! btkio after ti e earthquake sP/prawdinary session of the Diet 1 December made impossi j„( 'y' I,lll ' which exceeded the barest ■j j,, s ." i •‘‘‘construction. The fact i-.... ' . : ' “f the representatives ;,. r 'p *’ v country voters, who .do |.. M capital rebuilt at the.ex -1 . nmi * districts, explains the to the ambitious plans .' I . 1! . '*- v Viscount Goto, then W,: unistw ane big crowds that si!.. ■[./ 1 •*> the store during • . . , ‘ ' i U)s been closed yes ■ :s f„ r t | )( ;l ' to mark down the ‘ It is desired to,sell that win,,',' .7"''*'. the present store K'tl’liave' ; " l ". n, ’ w stwe ls opened up _ 11 H oQ ly new goods. . ; x,.,. . ‘ ti 111 London, it is said, i-wek V i of pawning 7* ; oik whcV' 1 i ” tlier precious pos *'*S,| ,her *« ««i»* on n V'y house 1 V s '? leave them iu an !®,>hop w|,erl h fu loave them in a f >t cart ‘‘ they are assured of ex ttrs ’ specially the valuable THE CONCORD TIMES THE COTTON SITUATION America is Liable to .Meet Stiff Compe tition FYnm Japan. New Orleans, La.. May B.—That the decline in cotton production with the rise in the cost of production at the per acre yield of 11)23 is seriously threaten- Img our international balance of trade is brought more forcibly to the attention of the financial world in a recent discussion of the Japanese situation by the Wall Street Journal. While some persons are inclined at l times lt > prejudiced against annouuce ments statements emanating from V\ all Street this statement concerning k the cotton situation is so much in line with beliefs of economists and business men that there is no room for doubt, j The statement is interesting to finan- | eial interests because of its bearing on I foreign trade conditions which in turn ' affects domestic trade conditions, and is 1 of interest to the producers of cotton be-j cause of the demand in Japan for cot-; ton which encourages foreign lands to produce the stable in larger quantities and furnishes them* with further invent- j ive to overcome the supremacy of the j I nited Stares. The accomplishment of, the latter, while not considered likely j within the immediate future, will re- | suit in a competition so keen that tie American farmer will not be able to meet it and at the same time maintain a de , cent standard of living. The article in the Wall Street Journal referring to the cotton siuation is as follows: "Japan lias 4.877.000 active spindles and in the last year «-onsumef the quantity of cotton consumed by Japan, already referred to. almost a third of the supply of the last fiscal year wsis drawn front America. In the past two years Japan consumed in its mills over 1,700.000 bales of American-grown cotton. Only Germany and Great Brit ain took more American cotton in that time. Between the first of last Aug ust and the middle of the present month (April) Japan and China together have 737.000 .'bales of cotton from the Cnited States. “If'all our exports of farm products, including wheat and other grains, beef, work, lard and tobacco were put in one heap and the cotton in another the value of the cotton would be greater. In fact that commodity is the one that turns our international balance of trade. The Jap anese markets look for a coarse grade of goods and for that they can use other cot ton. particularly ti e staple which India produces." The preceding paragraph makes it very plain that America is liable to stiff *«tfirp**rfHi»n m muL tlm largest cotton consuming countries of the world. The only way to-offset or avoid litis competition, according to scientists and business men. is by an increase in production of cotton it* America with a corresponding decrease in costs of pro duction which can be done only through the control of the boll weevil. REP. HAMMER IS AFTER REP. BLANTON, OF TEXAS Two Representatives Had Misunder standing in the Committee. —Hammer Throws Folding Chair. Washington, May 8. —Representative Hammer, democrat of North Carolina, objected to being called a “garrulous pld grandmother” by Representative Blanton, democrat of Texas, at today’s meeting of the House district of Colum bia committee, and it took a good deal j>f effort by other committee members to keep them apart. Air. Hammer, first let fly a folding chair at his antagonist, and when that did not hit the mark, grabbed the balky District of Columbia appropriation bill. Thereafter the two members made sev eral lunges at each other across the table, but the meeting ended with hand shakes. A disagreement over the closing of the» meeting caused the outbreak. With Our Advertisers. p :1 tr Covington has many things to b< exchanged for others. Hee list in his ad. today. If you have anything you want to swap see him. Let the officers of the Citizens Bank and Trust Co. show you the advantages of doing your banking with that institu tion. Fisher’s is now having a Clearance Sale of all suits and coats at from one fourth to one-third off. Specials also ’» dresses and hats. Tie young men are attached to the $2.50 shirts of Browns-Cannou Co. The Dr. Geo. W. Graham property on North Tryon street. Charlotte, on the Concord road, will be sold at public auc tion on Wednesday, May -14th. Tins property will be divided into about .>(>o choice building lots. Big White and Clearance Sale at the Parks-Belk Company. The big annual May White and Clear ance Sale at the Parks-Belk Company will begin tomorrow (Friday) May Oth, and will last throughout the mouth or as long as the goods last. Big reduc tions will be made in every department. Many specials will be offered on well known goods such as J & P. Coats spool cotton for 4 cents, sheets for 70 cents, Octagon soap for 5 cents, and others that will save you money. Read the two pages of advertisements in this paper and go early and get the best bar gains. Proclamation for Mothers’ Day. Raleigh, May B.—Governor Morrison last night issued a proclamation calling upon the people of the state to observe Sunday, Alay 11th, as Alothers’ Day m their homes and churches. I England’s “Wizard Burbank;’ is Miss i Ellen Willmott, whose name is famous ’ among horticulturists the world over, so many are the plants named after her. THE TIME IS RIPE The time is ripe for securing a new hotel for Concord. I he citizens of the city have realized for years that the city s greatest need is better hotel facilities and it is possi ble now for the new hostelry to be erected. Ehe only tiling needed is co-operation on the part of the people of Concord. The company that purchased the hotel site has done all that it can do until the people act. It takes money, not talk, to secure a new hotel for any city. A number of the city's men and women have sub scribed liberally to the stock of the hotel company. They realize that the invesment will bring them about 6 per cent, annually, and at the same time will benefit their city. They are not only anxious to see their city grow but they are willing to assist in the growth. They are nrti willing to sit idly by-and let their neighbors create a bigger and better city. They are willing to subscribe to this un dertaking that means a more modern city. C. \V. Swink, Charles B. W agoner, L. E). Coltrane, T. 11. W ebb, L. M. Richmond, A. F. ITartsell and J. A. Can non will he glad to call on you and explain the details if you are interested. The-sooner the stock is sold, the sooner work on the hotel will start. Now is the time tp act. REPORTS SUBMITTED TO WOMEN’S CLUB MEETING Half of District Presidents Read Rej>orts Before Federated Club Meeting at Raleigh. Raleigh, May B.—A series of break fast conferences held hen* this morning completed much of the work of tie con vention of the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs before the general meeting which opened at 0 o'clock. The groups which considered problems of the convention at various hotel private rooms were department club presidents, home economics group, art and music divisions, and education, conservation and library extension departments. After assembly singing at the opening of the general meeting the convention began the second full day's program. Half of the district presidents read their reports, and the other half having placed theirs before convention yesterday. Among other reports ready today were those on home economics by Mrs. Rosalie A. Red fearn, library extension by Miss Mary Devane, and social service by Mrs. ('has. R. Quinlan. RESTRICT SMOKING AT NEW YORK CONVENTION Due to Presence of Women and Fire Regulations Smoking at Conventual Hall WHf Be Restrict*?! New York. May! 8. —Due to the pres ence of women ajid |to fire regulations, smoking will he restarted at the Demo cratic national convention. Philip P. Day, chairman of the; New York commit 1 tee. made this known jwlien he announced that the committee has accepted an offer of a local department store to provide a club room for the use of delegates and guests at Madison Square Garden. Governor to Get Report First. Raleigh. May B.—The report of the ship and water transportation commis sion will not be given To the public un til after it lias been submitted to Govern or Morrison. Chairman R. AI. Miller. Jr., of Charlotte, stated here this morning. The commission is meeting here today. Textile Depression Soon To Be Over —Optimistic Note Sounded Charlotte May 7. —Through the loan of $5,000,000 to foreign markets by 41 American banks, the present business de pression. especially in the textile indus try. will disappear wholly and an op timistic note will be sounded within the next 15 days. predicted Norman H. Johnson yesterday in his annual address before the Southern Wholesale Dry Goods Association, of which he is secre tary. Air. Johnson spoke before a large gathering in the convention had at the Chamber of Commerce. “Besides this loan, other banks will come forward with additional advances, I have been informed,” Air. Jhonson said. “It means that business conditions are going to improve materially, is my be lief.” That approximately $lO 000.000,000 is being wasted annually in American in dustry. because improper methods of production are being used, was a state ment made by A. E. Foote, of the di vision of simplified practice, department of commerce of the United States. Air. Foote said that much of the waste could be prevented by more efficiency in op eration and the .application of simplified practice in production. His address was illustrated. The annual banquet of the association was given last night at the Chamber of Commerce, with H. V. Kaltenborn, editor of The Brooklyn Eagle, and Dr. D. W. Daniels, president of Clemson College, . South Carolina, as the principal speak ers. The morning program today calls for further general discussions relating to the trade, and a round table discussion bv former' presidents of the association. A new president and other officers will be elected, and the selection of the next place of meeting will be announced. J '"All of today’s meetings will take place at the Chamber of Commerce. In the af ternoon a visit to Cramerton will be the feauture. Tonight there will be a smoker and buffet supper at the Southern Alanufac turers Club. Following a number of executive ses sions the convention was called to or-, i der at 10:30 o’clock yesterday. John PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1924 • CAREY AND IIUTU HAVE CHANGED THEIR MINDS Charged With Rap, Langley of Conspir acy to Defraud the Government, They Decide to Plead Guilty. Covington, Ky.. May B.—Walter B. Carey, of Canton. Ohio, and M. E. Huth, of Alliance, Ohio, (woof the four co-de fendants of Congressman John W. Lang ley, of Kentucky, ou trial in Federal court here on charges of conspiracy, to defraud the government through a whis key transaction in PJ2I. today reversed their pleas of not guilty, and entered for mal pleas of guilty when court convened. A motion by Attorney W. K. Gray, of Philadelphia, representing Milton Lip sehut/rf of Philadelphia, another defend ant. that all testimony concerning Huth and Carey be striekene from the record, was overruled. lluth ami Carey were removed from the court room to prepare bonds. It is understood that they will not bo sen tenced until after the trial ends. DRUGGED AND ROBBED WHILE ON STEAMSHIP Loretta Smith Victim of Chance Ac quaintances Met While on Trip From Florida to Baltimore& Baltimore. May B.—Drugged and rob bed by chance acquaintances who she met on a steamer en to Baltimore from Miami. Smith. 27 years old. of Jersey City Heights, New Jersey, is in a critical condition at the University Hospital. The police are searching for two men ami a woman who disappeared when the steamer reach ed a wharf. Miss Smith was found tinconscious in a stateroom this morning. One Prisoner Member of Prominent Family* Atlanta, Alay B—Ray Garcia, one of the three Cubans held at Ocala, Fla., in connection with alleged violation of the neutrality law, is a son of General Gar cia Yalez, president of the Aeteransand Patriots Association of Cuba, it was learned here today. Cotton on the local market today is quoted at 2f> 1-2 cents per pound. It. Summers ,of Dallas. Texas, scheduled to address the meeting on the subject of “Rulilding a Real Department on Small Notions,” was unable to be pres ent. but sent his address instead. It was read to the convention by Secretary and its theme was substan tially as follows: “Don’t allow a salesman to misrepre sent an article in order to make a sale.” In the discussion which followed, C. W. Jones, of Nashville, said “that no wholesaler can play golf and run his business all at the same time.” “And by that I mean: One must pay strict attention, to business while in the store, and then pay strict attention to golf while on the links. AVork while you work. Play while you play. You can’t mix the two.” AA’hereupon President AA T illiams said that many salesmen are in too much of a Turry to get home from the territory in which they are assigned. ‘‘They rush into a town, try to see 20 retailers in four hours and a half, and then rust right out again. No sales ma nis a miracle. Hence, no salesman can do his best work for his house by rushing around in such pell-mell fashion. I won’t have them in my business.” Sounds Optimistic Note. Norman H. Johnson’s annual address before the wholesalers sounded a note of optimism. Excerpts from his speech fol low : “The recent slowing up in business is not so pronounced as to destroy confi dence. The worst depression is now past history. “There has been a lot of propaganda abroad. The condition of the western farmer, reported so darkly, has been merely a smoke screen. It was political propaganda to blind the eyes of indus try. and to fool the public. “AA’ithfn three weeks from now there will be an improvement in business con ditions. Recently 41 American banks made a $5,000,000 loan, sanctioned by the Federal reserve banks, for the pur pose of creating a foreign market for lo cal products, such as cotton, wheat and other materials in demand abroad. There will be additional loans by other banks, according to he information I have, and this indicates to me an optimistic note in future business.” ESTABLISHMENT OF WORLD COURT K BEEN PROPOSED NOW Proposal Made by Senator Lodge in Resolution .He Would Establish Court at The Hague. WANTS PRESIDENT TO CALL MEETING Complete Plan For Proposed Court Embodied in Resolu tion—Would Have Court of Sixteen Judges. M ashjugjfon, May B.—Establishment of a world court at The Hague, to which the l nited States would adhere, was pro posed today in a resolution introduced by Senator of Massachusetts, chairman of the foreign relations com mittee. For the purpose of creating the new tribunal. President Coolidge would be "respectfully requested to propose the calling of the third Hague conference." The resolution embodied a complete plan for the proposed court. It would be composed of 1G judges—four of them deputies—who would he selected by an electoral commission. This commission would consist of "a general committee composed of represen tatives designated by the signatory pow ers. and a special committee composed of representatives designated by the Unit ed States. British Empire, France, Italy and Japan, together with representatives of five other signatory powers, which powers shall be selected by the signatory powers by a majority vote from time to time." Members of the could would be se lected by the electoral commission from “a list of persons nominated by the nat ional groups in the permanent court of arbitration.”' The tribunal would sit at least once a year with extraordinary sessions author ized at the call of its president. The signatory powers would recognize ■‘as compulsory, ipse facto*’ the jurisdic tion of a treaty questions of internation al law, evidence of breach of internation al obligation, and the nature and extent of indemnity for such breach,”’ MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAM , IN FLLJj ANNOUNCED Exercises Will Be Held at New High School Building and at Confederate Monument. The Dodson Rnmseur Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy will ob serve Memorial Day Friday afternoon, May Oth, 1024. The exercises will be held in the new High School auditorium at two o'clock, after which the Daugh ters and Veterans will be joined by the teachers and children of the city schools and march to the court house and decor ate the monument. All Confederate Vet erans, all members of the Daughters of the Confederacy and the public generally are momst cordially invited to attend these exercises. A splendid program has been arrang ed. Music will be furnished by Miss Elizabeth Woodhouse as soloist, a mixed quartet composed of Mesdames H. G. Gibson. Miss Pat Adams, Messrs. K. E. Ridenhour Jr., and J. B. Sherrill, with Mrs. V. A. Means as accompanist. The program follows : Song: The Son of God Goes Forth to War—By Audience. Invocation —Rev. L. A. Thomas. Solo: The Homespun Girl—Miss Eliz abeth Woodhouse. Introduction of speaker—H. W. Blanks. Address —James F. Hurley, of Salis bury. Tenting Tonight—Quartette. Dixie. The exercises will close at the monu ment with the benediction by Rev. W. A. Jenkins. IMMIGRATION MEASURE IS HEARTILY ENDORSED Both Democratic and Republican Spokes men Assailed Postponing Japanese Ex pulsion. Washington. May B.—The Senate heat edly debated the immigration bill today with both democratic and republican si>okesmen bitterly assailing the confer ence report, postponing Japanese exclus ion. Senator Robinson, of Arkansas, the democratic leader, opened the attack, and was joined immediately by Senators Bo rah, of Idaho and Johnson of California, Republicans. The provision directing negotiation of an understanding cancelling the' gentle men’s agreement adopted .at the suggest ion of President Ooolidge, was assailed as an abrogation of the principle as a purely domestic question. Brown-Norcott School Commencement. The commencement exercises of the Brown-Norcott School will begin Fri day evening. May Dtb, at 8 o’clock, with an exercise by the primary children. Saturday morniug, at 10 o'clock, the inter-club track meet will be held ou the school grounds. Several nice prizes will be offered in the various athletic con tests. Saturday afternoon, at 2 :30. ti e an nual address followed by the graduating exercises, will be given. Supper on the grounds at 5:30. Sat urday night at 8 o clock, the upper grade pupils will give their play. The public is invited to all exercises. Another Breakfast Conference. Washington, May B.— The general leg islative situation in the Senate, par ticularly with reference to tax and farm relief bills, was again considered today at a breakfast conference at the White House. JUDGE GRADY WARNS NEWSPAPER REPORTED Would Put Him In Jail If He wk^ Story Like He Did Two Weeks Ag».'- Raleigh. May 7. —R. E. Williams. t court reporter of the Raleigh News and j Observer, was threatened confinement in I jail for contempt by Judge Henry A. Grady, of the Superior Court, and grand . dragon of the Ku Kiux Klan in North i Carolina, if he wrote any more articles j similar to one which appeared in the paper two weeks ago. according to a story which will appear in the Raleigh [News and Observer tomorrow morning. The article cotnpained of by Judge Grady asserted that a jury was hope i lessly hung and was awaiting his return Ito court. The story alleged that Judge i Grady was found by an officer of the court attending a session of the Ku Klux Klan officials and was not to be disturbed. The jury was dismissed un til the following day by the assistant clerk of court, according to the story. According to the story which will ap pear tomorrow morning Judge Grady ad dressed Mr. Williams when the latter entered the court this afternoon asking if he was to continue as court reporter. Upon being answered in the affirmative. Judge Grady is quoted as declaring that "I want to tell you right now that if you write anything else about me like you did lat week, 1 am going to put you in jail for contempt of court. The judge continued, according to the story, by declaring that Mr. Williams had written something which was not true, whereupon Mr. Williams replied that ht* had written "what I thought to he absolutely true.’’ The judge then asserted that the jury had said it. was not inconvenienced by the delay in find-* ing him and Mr. Williams asserted that he had not written that, the jury was inconvenienced. The story of two weeks ago .accord ing to tomorrow's item, did not assert that the jury was inconvenienced but had merely stated the facts as to where Judge Grady was when the jury awaited him and why it was necessary for the assistant clerk of court to dismuiss the jury. The article continued by declar ing that the statement of thp jurors had been printed in the paper. AWAITING ACTION BY COLLEGE OF BISHOPS Nothing in Connection With 'Unifica tion of Methodists is Expected to Be Done Today. Nashville, May B.—With receipt here of official notification, by the Southern Methodist College of Bishops of the ratification by the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Springfield, Mass., of the plan of unifi cation of the two great bodies of Metho dists, action by the Southern Methodist bishops on a call for a special session rtf- +hfr Generat of ern Church is expected today or tomor row, A member of the College of Bish ops staled that if the work of the board of missions permited the bishop to be absent for an hour or so today, the session of bishops would be held at once, otherwise the college would certainly take uj) the matter tonight or tomor row. SITUATION IN RUHR IS SERIOUS AGAIN Refusal of Miners to Add Hour to the - Working Day Causes Another Crisis in Mining District. Berlin, May 8 (By the Associated Press). —The situation in the Ruhr, where 300 miners are out because of their refusal to meet the demand of the own ers for the addition of an hour to their working day, is admittedly serious. Gov ernment circles evidently are deeply con cerned, and the hasty departure for the Ruhr last night of Labor Minister Braun in an attempt, to settle the conflict em phasizes the gravity of eondrtitons. The entire German press is appre hensive that the conflict may react un favorably against German international conditions and foreign policy. Slimmer School at State College. Raleigh. May B.—With the signing up of Professor Garfield A. Bowden, of.the University School at Cincinnati. Ohio, the summer school of State College will have a complete faculty and everything is in readiness for the opening June 10th, according to Director T. E. Browne. Professor Bowden will give the professional courses in science teach ing for teachers of science and prospec tive teachers of science in the secondary schools of the state. The requirement that for a school to get on the accredited list, two sciences with laboratory work must be taught lias given rise, it was said, to an urgent demand for teachpvs trained iiv methods of teaching science. .Tule B. Warren, secretary of the North Carolina Teach ers' Association, in charges of the place ment bureau, states that he has had more difficulty in supplying teachers of science than any other class of teach ers. State College Summer School is making a special effort to prepare teach ers to meet this demand, it was de clared. Prohibition Officers Fooled By Pur poises. New Y>)rk. May 7.—Persistent, ru mors that submarines were being used in smuggling liquor off the south shore of Long Island today proved to be noth ing more than fish stories. What were thought to be the conning towers of undersea craft were only the dorsal fins of porpoises disporting themselves jn their spring playgrounds. Spurred by reports of submarines sighted off shore, prohibition agents set out in a fast launch last night to investi gate. They sighted a supposed submarine and gave chase. For some time they pur sued the object, but, it reeatedly disap peared- When the light came the agents ap proached close enough- to ascertain that it was a porpoise. A campaign is about to be launched to raise $1,000,000 for a women’s building on the campus of the Uni vereitl of Michigan. $>2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. AGAINST WALSH AND WHEELER DISCUSSED Daugherty Commitee Hears More About Efforts to Smear Names of the Two Montana Senators. GRORUD TELLS WHAT HE KNOWS Says Coan Tried to Get Affi davits That Would ' Hurt Senator Walsh.—G i v e s Much Evidence. Washington, May B.—The activities <»f Blair Coan, the Republican national committee investigator who went to Montana to inquire into the records of Senator Walsh, of the oil committee, and Senator Wheeler, of the Daugherty com mittee, were further described today in the Senate Daugherty investigation. A. A. Gitnrud. of Helena. Montana, an attorney, testified that he had talked with Coan in Montana in April. “Coan came to me and said he wanted something to smear Senator Walsh.” Grorud said. ”He asked me for affidavits. He said they had Wheelpr where they want ed him. and now they would get some thing on Walsh. “I told Coan that I knew something about the Campbell ease (the case on which Senator Wheeler's indictment was based), and that there was nothing they could convict Wheeler about in that. Coan said that was right, but that they would have the indictment to hold over Wheeler anyhow. Slattery, the United State district attorney, had not wished to bring the ease before a grand jury, even. Coan went on. but the Department of Justice had a charge against Slattery because he had been mixed up in some liquor prosecutions, and that made Slat tery go through anyway." Coal also said, the witness testified, that a Burns agent named Mcflraw was assisting him. “Blair Coan told me the Department, of Justice had twenty-two men in Mon tana.” Grorud said. Before 11)10, Grorud said on cross ex amination. he was a law partner of Sen ator Wheeler. He became a deputy at torney general later for the Mat.- of Montana. E. G. Toomey, another Montana law yer. told the committee lie had encoun tered Department of .Tusice agents in the state who said they were investigating the actions of Slattery. THE COTTON MARKET Relatively Firm Liverpool Cables Fol lowed by Steady Opening.—First Prices Higher. New York, May B.—Relatively firm Liverpool cables were followed by a steady opening in the cotton market to day. First prices were 3 to 13 points higher, and after selling off several points after the call under realizing the market steadied upon renewed demand from July shorts, Liverpool and com mission buying. May contracts advanced from 211.90 to 30.20, while Ju ly sold up to 28.35 and October to 24.55, or 15 to 22 points net highers Futures opened: May 30:15, July 28.25. October 24.47: December 23.85; January 23.55. TUCKER VERY HAPPY TO BE FATHER, HE SAYS Wires From Ls Angeles—Mrs. Tucker Will Make Explanation I^ater. New York. May B.—Seventeeii-year old Burton S. Tucker, whose bride. Mrs. Susan O. Tucker, forty-nine years old on April 22nd. gave birth to a daughter at Baldwin, N. Y., is “very happy” to be a father, according to a telegram which Tucker’s lawyer says lie had received from the young bridegroom in Los An geles. The lawyer said he had received on Monday from Mrs. Tucker, who with her husband is under indictment in New Jersey in connection with their marriage, a telegram which read : “Letter follows. Full explanation.” Coolidge is Far in Lead of Johnson in California. San Francisco. Calif., May. 7.—Presi dent (’oolidge’s lead over Senator Hiram Johnson for California’s indorsement for the Republican presidential nomina tion continued to increase in returns late today, the gain being especially ap parent as belated tabulations from Los Angeles county came in. The same precincts gave a slate of delegates to the Democratic national convention pledged to Wm. G- McAdoo almost a six to one lead over an un pledged group which opposed McAdoo. Billiard cues, superseding mace*, came into general use in America about 1820. WHAT SMITTY’S WEATHER CAT SAYS S) Fair tonight and Friday, cooler to night and in the east portion Friday. NO. 87