: sHER RILL. Editor and Publisher
LVHj- _
migration Bill is Signed
Today by President Coolidge
... FacTTha* the Japa
£ Exclusion Provision
f Put in Over His Vig
orous Opposition.
hi five reasons
’[Jr His OPPOSITION
,Beg„n IVparationof a
Statement Expressing His|
Approval of the Action
/ Congress
-ji',, 'i'li.* immigra
l'\ IVesident
PT- nn i s j rtll making Japanese
, \t -iu!> Ist. put in
v,,r j)i. ‘ vigorous opposi
-5 ,1,.. iil.'.l because of I
1 ri.u,- I" give tit** executive
' ,"J, n i,. -oread ill*' l*‘gis
tie.."-”'
, ,| M . vtattit** txioi'S
v ; n .,.,i ,hi i Oit inasmuch its j
inniigt'tiiion law expires <*n
,nigiit have iii;l*l*“ it net- |
* , ..J .-111 emergency!
j i lii-ing hours of the se*-j
L \|h|i tie President felt, would
*i ( ,;i,],. in view of the tangled
. j nation. :m*l the certainty
,jilr emergoti''.' l* "vi-ion would be j
Uv ::wn.''attempts at amendment,
that it would be bhvl^ed
' a. he lad affixed his signature
; or.-the President began prepare. -
itemetit expressing his dis
„f the failure of Congress to
fur a longer delay in the eff**et-
.if Japanese exclusion. . •
> ,j,. Japanese ext-lnsion feature
rprt ins a niunber of provisions
nl wri > ;i, r of stubborn enn
t,,, *he legislation, first was under
in tin* Senate and House
w ;, m i„iig in dispute was the
taj ,f .•Morniining nation*!* quotas
W iiT*.i*- tli* measure as finally pass
re*-k<uie*l a r - p*‘>‘ cent. on the
' . IVNI . <ll-11-,
fii- a* i ill li f *r disagreements over
iy- |.ri.visi»iis have been . übordi
-14 |, ,• ,lap:iin--** exclusion issue -
I, v■ ~* Hi- Japanese ambassador on
ril UtU w’.t a note to the state de
rtuirt: -i-.a-ting that the possibility
piv? iw-qnpiuv b>* considered before
d»iitif‘ , . i *|Bdative liarrier was retyed
iet tk Japanese. The note was
piHtigpi in Is.th Senate stnd Hesse
|Ti>!!«! threat and both quickly renf-
Ibv overwhelming: majorities their |j
ik Mchi'i.in. Tin* House passed
fi 1 iCI tn 71. and the Senate 02 ,
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KEST FRANKS SLAYER
SENDS FLORAL TRIBUTE .
N Kidnapped and Murdered Bay '
iwrt.d to Ometerv bv Guard of .
fcrv 1
May J.*.—Tli. body of Robert -j
:» H-par-o'd victim of kidnappers,
-it ■ f .Ta>- *b Franks, millionaire !
■J* l r-r. \va> laid to rest in Rose j
this afternoon. J |
i" readers of the Christian
i with ci minding the brief (
" "i'"tiv->. were searching for j
<>f a flora! piece received (
- I.< *iii.*, accompanied by a
1 wax writ tend. “Sympathy !
Jolm-..n.*‘ ,
*!" l *ttS' n" was the name ,
:tl letter- received at the (
•*• demanding ransom money
l ur tic* box's return and given ,
1 telephone conversations ,
L ' (
uhtiiiii.*.! a good descrip- '
tn*m the florist who said ■
■'"i appeared nervous, and
u ‘ttt'ls before he seemed j 1
hurriedly left the spot i
■ wa ’*tuig automobile,
f* * as h'dnaiiped as he left a
i B ,'' "etluesdfty afternoon.
w ':rs found in a culvert
'"ttrh of Ids parents’ home
C mft fDill2.
rlu* j; ,
> a .'""very of the body, the
* p,,prs tttitl telephone
mL? ra ” money and in
£"‘o* to take it. While
•ippoitifed time so deliver
I**.- f l '"-' ■' unde, who had
' h,l,ii ">? ‘'f the body, via.
I - 11 ' and identitied 'u.
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t r„ -•». —Owners of
i' ,! eastern states
- v I'"' tin* opening
k',,. ! l . ual convention of the
*v ' l,H| Horida Ltumdrv
f ’N Governor Mcl^od
* 1 : ! " 1 '- a welcome to
•'".t. I*
it t,h> Much.
V!<ltor /'unplaitis that
J l3 '- beimr Z . ,aik ''"ousJt- Es
-L, Mi*.w him the
e " Death Ray” of Unlimited
, Possibilities Invented by Briton
-m,. . v
v?.*" ri( : “ I,r r v. wan.
C“ y - in Shpffiel <i
i ; ra V, - ' and ’ ia '*' discovered a
n‘? io » will helief that
%Ping airnhi ,ab eof destr °y-
o ar ’ e ' 1 in flight and
i'as nnt ;l standstill, al-
Dr wSV^. 8 on a
Kif Alr Mi.ii,u. r . ‘V ' Uf< l rtned th<*
h ' ‘ ’* ms discovery.
in ■
applioa
-1 Dim ,] 0(ls ' ornount of power
* 101 k n«w how much
THE CONCORD TIMES
;
i PRE-ACHER CAULS ON K. K. K.
TO SAVE IMMORAL RALEIGH
Challenges the Hu Klux Klan to Take
Definite Action—Says Law Is Ini
pot cut .
Raleigh. May 2”>.—Calling upon the
Ku K.ux Klau tn take definite action
on the immorality which he declared
was: going on in Raleigh and of whi>h
lie gave alleged instances, the Rev.
( liarls Hudson, of 'Southside Memorial
j ltajitist Church, tonight declared that
j he would not blame the Ku Klux Klau
for “taking a man out of an automobile
and beating the hound out of him." and
challenged the members of the order to
get into automobiles, ride out toward
Lassiter s .Mill (a local swimming pool)
ami x<ce f r themselves what its going
oil.
The sermon, which was announced as
“Automobile Women, and tin* Ku Klux
: Klau. followed tin* singing of “Lot the
(Lower Lights Re Rurning,’’ with the
words changed to “Let the lier.v cross
be burning." as an offertory by tin*
choir.
j “’I am not a member «.f the K. K. K.."
| the preacher declared in opening his
l sermon. “I do not know anything
Inbuilt the Iv. K. K.. and therefore I can
j <alk about it. Rut if the Ku Klux
Klau is what it says it is, they can and
iuu-t save the citizenship of this com
munity. They must sec to it that ev
ery scoundrel is brought to the law and
punished tar his crime.
"I believe that the law is willing and
ready to do its part, but it is not aide,’
he declared after he had cited several
alleged instances of men committing and
getting away with crime in Raleigh.
“The organization of which I have spok
en. the Kit Klux Klan, if properly uti
lized. can save the day. where the preach
er. the church, and the law cannot save
it. I invite yb’nt, if there are any of
yon here, to go to Lassiter’s Mill and
you will see how many cars are parked
by the side of the road. The roads
around here are no longer decent places
for men tn rake their families to ride.
"I do call on the Ku Klux Klan. if
they can help us. and 1 would not blame
you if yen should take a man out of an
automobile and beat the hound out of
him.
The Ku Klux Klan ean remedy this
thing, and 1 call on them to do it."
E. L. KEESLER KILLED
WHEN CAR TURNS OVER
Anto Leaves Road Near Camden. S. C ( \,
Pirating: Him and Mrs. Keeslee Be
rteath.
Charlotte, May 2. r ». —Funeral serv
ices for Edward L. Keesler. prominent
f'hnrlotre business man. Killed late
Saturday when his automobile struck a
sand bar and turned over near Cam
den. S. C., will be held at the horn** on
Morehead street Monday afternoon at
4 o'clock- Rev. G. Floyd Rogers, pas
tor of St. Peter’s Episcopal church, will
conduct the services. Interment will be
in Elmwood cemetery.
Mr- Keesler's - body was brought
here early this morning.
Few further details of flip accident
were forthcoming. Mrs. Keesler, riding
in the machine with her husband, no
ticed the car swerve, zig-zagging slightly
through the shallow sand in the roadway,
as it approached an easy curve. Her
husband twisted the steering wheel to
draw the automobile out of the sand,
apparently applying the brakes. The
machine left the roadway, twisted slight
ly and ’whirled completely over, coming
to a standstill with the top beneath and
four wheels in the air.
Roth occupants were pinned beneath
the machine, but Mrs. Keesler was pro
tected from serious injury by the back
of the seat, receiving only slight bruises.
Mr. Keesler, prevented by the steering
wheel from receiving such protection,
was killed almost instantly, his skull
being fractured. He died without say
ing a word.
ONE DEAD TWO HURT
IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
Riggin Tried to Pass Another Car and
• Collided With a Third Car.
Henderson. N. C.. May 2fi. —One per
son is dead and two others are recover
ing injuries received as si result of
a collision between two automobiles six
miles from here last night. Joe Prid
ged was fsitally hurt, A1 Riggin sustain
ed a broken arm. and Anie Dickerson was
severely cut about the fact and head.
The cillixion occurred when Riggin.
who was driving, attempted to pass an
other car. His car collided with a third
car parked at the side of the road.
With Our Advertisers.
This is the last day of the Dollar Day
Sale at the Parks-Belk Co. The big
May White and Clearance Sale will con-
Corsets in Fisher’s Clearance Sale at
half price.
Seven new varieties of apples were
originated in the horticultural division
of the Canadian department of agricul
ture during 1022.
power is required for a given range, but
if you have unlimited power you may get
an abnormally large range.
‘‘There is no limit to its possibilities,
particularly in surgical and medical op
erations. I have protected the patent and
am now working on it.
Grindell Matthews, whose previous
“death ray” activities have excited much
interest, had an interview this afternoon
with the Vice Marshal of Air Forces and
Major Gen. Sir Geoffery Salmond of the
Air Council and arranged for a test of
his invention in a few days.
YOU CAN LEAD A HORS E TO WATER, BUT—!
r~~ — —— —-—^ ——s
PRESBYTERIANS PLEDGED
TO OUTLAWING OF WAR
Effort to Pledge Support in Case of War
Overwhelmingly Defeated.
Grand Rapids. Mich.. May 20 (By the
Associated** Isi. —The Presbyterian
General Assembly unanimously adopted
a resolutiton today pledging itself* to
thi* outlawing of war and to the hasten
ing of the day when nations shall learn
to war no more.
The resqlitti<uu. }ya^,,{t after ef
forts tp tuygraUw*'prqv\fcf*li.
ort ftfitnize the peoCe -erWtUnent hfrul DeFii
beaten. An amendment to insert in the
resolution a sentence ndeilicatflug “the
full support of members of the church to
the nation, should the country become
involved in war" was overwhelmingly
defeated.
The resolution set forth that the church
“refuses to believe that the wholesale
slaughter of human beings upon the bat
tlefield is morally any more necessary to
man's highest development than is kill
ing by the individual."
THREE PERSONS DIE
IN MOTOR ACCIDENT
Two Men and Women Killed Near Wins
ton-Salem When Car Overturns.
Winston-Salem, May 25.—Pleas II
Norman, of 214 West Eighth Street, and
Mrs. Eunice Atwood, both of Winston-
Salem. and an unidentified man w**r*
killed at 11 :56 last night, about fiv<
miles south of the city, on the Lexing
ton road, when a touring car, in which
they were riding, overturned.
Persons living near the scene of tli*
accident declared that the automohili
was tunning at a rapid rate of speed
when it slipped from the highway, dashed
up a high bank and fell back into the
road, pinning tin* occupants to the
ground.
The woman and one of the men were
alive when aid reached the site of thr
wreck a few moments later, but botl
died before they could be liberated fron
under the heavy car. which had crushed
their bodies badly.
Mrs. Attwood was immediately identi
tied, but the body of Norman was brought
to this city before identification.
t Ambulance drivers and police wh<
rushed from the city when reports of
the tragedy were received found a small
bottle containing about one-half pint of
whiskey in the pocket of ♦'he unidenti
fied dead man.
According to persons who reside near
Mrs. Atwood, her husband is now serv
ing a 15-year sentence in the State pris
on for murder.
WILSON’S WIDOW BREAKS
SMALL SHOULDER BONE
X-Ray Reveals Fracture After Fall Dur
ing Visit to Country.
"Washington, P. 0., May 23.—Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson fell and fractured a
small bone in one of her shoulders while
on a receut visit ‘to friends in the coun
try in Virginia.
Mrs. Wilson regarded the mishap as of
little imi>ortance at the time, but as it
became more painful she consented to
having an X-ray photograph made, which
disclosed the fracture. It probably will
be necessary To use a plaster cast in
the treatment and as soon as the swell
ing subsides, Mrs. Wilson will go to one
of the local (hospitals for a day, have the
cast applied and then return to her home.
Aside from a painful swelling, the wife
of the former President is suffering no
inconvenience and is up and about her
home in active direction of her household
affairs as usual.
King and Queen of Italy Arrive in Lon
don.
London, May 26.—The King and Queen
of Italy, accompanied by the Prince of
Piedmont and Princess Mafalda, will ar
rive in London today.
PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
CONCORD, N. C„ MON DAY, MAY 26, 1924
TWO DOUBLE FUNERALS
OF WEBB FAMILY TODAY
A. X. Webb and Wifi and Their Son and
Wife Met Death it Auto Accident..
Louisville, Ky.. May 26. —Two double
funerals meet at Cave Hill cemetery here
lat< bi<». afternoon for Alves N. Webb.
51) M *«.#tOfild, Louisville business man.;
and hhPHvife, and their sun. B. G. Webb.
20. and his wife, all of whom were in
stantly killed y«sterday when a Balti
more and Ohio SLailroad engine struck
t.h'eir automobile iTPti|j(rade crossing near
Hilton, Indiana. The funeral of the
elder Webbs will he held today at their
home, and the son and his wife will be
buried from the residence of her father,
J. F. Downing.
Bobbin Webb, of Birmingham, Ala.,
and Thomas 11. Webb, of Concord. N. (’..
brothers of A. N. Webb, and Samuel
Girdler. of Mont Clair. N. J.. Mrs. A.
X. Webb's brother, arrived today for the
funeral. The Webbs were returning
from a pleasure trip to Washington, D.
when the accident occurred.
FINAL HEARING ON THE
MUSCLE SHOALS MATTER
\fter 'a Night Session a Report Will
Be Made to the Senate.
Washington, May 26.—The Senate ag
riculture committee today reconsidered
its vote of last Wednesday on the Ford
in*l Norris hills for disposal of Muscle
Shoals, on the ground that it did not.
’•♦present the true sentiment of the Sen
te agriculture committee on the ques
ion.
It was explained thnr some senators
were confus-d in the meaning of the
v'ote. and another was ordered for to
norrow.
Final hearings on Muscle Shoals was
cached today. The committee will hold
i night session, after which a report is
*i be made to the Senate. |
How To Compute Adjusted Service Credit
In Accordance With Soldier Bonus Bill
The following will show veterans the
amount of paid-up twenty year endow
ment life insurance to which they are en
title!, together with the sums them may
borrow at any given year.
Multiply the amount of the adjusted
service credit by one of the factors
shown in the following. Choose the fac
tor opposite the age nearest the birthday
at date certificate is issued. (The 25
per cent, increase is included in the fac
tor. )
Age Factor Age Factor
20 2.545 43 2.430
21 2.544 44 2,420
22 2.542 45 2,413
23 2,540 40 2.308
24 2 530 47 2.381
25 2.537 48 2.304
20 2.535 40 2.345
27 2.532 50 2,324
28 2.530 51 2.302
20 2,527 52 2,270
30 2,524 53 ,2.254
31 2.521 54 2.228
32 2.517 55 2.201
33 2.513 50 2.172
34 2.500 57 2,143
| 35 2.504 58 2,113
| 30 2.408 50 2,082
! 37 2.402 00 2.505
I 38 2,482 01 2,018
i 39 2.478 02 1,986
i 40 2.470 08 s 1,954
I 41 2,400 04 1,921
41 2,450__ 05 1,1.889
The following figures show the sum
which a veteran may borrow at any year
for each $1 of the face value of his to
tal insurance policy. In order to ascer
tain the total sum which a veteran may
borrow, multiply the total amount of
WORKING ON CLUES IN
THE FRANKS MURDER CASE
The Case. However, Appears No Nearer
Solution Than When the Body Was
Found.
Chicago. May 26.—The state’s attor
ney and his assistants and the police
J worked all night on clues as to the pos
sible kidnapper and murdered of Robert
Franks, but early today appeared no
nearer a solution of the mystery than
when the, boy’s nude hotly was found late
Thursday.
"T!s’e~bo«fy of the boy wn**7)ur7ed yester
day afternoon.
Early today three men riding in an au
tomobile answering the description of
a machine said to have loitered near the
private school several days before the boy
disappeared', were held for questioning.
The men gave a good account of them
selves but will he questioned again.
There was some effort to connect the
disappearance of Gertrude Barker. 17
years old. with the kidnapping of young
Franks. The girl has been missing since
Wednesday and her usual course home
ward from an academy she attended would
have taken her past the corner where the
hoy was last seen. Miss Barker’s rela
tives fear that she might have been a
witness of the Franks kidnapping and
therefore takt*fi along by the kidnappers.
For that reason efforts to find the kid
! Dappers were increased.
Two Negroes Lynched.
Fort Myers, Fla., May 20.—"Bobbers”
Wilson and Wilton Williams, negro
youths about 20 years of age, met death
at the hands of mobs early today follow
ing identification as the negroes who
late yesterday attacked two young white
girls near here.
The first woman to ludd office as a
State Commissioner of Public Welfare
is Mrs. Kate Burr Johnson of North
| Carolina.
paid-up insurance due by the figures giv
en below :
Loan Value at Any Year
(This is 90 per cent of the
ypar sinking fund)
.08793
4 .11999
fl .15352
0 .18861
7 .22532
8 .20375
9 .30398
10 .34012
11 .39025
12 .43650
13 .48499
14 .53584
ls» .58919
16 .64522
17 .70409
18 .76602
1<) .83123
o 0 .90000
Illustration : A veteran has an adjust
ed credit of .$625. He is thirty years
old at the date his insurance certificate is
issued to him. In order to obtain the
face value of his insurance certificate, he
must multiply the factor apposite the
age thirty (which is 2.524) by $625.
this will give him sl.ot t. 50 as the face
value of his insurance certificate.
At the seventh year he will be able
to borrow $.22523 for each $1 of in
surance. Therefore, multiply $1,077.00
by .22532 and you will obtain $355.44,
which is the sum he may borrow at the
seventh year. Apply this same procedure
to the figures opposite any year iu .order
to obtain the amount which can be bor
rowed at that year.
CONFERENCE TAX
BILL IS APPROVE?**
TODAY BY TIE HOUSE
Had Already Passd Senate.
—Provides Reduction of
Taxes for Almost Every
Federal Taxpayer.
IT NOW GOES TO
THE PRESIDENT
Carries a Reduction of 25
Per Cent, on Taxes Pay
able This Year.—Perma
nent Revisions Downward.
Washington. May 26? —The conference
tax bill already passeed by the Senate,
was approved today by the House. Pro
viding reduetifiii of taxes for almost ev
ery Federal taxpayer, the measure now
goes to President Coolidge.
Ji carries a 2." per cent, reduction on
income taxes payable this year, perma
nent revision downward of the income
rates, repeal or lowering of most, of the
miscellaneous and excise taxes, and a
2”> per cent, reduction on earned incomes
of $16,000 and under.
Although some doubt exists as to I
President Coolidge’s attitude in view of J
Treasury Department opposition to the)
provision for limited publicity of tax re-j
turns, and an increase in estate taxes,;
Republican leaders in both the Senate
and House joined the solid Democratic
lineup in support of the measure.
The brief debate developed consider
able opposition in the Republican ranks
to the proposal for even limited public
ity in returns, and several announced
thaF if the measure were vetoed they
would vote to sustain the action.
GOVERNOR WANTS ATCION ON
WATER COMMISSION PROGRAM
Is Sending Out Sentiment of Legislature
and People—Sees Danger in I>elay.
Rrock Rarkley in Charlotte Observer.
Raleigh. May 25. —Governor Morris
son today addressed letters to all mem
bers of the General Assembly asking
them to give serious consideration to the
report of the Ship and Water Transpor
tation Commission and let him know
what tlu,T "think about it.” - * -
Wkat the legisiatp*r,s_Mciuk .about it,
will have greater influence with the gov
ernor than anything else. A special
session of the legislature depends on it.
He is extremely hopeful that they will
agree with him as to tlie impcTtance of
the program proposed by the commis
sion and the imperativeness of immediate
action.
Local opinion is that the special ses
sion is definitely on the program for the
capital's summer season. There are
proponents and opponents of the meet
ing. but the governor Imis declared hi*4
purpose not to be influenced by opposi
tion, and if enough members of the Gen
eral Assembly will write encouragingly
and the council of state will concur the
call will go forth before many weeks
have passed.
Senator Brown’s Position.
Members of the Ship and Water Trans
portation Commission are reported a*s
favorable to tin* *dr-a of a special ses
sion. Senator Joe A. Brown, who led
the opposition to the governor’s original
proposals in the 1022 legislature, and
who. after spending 15 months studying
water commerce problems as a member
of the cotnmiflsion, is strong for the pro
gram recommended, thinks the session is
imperative.
Public interest in the development of
water transportation is enthusiastic just
now. and the governor realizes that leg
islative consideration of the program
with public attention so strongly attract
ed to it would prove of valuable assist
ance in getting its adoption. To delay
until a regular session might result in
the relapse of ,State-wide interest and
induce further procrastination.
In other words, his excellency, who
senses an opportunity, believes in strik
ing while the iron is hot.
Three thousand copies of the report
will be distributed, and interested indi
viduals desiring a copy will receive one
on making application to the governor’s
office. Copies will he forwarded within
the next few days to newspapers and pub
lications.
The tight on the governor’s movement
for water commerce development is ex
pected to center on opposition to a spe
cial session and not on attacks on the
program advanced by the commission.
To the opponents of a special session.
Governor Morrison today issued the
challenge to get the railroads to delay
scheduled increases in freight rates.
“An action now pending would in
crease freight rates in this state 10 mil
lion dollars a year; so why should we
wait to start our fight on them? The
State has procrastinated long enough.
Thp commission, after investigating ex
haustively, has presented a remarkable
report for our gui*lance in building up
the State commercially and successfully
combatting the freight rate inequalities.
I propose to wage the fight for this pro
gram. and I shall not be influenced by
opposition.”
Funeral of Mrs. Johnston Today.
Winston-Salem. May 26. —Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. J. Edward Johnston, who
died in New York Friday night, will be
held at her country estate Renolda, this
afternoon at four o’clock. Rev. D. C.
Lilly, pastor of Reynolds Presbyterian
Church, assisted by Rev. N. L. Ander
son, of Savanah, Ga., a former pastor,
will conduct the services. At the same
hour a public memorial service will be
held at the Reynolds Memorial Auditor
-1 iuui. *
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
All EFFORT TO SHED
LIGHT ON
0, B, IANS' STORY
Study of the Department of
Justice’s Detective Meth
ods Embarked Opening of
Daugherty Committee.
R. J. BURRUS WAS THE
FIRST WITNESS TODAY
Says He Saw No One Enter
ing Means’ House on Night
the Latter’s Papers Were
Said to Have Been Stolen.-
Washington, May 26. —A study of the
Department of Justice detective methods
was embarked upon today by Ihe Senate
Daugherty committee in an effort to shed
further light on Gaston B. Means’ story
of the disappearance of his famous dia
ries.
The Means papers by which he had
promised to verify some of his sensa
tional testimony before the committee,
was delivered by him, lie says, to two •
men who came to bis house on March
•.‘list, falsely representing themselves as
I acting for Chairman Brookhart. Last.
I week Assistant Attorney General Todd,
j in charges of prosecutions against Means,
testified that the story could be disprov
ed by Department of Justice agents, who
reported that no one entered or left
Means' house between 6 and 8 p. m. on
the night the ruse was said to have
been perpetrated.
R. .T. Burrus, the leader of the five
shadows the Department of Justice hail
watching Means, was the first witness
today. He said that in following
Means the detective squad spent the
early part of that night outside the home
of Senator Wheeler, the committee pros
ecutor. He said he saw no one enter
Means’ house that, night.
Fred .T. Cox. an attorney of Wades
boro, X. C„ then was sworn and testi
fied he entered Means’ house at 7 p. m.
on the night of March 21st. to talk to
talk to Means who, he said, had been his
friend in college.
Cox said he had come to see Means
“about his trouble in New York.” and
that as (to entered the house an automo
bile was Tulling away. Means told him,
Cox said.: flat the Senate Com mitt ee'ltad
leaving was taking his papers info Sen
ate custody.
Travis Hoke, a newspaper man. testi
fied that on the same evening he was in
the Means house from about 7 to 7:20
p. m.
“I learned that Means’ bail in New
York had been forfeited.” Hoke said. "I
wanted to work on his diaries and docu
ments. He said the Brookhart commit
tee had impounded the record that very
night.”
Buckley Griffin, a New England news
paper writer, testified that Fe also call
ed on Means between 6 and 8 p. m. on
ihe night of March 21st.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Finn Today at an Advance of
From 6 to 27 Points.
New York. May 26.-r-The cotton mar
ket opened firm today at an advance of
6 to 27 points on relatively firm Liver
pool cables, reports of a better tone in
the Cotton goods markets and the con
tinued bullish average of private crop ad
vices. There was some local realizing
and Liverpool selling at t-he advance hut
trade interests were buyers, and further
covering sent prices up to 20.00 for July
and 20.62 for October in the early trad
ing. or about 20 to 42 points net high
er. The opening prices were : July
20.78; Oct. 26.60; Dec. 25.85: Jan.
25.80; March 25.01.
LLOYD PROPOSAL FOR
MUSCLE SHOALS OPERATION
Explained to the Senate Committee To
day by Its Sponsor.
Washington, May 26. —The Lloyd pro
posal for the operation of Muscle Shoals
was explained to the Senate agriculture
committee today by its sponsor, James
T. Lloyd, former representative from
Missouri.
He said lie represented no company
or interests and that, his proposal was
offered simply as a suggestion in the
interests of the public. The proposal
he described as a compromise between
government and private operation.
Trinity College Students Instantly Killed
Durham. May 26. —Bynum Belote, a
Trinity College student, whose lmme was
in Asheville, was instantly killed early
today when he jumped from a Southern
Railway passenger train at West Dur
ham. according to the Durham police de
partment.
The gray parrot found principally on
the-west coast of Africa is the best talk
er.
WIIAT SMITTY’S WEATHER CAT
SAYS
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Increasing cloudiness followed by
showers late tonight or Tuesday; no
I change in temperature.
NO. 92