Editor and Publisher
olume XLIX
P LEGUME
111 pa? respects
I ID memory of lee
■ nt Session Will Be Held
K on i{rht When Lee Birth-
K, v program Will Be Put
B)n by 1* I). C.
■fortant bills
W SLOW COMING UP
■obable That Little Will Be
B)ono Until Governor Mc-
Wt ...n Delivers His Message
■Qn W ednesday.
■ .| ;in 1!) ißy the/ Associated
V , of Old South center
'if, of it* military loader.
uT'it will supersede leg
‘ . u .!ivi:ifs tonight. Following
■ f of both’houses which will
■ l| H | , ,-dor at 7:30 o'clock the
m{[ { . , H m>e of Representatives
■ 1,., tu;n ,Ml over to tiie Johnson-Pet
j.'ier of the United Daughters
raey for a Lee's birthday
T ’. r , The principal a dress will be
!"• Senator Hamilton C. Jones.
K/ v . adjournment tonight a num
members of both houses will
Hve for K.lenton where tomorrow they
Hi attend a rally to be held under the
Kni(e> es the Coastal Highway Asso-
Htimi. Relegations are expected from
\o important legislation is expected
t il after the delivery of Governor Mc
;UIV messag<‘ Wednesday at noon.
emb«*r< of the budget commission this’
>rn ing ivitorated that there can be at
h time no definite forecast as to the
glial,!,, revenue-, for the coming bien
id nerioxl. or just how much of aiuin
mse will be necessary to meet ueees
ry appropriations.
••We have a mass c.f material before
said one of the members, “and we
e going ever it just as rapidly as it
humanly possible. There are various
uvees es information we must consult
•fore putting our findings into the form
■a definite report. The legislature
id pubiie a< well nifty rest assured that
» will complete the task as soon as pos
it.. However we are not suing; to
tie. However, we ait- uui
forced into making an incomplete re
onsibiJi/.v, continued discussion of a de
y That is unavoidable. lam sure ev
‘y member oftlfe commission is doing
I' utmost to arrived at conclusions that
i!' enable the rendition of a report."
A tentative draft of the revenue bill
a- been ready for several days, but it
,:i< nor detuned wise to submit it to
hr legislature before the budget enm
iiissiou competed ifs report, as further
hidings of the commission might make
t necessary to change some of the im
lortanr features, it was said.
“No Ticks by 1926’’.
Ra’eigh. X. C-. Jan. 10.—“ No fiekfl
ip '_ii" is the slogan of the North
minima Department of Agriculture ac
onimg tea statement issued by the
; ; te Veterinarian Dr. William Moore.
V T !" request 1 of William A. GrahaTn.
f<unroissioner of agriculture who has
'trendy received tt number of inquiries
>n die tick situation in North Carolina,
>;•. Moore gave out the following state
lier) r ; - I
"In lflrtfi the linee of demarkation
tvas at the foot of the Blue Ridge inoun
' lies. Today ticks have been eradicat
ed in all but seven counties wnieh are
Gdnmhus.- Ihunswick. Onslow. .Tones,
'haven. Pamlico and Cartaret. In these
vats haw been built and the tick must
bo by next year. 1
"TV law ( ,f 1023 divided the then re
i; i ning ti. k territory of 10 counties
him tliice districts. The work was laid
out f r p.ij:;. 1!)24 and 1025. The first
five years’ work has been completed and
v " are starting on the home stretch."
1 -• mini :m*r Graham a meember of
fir senate j„ 1023 when the law was
!• se] wa-' (Mmirman of the committee
0,1 agriculture and ftotered the bill.
L'itnmciK Senes Notices on Westerners
■° Help South in Drainage Work.
M'ashingtoji. .Tan. 17. —Application of
, ; I, ‘ T’ti' iide of government aid to set
ii irrigation projects to users of
I "se,i dramod swamp lands . in the
• was endorsed today by Commifi-
Mead. of , <the Reclamation
"hi e questioning Commissioner
bhirs question before the Senate
. - ""ii committee. Senator Simmons,
*• uoM-r.-jt. North Carolina, declared “it
t ii .- foe you of the west to help us.”
’ hid under "consideration related
M ter,] irrigation projects and Sen
, said ] IP would not seek to
’ 1 r amend ir. but he warned that
support also for projects in
" s uli to drain swamp lands. Oom
s"; ’'f Mead said he saw no differ
h'-W'-cn rb<> irrigation and drain
l,l"j‘‘,'ts - Chairman McNary and
’!■ Dm id i ng, Republic-tin, Mftho, al-
a l'l K>v, ‘d the view.
I' r, »ter Queen Maria Sopliia Dead.
I vi b|' ( nil 'h. I'avaria. Jan. 19 (Ry the As
y , '* l‘>‘-si.—Former Queen Maria
,i.L n AmHia. of Naples, died here to
il' . s l“‘ was born in Possenhofen on
IT, p 4 ‘ S EI. the daughter of Duke
ri !i . of Bavaria, and was mar
o ! - I'm!) to Francis 11, last of the
Hmrh "» kings of Naples.
Cl Missionaries on Leave.
j u ‘ i i “‘ ,JtUv Jan. 18— Mr. and Mrs. A.
IbT , 1 •Visionaries of the Ansoctate
Ddin f ' Presbyterian Church, to
I'nitol V 4 - v< ‘ ars ’ "*ho have been in the
alis(> tl ,. 0 ' ,at, ' s a month on leave ol
in cj,. ir | '''" m Jbe mission field, arrived
with i‘ U l ri day to «j>end some time
. Uev> Lh’. and Mrs. W. W. Orr.
THE CONCORD TIMES
Mr. Clerk
Being clerk of the Missouri state
House of Representatives is not the
only claim Clyde A. Perkins has for
lame. lie 47C pounds.
MRS. CORNELIA B. STONE
DEAD AT WASHINGTON
Was Prominent For Years in U. I). C.
and D. A. R. Work.—Funeral in Gal
veston Thursday.
Washington, Tan. 19— Mrs. Cornelia
B. Stone, of Galveston. Texas, former
President-General of the United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy, died here last
night at the age of 84 years. Mrs. Stone
also served as parliamentarian of -the
Daughters of the American Revolution,
and was prominently identified with a
number of patriotic, philanthropic and
educational organizations in her native
state of Texas.
A daughter of the late .Judge Edward
P. Branch. Mrs. Stone was born under
the Lone Star Hag of the Texas republic,
and served for many terms as vie'e-presi
deut and acting president of the Daugh
ters of the Republic of Texas.
The body is being sent to Galveston,
where funeral services will he held ‘ on
Thursday, and interment will take place
tit Liberty on Friday.
TIIE COTTON MARKET
First Prices 2 to 5 Points Lower—March
Sold Off to 23.tH) and May to 23 92.
New York, .Tan, 19.—Relatively firm
Liverpool cables were oflfc<et by rumors
of private bearish ginning figures at the
opening of the cotton market today and
the first prices were 2 to 5 points lower.
March contracts sold off to 23.90 and
May to 29.92 after the call, making net
declines of about 12 to 13 points, but
offerings tapered off at these figures, fol
lowed by rallies of 4 or 5 points on cov
ering with the early market ruling fair
ly steady.
The opening prices were: Tan. 23.48;
March 23.G5; Mav 24.02; Tuly 24.24;
Oct. 23.78.
Renewed Activity is Shown By South
ern Mill Shocks.
Gastonia. Tan. 19. —According to the
weekly average of 25 leading cotton
mi’l stocks as released by li. S. Dick
son and company. Gastonia. Goldsboro
and Greenville. S. C., there was a de
cline of only 24 cents a share recorded
during the past week. In the early part
of the week prices sagged considerably,
but the annual meetings of several im
portant mills took place during the lat
ter part of the week and earning state
ments far more encouraging than antici
pated were released which has caused a
better feeling in general on the part
of mill stock lioldrs and there was re
newed activity especially in the North
Caolina stocks toward the last ot the
week * resulting in some sharp advances
in a number of shar<>s.
Mooresville common was down s•> per
share due to the passing of 'their .Tan
uary dividend, while the preferred divi
dend was also passed, although the lat
ter is cumulative and the stoek Ims a
definite maturity date, and none ot this
security was pressed on the market as
a result of the.dividend being preferred.
Rosemary preferred stoek which has
been selling considerably below par for
the past year or more, was in demand
throughout the week at higher prices,
due largely to the better earning state
ment than was looked for.
Flint preferred remained far the most
active in the investment market, wnile
considerable activity was noted in
Champion prefered. Edna preferred,
and Tudson preferred.
Parker’s Shoe Store is offering specials
in footwear all this week. Shoes from
$1 95 to .$4.95 —worth much more.
The big sale at the Parks-Belk Co.’s
goes on all this week. You will find
many big specials in dress goods and
silks and in hundreds of other things. See
the new ad. for enumeration of a few of
the many bargains.
Thrifty shoppers will find the store ol
the T. C. Penney Company full of ex
ceptional values for every day in the year
Q' JT Barrier and Co. want to buy
your turkeys and chickens. See new ad
today for prices they will pay you.
The‘complete banking service of th<
Citizens Bank and Trust Company is at
your command.
Child’s Death Leads to Suit For $25.
000.
Asheville* Tan. 18 —Damages amount
ing to the lum of $25,000 are sought bj
,T. P. Morrow 7 from the Blue Ridgi
Auto Bus Line, Inc., in a cuiiipfuin
filed in superior court.
> Morrow asks this amount as a resul
of the death of hijs small- son, Paul Mor
! row, killed several weeks a ß° nea
l Ridgecrest. The (death of the child re
! suited from negligence of agents of th
'defendant, according to the proceeding
FINANCIAL PACTS OF
' PARIS LEAVES 0. S.
| FREE, HUGHES SAVS
Secretary of State Says the
Agreement in Paris Does
In No Way Bind American
Government.
FULL TEXTOF
STATEMENT LATER
Senator Johnson Has Intro
duced Resolution in the
Senate Asking for Copy of
the Agreement.
Washington, Tan. 19.—Secretary
Hugh es issued today a formal statement
asserting that the agreement reached in
Paris at the conference of the all : ed
finance ministers imposed “uo obligation
legally or morally" on the United States
and that this country remains as free
from commitments in European matters
as it ever was.
The statement said, the full text of the
agreement signed by Ambassador Kellogg
and other American representatives would
< be made public as soon as it was received
here. A resolution ask : ng for a copy of
the agreement proposed, by Senator John- ‘
son, republican! of California, is pending
in the Senate with the, approval of the )
irreconcilable veterans of the Versailles
| treaty fight. *
From these and other quarters the
State department has heard charges that
the Paris agreement signed by Ambassa
dor Kellog. the secretary of state desig
nates, had drawn the United States offi
cially into an involvment against which
it had been guarding itself ever since the
close of the war.
Suggestions that the Paris agreement
requires submission to Congress are not
regarded by administration leaders ns <
valid. They take the view that it has
been the immemorial policy of the Wash
ington government that the executive deal
with all matters relating to the collec
tions of claims against other unions.
CHARLOTTE TO HAVE
FIRST WOMAN JUDGE
Mrs. W- A. Killian Will Be First Wom
an Justice of Peace in North Caro
lina—Morrison Appointee.
Charlotte, Tan. 17. —Charlotte wom
an is to have the distinction of being the
first, feminine judge in the state, it be
came known here this evening.
Mrs. W. A. Ki lian. day desk sergeant
of police force, is expecting
to recftfVe formal notification of her '
appointment as a justice of the peace '
at an early date. According to Mrs. Kil
linn and court officials here she will be 1
the first woman justice of he peace in
the state. 1
Authorization of nppoinimenr of 1
Mrs. Killian as a magistrate was one '
of the last official acts of Cameron Mor- ;
risoji as governor, it is said here./Owing
to a technicality, the commission was
temporarily held up but is expected to (
be received by Mrs- Killian the first of
the week. >
YOUNG KINSTON WOMAN
SHOT IN HER DOOR WAY
Father. Active Against Moonshiners.
Probably Intended as Victim.
Kinston, Tan. 18. —Miss Edna Groom ,
was shot and painfully wounded by an
unidentified assailant at her Sandy Bot
tom home last niglit. The girl, daughter
of Seth Croom. a leading planter ot the
community, opened the door in response
to calls from the yard. A moment later
there was a flash from a shot gun and ,
she fell. Part, of a load of small Khot; |
struck her in a leg. Officers and blood- ,
hounds from here failed to find a clue to
the asailants' identity. These . believed
Miss Croom was shot by mistake and
that her father was the intended victim.
Croom lias been active in efforts to
break up moonshine distilling in the
neighborhood, j
Floating Bottle Survives Eleven Rough
Years at Sea.
Falmouth, England, Tan. 19. —Eleven
years ago Captain T. 11. Moore, the land
lord of a local hotel here, was in charge
of the motor ketch Fort Churchill when
the vessel was caught in a blizzard at
Port Perique Bay, on the Labrador
coast.
Thinking that his ship was doomed
and that the crew would perish, the cap
tain enclosed farewell messages in a bot
tle and threw them ' overboai-d. After
he bad done this it was found possible
to beach the vessel and all lives were
saved.
Captain Moore has now received word
from the Hudson Bay Company to the
effect that the bottle with the messages
has been washed up on an island at
Labrador.
Is Instantly Killed When Windshield
Cuts His Throat.
Asheville, Tan. 18.—Willard Pitt
man, employee of a Spear mine near
Spear, N. C., was instantly killed Fri
day morning, when his throat was cut
by the windshield of a ear. which went
over a bank with himself and three com
panions, according to word received to
tay. -
i Pittman was driving the machine,
which skidded over a 12 foot embank
hien when the brakes were applied on
a concrete road covered with ice.
Favorahle Report for Stone.
; Washington, Tan. 19.—A favorable re
- port on the nomination of Attorney Gen
• eral Stone to be an associate justice of
- * the United States Supreme Court was or
»! dered today by the Senate judiciary
> committee.
PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
CONCORD, N. C„ MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1925
RAINS CONTINUE TO
FALL IN SOUTHERN
STATES DURING DAT
Great Property Damage Is
Certain to Result as Many
Streams Are Rising Rap
idly Now.
SEVERAL DEATHS
FROM THE STORM
All Deaths Due to Train Ac
cidents Which Were Caus
ed by Rains of the Past
Several Days.
Atlanta. Ga.. Tan. 19 (By the Associ
ated Press). —With rain continuing to
fall in half a dozen Southern States this
morning, rivers were reported steadily
rising* with great property damage ex
pected to follow over a wide area. No
additional deaths have been reported to
day. the death list standing at three
known to have been kif’.ed. and two oth
ers probably lost. Tlwee trainmen were
killed. Engmeer C. I. Dunham and Y’ard
master T. F. Foster met death when a
Southern Railway passenger train broke
through a weakened trestle near Selma,
Ala., Engineer V. F. Hartnell was killed
when a Nashville, Chattanooga & St.
Louis passenger train struck a slide six
miles from CartersvHle,. Ga.
Hope has been abandoned at Albany,
Ga.. for the safety of Asa and Will Swift,
two brothers, who failed to return Satur
day from a boating'expedition on Flint
River. Their frail canoe is believed to
have been swept to destruction over a
dam on Kineliafoonee Creek.
Georgia and Alabama are bearing the
brunt of the flood wafers’ force, although
jilinost unprecedented high watef is also
reported in other states. Weather fore
casts this morning indiclfcte continued rain,
and higher flood levels |re predicted with
one voice in this section.
Trains generally wei;e being rerouted
with increasing delay in schedules, and
motor traffic was almost at a standstill in
the territory most vitally affected by the
excessive rainfall.
BISHOP 11 AID LEFT HIS
ESTATE TO SUCCESSOR
Money, Personal Property and Realty—
Abbot Vincent Tayl<H*AiLniimtrator.
Gastonia, Tan. 17.-—The last will and
testament of Bishop Leo Haul, O. S. 8..
vicar apostolic of North Carolina, abbot
urdinary of Belmont. Abbey, and presi
ient of the Southern Benedictine society
»f North Carolina, who died in Belmont,
July 24, 1924, was filed today with the
clerk of court of Cabarrus.
In a true sense of the word, the late
Catholic priest and father, who was one
>f the highest ranking Catholic church
ifficers in America, owned no property,
all of it being in the name of his church.
His will read, in part, as follows:
“All read estate I hold in North Car
olina, or may hold at my death, as vicar
apotolie and Catholic bishop of North
Carolina, I give and bequeath to my law
ful successor in said office to hold in
like state as held by myself. To him
I give money listed in a bank book of
the bank of Washington, N. C., and the
personal property I own as abbot and
president of the Southern Benedictine
society of North Carolina, including a
house and lot, 70 acres of land in Bel
mont, etc."
This will was made December 17, 1917.
Rev. Bernard Haas. O. S. 8., of Bene
dictine College, Richmond, Va., was ap
pointed administrator of the estate at
that time. He declined and the new ab
bot. Vincent Taylor. 0. S. 8.. lately of
fireensboro, was qualified ns administra
tor, giving a $2,000 bond.
(The statement that thei will was filed
in this county is an error. No doubt
it was intended to say “Gaston County.
—Editor.)
Combination Supply Bill Reported in the
House.
Washington, Tan. 19. —A combination
supply bill, carrying $10,011,512 for the
State Department, $24,205,822 for the
Department of Tustice, $22,778,104 for
the Department of Commerce, and SB,-
002,025 for the Department of Labor,
was reported today by the House appro
priations committee.
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«
MAJOR SIEDMAN IN
CONGRESS PRAISES
LIFE OP GEN. LEE
,Says Fame of General “Be
longs Not Only to Virginia,
But Is the Birthright of
Every American.”
ONE OF GREATEST
OF MILITARY MEN
But In Addition to Military
Genius General Lee Was
“Stainless,” Major Stedman
Told His Colleagues.
Washington, .Tan. 19.—Observing the
birthday anniversary today of Gen. Robt.
E. I>ee. the House paused for a few 7 min
utes to hoar Representative Stedman.
democrat, of North Carolina, deliver a
brief tribute to General I/Ce.
The veteran North Carolina legislator,
the sole survivor in the House of the
armies that Lee commanded, declared he
regarded his commander of the early 'OO’-t
as “not only one of the greatest military
commanders, but also one of the most
stainless," whose fame "belongs not to
Virginia alone, but is the birthright of
every American citizen.'"Ny
Mr. Stedman said lie hod returned on
ly recently from an inspection of the bat
tlefields around Fredericksburg and
Spottsylvania courthouse in Virginia. This
trip, he added, was made to inspect tlx*
battlefields to ascertain the feasibility of
preserving and marking them for histori
cal purposes.
“My estimate of General Lee.” lie said,
“both as to his moral attributes and nrl
itary ability was • formed in my early
days, more than half a century ago, and
never has changed since. I regarded him
then as one of the greatest military com
manders who ever lived, not only in the
era which witnessed his great achieve
ments, but at any time in any land, such
is my opinion today.”
UNITY OF DEMAND FOR
WORLD PEACE NEEDED
This Greatest Need of the Hour, Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Catt Declares.
Washington, Tan. 19. —Unity of de
mand behind a common program for
world peace is America’s greatest need
of the- Mrs. Carrie Chapman
an general, chairman, declared in an ad-~
dress prepared for delivery today at the
formal opening of the conference on the
cause and cure of war. A satisfying
way to obtain a feeling of security for
all per.pie. she said, is the present great
est need of every nation.
Outlining to the delegates the aims of
the conference, called by nine national
women’s organizations, Mrs. Catt said
it would study the cause of why solemn
compacts between nations to end war
have been so long delayed, and why the
anti-war movement in America lags so
inexplicably, and would undertake to for
mulate an effective program to assist in
removing these causes.
IS SUBMARINE IN
RUM RUNNING TRADE
Reported That German Sub Brings in
Much Liquor Blast Night at Present.
New York. Tan. 19.—Prohibition au
thorities are investigating reports that a
submarine manned by a German crew 7 has
beeii bringing in from 1.000 to 3.000 cas
es of liquor nightly during the last two
xveeks. A tramp steamer acting as the
mother ship of the submersible is said to
be stationed about fifty miles south of
the patrol boats surrounding the rum
fleet off Asbury Park, N. T. It is re
ported to lie disposing via the submarine
of its cargo of about 75.000 cases of liquor
to a smalll craft hoveripg near the New
Jersey shore. V
U. S. Destroyeds Off For Shanghai.
Manila, P. 1.. Jnn. 19 (By the Asso
ciated Press). —Six U. S. destroyers com
prising division 45. left here today for
Shanghai, where factional Readers and
military governors were contesting for
possesion of that city. With the arrival
of the ships, which ' cleared today, the
American navy will have twelve destroy
ers off Shanghai.
Cotton on the local market today is
quoted at 23 cents per pound.
Sues Goodman.
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'E Alma Rubens, movie actress, Is seek
i ing a divorce again. She charges
her husband. Dr. Daniel Carson (
Goodman, physician, author, director
and film magnate, with cruelty. In
1918 she was divorced from William
Smith, professionally known as’*
Franklyn Farnum. on the same*
ground-
POSTMASTER W. B. WARD
TALKS Ot' THRIFT WEEK
Points Out Advantages of Saving Regu
larly and Tells One Way This Can Be
Done.
In commenting on the activities of Na
tional Thrift Week which began Satur
day with “Thrift Day,” Postmaster W.
R. Ward points out that it is particular
ly fitting postal service should play
an important part in these activities anil
pay tribute to the first and foremost ad
vocate of thrift—Benjamin Franklin.
Although the first postmaster general,
was renowned as a philosopher, patriot,
-diplomat, inventor and wU-ntied. his name
will no doubt live longest by the impres
sion he ha« made as an advocate of thrift.
Many of his writings on thrift have be
come classics and will be remembered as
long as uor language is read. One of
his most famoys saysing: “Never forget
to have a penny when all thy expenses
are enumerated and paid,” appears oh the
leaflet' which the post office department is
putting into every home today. Post
master General New 7 in an address de
livered tat a 1924 thrift w 7 eek meeting
in Washington said that if you ad to
this expression that other one of Frank
lin’s —“Incur no except that
which does good to others or yourself”—
you will have said all there is to say
ou the subject of thrift.
Postmaster Ward also would have the
patrons of his office more clearly under
stand the purpose and functions of the
postal savings system, the agency of the
government by which thrift is promoted.
While it is a savings institution in the
proper sense of the term, its similarity
to a bank ends at that point. The de
posits received from individuals are im
mediately turned over to local banks af
ter bonds to secure such deposits are re
ceived from the banks as collateral.
The policy of postal savings also dif
fers from that of savings banks and other
savings isntitutions. The most humble
patron of the office is welcomed at the
postal savings window 7 . His purchase of
a 10-cent savings stamp or his deposit
of a single dollar is received as kindly
and given as courteous attention as the
transactions of the holder of a million
dollar account at any bauk. And, again,
postal savings does not look with dis
favor on such of its depositors who, bav
in gaecumulated a tidy sum, make with
drawals for the purchase of sound in
vestments, a home or a business. It is
an educational service and if the people
can be brought to realize the importance
of saving a real service will have been
rendered apd a definite purpose accom
plished.
Charged With Plotting to Blow Up Ship.
London. Jan. 19 (By the Associated
Press),-ATwo inen. W. P. Cilffy and J.
D. McDough, were brought before the
Bow Street police court today in connec
tion with an alleged plot to blow up Brit
ish battleships and submarines. They
were remanded for a week, bail being re
fused.. They were charged with an of
fense under the official sCgrets act.
More Pay For Clerical Rkilway Employes
Chicago. Tan. 19 (By the Associated
Press). —The railroad labor board in a
decision today granted an increase in
wages of approximately $3,740.ftt>0 to
clerical service employees on 43 railroads
in all sections of the country. The em
ployes affected do not include those cleri
cal service employes taken care of in a
decision a year ago.
Will Call Up Report on Oil Investigation.
'Washington Jan. 19. —Senator Walsh,
democrat, of Montana, announced today
that he would call up in the Senate 40-1
1 morrow the majority report on the oil in
vest:gation.
Business Girls to Have Dinner.
The Business Girls will have a get-to
* gether banquet in the Y Monday night.
! the first banquet of this kind held this
year. Wans are underway for a very in
teresting program after the dinner There
are about 25 members of the girls’ class.
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
WILL HOLD CHAPMAN
1m HI ATLANTA
Escaped Bandit Was Cap
tured in Indiana Town on
Sunday by Detectives Af
ter a Gun Battle.
NATIONWIDESEARCH
HAD BEEN MADE
Chapman Escaped From the
i Atlanta Prison Soon After
the Beginning of His 25-
Year Sentence.
Indianapolis. Ind.. .Tan. 10. —Gerald
Chapman, to whom crimes ringing from
robbery to murder are attributed, and
who was arrested yesterday at Muncie,
Ind., will be hd!e for the warden of the
Atlanta federal prison. Alexandr G s
Cavins, T\ S. District Attornely. said to
day. Chapman escaped from the Atlanta
institution in March, 1023, a few months
after he had been sentenced to serve 23
years in connection with the $2,400.000
mail truck in New York in 1021.
The nationwide search for the dapper
appearing desjterado was brought to an
end yesterday at Muncie. Ind., where he
was captured by a squad of detectives
after a gun battle.
The arrest was the culmination of an
intensive search conducted by postal in
spectors. Reports were received that
Chapman was residing in various foreign,
countries, but after a lengthy investiga
tion, authorities became convinced that
lie had not i|eft this country. The search
narrowed down to Indiana about four
months ago when it was learned Chapman
was making frequent trips to Muncie
The police at Muncie laid several traps
for him .but he was successful in elud
ing them until yesterday.
GOVERNOR’S ATTITUDE
ON REVENUE REVEALED
Would Give Institutions An Increase
Appropriation of 10 to 20 Per Cent.
Ilaleigh, Jan. 17. —Governor McLean,
in an interview with newspaper men
Saturday, revealed his attitude on state
1 institutions which he would help with
itn increased appropriation of 10 to 20
per cent. He said that he thinks the
state is running behind from two to two
and onedwlf imß«m do4l.fr* ami that to
meet this increase the states, revenue
muet be raised from 40 to 50 per cent. ,
The Daily News carried a story of
the budget commission a few nights ago
indicating its attitude. It was then lift
ing incomes from 33 1-3 per cent to
sft per cent, likewise bringing up the
inheritance taxes in the higher brackets.
As to the deficit which formed the
basis of a two years’ was in the Mor
rison administration, the governor
thinks this should be amortized over a
period of not less than six years und
perhaps over 10. Some estimates of
needed revenue over the eight, million
dollars now raised run to 12 million
dollars. The governor thinks at least
tliree million dollars additional must be
raised.
He figured out things today. The do-, -
partments and institutions which have
been requiring seven million dollars for
each bi-onnial. would get. by a 10 per
cent raise, s7oo.ooo,and by a 20 per
cent lift, $1,400,000 extra. He believes ,
the margin between 10 and 20 per cent
will furnish all the revenue which a
program of economy and eTficicncy will
require. The increase in revenue con
templates the payment of nil appropria
tions for maintenance and a payment on
the defeit and the sinking fund.
Governor McLean, swamped by par
don-seekers said today that he serious
ly considers deferring all pardon mat
ters, except capital cases, until after
the legislature. He likewise may bar
all cases in which action was declined
!by Governor Morrison.
Want National Park in This State.
Washington, Jan. 10. —The North Car
olina Park Commisiou, which is urging a
national park in North jCSarolina, met here
today in the office of Senator Simmons,
and adopted a resolution urging apoiut
ment of a congressional commission to ’n- i
vestigate the question of establishing
one or more parks in the Southern Appa
lachian region. The commision declared
the North Carolina was making no fight
on any other state.
*
Severe Earth Shocks Recorded Tester
day.
Washington, Jan. 18. —A “severe
quake,” about 5.600 miles from Wash
ington, was recorded today on the
seismograph at Georgetown university.
Father Tondorf. the seismologist said
thegeeord began at 7 :18 a. m.. and con
tinued until about O.’IO, with the
maximum disturbance between 7 :56
and © :02.
I
Doctors say five people in New York
who thought they ate some good oysters
didn’t.
WHAT AWITTVS CAT SATS
Rain tonight and Tuesday, ' >d\
NO. 56