T B SHERRILL. Editor and Publisher
W)LI Vit' XI-IX
pnibilitation is Task
I Now In Stricken Areas
W om -d hv Burial of Their
■Mid. Beesons in Tornado
Nevertheless Go
H\,,, Tasks With Hope.
■ll WORK FOR
I! STRICKEN CITIES
11, M u> ( Be Built Again
|K:i, Jn Others Building
iff, is One Demanding
Dne and Money.
, v j.l, i I !v the Associated
,i lx the tin«l tragedy
. .>rn:i<l<* disaster, the
R 9 Sentle tn Illinois and
|B , . r:; ,.| iMida.tiiied to the mam-]
■■ ; hi lit a t i<>n to which it
i ;,-1 Wednesday's _cat-
HH turned to the same
H _ ,MO«d l ef.ire the stornt.
, ved medical at- j
honieh - - have been pro- 1
-belter it was an
_ a underway for re-
H , \\ reeked -t nirt tires. A
ied the agencies engag
|H - work as arrange
s, r eompiete surveys of
- - uai'd that font- months or
|M, , red to clear hundreds
, re-tore thousands of
j, rebuild factories and es
of sanitation.
\; linker, head of the disaster
of the Red Cross, an
■ organization expected
, u r\ family affected by the
HV jj. .-|U, -tated Kfi einengency unit
t'p.vv had peril established
or -ion town, and that rempor
|K:. the injured and homeless
fully taj>wrTan - e of.
the -torm -ufferers be
in ad part- of the country.
|H a-,;,. - ehurehe-. 10-w-papers.
H. many other agencies. the
|H .i.-a.i'i'iarier- of the Red Cross in
a a i,'»u need an appropriation
augment similar funds be
by 10.-al chapters.
III-.. March 22—A
HI .-.mi . i.-k.-i up in Murphys boro
' twister was carried to
111-.. 210 ntilets distant.
j/m,, H. \V. Abbott, pastor of the
i-r ehu reli . which was
■A by the -torm. was the owner
On a book case in his study
■■n.-irmnag" adpoining the church.
railing card-. Tiie tornado suek
gHr i-anls ahmg with houses, tele
[ie’i-. trees and other loose
Vmterday he received ti tele
-1 frmn man at Palestine
did not know, and who said
H.' of the card- had been found
LAMER DEAD OF
Al TO ( HASH INJURIES
uthtfr Charges Brought In High
’oinf Against Sam Tucker.
Point. March 21. — Ivey Lanier,
’•old merchant of thin city, who
iured when the automobile he was
'collided with a car driven by
. K Tucker on the Thomasville
j near here last night, died at
ilford General Hospital this inorn
♦* :‘h» o'clock. Lanier never re
(onsciousness.
warrant issued last night for the
es Tucker, charging him with aft
aud battery, was amended today
Irge manslatigther. Tucker was
Nl under $.">,000 bond. R. R. Ra
f this city, signed the bond. Date
f preliminary hearing has not been
tit Tucker probably will be ar
>i in court here next week. C. C.
Brdt. local attorney, has been re
as counsel for the defendant.
M- 'earned today from protons who
to have seen the accident that
t \vn- attempting to pass two au
ii'' going in the same direction,
iuvi- cars were being driven at a
'ate of speed. Lanier, driving a
during car. was about to meet the
machines. He steered his car to
t'leine tight, but there wae insuf
'pttee for Tucker to drive his car
en the other automobiles and the
eri resulted.
With Our Advertisers.
P big shoes and hosiery sale at the
MidT lowe t'o'.s. is still going some.
> far beyond all expectation**,
b”.v have found*it necessary to put
ditioua; stock. See new ad. today,
‘■pens at !i o’clock Tuesday morn
?fl a few specials in the dry goods
tmmo „f t i l( , I‘arks-Belk Co. in the
a 'l today. Note especially the
11 baby department.
'’‘ r d ike tooth harrows at Yorke
fNwi.rth CoV All other farm im-
Pnts. to,j.
Art>tickle to Wed Doris Deane.
wl >' Hills. Calif., March 23.—Doris
"c uiotion picture actress, and Ros
• uek;,. former comedian of the
• o he married tomorrow night
'I. uiie „f th«* bride's mother,- at
• at'ine, near Pasadena. An' er
u‘port Inst night stated they
married last week. Arbuckle’s
' 1 ' iMenta Arbuckle. some
• obtained a divorce in Paris.
fe' 1 * I(i mpanies Get Tkx Refund,
t "J 1, ar, ‘h 23.—Tobacco man
of O' ° * >aj :I( lditional “floor’
i : P' l ' thousand upon cigar
by revenue act of 1918
a refund of that tax oi
[ie rnc J 1 ' v, “ lp imported, the u
*ht bv ,hp'r hpld to<iay in * cawi
rd i ‘ 2, ’ u ‘rnment against P. Lo
OUipDny.
THE CONCORD TIMES
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ALL DOUBT OF A STATE’
\ DEFICIT IS NOW GO\I
<Jovernor McLean Has Settled The Dis
pute in a Matter-Of-Fact Way.
loin Bust in Greensboro ,Newo.
Raleigh. March 21.— Doubt ’or th,
tyicient deficit in State finances is nov
gone and the first McLean matter of
fact statement placing the debit bnl
lance” > $10.231.1100.57. nearly iwt
.months after the perfervid demon>-rrn
tion of former Governor Morrison thai
tilde i*s no sta ll thing ac a Mate short
age. settles it in a state way of Join*
business.
After two months of administrative
work, during which time the collection*
naturally have been low. the deficit ha>
climbed considerably more than half a
million above the figures shown by the
budget commission and accepted by th“
j finance committee of the two houses,
| The March raid on incomes will help
,tb bring down tiie balan<‘e against the
‘Mate, but there is very little likelihood
jof lessening the grand total by July 1.
:102."». when Mr. McLean deals with the
J situation in his own name.
The argument of Former Governor
Morrisjon was momentarily impressive.
It was difficult to resist his appeal that
revenues which were levied by him and
accrued after his day should not go to
the reduction of the delcit shown at the
| end of his rule. But when anybody ask
ed a member of the finance committee
why the state did not apply these re
ceipts to the deficits, always the reply
was that the state had no receipts and
would have none. The present shortage
seems to show that there is nothing
which can reduce the whole.
It so happens that there was a state
deficit four years ago. one eight. 12. 1(5
and so on- Each executive taking up
government bean where it was left off
by his predecessor and Mr. Morrison did
the same thing. He picked up the
Biekett administration where the retir
ing executive had left it and there was
million dollar deficit caused by the
state’s taking something from the gen
eral fund when bonds went bad. But
there was a cash surplus ot .>600.000
and an accrual of $1.1)00.000 which Mr.
Morrison inherited. The state went on
and now Mr. takes over a $!).-
fiIT.OOR deficit against which he can
employ the accruals of the Morrison
regime.
There will hardly be any more fury
about the deficit. It is now big enough
for everybody to see and after July the
state will begin to handle it in an in
telligent way.
SAYS INCOME TAXES
SHOW STATE’S POVERTY
North Carolina Must Find New Re
sources Or It Will Remain Poor, Says
Bailey.
Raleigh. March 10.—Rubbing it into
the folks yet again that they are not
rich and that the income taxes show it.
,T. W. Bailey today told the Raleigh
Chamber of Commerce that the state is
one of the poorest on the western hemi
sphere and that it must devise some way
of increasing its income if it ever gets
out.
The Raleigh lawer had the recent fig
ures of the University News Letter be
fore him. There are more than ."00.000
families in the state, but only S.OOO of
them have income taxpayers. He could
not imagine how people estimate them
selves rich with wealth so poorly dis
tributed that only 8.000 families stare
in it The total taxes of the state will
be around $00,000,000. Mr. Bailey said,
and the people will have 30 per cent, of
their net incomes to devote to taxes.
Speaking informally and unofficially
before the mee-ting. Dr. W. S. Rankin
stated that he saw no reason why WakF
county should not share in the Duke
memorial hospital fund to the extent o
$1 per charity bed. allowed Under Mr.
Duke’s, provision and possibly at the first
an appropriation for construction. Thir
ty-two per eent. of the $40,000.00 fund
will be available for rural public hos
pitals, interest from which next year
will amount to about $500,000. - °
funds will be available until next year.
TRI CK AND BERRIES TO
BRING IN MILLIONS
Strawberries and Lettuce Soon to Start
Moving in Section.
Wilmington. March 20.—Several mil
lion dollars are expected to pour into
this section within the next two months
as a result of the lettuce, strawberry
and truck crops that will be marketed
within that period.
The strawberry crop will likely start
moving within two weeks, and the let
tuce crop is expected to move a week
later- The fact that the South Carolina
lettuce crop has already started moving
is taken as a good indieation that the
North Carolina crop, the weather per
mitting. will be a success, although it is
understood that about 25 per cent of* the
local lettuce that was planted was kill
ed bv unfavorable temperature. '
\ few baskets of lettuce have already
been shipped by local growers, according
to .T. P. Herring, county farm aK e, ' f -
However, it is expected that it will be
fullv three weeks before the I f ttuc J\:
movement assumes wat may be termed ,
regular proportions.
Another^Job For Gen. Pershing.
Washington. March 23.—Gen. * prs £ ng
has been appointed Co supervise the Tao
na Ariea plebiscite.
The AVhite House today announce,! h s
selection as head of the commission winch
is to oversee the election under ie
eut Chilean-Peruvian arbitration award.
Another Diphtheria Epidemic for Alaska?
Nome, March 21—Dr. Curtis Welch,
sole physician of Nome, wh° worked
■ night and day during the height of tre
i epidemic, has received word from Candle,
• 250 miles northeast of here, that an epi
> demic of sore throat** with symptoms of
- diphtheria was spreading among residents
cf Bucklaud River.
Some Effects of the Storm’ at Murphysboro, Illinois
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The efforts of a lifetime were smashed to bits by the torn**. which crushed in houses like -o manv egg-hells and
left a trail of death aud havoc in its wake. This picture, taken at Murphysboro. 111., one of the town’s hr,lest hit by the
ttir^TSuOT on a«d f w;:ie. to, ' m,d °' s fury - Xote n*™ u f —■ - «*»*<&
KILLS MAN AND GOES
ON HOME TO SLUMBER
Atlas Poole Asserts He Shot Dave Har
ris in Self-Defense Near TrtfL
Troy. March 20.—Atlas Poole/ shot
an instantly killtai Dave Harris last
night in the Onville section, about five
miles south of here. The killing was
done on a lonely path that leads from
the Harris home to Onvi’e. about 1)
o'clock but local authorities did not re
ceive the report until early this morn
ing. They immediately went to the
scene, and after a corner’s inquest was
held found Poole at his home asleep.
He was taken into custody and
brought here where he is confiued in the
Montgomery county jail awaiting a pre
liminary hearing. The cause of killing
has not been definitely determined, the
prisoner refusing to make any statement
but that he shot in self-defense.
Duncan Parsons, a neighbor of both
Poole and Harris, was an eye witness
aud he first gave the report. It seems
that Poole gnd Pnyrfons went to the
home of Harris’ before dark last *TrfgftP
and that a'l three men engaged in a
drinking frolic. This ended about 8
o’clock with a quarrel between Poole and
Harris. Harris left the home, following
Poole and Parsons, and when about one
mile from it was killed.
Harris was in his shirt sleeves when
killed and his body only showed one
wound, that being made by a shotgun
fired at close range, the lead entering
his body just a few inches below the
heart-
He was a brother-in-law of Poole and
was engaged in the sawmill business.
He leaves a wife and four children.
Poole is tiie son of Hart Poole. a
prominent citizen of Montgomery coun
ty, and is about 32 years of age. He has
been engaged in the mercantile Dusi
ness at Onvil for sometime.
29 BODIES HAVE BEEN
RECOVERED FROM MINE
Rescue Workers Still Hoping They Will
Find at Least Two Miners Alive in
the Mine.
Fairmont, March 23.—Rescue workers
expected to learn definitely today whether
there are any survivors among the 33
men imprisoned last Tuesday night by
the explosion at the Barracksville mine
of the Bethlehem Mine Corporation. The
hope lias not been abandoned that two
miners escaped death as they are believ
ed to have been winking in remote sec
tion of the. m ! ne when the blast went off.
It was admitted at the same time, how
ever. that there is no evidence any sur
vivors will be found.
The removal of fifteen additional bod
ies yesterday brought the total of bodies
from the mine up to 20.
A development yesterday was arrest by
policemen of ('has. Grove, former employe
for investigation. Three others are be
ing held also for questioning in connec
tion with the explosion. No date
has been set for the official investigation
that \yill be made.
remarkable claims
FOR NEW ALTO FUEL
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Product Which Has as Basic a Solution
of Sugar. Said lo Give Fine Results.
Paris, March 21. —Remarkable claims
are made for a new automobile fuel, nam
ed Iroline. after its discovery fifteen years
ago by Irene Laurant, daughter of a well
known French chemist. The product,
which is understood to have for a basic
a solution of sugar, is said to cost less
and go further than any other so-called
[substitute for gasoline.
I A party of prominent automotive eugi-
I neers who tested the new fuel on a long'’
I run in an ordinary machine are quoted
as expressing themselves as astounded by
the results.
Will Sentence Rickard Next Week.
Trenton, N. J., March 23.—At the re
quest of defense counsel, Federal Judge
lAodine today deferred for one week im
position of tentence on Tex Rickard and
others convicted last week of conspiracy
in the interstate transportation of films
of the Dempsey-Carpentier fight.
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Get Silk Valued at $40,000.
Xew York. March 23.—Armed men
held up watchmen today on the Lehigh
Valley Railroad 2«tb pier on the Hudson
River, and escaped with silk valued by
the railroad officials at $40,000.
PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
CONCORD, N. C„ MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1925
NEARLY .$80,000,000
FROM GASOLINE TAX
Practically Entire Revenue Emin This
Source Collected Last Year Went Into
Road Building.
Washington. March 21. —Motorists in
35 states and the District of Columbia
last year paid $7ft.734.4!)0 in gasoliue
taxes, of which sum $48.71 1.320 was
usetf in state road Jnaintenance and
construction. Much of* the remainder
collected was turned oyer to county and
local roads funds. X
The department of agriculture, in an
nouncing these figures tonight, estimat
ed that only half of the motorists in the
country contributed to the fund, al
though all but 13 states levied a gaso
line tax. The average amount paid an
nually where the tax was imposed was
$10.30 i>er vehicle. '
California, with a 2 eent tax. col
•ected $11003.222. of which $5,000,611
was applied to *tate roads. Pennsyl
vania collected $0,080,541. the second
.largest sum, with ft "2k Xffß levy, but the
department had no i*ecwd of what part'
>f it was used for highways. Wyoming’s
one eent ta*x brought only $200,310, all
'f it being used for roads. The state has
increased the tax to 2 1-2 cenfis per gal
lon.
Arkansas’ 4 cent tax, the largest of
ill states, brought the state $22708,535.
of which $2,268,535 was applied to road
work.
Me LEAN IS BESEIGED
TO APPOINT JURIST
Friends of Wright and Armfleld Urge
Them For Superior Court—Derision
Delayed.
Kalrigh. March 20. —Salisbury delega
tions storming Governor McLean this
'veiling, and Concord and Union law
vears at it this afternoon, left Gover
nor McLean in doubt whether he can
name a judge to succeed the late Benja
min F. Long before Monday or not.
More hearings will be given Saturday.
The Salisburyans were Senator Walter
H. Woodson, Stable Linn and Cham
Coughenhour, who spoke for R. Lee
Wright, of the Rowan bar. Former Sen
itor Luther Hartsell and T. D. Maness,
ts Cabarrus, came for Frank Armfield,
>f the Cabarrus bar, and John C. M.
\’ann, former member of the general as
embly ajitl resident of Union, where Mr.
Armfield lived most of his life, spoke for
lie Cabarrus candidate. There is no
loubt that the Armfield friends have
nade a good impression on his excel
ency. .
Governor McLean did not indicate who
would do the further work for the aspi
rants, but be will hear them out. It
is not likely that he will get to this
ippointment before Monday.
JURY OF MEN CHOSEN
FOR ELLINGSON CASE
Sixteen-Year-Old Girl Goes on Trial for
the Killing of Her Mother.
San Francisco, March 23. —Dorothy
Ellfngson. sixteen-year-Old stenographer
who shot her mother to death last Oc
tober when, her parents objected to the
hours she kept with men friends, came
into the Superior Court here today with
cue.hope—that the jury which will try
her on a charge of murder, will be com
posed entirely of mefi.' * ■
The young defendant has confessed the
killing of her mother, Mrs: Anna Elling
son. The girl attended a party on the
same night.
The girl’s attorneys have indicated they
will make a plea of temporary insanity,
but that she shot “on an impulse.” She
has submitted to a series of examina
tions designed to establish her mental
and physical status.
SPINNING INDUSTRY IN
FEBRUARY VERY ACTIVE
Industry Operated at Full Single Shift
Basic Capacity During the Month.
Washington, March 21.—The cotton
spinning industry operated at full sing.e
(shift basic capacity during February, the
t ceensus bureau reeport today shows. Ac
-1 tivity was greater than in January, al
i though the number of active spindle
1 hours was smaller, due to a fewer num
ber of working days.
- Five Soviet Officials Reported Killed.
Moscow, March 23. —A Reuter dispatc-1
says five soviet government officials wen
killed when a military airplane flyiu*
from Tiflis to Suchum caught fire ii
mid air and crashed to the earth.
THE COTTON MARKET
Heavy General Selling Occurred at the
Opening on Reports of Rain in South
west Texas.
New ork, March 23.—Heavy general
selling occurred at the opening of the
cotton market today owing to reports
of rain in southwest Texas and re’a
tively easy Liverpool cables. In addi
tion to liquidation of old long accounts
there appeared to be considerable pres
sure from southern and local sources.
After opening easy at a decline of 20
to 48 points, active months soon showed
net losses of 3ft to 4ft points. May selling
off to 25.21 and October to 24.88. The
decline uncovered a good many orders
to buy for trade account and this with
eoyering of recent sellers checked the
break, and prices rallied Ift or 15 points
from the lowest by the end of the first
hour.
Cotton futures opened easy: March
25.25; May 25.40; July 25.55; October
25.00; December 24.ft5.
STEPHEN fi. WILLIAMS
DIES IN CHARLOTTE
Prominent Citizen of Lexington Passes
Away Suddenly In Hotel.
Charlotte. March 22. —Stephen Edwin
Williams, of Lexington, died suddenly
in his room at a local hotel at an eai*ly
hour this morning, heart trouble being*
the cause of death. He was in his
usual health yesterday.
Mr. Williams was of Lexington, but
he had spent the greater part of his time
in Charlotte for the last year as his
daughter, Mrs. E. C. Sweeney resides
here.
Mr. Williams was born February 28,
1857 in Yanceyville, Caswell county.
Coming of a family of prominence and
notable mentality He married Miss
Lunna Williams, of Marchmont, and
they have two children living. Mrs. Wil
liams resides in Salisbury.
ALBERT HOUSE, NOTORIOUS
CRIMINAL, ESCAPES JAIL
Officers Express Belief He Had Outside
Aid in Successful Effort to Law Out
of Prison,
Tampa, Fla., March 23 Albert House,
said to be a notorious criminal, early to
day escaped from the Hillsborough Coun
ty jail where he had been confined for
one week. House in sawing his way out
of the institution, officers said, had been
aided from the outside.
House : s wanted by the Indiana author
ities for murder, and a series of bank
robberies, officers said.
He was being held here for having en
gineered the Hava Tampa robbery here
a year ago in which $24,000 was taken,
and also several yeggraan “jobs.”
Two Measures To Be Ratified by People.
Raleigh, March 21. —When the general
assembly adjourned, it wa6 found that it
had referred only two measures to the
people to be voted on in the next gen
eral election.
One of these is a proposed constitu
tional* amendment designed to permit the
governor to be inaugurated on the open
ing day of each biennial session of the
general assembly instead of later on in
the session.
The other measure is a proposed $2,-
ftftft.ftftft soldiers’ loan fund, carrying the
same provisions as the "Grist bill passed
bv the 1023 general assembly and thought
i to have been ratified in the general elec
tion of 1024 but which was declared un
constitutional by the supreme court (lur
ing the regular biennial session of IJ-a.
Verdict for Mrs. Waterhouse.
London. March *23.-The jury which j
had been hearing the case of Mrs. Muriel I
Waterhouse against Lady M ilson Barker
to recover 10.075 pound*, which the plain-]
tiff claims the defendant had extorted j
from Alfred Francis Waterhouse, hus
band of the pla : ntiff. now deceased,
brought in a verdict this afternoon in
favor of Mrs. Waterhouse. It found
that R. P. Sheldon, named as an alleged
party to the extortion, had not conspired
with Lady Wilson Barker.
New Theatre To Be Ready Easteir Mon
day.
M. Meriwether, of Lexington, is in the
eity today. Mr. Meriwether will be the
' manager of H. B. Varner's new theatre
now approaching completion here. Mr.
Meriwether tells us he expects to be
ready to start up the new playhouse on
Easter Monday.
CHATTANOOGA COURT
IS READY FOH THE
BfNNETTCASE NOW
W. H. Bennett”and Wife Go
On Trial Charged With the
Murder of Mrs. Augusta
Hoffman Years Ago.
MURDERED WOMAN
WAS KINSWOMAN
500 Prospective Jurors Sum
moned by Court as Case
Has Attracted Such Inter
est—Elements of Mystery.
f'attnnooga, Tt'im., March 23. (By the -
Assoc : ated Press). —Five hundred pros
pective jurors. 3ftft more than the usual
number summoned, were called to Hamil
ton county court today for the trial of
W. H. Bennett and his wife. Mrs. May
Bennett, of. Rome. Ga.. indicted on a
charge of murdering Mrs. Augustus Hoff
man, aunt of the defendants.
Elements of mystery as to the details
of the alleged crime were to be explained
as the trial began. Mr. and Mrs n Ben
nett were indicted on the charge of mtir-!
der in September, 11)24. following the dis
covery of bones said to have been those
of a woman under the house they bad oc
cupied at their residence of more than
four years in Chattanooga.
The state claims the bones found by
workmen while making repairs on tiie
house were those of Miss Hoffman, whom
the prosecution contends “disappeared”
after coming to make her home with her
nephew and family.
Ju*y Chosen.
Chattanooga, Tenn., March 23 (By tiie
Associated Press). —Selection of a jury
for the trial of W. H. Bennett and his
wife, Mrs. May Bennett, Rome, Ga..
charged with the murder of Miss Augfts
ta Hoffman, required only one and one
half hours in Hamilton county criminal
court here today.
PALM BEACH LINKS
TURNED INTO CAMP
Millionaires Seize Costly Rugs and Sleep
Outdoors After Fire Razes Hotels.
Palm Beach. Fla., March ft. —Estimate
of the loss here last night when the
Breakers Hotel and the Palm Beach Hotel
were destroyed with- damn®*
ofher property. was“placed at $7,000,000
today by Fire Chief Schultz. Previ
ously the loss had been estimated at $4,-
000,000.
Authorities continued to investigate
rumors that the Breakers was set afire
in a plot to loot rooms of jewelry and
money. Police have arrested a score of
persons charged with looting.
A checkup of hotel registers today
failed to reveal that any lives were lost.
Sleep on Golf Links.
Smouldering ashes were all that re
mained today of two of the most noted
hotels of the playground of millionaires.
The city presented an unusual scene in
the early morning light, as groups paused
to view the ruins.
On the golf links groups of million
aires slept upon expensive rugs and drap
eries torn from the floors and walls of
the burning buildings. Some persons
had found shelter in other hotels and
cottages, but many informal picnics were
held on the links last night.
The estimated damage to the Break
ers, building alone, was $1,000,000, and
the Palm Beach Hotel one-fourth of that
amount.
The Breakers would have been the last
of the larger hotels to close, as it had
been planned to continue it in operation
a week later than the usual season.
Many guests from the Poineiana. expect
ed to close March 26th, had moved to the
Breakers. Several delegations of Ro
tarians, attending a convention in Palm
Beach, were also quartered there.
Many persons were understood to have
made arrangements last night to leave to
day for their homes in the East. Homes
in Palm Beach and West Palm Beach
were thrown open today to persons left
without shelter. ■
HUNDRED WITNESSES ON
HAND FOR EDWARDS TRIAL
Both Sides Ready to Proceed With Case,
and a Speedy Trial Is Exported.
Bessemer. Ala,, March 23. More than
Iftft witnesses were on hand today when
Dr. Geo. T. Edwards was called for trial
on a charge of wife murder.
Both sides were ready to proceed with
the case, and such speed was made :n
the opening hour that it is expected the
jury will be sworn in during, the after
noon session of the court.
' Judge J. O. B. Gwin. who presided in
the first hearing, which resulted in a
mistrial, again occupied the bench.
The defeendunt, who is charged with
slaying his w : fe in their alley Road
| home on December 2nd. appeared in ro
! bust health.
| Representative From Fort Bragg in City
Fort. Bragg. N. C., March 23. —A spe
cial citizens’ military training camp rep
resentative. Lt. W. 8. Bryant, is being
sent to Concord, and should arrive there
about March 23rd. His purpose is to
assist Mr. J. T. (’line, the local C. M. T.
C. represenative. in giving personal in
formation relative to the C. M. T. (’..
which will be held at this post between
2nd and 31st of July. General Bowley
is interested in increasing the enrollment
from Cabarrus county, which was one
young man at last year s camp.
In New York a woman kicked in a
shop window. May have seen a hat there
just like hers.
Arthur Goodman is confined to his
I home ua East Depot street by illness. |
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
ARGUMENTS NWE
SSIuifTHE
TEAPOT LEASE SUIT
Planned to Give the Case to
Judge Kennedy Not Later
Than Tomorrow Night.—
Pomerene First Speaker.
LIMIT SPEAKING
TIME OF LAWYERS
Court Is In Session But Four
and a Half Hours Each
Day and Only Few Speech
es Are Scheduled.
Cheyenne, Wyo.. March 23. —Attorneys
in the Teapot Dome lease annulment suit
started on the last leg of the trial today
with a view of having the ease submit
ted to Federal Judge T. Wake Kennedy
by tomorrow , afternoon. A schedule
agreed to by attorneys last night calls
for the argument of Atlee Pomerene of
government cotinsel, to occupy one and
a half hours, beginning todaf. The rest
of the day then will be occupied by J.
W. Lacy, of the defense counsel, who will
submit the technical argument.
The court day of four and one-half
hours will be divided among Martin W.
Littleton and Geo. P. Hoover, of the de
fense counsel, and Owen .1. Roberts, gov
ernment attorney, tomorrow. It is Imped
the ease will be completed before rhe
enure by Tuesday night.
THIRTEEN KILLED
IN TRAIN WRECK
Two Fast Southern Pacific Trains Col
lidge During Fog; Five. Are Injured.
New Orleans, March 22. —Thirteen
persons lost tlreir lives in a wreck early
today when two fast mail trains of th<f
Southern Pacific Railroad collided during
a fog at Ricohoc, La., between Franklin
and Patterson. Four of the dead were
white men. the others negro passengers.
Five were seriously injured.
The official report said Engineer Mat
thews, of the eastbound San'Antonios
express, came through the fog and passed
the switch at Ricohoc. where he was
scheduled to have put iu for the west
bound mail. About IMH) feet pas the
switch the two trains came together.
The baggage car and the front pas
senger coach of the eastbound train tele-
The fender and baggage coach of the
scoped. The negroes occupied the eoacli.
ether also telescoped. Egineer Mat
thews telephoned railroad officials that
he was badly hurt and too nervous to
He was said to have stated he
became lost in the fog and did not know
he had passed the switch.
BORROWED AIRPLANE FOR
HIS FIRST TRIP IN AIR
Private at Bolling Field Started Home
In Plane Without Permission to Use
It.
Washington, March 23. —The com
manding general of the district of Wash
ington is endeavoring to figure out what
should be done with a buck private who
undertook to fly an airplane without pre
vious experience.
Private Floyd B. Elifritz, of Bolling
Field, borrowed a major’s plane, made a
beautiful take-off. circled the field and
then headed to Washington. Officers say
he explained later he was "going home. ’
which understood to be somewhere on
Pennsylvania Avenue.
Elifritz forgot, however, to open the
radiator of the craft, and it got so hot
as it reached the city limits that he
turned back. When he landed, the en
tire personnel of Bolling Field assisted
him from the wreckage. He was not
injured.
Co-operative Training School Begun Sun
day Afternoon.
The Cabarrus County Co-operative
Standard Training School for Supday
School leaders was opened yesterday af
ternoon at the Central Methodist Church
at 3 o'clock. Following- a short period of
worship and openiug remarks, the school
was organized into classes.
Two class sessions were held, the first
at 3:25 and the second at 4.20.
Classes will be held tonight beginning
at 7:30 and continuing on through 0:30.
The school will end next Sunday. This
school is conducted [under the auspices of
the Methodist and iYesbyterian denomina
tions of Cabarrus county.
Still Fighting For Shepherd’s Release.
Chicago, March 23.—A legal battle to'
obtain the release on bail of Wm. I).
Shepherd, indicted on a charge of inocu
lating his foster son. Wm. N. MeClintock,
with typhoid germs, was resumed today.
At the same time a coroner's inquiry
into MeCTntock’s death was scheduled to
come up with an announcement by Chief
Justice Harry Olsen of the municipal’
court, that he had subpoenaed new wit
nesses for the hearing. Their names
were not divulged.
WHAT SMITTY’B CAT SAYS
Fair tonight and Tuesday, warmer
Tuesday in western portion. . .
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