IHH kKILL ' Edltor and Publisher
■IUMH XLIX
|[OF PBOOUCTSi
|iIH CIILI
I BIG INCREASE
1 of Goods Made in This
B e in 1923 Shows In-
of 43 Per Cent. Ov-
Bie 1921 Output.
■hfk OF WAGE
■kners INCREASED
(■lncrease In About the
Be Proportion as the In-
Bse in Value of Goods
Be for the Market.
L April 3ft. —A 43 per cent.
r~ ,j of products turned
, i; rill ill}: establishments in
I 11 , r| ; u i<as compared with
,\ VM m the biennial census
r ,1 today by the Depart -
I r, M.-V. The total valuation
i 1 s.mimi to $951,911,-
E ]j<.,is embracing all establish
[i:l';ui . ill ! >11 r of BIOT than $5,-
L timber of wage earners era-
L. »ol from 135.K33 to 173,6(67.
L ~,.,11. while the total average
tviuents increased from $94,235.-
L,.jT ;,4i.000. or 3.1.3 per cent.
sootN indlistry continued
Lj ot |„.i- in 1923 in both number
[Varner' and value of products.
L. n this industry increased
t „ sl.mi. or 32.2 per cent.
L, vear period, while the value, of
I a'ed from $190,990,000 to
m ih). or 71 per cent.
Lbatvo. cigars and cigarettes" in-
L;iv v.rdinl in value of output,
L. ls( . f|-nm s2l • •.•>*i.t.fsx to $246,-
bur was exceeded in number of
Licrs by the "lumber and tipiber
[" industry. The average num-
L-xnis employed in the latter iu
iicreased from 14.017 to 19.900.
(OT NTV JFARMER
Is KILLED BY ANOTHER
Hill 1> Said to Have Confessed
u Hiram Cox During a Quar
>>. April 20. —About seven o'clock
f morning. \Y. J. Hill shot a,nd in
killed Hiram Cox. The two
LI half a mile 'apart on the
read seven miles rtprth of town,
b driving a tractor by the house
| As he passed he seemed to
salute to Pearl Hill in the house,
jin* passed the barn Hill stepped
b a shot gun and empited a bnr-
I the left side of his heead. Cox
R.ird on the steering wheel of
[t«-r. His little nine-year-old son
jthe tractor fender and climbed up
an to try to stop the machine,
(•tor ran two or three hundred
More he succeeded in doing so.
nt and got Wrisfon Helms to
pi to p wii where he surrendered
Sheriff.
e gathered in quickly and there
iarge number from the surround
liitrv ami from Monroe, includ
>!.> riff and coroner. There was
! to do about it. Cox was dead.
1 gone to jail. The body of Cox
Mi home and prepared for burial
f- funeral was held late Tuesday
tii at tin* l’resson cemetery. Cox
rut 4A years old. Hill is 58.
i five children, all of them young,
is four all of them married ex
t. Pearl, wlm lives with him.
ivi<l on a farm belonging to Mr.
l."\e. and had lived there for
tats, j 1 ill has lived on his farm.
It he is nominal owner, for three
* x was on his way to another
Mr. Love's to get the disc plows
’«» with the tractor. No one saw
Ming directly, unless it was the
>v of <'.ix who saw Hill with the
i sii,i. "Look out papa, lie’s going
t you."
Ml. a man of no strong mentality.
sas simple as anything. He
i,! P"x came to him while he was
‘ Monday for settlement of an ac
"l:ll'h he claimed, and when he
his attention a previous settle
•' s'an cursing him, struck him with
:l, id told him that he would
" uionev nr would kill him before
t! May s Mm sot That he was
s 11 n and was a very dangerous
SUl 'h Mines. "1 knew he would
'" ln, ‘ time tinlay if 1 did not get
s I wa>abound to. He would
l! r »“. 1 know he would.”
t (impel Heading of Bible in Hie
Schools.
>!.asvi‘eti Fla., April 30.—A bill
dai > reading of the Bible
:11 s is now before the House
of the Florida Legis
k'n.-urrence. The bill as
,;h ‘ H'him by a vote of 74 to
f . ~! a Penalty clause under which
r " a -aries (-m;l<i i,„t he paid until
r nit ‘ "* the law was certified
tn.u. yesterday approved the Hous<
f.i ~| j;, ?0 a f tPr amending
} ' Ht the penalty provision.
r va| S l 'e at Browns-Cannon Co.'
D" l um of moving, the Browns
F ’• u ‘!i ..tart a big reductioi
piiii.ri'ow morning at 9 o’cloek, an<
|. 1^ Up 11 eight day*;. They ar
L.'VV "love their good*; before go
aeir new st« re. and everythin;
T - . ! "‘ u wil! he sold at a big re
L . ' ' H ‘ M ‘ eight days. To th
r y-five adults entering the stor
[ )i ;'f e,l - ,| K. a, 'd making a purchas
I given abeolutel
2 M: '*‘ suit easy*. The stor
Ip'/ I '. v,, sterday and today ge
1ea,,5I ea,, 5 Jwjhe big sale.
|V r, “ b ". y , a ! lair of shoes for ON
y Iturs'day’s paper. B. C. <
THE CONCORD TIMES
LESS HOPE HELD NOW
OF SOLVING MYSTERY
ABOUT DEATH OF GIRL
Police In Indiana and Illi
nois Unable to Get New
• Clues in Connection With
Latest Murder Mystery.
OLD CLUES HAVE
LED TO NOTHING
They Are Still Being Follow
ed But So Far Officials
Have Been Able to Get
Nothing Sure From Them.
Gary. Ind.. April 30.—Hope of solv
ing the mystery of the death of the girl
whose maimed and burned body was found
Sunday near here, was waning today as
authorities searched for new clues' while
developing the few obtained.
The upper half of a woman's lisle
stocking and a burned bit of paper bear
ing the name ”H. Sclunidr” were found
late yesterday by Lux. a police dog which
found a partly burned shoe Tuesday and
led searchers to a hidden lagoon.
Plans to dra : n the lagoon in efforts to
find the missing legs and arms of the
girl have been abandoned in favor of
dredging it. Possible identification of the
victim as Mrs. Gertrude Thompson. 27.
missing Gary shop girl, may depend on
finding the missing arm. Mrs. Thompson
had a finger amputated on one hand.
The empty gasoline can found near the
girl’s body was identified yesterday by
Paul Bishop, attendant at a filling sta
tion, as one he sold to three men whom
he thought he could identify. The men
had driven away in the direction of the
place where the body was found, he said.
None of the 500 persons who viewed
the body in a Chesterton morgue, nor in
quiries received from Evansville. Ind., and
Rockford. 111., shed any light on. identi
fication of the*dead girl.
FAILURE TO GET DOCTOR
LEADS TO DAMAGE SUIT
Birth and Death of Baby Causes Couple |
to $50,000 of Telephone Company.
Greensboro, April 27. —Because a phys
ician could not be secured and a child
was born with no one with the mother,
the infant later dying. Mrj and Mrs.
Robert L. Thompson, of this city,
started suit in Guilford superior court
here against the Southern Bell Telephone
and Telegraph company for $50,000.
It is alleged in the complaint that when
it was ap]>arent the child was about to
be born, Mr. Thompson hurried to a tele
phone to summon I)r. 1). W. Holt, and
was told by the telephone operator that
connection could not be given because the
physician’s receiver was down. The doc
tor denies that it was. After a search Mr.
Thompson found the physician’s home and
they went to his own home wihere the
child had been born with the mother
alone.
State Borrows Six Million For Sixty
Days At $3 Rate.
Raleigh. April 29.—North Carolina
borrowed for 60 days today $6,000,000
from the First National bank of New
York and paid $3 for the money.
The loan was necessary for state
highway work which calls for $3,000,000
Last week the state paid back $;>.000.-
000 which it had borrowed from the
special fund, the $3,000,000 for high
ways and the $3,000,000 for general
purposes ordered at the meeting April
24. but it was desired that the trans
action be made before the announcement
was made.
The governor' thinks that the state
has made a good trade and he was
pleased when Treasurer Lacy today
notified him of the sale of the notes.
This will make $21,000,000 which the
state is carrying in those notes, but the
rate paid for interest is better than, that
at which bnds are sold.
Accidents will happen, in fact, most
things are accidents:
The Governor of North Carolina
A Busy and Business Man
Raleigh. N. April 30 (By the A«o-'
dated IVess). —The Governor of >ortl
Carolina is a busy man. He goes to work
about 8 o’clock each morning ami often
midnight finds him wrestling with prob
lems of State. The transfer of pardon
details to a commissioner created by the
Genera lAssembly to handle them has
not added any leisure hours to the dues
Executive’s time. The same General As
semblv broadened his powers and placed
responsibilities on him that more dian
made up for the time he might have sav-
Governor McLean is frank in the ad
mission that he does not see ho* lie
would have managed if the paulon
taHs had not been transferred to one ap
nointed for the sole purpose of oo ns,de
i„g (I.™, and getting than, nlo shnin fj>r
finai disposition by bnn. Os eo ’ .
has the linal »ord. His a'gnature and
that' of his private
necessarv to make pardons and parole
legal. However, each is relieved of many
details that formerly had to be work
out by them jointly and often with the
almost undivided time of other members
of the executive office force.
Governor McLean spends the forenoon
and early noon at the Executive Mansion.
That does not mean that he is not engag
ed He is. From early morning until he
leaves for the office, for a continuation of
Ivs executive duties, there is a constant
I streaih of callers at the Mansion. The
. Governor sees them and hears their bus
William 8. Culbertson of Kansas,
vice chairman of the tariff commia
aion, has been recommended for ap
pointment as minister to Rumania
He will succeed Peter A. Jay. tran»
ferred from Bucharest to become am
bassador to Argentina.
FAVORABLE SITUATION FOR
THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY
Bright Outlook Reflected in Review of the
Federal Reserve Bank.
Richmond, Ya., April 29. —A favorable
business situation and a bright outlook,
especially for the textile industry, are
reflected in the April review issued by
the Federal Reserve Bank of the Fifth
District.
The reuiew pointed out that ‘‘in late
April last year textile mills were run
«ning only part time and manufactured
goods were accumulating, and very bad
weather had delayed all farm work. Iu
contrast, it added: “But at present, the
cotton mills are operating full time and
are selling their output as made, while
favorable weather has enabled the farm
ers to make all their seasonal prepara
tions from ten to twenty days earlier than
in 1924.”
However, the review pointed out “some
unfavorable factors.” describing these as
btvng "a scarcity of farm labor and a
lack of. funds with which to hire farm
hands, higher fertilizer prices than in
1924, a shortage of feeds which forces
farmers to buy high priced grain from
stock and lack of sufficient orders to keep
coal mines busy.”
On the other hand, the review said that
“favorable factors appear to outweigh the
unfavorable ones.”
Describing these favorable factors, the
review’ continued: y,
“Labor is well employed, and therefore
the purchasing pow’er of the public con
tinues large. i
“Retail trade in March was good, com
paring favorably with seasonal average
and wholesale trade was better in most
lines than in March, 1924.
“The banks of the District are general
ly in a strong position and are able to
care for any legitimate credit demands
that appear likely to rise. Debits to in
dividual accounts prove that a very large
volume of business is being done, and
commercial failures compare favorably
with other years.
“Business operations continue in record
volume, causing increased activity iu
many allfed industries and giving steady
employment tq both skilled and unskilled
labor.
“Finally, the psychological attitude of
the public seems to be favorable for a
fairly active business year.
“There is no disposition to boom bus
iness, but there does not appear to be
much nervousness of fear of what the
next few months have in store.”
Police Think Soviets Planned Demonstra
tion for Rome.
[ Rome, April 30. —Police declared to
| day they had discovered evidence of an
| Italian revolutionary organization affili
! ated with communist groups in Russia
I which had been planning a May Day
workers strike and demonstration against,
the government throughout Italy. The
police expressed the opinion as a result of
their discovery that} a very active or
ganization of soviet propagandists are
established in Italy. _ Police acted to
prevent trouble tomorrow.
■ ness. He dictates* letters. “I see that
.very letter is answered,” he said. “Os
•ourse, there are a lot of them, but I
try to get a personal answer to each one
who writes about anything.”
The Governor does not hear pardon
pleas at the Mansion. He refers these
to Commissioner Sink, and when it is
necessary for him to take a hand, he
calls for Mr. Sink and engages him in a
personal conference. He tells Mr. Sink
to investigate th;s phase or that and to
make a report. Then the pardon commis
sioner makes the investigation and re
ports.
The ball room of the Executive Man
sion has been fitted up. On either side of
the piano there is a typewriter. The
Governor sits at a large table in the cen
ter of the room. He personally directs
the work of his force there.
In front of Governor McLean, in the
middle of the table at which he sr.ts, is a
large photograph of President Woodrow
Wilson. This was presented to Mr. Mc-
Lean while he was associated with Mr.
Wilson during the war. There is a per
sonal greeting written at the bottom of
the picture. The words were penned by
President Wilson himself, who affixed his
signature. It is a sepia likeness. Gov
ernor McLean prizes it very highly and
considers it one of the best likeneses of
the late President he has seen.
The Governor is all business. He is
precise and quick in his movements. He
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PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
CONCORD, N. C., THUjRSDAY, APRIL 30, 1925
miss raw is
GOING TO STAY HERE
SHE SAYS IN CHICAGO
Declares If An 7 Attempt to
Arrest Her Is Made She
Will at OncJe Start on a
Hunger Strike In Jail.
passport!®ng
QUESTIONED NOW
Irish Free Staie Started In
quiry About the Length of
Time She Has Been In
This Country.
Chicago. April 30.—Miss Mary Mae-
Swiney, meter of Teirreuce MaeSwiney,
Iris|j hunger strike, .uttered this conn
try without a passport and has no in
tention of ever getting any, she said here
before leaving for Minneapolis to speak
today.
A hunger strike will be her answer to
arrest in connection with the investiga
tion of her entry into the United States,
she said. j r
Latest Developments in Case.
Washington, April $o; —The next step i
qf the Ijabor Department officials in
their investigation of the reseuce in this
country of Miss Mary MaeSwiney, Irish
republican worker, apparently hinged to
day on the report of immigration officials
at Chicago, who questioned her an hour
yesterday about her.passport.
The Department authorized the
inspection in Chicago of Miss MaeSwin
ey’s passport after her presence in this
country was made the enbjeet of inquiry
at the State Department on behalf of the
Irish Free State government.
CONTINUE SEARCH FOR
MISSING GIRL AND MAN
V
Hunt For Lucille Chatterton and Earl
Woodward Started in New Direction
Today.
Granville. N. Y., April 30.—The hunt
for Lucille Chatterton, 17 year old Gran
ville girl, and for Earl Woodward, navy
deserter. former convict and her alleged
kidnapper, swung in a new direction to
day when it was rejiorted tha a man had
raided the dairy of a fmnn between North
Randolph and Brookfield just before
dawn. The barking of (logs awakened the
fanner and his DO .one was
seen. This morn oF cream was
missing and a niajn’s footpr'nts were
found.
Think They Are Located.
Granville. Vt., April 30. —A man and
a girl believed to be Woodward and Lu
eile Chatterton were located today in
East Brookfield by one of the searchers.
Both tied when the searcher fired at the
man.
BRITISH WILL OPERATE
LARGE RUSSIAN MINE
Given 50 Year Lease on Goldfields
of Siberia by Soviet Government
Moscow. April 30. (By the Associated
Press). —The soviet government today
made the largest concession it has ever
granted in signing a' 50 year contract
with the British Lena Goldfield Corpora
tion, for the exploitation of the Lena gold
fields of Siberia which are estimated to
contain more than $100,000,000 worth of
gold. American banking interests will
participate to the extent of 50 per cent,
in the investment.
The Lena mines, which now are oper
ated by the soviet government, will be
taken over immediately by the British
operating company which exploited the
field before the Russian revolution. Con
cession covers mining operations over
several million acres in Siberia.
Woman Held Prisoned on Coal Barge
Five Years*
Jersey City, X. J., April 2S. —The
sudden flare of an old sued between two
barge captains related to police today
told the story of a young woman, the
daughter of one bargeman and the wife
of the other, said to have been held
prisoner on her elderly husband’s coal
barge for five years.
During that time, the woman's father
charged, his daughter never had set, foot
on land or been allowed to communicate
with landsmen. Since fiivt going onto
the barge, as a bride, he said, she had
borne three children.
The charges were made after police
(separated William Warn, 64, and
Arthur W. Banks. 60. fighting on the
Warn barge. Banks had his son-in-law
arrested on a charge of disorderly con
duct and later told police the story of
the alleged imprisonment of his (laugh
ter, Martha Warm.
Warn kept his wife prisoner by lock
ing her in the cabin of the barge, ac
cording to Banks’ story. Banks said he
quarreled with his son-in-law at the
time of the wedding and that they had
been on bad terms ever since. He said
his fight with Warn which was stopped
by police resulted from a demand on his
part for the release of his daughter.
Warm will be arranged before Re
corder Mills tomorrow.
Billy Sunday Showes Trouble Wit!
World.
1 Greensboro. April 29. Here s th<
trouble with the world:
“We have gone crazy. We ar<
• pleasure mad, fame mad, wealth mat
- and lust mad. We are drinking at th<
f fountains of pleasure, but the thing tha
f we are hoping to find isn’t there.”
s That is the trouble, said Billy Sun
- day, colorful evangelist who slipped in
i, to ‘ Greensboro Tuesday morning am
f i fought a vigorous little battle forth
Lord. He spoke at the National thcatc
s under the auspices of the Myers’ Minut
e men; a First Presbyterian church oi
gaaizatiou.
She Doesn’t Want to,Die Now
Ada Scott, 17. of Kansas City, quarreled wflth her fiance. So she decided
.to commit suicide and jumped from a bridge over the Kaw River. Bill
Price, 18, dived in after her and carried the girl 100 feet to safety. Now Ms
new romance is blooming.
THE COTTON MARKET 1
Opening Steadiness Succeeded by Weak
ness and Rather Sharp Decline in F irst l
Half Hour.
New * York, April 3ft.—Brief opening
steadiness in the cotton market today fol-
Idweo firm English cables with first prices 1
unchanged to 4 points higher, was sue- J
eeeded weakness and a rather sharp 1
decline in The first half hour.
The selling, vchiebi was influenced, by J
further rains in Texas and a private re
port estimating an art*a of 44.ftftft.00ft
acres, or 6.3 per cent, increase over last
year, forced July contracts down to 23.98
and October to 23.68, or 14 to 16 points 1
net lower. It seemed to be the general 1
impression that Texas has Received
enough moisture for the present and the ;
crop as a whole is getting off to a good
start. The South, local*shorts, New Or
leans and Wall Street bought at the op
ening while Liverpool spot houses and
the South sold.
Cotton futures opened steady. May
24.00; July 24.15; Oct. 23.88; Dec.
24.04; Jan. 23.75.
NO IMPORT DUTIES ON
AMERICAN CORN NOW
FYu* Two Months Mexico Will Not Col
lect Duty on Hie Grain, Washington
Is Told.
Washington, .W>ril 3ft. —Import du
ties on American' corn have been sus
pended by the Mexican government for a
period of two months beginning April
27th.
Consul General Faddell. of Mexico .
City, reported today to the State de
partment that the duties had been sus
pended by executive decree issued April
27th. No further details of the gov
ernment's action was given iu the href
message.
Officials here, however, wore inclined
to believe Mexico's corn crop had not
produced necessary quantities of that
product, and consequent shortage had
affected prices, causing an increase to
consumers.
NATIONAL BALLOON RACE
WILL START TOMORROW
Winner Will Get SIO,OOO and Plaee in
the International Race to Be Held
Later.
St. Joseph, Mo., April 3ft (By the As
sociated Press). —Five balloonists of nat
ional and international reputation, two
I of them representing the Navy, will soar
away from Roseerans Field here tomor
row in the national elimination balloon
race. A prize of slft,ftftft, a Litchfield
trophy, and a place in the international
events awaits the winner.
Inflation of the big bags will begin ear
ly, and a place in the international events
awaits the winner.
Inflation of the big bags will begin ear
ly tomorrow, and it" is expected they
will get away about 5:30 in the after
noon.
Dry Leader's Sons RAider Indictment.
Baltimore, April 28.—Winfield Jones,
of Washington. D. G, and N. T. Jones.
Atlanta, Ga., were granted until Mon
day next to file pleas to indictments
i charging conspiracy to violate the prohi
bition law, and were released on s2,ofto
i bail each, by United States Commission
er Supplee, today.
1 The two men, sons of the Anti-Saloon
l League director for Georgia, are al
; leged to have been the ringleaders in a
: conspiracy to divert alcohol from gov
ernment warehouses to the bootleg trade.
- through the Maryland Drug and
- Chemical company.
1
> Accepts His Eelection.
r Berlin, April 3ft (By the Associated
jj Press). —Field Marshal yon Hindenburg
- ioday formally accepted his election to
the German presidency.
EX-KAISER PLEASED
AT ELECTION RESULTS
Quite a Celebration is Staged at Doorn
Home of Former Monarch of Ger
many. 1
Doorn, Holland, April 28.—The for- (
mer kaiser nt his chateau here last
night, expotrated the signficance and im- 1
portanee of \ r <m Hindenburg’s election 1
as related to the restoration of the 1
monarchy and • the. Hohenzoljern
My nasty. WTTTnTni. who seemed in
excellent spirit, spoke to a home circle
audience including his wife, the
Princess Hermine. his two children, hie
court marshal, Von Moltke and others
of his former imperial entourage as
well as two high officers from Germany
and one German ex-ambassador.
However, the Hohenzol’ern banner no
longer floated from the chateau today.
After the speech the audience broke
into enthusiastic cheers of “Hoch Der
Kaiser!”
The servants were treated to a
generous allowance of wine to celebrate
the occasion.
Despite this celebration it is said by
well informed persons that Von Hinden
burg’s victory is less likely to affect
the ex-kaiser personally than it is the
former crown prince, whose activity and
influence in military quarters have been
increasing. It is understood that the
Princess Hermine brought back that im
pression from her last trip to Berlin.
JIMSON ON LECTURE
TOUR IN FLORIDA
Campaigning For Good Roads and Other
Improvements.
Spencer, April 29. —Tom P. Jimisbn.
who makes his home in Spencer, and
who is soon to start a new weekly paper
in Charlotte to be named Jimison’s Free
Lance, is lecturing in Florida this week
in the interest of good roads. He was
invited to that state by a booster or
ganization, which, had learned of Mr*
Jimisou’s ability a8 a campaigner.
The former minister is stumping a
part of Florida preaching the gospel of
good roads, good schools, improved labor
conditions and other movements for the
betterment of humanity. Mr. Jiinison ex
pects to return to North Carolina in. a
short time and launch his paper which
is eagerly looked for by a large number of
jieople, and copy for the first issue of
which has already been prepared.
Cotton Goods Markets.
New York. April 27—There was lit
tle activity and no special change m cot
ton goods' today. Yarns were easier by
from V-i cent to 1 cent a pound. New
prices named on percales for fail were
the same as those current for the past
month. Raw silk was firmer and a lit
tle more a e (five. Crepes, printed and
dyed, were active and silk goods and
many novelties shown for fall were be
ing bought. Wool goods remained quiet
with a feeling among buyers that prices
may be lower because of lower wool.
Clothing manufacturers have renewed
their agreement with workers in Rochest
er and it is felt in the markets for fab
rics that .Chicago and New York agree
ments will be renewed without friction
this month and next.
i Believe condemned Man Planned Suicide.
Ossing. N. Y., April 30. —John Farina,
who is to be electrocuted tonight with
i Joseph and Morris Diamond, brothers,
■ for the murder of two Brooklyn bank
i messengers in 1923. was prevented from
- an attempt at suicide. Sing Sing authori
ties believed, when a keeper today took
1 from him the sharpened handle of a
tooth brush which he had concealed in
two oranges.
1 With Our Advertisers.
r Fine Spring ginghams in new colors
) and patterns, 29. 39 and 49 cents at J.
C. Peimey Co.’s. See the window display.
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
CAPITALJSJfiqUSED
THE
SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC
All Employs of the Govern
ment Are Advised to Be
Vaccinated as Disease Is In
Very Virulent Form.
19 deaths Save
BEEN REPORTED
It Is Said That the President
Was One of the First Per
sons In the Capital to Heed,
the Latest Warning.
Washington. April 30.—A1l govern
ment employees in the District of Colum
bia have been requested by the Public
Health Service to submit to vaccination
against smallpox and there were indica
tions today that President Coolidge wan
among the first to signify compliance
with the request.
As a result of an order from Surgeon
General Gumming, department heads to
day sent instructions to all employees ad
vising them that the vaccination should
be accomplished at the earliest possible
woment. The orders affect approximately
65,000 government workers.
There have been nineteen deaths here
from smallpox since January 1 out of 54
cases thus far known and % reported. Two
of the deaths occurred yesterday.
Dr. Cummins considers the disease to
be in a virulent form.
MORTGAGES ON LIQUOR
CARS TO BE IGNORED
United States Judge in Atlanta Rules
Against Claims and Liens.
Atlanta, April 29.—Automobiles seiz
ed as liquor carriers can be confiscated
by the government, regardless of mort
gages, liens or other claims, except when
liquor on which tax has been paid is
being conveyed. Judge Samuel H. Sibley
ruled in a decision handed down today
in United States district, court- >
Discussing the decisions, which was
handed down in the case of Goldsmith-
Grant company vs. the United States,
federal prohibition agents here pointed
out that the ruling, in effect, means all
claims on automobiles seized as liquor
capD-T* are forfeited.
L Virtually all liquor sold and trans
ported- in rtne northern district
gia, the jurisdiction of Judge Sibley’s
court, is illegally manufactured, and,
therefore, no tax is paid on it, it was
stated.
Heretofore stated, it was said in court
circles, some courts have upheld liens
.and other claims on automobiles seized
as whiskey carriers on the ground the
illicit use of machines was without
knowledge of the party or parties hold
ing the liens or other claims.
Declares Barlow Made No Gift.
New l'ork. April 30.—Rogers Winter,
of Atlanta,JGa., secretary of the Stone
Mountain Memorial Association, asserted
here today that no gift had been made to
the association by Lester H. Barlow, of
Raleigh. N. C., who yesterday in a let
ter to a Raleigh newspaper said he would
withdraw a SI,OOO subscription unless
Gutzon Borglum was reinstated as sculp
tor of the Stone Mountain memorial.
“Mr. Barlow has never made a sub
scription or a contribution to the me
morial," said Mr. Winter. “He has given
nothing but a newspaper statement some
weeks ago for which the association was
not responsible, to the effect he intended
to contribute SIOO,OOO of an alleged war
claim against the government, if and
when the government paid the claim.
Secretary of War Weeks has reported
there was no merit in the Barlow claim.”
Mr. Winter came to New York with'
a delegation from the Georgia Press As
sociation and has been in conference with
• Augustus Lukeman, the new sculptor of
the memorial.
Brazilian Rebels Showing Renewed Ac
tivities.
Beunos Aires. April 30.—Border ad
vices say the Brazilian rebels in the
state of Sao Paulo who retired to the in
terior after the failure of their last out
break, are showing renewed activities and
preparing to attack the port of La Guaj
ra on the Parana River.
The Brazilian government forces at
La Guayra which is fortified are said
to number about 2,000 while 1.200 rebels
are already gathered at various points up
the river.
Testifies at McClintock Hearing.
Chicago, April 30.—L. P. Clark testi
fied today ix the resumed inquest into
the death of Win. N. McClintock that he
had been offered a $5,000 bribe by an at
torney for Wm. D. Shepherd, under in
dictment charged with the murder of Mc-
Clintock by typhoid inoculation, to sign
an affidavit which Clark said he had never
seen.
WHAT SAT’S BEAR SAYS
; Partly cloudy tonight and Friday,
. probably showers in the extreme west
portion tonight; continued cool.
NO. 83