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Bcial V emreFrom County
■tiier Thanßichmond Asked
|y State at The Cole Trial
B Phillips Says Sat-
■ >rv Jury Cannot
in Richmond
■y.
■ndrted
KfiRAND-irRY
■ Xot Guilty When
Hjly Arraigned.—
■Deliberated About
lour.
■ ii:JV Court House.
dt liluTatins
Kil :i ,ir. a -r.'.nil jury to
|; (,;!*>. \\ t-;i1 1 Ills eot-
K, r for the murder of \V.
■ fonmrl.% a suitor for his
Hhanti.
nat ';uilt> when ar
■ .In, Hi.muis B. Kill
in I. vernor McLean
W WT a >aerial term of
after the arraignment
■ ' |)on Phillips. solicitor.
Ktturt to rail a special ’
■ aiui.t-r h no > from which
Hfjnry. The motion, a stir- [
Kdcf'iiv'. was agreed upon,
■fail?} anr imred he would
Kirtnien ft r duty beginning
Kfiwn the runty selected.,
f.'nlirt House. X. j
■ ,s- •? A'! indictment
Hr il. Ciil<‘. wealthy cotton
Hvith the murder of \Y. \Y.
H> m’lvned by a county
Hiiere today.
Hpnuago nf the indictment.
Huii'! that W. I!. Cole did
Hhi murder NY. \Y. Ormond
H; lac August loth.
Hijury deliberated less than
Hi since the shooting, has
Hwithout privilege of bond,
Htranee into rlie court room
■t the indictment was re-
Hmff 11. I>. Baldwin ac
■ the prisoner.
Hre>sed neatly. After slink
■ rth defense attorneys lie
■defense table.
Hi not guilty to the indiet
■> arraigned before Judge
Philhps. solicitor, entered!
Mediately after tlie arraign
df asking for a special ve
county other than
: motion Mr. Phillips
7* :1 jury that would give
tisfactory to the state and I
■*" n,,t drawn from Rich-!
ity.
I I
Stutenred to Attend Church. !
>inf. Sept. I'd.—For the first
history of High Point’s
■ft. a defendant lias been
t 0 attend church. Con
• eday on a charge of lar
• Hancock. 16-vear-old bov,
'Uspended by Judge
• uadlae. upon condition
! ‘ r? . 11, l the Rev. George
re\ivai three times each
* as it is in progress here.
sentence also carried
j 011 that lie attend Sun-
re SU;arly each Sunday and
*^ r tIJ ‘die court every Sat-
r Sj !' g,)0( l behavior for a
twelvo months.
! to ( over Cole Case.
L/ 'h* l *' Tribune will be
f ! f trial of W. B.
i. • which begins to
r*T»resentative of The
■' "'hiefi is running a
'■ ' ll,ll l house and sending
that the Associated
t i.ia\ got a roport direct
„ . ‘. tu'utendotis interest in
-'“ ir the state, and
able to satisfy
Tnian,! for news of
* of the trial. .
fl h,un d Wandering 0 n the
Road.
, • -t».—A six-year
*a. f K t , r nan "* as Polly
fe>, a - vva »dering around
1 herd t. ~ :nva . v nine miles
inn, ]>. " ""h ,v and brought
! !' Ml R* Kyser,
hep told Sheriff
'in, ! , N -hdin Gentry, of
“Ms ! liat slu> was with
a. 5;,.. ( ‘| l ' lllS > from Black
“ ' "'dd not explain how
. -Cher’s car.
- r f!ati v L" a - S V ying tonight
'(are ' ,ae child, who
, urf - Bell Cracks
lUs lj >H Service.
\~-'fter 20 years
rf Sa ,BbUPy ’ 8 fire bell
' for of commission. .It is
,f H at ', rs /l l( * has toll-
kiito f "’ IM 'k each night
firem„ n n ‘ Jl ' n ear- h day and
%ht » " ,ir a t all times of
N wi«, . bell wsll he in
st alarm b 0 new
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THE COLE CASE
Associated Press Installs a Special I
Wire in Five Feet of the Judge. I
Isaac S. London in Raleigh News
and Observer.
j Rockingham, Sept. 27.—The instal
-1 lation of a special Associated Press
: wire in the court room today, and Che
j arrival of a group of staff men from
i various dailies, has brought into an
J even keener realization the all-state
I interest in the Ccle-Ormond murder
j cuse that will be called for trial to
j morrow.
Address Grand Jury First.
i The decision as to a special venire
; from this or some other county will
| not be made until tomorrow after
i noon. Upon the convening of court
; at 10 o'clock Judge Finley will ad
j dress the six months grand jury for
! a few moments and then that body
will retire with the usual batch of
bills from Che solicitor. Very prob
ably the grand jury will take up the
Cole murder bill first. Upon the
reporting of a true bill the prisoner,
W. B. (’ole. will be arraigned. After
this will come the question of- a spe
cial venire.
Will It Be a Richmond Jury?
It seems to be a foregon conclu
sion that the defense will be content
with a jury from Richmond county
but rumor persists that the State will
certainly ask for a jury from some
other county.
Hotels Filling Up.
The hotels here are already filling
up rapidly with press men, lawyers.
] friends and even onlookers moved only
j bycuriosity. The lobbies were spotted
j with groups tonight with the ap
; proaching trial the center of interest.
I In fact this case has been tried many
; times over in almost every home in
i this community since that memorable
i afternoon of August 15th when W. B.
Cole shot out the life of W. W. Or
mond on the streets of Rockingham.
Arriving here tonight from Nash
ville were Rev. A. L. Ormond and
three cf his children. Allison and
M isses Myra and Ophelia. His other
daughter. Miss Edith, remained at
I home with the stricken mother who
since the killing of her son six weeks
ago has been practically prostrated, in
fact that Og;year-old minister-husband
has filled but few of his pnlpit ap
pointments since that tragic after
noon. Allison had intended entering
Jefferson Medical College at Phila
delphia but the homicide necessitated
a change in his plans. Since the
homicide he has remained at Nash
ville. coming here today in the Ford
in which his brother was killed.
And so the stage figuratively speak
ing is all set for what is generally
considered will be the greatest legal
battle in the criminal annals of t’lie
State, even eclipsing the now famous
Peacock and Means trials.
Even the wallfs of the county jail
were not immune today against curi
osity seekers with scores of people
filtering by at intervals merely to get
i a morbid vi«w of the iron barred
* window from which Mr. Cole is per
i mitted to talk to friends who come
into the fenced enclosure. And such
! still is the morbid sense that the local
photographer has sold numbers of pic
tures at one dollar each of the flower
covered grave of young Ormond taken
on the afternoon of his burial. And
a thrifty young man at Roberdel Mill
has placed an order for 500 additional
copies of a leading state daily with
all other dailies figuring largely in
increased sales.
With the Associated Press having
a wire directly into the court room
within five feet of where Judge Fin
ley sits with the other big news gath
ering agences well protected and every
leading state daily having a special
staff man here, the case will be fully
covered and the public can be assured
in advance that they will have an
abundance of sensational reading.
FOUR KILLED IN
WRECK ON A. C. L.
"-Two Passenger Trains Meet Tead-on
in Georgia—Several Suffer Injuries.
Waycross. Ga., Sept. 27—Four per
sons were killed and 13 injured when
two trains collided head-on near New
ark, Ga., seven miles east of Thomas
ville, Ga., at 4 :30 o’clock thin after
noon. Three of the dead are ne
groes. _ I
The'engines of both trains No. ISO,!
eastbound, from Montgomery, Ala., to j
Waycross, and No. J.Bo, westbound.
from Waycross to Thomasville, were|
demolished.
Vote to Guarantee Road Rights of:
Way. j
Lexington, Sept. 26.—Davidson,
county commissioners this afternoon ’
voted to guarantee rights of way on |
State highways in the county slated
for early construction. This assures
that the loan of $400,000 authorized
to the State highway commission will
go through and that highway 06 will,
•be hard surfaced to "Winston-Salem
land a * bridge put over the Yadkm
Rive ron highway 75 between David
son and Davie counties. Work is
also to be done on No. <o through
the county.
‘! New Business Light M ith Gaston
Mills.
i; Gastonia, Sept. 27 New business
was light so far as orders accepted by
Gastonia county spinning mills were
concerned the past week, owing to
! unsettled market conditions the first
• part of the week, pending the govern
jment crop repor which was issued
Lon Wednesday.
| CAILLAUX SPEAKS
AGAIN ON PLANS
Outlines Again to Ameri
cans the French Attitude
on the Debt Owed to the
United States.
Washington. Sept. 12S.— (A 3 )—The
French position in regard to her $4,- j
000,000,000 debt to the United States
was argued today by Finance Minister
Joseph (’aillaux in the third' meeting
of the French and American debt
commissions.
Meeting at the. treasury shortly af
ter 10 o’clock, the two missions went
into joint session, and less than thirty
minutes were required to complete
the business on hand.
Washington. Sept. 28. —C4 3 )—A
new method of approach was laid out
today at the third joint session of the
Frencli-American debt commission
which are trying to find a common
ground Tor settlement of the French
war debt.
FOUND DYING WITH
BI LLET IN lIIS HEAD
Swaiuiimna Had Long Been De
spondent Over Condition of His
Health.
Asheville, Sept. 27. —Edward S-
Patton, a life long resident of Swan
nanoa near here, was found in a dy
ing condition from a bullet wound in
the right side of bus head, a short
distance from hi* home this morning
at 7 o'clock.
Mr. Patton, who was about 60
years of age, lived only a few min
utes after he was found, according
to officers who made an investiga
tion. He had taken two pillows from
the house, apparently, and gone a
short distance to a pile of straw at
the edge of the yard where he was
found a short time later.
Hus lister. Mies Lizzie Patton,
with whom he made his home, stated
that she saw him leave the house
with the pillow but did not see any
pustol rn his hand although she knew
ue had one at the house.
Mr. Patton has been in extremely
bud health for some time, ami
believed that hi« condition caused
him to become depressed. Dr. E. R-
Morris, acting coroner, was taken to
the scene by Sheriff E. M. Mitchell
where an investigation was con
ducted. Funeral services will be held
Monday afternoon.
HEARING OF SCOPES
APPEAL IS CONTINUED
Neither State Nor Defense Ready For
Argument on Case at This Time.
Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 28. — (A 3 ) —
The Tennesee Supreme Court today
continued until a later date the hear
ing of the appeal in the case of John
Thomas Scopes, who was convicted at
Dayton, Tenn., for violating the
state's anti-evolution law, and given
the minimum fine of SIOO.
The appeal was the second on the
docket of the supreme court. When
it was reported. Dr. John R. Neal,
senior defense counsel, requested that
the case be continued until later, which
the court agreed to do. Neither the
state nor the defense counsel was pre
pared at this time for argument on
the case, it was stated.
No date was fixed fgr the hearing
of the the case, but it expected to be
at the heel of the docket several weeks
hence.
SEAPLANE FAILS TO
REACH DESTINATION
PB-1 VVTiich Was Flying to Seattle
To Be Repaired Forced to Take to
Washington, Sept. 28.— (A 3 )—The
seaplane PB-1 which had been or
dered to return from San Francisco
to the builders’ factory at Seattle for
alternations in the engine after it
had failed in an attempt at a non-stop
flight to Hawaii was forced down by
engine trouble at sea yesterday fifteen
miles off Ilwaco. Wash., and was
towed to shore today by a destroyer.
Advices to the navy department to
day said spare parts had been taken
to the plane in order that she might
j resume her tripe to Seattle.
Spence Not Running For Hammer’s
Place.
1 Carthage, Sept. 25—Despite per
j sistent reports cropping up here and
there in this district, Mr. U. L.
I Spencer, Carthage attorney, denies lie
plans to contest illiam C. Ham
mer for his seat in Congress. “So
' far as I am concerned,’’ Mr. Spence
' declared, “Mr. Hammer can remain
|in Washington until either death
1 claims him or he sees fit to retire.”
Commenting on these reports, Mr.
Spence took occasion to pay a tribute
to Mr. Hammer for his zeal and ac
tivity in behal sos his constituents.
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Cos., from $14.75 to $39. <u. Style,
quality and value for you at this store.
Women’s Cloth coats with fur at
special prices at Fisher’s from $16.95
to $39.50.
The Yorke & Wadsworth Co. has the
tires and tubes and the prices are
right too.
The person who walked across the
street was once called a “pedestrian.'
Now unless he can hit a liielier gait,
he is commonly calledd “the deeeas
ede.”
CONCORD, N. C„ SEPTEMBER 28, 1925
Father Sued—|
Charging that his father forcibly kissed and attacked his wife.*Ben Kraut
of Dayton, 0.. has filed suit againsft the parent for SSOOO damages. Kraus,
shown above with his wife, that the incident occurred on June 24
while he was away from home.
SAY HIRED TAPE STUDENTS DID NOT*
HINDERS ARMY AIR CONTROL SUB WREN
SERVICE VERY MUCH SHE WAS WRECKED
Aircraft Board Told That Lieut. Com. Flanigan De-
Organization and Not nies Any Inexperienced
Personalities Causes the Men Were on Sub at the
Trouble With Service. Time of Disaster.
MAJOR KILNER TRING TOLJFT
ONE WITNESS SUB AT PRESENT
Says He Favors Separate Divers Find, No Holes But
Air Corps For Army, See Dent In Vessel.—
Such As Has Been Sug- Slings Being Placed Un
gested by Gen. Patrick. der Part of Ship.
Washington, Sept. 28.— (A 3 ) —Re- New London. Conn., Sept. 28.
smiling its inquiry into the aircraft —When informed by the Associat
problem today the President’s special ed Press as he came on duty early
board was told at the outset that today that the owners of the City~of
army red tape hinders the work of Rdme had an affidavit which stated
the army air service, and that the ser- that the S-*si. sunk foqrteen miles
vice should be entrusted to flying me%, of Block Island Friday night by
Major Walf£r J." Kilner, executive'the steamer, was commanded by stu
officer of the air service, was the first dent officers, Lieut. Commander H.
witness, and he declared difficulties A. Flanigan, executive officer at the
confronting the service were not ones submarine base here, denied that any
of “personalities” but of organization, one of the officers on the submarine
The chief of the air service he held, at the time of the disaster was inex
should at all times be empowered to perienced.
direct the activities of his men. Trying to Lift Vessel.
Heading a long list of army avia- Newport, It. 1.. Sept. 28. — (A 3 ) —
tors to be heard, including Col. Wm. Divers have found one of the interior
Mitchell, who is fighting for a unified bulkheads of the sunken submarine
air service. Major Kilner declared at S-51 bent but not pierced, a radio
the beginning that he favored a sepa- dispatch received from the wreck to
rate air corps in the army, such as : day said. The message did not make
that favored by Major General Pat- clear whether the compartment was
rick, chief of the service. forward or aft.
“Have you any constructive sug- The compartment was described in
gestions?” continued Senator Bing-'the message only as an “interior”
ham. bulkhead.
“Yes. Turn the air service over to Rough weather was being expe
the flyers themselves.” rienced by the secue parties- aceord-
Major Kilner then read a prepared ing to radio messagse. Two slings
statement setting forth the functions \ were under the submarine, and an at
of the air service in warfare, in j tempt was to be made shortly with a
which he declared that pursuit and i 300-ton derrick to lift it above the
bombardment presented an “air prob- surface.
lem that .only air man can develop.” Rescue Work Abandoned.
The witness said lie understood Gen. Npw London, Conn., Sept. 25.-7-0 P)
Patrick who is chief of the service, —Advices ashore here at noon today
was preparing a statement setting were t G the effect that conditions of
forth his posititon and he believes this | t h e SPa an( j weather at the locality of
would express his views better than the S-51 wreck were so bad that res
he .could. cue operations had to be suspended
“Do you know r of any dissat : sfac- f or the time being,
tion among air officers?” he was ask- The Century 100-ton crane vessel,
ed. “Yes,” replied Kilner. was ordered to move to Block Harbor,
and the Monarch, the larger crane
British Discover llow to Make the vessel, was ordered to a harbor at
Flappers Lengthen Their Skirts. Block Island and was starting there
s Leeds, England, Sept. 27. —Bri- under tow.
tain's tax on silk stockings may have
a tendency to bring about a length- Father is Set Free,
ening of skirts. 0 .. . „ . or . , ‘ .
The Yorkshire manufacturers have Salisbury Sept. 26,-rJy a clever
been deliberating on proposals to make exchange of .prisoner* Sheriff Knder
i- t il j ■ * 1 , ~ . , i has at his jail Frank Cowan, negro,
onger lisle thread stops to the stock- sbot his wife to death Wed * es l
mgs and so reduce flue quantity of silk When the sheriff got to
per pair. Glimpses of the cotton top tbp sceue of tbe shooti ye6 terday he
would be most unsightly, it is be- found the fi]ayer bad carried
heved among members of the trade bv his fflther> go the officer
and so on that account skirts would brought the okl man , to jail( telling
have to be longer. tbe o j ber relatives that if Frank was
~ ” ■ brought to jail by auy of them he
Commercial Aairplane Tour. would turn the old man loose. Today
Detroit, Sept. 28.— (A 3 )—A comnier- relatives of the wanted negro
cial airplane reliability tour, a 1.900- brought him up and the old man was
mile flight through the middle west, liberated.
was formally inaugurated at the Ford
airport this morning when the first j n p e z, the inland capital of
of sitxeen pianos entered took flue air Morocco, there stands a mosque con
on signal from Edsel Ford. Others sidered so sacred by the Moham
followred at short intervals. medans that no Christian ever has
— been uermitted to approach it.
Marshal Lyautey Resigns.
Fez, French Morocco, Sept. 28. — Those who always depend on luck
(A 3 )—Marshal Lyautey, governor-gen- will soon have nothing else to de
eral of French Morocco, has resigned, pend on.
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ANOTHER THEATRICAL
MARRIAGE SHATTERED
; Doris Keane. Long a Broadway Star,
Finds It Impossible to Live With
j Husband.
New York. Sept. 24.—The romance
! of Doris Keane, who for eight years
| played the leading role in the play
i “Romance,” hast been shattered,
j Just back from abroad she reveal
ed today that she obtained a divorce
in Paris from Basil Sidney, who
long made stage love to her. In
“Romance,” Sidney was a young
clergman captivated by a prima
donna, who rejected him for the sake
of his career-
In “The Czarina,” Sidney was a
young Cossack, with whom Kath
erine the Great, protrayed by Miss
Keane, fell in love.
Sidney D an Englishman and Miss
Keane lias applied for restoration of
her American citizenship, which she
lost when she married Sidney in
January, 1918.
News of the divorce \Vill surprise
friends, who though her romance
was likely to last, especially in view’
of her apparent happiness with her
husband, and baby son in her New
York apartment. Mi-s Keane would
not discuss the reason for the di
vorce.
“Romance is one of the eternal
things; it miust never die,” she said
last year.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Easy Today at Decline of 13
to 2 OPoints Under Selling and
Liquidation.
New York, Sept 28. — (A 3 )—The
cotton market opened easy today at a
decline of 13 to 20 points under hedge
selling and liquidation by some of Sat
urday’s buyers who were evidently
disapopinted by the failure of the offi
cial weather advices to mention a trop
ical storm. There had probably been
some buying on rumors of such a dis
turbance toward the end of the last
week, and the situation in this re
spect appeared to offset relatively
steady Liverpool cables.
After selling off to 23.63 for De
cember. the price rallied to 23.76 but
offerings increased on the upturn and
the market sagged off again, showing
net losses of about 8 to 25 points at
the end of the first hour.
Cotton futures opened easv. Oct.
23.50; Dec. 23.70; Jan. 23.00; March
23.25; May 23.45.
Sues Herb Doctor For $30,000 Dam
ages.
Charlotte, Sept. 24.- —A suit was on
file Wednesday in Mecklenburg Coun
ty Superior Court, in w’hich J. B.
Grooms, of Charlotte, seeks $30,000
alleged damages from J. H. Nanzetta,
who describes himself as an Indian
herb doctor. Mr. Grooms, in his com
plaint. alleged that the defendant
made a false and unlawful diagnosis
of a disease, from which the plaintiff
said he was suffering, and, as a re
sult of “wrongful and careless treat
ment” the disease was aggravated.
The complaint stated that the plain
tiff was suffering from a disease called
“weeping eczema” and that about
April 20th. after reading advertise
ments and testimonials of the defend
ant, who claimed to have cured such
diseases, plaintiff went to Nanzetta's
office, then at Wolilford’s Drug Store,
here, and asked for a diagnosis and
treatment.
The complaint also said the plain
tiff also paid $7.50 for treatment and
remedies, and that instead of ex
periencing relief he experienced an
aggravation of his disease by reason
of the treatment.
The plaintiff declared he continued
the treatment, however, until he paid
SB9 for remedies and treatment, but
experienced no relief. Instead, ac
cording to the complaint, he suffered
extreme discomfort because of the
nature cf the treatment, was forced
to live several days in a dark room,
and that as a result of the treat
ment his eyes became highly inflamed
and were injured.
The complaint also stated the de
fendant is not a duly licensed physi
cian under the laws of the State and
is not registered as such in Meck
lenburg county, where he practices.
Squirrels Eating Cotton in Rowan.
Mrs. A. L. Deal, western Rowan
correspondent, of the Mooresville En
terprise, and who lives on Route 1,
in the Unity school neighborhood,
sends that paper the following:
“Squirrels are eating the cotton in
the bolls for the first time ever,
known in this section. The nuts!
and acorns are very scarce in the
woods and the little fellows are forced |
to forage in the open for whatever j
they can find. So if there is no i
corn field handy, they make them- j
selves at home in the cotton fields.” '
Vote For Unification.
Redwing. Minn., Sept. 25. —By a
vote of 96 to 0 ministers attending
the Minnesota conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church voted
; yesterday in favor of unification of
j the .Methodist Episcopal church of
I the North and the Methodist Epis
copal church of the South. A few
pastors refrained from voting.
The “Big Three” gridiron series
will begin this year November »7,
when Harvard will play at 'Prineeton-
The Yale-Princeton contest will take
place at New Haven November 14
and one tveek later will come the
Yale-Harvard clash in the Cam
bridge stadium.
Nature never spoils its work by
being in a hurry.
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with the “stiek-to-itiveness” that ac
complishes, the success of every effort
worth while you can drive off one of
the four big cars.
Office Open Evenings.
Election headquarters will be open
evenings till 9 o’clock to receive votes
and issue supplies such as extra sub
scription receipt books, sample copies,
etc. All subscriptions received by
October 19 will count on the big votes.
Subscriptions that are mailed which
bear a postmark of not later than 10
o'clock October 19 will also count on i
the present vote schedule.
REMEMBER : The most import
ant votes must be secured by Monday
night, October 19th.
Appealed For Precautionary’ Measures;
Own Daughter Hurt.
Salisbury, Sept, s 23. —Several day
ago G. F. Morefield, chairman of the j
police committee of the city alder-1
men, issued an appeal for co-operation
in an effort to avoid accidents in the
neighborhood of the city high school
where automobile traffic had increas
ed on account of the opening of the
school. The school children w’ere ad
monished to be careful and their par
ents were asked to help prevent acci
dents by instructions to the children
about driving.
By a strange whim of fate Mr.
Morefield’s own daughter, Miss May,
! was the first high school student to be
hurt in an accident. She was thrown
i through a windshield when a car in
| which she and several other high
| school students were going to school;
| today was in collision with a car
I driven by J. W. Gardner, of Faith.
Fortunately Miss May’s injuries con- j
sisted only of severe bruises and shock
and none of the others were hurt. j
Stay Away From Florida.
The Florida real estate boom has i
made money for a few people and
j lost it for nobody knows how many.
The Statesville Landmark, as usual,
hits the bull’s eye when it advises its
readers to stay away from Florida—
“unless you have a big bunch of
money—a very big bunch. Even then,
you might play safe by leaving about
all the money at home and tying it
up so you can't draw a check.”
During the pant year dust ex
plosions in mills and factories in the!
United States resulted in the loss of |
forty-five lives and the destruction of j
property to the amount of $3,000,- ■
000. I
FILES APPEAL FOR
GOVERNMENT IN
TEAPOT DOME CUSE
Appeal Will Write Another
Chapter in Famous Case
In Which Government
Charges Law Biolation.
CIRCUIT COURT
TO GET APPEAL
Federal Judge Kennedy
Ruled Against Govern
ment When Case Was
Heard First by Him.
Cheyenne. Wyo., Sept. 28.—Clyde
M. Watts, deputy U. S. District Attor-.
ncy for Wyoming, is to arrive in St.
Louis, Mo., today with a score of ap
peal in the Teajiot Dome naval reserve
oil lease annulment suit. The appe«! •
will be filed in the Sth Circuit Court
of Appeals.
It will write another chapter in the
famous Teapot Dome lease which the
government alleged in its suit here to
day that Harry F. Sinclair gained for
his Mammoth Oil Co by “collusions
and frauds." between Sinclair and the
then secretary of the Interior Albert
B. Fall.
Federal Judge T. Blake Kennedy
found against the government in ev
ery complaint in the bill and govern
ment special oil counsel headed by
Ow’en J. Roberts and Atlee Pomerene,
took an appeal.
Pending decision of the court of ap
peals the Teapot Dome reserve con
tinues in charge of receivers appoint
ed by Judge Kennedy.
Appeal Fifed.
St. Louis. Sept. 28.— (A 3 )—The gov
ernment’s appeal in the Teapot Dome
oil lease annulment suit was filed here
today in the eighth circuit court of
appeals.
The appeal was prepared by Atlee
Pomerene and Owen ,T. Roberts, spe
cial counsel for the government, and
was filed by C. M. Watts. aHsustantfS
United States district attorney from
Cheyenne. Court attaches said that
the filing probably was too late to
insure hearing of the appeal at the
December term here, and that the
case probably would be hehrd at the
May tenn.jji St.^Paul.
OPPOSES CANCELLATION
OF ANY WAR DEBTS
Senator Fletcher Also Makes Plea, for
Less Centralization of Government- “
ai Powers.
St. Petersburg. Fla., Sept. 28.—(>P)
—A plea for lesß centralization of
governmental powers and opposition
to cancellation of foreign debt* to
this country were expressed by Sena
tor Fletcher, of Florida, in addressing
the United Spanish War veterans in
national encampment hove today.
Asserting that already there are
approximately 200 different bureaus
and like bodies on the executive side i
of the government, the senator re
marked efforts are being made for an ; i
increased number.
The policy of the government now
appears to be that of collecting what
can be obtained on foreign indebted
ness and applying it to the bonded
obligations of the United States. The
funds collected, in his opinion should
be placed in the treasury so that cur
rent taxes could be reduced.
Referring to the permanent court
of international justice, he said the
United States must decide between
now and next December whether it
shall participate with other nations
in its maintenance.
Negroes Hurried South to Save Crop
of Cotton.
Memphis, Tenn.. Sept. 28. —With
hundreds of cotton pickers, Negroes
and Mexicans, being brought to
Tennessee. Arkansas and Mississippi
every day by train, Memphis rail- j
road officials believe the acute labor
shortage in the surrounding territory
has been alleviated. They think the
entire crop will be picked without
further labor difficulties.
Many of the plantations are pay
ing transportation of the workers.
Most of the Negroes are being im
ported from Northen and Middle f]
Western cities, and the Mexican**
arc brought from’ Texas. Several
railroad* have offered special rates • 1
to prosiwctive cotton pickers.
Accepts Bid For Fort Caswell.
Washington. Sept. 28.—OP)—The
bid submitted by S. O. Chase and L.
B. Skinner, of $201,500 for the Fort
Caswell military reservation, North
Carolina, was accepted today by tbe
War Department as being the best
and highest bid received in excess of
the appraised value of the property.
Chase is connected with the Hillsboro
Hotel at Tampa, Fla., and Skinner’s
home is Sanford, Fla.
SAT'S BEAR SAYS:
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~ Fair tonight and Tuesday. Mod
erate northwest shifting to northeast
j winds.
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