L
laßoarded a Train,
Knd Robbed Most
■sengers and Es-
Kd Made Getaway.
■ING FOR
|EN. SERRIERA
Irted That Bandits
ht General Was
[Train When They
Their Attack. f
L Jam 11.— (/^)—j
■esterday committed one
Irocioiis crimes that Mex-
In in many days.
,a train at Guadajara.
>xioo City, they murdered
most of the passengers
itv of the military escort,
train and set tire to the
Is. burned beyond rec
v have been found in
ss of ruins and it is
,-s are in if. Those of
~rt who were not kHl
il.
•scaped on the engine
wing the train. This
several stations away
jnassacre was carried
outrage Was commit
bandits believed'Gen.
ry commander of the
was aboard the train,
ed when -the train was
i Necrede and Yure
armed men wearing
ily, began using their
ildiers and killing and
;engers. Os the mili
but seven were killed,
re said to have been
Jers of former Colonel
Their booty was
the news of the crime
rdere were issued for
o go in pursuit of Jtlie
[ AUTO
LLITIES IN SOUTH
ck 48 Deaths Occurred ;
he Week Previous. ,
IL—OP)—A sharp ,
number of traffic fa-
South was noted in a
yeek ended last night,
ooiated Press early to
it were killed
i, automobiles, trolley
, the survey showed. t
week 01 deaths were
iristmas week 70 were
states covered by the
na and Florida tied
with 14 deaths each,
•eded in the number of
North Carolina re
lies. Mississippi and
d no deaths. Alabama
olina reported no in
ing accidents of the
? of a train collision
I'la., in which three
30 injured, including
notor magnate, and an
dent at Gastonia, N.
• lives. Both occurred
by states includes:
14 dead, 10 injured;
two dead, no injuries.
K CHURCH
AT THO.MASVILLE 1
lold the Y'oung People
O’clock Sendee,
n. 10. —A' Junior
ganized today, at Com- ,
with the assistant
L. Fonts, in charge,
as held at the sfime ■
enior church service, ,
tom of the' building,
hold the young people
it service at the 11
which according to
uite successful at the 1
■rvices today.
I’tillom. professor of '
“ Forest, tilled the
1” irst Baptist Church
iving goixl congrega
auce.
<. ! -
uses to Stick Up I!
Hands.
Tan. o.—When Jesse ;
iged owner of a gro
the Southern limits
va> faced by a big
>isfol in his store to
ted to stick up his
over his money, Nor
ruck the merchant
ith lii.s pistol and the
>tged by the force of
the bullet went wild.
i fled.
s stunned a few mo
recovered, he gave
bandit, but he later
K».
n on Masonry’ Resent
ed.
Denmark, Jan. 10.—
’ y decree forbidding
naval, officers from
(,t the order of Free
“d.v resented by the
demand to know
", r 7' applies to King
’• !, ko his father, King
au ardent Mason.
/
THE CONCORD TIMES
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
Preaches
The town of Promise City, la., haa
the country’® only bobbed-haired
>aator.- Miss Pattye Horn, 19, of
Des Moines, occupies the pulpit of
lie Christian church there. She is a
j*tudent at Drake University./
MONROE CHURCH WIPES
OUT DEBT IN A HURRY
Central Methodists Have $150,000
Plant Free of Encumbrance.
Monroe, Jail. Ift.—ln a house-to
house canvass for $29,000, $13,000
of which was raised in the first 20
minutes of the campaign, the con
gregation of Central Methodist
chufch of Monroe, has cleared their
$150,000 plant bf all indebtedness
and has started the year 1926 with a
new zeal for inlltienee and accom
plishment. '
This church has 950. members, and
one of the most beautiful and effi
ciently equipped temples of worship
in the State. About six years ago a
large expenditure was made to build j
Sunday school rooms and for other
additions to the plant. It was not
expected at the time that the obliga
tions would be met for a period of
years; but the church recently de
cided that it would apply _ short
meter to all obligations and start
with a clean sheet. The decision on
the part ofthe church was largely
due to the efficient leadership of the
pastor. H. G. Hardin, who came hen l
a little more than a year ago from
Tryon Street church in Charlotte, j
Under his leadership, and that of
TT. S. Blakeney and W. Z. Faulkney, |
president and secretary, respectively: I
of~~the' steering committee, the total
of $29,000 was raised in a short
while and with the greatest of ease.
"* »
Rubber of Domestic Source is Manu
fatured in Texas.
Marathon. Tex., Jan. 11.— UP) —
In this little southwest Texas town
domestic rubber is manufactured
from the guapule plant, which grows
wild all over this section. A factory,
under the spur of high rubber prices,
has reached an output of a ton a
day.
The guayule is a shrub, three to
five feet high, - and resembles sage
brush. Beneath its outer bark is a
sap, known as latax, from which the
rubber is made.
The shrub is pjt up in bales, like
hay and the sajante pressed out in a
machine called “a pebble mill. About
30.000 gallons of water, supplied by
wells, is required to produce a ton
of rubber. The plant is gathered,
root andall, and bring about S4O a
ton at the factory here.
The finished product comes from
the presses in sheets about three
inches thick, 30 inches loud and 15
inches wide.
Harry Thaw Denies He Will Pay
Visit to Former Wife.
New York, Jan. 9.—Harry K.
Thaw is not going to Chicago to see
his former wife, Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw, who is recovering from an at
tempt- to commit suicide, he said to
night aat his hotel. He denied reports
of a reconciliation.
He came to New York to see his
own physician, be said, adding that
he intends to leave for Pittsburgh
tonight or tomorrow to see his moth
er, who is ill there.
“I never had any intention of go
ing to Chicago to see Evelyn,” Thaw
declared. “I’m going to keep on send
ing her • money, of course —the
$lO a day, but anything else is out of
the question.” He visited a revue
last night with married friends and
later went to a night club.
C f
Theodore Roosevelt: “It is the
doer of deeds who counts in the bat
tle for life—not he who looks on and
says how the' fight ought to be
fought, without himself sharing in
the struggle and the danger.”
James W. Biddle Drowns at New Bern
As Car Goes Off Street Intto River
New Bern, Jan. 9. —James W.
Biddle, prominent farmer and busi
ness man of New Bern, was drowned
tonight shortly after 7 o’clock, when
the Pprd touring car which he was
driving went into Neuse river ott the
foot of Craven street at the same
spot where Mitchell Willis and
young Clyde ray were drowned last
summer in a similar manner.
There were no eye witnesses', to
the accident, and it is not known
how it happened, but the crew of a
nearby boat who reached the scene
several minutes after the tragedy de
clared that Mr. Biddle must have
misjudged distances in attempting to
turn his gar around at the foot of
the street. Doctors worked in vain
BOARD RULES THAT
RUDOLPH DISSE IS
, MENTALLY NORMAL
Board Voted by Ballot and
Members Were Unani
mous in Verdict That
Youthful Slayer Is Sane.
GOVERNORGETS
THEIR REPORT
Disse Is Under Sentence to j
Die For Murder of Hen- j
ry Grady Carter, Rich-j
mond Restaurant Owner
Richmond, Va., Jan. 11. —
dolph Disse, 20 years old, triple slay
er. is sanf l , the state board of mental
hygiene reported to Gov. E. Lee Trin
kle today. The board held that the
youth is mentally normal. He is un
der sentence to die in the electric
chair on February 19th.
The members of the board voted by
separate ballots and their verdict that
the youth who shot and killed his
sweetheart, his rival and a police de
tective. and seriously wounded an au
tomobile salesman here on July 28th
last, was mentally responsible for his
acts, was unanimous. The Governor
declared he would take no action in
the case.
Disse is under sentence to death for
the murder of Henry Grady Carter, a
restaurant owner, whom he shot to
death in his restaurant during the
noonday a mad dash across
town in an automobile after fatally
wounding Mrs. Vivian Tomlin Peers,
pretty clothing model, and Detective
J. Harvey Burke, and seriously
wounding Willis Britt, automobile
| salesman. The youth declared he kill
led the girl and Carter because “he
could not keep her and wasn't going
to let anyone else get her.” He kill
ed Burke and shot Britt, he declared,
because they stood in the way of his
reaching Carter after he killed the
girl.
C. H. HAOVVOOD’S BOND
IS FIXED AT $13,000
f Probable Cause Found in Efland
j Bank Robbery’ Case.—He Gives no
Testimony.
Durham, Jan. 9.—Following a
I preliminary hearing at JHUlaboro
this afternoon, in which he was
charged with being implicated with
the -roberyrof the Bank of Efland, at
Efland early in December. C. H.
Hag wood, of High Point, placed un
dyr arrest recently at that place,
proGbably eau*>e wos found and the
defendant held for the next term of
Orange county Superior court under
bond in the sum of $13,000.
Hagwotxl, who has been confined in
the Durham county jail since his
arrest on account of the fact that
there are now no facilities at Hills
boro for holding prisoners, a new
jail being under course of construc
tion. was carried over to the Orange
county seat early in the day. He
was accdmpauied by his attorney, a
High Point man. He entered a plea
of not guilty to the charge against
him but did not offer any testimony,
neither did he go on the stand him
self.
Coehier Robert Riley of the
Bank of Efland, positively identified
Hagwood as being one of the wto
men who entered the banking in
stitution and • after drawing a re
volver on him, ordered him to put up
his hands, following which they lock
ed him in the vault and escaped with
about $4,000.
Asheville Director Places City’s
Population at 51.398.
Asheville, Jan. 10. —The 1920 edi
tion of the Asheville city directory
is now out and the city's population
has been placed at 51,398.
The new directory is very con
veniently arranged, having a classi
fied business directory, a miscellan
eous directory,and a stret dirctory,
the street being arranged in alpha
betical order and the houses in
numerical order. Accompanying the
directory is a telephone uirectory
book wsth numerous in numerical
or^er.
Will Settle Muscle Shoals at Present
Term.
Washington, Jan. 11.— UP) —The
Muscle Shoals issue will be settled at
. this session of Congress, in the opinion
of both Chairman Norris of the Sen
ate Agricultural Committee and Sena
. tor Underwood, leader of the opposing
forces over the disposition of the prop
erty.
on his body when finally recivered
by'young men near the scene.
The deceased was in his fifties,
and~was well known throughout the
section. He is survied by three
sons, William and John Biddle, of
Miami. Fla.)* and Simpson Biddle, of
Washington; and one daughter,
Miss Mildred Biddle, of this city.
A recent law suit in Craven coun
ty superior court against the city by
the executors of Mitchell Willis
brought an award of SB,OOO damages
against the city of New Bern for the
loss of life due to improper markings
on the street waterfront. The city
has appealed the case and the ap
peal "is now pending. A second suit
over the child’s death is also pending.
CONCORD, N. C.. MONDAY, JANUARY, 11, 1926
A,Smart Boy
k.| Jolly
trJ
Israel Horowitz at 14 is the. youngest
student ever enrolled at Washington
University, St. Louis, Mo. He plans
ts be a lawyer, but will have to
wait three years after he graduates
before he can take the state box
*<*,'« r n'n*tto*.
NEW JERSEY TO CELEBRATE
Many Celebrations in Commemoration
of Historical Tvrirtte.
Trenton. N. J. Jan. 11.—Petriotic
historical and other societies of New
Jersey are preparing for a year of
extraordinary activity, for the coming
twelve months will see numerous cele
brations in commemoration of events
of historical interest, culminating in
the sesquicentennial of file American
Declaration of Independence.
During the war for American in
dependence New Jersey was the field
of great political and military activ
ity. The eighth and the tenth Con
tinental Congress met in this state,
in 1783 and 1784 respectively. Next
fall marks the 150th anniversary of
Washington's retreat throilgh New
Jersey.
At the beginning of 1777 his army
was encamped at Trenton, and Corn
wallis advanced from Princeton to ‘
attack it. In the battle of Prince
ton which followed Washington per
formed one of the most brilliant ex
ploits of the war, taking the enemy
in the rear and saving his own army.
A week before he had surprised
ohd captured a force of Hessians un
dfr Col. Rahl. He afterward us »&- ’
tered in Morristown. In 1778 he
harassed General Clinton in New Jer
sey, when the British commander wtih
a very large force had left Philadel
phia for New York, and fought the
battle of Monmouth Courthouse.
The first of the local celebrations
will be held next month, in commemo
ration of the two hundredth anniver
sary of the birth of Abraham Clark,
one of the five New Jersey signers of
the Declaration of Independence.
Abraham Clark was one of the most
influential men in the colony and in i
the new state. Elizabethtown was
his birth place. He was a lawyer
with a large practice before the be
ginning of the Revolution, his special
ty being matters of surveying and
conveying. He gave so much le
gal advice gratuitously that he was
known a« “the poor man’s counselor.’’
Under the royal domain he was
high sheriff of Essex county and clerk
of the colonial assembly of Amboy.
He distinguished himself as an ac
tive member of the committee of pub
lic safety at the beginning of the
Revolution.
Together with Richard Stockton.
John Hart, Francis Hopkinson and
John Witherspoon lie was elected by
the provincial congress a delegate to
the Continental Congress, and signed
the Declaration.
He was elected to the next Conti
nental Congress, and from 1776 was
re-elected continuously until 1783,
with the exception of one year, 1779.
From 1782 to 1787 he was a member
of the New Jersey legislature.
His influence was so powerful that
he was held responsible by the peo
ple for all of the important measures
that were passed during his term of
service.
Abraham Clark was called
Father of Papr Currency,” because
he was supposed to have influenced
the introduction of the measure that
established it. The paper money of
the Revolution depreciated so rapidly
that in 1780 forty paper dollars were
worth one dollar in specie, and
in another years the paper currency
was valueless.
Clark became a member of Con
gress in 1791, and died in office.. In
the friction with Great Britain over
the question of compensation to Amer
ican citizens for injuries from Brit
ish armed vessels and that of the de
-1 livery of the western posts, he in
troduced a resolution to prohibit all
intercourse with Great Brfitain. A
bill to this effect was earrjad in the
House by a considerable majority, but
lost in the Senate by the casting vote
of John Adams, the vice president.
W. W. Kever Takes Second Place in
Poultry Judging.
New York, Jan. 9.—The highest
indivudual score ever recorded in the
15 years of competition in the in
tercollegiate poultry judging contest
was made today by M. L. Seymour
of the ConnetVicut State Agri
cultural school. Storeis, Conn., at the
poultry show at Madison Square.
Seymour scored 330.4 points out of
a possible 400. W. W. Keever, of the
North Carolina team, was second.
Natives of Oman in Arabia wear
thick socks to protect their teet
from the heat of the sand.
LITTLE CHANGE IN
THE CONDITION OF
STATE TREASURER
R. Lacy Continues 111
9 at Raleigh Home, Al
though He Is Slightly
Better Today*
HEALTH iBAD FOR
SEVERAL MONTHS
Day and Night Nurses Are
With the Aged Treasurer
and Friends Are Con
cerned About Conditions
Raleigh. Jau. 11.— U P)—The condi
tion of State Treasurer B. It. Lacy,
regarded yesterday as critical by at
tending physicians, had improved
slightly this morning. Mr. Lacy, how
ever, ifwas stated by Dr. Albert An
derson, 'attending physician, might
still be regarded as- in a serious condi
tion.
Mr. Lacy, who for years had been
suffering from asthma, contracted a
severe cold last week and developed a
toxic condition. Home improvement
during the week led friends to believe
that he had only had one of the recur
ring athmatic attacks, from which he
had rallied so often, but Saturday
night his condition became worse and
was regarded as critical. Day and
njght nurses are.in attendance upon
the aged Treasurer, and Dr. Anderson
is being assisted in treating the case
by other physicians.
MAKING DRIVE AMONG /*
BAPTIST YOUNG FOLK
Members of B. Y. P. U. Will Be
Asked to Contribute Toward For
eign Mission Debt.
• Raleigh, Jan. 9. —"Sixty thousand
Baptist young people in North Caro
lina are lining up with the movement
to give SIOO,OOO during the next
week to help liquidate the paralyzing
debt, on the Baptist foreign mission
board of Richmond. Va.” said Perry
Morgan, the general B. Y. P. U.
secretary of this state, was
catching the train for Nashville.
Tenn.,. where he and E. L. Middle
ton, Sunday school secretary, are
attending the meeting ofall the
Sunday school and B. Y. P. U. secre
taries of the soutl). t
Mr. Morgan is asking eqch oiie of
his 60,000 “B. Y. P. U-pers” To
give at least $1 as a love-gift to the
big debt. Just before leaving his
office Secretary Morgan made a> sur
vey of all his organizations in the
state, which revealed that there were
369 junior B. Y. P. U.’s, 235 inter
mediates. and 1,103 seniors, making
a total of 1,707 organizations in the
state, which is the largest number
ever reported. There are 50 of these
organizations in the schools and col
leges. There are 17 city unions and
38 associational unions. There are
now 27 churches in the state with
official B Y. P. L r . directors. There
were awarded the past year 11,272
study course certificates, the largest
number going to Mare Hill college.
Laughing for a Living.
London, Jan. 9.—With the closing
down of the exhibition at Wembley,
with its many sideshow attractions,
a small aifny of peculiar dummies
joined the ranks of the unemployed.
These are known as “gees” or “blu
ers,” and their job consists in scream-,
ing and giggling on the merry-go
rounds and so on, going into par
oxysms of mirth on the smallest pro
vocation, and winning the prizes, at
games of “chance” or “skill.?’
They are employed in the show bus
iness all over the country. For years
a famous circus proprietor took one
—a woman —with him everywhere.
She had a remarkable laugh, which
rang out at every grimace by one of
the clowns, and as laughing, like cry
ing, is contagious, it set the audience
in a roar. So she was considered
well worth her pay.
Bible is Eaten By Georgia Boy.
Moultrie, Ga., Jan. B.—Devouring
the Bible in the literal meaning of
the expression so upset the digestive
apparatus of Melize McCoy, 12-year-,
old Colquitt county boy. that he de
veloped symptoms similar to acute
appendicitis. •
This was learned today when a
local physician, who was consulted
by the father of Metizo, reported
that his patient was recovering
.rapidly from the effect of bis
scriptural diet.
Melizo gratified his appetite secret
ly, the physician stated, and his ap
petite for the scriptures was not
learned until the illness developed.
The physicians said the youth read
ily admitted having eaten the pages
of the Bible.
Bill to Prevent Speculation in Cot
ton Offered in House.
Washington, Jan. B.—A bill was
introdued in the house today by
Representative Reed. Democrat, Ar
kansas, to prevent speculation in
cotton futures. The measure is
identical with one previously intro
duced in the senate by Senator Cara
way. , ,
The bill would require actual de
livery of cotton orders, or evidence
that such shipments ’ were asked in
‘ good faith.
Thomas Felder Dead.
; Paris. Jan. 11.—GW— Thomas Jack
ison Felder, of Nashville, Tenn., one of
the “dollar a year” men who served
■ the American government during the
: year, died today. He was born in
Americans, Ga., in 1870.
HU Fourteen Points Fail Him
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Ralph Ogle/St. Louis, was separated from his wife Irene Ogle. So he
drew up * fourteen points which she must observe if she returned to him.
They included the provision that she must get a job and turn over all her
money to him. She rebelled and the judge gave her a divorce.
FIRE DOES DAMAGE
TO RICHMOND STORES
Wholesale District Threatened For
time During Day by Fire WhMff
Proved Very Stubborn.
Richl*tod, Va., Jan. 11. — UP) —Fire
which started at 4:54 o’clock this
morning in the C. W. Anthrim Com
pany, whoesale . office and tqa estab
lishment at E. Cary Street
here, gutted that place and the ad
joining structure occupied by Gunn-
Ellis Company, wholesale grocers, and
for more than two hours threatened
the entire block in the wholesale dis
trict. Two fire alarms and two calls
for special apparatus took a large
part of the city’s fire equipment to
the scene, and the blaze was brought
under control about 8 o’clock.
Fire walls, officials declared, pre
vented the flames spreading to the
plant of the Kingan Company, meat
packers, and the F. H. Boehling Co.,
wholesale seed dealers. The origin of
the fire has not been determined. The
loss is expeetd to run well above the
SIOO,OOO mark.
W. C. DURANT IS HURT
SLIGHTLY IN WRECK
A
Two Trains on Florida East Coast
Road Collide.—He Was in Private
Car.
St. Augustine, Fla., Jan. 10.—W.
C. Durant, automobile manufacturer,
was slightly injured in a train crash
at Frontenac, Fla., early today when
a trainman and two negro attendants
on Mr. Durant’s private ear were
killed.
The crash occurred when train
'number 86 of the Florida East Coast
railway collided with train number
36 on a curve. Both trains were go
ing north. The fireman of number
86 jumped from the engine when he
saw sue crash was inevitable and was
kilied instantly.
1
Robbers Get SIOO,OOO Worth of Jew
elry. i
New York, Jan. 1. — UP) —Two jew
ers were robbed today of a bag con
taining more than SIOO,OOO worth of 1
uncut diamonds by three men who!
knocked them down with pistols in j
48th Street near sth' Avenue. ( The j
robbers ekeaped in an autoinobilp.
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To Investigate Bribery Charges.
Guthrie, Okla. Jan. 11.—C4 3 )—Ru-
mors tjiat k SIO,OOO briber thwarted
inquiry several months ago into the
mysterious slayings of several Osage
Indians in Osage county, loomed at'
the front as the United State® grand j
jury convened here today.
Morris H. Silverstein, Gastonia Man
Defendant in Suit For $104,294.25
N *' 1 ‘
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Gastonia. Jan. 9—The sum of,
5104,294.25 is asked of Morris H.
Silverstein, local merchant, in four
complaints filed today in Superior
court here' for the accidental death of
Mvs. A. A. McLean, Sr., injuries
sustained by Mrs. A. A. McLean, Jr.,
A. A. McLean Sr., and for alleged
damages to the car of Lil'ian G.
McLean, the plaintiffs charging
Silveiqtein with recklessness and in
dulgence resulting in the collision of
his car with theirs on a busy Street
intersection here September 17 last.
The complaints stated that the
approached in a northerly
direction on South Marietta street
without any kind of a signal and
drove his car recklessly at a speed
J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady at Advance of 3 to 12
, Points, With Active Months Higher
After Call.
New York, Jan. 11.—( A *)—The cot
ton market opened steady today at an
advance of 3 to 12 points in response
to relatively steady cables and contin
ued report* of improving trade in cot
ton goods, botha t homeffnd Sbrdad.
Active months sold about 6 to 14
points net higher after the call, on
covering by local shorts with some
trade and speculative or Investment
buying, but the advance to 20.00 for
March and 18.28 for October evident
ly attracted considerable realizing with
a little Southern selling. This check
ed advance and caused reactions
of 10 or 15 points from the best, which
gave the market a reactionary appear
ance at the end of the first hour.
Private cables from Liverpool this
morning said that owing to difficulty
in buying desirable- cotton South, Con
tinental interests were securing sup
plies in the Liverpool spot market,
and also that southern shippers were
offering premiums to merchants for
the cancellation of shipping contracts.
Cotton futures * opened steady:
' March 19.1)5; May 19.45; July 18.95;
October 18.23; December 18.11.
f
Ford Has No Plana for Colonial Vil
lage.
Sudbury, Mass., Jan. 9.—CP)—Hen
ry Ford today denied that he had
formed any definite plan to erect a
colonial village in Sudbury around the
historic Wayside Inn.
The manufacturer, here for a visit,
said it true a grist mill and saw
mill would be operated, but the story
that he planned to have a settlement
of 300 persons that would be a repro
; duction of an early American com
munity wase “exaggerated.”
With Our Advertisers.
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wear, only $24.75 at J. C. Penney
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$19.75 to $39.75.
1 Cline & Moose will sell you flour
! now at less prices than they can buy
| at present from the m : lls. All their
I flours are the very best, Melrose, Lib
erty self-rising and Bell Rose.
Long before the Somme, a Yankee
watched a caterpillar. Result, the
“Caterpijlar Tractor.” Churchill
claims that five men/ helped to create
the tank, thus denying, in his suit
T against the British Government, Cap
tain Bentley’s claim to be the in
j ventor.
greater than reasonable and in ex
cess of 20 miles per hour, colliding
with the McLean car, which was
moving east on the south side of
Franklin avenue dnd was operated
by A. A. McLean, Jr., who was not
hurt.
Lillian G. McLean asks the sum of
$50,000 for the death of her mother
and $1,200 for damages to her car.
A. A. McLean. Sr., asks $3,006.25
for his own interest and expenses
incurred for the medical attention
and funeral for his wife. He also
asks $20,000 for suffering and wit
nessing' the injury to his wife, her
death and his shock. Mrs. A. A. Mp
Lean, Jr„ asks 5,000 for injuries she
i received herself.
*
SMITH PRINCIPLE
' IS ENDORSED BT
"SENATE COMMITTEE
' , "'V'VS
The Bill Provides For Re
gional Representation on
the I. C. C.—Party Gives
j' Approval.
SUB COMMITTEE
WORKS ON BILL
The Manner in Which the
Appointments Are Made
Is Responsible for the
Measure.
Washington, Jan. 11. —( A >)—The
principle of the Smith'bill for regional
representation on the Interstate Com
merce Commission was approved to
day by the Senate Interstate Com
merce Committee.
A sub-committee was appointed to
work out details as to the number of
regions in whiVh the country should,
be divided for purposes of making
future appointments.
Senator Smith, of South Carolina,
ranking Democrat on the committee,
and author of the bill, is chairman of
the sub-committee.
The proposal first was made some
months ago when Southern Senators
were opposing the confirmation of
Thos. F. Woodloek, of New York, as a
member of the Commislon, on the
ground that the Southeast was being
deprived of representation. Mr.
Woodlock’s nomination again is pend
ing along with that of Richard V.
Taylor, of Alabama, but the solution
thus suggested is not satisfactory to
some Southern leaders.
DEMOCRATS LOSE *
INCOME TAX PLAN
Reduction as Provided in the House
Bill Approved by the Senate Com
mittee.
Washington, Jan. 11. — UP) —Reduc-
tion in income taxes as provided in
the House revenue bill were approved
today by the Senate finance commit
tee.
The reduced normhH income tax
rates and increased personal exemp
tion were unanimously approved, but
the proposal of Democyrfs to increase
reduction on surtax rates over tfiat
provided by the. House measure was
defeated.
Senator Simmons, of North Caro
lina, ranking Democrat on the com
mittee, submitted the proposal of the
Democratic members to cut the sur
tax rates on incomes between $22,000
and SIOO,OOO, saying he would accept
the maximum surtax of 20 per cent.
On a straight party vote of 10 to 7
this proposition was rejected, and the
House schedule was approved.
Senator Simmpns then served no
tice he would fight for 25 cent,
maximum surtax rate.
LANGLEY DENIED APPEAL
BY SUPREME COURT
Unless He Can Get Rehearing He
Must Serve Prison Sentence.
■Washington, Jan. 11. —CP)—Repre-
sentative John W. Laugley, of Ken
tucky, convicted of participating in a
conspiracy to violate the Federal.pro
hibition law, was denied an appeal
today by the Supreme Court.
Unless he now can obtain from the
court a rehearing, he must begin serv
ing his two year sentence in the At
lanta federal penitentiary.
The refusal of the Supreme Court to
review the case will be followed with
in a dgy or two by a formal, .Qrder
under which the circuit court of ap- *
peals at * Cincinnati may order the
commitment of Langley to the Atlanta
prison.
It will not be necessary for the cir
cuit court of appeals to defer action
pending development of Langley's next
move.
Pardons by Acting Governor Held Il
legal. v
L : ttle Rock, Ark., Jan. 11.—CP)—
The Arkansas Supreme Court today
held that the nine pardons granted by
F. C. McCall, acting Governor during
the recent temporary absence of Ghv.
Tom J. Terrell from Arkansas, are il
legal.
To Hear Boundary Dispute.
Washington. Jan. 11.— UP) —The
""Supreme Court today ordered the ap
pointment of a commissioner to take
testimony and report in the boundary
dispute between Louisiana and Mis
sissippi annd named Jack Thompson,
clerk of the federal district court at.
Jackson, Miss., as commissioner.
Napoleon said the British do not
make history; they take advantage
of it. '-•'••'fa
SAT'S BEAR SAYS:
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Partly cloudy and slightly warmer
tonight; Tuesday partly cloudy .n the
west, showers and warmer in east
, portion. Moderate to fresh southwest
wirds. ' ~ . '/ ' i l
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