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hich he was “elect
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after three hours’
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THE CONCORD TIMES
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
I Los Angeles' Prettiest Divorcee
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Mrs. Irene Hatcher is the prettiest divorcee in Los Angeles—at least,
that’s what Judge P. E. Keeler called her when he gave her a decree. H«
gaid he “couldn’t understand why her husband would desert such a sweet
pretty wife.”
GREECE APPEALS TO
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Wants League to Settle
Dispute Over Fixation
of the Greco-Turkish
Frontier.
Genera; Feb. 25.—C4*)—Greece has
appealed to the league of nations
against Turkey for settlement of the
dispute over fixation of the Greco-
Turkish frontier.
Greece's appeal is made under the
second paragraph of article 2 of the
league covenant, which declared it to
be “the friendly friendly right of each
member of the league to bring to the
attention of the assembly or of the
council, any circumstances whatever
affecting the international relations
which threaten to disturb internat
ional peace or the good understanding
between nations upon which peace de- 1
pends.”
'• • I
Massachusetts Company Pleads In-!
Fringement.
Greensboro, Feb. 24.—Bliss Fay
yan and company,' of Boston, jMass.,
today filed in the office here of
cl rk of United States court, west
ern district of North Carolina a bill
in equity asking that the Aileen Cot
ton milks, of Bisco, be restrained
from using the trade mark “krink
lette” on good manufactured, claim
ing that it is an infringement on she
trade mark “ripelette” used by the
plaintiff company for its bedspreads,
cotton piece goods,etc., manufactured
by it. It Is further asked that the
defendant be ordered to pay to the
Boston concern what profits it has
made off of sale of “krinklette”
goods. The matter will be decided by
judge of the court, E- Yates Webb
of Shelby.
New Tax Measure Is Sent to White
House For President's Signature
Washington, Feb. 24- —Congress
today ordered the $387,000,000 tax
reducti bill sent to President
Coolidge." completing work on its
first and probably most important
piece of legislation of the season.
The President .is expected to make
the bill effective with his signature
at an early date, * although allowed
10 days in which to study it.
Senate Accepts 61-10.
Final congressional approval of
the measure came lats today with
the acceptance by the senate, 61 to
10, of the compromise reached in
conference with the house. By a
similarly overwhelming vote, the
house ratified the compromise yester
day. f
Carrying provisions for relief of
virtually every federal taxpayer, its
effects will begin to be felt k when
first income tax installments fall due
March 15. More than 2,300,000 who
paid income taxes last year will be
: relieved of all taxes under the rneas
: ure.
Those voting against the bill
: were: ,
Republicans—Frazier and Nye, of
; North Dakota; Howell, of Nebras
; ka; LaFollette, of Wisconsin, and
; Norbeck, of South Dakota —5.
; Democrats—Blease, South Caro
; lina; Trammell, Florida, and Walsh,
Montana—4.
'■ Farmer labor—Shipstead, Minne
( sota —1.
( Total—lo.
►I President to Sign. %
FATHER USES IRON
ON TEACHERS' HEAD
J. O. Kinsland Said to Have
Been Attacked by Fath
er of Boy He Whipped
For Breaking Rule.
Asheville, Feb. '2s.— (A*)—-J. O.
Kinsland, principal of Garden Creek
School in Haywood county, is in a
hospital at Canton as a result of be
ing struck on the head with a piece
of iron by the father of a boy he
whipped Monday for violation of a
school rule, according to information
received here this morning from the
office of William C. Allen, .Haywood
county superintendent of schools, in
Waynesville. The man who struck
the principal is one Turpin, it was
said. Although severely' injured,
Mr. Kinsland is expected, to recov
i er. it was learned.
i
j Pretty Girl Swindles Greensboro
Stores.
Greensboro, Feb. ' 24.-T-A pretty
girl giving her name as S. M. Long,
and her father's name as J. Long,
saying that she was a college stu
dent here, add her father, a resident
of Charlotte, has stung two mer
chants here with bad checks and
flitted away. Merchants’ Association
officials here said today. Inquiry at
the college showed there was no such
student there, and the Merchants’
Association officials at Charlotte
said they could not find any such
Longs. The girl got a $5 pair of
shoes and. -20 in change at one store,
and $5 worth of merchandise at
another.
Cotton on the local market today is
quoted at 18 1-2 to 18 3-4 cents per
pound.
The bill goes $87,000,000 beyond
the total, of reduction for this year
which Secretary Mellon first declar
i ed possible,and about $£7,000,000 be
yond revised limits later set by the
treasury, but President Coolidge in
dicated today he would sign it.
This indication was given to Rep
resentative Tilson, of Connecticutt,
the republican house leader, on the
assurance that Congress will not go
: too far in increasing government
expenditures. Predicting
i would agree to such a program, Mr.
i Tilson said he expected approval of
the public buildings bill providing
for the expenditure of $165,000,000
over a period of years. Efforts will
be made, he added, to hold the ex
-1 penditures for rivers and harbors
i and highway improvements within
i the present limits.
Future Years.
i "While the tax measure proposed
reduction of $387,000,000 in federal
■ taxes this year, the amount in
future years has been estimated at
$348,000,000. Nexjt year the corpora
tion tax will be increased from
’ 12 1-2 to 131-2 per cent to com
pensate' for repeal of the capital
! stock tax whereas for thi3 year the
tax raised only to 13 per cent.
Debat in the senate today inciud
, ed discussion of mest the princi
pal features of the bill, but deal
■ chief’y with the restoration in con
ference of the modified inheritance
tax section, which the senate nad
voted to eliminate.
CONCORD, N. €., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1926
150 PERSONS HELD
CAPTIVES BY BLAZE
ESCAPE WITH LBfES
Men, Women and Children
Were Trapped in Post
| Office Building in Aus
tralian Town by Fires. *
FIRE FIGIITERS
MAY BE DOOMED
They Have Been Cut Off
by Fires Which Have
Been Raging in Queens
town District.
Melbourne, Australia, Feb. 25;— (A*)
—Bush fires which recently have done
immense damage in Australia • have
broken out again in the Qufcetsrtown
district, King Lake township, has
been, destroyed except for -tha- post
office. In this building 15CT inhabi
tants took refuge and at last reports
it was surrounded by flame*. The
fate of ttie hi mates is not known.
A party of fire fighters who left
Queenstown for King Lake apparent
ly had been cut off by the flames. A
large party of Melbourne police went
to Queenstown to try to get through
to King Lake but were unable to
reach that place.
Finally Escaped.
Melbourne, Australia, Feb. 25.
C4*lp—One hundred and fifty men, wo
men and children who took refuge in
the postoffice building at King Lake,
while the. remainder of the town was
swept by a great bush fire, have been
rescued after being surrounded by the
flames for six hours.
TWO APPLICANTS DENIED
LICENSE AS BARRISTERS
Farmer and' Duke Cannot Practice
Law in North Carolina.
Raleigh. Feb. 24.—Rex L. Farmer,
of Wilson, and Otis W. Duke, of
Greensboro, both justices of the peace,
were declared by the supreme conrt
today to be “lacking in the necessary
upright character” to entitle them to
licenses to practice law. They w£re
among the class of applicants who
passed the bar, examination last
montfi.
The court handed down a paper by
Chief Justice Stacy denying the li
censes ns the result of evidenegr-gib*
duced at a hearing February 11th,
when formal protests against the two
men were accompanied by damaging
allegations of improper conduct as
individuals and while acting in of
ficial capacities.
“No one should seek to enter the
legal profession who does not under
stand its high vision or who does not
feel its essential nobility,” the chief
justice declared. “It is neither a
place of refuge nor a reformatory for
those who have stumbled in other
fields.”
Evidence of stumbling by Farmer
and Duke was offered in abundance
by the allegations put before the
court.
Against Farmer it was charged
that as a justice of the peace he had
failed to make due returns and ac
count for moneys and things intrust
ed to him, and in some instances had
converted them to his own use; had
collected on bad checks and had failed
to turn the money over to the. party
making claim, and that he had failed
to account for money collected for a
membership fee in the Ku Klux Klan.
Another charge was to the effect that
during the course of a hearing in his
magistrate’s court, when a lawyer re
ferred to some decision of the courts,
Farmer interrupted with a declara
tion like this: “To hell with the
d d supreme court, I don’t give
a d for the cupreine court or any
other court, I’ifl running this court
as Id- d please.”
Farmer denied some of the allega
tions, including the reference to the
court, and as a general defense offered
affidavits of good character since he
had reached the riper years of his
life.
Duke had a court record to inter
fere with hi« chances of gaining ad
mittance to the legal profession, and,
as a further bar there was the record
of an absolute divorce granted his
wife on the ground of adultry, with
a court judgment to the effect that
he was “not a fit or suitable person”
to have the care and custody of their
minor\Aild.
His divorced wire, who was the
principal protestant at the hearing
before the court, charged that he had
furnished her the money to bring
her suit, a charge which Duke de
nied, however.
Protest Ruling Affect Rig “Snap Cot
ton.”
Washington, Feb. 25.— (A*) —The
Houston, Texas, cotton exchange has
protested against a recent ruling of
the Department/ of Agriculture re
quiring appeals in cases involving
what is known as “snap cotton” to be
judged by an appeal committee in
Washington.
Snap cotton is cotton that is not
picked by hand. The reason for the
Department’s order was given as the
necessity for greater uniformity in
grading, grading of snap cotton being
considered more difficult. It was said
today that the ruling would not be
rescinded.
Class Gift at Davidson of Class 1926;
Davidson College, N. C., Feb. 23. —
(A*) —The Class of 1926 Davidson
College will present eight campus
benches as the annual class gift to
the College, it is announced.
100 Candles
Sul |l?|
When Edward Harney reached hla
100th birthday the whole town of
Henry, 111., where he lives, turned
out to help him celebrate. He wan
presented among other things, with
a cake bearing 100 candles. He is be
Heved to be the oldest person in
Illinois.
BIG CROWD PRESENT
FOB TRIAL Os BAY
Great Interest in the Case
at Marshall Where the
Farmer Is Being Tried
For His Life,
Asheville, IjTeb. 25.—C4*)—The Su
perior Court room of Madison county j
ait Marshall was jammed this morn
ing when selection of a jury to try
Wallace Ray, 48 years old, for the
murder of Dr. O. V. Burnett in a
pistol duel last November was start
ed, according to information received
here. A special ventire of 150 men
appeared and it was predicted that
it would be difficult to obtain a jury
Judge P. A. McElroy, of Marshall
is presiding %at the trial. Solicitor
J. Ed Swain, of Asheville, who will
oroseeute the case, has declared that
he will press the charge of first de
gree murder and will seek infliction
of the death penalty,
ALUMINUM COMPANY NOT
CONTROLLED BY MELLONS
Department of Justice Further
Finds That Andrew Mellon Did
Not Furnish Capital.
Washington, Feb. 24—Stockhold
ings of Secretary Mellon and his
brother, R B. Mellon, in the
Alum'jnum Qompany of America
“are far from sufficient to constitute
control of the company,” the depart
ment of jusice holds in its final re
port on its investigation as to
whether the company has violated
federal court decrees.
An examination of the stock rec
ords of the company disclosed that
the stockho’ding of A. W. Mellon do
not constitute a control, moreover,
that the combined holdings of A. W.
Mellon and his brother, R. B. Mellon,
are far from sufficient to constitute
a control of the company,” says Wil
liam R. Benham, a special assistant
to the attorney general who
into that matter.
It has been stated that many
times that A. W. Mellon, supplied
the original capital for the com
pany. Such is not a fact. The records
show’ that his first connection with
the company was nearly two years
after its formation, when he acquir
ed 60 shares.
“The control of the company ap
pears to rest in the E. S- Hall estate
of which Davis (president of the
company) is one of the trustees and
votes the stock, the Hall tamily.
Mrs. Alfred E. Hunt, the widow of
Alfred E. Hunt, one of the fohnders,
her son, Roy A. Hunt, George H.
Clapp, a former partner of Alfred E.
Hunt, Arthur V. Davis, A. K-
Laurie and a few other of Mr.
Hunt’s original associates.”
Another Increase in Gasoline Prices.
New York. Feb. 23.—0 P)— I The
Standard Oil Company of New Jer
sey has advanced tank wagon price of
gasoline 1. cent per gallon, in Vir
ginia, North Carolina and South Car
olina, making the new quotation 17
cents a gallon. In West Virginia the
price has been advanced one-half cent
to 16 1-2 cents a gallon.
Soviet Russia has decreed that
gypsies must get off the road and
settle on the land. The name “gypsy?’
is a contraction of '“Egyptian,” as
the wanderers were formerly called.
Charlotte Postmaster Renominated.
Washington, Feb. 23 Postmaster
nominated today; Judd D. Albrig»it>
Charlotte, N. C.
Several Killed, Much
Property Damaged R’>
Tornado In Southwest
THE COTTON MARKET
| Opened Barely Steady at Decline of
! Tto 14 Points Under Continued
I- Seflfing.
New York, .Feb. 25.—0^)—The cot
ton market opened barely steady to
day at a decline of 1 to 14 points
under, continued selling which devel
oped late yesterday, in sympathy with
lower’ Liverpool cables. 5
Reiterated reports of an* easier spot
basis in the South, and rumors that
fcfaipraefite of cotton were expected
here for tender next month were fac
tors on the decline, which soon ex
tended to 19.71 for March and 17.92
for October, or about 7 tol2 points
below’ yesterday’s closing quotations.
Trade interests were'' buyers at the
lower prices, however, and the market
was a shade up from the lowest at
the end of the first hour, hU’liough
the 4one was rather unsettled.
Itains reported in the South were
thqught likely to delay farm work for
two or three days but were not con
sidered harmful. >,
"Cotton futures opened barely steady.
March 19.80; May, 19.20; July
18.60 ; Opt. If.Q5; Dec. 17.59.
WOULD LIMIT TRADING
IN GRAIN FUTURES
T
1,000,000 Bushels Daily Would Be
Limit in Amendment in Futures
Trading Act.
Washington, Feb. 25. —(A») —Trad-
ing in grain futures would be limited
r to 1.000,000 bushels daily for a single
operator, under an amendment to the
futures trading act, introduced today
b/ Senator Capper, Republican, of
Kansas.
The amendment, Senator Capper
declared, would make it more diffi
cult for gamblers to raid the
market.”
“Unrestricted trading ns now per
mitted make it possible for the spec
ulators to manipulate the market at i
will, and bring about excessive price
fluctuations,” he continued. “These
violent fluctuations caused, by man
ipulations of speculators constitute an
economic crime which works great in
jury to the legitimate grain trade as
Well as to the producers.” .
PROPOSED NEW FEDERAL
, DEPARTMENT OPPOSED
Dr. J. Greaham ‘Macben, of Prince
ton, Against Department of Eudca
tion.
Washington, Feb. 25. — (A*) —Crea-
tion of a national department of edu
cation was opposed before the joint
Senate and House committee on edu
cation today by Dr. J. Gresham
Mathen, of the Princeton Theological
Seminary.
The joint committee conducting
hearings on the Crutis bill for es
tablishment of such a department was
old by Dr. Machen that It would
tend to make education uniform un
der a strong central control, contrary (
‘o the spirit of the American govern
ment.
With Our Advertisers.
On March sth and 6th, E. B.
Smith, of Stanfield, will sell to the j
highest bidder for cash his stock of I
general merchandise, each item to be |
sold separately. Sale will start at 10 j
o’clock, rfb will also sell a lot of j
farming implements, two trucks, his
real estate, etc. See ad. in this paper.
The Kidd-Frix Co. are the repre
sentatives here of C. G. Conn, manu
facturer of band instruments. You j
can get these instruments with no;
payment down. See ad.
Estates left without a will are'
settled by arbitrary state laws, ate- j
dious procedure, often resulting in an j
unfair distribution among heirs. See
ad. of Citizens Banks and Trust Co.
This will be the last week in Con
cord of the fruit store in front of the
new’ hotel. See ad. today.
Smart footwear for Spring at the
Ruth-Kesler Shoe Store. Colored kid I
leads. Several beautiful models of j
opal and parchment gray kid. Widths
AAA to D.
A depositor w r ho opened an account;
w T ith the Citizens Bank and Trust j
Company in January, 1920, deposit- J
ing three dollars a week.: now has a ;
balance of more than SSOO.- You can I
do the same thing.
The Reid Motor Co. is calling to
your attention in their ad. the facts
about the new Ford. Today they
tell you about the left-hand drive.
All kinds of notions for dress-mak
ers at J. C. Penney Co’s. Quality
supplies that are low priced. See list
in new ad. today on page five.
1 —*
Storm Warnings Displayed.
Washington, Feb. 25. — (A*) —Ad-
visory 9:30 a. m. <storm warnings dis
played on the Atlantic Coast, Cape
Hatteras to Eastport, Me. and small
craft warnings south of Hatteras to
Jacksonville, Severe storm cen
tral over southern Lake Michigan
moving rapidly northeastward.
Ponzi Surrenders.
Jacksonville, Fla.. Feb. 25. — (A 3 )—
Char’es Ponzi, sought on a federal
warrant charging use of the mails to
defraud,* surrendered to the United
S f ates marshal here today. He made
bond of SI,OOO, fixed when the war
rant was issued yesterday, and left
the federal building.
There are no chairs in some rural
Japanese restaurants, but the wait
resses bring kimonofi to wear and
mats to eit on.
Lenoir Evans, of Charlotte, was a
visitor in Concord
J. B. SHERRILL,, Editor and Publisher
A Report From Memphis,
Tenn., Says Three Ne
groes ■* Are Known to
Have Been Killed.
FARM BUILDINGS
BLOWN TO GROUND
Storm Struck in Arkansas
and Moved on to Mis
sissippi and Tennessee
Towns.
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Greenwood. Mi**:., Feb. 2^. — UP) —
One negro child was. killed and six
teen negroes, were injured, one severe
ly in a tornado which wrecked sev*ral
buildings on the S.,C. Hill plantation
near Sidon. eight miles south of
Greenwood, late last night.
The storm, sweeping in from the
southwest, wrecked a plantation resi
dence, the store building and a num
ber . qf... tenant, bouses. Six white
“children were caught in the wreckage
of the dwelling but only’ one was in
jured.
Several tenant houses on the Holly
Grove plantation near Sidon also
were damaged.
Three Known Dead.
Memphis, Tenn.. Feb. 25.— UP) —
Three negroes killed and a score of
persons injured was the known toll
today of a tornado which swept across
Mississippi River from southeast Ar
kansas late last night after demol
ishing several buildings in the vi
cinity of Lake Village, wrecked about
twenty-five buildings in a residential
suburb at Greenville, Miss., aud
played havoc with barns and tenant
houses on ' several plantations in
northern Mississippi.
RETAIN TWENTY
BRANCH OFFICES
Forty Other Stations For Dia.ribut
ing Tags Abandoned.
Raleigh, Feb. 24.—Branch offices
of the automobile license bureau will
be retained in twenty cities and towns
for the next twelve [months under the
terms of a contract with the Carolina
Motor Club entered into today by
Revenue Commissioner R. A. Dough -
ton.
Forty other stations which Tiave
been maintained during the past year
will be abandoned, < The installation
at the central offices in Raleigh of
rapid fire addressing and mailing ma
-1 chines will enablethe bureau to do
j the bulk of the work distributing the
i plates from here and render unneces
sary those stations which are to be
closed down.
In addition to the contract with
the Carolina club, Commisioner
Doughton indicated that arrange
ments would be m£de for the Winston-
Salem motor club to continue super
vision of on i or more branches in that
territory.-
The twepty stations which the
commissioner has decided to 1 keep
open are located at Asheville, Char
lotte, Winston-Salem, Durham, Eliz
abeth City, Fayetteville, Gastonia,
Goldsboro, Greensboro, Greenville,
Henderson, Hickory, New Bern, Rock
ingham, Rocky Monnt, Salisbury,
j Sanford, Shelby, Silver and Wil
! mington.
. 1
.Arrangements Perfected to Bridge
Cape Fear.
Wilmington, Feb. 24.—Construc
tion of a mammoth bridge to span
| the Cape Fear river, eliminating the
I present ferry on the Asheville-Char
; lotte-Wilmington route,'No. 20. was
: definitely determined here today fol
| lowing a conference between Frank
Pagej Chairman of the state highway
commission, and the New Hanover
county board of commissioners.
The cost will approximate $1,637,-
000 of which amopnt the county has
legislative permission to issue sl,-
250,00 p in bonds.
Under the arrangement tentative
-1 ly agreed upon today the excess sum
will be advanced by the county to i
be returned from future road build
ing allotments.
| The bridge will be of the lift span
! type with fixed level of 50-feet above
i the water and total maximum height
‘of 170 feet.
i
February 1 White Sale at Parks-Belk
Company.
T'he big February white sale at the
Parks-Belk Co. will take place Thurs
day, Friday Saturday and Monday.
Household linens, towels, curtains,
blankets, underthings, all materials
for borne sewing will be in this sale.
This is an event that always attracts
big crowds. This year it is going
to be one of the biggest ever. All
white goods will be included in this
sale.
Big bargains will also be offered in
spring fashions in everything for men
and women. In the bargain base
ment you will find some especially
attractive bargains. Read the two
pages of ads. ‘in today's paper for
details.
Charges Government Employes Like
to Loaf.
Washingtorf, Feb. 24.—Represen
tative Martin L. Davey, of Ohio, has
stirred quite a commotion here by
charging that many government em
ployes loaf and waste money for
Uncle Bam. He would reorganize the
entire business end of the govern
ment. The Civitan club of Canton,
N. C-, among the first organization
to approve the Davey plan. It has
adopted a resolution urging North
Carolina members to support the
Davey bill*
GHWERNOR FIELDS '
' ASKS EXECUTIVES !
FOR CONFERENCE
Wants to Discuss With
Governors Allocation
and Exchange of Prison
Commodities.
GOV. McLEAN IS
GOVERNOR NAMED
Governors,of Arkansas, In- s
diana, Missouri, Tennes
see, Virginia and West
\ Virginia Named.
Frankfort, Ky., Feb. 25. — UP) — i
Governor Fields today invited seven
governors to attend a eynferpnee on .
allocation of prison industries to be
held here April 7th and Bth.
Governors invited are Tom J. Ter
rell, of Arkansas; Ed Jackson, of In
diana ; A. W. McLean, of North Car
olina ; Sam A. Baker, of Missouri)
Austin Peay. of Tennessee; Harry F.
Byrd, of Virginia, and Howanjl
Gore, of West Virginia.
John F. Smith, president of Berea
, College, has been prominent in pro
posing the regional conference on
prison labor. In extending the in
. vitation Governor Fields wrote each
i governor:
“You will recall that the proposal
; for cq-opcration in the allocation and
, exchange of prison commodities so as
to overcome as far as possible the '
, pppositiou of manufacturing and labor
groups has been before the conference
of governors for the past three years.
“The proposal received general ap
proval and was referred to zone con
ferences. five of which already have
been held. I enclose the report of
the inter-mountain conference on the
allocation of prison industries.
K Wl!l you, not come to Frankfort
on the date above mentioned and if
possible bring a delegation of those
frpm your State who are conversant
, with penal industrial problems?
“If you find it impossible to come
yourself, I trust you will have your
representatives present at this im
portant conference.”
WOMAN ADMITS SHE
WAS NOT ASSAULTED
, Mrs. Wright, However, Says Martin
and Knotts Abused and Bobbed
I Her—Capital Charge Dropped.
Charlotte, Feb. 24.—The shadow
of the electric chair was lifted this
afternoon from Oscar Martin and
Jim Knotts, young white men who
have been in jail here for the past
several weeks charged with criminal
ly assaulting and robbing Mrs. Mary
J. Wright, 64-year-old Newell wo
man.
Mrs. Wright this afternoon admit
ted that she was not criminally as
saulted by the young men and said
that she would so testify at the trial
schedu’ed to start in Superior tourt
here Friday. However, she main
i tained that she was abused and rob
bed by the two men.
As a result of Mrs. Wright’s ad
mission Solicitor John G. Carpenter
announced that he would not call
the two men to trial on a capital
charge. However, he announced that
he would press the lesser charges
virgo rously.
Mrs. Wright said she had had
doubted from the time of the at
tack that she was criminally assault
ed and said she would testify to that
effect for “I do not want them to be
electrocuted.”
Uncle Sam Swears Out Warrant
For Charles Ponxi.
Jacksonville, Fla-, Feb. 24. A
federal warrent for the arrest of
Charles Ponzi, “financial wizard,”
on charges alleging illegal use ot tbe
mails tA defraud, was issued here
today at the request of postofficc in
spectors. s -
The warrant was issued in con
nection with Ponzi’s real estate deal
ings. by which he sought to sell lots
I for ten dollars each with the. pur*
I l>ose, he declared, of paying hack
creditors who lost in his interna
tional reply coupon activ/tie# in Bos
ton.
France and Russia Negotiating.
Paris, Feb 25. — UP) —Negotiation*
between soviet Russia and France
with regard to commercial relations,
credit* and the settlement of debt*,
were opened today in the foreign of
fice under the chairmanship of Pre
mier Briand M. Rakovsky, the sov
iet ambassador, represented his eoun«
try.
Southern to Buy 113 Locomotive*.
New York. Feb. 24. —The South
ern Railway is in the market for
113 locomotives, the largest loco
motive inquiry in many months. The
company also is taking bids on 2,250
freight cars.
BATB BEAR SAYSt
Generally fair and colder tonight
and Friday, strong southwest and
west winds, diminishing tonight.
NO: 67