North Carolina Newspapers

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July sold off to 18.12 and Decem t her to 17.10 within the first few min [.utefi. making net declines of about 10 , to 10 points, but there was some for j eign trade buying of new crop months, j and while the demand from shorts | wits much less active following re ;<ent rallies, the market steadied up | a few points.from the lowest before tfie end of the first hour. Reports of unseasonably low tem peratures in the South miay have brought in a little buying, but escept for some price fixing and-the foreign buying, demand was-attrimited chiefly to further covering. Cotton futures opened barelv steady May 18.00; July 18.18; Octr 17.50; Dec. 17.17; Jan. 17.14. MISS MAGGIE LOWE DIES AT SALISBURY Was Trained Nurse in Atlanta For M a ny Years—Mrs. Katie Shive Pneumonia Victim. Salisbury, March 13.—Miss Mag gie Lowe died early this morning at the home of a brother. Captain j. F- Lowe, on Mitchell avenue where she had made her home for the past year. For many years ’Mass Lowe was a trained nurse and practiced her profession in Atlanta. Two sis ters and two brothers survive, these betng Mrs. E. W. Tatum, of Salis bury. and Miss Elizabeth Lowe of 'Charlotte, and J. E. Lowe, of Salis bury and W- V. Lowe, of Asheville. Mrs. Katie Holshouser Shive, wife of J. L. Shive. died this af.ernoon at 5 o’clock at her home on Elm street, death being caused by in fluenza %nd pneumonia. Mrs. Shive was 21) years old and is survived by her husband, who is with the Peeler , Grocery company, and two sons, aged five and two years: also her mother. Mrs. Dovie Holshouser, and sister, Mrs- K. A. Kluttz. WANTS GEORGE HATES ~ ~ TRIED BY GOVERNMENT Senator Walks Asks for Proescution of “Surprise” Witness in Wheeler Case. Washington. March 15.— UP) —A demand that the justice department prosecute for perjury George B. Hayes, of New \~ork, the “surprise” witness for the government in Mon tana trial of Senator Wheeler, Dem ocrat, of Montana, was made today in the Senate by Senator Walsh. Dem ocrat. of Montana. As a spur to the department intro-, duced a resolution directing the at torney general td advise the Senate whether it is the purpose to submit Hayes’ testimony to a grand jury ' with a view to obtaining an indict ment against him. Declaring that the story of the prosecution of-Senator TV’heeler makes ’’black chapter in the history of the American jurisprudence” Senator Walsh said it was of “transcendent impjartance that the attempt through perjured testimony to silence a memb er of this body and overwhelm him in ignominy should not pass unnoticed.” Reviewing the vents at the trial in Montana last year, at which Sena tor Wheeler was asquitted of the charge of accepting money for prose cuting oil lease eases before the In terior Department, Senator Walsh Says Sayes’ testimony on its face was incredible. ’The story was that Wheel had confessed with him in New York and offered to split the fee with him for prosecuting the oil lease eases of Gordon Campbell of Montana. MANY GASTON SPINDLES STANDING IDLE TODAY Lack of Demand for Yam Causes Curtailment in Some Plants. Gastonia, Marfeh 15. — UP) —Over 1,000,000 spinning spindles are idle to* ♦lay under curtailment forced by„lack of demand, according to a check made this morning. It is also understood that other plants in nearby counties and in Gaston not reached, are stand ing likewise until tomorrow morning at 6 o’clock. The demand has been decreasing generally for the past month or six weeks, and it is under stood nearly all mills in this territory except those spinning for their own looms expect to curtail from Satur day noon untill Tuesday morning, un til the demand reaches a point to take up that production. Bessie Love Says Parisians Copy Styles Wrom U. S. Films. Culver City, Calif.. March 15— UP) —The salesladies of Fifth Avenue l still may prattle, “This is Very - &mart; just from Paris.” But in • Paris the, shopkeepers are aaying, “Very chic; just what they are wear- J ing in Hollywood.’”. , So reports Bessie Love, w’ho has l leturned from Paris to the Metro i Goldwyn-Maye** studios to make her . next picture, “Lovey Mary.” - “1° Paris, it ie an open secret that ? the designers copy their gowns from J The American films,” said Miss Love. “Parisian women are quick to follow (he fashions of the American screen , stars and so the designers are com .. peUed to copy them.” After Secret Meeting Mem bers Separate Without f Being Abale to Reorgan ize Council of League. ; SEE SOLUTION \ TO PROBLEMS r ‘ Tension Is Easing Up Now and It Is Hoped That by ; Wednesday Crisis Will Have Been Passed. i Geneva, March 15. —(>P) —Again to ■ day the members of the league of na > tions separated after a seeret meeting 1 without reaching an agreemeut con cernlng the reorganization of the coun ■ eil in connection with Gfrmany’s en k tranctr'iatfTnie league. In order to gain more time, it was 1 decided" to postpone the session of the ' assembly scheduled for tomorrow until Wednesday. Nevertheless some league officials said that the easing of the crisis which began in the early hours of the morning clearly continued to ex pand ami they forecast that by Wed nesday the main difficulty would be solved. • Several members of the council are i reported to be telegraphing their home governments concerning the new de velopments. Foreign minister Chamberlain of great Britain emerging from the sei*- son said the stuation looked more hopeful but that it was too early to hazard a guess regarding the directon in which the solution would be found. Sig. Sciolio, of Italy, seemed less confident of a speedy and satisfactory end, saying “you know that the pati ent can start sinking the minute the doctors give out optimistic bulletins.” Statements from the French sources and from foreign minister Stresemann of Germany indicated that the council was seeking a settlement in the direc tion of bring about the resignation of one or more non-permanent members of the council to permit the immedi ate election of Poland. Under this plan, Sweden would re sign and Poland would take her chance of receiving the majority's support in the assembly as a substi tift* for Sweden. - Both Count Quinones de Leori of Spain and Afranio Melo Franco of Brazil left today's meeting depressed in appearance, the Brazilian states man particularly so, thus creating the | impression that their cause for per manent seats.lad not been advanced. "When Dr. Stresemann asked Pre mier Briand of France if Poland were willing to take her chance on election by tjie assembly to a non permanent seat vacated by some other coxintry, M. Briand is reported to have replied “As in David Copperfield—Barkis is willing.” COIN SALE LIMIT GETS EXTENSION Held Open Until April Ist by the I . Request of Chairman Morrison. Charlotte, March 14. —The bids for the sale of memorial coins in North Carolina has been extended until April Ist. Information to this effect lias been received from Cameron Mor rison, chairman for North Carolina. Mr. Morrison wired the Stone Moun tain Memorial Association as follows: “Inasmuch as North Carolina has responded so wonderfully in the short time allotted us to sell our quota of Stone Mountain Memorial coins, I feel that it is only fair to the people of this state to give us until April Ist. ' If you cannot do this. North Carolina Will in all probability lead every southern state anyway. We nre just like that in North Caro lina.” , To which reply was received March 12th as follows; “Your wire. You may have to April Ist as we will not recall coins from banks there until that date” says Mr. Morrison, will be splendid news- tp the many cities and 1 towns in North Carolina who really used more time to sell their quotas. ’ Already in North Carolina over 100 • towns are organized and at work. The - city coins are being sold at prices of i a higher-average than any southern l state. i After April Ist all coins willl be - witlidrhwn, after which date no Stone l Mountain Memorial coin can be pur • chased at the old. price except by spe t cial order. On April 15th the price - advances to $2. r - 1 Five People Burn to Death in Fire. Shreveport, La-, March 14.—Five ' bodies had been reeivered tonight 5 from the ruins of the Crewell hotel, a three-story brick structure destroyed by fire here early this morning. j More thaq a score of guests es caped without injury. ) . The dead; e Thomas W. Hoskins, 52, day hotel rr dark. j Augustus Brichest, 65, Cincinnati, Ohio, traveling salesman for the ’ Bethlehem Steel corporation and the American saf and Lock company. Jack Hutte, 35 Escanaba, Mich. Martin Lester, 24, Shreveport. D. H- West, address undetermin r ed. t : 3 White Bill Passed. . x Washington, March 15. — UP) —The v White bill, to control all phases of a radio; was passed-today by the House, -by a vote of 218 to 124. It now goes jtt> the Senate. ‘ , CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1926 The Final Vote Seven hundred and seventy-five votes have been cast here in the matter of prohibition enforcement. The vote stands as follows: For strict enforcement, 529. For Repeal of Amendment, 50 For rgodification of law, 216. ■ The votes will be completed in the office of the News ; paper Enterprise Association, Cleveland, 0., Saturday/ , March 20, and announced to the papers by wire. The Tribune vote was forwarded today. j ... NO NOMINATION AT 0. A. H MEETING Mrs. Gregory Rules That Mrs. W. O. Spencer Did Not Receive Majority of | Votes at Meet. Jalisbury, March 15.* —0^)—A cul has been made by Mrs. E. C. Gre gory of Salisbury, regent of the North Carolina Society of Daughters of the American Revolution, that the vote of 69 to 68 in which Mrs. W. O. Spencer of Winston-Salem was endorsed for Vico President General does not con stitute a necessary majority. Mrs. Gregory holds that under the regulations of the orgamzation an en dorsement requires a majority of the votes registered at the time of the voting. Therefore 70 votes at were necessary for endorsement she said. The vote for Mrs. Spencer was over Mrs. Ralph Van in the recent state convention held in Char lotte. The votes registered at the time numbered 138 while 137 were voted. NO CANDIDATE ENDORSED RULES HEAD OF D. A. R. President General of National So ciety Settles Disputed Point. ■ Charlotte, March 14. —No candi date was endorsed for the office of vice president general of the Nation al Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution by the North Carolina D. A- R. in this recent an nual meeting at Charlotte, according to a telegram from Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook, president general of the National Society, addressed to Mrs. Edwin C. Gregory, of Salig*. bury. State regent. “Endorsement required a majority of the voters registered at the time of the voting; therefore at lease 70 votes were necessary for endorse ment,” reads the telegram. "Hence no candidate was endorsed.” At the recent convention in Char lotte Mrs. W- O. Spencer, of Win ston-Salem, was declared the nomi nee of the North Carolina D. A. R., having received 69 votes to 68 votes cast for Mrs. Ralph VanLanding ham, of Charlotte. The record shows 138 registered votes present at the time of the balloting. NOTORIOUS RETAILER AGAIN BEHIND BARS Bud Lippard. Notorious Law-Break er of Catawba, Arrested at Salis i bury. Newton. March 13. —Bud Lippard, Catawba’s notorious bootlegger, is again in the Newton jail, having been arrested in Sa’isbury. Sheriff Bost, upon being notified of hie ar rest, sent Deputy W. C. Curlee Salisbury after him. Lippard was sentenced to the county jail for 18 months for violating the prohibition law, but was later paroled by Gov-: ernor Morrison- After he was pa roled |je again violated the prohibi tion laws and the Governor revoked the parole. Since that time he has been dodging officers. Capoases had been sent to all nearby towns. At the time Lippard was convicted in Ca tawba Superior Court he was crip pled, walking on crutches, and' the judge sentenced him to the coiinty jail jnstead of the chaingang. He had served only two months of the 18 mouths sentence when he was granted a parole. WARRANT IS ISSUED AGAINST GROUNDHOG 1 Judge Murray, of Burlington, De crees Animal Shall Answer For His Crimes. Burlington, March 13-—Judge E. H. Murray today established a pre -1 cedent in the application of the law 1 in this city when he issued a war ' rant against “the groundhog” for al leged tampering with the weather. ! Hardy Stoekard, veteran Alamance county deputy sheriff, has been call ed upon to make the arrest and to , hold the prisoner without bail, if he , is apprehended. According to information given " out by Judge Murray, the deputy I will form a posse of irate citizens to assist him ip the arrest if the bloodhounds are able to trail the al leged desperate character to his lair, which it is feared will be a difficult I task because the snow had blotted out his tracks. * » Discredits Story of Eve. j Amsterdam. March 13.—The Rev. J- B. Geolkerken, w r ho in a recent sermon cast doubt on the Bible story of Eve and the serpent, Was suspended today for three months by the General Synod of the Reformed churches after a trial for heresy. H e had refused to sign an agreement to interpret Genesis literally. e— | f The bout between Gene Tunney !, and Young Stribbling is expected to s attract a record crowd to the Miami stadium on the night of March 12th. i 160 ARC REPORTED j LOST IN ACCIDENT | Those Killed Were Na j **tives of Costa Rica, Be ! lieved to Have Been on Religious Excursion. - Boston, March 15.— (J P)—Cable ad vices received today by the United Fruit Company said that 160 natives of Costa Rica were killed in a rail way accident at Virilla River bridge near San Jose yesterday. Those killed were believed to have been > members of an excursion party on the way to Cartago where a relig ious festival was irt progress. The train was coming from the .western part df the island on the railroad that runs from Port Limon on the Pacific Coast. A thousand persons were on the train. One coarfi fell down an em bankment into the Varilla River and it w’as believed most of those who lest their lives were in this coach. Oth er ears also were derailed. The advices received here said iden tifications of only one man had been mafic, a professor in a school at Car tago. His name was not received here, and it was believed he too was a native. No tourists were on the train. Report 248 Killed. San Jose. Costa Rica, March 15. — UP) —Two hundred and forty-eight persons were killed and 93 injured in Sunday’s disastrous train wreck on the Costa Rican railroad, it has thus far been established. Three cars were demolished, one fell to the bottom of the Varilla River from the bridge over the stream, and two others were Jest handing from a 190-foot preei !® ; NESBITT ENLARGES HIS CONFESSION OF CRIME Recites Details of Wife’s Murder, Clearing Up Many of the Uncertain Points. Troy. Q., March 13.—The last words Frances Nesbitt uttered before «he met death at the hands of her husband were: “Oh, Jake, don’t you still love me?” , Jacob Nesbitt recalled that today as he sat in the semi-gloom of his < cell in jail here facing a charge of first degree murder for the slaying of his pretty wife in their home here February 19th. Other details of the tussle preceding the murder became etched on his mind as it cleared from the stress and emotion of last night’s confession. He recalled he struck his wife with a stick of fitewood, then burned it. That clears up one of the most pro found mysteries of the murder—what weapon was used. He related details of the killing to Prosecutor L. E. Harvey telling of them in a faint voice, his sunken eyes in a face seamed and lined with fatigue and emotion. Nesbitt after three weeks of pro claimed innocence during which time he lent his efforts to officials and newspapermen in an effort to solve what had been, termed a “perfect crime,” last night after five hours of questioning broke down and con fessed he killed his wife after they had quarrelled over business affairs. Nesbitt’s alleged confession and the* legal preparations for raising the curtain on the second act of the wierd tragedy shared interest as to what his defense will be. His attorney asserted he has made no plans, but Prosecuting Attorney i Harvey was prepared to fight a plea of temporary insanity. Personal < friends and medical advisers of the i confessed wife slayer have injected 1 their opinion that he was a victim of paranoia, a progressive form of in- ' | sanity, resulting from a feeling of persecution. - Forbes and Thompson Denied Review. Washington. D. C., March 15.—0 P) —Charles R. Forbes, former director of the veterans bureau, and John W. Thompson, St. Louis contractor, con victed at Chicago of conspiracy in connection with hospital contracts, were today denied a review by the Supreme Court. Forbes and Thompson were each sentenced to terms of two years in Leavenworth penitentiary and fines of SIO,OOO. The grounds advanced in support of their petition to the Supreme Court were substantially I those advanced without success in the circuit court of appeals. Refuses to Review Chapman Case. I Washington. March 15.— </P) —Ger- ald Chapman, the mail bandit, under sentence to die April 6th, today was refused a review of his case by the Supreme Court. I Tried and convicted of the murder in Connetticutt while serving a Fed- I eral sentence at Atlanta, Chapman j was given commutation of his Fe 4d > eral sentence by President Coolidge i to enable the state to execute the . death sentence. John Calvin Coolidge Col John C. Coolidge, father of the president, is dangerously ill. and at this printing the president is said to be starting for his father's bedside.” tmmam w———————— UNFAVORABLE TRADE BALANCE IS SHOWN Exoorts During February Amounted $353,000,000 as Against Imports Val ued at $389,000,000. Washington, March 15. — UP) —An unfavorable trade balance of $36,000.- 000 was shown in preliminary esti mates of American foreign trade February issued today by the com merce department. Total exports last month were val ued at $353,000,000 as against im ports worth $389,000,000. , The figures compared with exports worth $397,195,833 in January, and imports of $416,767,339. The excess of Imports over exports during February nearly equalled the favorable trade balance of $37,289,- 065 during the same month last year. Officials pointed to priliminary es timates showing imports of rubber during February were $58,000,000 as one explanation of the excess of im port values. Talmattoe Sisters Have But Two Things Liked in Common. Hollywood. Calif.. March 15 —(4 s ) - Collecting and tbe Charleston nre two things the Talmadge sisters like in common. Otherwise they ate as widely different in Their off-screcn life as they are in the movies. Before the camera. Consfqnce chooses to be the comedienne first, last and always. Norma prefers roles of a more setious nature. In private life, Constance likes to be "iu the thick of things.” Her sister prefers a good bock. “Next to making pictures, I would rather dance than do anything eTse in the world,” Constance said. “I love every form of dancing, from foe clas sical and interpretative to the fox , trot *-and Charleston. To be frank, I am not much given to solitary con finement with studies and books. “Compared to life, books seem to me irrevelartt. The hours other peo ple spend in reading. I prefer to spend in living. I love all types of people and thoroughly enjoy parties of every description. I would rather study human nature at close range than all t’he ‘ologies’ and ‘isms’.” Norma likes reading books for her own pleasure, that is, she explained, reading the kind of books she can enjoy whether or not they are njotion picture material. “I suppose when one spends the greater part of one’s assuming tlie characters of fiction, it is natur al to enjoy turning to real facts for recreatipn,” she said. “At any rate; when I read for my own pleasure, I prefer history or autobiography.” She also likes outdopr sports and particularly long, rambling walks. Her pet hobby is collecting old jewel ry. Just at present, Norma is tak ing lessons in the Charleston and French, the latter because she hopes to spend a year traveling in France. Washington R. Owens Succumbs at Salisbury'* Salisbury, Mar. 14 Washington R Owens, age 70 years, familiarly known as Tom Owens died enrly this morning at his house on South Jackson street, death being caused by pneumonia. The wife and one ♦laughter. Miss survive. Tha funeral will be conducted at 4:30. Monday, from the residence. Kerosene is now replacing elec tricity on buoys, barge canals, ana in railway signaling.' Certain spe cial lamps will burn continuously for a year without attention- J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher GOLD HILL WOMAN I ACCIDENT VICTIM Mrs. Jap Odum Killed 1 When Auto in Which ■, She Was Riding Skidded and Threw Her Out. 1 Albemarle, March 15. ' Jap Odum was fatally injured today ’ and two'others were sbahapi up -as the result of their automobile skidding ’ on the Troy read near here, throwing , the occupants from the tnadhine. Mrs. j ■ Odum’s neck was broken. Her hus-!L ’ band is a prisoner at the Stnj:e peni-1 tentiary at Raleigh. She was a res s ident of Gold Hill. I The woman’s sister-in-law and male companion were riding with her at i the time of the accident. CLAIMED TO BE OFFICER Brings in Three Young Men Hand enffed and Gets Behind Bars Him i self. Hickory, M Bl-1 *! 1 H- —Claiming to be a Buncombe county officer, a young man giving his name as John Dex * ter, of Charlotte, was arrested last night and placed in the city jail af ter he had brought three young men ■ to the police station, all handcuffed, and asked Officers Robinson and i Mifechell that a warrant be sworn out ■ against them, charging gambling. According to the*story of the boys, * six of them, one the alleged officer, gathered around , a table in q local s rooming house and engaged in a game, . cf poker. Towards morning Dexter! found himself broke and pulled a gun * on the boys, it was said, and dis played a gold badge which bore the inscription, “deputy sheriff.” i After hearing the story, the officers j > locked Dexter up with the other boys. ' A search of Dexter’s room found • liquor, which will a?so figure , in the case against the alleged Bun - come county officer. Officials got in touch with Sheriff i Mitchell, at Asheville, this morning - who said that he had a man named > John Dexter Merrill, but no John ; Dexter, and tbqt Merrill was in ? Asheville at that time and had not • been to Hickory. » Dexter presents a nice appearance and claims to be 24 years old and a • native of Massachusetts. He wore , his gold 'badge under his vest and i carried a new .38 calibre pietol. In i liis pocket was a warrant for Carl Drake and also a check payable to t ? Carl Drake and signed by Jchn Dex * ter for the sum of sl4. The war ■ rant charged Carl Drake with forg • ing Dexter’s name. S ____________ Asphalt Plant Burns in City of Salisbury. | Salisbury, March 13. —The as phalt plant, of Lassiter company, in the western part of the city, was . burned thus afternoon, togetner with I a quantity of asphalt. While an i swering the alarm two of the city fire trucks got stuck in the mud and after three hours were liberated by the use of a caterpillar tractor. Dr. Douglas Receives Call From Tennessee. i Wadesboro. March 13. —Rev. John i i Jordan Douglas, for 4he past * eight | j years pastor of the First Preeby > terian church of this city, has re v cejved a call to the pastorate of the Presbyterian * church at Jefferson City, Tenn. After an interval of three years l Eddie Butler, of the Crescent A. C., -of Brooklyn, has regained’the A. A. r U. national one-wall court handball championship. FEWER DEATHS ARE REPORTED IN SOUTH DURING m WEEK ~ , 0 v -a One of Low - rolls to Traffic Dur ing Week, Only 34 Be ing Killed. SIX DEATHS IN TAR HEEL STATE Georgia Leader in Injuries Column, With 55—Nine teen Were Hurt in North Carolina. C4*)Dixie yielded one of the low est tolls to traffic during the week just ending that* has beep recorded in I several months’ 34 killed and 321 in. jured. These figures were revealed iu-' .• a survey conducted rtidfty in eleveq ‘.J Southern states by the Associated Press. North Carolina was at the top of -JS the column with six deaths, and Florida a close second with five. Ken- M tucky, brought up the rear with none, the only state having .this record for the week. < Georgia was an easy leader in in- , juries column .with fifty-five. Florida came next with 43. Louisiana with /j 30 bong her nearest rival. Mississippi reported the lowest number hurt with four. The figures were compiled in these * states from automobile railway train, trolley car and motorcycle accidents. THE SINNING SPOUSE IN KANSAS CITY J ____________ -1H Holmes Morris Sends His Wife Money as Evidence of Contrition. Monroe. March 13. —Emsley H. Morris, who lives near this city and who is the father of Holmes Morris. . ! whose strange disappearance on the night of February 18th, developed in to a~sham murder stunt, has returned from a visit to his son in Kansas J City. Mo., and reports Holmes as 1 having a good job and doing we|f. Sheriff Clifford Fowler located Holme.s shortly after it developed ; that his shot-up ear ain' chicken blood > in'the Wynoma mine section was. A i sham. The sheriff stated yesterday that he waited for .some time for a warraat.fer Holmes and the money to 4 go after him. but when it appeared that no one was interested in bring ing- him back, he made known to his 1 people his whereabouts, and his fath | er went and found him where the | sheriff instructed him to look for his isoon. His father walked up behind him, laid his hand on his shoulder and said, “Hello here.” His wayward son, who evidently thought that by this time a tombstone had been erect ed to his memory, turned, and in j great surprise exclaimed. “Where in < the world did you come from?” His father spent the night with him and they talked over the sham which he attempted to pull, and which for three days created great excite ment and wonder in Union county. The.young man, it is said, was some what on the fence as to whether he ' would stay where he Is, or return home to his wife and babies. He sent his wife some money and an expression of his love. .. < He plead to his father that-finan cial reverses had impaired his reason ing faculties, and that at the time he was going through the sham mur | der act. he was not conscious of what he was doing. In the opinion of the | people here, it is unfortunate for him that he did not have an alienist with ' him on that night to testify in his 1 behalf. Referring to the letters writ- I ten by him to the woman with whom he left, under a fictitious name, and through which the sheriff located him. young Morris said that he wrote them on purpose to Jet his people find him. The letters intended to be received by Briccy Reams, the woman with whom he eloped, were addressed to “Miss | Blondie Smith. 12 S. College Street. Charlotte, N. C.” Enclosed envelopes * for reply were addressed to “Richard Reims. Kansas City. Co.” Richard Reims is the real husband of Bricey Reims, tlft paramour of Morris. The Reims woman, who was apprehended • ■ and lodged in Monroe jail shortly af ter the elopement, dropped the sheriff a clue, and instead of Bricey Reims, alias. Blondie Smith, the sheriff op ened the letters. If Morris intended these letters to uet us know of his j whereabouts, §ay his friends and neighbors.* lie chose a mysterious route i to impart the information. A part of a primitive human skull ba« been found forty-two feet below the surface in excavations tor Lloyd’s on the historic site of the Hast India House in London. - - - ■ ■* SAT’S BEAR SAYSs W Partly cloudy tonight, Tuesday fair, net much change in tempera- . | ture. Fresh southwest shifting to northwest winds. is m - - • .. V; 4l NO. 72