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p.l'Mli LI [fosshiies, ■LFRII BABES, Ilieriesi IngoltTl viii-c Charge I ill- |{ot*ii Adopting ■iJan.t Soiling Them ,i i,,i] - Amounts. I'll OF BABY |,i;|> TO INQUIRY Ided £(•"> -O’d Gave Lan Another Baby Ki First Baby Sold to ■ l.ost Its Sight. l o -/.fTT IT. -t/P)—Mrs. .A. i .... 1 lines, accused j |;i iiii'a nts. today ■ li.-.rso a- th'* i*'suit i ~ ,': it!"ii of a "baby comity. I depiitv sin-rift’s havo l>oen ■ tilll i v I race us more than bailee said to have dis ■ frnm tie- ••farin'* during the Hrear-. h.-lr investigation took Kimne t.xlay win-n rbey for- ■ r4 ;.d Mrs. Fo<e with the sale for awaited arraignment to- vj>eei!ia charge of “in- ■ r of jn-rsonal liberty, or at-' as'.'iina- ownership of per ;< ba-ed on the ease of whom Mrs. Foss is j iaVt . sold to Mrs Rowena ■ Xhe officer- declare they Hirdai! evidence to sliowithat H was obtained hy Mrs. Foss Tin* baby became after birth, and Mrs ■ilemamM tie- return of her Mr,-. Foss refunded ■ Mr-. Johnson another “Baby Hines** tioii of the “baby H, beg ,-everal weeks ago. ■s. Fe-s wac arrested on a ■ charge and accused of hav ; to buy a baby from dis- H’: ..11-g-ii i ll »a\ to obtain the j H of a justice court. {■Tinrctice nine-, husband of fdd deputies fie knew of coliected during:, \e;;rs. the officers at* A :utiaf had become of §HI a former husband, and being ijf-J< 1 pending the in llHi Heed Will Retire Is Branded False. Mai-efi IB, —Kmphatiedeu- attributed to Sen s' A. Keeil that he is “out was made here today by senator wlio is engaged BHfease lit Henry Ford in the suit of .Varon Sapiro SB 1 ’ 1 automobile manufacturer, was said to have by Senator Reed during an night. made no address liere to H r ; Ford in this $1,000,000 H lie tiiaue no statement regard j^B v Kune is necessary other H"! year ago that I will H n "> bn- the Fnitod senate.” (attle Hie In Colorado blizzard. B' Springs. (',,1,,., March 17. bead i.; cattle perished Kanm!. j,, ] U st week’s s ”' era! eastern Colorado to reports today said the storm was the B np .'ears and expressed B W( 1,11,1 ! 'c mmble to drive B tpe, l, lots because of the |H'- farmers generally wel- I v!l "" as an aid to crops. B*E STOCK MARKET by Fenner & Beans at 1.45 P, M. BtV 176 lODflCOf) ]\ yyj B 149% i-econii.tive 111 IV Br^ 1 -- 142% ■ Ohio ~ -ji'i B" k ° hio 15ti% B;"" 210 K; r ; 112% ■ of sir; ■ Myers li"_ ■ c 106% ■ I’et' R ~~~ ''if 4 <>2% HieiiikV 86% B Hail way 111% wm- _ ----- 124% ■Var„ H ; 50% 57% ■l ____ 108% If >4% ■ h - 74% |B T- k~r 1 27 ■ ' ----- 166% 47% 95% |B tp Step] --- 88 IB - 62 % |B lV 6i% |B 172% ■ Ir " n vV So'.'' 23% gß'y 74% |B 55 THE CONCORD TIMES $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. Traveler ] Perzigan, three, arrived alone in New York from hit native Armenia. He was on hit •vay to join his parents in Detroit iUlififlf 1 Mimimß N. C. TREASURY HAD $7,761,234 IN HAND FEBRL’.ARY 28 Raleigh. N. C., March 17. Cash on on hand in the State Treasury as of February 28 show ed $7,761,235.06 total, the combin ed statement of the Auditor and Treasurer today reported. The total State debt, current and ' funded, totalled $143,558,600, com prising $10,300,000 current debt and $133,258,600 funded debt. Operation of the general fund to- I tailed $619,743 for February, oper- ! ation of the highway and other • special funds $8,101,344.20. War rants outstanding amounted to $279,634.09. WHAT CAN REED AND 7 HIS COMMITTEE DO? j tVj : 1 Mill Meet on Saturday to Determin** *v Plans For the Ftiturp. p Washington, March 17. — (A*) —f)e-f' tennined to get around the blockade j caused by inability to get funds for: 1 the campaign funds committee, Chair- j' man Reed, democrat, of Missouri, has issued a c*ll for a meeting of the com mittee here Saturday to discuss a plan of action. He will be buttressed by favorable ! opinions both from Senator Goff, of ■ West Virginia, a republican member of the committee, and Chairman Nor- ( ris, of the Senate Judiciary Commit- , tee, that the committee has ample au- ' thority to continue its inquiries into expenditures in the last senatorial • election® and is entitled to expense , money. These opinions have been ( prepared in written form, and will be laid before the committee Saturday. ( Senator Reed, who i* now in De- , troit, is understood to 'be prepared upon hi® return to Washington to personally advance sl,ootk to the sen ate sergeant at arms, and order him to go to Pennsylvania and impound additional ballots in connection with the ’ election contest brought against Senator Vare, republican, by bis dem oeratic opponent, William B. Wil son. Even this might not start the ser geant at arms, David'S. Barry, for the ballots, a® he has informed senate leaders that he will not attempt to impound the ballots unless his ex penses are paid out of regular senate funds. Just what the committee would do if he persists in this stand is problematical. Scott Retires From Baseball. Raleigh, N. C., Mar. 10—Jack , Scott, the veteran- major league pitcher, recently traded by the New York Giants to the Philadelphia Na tionals, has announced hio retire ment from baseba’.l, the News and Observer will say tomorrow. The announcement was made by Scott at Warrenton, N- C., his home, where he is engaged in filling a timber order for a manufacturing concern of baseball bat®, the paper says. Scott had sought to nave the Phillies place him on the voluntary retired list, but today received orders to report to the club s Florida training camp Thursday. “I’m through,” he told the-paper’s correspondent in announcing his re tirement. Clearance of High Grade Shoes and Hociery at Richmond-Flowe Co’s. Beginning next .Saturday morning, March 19th, at 9 o'clock sharp, the Richmond-Flowe Company will offer for sale in the store room on West Depot street next to the A. & P. Store, a lot of high grade women’s, men’s and children’s shoes, pumps and oxfords and hosiery (their entire surplus stock) at unheard of low : prices. This is their annual clear ance sale of high grade footwear, i Hundreds of people will attend this sale, and you had better go early and i get your size. See page ad. in both • The Tribune and Times today. t John Greenwood, a Continental t trooper, supplied George Washington t with a full set of teeth carved from > a hippopotamus tusk. BANDITS ROB HOTEL BUI ARE ARRESTED ; NEAR THE HOSTELRY ! i R. G. Clark and Frank 8.l Carter Held in Ashe-1 yille for Alleged Robbery | j ( in Swannanoa-Berkley. j NEGRO FIREMAN CALLED OFFICER j - One Man Caught on Steps \ of Hotel and Other Af ter He Had Walked Off Short Distance. » I Asheville,' March 17.— (A*) —A son-! sational holdup of the Swannaaoa-1 Berkley IlqM at 3 o’clock this morn-) ingj which netted two well-dressed j bandits SIOO, was frustrated just as the robbers Were making thetr get away through the quick action of a negro fireman and the police. The two men, R. G. Clark, of West Asheville, and Frank B. Carter, of Knoxville, Tenn., who held the clerk of tne hotel and two negro porters at the point of their pistols, were leav- * ing the hotel after an apparently suc cessful haul of the hotel caeh drawer. On the door step they walked into the arras’ of the police. Lieut, Andrew Smith, of the detec tive force caught Clark on the steps. Patrolman H. M. Jordan overtook Carter q few paces down the street. Both \Vere locked up without bond on a charge of highway robbery. According to C. C. Stephens, 73 year old hotel elerk, the two men en tered the hotel and demanded a room. One signed Ms name to the register a® the other stood by. A negro bell boy came forward to usher the men to their room. Immediately Carter pull ed a gun from his pocket and ordered the negro and hotel clerk to stick up their hands, while Clark jumped aero®® the railing and rifled the cash drawer. A negro fireman seeing what was happening, tipped the police who made quick work of capturing the robbers , as they were leaving the- hot^l. Central P. T. g. At the regular nui, ting of the Central Parent T Asso ciation beM at the school buildittg pn i Tuesday afternoon 3-t5 it w (j&y, decided to make “Fathers’ 1 Nighf’ afi * annual event. A large and represen- 1 tative group of mothers was present « at the meeting, which was in charge j of the president, Mr®. N. A. Arcbi- i bald. The program took the form of an i echo of the enjoyable “Fathers’ j Night” program recently given by the i association at the Y. M. C. A. at i which time the fathers were especial- i ly entertained. In a few well chosen words Mes- < dames J. M. Howard, R. L. Burrage i and J. G. Parks thanked the associa- i tion, in behalf of the men, for their 1 hospitality. I It was decided to join the City i Council in which all the Concord As- • sociations will have equal representa- < tion and whose purpose will be to se cure co-operation between the various 1 organizations. Mis® Eugenia Brumley, of the Sixth ! A Grade, rendered a piano solo, “Moonlight Revels,” after which the 1 mothers of Miss Klutz’ room enter- * tained at a delightful hour. , The prize for attendance was won by Miss Klutz’ sixth grade. JEFF ASHWORTH NOW ON ROAD TO RECOVERY j No Internal Injuries Have Been Not ed and He May Resume • Work Soon. Stephen® Home, Chatham County, March 17.— 0 P Ashworth spent a restless night, but was prououneed oh the.road to recovery by attending physician® today. Close watch was be- | ing kept on the young man who for thirteen hours was buried alive in a fifty-foot well under tons of stone. The physician® were watching for evi dence of possible internal injuries, j but pone developed. A continuing headache am) stiffness in his joints , were the only ailments of which he complained. Dr. B. W. Burt, at tending physician, said that he was progressing nicely, and that in a few day® he probably would be able to re turn to work. With Our Advertisers. Fisher’s Dollar Day prices will run through Saturday, the 19th. Cane, fibre and overstaffed furni ture in the most aHuring colorings, at the Bell & Harris Furniture Co. Spring footwear Tor men at E.rd’s, smart style® and fine values. The Ritchie Hardware Co. sells only the best farm implements. Another shipment of spring foot wear at G. A.. Moser’s Shoe Store. New spring lingerie® of the better kinds at the Gray Shop. The new Normandie hose only $1.55 a pair. Only three more days of the big March special days at the Parks- Belk Co’s. See new ad. today for some of the big specials being offered. The law provides that the sale of real estate sot taxes shall be made on the first Monday in May of each year. You are notified by Sheriff Caldwell that unless your taxes are paid on or before April 2, 1927, your property will be advertised for sale on that date. This is not a matter of choice on his part as he is com pelled to do so by law. Motto for motorists: Pedestrians should be seen and not hurt. CONCORD, N. C-, THURSDAY, MARCH 17,1927 The Better Homes in America To Be Conducted April 24 to May 1 Washington. D. C\, March 17.—Ev ery phase of home making, from the selection of the. site to the arrange ment of furnishings and (lie planting of the home garden, will he featured in the forthcoming Better Home® cam* paign. Sponsored hy Better Homes in ! America, the educational organization (of which Herbert Hoover i® president, j this campaign will be carried on in | every State in the Union und in Ha -1 waii, Porto Rico, and Alaska. Xoar •ly three thousand communities, large and small, are already at work, fram- I ing civic programs for improved hous ing and more wholesome conditions Df living. A better homes campaign aims to show by actual demonstration the ] best that each community can do to ■ improve housing conditions and to strengthen and improve home and community life. Such programs will mark the ob®ervance of Better Homes Week, April 24 to May 1, from coast to coast, and will range from lecture) or discussion programs and home iip j provement contests in the smaller communities, to the building in tie larger places of demonstration hom4® planned to accommodate, an averule family and priced- within the limit® of a modest income. The houses and their equipment and furnishing will be based upon economy, comfort, and beauty, and the entire program will be followed as a -project by local schools and colleges, as well as by local civic; During this time home economics teaching will reach out 0 the schools into every home in the community and parent aud student to gether will work out problems which are designed to make better homes | throughout the Nation. \ Thus in the little primitive frontier town of Fairbanks, Alaska, where most of the hoffies are log cabins and where modern conveniences are not, unknown, but are too expensive for the average inhabitant, the problem of better homes is being considered. Un- NOUTH CAROLINA IN HIGH RANK TEXTILES Another Laurel Added to the Growing List; South Carolina Second, and Georgia Third. Washington, March 17.—The south has captured the American cotton textile business. Census figures made public by the commerce department today, and pri vate experts, indicate n large per cent of the industry wil be concentrated in the cotton-growing states. i Mills in the south for the last two months have been oj>erating at 130 per cent capacity through double While there i® not n mnrfcej ' for cotton goods in the T’hited with i the mills working overtime, report® j show that there is a fair jirospect of , placing much of the output in foreign j markets. Unusual activity of the southern j mills has pulled the entire national 1 industry to an average operation of about 100 per cent. New England ; mils are operating below normal cap- j aclty. Despite low prices commanded by I cotton goods officials here anticipate 1 that the production in the southern > state® this year will reach close to a ! billion dollars. Although difinite fi- 1 gures for 19*26 are not; yet available, j it was said ’to be doubtful whether the ! $1,714,000,000 of 1925 for the entire country. j Movement of the cotton manufac- j taring business to the south is seen j ns the economic salvation of that ; section of the country, which in the ; past has been han*i>ercd byu lack \ of diversity of industry and agri- j culture. Official census figures for 1925 Officials cenusus figures for 1925 on cotton goods production showed the following distribution : Cotton growing-states—Number of mills,-809; value of product, $929.- 000,000. Other states —Number of mills, 225; value of product, $117,336,000. In 1923, the south had 168 mills, compared with 357 for New’ England. North Carolina in 1925 continued to- dominate the southern cotton manu facuring business, according to the census, with 364 mills, which ac counted for $316,069,000 of the total national production. In South Caro lina w’ere 162 mills, with an output value of $230,665,000, with Georgia ranking third with 134 mills and an output of $193,424,000. Massachusetts cotton mills number ed 178, ranking next to North Caro lina, but led all states in output value with $345,864,000. THE STOCK xMARKET Prices Moved Uniformly Higher To day at Opening of the Market. New York, March 17.— G4») —Prices moved uniformly higher at the open ing of today’s etock market. Ameri can Telephone and Telegraph etock continued to advance, on an overnight accumulation of orders, scoring an in itial gain of more than 3 points. “Fatty” Arbuckle To Return to Screen In Foreign-Made Movies Los Angeles, March 17. —The Em aminer says Roscoe O. (Fatty) Ar buekle, whose career as a film codedian was cut short in 1921 when he was accused of responsibility for the death of Virginia Rappe, picture actress, but later acquitted, will agaiif cavort before the camera. The rotund funmaker yesterday signed a contract to produce a series of comedies for Abe Carlos independ end producer, over a period of five years, which, it was said he exepectgd will net him $2,500,000. The first production will start in Berlin October 1. Arbuckle’s wife the former Doris Deane, will appear in the pictures. - der the direction of Better Homes in ‘ America, and sponsored locally by the ■ Alaska Agriculutral College and the t School of Mines, interest will be arous -1 e<| by the showing of model cabins, • comfortably and attractively furnish i. ed In keeping with the incomes of vil i lage folks. Lectures and demonstrn , turns w’ill help to instruct the people t of Fairbanks in the best methods of improving housing conditions and ■ eliminating drudgery in home making. 1 In every state scores of communi ties, ranging in size from the smallest • group of familic® to the largest me • tropolis. will take part in the cam paign. In each of five states—Califor ' nia, llinois, lowa. New York, Ten ■ nessee, and Texas—more than a lnin i tired communities are planning pro ' grains for Better Homes Week. Nota ble demonstrations are planned in Philadelphia, of remodeled housing; of Chicago, in new inexpensive hous - lug; in Atlanta, of school participa •i tion; in St. I’aul, of winter construc tion; and in scores of other largo cit ies of new or remodeled housing and of permanent home information cen ters. But equally significant cam paigns are organized in rural counties of,the North, South, East and West, to meet the home needs of the farming population. The Better Homes Campaign, which will have its culminatiop in Better Homes Week. April 24 to May 1, j is a non-commercial campaign of civic education, arranged to help all Amer ican families to acquire comfortable home® and to attain u more whole some home lfie. The work ie carried on under the direction of Dr. James I Ford, w’ho is in charge of headquar ters of Better Homes in America, Jt>s3 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washing ton. t). C. That office wil furnish any Chamber of Commerce, Civic Club, parent Teacher Association. Womans' Club, or other intereseted club or in dividual complete information ' and guides for such a civic >i*ogram. tobacco Males far BELOW FOR FEBRUARY ! Wilson Still Holds the Lead for the Largest Total Season Sales. The Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel j Raleigh, March 17. —Tobacco sales for February in both the old and new belts -were far below those of Febru ary, 1926, only 8.136,678 i*ounds hav- J ing been sold in both belts during tbe month, compared with total sales of 12,702.929 for February, 1926, ac-. ] cording to the report juet released by, the crop reporting service of Abe State ftotal sales, including dealers’ resales, being slightly - greater. The average i price ranged from $15.91 to $13.51 over the statte ms a whole. Thcitotal jof producers’ eales for the season, j however, is ; 211.822,072, which exceeds ;he total for the season to date a I year ago by 16,000.000 pounds. In the old "bright belt” reports j from 56 warehouses indicate produc j era’ ®ales amounting to 7.955,674 i pounds, with total sales including dealer®’ re-sales amounting’ to 9,726,- 1037 pounds, as compared with total 1 sales of 11,836,998 in February, 1926. ' The average, price range in the old belt was from $11.97 to $15.95 per 100 pounds. Total season sales to jdnte in this belt amounted to 133,- j 408.656, as compared with total sea-; i son Itale® to the same date in 1926 'of 103.446.400. | In the new belt, nine warehouses jin Wilson and Greenville reported producers’ sale® for February of 181.- 1)04 pounds, as compared with sales of 2,401,318 for February. 1926. The total sales for the month just passed, including both producers’ and dealers’ re-sales, amounted to 238,081 in the new belt, Total season sales to date in the belt amount to 211,822.072 as compared with total season sale® of only 195,426,599 to the same date in 1926. The price range in this belt was from $14.14 to $19.69 per 100 pounds. Wilson still holds the lead for the largest total season sale® to date, hav ing sold so far —through February 28th—61,825,130 pounds, with Green ville in second place with a total season sales of 44,436,300. Winston- Salem takes third place in the total number of pounds sold with 43,164,114 and Durham i® in fourth place with 15,975,536. * Ten Days’ Sale on Goodyear Tires. Beginning Friday morning, March 18th, the Yorke & Wadsworth Co. will have a ten days sale on Goodyear tires at prices, ranging from $5.95 to $10.65. The prices are good for ten days only. You won’t get a chance at such prices again soon. See half page ad. in this paper. Seventy fruit .trees have been plant ed on the fop of a London office building which already boasts an 18- hole putting course. All of the pictures will be made abroad. They will be distributed in England. France, Germany and other foreign countries. Carlos plans later to bring them to the United States. The former comedian also signed a contract for a vaudeville appearance over the Pantages circuit starting in San Francisco April 9. Arbuckle was banished from the screen in 1922, following his acquittal of a manslaughter charge. Will Hays, head of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Associa tion, later lifted the ban on Arbuckle’s picture®. TTie producers however, maintained an unofficial ban on his productions. GOVERNOR SELECTS : MEMBERS OF BOARD > : RECENTLY CREATED Chief Executive Makes i Public Names of Men on Conservation and Devel- 1 opment Board. BOARD TolifEET IN CAPITOL S9ON ; The Board Was Created by an Act Passed at the Last Session of the State, Legislature. Raleigh, March 17. —(A*) —Governor McLean today named the new state board of conservation and and develop ’ ment. The board is chdfrged with 1 administration of the old fisheries commission's affairs and the newly enacted statewide game law in addi tion to regular duties of the old eon ' servation department board. The personnel announced today is composed of: E. S. Askew, Merry Hill; F. S. Worthy, Washington; B. B. Bruce Etheridge, Monteo; Sanford Martin, Winston-Salem; J. Q. Gilkey, Marion; G. L. Hampton, Canton; | Frank 11. Steadman, Fayetteville; 1 George G. McClure, Jr., Asheville; H. L. McLarin, Charlotte; S. Wade ' Ralefgh ; Fred R. Sutton. Kins ton. and Ed. C. Cranford, Asheboro. On the new board Messrs. Martin. I Steadman, Gilkey, Hampton, Worthy, Askew and Etheridge were members of the old fisheries board. The first meeting of the board is set Aor March 25th hero. It is slated to ; be a preliminary organization se«- j sion. The new board takes hold April I i Ist when the consolidations authorized !by the legislature become effective. i * j THE COTTON MARKET I Opened Steady at Unchanged Prices 1 J to Decline of 1 Point.—May Off to j $13.84. New York, March 17.— <A>) —The ■ cotton > market opened steady today at : unchanged prices to a decline of one i point in response tp relatively easy * Liverpool cables and reports of fairly ■ good weather in the Mouth. Consider able liquidation and southern selling op, decline 1 ftri eied. the p rice of j , in the early trading, ©r about 8 to 1 11 points net lower. Covering and trade buying seemed to be in suf ficient volume to steady tbe market' , at tbe lower price®, however, and i there were bulges of 2 or 3 points from the lowest toward the end of the first hour. __ i A private report was said to esti- ' mate ginnings for the season at 18,- 021,000 bales, but these figures were : closely in line with recent expecta -1 tions, and probably had little effect on the early market. New York, March 17.—04*)—Cot ten future® opened steadv: March 13.82; May 14.00; July 14.08; Oc -1 tober 14.26; December 14.43. Officers Break Up Planned Jail-Break. Charlotte, March 16.—Police an nounced tonight that a probable jail ; break by the inmates of a cell in the [ Mecklenburg county pail was thwarted to*lny. J. B. Williams, Charlotte eontrae , tor, recently convicted of attempted arson, who once before was alleged to have tried to break jail and T. B. , Johnson were believed to have instigat ( ed the alleged plan to escape. , They were said to 'have given . Robert Holmes, negro trusty, a note with instructions to purchase six hack-saw blades and a blow torch. | Deputy Sheriff S. C. McGinnis, jail er, said he overheard Williams and Johnson planning an escape and saw 1 them hand the negro the note and some money with which to purchase the implement®. Three other persons were in the [ cell. , Iredell Fanner Dies at Age of 50. Mooreevilie, March 16.—Barren Pressly Smith, prominent and success ful Iredell farmer, died at his home in Barringer Township Monday night . after a week’s illness with pneumonia, 1 aged 50 years. The deceased w-as influential in his ! community, and for several years , acted as deputy sheriff under M. P. t xUexander. His widow and ten child , ren survive; also four brothers and j one sister, as follows: W. F. Smith, of Cabarrus County;. J. T. Smith, of Troutman; H. A. Smith, of Hunters ville; R. Lee Smith, of Mooresville; j Mrs. R. W. Neill, of Troutman. ' Funeral service® were held Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at Perth A. R. P. Church conducted by Rev. ; J. L. Hood, assisted by Rev, I. N. Kennedy, of this city. Rock Hill Man Hake® Honors Over at Duke. 1 Durham, N. C., Mar. 15. —Lead- ing 92 honor student® at I>iike Uni . versity, James N. Truesdale, of , Rock Hill, S. C\, today had an aver r age of 97 2-5, the highent in many • years here. Second highest honors were re [ ceived by Mi®® Nell Spivey, of Hert i ford, N. C., with 96 3-5. 1 Truesdale, a senior, is red headed. carries an unusually heavy academic » course, but is quite active in outeide 1 affair®. Fellow students do not term I him a “book worm. % 1 1 Joe Wilhoit, while playing with j the Wichita Western League clut> rn 1919, set a nnv world’s batting < record by hitting safely in 69 eon- - L J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher Only One , __ . —— ! diss Minnie C. Peterson, of lolyoke, Mass., was said to bt he only woman in the world iperating a giant crane for • iving. She was photographed q the control box. ITnU—tfa—l UmmiimU 1 »9£L*. FIFTY CENTS EACH IS NEW CHARGE Secret Provision to Enrich Some Manufacturer Slipped Into New Enactment. Raleigh, March 16.—North Caro lina’s 400,000 automobile owners are about to get it in the neck and some I manufacturer, name not known, is about to reap a harvest. A provision in the new automobile title registration law came to light today that levies an extra tirbute of a half dollar on every owner as the : purchase price for a title registration i card and a special patented holder for attachment to the instrument board of his machine. w The charge is not made under the pretense of raising revenue or to cover any service costs. It is imposed spe cificially to pay for the particular piece of merchandise which- the new law gays every automobile owner mngt Mve oh his car.' iinrmi. T " The attachment i® not called By name, but the requirements of the law calllfor a tyf>e of card and holder, that is put out by but one manufac turer in the country, according to officials of the state revenue depart ment. A representative of the manu facturer was here two or three months 'ago exhibiting the thing. The law the motor ve hicle bureau shall issue to every owner each year, at the same time the license plate is issued, the particular card and holder shall be of such a design that the one cannot be removed from the other without mutilating or destroying both. 111 addition to the four cent gaso line tax and the anuaul license charge, the automobile owener already has to pay a 50 cent fee for registering the title to his car at the time of purchase. The new title registration law, which i« large a re-enactment of the old with new provisions added, retains the 50 cent registration fee and tacks on the extra half dollar as the purchase price for the special card and holder. Officials of the revenue department were at a loss today to account JLot the provision. The law as enacted was not drawn by the department, it was stated. The objectionable section was not discovered until after the legisla ture adjourned. AMERICANS CAPTURE VESSELS FROM CHINESE Marine® Are Said to Have Retaken Two Oil Steamers WWch Were Seized. London, March 17. —04*)—A dis patch to the Westminster Gazette says American marines at Shanghai recaptured two Standard Oil steamers which the Chinese had seized. The Daily Express Shanghai corre spondent in reporting the taking over by northern forces of the Kiangnan stock yard® where several American vessels are being, built, says Rear Ad miral Williams of the American fleet, immediately dispatched a warship there. Gen. Pi Chu Chin, the local 1 commander of the northern force®, took a regiment with him when he seized tbe dock yard® with the osten sible purpose of repairing several northern war vessels. Dispatches in dicate a widening in the breach be tween the soviets and Chan Tso-Lin, the Manchurian war lord, and the possibility of an armed invasion of southern Manchuria. They also tell of heavy fighting west and northwest of Shanghai be tween the northern and southern forces, and of tbe reign of terror in Shanghai growing out of daily mur ders of workmen who oppose call® to go on strike. The labor unrest in Shanghai i® accentuated by the machinations of the 150 “expert intimidators” from Hankow, who are carrying about propaganda for a general strike jt and when the Cantonese forces ar rive to take over the city. Thi® year's short course in athletic coaching at the University of Wis consin will be held during the ten day® beginning June 13. Credit is a town in Idaho, while Pay Up is in Georgia. s» AT HENDERSONVILLE Officials Want to Get All Possible Data Concern* ing Death of “Fathei* of Vaudeville.” QUESTION WOMAN, _ ABOUT THE CASE Mrs. B. M. Shaeffner, WH# Was With Wells at M Time, Will Be QuestlßA* ed Further Today.* Hendersonville. X. March it.— UP) —Circumstances surrounding shooting late yesterday of Jake Wells, CO years old, known as the father m vaudeville in the Southeast, b*j ing further investigated today h,y. jO0(- eials prior to an inquest expected to be held this afternoon. The officers were told last jiight taht Wells stepped from an nutqpo hile in which he was riding with Mrs. B. M. Shaeffner, manager of hi# Hill Inn, to pick flowers, suddenly pql[ T ed a pistol from his pocket ana shuf himself twice. He died early last night at a hospital here. While attaches of both the coroner and sheriffs offices said there pp doubt that Wells had t'ommittod cide, they added that officers would question Mrs. Shaeffner further and making a thorough inquiry intp case before announcing a definite, yeiy dietj, At the office of the it wafl said that Coroner Kemp wa# out “investigating.” Mrs. Shaeffner was questioned last night and later at the hotel it was said that she was in no condition tq j talk. The officers today planned xp • go into details of the shooting ig <uy der to clear up all angles. Last niim£. Mrs. Shaeffner told officers that, phe attempted to take the pistol away from Wells but that he pushed her off, and fired one shot. She ran for hel|), and heard a second shot before sh@ encountered King Norris, a friend of Wells. Verdict of Suicide. Hendersonville, X. C\, March 17. — (A>) —A verdict of “death by suicide*’ was returned this afternoon following an inquest held by Coroner A, L. Beck, of Henderson County, in the death trfr Jake Wells, theatre magnate, - and hotel owner, who was shot late Wednesday on the Hendersonville j highway near the South Carolina line, j Otto Wells, brother of the theatre j man, was due-to arrive here this as ! ternoon from his home to take the body of his brother to Norfolk, Va., for funeral and interment. No offic ial date for the funeral has been made, pending Otto Wells’ arrival hare. THEATRICAL MAN . .. . . TAKES OWN LIFE Jake Wells Shoots Self Twice, ■ , .lie daring Life Not Worth LivutH. Hendersonville, March Wells, millionaire theatrical pro ducer. committed suicide. jmlice were told, this afternoon about o’clock near the South OdrotJim line by shooting himself. v twice through the head. Mr. Wells went riding this after noon with Mm Schaeffer, who nf*et* ates l'ark Inn, owned by Wells nud when the car reached n point neat the South Carolina line they got, out to pick some flowers, according to the woman’s statement. It was then that Well* produced a pistol and after declaring that "life is not worth living anyway*' fired a bullet into his head, or neck just under his chin. An instant later another shot was fired and he was brought to a Henemonvi'le hospital where he died a few minutes later. According to tborne who knew fli-* theatrical man he had been depress ed for nearly 10 days and his ,lqtlf brother in Norfolk had been noti fied and was on the way hero when the .shooting occurred- He is expect ed to arrive early tomorrow morn ing. Mr. Well* suffered a breakdown about five weeks ago and since tliA time has bad a sort of melancholfi which he .was apparently unablfe to throw off. made here tonight inr dicate that financial trouble, had nothing to do with the shooting, Hoe attorney for Mr. Well*,’ /is quoted as having stated recently that his depression was not caused by financial worues. The authorities here are question ing Mrs. Schaeffer tonight in an ef fort to learn all possible detail# of . the shooting which took the life of the theatrical man. i ' Body of Missing Man is Found in Neuse River. ( Kinston, March 16.—The body of Preston Rouse, 76, who bad been missing four weeks, was found floating in Neuse river, two ,nu(es from Kinston. Coroner Garner said the man's throat had been slashed, probably , with a knife. mmm Partly cloudy in the east and cen tral portions, and probably showers in the extreme west portion tonight and Friday; somewhat warmer in the east and north portions tonight, cooler Fri day in the west portion. NO. 74
The Concord Times (Concord, N.C.)
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