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THE CONCORD TIMES
J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
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COTTON STATISTICS
SHOW LESS ACREAGE
Report of Department of
Agriculture Estimates
Acreage Cut on June 25
as 12.4 Per Cent.
Washington, July O.—C4 5 ) —Cotton
in cultivation on July Ist totaled 42,-
683.000 acres or 12.5 per cent, less
than in cultivation on June 25th last
year, the department of agriculture
announced today in its first estimate
of this year’s acreage.
Last year’s first estimated acreage
was 48,730,000, of which 47,087.000
acres were picked, producing 17.910,-
258 equivalent 500-pound bales.
This year’s acreage in cultivation
on July Ist by states included:
* North Carolina 1.814.000; South
Carolina, 2.580,000.
WHISKEY HUNT IN ESTES
PARK LIKE GOLD RUSH
Buried Treasure Sought In Scenic
Country Near Denver Is Liquid.
By M. F. DACEY.
International News Service Staff
Correspondent.
Denver, July 7. —A search for bur
ied treasure —at times as frantic as
the frenzied gold rushes of the early
days of Colorado —has been renewed
recently in the scenic country around
Estes Park. 75 miles west of Denver.
The lure of the modern gold hunters
is not of the yellow ore variety, but
a golden liquid estimated to be worth
a vast fortune.
For nearly half a century periodic
attempts have been made to locate
a cache in Estes Park believed to
contain a huge quantity of imported
Scotch whiskey, which was buried
by the late Earl of Dunraven, famous
English sportsman and hunter, who
once owned thousands of acres of laud
in what is now Estes Park.
Search for the buried treasure has
always resulted iu failure* and little
hope is expressed by “old timers”
around Estes that the quarry will be
uncovered this time by the new
searchers.
Built Big Hotel.
Dunraven completed his acquisition
of the whole of Estes Park in the
late ’7o’s. He built a huge hotel for
the use an convenience of the great
numbers of guests that he was ac
customed to bringing to this country
from England to enjoy the hunting
on his western estate.
Later, to further facilitate his hunt
ing activities, Dunraven built a small
log hunting lodge in a secluded park
ten miles from the hotel. Here he
would retire with eighteen or twenty
gentlemen to hunt. At times these
men would have for guides or hunting
companions such famous characters as
“Buffalo Bill’ Cody and “Texas Jack”
Omohoiulro.
And because these guests were ac
customed to drinking good whiskey
in uncertain amounts and since the
hunting trips usually were of long
duration, Dunraven undertook to pro
vide the drinks. Every year the Dun
raven servants w’ould pack a great
quantity of the best whiskey up to
the hunting lodge. In the fall they
would take all that was left of the
supply and bury it for use during the
next season. The cache was changed
yearly from one place to another.
Buried Whiskey.
At last in 1879 an unusually large
quantity was left at the end of the
season. Perhaps because of this the
men assigned to put away the liquor
for the coming year were tempted
to take a little drink before finishing
their work. At any rate the whiskey
was 'buried and from that day until
this, in spite of all searching, it has
never been seen again.
The men who buried it were un
certain as to the location of the
cache and by the spring of 1880 so
much grass had grown up in the
park it was impossible to locate any
spot where there had been any dig
ging.
Since that time the hidden booze
has been the subject of periodic search
by the inhabitants ofthe Lstes park
country. It was too well hidden how
ever, and the whiskey that would
be worth a small fortune in this day
of the 18th amendment has never been
found.
Carroll's brother visited him only
a few days ago and declared Earl s
condition was much improved.
JOHN DREW,NOTED
ACTOR, DIED TODAY
ON PACIFIC COAST
Death Was Due to Arthryt
is and Rheumatic Fever
With Which He Suffered
Past Several Mdnths.
\
ONE OF BEST
KNOWN ACTORS
Many Persons Regarded
Him as Greatest Expon
ent of Polite Comedy.—
On Stage Many Years.
San Francisco, July O.— UP) —John
Drew, noted American actor, died nere
today after being confined to a. hos
pital since May 31st with arthrytis.
and rheumatic fever. He \Va« 73
years ol<T.
Mr. Drew arrived in San Francisco
the latter part of May to play an
engagement in “Trelawney of the
Wills.”
Because of his physical condition,
however, he was forced to cancel his
appearance and was taken' to a hos
pital.
His condition grow so serious that
on June 4th John Barrymore, Drew’s
nephew, was called from Hollywood,
and he with DrewVt daughter, Mrs.
Louis Devereax, came to the noted
actor’s bedside.
Drew rallied several times but he
invariably suffered relapses each leav
ing the actor weaker.
Coming from a family /which,
through three generations, holds what
is probably a record for continuous
activity upon the stage, John Drew
acted his way from an inconspicuous
beginning to a position as one of the
outstanding figures of the theatrical
world, and was regarded by many as
the leading exponent of polite comedy,
classical and modern.
Mr. Drew’s inclination to a stage
career was a heritage from his parents,
both of whom were players of note.
His father, also named John Drew,
was an Irish comedian of great talent
and ability and in the delineation of
Irish characters was unexcelled. His
mother, I»uisa Drew, was re
garded as one. of the most versatile
actresses on the American stage.
In addition to their famous soft, the
codple had a daughter, Georgie Drew,
who had a successful stage career and
who became the wife of Maurice
Barrymore Their children, Ethel,
John and Lionel Barrymore, all be
came stars of the stage.
When John Drew reached the age
of 20 his mother, who had personally
directed his preparation for a stage
career, was manager of the Arch
Street Theatre, Philadelphia. That
made it rather easy for the young
man to get a start. For his debut,
in 1873, he was cast as Plumper in
the comedy “Cool as a Cucumber.”
Then for two years he played in many
small parts “without making auj
particular impression either with the
audiences or myself,” as he later ex
plained it.
1 It was not long after, however, that
Mr Drew’s strong histrionic instinct
began to show in his work and he
exhibited versatile ability similar to
that which marked his mother’s
career, identifying himself thoroughly
with a great variety of characters.
Throughout his career of more than
1 50 years he was credited with having
’ created more roles and impersonated
more characters than any player of
• note on the American stage.
> Major Dargue in Raleigh.
Raleigh, July 9.—oP>— Major Her
; bert A. Dargue, Pan-American good
\ w ill flyer, arrived here at 10 :05 o clock
L this morning in his giant amphibian
! plane “New York.” to deliver a mes
r of good will to Governor Mc
;■ Lean and state officials before hop
' ping off again for Washington, D. C ,
! which he expects to reach in close of
his tour at about 5 :30 p. m.
Mrs. Eunice Jeffries Squares, Mrs.
Julian Jeffries and Mrs. William D.
! Hinton, of Charlotte, were among the
f out of town guests who attended the
| Hartsell reception Friday afternoon.
STORES CLOSE ONE
HOUR IN MORNINGS
DURING THIS WEEK
Practically every busi
ness establishment in Con
cord, including banks, will
suspend business from 10 to
11 a. m. from Monday
through Friday of this week
to permit merchants as well
as employees to attend the
morning lectures at the new
Presbyterian Church, North
Union street, by Dr. G.
Campbell Morgan, world
famous Bible scholar.
Announcement was made
early Saturday by Ernest
Robinson, president of the
local Merchants’ Associa
tion, of the plans of stores
to close the one-hour period
each morning on Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday.
■
CONCORD, N. C-, MONDAY, JULY 11, 1927
North Carolina May Be Center
For “Health-Service” Education
The Tribune Bureau <
Sir Walter Hotel
By J. C. BASKERVILL
Raleigh, July 9.—That North Caij
olina is in a strategic position foi
the establishment of a center for
“health-service” education including
both a first grade medical and dental
school, and that Duke University, at
Durham, offers the best possibilities
along these lines, is the statement
made in the latest report of the Car
negie Foundation, following an ex
haustive survey on dental education in
the United States and Canada, and
compiled and edited by Dr. William
J. Gies, of the foundation. The first
copies of the report have just t been
i received and few teem to have no
ticed the preferential mention given
to North Carolina and Duke Uni
versity in this exhaustive and author
itative report.
This particular • portion of the ‘re
port referring to North Carolina is
found on page 316, under the gen
eral comment following the presenta
tion of statistical data dealing with
the dental education facilities to be
found in the state of Georgia—which
with Tennessee are the only two
southern states contiguous to North
Carolina which have class A ’dental
schools. And it seems that the ma
jority of those in North Carolina who
desire to study dentistry go to the
Atlanta Southern Dental College,
rather than.to the Tennessee schools.
After calling attention to the fact
that of the five states contiguous to
Georgia, Tennessee, with three dental
schools, is the only one of the five
that / has any dental schools, while
“North Carolina, South Carolina. Ala
bama and Florida contain none,” the
report adds that the need for “in
creased and improved oral health-ser
vice in all parts of this southeastern
region is urgent.” The report further
calls attention to the strong position
Atlanta occupies in relation to afford
ing these facilities to the surrounding
states, concluding that “if the lead
ers in health service in Atlanta ap
preciated the local need for a school
of dentistry of this character, it
would doubtless be created.” \
Then the report goes into the dis-
RECORD PRODUCTION OF
COPPER IN THIS STATE
Output Last Year Greatest in History
Os State, the Records Show.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh. July 9.—The production
of ..copper iu North Carolina last yeju\
was the greatest in the history of the
state, according to statistics just re
leased from Washington amounting to
I, pounds. This is the largest
amount of copper produced iu the
state since 1902, when 1,417,020
pounds were mined. In 1923 the total
production was only 61.083 ponds,
and no production was reported for
1924 and 1925, according to the gov
?riunent figures.
The total value of the copper min
ed last year is $183,992, based on
present prices for copper. This is
also slightly less than the value of
the production in 1902. since the price
per pound at present is considerably
less than at that time.
This increase in copper production
during the past year is due almost
entirely to the developments of the
Fontana Copper Company, at Fon
tanta, in Swain county, accox*ding to
J. H. Bryson, State Geologist. The
ore chiefly is chalcopyrite. which yields
about 8 per cent copper, a consider
ably higher percentage than most of
the ores mined in the United States.
In fact, several reports have said that
the highest grade ore being mined in
■ this country at present, is in North
Carolina.
The production so far this year,
has already passed the total produe
. tiou for 1925, according to Bryson,
. I and indications are for a record year
- in 1927. Present estimates are that
\ 5,000,000 pounds of copper will be
•produced in the state this year.
“This is just another instance of
where the samples of ores found in
this state are beginning to be of great
economic importance,” Bryson said.
THE STOCK MARKET
Prices Worked Higher. Under Im-
I pe&us of Pool Operations in Many
> Specialties.
New York, July 9.—G*»>—Stock
prices worked highed today under the j
impetus of pool operations in many
specialties. The late rally was stim-'
ulated by the anonuncemeht that
building and engineering contracts in
June set a new high record, with
prospects for the current month un
usually favorable. i
The closing was strong. Total sales j
approximated 700,000 shares.
Breaks Leg Racing To Get Hay In j
Barn Before Storm.
Thomasville, July x 8 H.
Small, farmer on the Thomasville and
Lexington highway, suffered* a brok- .
en leg on Thursday everting when
hurrying to get into his barn with a |
load of hay before an approaching |
storm, a parcel of the hay slipped
off and he with it. Dr. Phillips was
called and found the break just above
the knee which he set and placed the
•patient in as comfortable a position
as possible at his home where it is
hoped his recovery will be satisfac
tory.
O. H. Phillips, agricultural agent
of Stanly county, was a visitor here
Friday, accompanying County Agent
R. D. Goodman to one farm for the
purpose of studying and considering
the installation of a “ram' water
system. Rapidly farmers of this sec
tion are devising plans to have run
ning water in their homes, in view of
economy and timo-stving.
cussion of the possibilities in North
Carolina as follows:
“The establishment of a center for
health-service education including a
good dental school in Duke Univer
sity, at Durham, North Carolina,
would resolve most of the problems
of dental education in the southeast.
Durham has a larger population than
Ann Harbor, Michigan, or than lowa
City, lowa, where class A dental
schools have ample opportunity to
teach all aspects of clinical denistry.
The importance of such a develop
ment for North Carolina particularly,
is suggested by the accompanying data
for the geographical distribution of
the students at the Atlanta-Southern
Dental College in 1924-25. The fig--
ures show that North Carolina con
tributed a larger number of students
than did Georgia.” '
The table given shows that not only
did North Carolina contribute more
students to this school than Georgia,
but more than any other state.. For
out of the 346 enrolled. 100 were from
North Carolina, only 85 from Geor
gia, 43 from Alabama, 33 from Flor
ida, and the remainder scattered
among a large number of other states,
most of them southern.
This would indicate that should a
class A dental school be established
at Duke, University that it would cut
heavily into the Georgia institution
and that it-would be in an excellent
position to draw heavily from all
the southeastern states. Especially is
this true in view of the extensive in
terest thal: haft befn aroused in North
Carolina throughout, the entire na
tion. with the result that n class A
dental school in this state, or a class
A medical school would draw heavily
not only from within the state it
self, but from outside the state as
well, and tend to make this state the
center of medical and dental educa
tion in the Southeast.
With these facts generally accept
ed. it is believed that this public rec
ognition of these facts by the Car
negie Foundation and the subsequent
recommendation will add considerable
impetus to the movement for the
speedy establishment of medical’ and
I dental schools of the sort suggested.
MILL LABOR IN STATE
UNUSUALLY EFFICIENT
Laborers Paid More Because They
Worth More Than the Average.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, July 9.—Mill labor of
k North Carolina, although slightly bet
ter paid than that of a number of
other southern states, offsets this fac
tor with increased efficiency and in
telligence, according to the findings
of an experienced economist represent
ing a large eastern silk manuafeturing
concern, says Charles M. Sturkey, sec
retary of the Lexington Chamber of
Commerce in a letter to Director Wade
H. Phillips of the Department of Con
servation and Development.
“This company,” says Mr. Sturkey
iu his letter, “sent an experienced man
to make a study of labor conditions,
regarding especially silk mills. This
| expert reported that Piedmont, North
j Carolina, labor . was a little higher
in price, but their efficiency and intel
ligence offset, by a large margin, the
difference in labor cost per day.
“Another thing this investigated
reported was that North Carolina labor
was not only loyal American, but that
| their loyalty extended to their em
, j ployer, which gave the state an ex
! eeptionally low labor turn-over in its
I industrial plants, something very im
j portant when skilled help is neces
i sary.”
i Many Social Workers to Attend Wei
| farA \fapt
! Chapel Hill, July B—The eighth
1 | annual Public Welfare Institute to be
I held here July 18-22 under the joint
’ direction of the State Board of Chari
ties and Public Welfare and the School
: of Public Welfare of the University of
North Carolina, will bring to Chapel
. Hill a large group of active social
i workers, including the county super
[ intendents of public welfare, repre
j sentatives from state aud private in-
I stitutions, teachers, ministers, proba
| tion officers, juvenile court workers,
I and representatives from various pri
vate organizations, such as the
* Travelers Aid, Associated Charities,
f and Community Chests, according to
announcement made today.
i The idea first became a reality in
! 1919 when Dr. Howard W. Odum,
i head of the School of Public W el
fare, Roland F. Beasley, then Com
missioner of Public Welfare and Mrs.
Kate Burr> Johnson, of his staff, pro
moted a six-weeks training course for
social workers, which was climaxed
i by a two-weeks intensified course.
Durham Woman Hurt by Fall.
Durham, July 7. —Mrs. Ralph
! Perkins, white woman, aged 34, of this
city, had last night been unconscious
the past 89 hours. Last Sunday morn
ing while riding in an automobile she
I was stricken with epilepsy and fell
from the car, her head striking a
I stbne, resulting in a fractured skull.
I The physician who is attending her at
a local hospital, where she was ad
mitted shortly after the fall, reports |
that she is in a very critical condi
tion.
Young People of Concord Presbytery
Meet.
, Salisbury, July 9.—G4>)— Practically
! all of the sixty churches in the Con
cord Presbytery are represented in
| the first meeting of the Presbyterian
'Young Peoples League, now meeting
in the First Church here.
I Noah Webster was once discover
ied by his wife kissing a pretty maid.
I“I am surprised, Noah." said his
wife.
“No, my dear.” Noah replied.
lam surprised. You are astonished.
1
BYRD AND MEMBERS
OP HIS CREW PUN
TO LEI TUESDAY
Bid Farewell to Paris This
Morning and Went From
There to Calais.—Going
Later to Visit Dunkirk.
SAIL TUESDAY ON
THE LEVIATHAN
Will Occupy Suite on the
Liner That Was Used by
Queen Marie of Rumania
on Her Trip to America.
i ____
Paris, July 9.— UP) —Commander
Byrd and members of his crew of the
America tfeid farewell to Paris today
leaving on the Arrow” express
train for Calais, just after noon.
There were no formalities but a big
crowd was on hand at the station to
cheer the aviators.
Commander Byrd and his party
arrived unostentatiously from their
hdtel, and went directly to their seats
in their train. Sheldon Whitehouse,
the American charge de affaires was
at the station to say farewell in the
name of the embassy.
From Calais the aviators will motor
to Dunkirk, where they will be-made
free citizens of the city and then to
Le Touquet, whera a banquet will be
given in their honor.
They plan to arrive at Cherbourg
Tuesday and board the Leviathan that
afternoon. It is learned they will
occupy the on the liner used
by Queen Marie of Roumania on her
American trip last year.
Droughin to Get $150,000.
Paris, July 9. —0^) —Maurice Drou
hin’s contract with Charles A. Levine
under which he is to pilot the trans-
Atlantic plane Columbia back to the
United States runs for one year with
compensation of $150,000, the news
paper I/Auto says today.
Expressed in French money this
amounts to 3,750.000 francs, which
appears to be rather a stupendous sum
to the French public. L’Auto’s stbry
has tended to stimulate rather than
quiet the controversy raging over the
proposed flight, and in newspapers
generally 'criticize both Drouhin and
Levine.
L’Auto which characterized the
pilot’s decision as “regrettable” prints
a communication from Henry Farman,
veteran airman, who condemns both
men. He says he thinks Levine
might have chosen a pilot from the
large number of efficient men only too
willing t*> igoi without taking the
man who has been arranging for his
own trans-Atlantic flight.
DENIES ANY PART IN
MURDER OF LEBOUEF
Trapper Accused of Murdering Le
bouef For Couple Denies Allega
tions.
Franklin. La., July 9. — UP) —A
vigorous examination by Sheriff Char
les Pecot today failed to elicit more
than a surly deniel from James
Beadle, trapper and fisherman, accus
ed by Mrs. Ida Lebouef and Dr.
Thomas E. Dreher of killing James
J. Lebouef. prominent Morgan City
business man.*
“I don’t know anything about the
killing, and I’ll say that until I die,”
he declared.
The fisherman said he had no idea
why the physician and the woman
whose friendship with him was alleg
ed to have caused the crime, should
make such charges against him.
“If they said that against me,” he
declared, “they are telling a lie.”
Beadle also denied that he had vis
ited the scene of the crime on the day
| after the killing and destroyed the
, boat in which Lebouef was said to
have been riding at the time of his
. death. Sheriff Pecot said he would
confront Beadle with two persons
from Morgan City who said they saw
’ him cut the boat to pieces.
, Dr. Dreher conversed with his wife
at Morgan City over long distance tel
) ephone and told her not to worry.
“You know what to believe and
what not to "believe,” he told her.
“About nine-tenths of what you
have heard is not true.”
Would Eliminate Chain Stores.
Montgomery, Ala., July ft.- 4 -(INS)
—Under provisions of a hill which
is now pending before a house com
mittee, chain stores would be legislated
out of business in Alabama. A public
hearing on the bill attracted a large
number of business men from all sec
tions of the state, who charged that
many chain stores are of no value to
the state in that they send their money
to other states.
Organizations of retail merchants
and druggists are supporting the bill
to oust the chain stores from Ala
bama.
Guard Railway From Slides With
Electric Fence.
Along a stretch of line where rock
j slides have caused wrecks in the past,
the Union Pacific Railroad has in
stalled an electric fence which is in
tended to give automatic warning
when slides occur and thus prevent
accidents, says Popular Mechanics
Magazine. When rocks fall dawn and
roll toward the track, they press
against the slack fire of the fence,
this action, in turn, pulling a switch
on the nearest of a series of large
posts set at 800-foot intervals. This
switch operates the block signal and
also affects the safety control in the
engiiie, so that trains can be stopped.
■, Strictly in Advance.
$2.00 a Y.
COOLIDGE TO TAKE
TIME IN CHOOSING
HIS NEW DIPLOMAT
Will Be at Least 2 Months
« Before He Names Am
bassador to Represent
United States at Mexico.
THIS IS ABOUT
THE USUAL TIME
Affairs Between Two Na
tions Are at Expectant
Stage Since Mexico In
tends to Enforce Laws.
Rapid City. S. Dak., July 9.— C4 31 )—
Confronted with the task of selecting
the be*t man fitted to represent the
United States at Mexico City, Presi
dent Coolidge is expected to leave the
American embassy there without an
Ambassador for at least two months
to give him ample time to make the
selection.
In the meantime diplomatic' affairft
between the two countries, admittedly
in a somewhat expectant state since
Mexico revealed its insistence nt en
forcing land and oil laws, believed by
the Washington government to be con
fiscatory to American interests, are
in the hands of a charge d’affaires, H.
F. Arthur Sehoenfield, who is regard
ed very highly by Mr. Coolidge.
Any speculation as to the belief in
some quarters that the government
would leave open indefinitely the post
vacated yesterday by James R. Shef
field while the situation between the
United States and Mexico
signs of clearing, were considered to
have been dissipated by the summer
white house announcement that Mr.
Coolidge intends to appoint a succes
sor to Mr. Sheffield within a time that
would ordinarily be an ambassador’s
leave of absence. ’This view was
strengthened by intimation that the
President does mxt desire any conclus
ions be drawn it some delay is neces
sary in finding the right man for the
Mexico City post.
[ ‘
CHOOSE DAWSON’S
SUCCESSOR JULY 19
Democratic Executive Committee Is
Called to Meet in Raleigh On That
Date.
Raleigh, July B.—State Chairman
John G. Dawson today called the
' state Democratic executive committee
| to meet in Raleigh iu the hall of the
house of representatives on the even
ing of July 19, to elect a successor
’ to the retiring state chairman
? Mr. Dawson gave his statement to
5 the newspaper two weeks ago indi
cating his purpose to retire as state
chairman and also to call the com
mittee soon. At this writing it ap
pears that the selection of Attorney
General Dennis G. Brummitt will be a
■ mere formality. The name of Sena
- tor Charles A. Hines, of Guilford, has
been hut Mr. Hines is
L making no fight for the place. Mr.
. Brummitt will undoubtedly be elect
> ed.
.
110 PERSONS PERISHED
IN TORRENTIAL FLOODS
These Deaths Occurred in Saxony and
Others Are Reported Throughout
Germany.
Dresden, Saxony, July 9. — UP) —
One hundred and ten persons are
known to have befen drowned- in a
torrential flood of the Mueglita and
Gotleuba rivers, after a series of
cloudbursts.
Telephone connections are broken,
and it was impossible to ascertain the
number of missing today.
Cloudbursts are reported in other
sections of Germany.
The catastrophe overtook the popu
lation so suddenly that; protective
measures could not be taken, the flood
sweeping upon inhabitants of the dis
trict within two hours.
Police officers, detachments of the
reichswehr, and technical emergency
aid were hurried into the stricken
area today. It is expected that the
flood will result in the greatest loss
of life and largest wreckage of prop
erty since the flood of 1897.
Two Hurt in Wreck.
Little Rock, July 9.—o4*)—Two
persons were slightly injured when the
“Californian,” Rock Island California
to Memphis passenger train, was de
railed at Goodwin, Arkansas, early
today according to reports to the rail
road office here. The names of the
injured were not known. It was said
their injuries were not serious enough
to require hospital treatment.
ACREE IS FOUND
GUILTY IN NOTED
FLOGGING CASE
Toccoa, Ga., July 9—AP.
—W. G. Acree, principal of
the Stephens County high
school, was found guilty by
a Stephens County jury to
day of assault and battery
in connection with the flog
ging on June 12th of Mrs.
Ansley Bowers.
He was not sentenced
pending trial of other cases
against him.
TWO SUITS AGAINST; I
FORD MAYNEVERBE j
GIVEN TO THE JURE
-
Sapiro Admits His Libel
Suit For Million Dollars
Probably Will Be Settled
Out of Court.
OTHER SUIT IS
STILL PENDING
Counsel For H. Bernstein 1
State Suit Has Not Been
Withdrawn But May Be
So Before Long.
New York, July 9.—UP)—Settle
ment of two lrbel suits for damages
aggregating $1,400,000 against Henry
Ford was seen as a possibility today
following the motor manfaeturer’*
promise to discontinue attacks on .Tews
in his Dearborn Independent,
Aaron ■Sapiro, Chicago attorney,
and plaintiff in a $1,000,000 suit
against Henry Ford, said negotiation*
for settlement off the suit were under- *
way while Louis Marshall, counsel for ‘
Herman Bernstein, New York author
and editor, and plaintiff in another
suit, said representativefT'of Ford had
asked him “what could be done to put
an end to these conditions.”
The New York Herald-Tribune, |
how'ever said it had learned on good . J
authority that neither Mr. Bernstein
nor Samuel Untermeyer, associated
with Mr. Marshall as counsel in the J
suit, was ready to withdraw the ae«
. tion. Mr. Bernstein at Sheffield,
, Mass., said “Henry Ford’s statement %
sj>eaks for itself. I have no comment T:
to make at this time.”
Amid the general acclaim by prom
inent Jews and others that greeted
Ford’s retraction there was some dfs
i sent centering mainly on speculation
■ by newspapers connecting the state
, ment with possible Presidential as
pirations by 'Ford, or business con
. tingeueies.
. The Herald Tribune says Earl J.
Davis, of Detroit, formerly an as
sistant U. S. Attorney General, was
in Washington several weeks ago,
seeking the advice of politicians in
cluding a New York jew, who is a
representative in Congress, as to
means of saving Mr. Ford from going
on the witness stand in the Sapiro
case.
► 1L
i STAR DISCUSSES SALARY
CUTS FOR MOVIE STARS
■ Marion Davies Says It Costs Fortune
For Movie People to Live.
► (By International News Service) * |
New Orleans. La., July 9.—The
! scintillating brilliance of the movie *
■ star dims fast, according to Marion
■ Davies, and there is nothing so pa
’ thetic as the “down-and-outs” in Hpl
-1 lywood, those who have tasted the cup
‘ of success only to lose it, she added
* in speaking of the proposed salary
cut iu movieland while here recent
■ 'y- • ....
"Our living expenses are terrific,
she said. “We are not stars so very
long you know, and we should be able
to make the most of our few years
of fame.
"There is nothing more pathetic
in Hollywood than the ‘down-and
out,’ stars that have gleamed their
last time and are now in poverty.
The ‘would-be's* deserve less pity than,
the ‘down-and-outs.’ And you have
no idea what it eoets us to live.”
The little star who has proved the
attraction in a hundred love scenes,
will not marry until she “has made
the most o( her career,” she said.
But that does not mean she has not.
been in love-r-she has been many many
times.
“But I’ve never wanted to get mar
ried,” she asserted with a poSitive
ness that was convincing. .",.
Little Boy Killed By Truck In Ire
dell.
Statesville, July 8. —James R. Beck-,
ham. three-year-old son of Walter
I Beckham, was instantly killed this
afternoon about 3 o’clock on the Chip
ley Ford road, ten miles north of v
Statesville, when he stepped in front tj
of a Gulf Refining comiwny oil truck.
The truck was coming toward
Statesville and the little boy, swinging
a wagon going in the opposite direc
tion, jumped off the wagon just in
front of the troek. the bumper strike
ing the child and knocking him to
earth.
English Bride of Sheik.
Paris, July 6.—A real “sheik
story” has reached here from Damns- *
cub. The Emir Hhalan, one of the
most powerful and noted of Bedouin
chiefs, met in Damascus an England
girl guide and fell in love with her
on the spot, <»ffering to marry her and
make her “Queen of the Desert.”
Bhe consented, but the British Con
sul in Damascus, thinking that the
Etnir had kidnapped the girl, secured
her return. The girl, accompanied
by her lover, returned to Damascus
and official declared that she uad
married the shiek because she loved
him, and the couple returned un
molested to the desert.
Carroll's Health Much Improved.
Atlanta, Ga., July 6. —(IXB) — Earl
Carroll, the famous “bath-tub man
from Broadway,” has almost com
pletely regained his mental poise and
hisvpbysmsl condition is so milch
improved that he will soon be released
from the prison hospital end take
up regular duties aa a federal prisoner,
authorities have announced.
NO. 6 .