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kixeteenth year
CHINESE ROUT
NOTED LAWYER MAY
DM AMERICANS
IN HAWAII AFFAIR
Clarence Darrow Consider
ing Taking Case of Mrs.
Granville Fortes
cue Soon
MAY DISRUPT PLANS
FOR COMING TRIAL
Dudley Field Malone, New|
York Attorney, May Also
Be Member of Defense
Counsel In Honolulu Case
H'ximliilh, ►>!*. 25. lAl*) A
r.rvNiliilitv (larrnnt Harrow, not
it! criminal lawyer, may come to
llono'ulu to defend Mr*. Gran
ville K»rtr*ciie, society matron;
I ieutenant Thorn a?. Mas Hie, U. S.
\ her son-in-law and two naval .
men. rharced with lynching a {
Hawaiian, may rrouit in changing
Ihe order of trial of this city’s
most widely known criminal
rases.
The Chicago attorney has been of- :
(cred the case and is reported to be
considering It favorably. Dispatches j
from New York said both Darrow |
and Dudley Field Malone. New York 1
attorney, have been invited to Join the
defense. It was lesrned that they con- !
ftrred in New York over the pro
posal.
MAN IS SOUGHT IN
CHICAGO DEATHS
■ I . i
Wanted For Questioning
Following Charges Made
By Former Wife
Chicago. Keb. 28. -(Af *» A drama
tic story by a woman who said she
was one of his many wives, started a
police hunt today for Ralph Root. 43, >
for questioning regarding bigamy, a
prison escape and mysterious deaths
in automobile accidents.
Mrs. James Root made the charges
r.t an inquest into the death of Mrs.
Hazel Reckner Root, believed to have
t>e**n the fugitive's most recent wife
?.:id her daughter Hazel May. 10. They
w* re killed a week ago when Root's
automobile plunged thirty feet from
a railroad viaduct.
Police said they have learned that
Pott fled from the scene of the
na-sh. registered under a false name
:<» .» hospital for treatment of minor
'"juries and did not attend the fun
erals. There were life insurance po
*>< ies totalling $5,000 on the lives of
• v,rs - Root and her daughter, relatives
Kud.
■ANMAY SEEK
OFFICE IN STATE
Mrs. E. L. McKee Consider
ing Announcing Candi.
dacy for Lt. Governor
Raleigh. Keb. 25.—Quite a number
'“"e who have talked with Mrs. E. L.
MeKce f.f Sylvia, who was a member
'■f the state Senate in 1931 general
:w <'mhly and who has been in Ra
|rish fi,r two or three days, feel sure
: h" will soon announce as a candidate
f-'t the Democratic nomination for
•••■utenant Governor. Most of those in
?'*"it»«-al circles here, however, have
‘‘’•t that Mrs. McKee would not be
r,mr a candidate, although her un-
II ion to run for that office has been
known here since the 1931 gen
• :; ‘l assembly was in session.
During the i93i general assembly
“’ s McKee was regarded as one of
members of the minority bloc in
s, nate controlled and more or less
"Stated to by Lieutenant Governor R.
fountain and Senators John Hino
‘’’ P * nd Rivers Johnson, the leader
" *hc MacLean-Daniels luxury sales
,‘ * Rrou P in the senate. It became
"'-wn then that she aspired to run
flu L ‘ eut «n»nt Governor and many
'hat she sought the support of
""ntain. It is understood that she
’ n . hl ‘ r husband who was regarded as
v * ort of ex-officio member of the
nate | n 1931 attending almost every
ion with hi* wife, are supporting
"Miitain for Governor in Jackson
county
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Just as the camera clicked upon this scene another «
shell went on its errand of destruction into battered j
Chapei. This is one of the Japanese mountain guns '
that have been hammering at the Chinese positions i
in an attempt to dislodge the poorly-equipped, but
gallant defenders. Despite the terrific pounding of
hundred* of vuna like the one shown here, the Chi- A
New Revenue Sources For
State Must Be Found To
Repeal All Taxes On Land
• .*• -v -w:
Three Gubernatorial Candi dates Have Already Come
Out In Favor of Full Support of Six Months School
Term and Observance of Mac Lean Law
Dally Ota pairs Barcas,
la the Sir Waller Halel.
ST J. «\ B*aKkMVIM.
Rsleigh, Keb. 25- Now that all three
of the announced candidates for the *
Democratic nomination for Governor
have come out, theoieKc&liy at least,
in favor of “full State support” for
the six months school term and
literal observance of the Mac Lean
law. which would abolish the present
15 cents tax on property for the six
months school term, some of those
interested in how much this would
cost the state are beginning to figure
the cost. They ure also beginning to
ask to know just what is meant by
"full State support” of the six months
school term.
If by "full State support" is meant;
the payment from State funds of the |
entire operating cost of the six i
months school term on the basis of |
its cost of operation this year, the i
Russian Proposal
At Arms Meeting
Fails In Passage
Geneva, Feh. 25.—(AP)— Hi©
British resolution to make the
draft convention of the prelimin
ary disarmament commission a
basis of discussion for the world
disarmament conference was
adopted unanimously today by the
delegates.
The conference voted down Rus
sia’s proposal for immediate total
and universal disarmament thro
ughout the world.
TAX ON SALES IS
SEEN AS NECESSITY
Garner Says Manufacturer*
Sales Tax To Be Included
In Revenue Bill •
Washington. Feb. 25.—(AP)—Speak
er Garner today forecast that the new
tax bill would contain a levy on manu
facturers sales and that it would be
completed within a week or ten days.
The Texas Democrat paid the Ways
and Means committee has gone over
the sources of revenue “with a fine
tooth comb” and found that “the. only
place to get the money la through a
manufacturers sales tax."
Instead of 400 million dollars needed
to be raised by excise taxes as pro
posed by the treasury, he explained
The* it was found 800 million dollars
was needed. Secretary MiUs has esti
mated that about $1,341,000,000 must
be had to balance the 1983 budget
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPE R PUBUSHRn
1933 general assembly will have to
find new sources of revenue capable
of yielding $7,000,000 a year more than
the present Revenue Act has appro
priated for schools and will have to
adopt a Revenue Act that wilt yield
at least $10,500,000 a year more from
indirect taxation than the 1931 act Is
yielding .according to those who have
studied the matter.
Can the three candidates for the
gubernatorial nomination tell the
next general assemoty -where it can
find $10,500,000 a year in new revnue
and help it frame a Revenue Act that
will yield that much more than the
1931 Revenue Act. which required al
most five ihonths of legislative ef
fort to enact and which many con
sider represents the peak in tax levy
ing beyon dwhich the State cannot
(Continued on Page Six.)
WETS ATTEMPTTF
FORGE HOUSE VOTE
Extreme Parliamentary Tac.
tics Resorted To In Ord
er To Allow Vote
Washington. Feb. 25.- -(AP)—Re
sorting to extreme parliamentary tac
tics to secure consideration of a state
controlled prohibition amendment the
House wet bloc today filed a dis
charge petition making a vote man
datory if signed by 145 members.
Representative Lithicum. of Mary
land. chairman of the Democratic
wets, presented the petition. If the
145 signatures are obtained the House
will vote on whether the home rule
constitutional amendment, sponsored
by the organized Democratic and Re
publican wets but rejected by the
Judiciary committee 14 to 9, shall be
corisiddred on the floor.
POSTOFFICE ROBBED
IN CAROLINA CITY
Benton vllle, Feb. 25J-(AP> The
postoffice here and the store of J. M.
Beasley, in which the postal unit was
housed, were entered about midnight
last night and the postoffice safe and
considerable goods in the store were
stolen.
Postmaster .Beasley discovered the
robbery early today. He said the post
office safe contained Wednesday’s
postal receipts and some supplies. A
checkup of the records later in the
day indicated that the postoffice lost
about SIOO in cash and an undeter*
milled amount in stamps. Goods stolen
from the store were valued at about
ssso.
A Daily Newspaper
HENDERSON, N. C.
JAPS
f n ” e h * v <? held on to the ruins of thei city, i own
| photo shows one of the batteries tflht h»v* b, ■
, bombarding the Woosung fo'*ts r, artion
I the Japanese have claimed man* timed that the fort*
have been put out of commission, the! still continue
to hold out and ate now being dpeken cf as the
“Chinese Verdun.*
Sally Htspatrh
IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA ANn vipp.inia
THURSDAY {/AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 25.1932
GERMANY’S SALOON
FIGHT BEER TAXES
Refuse To sell Beverage
_Until Government Low.
er. ' ~
Berlin, Feb. 25.--(AP)- Beer strik
ers” today claimed that 12,000 Berlin
saloons had answered their call to re
fuse to sell beer until the government
lowers Ihe tax on Germany’s favorite
beverage. The high tax was imposed
In one of the Bruening emergency de
creen.
The saloon men declared they were
unwilling to accept the last offer of
the authorities to meet the retailers
demand "about half way” within a
few weeks.
SPECITERMFOR
TRIAL OF HARWOODS
Cases Not Expected To Be
Reached At Regular Ses
sion In March
Raleigh. Feb. 25.—A special term of
court will probably be asked by
Solicitor J. C. Little to try th cases
against Special Superior Court Judge
John H. Harwood and his daughter.
Miss Lola G. Harwood, since it now
appears likely that it will not be pos
sible to try them at the regular term
of criminal court here opening March
7, Solicitor Little said today.
It has been virtually decided that
the two cases will be tried Jointly
following the return of a joint indict
ment against the Judge and his
daughter by the Wake county grand
jury yesterday. Miss Harwood is
charged with the embezzlement of $3,-
828 In State tax funds while employ
ed as a clerk in the State Depart
ment of Rvenue and her father is
charged with being an accessory after
the fact and with mutilating records
and manufacturing false evidence.
“It is impossible to say right now
when th ceases will be tried, and we
will do everything possible to bring
them to trial at the March 7 term of
criminal court,” Solicitor Little said.
’.However, indications now are that
other cases on the docket that must
be disposed of at that term may make
it lmpoasibl to reach the Harwood
cass.” ;
PASS SENTENCE ON
JENNINGS TOMORROW
Taylorsville, Feb. 2&—(AP)—
Judge Waiter E. Moore naM to
day he would pass sentence to
morrow on Garfield Jennings, 23,
convicted of manslaughter In con
nection with the death of Ray per
due, coach of Stotoevllie high
school football team.
WEATHER
FOB NORTH CAROLINA.
Cloudy; not so ooid in the in
terior tonight; Friday parity
cloudy and warmer; inadiiratu
aaot shifting to sooth winds.
For $2; Daily Dispatch Offer Expires Soon
IN SURPRISE ATTACK
Pinchot May Seek
G. O. P. Nomination
To Succeed Hoover
I Washington, Feb. ‘2s.—(AF)—Ail
anti-Hoover presidential campaign
In the Republican primaries was
discussed today by Governor Pin
chot, of Pennsylvania in a round
of conferences with Senate Repub
lican Independent leaders.
There was a conviction at the
capital that the Pennsylvania gov
ernor was seriously considering go
ing into the presidential race, him
self, but ho declined absolutely to
discuss politics when seen by news
papermen.
SETTLEMENT MADE
IN EDISON'S SUIT
Son of Famous Inventor Sat.
isfied With Arrange
ments Made
Wilmington, Del., Feb. 25.- (AP>- -
William L. Edison, a son of the late
Thomas A. Edison, announced today
that a settlement had been reached
In the suit he had filed contesting
a portion of his father’s will.
Edison said the settlement was sat
isfactory. Edison announced last Oc
tober shortly after the death of his
father that he would contest certain
provisions of the will relating to the
distribution and handling of the
amount lets to him. He had declared
the provision was “unfair.”
AMERICANS URGED
- TO SEEK SAFETY
Officials Warn Hotel Resi
dents To Seek Safer
Place of Abode
Shanghai, Keb. 2&. (APr —All Am
ericans who reside at the Astor
House Hotel, one of the landmarks
of Shanghai, facing Soochow creek,
were cautioned today by American
officials to leave there and retire to
a safer location but most of them had
declined to move up to late today.
Germany’s diplomatic representa
tives here evacuated their consulate
tonight in the face of the possibility
of that the Chinese army would shell
the Hongkew sector.
NAVAL DIRIGIBLE IS
DEFENDED IN HOUSE
Washington, Feb. 25.—(AP)—
The Akron was defended before
the House Naval committee today
of charges that the airship was
unsafe.
Representative Delaney, Demo
crat. New York, read the oommlt
mlttee a prepared statement that
the sknt airs hi py damaged at
Lakehurst last Monday afternoon,
would soon be as airworthy aa
over.
TWO POLICEMEN ARE
KILLED IN ACCIDENT
Mlneola, L. 1., Feb. 25—(API-
Two Nassau patrolmen riding In
a police care were killed instantly
today when a speeding machine in
which rode four or five shouting
men crashed Into their smaller car
and then sped away.
The accident occurred near the
Belmont race track. The patrol
men, who were hurled from their
car. were stationed at the Blmont,
L I. station of the Nassau county
police.
TO INVITE HOOVER to
APPEAR AT EDENTON
Menton, Feb. W.—(AF)— A
delegation from Edenten will go
to Washington within the neat
ten days to invite President Hoov
er to attend the unveiling here
April 28 of a monument to Joseph
Hewea, one. of the North Carolina
signers of the Declaration of* In
dependence. '* i
The secretary of the navy and
state officials also will be lasted.
MURRAYENTRYIN
GEORGIA DENIED
Atlanta, Feb. 25.—(AF>—Gover
nor Franklin P. Rooney it, of Jfpr
York, today suggirted Ast Gov
ernor W. 11. Mufcray, of Ofedahnata
be permitted to enter the Geor
gia presidential preference pri
mary bat the rules committee of
the State Democratic Party; de
clined to comply with the sagges
. if • -s 4
PDBUBHBD BVKRT AFTWUfOOM
KXCBPT SUNDAY.
Ground Lost In Previous
Attacks Is Gained Again
In Chinese Night Attack
Mooney to Be Freed?
M ' k % ? j
| | / >jf!, ;f. J
Tom Mooney will receive a pardon
within e month, according to a
signed article in a New York
newspaper, giving much of the
credit to Mayor James J. Walker,
who went to California to plead
for Mooney before his friend,
Gov. James Rolph, Jr. Mooney is
shown as he appeared at the
prison when Mayor Walker talked
” Vrfth JifYn.
GREENSBORO MILL
STRIKE IS ENDED
Workers In Blue Bell Over*
all Factories Return To
Work Today
Greensboro, Feb. 25.—(AP)— The
two Blue Bell OveraJl company pl&nts
here reopened today and workers
were back at their places after they
reached an agreement with mill of
ficials last night regarding a wage re
vision.
Several meetings between strikers
representatives and mill officials fail
ed to effect a settlement. Last night
the men agreed to accept an aver
age reduction of about twelve and one
half per cent.
VIRGINIA JOIKSIN
FIGHTING RATES
Southside Virginia Profit
ing DUcriminating
Freight Rates
Raleigh, Feb. 25.—(AP)—Southside
Virginia today Joined North Carolina
in its fight for more equitable rate
adjustments formally adding anew Its
protests to alleged freight rate dis
criminations against "southern ter
territy” which favor "official ter
ritory.”
Four witnesses concluded testi
mony of the shippers today and L
V. Crane, assistant to the vice-presi
dent of the Southern Railway System
took the stand to refute evidence
presented by the North Carolina Cor
poration Commission, the Southside
Virginia Just Freight Rate associa
tion and the North Carolina Traffic
League.
Chiang Kai-Shek
May Head Chinese
Forces In Battle
Nanking, China, Feb. &-(AF>
—lt was understood here today
that the Nationalist government
would' soon appoint Chiang Kai-
Shek, former pi«4deM of China.-
its commander of Chinese femes,
assigned to the task of recovering
lost territories in Manchuria while
General Feng Yo-HMaag weald be
given cowhand MI the troops “re
sisting Japanese aggression- idt
Shanghai* , k • • * i
8 PAGE)
TODAY
FIVE CENTS COPY
Japanese Had Previously
Launched Heavy Offen
sive to Send Chinese
Into Retreat
ATTACKS FROM AIR IN
KIANGWAN ARE NOTED
Chinese Able To Advance
Across Shell Torn Fields
And Hold Kiangwan In At.
tack Made At Night
Shanghai, China, Feb. 25.—(AP)
—Hammered all day long by a
terrific Japanese bombardment,
the Chinese army in the Kiangwan
sector swarmed out of its trench
es tonight, launched a surprising
counter attack and won back near
ly all the ground it had lost dur
ing the day.
In thea fternoon the Japanese
threw their full force on the hand
ful of defenders northwest of
Kiangwan village, beat back the
Chinese first line and drove It into
a disorderly retreat.
Afternoon Attack.
The attack swept forward a
roound the village, ripped through
the lines and virtually surround
ed the Kiangwan garrison. The
artillery pounded the Chinese see
ond line and a fleet of forty Jap
anese planes mined 250 pound
bombs on the-'defensive.
Then the attack halted for a
time while the heavy guns con
tinued their withering fire on the
Chinese rear.
The counter attack appeared to
tori token the Japanese by sur
prise for it carried the Chinese
back across the shell torn ground
and tonight Kiangwan was still in
their hands
DURHAM BANKER TO
FACE BAD CHARGES
/
W. Pi Clements Indicted In
23 Counts Following
Bank Failure
Durham, Feb. 25.—(AP)—Trial of
W. P. Clements, Durham banker, In
dieted yesterday on 23 counts involv
ing alleged violations of the State
Banking laws was continued today
until the next term of Durham Su
perior court which is to be convened
here on March 28.
Seven biiln containing the 23 counts
were returned against Clements.
Charges ranged from embezzlement
to concealing the true facts as to reo
ords of the closed Merchants Bank
of which he was presidfit.
PERRYILUEAD
JOBLESSCAMPAIGN
State College Profcisor
Named to ITead Legion
Effort In State
Raleigh. Feb. : fj.—Major Michael A.
Perry, recently , named as executive
officer for Notl.h Carolina in the
American Legi<ins drive against un
employment. cf me to State College
last fall to accept a position as pro
fessor of ind i strial management to
fill the place 'hit by R. W. Henniager
who was drafted by Governor O. Max
Gardner to t lead the relief and un
employment activities of State agen
cies. Major ferry had previously been
head of the* department of industrial
and prsonn/et management at Tample
University. in Philadephia and had
also served on the faculty of the Uni
versity of' Psnns)*!vania.
Shortly.. after arriving In Raleigh
he became active In American Legion
work aiyj .the when the Legion drive
against unemployment was begup he
was ashed, to assume active charge
of the work for the Raleigh PoeL
Major ’Prry'a first' stefes were to buin
upas ientific organisation and make
a definite statement of the purpoees
of the- d ive. . •. ’
Taking advantage of the highly
trailed technician* at State College,
Major* Pern- Interested several of the
outstend ~g members of the faculty
ii. ad /isury capacity.