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DAK THE HOME PAPER Today's News Today ' ,j "Jlead Jt First in THE FREE PRESS : J1J11G. Kill M J VOL. 25. No 280 SECOND EDITION KINSTON, N. C, TUESDAY" EVENING, FEBRUARY 27, J 923 SIX PAGES TODAY PRICE TWO CENTS TTVi TP? InduGtrin! Paralysis in Resistance to France f By WEBB MILLER j . (Copyrighted by the United Press) i f Dusseldorf f,' Feb. 27. Mile upon mile of rusted railways, roundhouses filling -with rusted locomtoives, cars with rusting wheels on silent sidings. That's the most striking evidence of the succoss or failure of the occupation of the Ruhr. On an feuto Tide through a dozen or pjore Ruhr town, I observed the ex tension of the red rust which marks the , creeping paralysis overcoming the, nervous system of the great in- (dustrial organism. One by one the tall smokestacks are ceasing to smoke as the paralysis Teaches them.' Already 50,000, are idle in the 'Ruhr Valley and the num ber is Increasing, hundreds of thou sands are engaged in non-productive work, itaw materials are last di minishing, -meaning that factories must soon shut down. , From one viewpoint the paralysis ehows the success of Franco-Belgian aims. Owing to the resistance of Ger man's industrialists, the French and Belgians feel that they must paralyze the occupied area to iorce capitula tions. ' .: -.-''"W .-',1 - , But the glared of red rust reflects failure of the invaders to procure rep arations in coal, one of the avowed objects of the occupation. Officials now admit the impossibility of obtain ing . an appreciable amount of coal unless the miners decide to work un der orders . of the French and Bel gians. . : WANTS U.S. TO HELP Counril of Churches Asks That Government Aid Europe. f (Bv the United Press.) i: Washington, Feb. 27. Believing that the world is drifting to war of proportions that may cause the eclipse of civilization for centuries, ne r eaerai louncu oi vnurcn ioaay made an urgent call for the Ameri can i government . to save the , world from chaos by helping Europe to straighten out its tangled affairs. wo courses or action were suggest ed by the council. One is that the United States take the initiative in calling an international conference to consider the economic and political situation in Europe, including debts, .reparations and armaments, in the hope that Europe will sign a treaty similar to the Washington arms con ference pact. The second is that this overnment :" renounce its policy of alootness from European affairs and assume its lull snare of responsibili ty in the settlement of international problems. '.: FOR STATE i'S GETS THRO LOIR liSE Few Votes Against . Meas ure Appropriating for Ira- j provements , and Mainte nance Reimbursement for Former Tax Commis sioner (Special Capital Correspondence) Raleigh, Feb. 27. With only 11 Votes against the $l,5,i',000 bond is sue for institutional permanent im provements and only one of these cast by a Republican, the House, today passed the appropriations bill, 102 voting for it. There was no debate . on the issue, Chairman Murphy mak ing the committee statement and Ev erett of Durham complimenting the committee on its work. Thebi!I car ries of the biennial period mainten ance appropriations of $15,3:5,200. bpeaker Dawson toda introduced a resolution, which passed a'moss unan imously m the fewer House, reim bursing former Revenue Commission er Watts for $5,800 which he per sonally put up when the Commercial r ,1 "?ank of Wilmington failed. otn the House and Senate repealed senator Long's bill making safe from Prosecution for usury corporations .may get for bonds a rate of TkU ln,ess of six per cent. When thpv T,o,. : mi. il -ii , run i9 years. me , m law 'Saturday morning W ote against it, because tha 110M' not know what was going ?,VL r,J.Lon? asked its repeal for lurther discussion. " - 'Bowie of Ashe' today .supplement f nw railroad bill by putting Sen ator Long and O. Max Gardner on j1., commission. Objectors kicked ll 7' bu.t,he it over them. The eenate, with only two Votes against Carol? Volstead act for North TO SELL BONDS Sfh001 ,!!r!PreP"re8 to Dispose of $200,000 of New Issue. mJSl Winston School Board is pre- iLlr. ,0?' lt was stafed by William fniw? cha,rma" o the board, today MonT es31on of th board on Monday night. The bonds will be Sat Zm'T "ot Tn6 adv-y- ConsiieraWe legal work, befn ttC -, remains t sold frJ?" ni? can :be actually fn-u c"r,stTUl-tl," nd repaid on considerable scale. V SUM INSTITUTIO IS First Trials Alleged Auto Thiefs Held at Rocky Mount Tuesday Police Chief Everington and other officers were at Kocky Mount Tues day in connection with the trials of Blanev Bryant. Noah iCrain. Joseph Hill and others on charges of larceny oi automobiles. Wine or more ar rests have been made here and else where in the section as the result of the 'unearthing of a big. auto theft "syndicate," according to official ac counts. The gang is alleged to have stolen more than 22 cars, several of them having been recovered mere. Kinston and Rocky Mount owners were the principal losers. Several of the defendants are to be tried here Wednesday. The police Tuesday an nounced recovery of tnree aoaition al cars. (Names of the owners were not stated for official reasons. : Re ports of "jumping" of bomls by two or three of the defendants were not to be verified at the police station, It was stated that Harry Donaho, one of those said to haive gone, was in jail. ..Others were at .liberty to do as they pleased until the calling: of their cases andi there was no evi dence that they were planning to "go back" on their bondsmen. The police Tuesday denied reports oi- the thelt of another car, belong ing to a man named Nelson, a bonds tun, by bailed defendants. Rumors were current that Nelson's car had been driven off while he was at the station to put up bond for one of the prisoners. The men mentioned in the reports as having purloined the car were accounted for, it was declared by officials. DELIVERS SHIPS Stinncs Sends 10 New Scout Cruisers to Argentina. (By the United Press.) Buenos Aires. Feb. 27. Naval lim itations haive not affected the pur chase of auxiliary naval craft by the Argentine sroverrfment to any appre ciable extent. The Stinn&s ahipbuild- i ; .! i . . i: i ing organization nas just aenvereo 19 scout cruisers to the Argentine naval authorities, and it ii stated that the construction of these ships is of (the (most modem and efficient character. ' Some of the German crews will be retained by the Argen tine navy under special contract, ow ing to their special knowledge of the characteristics of these craft. . AYDEN TO MAKE WAR ON HATS AND MICE. (Special to The Free Press.) Ayden, Feb. 27.- Ayden will stage an anti-rat campaign in conjunction with a countywide drive in Pitt Poison will be distributed! free dur ing the period March 5-10, under the auspices of the local Red Cross chapter. County and local prizes will be offered. Girls and boys will col- leot tails Of rodents. Two mouse tails will be required to equal - one rat's tail. At the conclusion of the contest -the night of the 9th a big bon fire will toe built and all rub bith'that citwen3 can collect will be burned. Hon. F. W. Wooten of Greenville will make a speech during the "closing exercises. Got His Coat With a Letter That Didn't Give Writer's Name T.. W. JMewborn Tuesday toll The Free Press he had received a letter which he regarded as exhibiting a "Ku Klux spirit." He said he would not attempt to answer the letter, con sidering the sender "cowardly" for hiding behind a veil of anonymity. It dealt with the school situation, ine ll'ttlT follows: , : 5 ' ' "Kinston, N. C, "Fcbrliary 26th, 1WS. 'Mr. T. W. Mewbony "Kinston, N. C. "Dpnr Sir: , "If you do not think a nice School Building will 'be detrimental to your interests in fcast iKinston, please let us hear from you. i . "Respectfully, ' .V r r "DEAR I'lRIKND "P. S. Kast Kinston needs a new school building. v SEEK WOMAN SLAYER Supposed to Have Killed Wealthy Schneider in Car. fBy the Unitd Press.) ' JJIew York, 'Feb. 27.-A woman seen hurrying from the scene of the trag edy was today sought by police at tempting to solve the mysterious mur der of Frederick Schneider, 45, rep uted millionaire contractor, whose body with two bullet wound in the head was found late yesterday at the wheel of his closed automobile on a lonely road. Two other women, one his wife, from whom he separated, and the other his housekeeper, are assisting the authorities in then- ef forts to run flown the "myftery wom an" believed to have been the mur deress. . . . ' . .. . . Forget Offices and Get Results, Advice cf Reno to Farmers (By the United Press) rargo, N. Feb. 27-Farmers' marketing oriranizations nhnnM avoid politics, in the opinion of Milo Reno, koines, ia., president or trie Iowa branch of the Farmers' Union, representing' 60,000 members in that state atone. Keno Is a veteran work er m larmers' organizations. Reno declares the : farm ' bureau cannot solve the farmers probem, oecause ox oominauon by big busi ness. - . Reno's method of obtaining legis lauve relief is organization suffi ciently strong to command' attention, a sort of balance of power, similar but not identical to the theory now taugai oy a. "iownJey, for years nawonai presment or the on-Parti-san League. , Townley admits be has changed his ideas incn W don't want offices; we want results," ne now says. ; Reno would not even permit in dorsement of discussion of candi dates at farmers' marketing organiza- uuii uieeimgs. . Admitting that the Farmers' Union was probably a factor in the election of Senator Brookhart in Iowa, he said its method was to. discuss and educate members , of political issues and call upon each candidiate to state his position on farm problems. - PARKUM" 'BIO STICK' SHOULD BE USED TO FLAY KLAN Unless States Exert Them selves Local Governments Will Be "Submerged by Rule of Hooded Mobs," Declares Governor (By the United Press) Chicago. -Feb. 27.-86 of the "big stick"-methods of Theodore (Roosevelt to unmask the Ku Klux Klan were urged by Governor John M. Parker of Louisiana here last night.' Parker, speaking before the Anti-Klan Con gress of the American Unity League, warned that local governments would be submerged by the rule of hooded mobs unless drastic steps were tak en to curb the klan's activities. ."All states -. anowid declare . themselves against masked men in such terms that none would care to wear the hood and robe, ' Parker said. BULLETINS FRAUD CASE TO JURY. Kansas City, Feb. 27. The na tion's biggest land fraud trial is expected to go to the jury today following arguments in the case of W. E. Stewart, charged with using the mails to defraud the people of 60 millions. Stewart did not take the stand to refute testimony charg ing misrepresentation and other ir regularities in the Magic Valley of the Rio Grande." A huge allot ment of unproductive land was sold to farmers in the Middle West by Stewart. SECRETARIES NAMED. v Washington, Feb. 27. President Harding today named Postmaster (ieneral Work to be secretary of the interior succeeding Albert B. Fall, Whose resignation is effective March 4. To succeed Work as head of the Postoffice Department the President named Senator t Harry New of Indiana, recently defeated for reelection. . The nominations were sent to the Senate today. WARREN TO RESIGN. Washington, Feb. 27. Charles B. Warren, American ambassador to Japan, will submit his resignation formally within a day or two, he an nounced today after a conference with Harding. Warren said he had finished the work he had been sent to accomplish and desired to return to private af fairs.; ' Power Line to Winterville. Ayden, Feb. 27. Winterville is to have electric current from Greenville. A 'power line is now being- built. Electricity for power and lighting will be available from this line in a few days. A lighted highway from Winterville to Greenville has been proposed. Marines Tackle Big Athletic Program; a Stadium Being Built (By the United Press.) Washington'. Febi 27-iPians for athletic contests on a big scale have been made by the U. is. marines of the Quantico train'ing camp near here. The marines are working like beavers to complete their new stad ium in time for the first baseball game of the season, scheduled to be plaved with, Harvard Universitv. Flushed with their victory of last season, When the marines won the military i baseball championship of the east coast, the soldiera of the sear are already combing their ranks for diamond stars who will measure up to the standard set by the Qun- tao baseball team or last year, which won 3i out of 43 games. Football is to play a prominent nart in the marines' athletic program-. Seven college teams hiive made nr ranjrenients to meet the Quantieo , footballers on the gridiron t&s year. 2GTII VICTIM LABOR WAR IN CHICAGO IS WILLIAM KINSELLA Notorious Gangster Shot in Union Meeting Affray Results From Attempt Jewish Butchers to Bolt Organization . (By the Dnited Press.) Chicago, Teh. 27. Chicago's labor war - claimed ? its '4(th victim today when William ("Red' ) Kinaeila, no torious gangster, was shot to death in a pitched battle at a meeting of the Butchers- union. Paul Raden, a member of the un ion was wounded in the shoulder. The gun -battle fcroke out during hcited discussion over an attempt hy He brew butchers to secede from the Amalgamated i Meat Cutters and Butchers of America. ,More than 50 shots were fired. Four or five men took part in the fray. Following the .shooting members of the union fled.;, When the police ar rived the hall was empty. -' . Hines Heads Vets.' Bureau. Washington, Feb. 27 Brigadier- General Frank- T. Hines. tat nrcsent chief of staff f the army, was today appointed director of the United States Veterans' Bureau to succeed Colonel Charles R. Forbes, who re cently resigned., Search for .Missing Launch. San Francisco, Feb.. 27. Search continued today for the missing gov ernment launch Sea ' Rover, unheard from since starting from Fort Mc Dowell early Sunday. R. B. Camp bell, the civilian .engineer, and an un identified soldier were aboard. TAPPfJOVES TO 00 AWAY WITH WELFARE OFFICE P COUNTY Local Organizations Pro testingTip From State , Commissioner Citizens Asked to Write Letters to Assemblymen It a bill introduced in the Senate ! py Senator Luther P. Tapp, is pass ed, the office of county welfare of ficer for Lenoir County will be aibbl- ished. The fact that Senator Tapp j had introduced the bill was communi cated to Mrs. IS. C. Sitterson through a telegram from Mrs. ; Kate Bun- Johnson, State Commissioner of Pub lic Welfare, Tuesday morning. Presi dent L. J. Mewborae of the Kinston Chamber of Commerce, also had in formation from iMiss Mary Shotwell of the welfare department, Mrs. Johnson's telegram to Mrs. Sitterson read: "Senator Tapp introduced bill (abol ishment welfare office Lenoir Coun ty. Ask women's clubs and other influential organizations wire Sen ator Charles U. Harris and Repre sentative H. B. Parker protesting. Hearing tomorrow (Wednesday) morning 10 o'clock. Immediate ac tion necessarv. "MRS, KATE BURR JOHNSON." -The Community Club, other wom en's clubs in Kinston and LaGrange, tne Kiwanis and Rotary iciubs. the Chamber of Commerce, the County Commissioners, the ministerial assoc iation, the school board, Mayor Hap per, The Tree (Press and others are sending protests against the abolish ment of the office. , The welfare office has been in strumental in taking care of prob lems that had not heretofore been reached by any other agency of -government, and friends of therighteous work (intimate that they hivo no in tention of seeing it abolished, and a backward step taken. Any citizens who are interested in adding their protest, ehould address a letter to one of the members of the assembly' above named, , seeing that their leter is mailed not later than the 79 train Tuesday night. I. C. C. IS PLANNING GREAT COMBINATIONS OF RAIL LINES Washington, Feb. 27 Railroads of the South wcst-Gv If region, traversing principally the states , or Missouri, Akansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Louis iana, were yesterday given an oDnor- tunity to present to the Interstate liom'mercc Comimission' their views on the commission's plan for their con solidation into strong competing sys tems. : ' At the sam time, two of the great transcontinental lines, the Southern Pacific and the Union Pacific, were permitted to testify as to their views on the commission's plan to "group the former with the Rock Island end minor roads, and trie latter with the Chicago Northwestern. Both roadsrwere unable to testify at heaririirs in January when the com mission heard evidence from, the other roaf's involved in these consoli d.it 'ims. The commission has proposed . tlie orr-.-.HB of two ystnn in the Sim-h- i : n ; ' --Mssippi WVy juv a, ; , !' paralU'hi:,- c.n'h o' '-r to ;, oinietition, yet strer e'";'nj !':e l';u r,,-nl gitwilion in i. -'I rc,...ii by irrouiujij; wo.ik roads Southern Regional . Child Welfare Meet Atlanta March 13-14 (Special to The Free Press.) Atlanta, Feb. 27. To foregather in the interest of the South' children, champions of child welfare front all over Dixie are planning to attend the Southern Regional Child Welfare Con ference to be staged here March 13 14. Burr Blackburn, executive eecre-' tary of the Georgia State Council of Social Agencies, who is in charge of arrangements, announces a two-dtav progra mof problem discussion with a intra day or visits to the various Atlanta social agencies and a trip to Stone . Mountain, Atlanta's show place. Prominent on the list of con ference leaders who will stimulate thought in these discussions are. the names of nationally recognized ... au thorities such as JPtentiss Murphy, of the Philadelphia Children's Bureau; Mrs. Kate Burr Johnston, of the North ' Carolina Public Welfare De partment; Josepr C. Logan, Red Cross Southern division chief, and C. O. Carstens, director of the Child Welfare League m America. PHILADELPHIA MOB MAN, IN JAIL FOR MURDER William Morgan Confesses to Slaying Little Lillian Glimore Body of Child is Found Frozen in Su burban Stream ' fBv tne United Prtss.) ' ' Philadelphia, Feb. 27. The body of lrtrin AiY-vfiflr-nm UElian (.Ll'mnre. victim of. a fiendish kidnapper, was found frozen in Neshatmny Creek, near Croydon, last midnight. William Morgan, self-confessed abductor, will be formally charged with murder, au thorities todaj said. A crowd of several thousand per sons gathered around the police sta tion where he is aeid when word or the confession spread. They shouted threats of violence against the prison er. The station was wit under a heavy guard of armed men, who stood off the mob. . i . irARTfjENG'S PLAN For World Court Participation Before . ; Senate Committee- Washington. IFeb. 27.r-Witb little prospect of complying with Harding's request that the "present session of the ssemate approve American partict pation in the World ' Court of the League of Nations, the Senate For eign 'Relations Committee today met to take action on the President s sug gestion. The time that remains, four days, is obviously too short jor sue action as Harding desires, senators said, SUZUKI BACK Health Regained, He Comes "Home to Resume Business. Arturi Suzuki, who has been at Aaheville for his health the past few months, was back here Tuesday greet ing his friends. He will resume charge of his business immediately. Suzuki in recent years has built up a sign painting business patronized by pro fessional men and others in ail parts of 'North America. 'He will remain here because ''Kinston is his home." His health is greatly improved. 16 ARRESTED Following Water Dispute In noma Town; Mayor Out. Okla- (By the United Press.) Pawnee, Okla., Feb. 27. Sixteen prominent citizens were released in $1,000 bonds today following their in dictment and arrest on charges of rioting. The indictments followed re quests from formor Mayor Dcboling of Hallet, who charged that a mob including the .16 men forced him to resign. The mayor's resignation was demanded on the grounds that ins was holding up the public water supply, according to Sheriff Cv'W. iScott. strong and eliminating waste. The first of these systems, to be known as System 18, is to comprise the St. Louis-San Francisco, the St. Louis-Southwestern, the Louisiana Railway & Navigation, the Chicago & Alton, the Missouri, Kansas Si Tex as, the Trinity & Brazos Valley, ami the San Antonio, Uvalde, & Gulf. Thp other system, System 19, is to comprise the Chicago & Eastern Illi nois, the 'Missouri Pacific, the Kan sas City Southern, the Texas & Paci fic, the Gulf Coast Lines, the Inter national & Great Northern, the Kan sas City, Mexico & Orient, the Kan sas, Oklahoma & Gulf, the Fort Smith & Western, and the Louisiana & Ar kansas. ' . -' ' YV ; All the. roads except the last two named in the first system and the last four named in the second have been centered on whst is known as P'-ee.nt their main, affirmative casest at hearings here. 1 e roads excepted, together with r 'c utilities commissions of the t -averted, will be given oppor s to re-enf. their views at heat i. . . to be held later in the West, THREATENS Coal Operator Guppoocc Slain Found After 13- Months Quest by Sleuth By the United "Press) Knoxville, Feb. 27. Glenn B. Mayes, coal operator up posed to have been murdered by moonshiners and his body burned in a mountain cabin near Titus, Tennessee, 18 months ago, is in jail charged with forgeries aggregating thousands, Colored Residents in Bequest for School in Accord on Location! William Hayes, chairman of the School Board, Tuesday declared that colored residents after a school in the Lincoln City-South Kinston section, would get the building. The coat had not been estimated. De tails had not Leen worked out. . Negro school patrons here may not get the new building they have re quested of the trustees of the city sys tem. They deserve a monument, mem bers .of the official board admit. A "representative delegation of the colored population appeared ; (before educational authorities with- a peti tion for a sohool to be located some where in the southern part of the city, it was stated today. The lower part of Kinston is populated mainly by colored people. It .was stated that en route to a; id irom one 'lower tiill School, negro institution in Northeast Kinston, colored children Irom the lower part of the city had to pass through districts populated by whites. ; Under .-this circumstance it was natural, members of the delegation were said to have pointed out, tor white boys to throw bricks at col-. ored boys and colored boys to throw bricks at white boys. Ths Honora ble board would please the ' colored residents greatly by authorizing the new school, they said. The negroes were seeking segregation , of their own accord. . - ; "You are in accord, it seems, was the official comment. The delega tion replied that there was not the slightest friction. An element of the population had agreed upon' the approximate location for. a school. thereby breaking all local records, it was. pointed out. Whether they got the school or not, the colored residents should be awarded medals, it was agreed. NOT BADLY HURT Young 'Bill" Allen's Guardian Angel ., ..Was on tho Job.--.-.. - "Bill" Allen, son of William At Allen and grandson of Judge Oliver II . Allen, is suffering from a badly bruised face as a result of a "dive" from an automobile at tMcLewean and Bright streets. The victim, three years of age, chose to stand up rather than sit in the touring car of his father. When the car, driven by (Mr. Allen, turned the corner sharply Bill Allen was burled out, striking the pavement 10 feet away from the automobile. Bystanders closed their eyes, expecting to see the boy killed or maimed, tile got to his feet unassisted, painfully but not seriously hurt. . STATE NEWS (Special to The Free Press.) New Bern, Feb. 27. The Norfolk- New Bern steamer service in opera tion the past few weeks wilt be ex tended Irom Norfolk to Bailtinwre shortly, according to announcement by L. G. Hogfcihire, president of the line. Fireman Killed. Hertford. Feb. 27. T. B. Lock- hardt, SO, a Norfolk .Southern fire man, was killed yesterday when his engine was struck by cars rolling down a grade. Lockhardt was aiding in switching operations. A coal car demolished the rear of the locomo tive. The fireman was crushed and scalded to death. Engineer W. M, Mirnden of Edenton was painfully in jured. Negro Killed. New Bern. Feb. 27. Willie Simp son was shot and killex) and William Bryan seriously wounded in an af fray in a negro district here. Both are negroes. . Arrests have been made. ' Alderman Dead. , 'New Bern, Feb. 27. iFred. Hardi- Son, 30, an alderman, died in a 'local hospital yesterday afternoon. He was well-known. He was married only a few days ago. Cars Destroyed. 1 Winston-Salem. Feb. 27. Fourteen freirfrt cars were destroyed 1v fire on a railroad yard here. Eleven were empty. The-. origin-.is unknown. Judge Orders Wreck cf Dixie Flyer Probed by Grand Jury; Two Calhoun, Ga., Feb. 27. Ah investi gation into the wreck of the 'Dixie Flyer" of the Nashville, Chattanooga & ibt. iU)U Railway late yesterday, in which two were killed and 15 in jured, will be made by the grand jury here on orders of Superior Cburt Judge Tarver. Judge Tarver, follow ing reports that the -train was rutt ing 60 miles an hour on a newly con tracted roadbed, ordered the inves tigation. "If the reports are true the engineer should be indicted for man- au-htfr, he said. The dead ore I). K. l)oak, Atlanta, fireman, and T. II. Curney, St. Louis. Five of the injured are' in a serious condition. . Mayes was arrested at PoweRon, "West Virginia, by private detectives who have been trailing him a year. IMayes is charged with the forgery of checks amounting . to more than $5,000. , , 'Mayes had antagonized moonshin ers near his mines just before his sup posed death. His murder was attrw uted to them at the time.- Several suspects were arrested and released for lack of evidence. Mayes admits his identity and the forgeries, but denies any part in burning the -cabin. DIDNT KNOW IT ALL Ancients Not Only One Who -Could - . Keep .Corpses,,, , , t -v..v jThe embalming process by which the Egyptian mummifiars 3,500 years ago preserved, old King , Tutankhamen for the edification of twentieth, cen tury, A. D., museum fans, has been heralded far and wide as a "lost art." It may he lost, but nobody will miss it from a practioal point of view. Eugene . Wood, coroner .of . Lenoir : County, who 'has embalmed all sorts and conditions of persona and dur ing the past few rears has attracted , much attention among piiofessional taxidermists by , adminiaterjug the preservative to " numerous animal carcasses, with "highly successful re sults," has advanced the claim that the modern embalming process ' is superior to that of the ancients. Old "Twin-Cylinder," reposing ip a band painted case in a dry tomb in a hot, ry climate, has not . retained any more of his physical charm . than would have been the case had modem methods been used by the ancient undertakers, according to . Wood. The 20th century process causes the ; subject to become as "hard as rock." "Twotan'k" couldn't hav ken hard er", "before or after," accordjng to Wood. Corpses embalmed and prop erly laid away now will he sound 3, 500, years hence, he believes. BOWLERS' TOURNEY Of Knights of Columbus Ba Held at Milwaukee. (By- the .UmM Press.) 'Milwaukee, Wis., Feb .27. Starting' March 10, Milwaukee will be host to two national bowling tournaments the American 'Bowling Congress tour nament and1 the atloipal Knights of Columbus tournament. 'With reports that all records in joint entries will be broken by -the A. 'B. C. this year, those in Charge of tho Knights of Columrbua tourney report .the .entry list in the first national tournament of their organization will run. well over the- 60O-team -mark. ' Chicago, With an entry list of over 100 teams,, leads the list an out-of-town entries in the K. of C tourney. ,' gold Inters m METAL AUAQiY Pennsylvania Farm Said to Contain Precious JVJineral But in Unknown Quawti ty May Not fie Paying Proposition (By the United Press) Yardley, P.n.. Feb. 27. Tho period ical "gold rush" is again under .way here. Fifteen men have formed a company to dig for the precious met al. Humors have been circulating through Bucks County for 25 years that there is roM in paying quanti ties in the vicinity or lardleyv Now searchers believe they will soon reach the rold. Efforts of the' gold hunters have been centered o nwhat ia-known as "the I)ecoursey farm," two miles from yardley, a town of 1,300. : Fif teen men have formed the -'Lower Makefield Prospecting ' Company," each investing $100. to lease 30 farms in the vicinity of Yardley. A dollar a year and 10 per cent, of the prof its from the gold mines has 'been promised to the farm owners. V, -The company wiH begin mining opera tions in the spring, attacking gravel beds with modern washing 'machinery. Gold actually exists en the Decour sey farm, but whether it exists tin such quantities as to make .it profit able to tako out has not been deter mined. TWO SHOT Body of Girl and Wounded Found in Burning House. JIaa (By the United Press.) Woodbury, N. J., Feb. 27-Resi-dents of Mount Royal, attracted by a burning boat house on Mantua Creek today, found the -bedy of Viola Staley, 22, with a bullet wound in the temple, and nearby J.Lanry Hill, 27, discovered unconscious with a bul let wound in his head. Coroner Vood began an immediate -invest:--,tion. Mill told the coroner that the g il set fire to the oathouse and commit ted suicide. He said he attemp'e-d to end his life for fear he would be ac- icused of the murder.