THE WEEK'S EVENTS
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Important news of stAtI, na
tion AN? THE WORLD
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Foreign?
Prince Alexander Hohenlohe-Oehrin
'gen has been discovered sleeping, rag
ged and destitute, on a park bench in
Budapest. A policeman discovered
the disreputable-looking tramp and
dragged him off to the police station
There the former German prince iden
tified himself.
The Cuban senate unanimously ac
cepted the amendments added to the
Hay-Quesada treaty by the United
States senate.
> An attempt to murder a Soviet Rus
sian delegation returing to Moscow
frsm Tiflis has been frustrated, ac
cording to dispatches from Lemberg.
The Communists were aboard a train
which would have crashed through a
bridge damaged by explosives if the
plans of the assassins had succeeded.
Foreign Minister Austen Chamber
lain of London, Eng., denied in the
house of commons the possibility of
?American use of British naval base at
Singapore, or that the question even
bad been discussed.
Official and private radio advices
from Trujillo, the third important city
?of Peru, say that the city has been
completely destroyed by inundations
caused by torrential rains. , )
A bulletin issued recently by the
physician of Marcus Curzon, says the
patient is showing early signs of a
lung complication in London England.
The strike of metal workers has
been abandoned. Socialist of Rome,
<5reece, voted to end the walkout fol
lowing a conference recently. The
reasons which caused the strike were
explained. !
There was no loss of life in the fire
which swept northern Tokio between
Nippori station and Uyeno, the Tokio
terminus of the Northern railway, a
Section which was partially destroyed
after the earthquake of 1923.
Marquis Curzon of Kedleston, Eng
land, lord president of the council, is
dead. His lordship had been ill for
'about a week. He suffered a nasal
hemorrhage and since that time had
been operated on. Reports from his
sick room have been increasingly un
favorable. The marquis had been bred
for public life and followed the ca
reer of politics and government with
great successes, having held almost ev
ery great office under the British
crown except that of prime minister.
Washington?
The senate elections committee, in
"Washington, recently authorized both
sides of the Brookhart-Steck sena
torial contest in Iowa to appoint su
pervisors to collect the ballots and
bring them to Washington for a re
count.
The condition of former Senator
Culberson of Texas, who has been in
111 health for years, is pausing con
siderable anxiety to his friends, due
to his age, 70 years. His physicians
fear be has pneumonia.
Disturbances in Peru, due to dis
satisfaction over the award by Pres
ident Coolidge in the Tacna-Arica ar
bitration case, appear to be subsiding,
at least so far as Lima, the capital, is
concerned.
; John Garibaldi Sargent, in an hour
after h? had arrived in Washington,
took the oath of office of field mar
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shal of the law enforcement arm of
the federal government.
Secretary Jardine, of Washington,
directed the grain futures administra
tion to make an immediate investiga
tion of the recent violent fluctuations
in the market price of wheat. ?>
Representative Frear, of Wisconsin,
one of the house ? Republican insur
gents, in Washington, charged in a
statement inserted recently in the
Congressional Record that "punish
ment" of twelve house members for
"party irregularity"? was brought
about because of the legislation pro
posed for the next congress.
Hearings on the Van Sweringen
plan to consolidate the Nickel Plate
railroad with the Chesapeake and
Ohio, Erie, Pere Marquette, and Hock
ing Valley will begin before the inter
state commerce commission in Wash
ington April 15. The consolidation
plan is the largest brought forward
since the transportation act opened
the way for big mergers. The nec
essary stock acquisitions already
have already been carried out.
Senator Norris. Republican, Nebras
ka, declared in ;the senate recently
In Washington, that an effort had been
made to influence his vote on Charles
?C. Warren's nomination for attorney
general by propaganda emanating
from the "Republican machine" in
Nebraska.
Twenty-eight local land offices wer?
abolished in an executive order signed
recently, by President Coolidge in
Washington. The order is effective
April 30, and brings to 39 the number
of such office^ discontinued in the
last two months. ]
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The concluding oral arguments to
the supreme court, in Washington,
on the constitutionality of the Oregon
law requiring children between 8 and
16 years of age, to attend state
schools brought further questions
from the justice recently, which indi
cated to an intensely interested au
dience that contentions in behalf of
the act were meeting with "little suc
cess. ?
Although S the Washington govern
ment maintained complete silence on
the recent demonstrations in Peru
against the arbitral award made by
President Coolidge, of the Tacna-Ari
ca controversy, it was learned from
other sources that these anti-Ameri
can demonstrations were of v^de
spread and serious nature, and mat
Herman Velarde, the Peruvian am
bassador here, may withdraw from
Washington as a personal protest.
, In connection with the formal open
ing of the first direct cable to Italy,
oil March* 16, President Carlton ot the
Western Union Telegraph company,
received a cablegram informing him
that the king of Italy has conferred
upon him the cross of Grand Officer
of the Crown of Italy.
Domestic?
The government won a victory in
its suit to break the Teapot Dome
lease of the Mammoth Oil company
in the Federal Courtroom, Cheyenne
Wyo., the ) other day when Federal
Judge T. Blake Kennedy overruled
the motion of the defense that cer
*?in government evidence be thrown
out. ,
A readjustment of the financial
structure of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and St. Paul Railway company, prob
ably through a receiveship was divid
ed upon the other night, in New York,
by the board of directors.
"The present generation isn't bad,
it's just different and so is every
thing else in the world." In this man
ner, Mrs. M. S. Bannister, of St Louis,
defends the flapper age, She bases
her statement on observations.
The New Hampshire house of repre
sentatives voted against ratification
of the federal child labor amend
ments, 327 to 37. The amendment
will not be referred to the senate.
A The board of governors of the In
vestment Bankers' association of
America, in1 New York, announced
that it had selected St. Petersburg.
Fla., for the 14th annual convention
of the association, to be held Decenw
ber 2, 3, 4, and 5. Special trains will
be run from New York Hind Chicago.
Gerald Chapman, notorious mail ban
dit and alleged slayer of Policeman
James Shelly of New Britain, lost the
first skirmish of the battle for his
life when Judge Newell Jennings, in
superior court, in Hartford, Conn., de
nied the other day a motion that
Chapman be tried !in some county
other than Hartford.
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Twenty-six cities and towns, in five
states report an estimated total loss of
life in the recent tornado as 891 dead
and 2,832 injured. Fire completed the
destruction of. large sections of many
of these cities, it is said in Chicago,
Illinois.
A bitter attack on the Underwood
bill to lease the government proper
ties at Muscle Shoals was made re
cently in the senate, in Washington,
by Senator McKellar,/ Democrat,
Tennessee. '
A fire at Canal Point early the oth
er day, destroyed a general store and
an adjoining building in Okeechobee,
Fla., with a loss estimated at $30,(to0.
Bucket brigades prevented a spread
of flames.
A new system in Florida lor select
ing jurors, which will stop some sher
iffs from "picking their own jurors,"'
was urged by A. E. Lawrence, of Se
bring, judge of Highland county.
A rapid reorganization of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railway
company, under the receivership pro
ceedings, which were started simul
taneousfy in New York and Chicago,
was forecast as a protective committee
for stock and bondholders laid pre
liminary plans for a financial read
justment.
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Six men, a woman and a six-months
old baby, surviving the wreck of the
schooner Beatrice, bound from Hava
na to Nassau, have been rescued from
Green Bay, Bahamas, by Harry Payne
Bingham's yacht Pawnee, according to
a wireless dispatch from the yacht re
ceived at Miami, Fla.
? The coast guard cutter Carabasset
is towing the distressed tug Leroy to
Hampton Roads, it is announced at
coast guard headquarters at Norfolk,
Va. The cutter picked up the disabled
ship and was headed for Norfolk
when last heard from, but was mak
ing slow time, due to a heavy fog.
Leopold Schepp, known as the "co
coanut king," recently distributed $22,
900 to the employes of his firm In
New York City, and then announced
that he had set aside $2,500,000 of his
forune to carry out philanthropic plans
for the betterment of humanity.
Kid McCoy, the former welterweight
champion, was found guilty at Los
Angeles, Calif., on charges of assault
with a deadly weapon and assault with
intento kill. He was found not guilty
on four counts of robbery.
Charles C. Faiman, proprietor of a
school of bacteriology, admits, accord
ing to assistant state's attorneys, that
he had given typhoid germs to Wil
liam D. Shepherd, fostet-father of Wil
liam Nelson McClintock, the Chicago
"millionaire orphan," whose death
from typhoid fever is now a subject
for investigation by the grand jury.
WANT GRAND JURY
PRISON BOARD MEETS TO ZLECT
SUPERINTENDENT AND OTHER
OFFICIALS.
Raleigh.
Investigation of the administration
of George Ross Pou as superintendent
of the State Prison by the Wake
county grand jury has been requested
as a result of the publication of bills
charged to the prison for varied items
not usually considered necessary sup
plies for a penal institution Solicitor
W, F. Evans stated on the eve of the
meeting of the State Prison Board to
elect the superintendent and other offi
cials of the instittuion.
; Solicitor Evans stated that his at
tention had also been called to the re
port that a prisoner named Padrick
had Berved as chauffeur for Mr. Pou
since he arrived at the Prison from
Vance county to serve a term for ar
son. Mr. Evans stated that he had
been informed that this convict had
not been required to live at the pris
on but that he nad brought his family
to Raleigh and lived with them. The
solicitor stated that he had not decid
ed what his course would be.
No explanation of the publication
on Sunday of a bill charged to the
Slate Prison from a Raleigh drug
store including such items as rouge,
fish food, cold cream, powder puff and
hair tonic, nor of the fact that while
the bill for the six months period
amounted to $487.43, the State Treas
urer's books show that $1,888.25 was
paid out on fhe account, was made by
Mr. Pou. '
Mr. Pou in a statement several days
ago invited investigation of his admin
istration by the Wake county grand
jury or the Attorney General. He
stated that he would pay no more
attention to "scavenger-like attacks"
but asked any citizen who had any
thing to say to tell it to the grand
jury or the attorney general.
Postal Rates Change Soon. '
The changes in postal rates authoris
ed 'by the act of Congress on February
28. 1915 which will serve to pay the
increase in salaries of the postal ser- ^
vice employes, will go into effect April
25, 1925. The increase in salaries
which went into effect January 1,
caused an increase in the payroll of
the 100 employes in the Raleigh office
of about $3,000, which is an increase
of abut, one sixth.
Post Master M. B. Duncan stated
Saturday that the increase in salary,
had also meant an increase in service
and interest on the part of the em
ployes. And in addition the relief from
the uncertainty had improved the
morale of the staff.
A special service charge of two
cents has been added on each parcel:
except those originating on rural
routes, and a special handling charge
of 25 cents.
Some of the greatest changes have
been in raising the rate on money j
orders, raising the minimum fee on
all registered mail to 15 cents, and add
ing a return receipt fee of three cents
for registered mail and insured mail.
Prices of insurance have also been
raised, and the fee for C. O. D. pack
ages. Special delivery rates have been
raised for packages over 2 pounds to j
15 cents, and packages over 10 pounds
to 20 cents.
) Postage rates for mail matter not
li&ted are unchanged. Other changes
are:
First class m#ter. Post cards,
changed from 1 cent each to 2 cents
each. i 1
Second class matterTransient,
changed from 1 cent each 4 ounces to
8 ounces and under, 2 cents each 2
ounces, over 8 ounces. Parcel post
rates: Publishers, scientific, agricul
tural, and religious changed from
I 1-4 cent per pound ,t,o 1 1-2 cent per
pound; zones rates, zones 4, 5; and 6,
changed from 5, 6 and 7 cents per
pound respectively to 6 cents per
pound for each zone; zones 7 and 8
changed from 9 and 10 cents respec
tively, to 9 cents per pound for each
class.
Third class matter: Printed mat
ter changed from 4 pounds and under.
1 cent for each 2 ounces, over 4
pounds, fourth class to 8 ounces and
unfler, 1 1-2 -cents for each 2 ounces,
over 8 ounces; fourth class, books,
catalogues, seeds, bulbs, cuttings,
roots, scions, and puants, changed from
rates of fourth class matter to 8 ounces
and under 1 cent each 2 ounces, over
8 ounces fourth class; r- -^handlse,
changed from 4 o',r" :\sr, 1
cent each ounf/ *"*'? ' ;:one
rates to 8 out^.^ *- iird
class, over 8 ounces
Notary Pub'ics Commis.
Governor McLean commissioned the
following notaries public:: .A. J.
Bagley, Lincolnton; S. B. Beachboard,
Asheville; S. J. Beaver, Concord; W.
B. Beaver, Kannapolis; T. S. M. Blood
worth, Greensboro; R. R. Boggs, Ca
tawba; S. M. Butler, Biadenboro; J.
B. Copple, Albemarle; J. W. Grimes;
Washington; -M. W. Heiss, Greens
boro; Miss Florence E. Moore, Greens
boro; Mrs. Mable Lea Oehler, Greens
bor6"; C. Oettinger, Kins ton; B. j
Phillips, Bonlee.
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MEN WORK DAY AND NIGHT DIG
GING GRAVES AT WEST
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FRANKFORT. ,
Chicago?Burial of the dead result
ing from a tornado which struck por
tions of fivkstates Wednesday was
begun while Tfinfolk and friends of
many mourners continued the dismal
task of recovering bodies from the
tangled debris of the storm-swept
area. . ? > . ?
In the wreckage of the cities and
out in the by-ways of the rural dis
tricts relief and rescue workers re
ported additional casualties would be
discovered. Unidentified dead still
rest on crude fixtures in many mor
gues, awaiting recognition or unknown
burlai.
The casuality list of the Associat
ed Press, carrying the names of those
actually identified, totalled 738. The
estimated and known dead from all
sections numbered about 800, accord
ing to latest advices. The injured to
talled around 3,000 on these reports
The homeless were being tabulated
by hundreds and Red Cross officials
predicted they would number up
wards of 15,000.
These refugees are as safely and
comfortably sheltered as is possible
i tents, equipments and food supplies
rushed into all centers being ample
to care for the situation. The prob
lem is now one of rehabilitation.
Forty men worked all day digging
graves at Murphysboro, 111., one of the
worst stricken cities, and they expect
ed to have 70 of the victims buried.
If all the bodies have been recovered
by Sunday the city will pause for a
general funeral service.
The death list in the town was the
highest recorded.
At West Frankfort, Illinois, a sister
city which ranked second in loss of life
and damage, ^00 men were engaged in
preparing graves. Methodically, the
city was effacing material evidences
of the tornado's visitation, the path of
which followed a secion largely occu- J
pied by homes of miners and railroad !
men. It probably will be a month be- '?
fore gas again is sent through the !
city's mains, but electric lights were
promised. " .
Religious Issue Causes Battle.
Paris.?The French government's
policy for maintaining intact the sep
aration of church and state nd apply
ing the secularization laws as passed
by previous parliaments, was endors
ed by a substantial majority in the
chamber of deputies at a setting filled
with disorder. The vote was 327 to 95.
The members of the right showed
their disapproval of the motion of
confidence by abstaining from voting.
The vote was taken after the pre
mier had made a stubborn defense of
his policy. During it he attacked the
recent manifesto of the French fcar
dinals and archbishops, which protest
ed against the government's efforts to
make the non-denominational laws
effective in Alsace, and comparing the
"Christianity of bankers" with the
"Christiantiy of the catacombs."
The address of the premier opened
the flood gates of temper of his oppon
ents, which culminated in one of the
worst disturbances the chamber ever
has seen. Old and new orders in
France came into dramatic conflict on
the floor, first when the Catholics' and
the anti-clericals indulged in a free
for-all pummelling match, and, second,
when a censured deputy, Marquis do la
Ferconaye, refused to leave the cham
ber when he was ordered to do so. The
marquis had characterized M. Her
riot's reference to "Christiaiity of
bankers" as a "coarse and unwarrant
ed insult."
Officer Kills Man Looting Victim.
West Frankfort.?One case of pilfer
ing from the deal was made known
by the police. This was a man caught
taking rings from a woman's hands
shortly after the tornado. The would
be thief was struck ovej- the head with
a plank by a police officer and killed.
Names were not revealed but Chief
Notman vouched for the authenticity
of the incident.
Washington?Former Senator Cul
berson of Texas died here.
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v The former senator's family were at
his bedside when the end came, hav
ing been summoned by his physicians
Mr. Culberson had been an invalid
for years and before his retirement
from the senate in 1922 it was neces
sary for him to use a wheel chair
about the capitol. He was 70 years
old. '? '!
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Ruth Holland Quits Justice Dept.
Washington?Rush Holland, of Oh
io, who has served since 1921 as assis
tant attorney general in charge of ad
ministrative work in the Justice De
partment, has resigned and will re
sume his practice of law in Washing
ton.
His retirement leaves two vacan
cies in .the grade of assistant attorney
general. It has been indicated that
James M. Beck, of Pennsylvania,
soon would resign as solicitor gener
al.
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DOINGS IN HIE
TAR HEEL STATE
NEWS OF NORTH CAROLINA
TOLD IN SHORT PARA
GRAPHS FOR BUSY PEOPLE
Gastonia.?Four negro children of
Charles Nickelson, were burned to
death at their home near Bessemer
City as the result of an exploded
lamp; It was learned here.
?Morganton.?A cablegram received
here from Shanghai, China, brought
news of' the death of J. C. Taylor.
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The message simply announced that
Mr. Tayldr had died of pneumonia in
Shanghai and requested instructions
a6 to the disposition of the body.
Rutherfordton.?'Mrs. Mary Jackson
Miller died at her home on Broad
River Monday and was buried here.
She is the widow of the late W. G-.
Miller and was 84 years of age. Sh?
was ill only a few days. Her sister,
(Mrs. Morgan of Fa/Hrforesjt, S. C.,
visited her, contracted pneumonia and
died two days previous to the death
of her sister. One was buried on
Monday and the other on Tuesday.
Asheville.?The , civil issue and
summons dockets of the Bunconfbe
Superior Court are glutted with
something like 2,000 cases and un
less new methods are adopted in dis
posing the court business, "The con
gestion will never be clearifled and
kept clear," according to the report
submitted by the special calendar
committee to Judge Pender A. Mc-j
Elroy, just before the wholesale dis
missing of cases was commenced.
Monroe.?Mrs. Pocahontas Hinson
died at her home in Monroe in the j
early "frours of Wednesday morning, |
March 11, in her 74th year. She had
beeir-f^eble from the incidents of age j
for a long time and sick a few weeks 1
prior to her death. She was one of i
the. oldest residents of Monroe. She I
was born in Wadesboro September
30, 1851. . <
Rocky Mount.?With decorators al
ready at work at Fenner's warehouse,
where the attraction will be held, de
tailed plans are nearing completion
for the seventh annual Rocky Mount
automobile and fashion show which
will open here next Monday, under the
auspices of the local Shrine drum
corps of Sudan temple, to continue
through the week. /
Rockinham.?Again has the death
angel visited the Led better family,
this time taking Hal Steel Ledbetter.
His death occurred, following an ill
ness of two months from pneumonia
and plurisy. The funeral will be from
the Methodist church.
Durham.?Engineers of the Southern
Railway, the Norfolk and Western
Railway and the Seaboard Air Line
Railway with, a flock of assistant and
sub-engineers, descended upon Dur
ham with plans and detailed specifi
cations for the 'Chapel Hill street un
derpass, to be erected at the expense
of the roailroads, under order of the
United States Supreme Court.
Lumberton.?A vast and inspiring
plan, worked out carefully over a per
iod of years, which has for its pur
pose the restoration to useful lives
of disabled ex-service men and the
fostering care of orphans was present
ed to a handful of Kiwanians and
members of the Lumberton post of the
American legion at a joint luncheon
at the Lorraine hotel by Mr. A. Lind
say Skerry, iOf Indianapolis, Ind., field
representative of national headquart
ers of the legion.
Louisburg.?A remarkable service
was held in the revival series at the
Methodist church here on Saturday
night, when Dr. Jordan preached to a
crowded church on the words of Fes
tus to Paul, "Almost thou persuadest
me to be a Christian." Logical, search
ing, persuasive, the appeal reached
hearts, and many manifested their
determination to accept Christ.
Charlotte.?Dr. T. A. Smith, physi
cian of Charlotte, became entangled in
the meshes of the federal net which
has caught 29 other alleged violators
of the anti-narcotic l&ws in this vicin
ity recently. He was arrested on a
charge of selling morphine.
Clinton.?A monster celebration, to
voice observance of the opening of
the new Class A county highway
through Ivanhoe, ?f? planned by the
people of that village and the sur
rounding community. It is now plan
ned to hold the celebration on April
21.
Dunn.?A 10-room residence owned
by J, W. Whitehead and occupied by
James,Adams and family together
with all its contents was destroyed bjr
fire. The total lose is estimated at
more than $10,000 part of which was
covered by insurance.
Eden ton.?Miss Margaret Stephen
son sustained a fractured wrist, and
her friends, Misses Pruden and Weblt,
Buffered cuts and bruises when a car
she was driving collided with one
driven by Charles Parker of Perqui
mans county. Mr. Parker received a
painful laceration on his temple.
Leaksville.?a. L. Manley, of Spray,
a sign painter and well known through
out this section was arrested on a
warrant, from Seagrove, Randolph
county, charging him with criminal
assault upon a 14-year old girl of that
ulacft.
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How's Your Liv
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hrial fever, while in Gklab
whcle1'^
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lief. Finally I came o^ck h (
Carolina. Then, I began taU
Pierce's Golden Medical D;J?
took it about one month, anjj
never had chills since. The ta
liver trouble and indigestion ,
had are gone and I am
good health."?Walter R. m*
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For overnight relief to InflamM tyt'
Bfcleg use Roman Eye Balsam. 0t<* t
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Black Sheep Bequeatht
Rupert Gwynne. former me>nl?
parliament of Enjrlanil, in his wl
his ilock of black sii< <>p to such t
family as shall succeed to the Fol
ton estate.
How to Test Strength
Liniment
AN IRRITATING, bum*.
liniment would have ag0
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1L absorbed by the skin.
To do good, a liniment must
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Make this simple test with any
ber of different liniments anddecl
yourself the one that Is most effe
Rub the liniment into your I
Then wash thoroughly. A ,fewi
later you will notice the ?dor of
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?proving that it has been abs
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