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ocoooooo O TODAY'S O O . NEVS O O TODAY. oooooooo OOOOOOOO O ASSOCIATED O O PRESS O O DISPATCHES O OOOOOOOO uOiTCOBD IBUNE VOLUME XXII. CONCORD, N. C, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 23. 1922. NO. 21. Daily AD WORKERS' This Time 10.000 Railroad firemen and Oilers Are Effected.- Announced Today by Labor Board t RULES ARE TO BE . EFFECTIVE MARCH Extra Pay Until After the - Tenth Hour Is Eliminated. . Ten-Hour Day la . Vir tually Restored. Chicago, Feb. 23. Another pay slash, this time hlltlnr IDItml ntllr.mil tlmuea and oilers, waa ntade by the United Hiatal Railroad Labor Board wbea It announced rule effective March 1st eliminating extra psy until after the lllth hour, niwt wIHiik- up a "split trick" of eight ho'jrs within a rpread of 12, without any overtime. Following several other (llctxton Virtually restoring the 10-hour Oay for railmail workers, the Board today . authorised the matin to pay only pro rata wage after the regular eight . hour, which the Hoard retained In principle an constituting a day's work. 1'iuie and a half will lie paid after ten boar. In the ram of the split trick, straight time will be paid for - the first ten bourn whether Included in the 13-hour unread or not, - anil time ami a ha t will ho given there- - after, '. ',"'; : -. - " . ., : .. . Formerly the firemen and oilers, all of-whom wot-gad around railroad shops, were paid time and a half af ter eight hours. . . ' Sundays and holidays will he paid ' : for at tlie pro rata- rnte, a mimlmnm . of three hours pay being made for two hours work or leas.. Monthly -.justed to eliminate the old time and ,v one-half provision. - ' The Board's new rules supplant -4 he national agreement made during Fed eral control, which has lieen in effect since January IB, 1020. : ;; v OLD MAN JOHN D. HAS NOT C1VBN CONSENT To the Marriage of HisTJra'ml Ttautrfct- Ik. C.,4 Ut.ll..a. & . 1 . AWr Ike Asss rtted Press, v. Daytona, Fto. Feb. 23. John n. Hockefeller Mr., grand father of lb year old Mathllde McCormick. whose ' engagement to Mack Oserj tho-'Swisa riding academy proprietor, has been announced by the McCormick family, has not given his consent to the match, according to close friends here of Mr, Rockefeller. Mr. Rockefeller Is now . at the Casements, his winter home at Onuond Beach near here. - ' . Harold F. McCormick, recently di vorced by Mr. Rockefeller's daughter, and Miss Mattlde McCormick . will visit: Mr. Rockefeller at Ormond with- - In the near future to discuss the pro . posed marriage, It was said totlay. Luther League Social. ' ' V . Mrs. R. M. Cook gnve thn t.utlier Iagne ot Center a social last night. - The decorations were cur Hod out in color of red, ..white and blue with hatchets hanging ' all around. When i the. guests arrived Mrs. .John Rddle inan met them at the door and nsher- ; ed them Into the music room, where Mrs. Carl -Castor did the- measuring. assisted By the treasurer. Miss Bertie Kddleraan, Then the. guests were In vited . Into another room where they ; were served punch by Misses Rcliecca and Mary Castor. Prises were award' ed to the largest girl and boy. During the evening the Vlctrola made music for the guests and two interesting contexts were liehf. One of the con tests wag the cutting of cherry tree. ' The guests were then invited into the dining room, where sandwiches. coffee and mints were served. Those present were: Misses Mary r Castor, Rebecca Castor, Meta Castor, . llama Castor, : Vertie Castor, Bertie . Kddleman,- Margie Earnhardt, Mar garet Chambers, Kathleen Chambers, . Kathleen Smith, Juanlta Smith, Miss Htewart, Virginia Trammel, i Helen Cook. Helen Smith. Lillian Smith ; , Messrs. Urady Ross, G.R. Castor, Wil liam Flncher, Hmoot (Castor, James Shlnn. Robert Brautley, Joe Castor. Brevard Hileman. Harry Lenta: Oscnr Hurlocker, Ray Castor, Frank Cook", of Inolr College ; and Mr. Tuttle, of Lenoir College; Master Robert Cook, v Jr Mr. and Mrs. Carl Castor, Mr. and Mrs. John Kddleman. .Mrs. C, C. Lenta, Mrs, J, T. Howell. ; ; Z. INVITATION OF LEWIS 1 . - DECLINED BY OPERATORS Plttsnurgh Vein Opersiora Assoelatkm . Will Not Head iMegate to usniet WUh Miner. tar be AsMseUted Pt 'CleveUnd, O., Feb. 28. Thirty-three v memlMtrs of the Pittsburgh Vein Oper- ators AssocUtlon, comprising part of . Ibe central competitive coal district, in , session today adopted a resolution ; that the coal situation has not chang ed since January 6, when they first re- , fused to meet with representatives of . - the mluera, and declined to meet wltb . President John L. Lewis In Cleveland on March 2 to arrange for negotta tlons on the present wage controversy. . The resolution states, however, that If President Lewis Is able to arrange a meeting at which the operators of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, aud part of Pennsylvania, the four states In the central competitive field, will all he represented, the Plsshurgh Vein Opera tors. A asocial Ion will send represents- - lives to such a meeting. - SllTlft S IALLT ! TO LlbI01 lATltl U-aJ Tt Ieaeraip Drive Mrti- lag With tsrcrew-iU Henlrr Hen Asied Te Join. The American Legion drtvs for members conllnae. The mopping np, squad continued activities yester day afternoon and met with marsed success. Service men from the town and eonnty are rallying to the Le gion's, banner and by the end of ibe week it la pected that the Cuneord Post will be able to make a splendid report to headquarter 4n Raleigh. The local Pest need and wants every service man In - lb uuty The dnes are only 12.60 a year, which Includes subscription to the American Legion Weekly (easily worth toe amount of the do's) and. all men who were honorably discharged from the service are' eligible. Plans are on foot for the organisation or a uegloa Club room In keeping with the strength and prominence of the or ganization, for a baseball team, box ing team, sham battle, play and a aeries of social events ' ' . -AH service men wbo have not folned the Legion are requested by the local Post to send their names to Harry Caldwell, chairman, of the membership committee, or Clyde Prcpst, finance officer. '. -., Parent-Teachers' Assorlstlon. The Parent-Teachers' Association of the primary school had Us regular February mettlag at the primary school building on Tuesday, February 2lst. This amoriatlim I a new organ isation In t'oucord and is Just getting on Its feet. It has unlimited posslhll I tie for service to the school. Tues day's meeting was a most enthusiastic one. , i ' The. children's Washington , Birth day Pageant was a delightful little entertainment with attractive costumes and songs. The report of the first work under taken by the society was splendid. Forty undernourished children have, received milk dally and the '.weight score is a proof of it flue effect. All had gained a pound or more and two had gained as much as five pound. The Association plans to do nianypth er much needed things. - Mrs. C, A. Cannon ha loaned her Denies to the school, which will enable the teachers to weigh the children monthly. Home playground apparatus is neing planned too. ; Mr. Whitehead Kluftx made, a most inspiring nppenl for Community Ser- vice In Concord. The women present were very much Impressed and took vote to the effect thnt those present most emphatically endorsed the move ment. " --; - " j- LadWtahBtfVrr At the call of Mrs. W. C. Houston. hainuan of the Interdenoniluatioiuil Missionary t'nlon, a large number . of ladies from the various churches of the city : met yesterday afternoon In Mrs. Honston's parlor to make plans for a public meeting at an early date. The chairman presented a suggest ive program for the meeting and Mrs. 8. A. Wolfe was made chairman or committees to make definite arrange ments for a union prayer service which ,,1 . . . . I . . L . .1. . 1. . win D0 s neifi id lueiurai' . janininiisi Chnrch on Friday, March 3rd,' at 3:30 o'clock, , It Is.the purpose of the ladies to en list the Interest of all the members of the missionary -societies of the city In general movement : for community progress and uplift, nnd to this end they cordially invite every woman In the city to loin in this general prayer service and make it a basis for future efforts ': in accomplishing something worth while for our home town. . Rememtter the time and place Cen tral Methodist Church, March 3rd at 3:30 o'clock, and be there, t ,v. X. Unprecedented Drop in Railroad Washington, eh. 10. A decline, was registered In railroad traffic during 1021 or 23.3 per cent tinder that of 1020. and was the greatest ever registered in American transportation records, according to the association of railway executives. Compiling the estimates from reports to the inter state commerce commission, the as sociation in a statement issued today said that in 1021 the number of tons of freight carried one mile in the United States were 344, 107, O0OJKKI, or lM,3tm.uimooo lens than the ton miles of 1020. The decrease in the east ern district was 24 1-2 per cent, in the western . 22 1-2, nnd iu the southern 20.6. OoL Wilson O. Imb Dies In Rocky ' Mount. ' Rocky Mount Feb. 22. Col. Wilson G. Lamb, of Willlamston, chairman of the state hoard of elections since it organisation during Aycock's ad ministration and pioneer leader in Democratic circles - of eastern North Carolina, died early this afternoon at a local hospital where he Had been brought for treatment .three weeks ago while suffering from a severe com plication of kidney diseases. ; Hope Ellas. Jr, Farmer, Made Mors; . lea burr Uemoastrator. Charlotte, Feb. 23. Kope Ellas, Jr., of. Brysoa City, was today appointed farm demonstration agent for Mecklen burg county over five other applicants. He trained In the agrlcultaral school at Cornell University and has been a practical farmer for 18 years. He and his family came to Charlotte March 1. Mrs. Kits la . daughter, of Bishop Kllgo. , , San Francises Pay For Arbuckle :" Trial. , - Ran Francisco, Feb. 22. The. two trials of Boscoe Arbuckle on a' man slaughter charge arising from, the death of Virginia Rappe, film actress, have cost the city of San Francisco nearly S13,(KM), It was disclosed with the filing of expense sheets. Both trials resulted In a Jury disagreement. The first trial Cost 15,053.20, arid the second trial I0.T88.71.- ' - -r HVO MUSCLE SHOALS Offer From Henry Ford and , From the Alabama Power Company Before House Committee Now. ' TWO WITNESSES TO BE HEARD YET Actual Work on Alabama Of fer Will Probably Begin Next Week; After Wit nesses Finish. ' .... : ; - Washington, Feb. 23. Rlvsl offer of the Alnlwiuia Power Co. and of Henry Ford for the purchase snd lease of the government's nitrate and power project at Muscle Shoals, Ala., were officially before (lie House military couiuiithe today. The Ixsly received the power company's proposal from the House for investigation and re port while It prepared to complete study of the Ford bids this week. Chairman- Kahn estimated that the actual work on the Alabama offer would begin neUt week, and said that the few remaining requests for hear ings on the Ford proposal would be disposed of today and tomorrow. Uray Silver, Washington represen tative of the American Farm llarean Federation, concluding his statement totlay advocating acceptance by Con gress of the Ford contract, leaving on ly two other witnesses to lie. heard oil that offer, W. B. Mayo, chief engineer for Mr. Ford : and Tbos. W. Martin, president" of the Alabama Power Com pany. These will be disposed of probably tomorrow and the wny clear ed for the., committee to begin actual study of the Ala lm ma hid on Monday. COTTON 8ITI ATION 'V I NDER DISCt'S3I0N By Delegates at New Orleans Meeting Suggested by Movernor Morrison. : ' V (By the Aaaedated Prasa. Xew Orleans, Feb. 23. Delegates ap pointed by the Governors of the prin- ipal cotton producing states nr the re- gttest of Governor Cameron Morrison, of North Carolina, met here today for the annonikwd purpose of -establishing is an unprofitable buslneHs, and to find a remedy for conditions,' if pos sible." - , r- -, In the alwence of President E. S. Ilntler, of the New Orleans Cotton Ex change, where the conference sessions are belug held, acting president J. W. Barkdull is host to the delegates. ' No set program has been arranged for the sessions of the conference, nor Is It known definitely how long the session will last. Fratemides Haze Freshmen With f 'Intellectual Barbarity." Providence, R, I., Fell. 23. In tellectual barbarity hits replaced the traditional, physical punishment ap plied to freshmen frd'fernlty.' candi dates: of Brown. Now upper class men are- substituting mental torture by methods learned In psychological courses Instead of by the time-honored custom of paddling. : : : Two of the leading fraternities have adopted the new system and are pro nouncing their work good. Others are expected to fol.ow, as the results are declared to leave the Initiated in a much more traotahle state of ' mind and imbued with a "proper sense of his nnworthluesa." - . Baseball Meeting Tonight. That Concord will enjoy baseball this season Is about to be Assured a a number of -"cranks" have begun the agitation for a winning team both at the Gibson, and Cabarrus mills. Sev eral meetings have been held nnd dis cussion indulged in at the Gibson mill, and the movers in that village hope to have a better team than last year. At -the Cabarrus mill several players have already been signed. The Myers Club" Is to be on the diamond again this year. A meeting ho been called for tonight at the Gibson mill at-which time it Is booed that some thing definite will be decided, on. What is said to be tbe greatest farce comedy of her screen career Is that in which Constance. Talmadge will -star at the Star theatre today and tomor row, when "Good Night Jaul opens a two day engagement. "Good Night Paul is not a new performance to the screen, for It first found expres sion on the silver sheet two years ago when Miss Talmadge was starring in Selanlck Pictures. But the performance s considered so clever and pleasing that the revised version of this picture has been brought to the screen with modenrnniprovemente. ; While his (rain was traveling , at 25 miles an hour, a locmotive fire man on Staten Island, New York, Jumped from the engine Into a creek and pulled out a schoolboy, who had been struck by the - engine , and thrown into 15 feet of water. . The highest known Inhauited house In the world is in a high pass In Tibet. - It Is a stone bulldtng occu pied by a guard, and is 18,100 feet above sea level.' v The Book of Knowledge" . The Children's Encyclopedia ' ;V F. G.-Hickman . 81 N. Union Street EmBT.no t rom fuwia tki ah crrou& Opps-illM f irst. bed a, Srvmi Br. tsbUrma as west as DnawTatK seaatrpa. taw Ansisim rnn.1 Washington Fta, M atodlfied blanket reservation to the four-power Pacific treaty laid sr'fore the flenata (orsiga reistioa eoaitnlttc todsy by Chairman Lodge, after a conference with President Rajdlng. met with tm mediate oppoaitina from several rVpublima as well as Democratic committee members. The new reservations Intended as a snbatltnte for rhst proposed several days ago by fienatar Btandsger. re pnblican. Conner tlcnft. protides that othlng In the treaty shall be' ron- trned a committing the Tniled States to an exercise of armed force without the coasent lof Congres.. . After more than in hour's riehste. which failed te winorrr to the new proposal any of the senator wbo hail supported the Rranringve reservation. the committee adjoartied till tomorrow withont action. " Although Senaloi Lnlge did not In form his colleagues' gs to the attitude of the President,': ether committee niendsr gained the) impression that the mollified reaervaSon would lie ae- i-eptuhle tn the Whitr llou.e. ft had been discussed at ail esrller confer ence between . Mr. j Ixla? and Mr. Harding, hut It was I not formally of fered to the commlee with the ad nilnlstratlon luicklngj The committee chslrman snld be hnl only "suggested It." J ; Senators Borah, rtnnhllcan. Idaho: and Johnson, republican, Cai.. Imtb pronnnnid the modified draft a un satisfactory, while Senator Brandagee and other repnblicana, and democratic advocates of the Bmndngee reserva tion withheld decision anil indicated by their attitude la discussion that they did not find .the new. proposal readily acceptable. '' t APPROVE PLANS FOR " ' ' . . ANOTHER DORMITORY A Second Four-Story Building to Hous; Stuacnts Approve by Trustees . . y. 4 By tbe AsMdatv Ftm) Davidson. N. .C. Feb. 23. The tms tees of Davidson Colfegfle lu their an nnal spring session Testerday annroved plans for a second fotjr-story dormitory to duplicate the one contracted ' for lost week and for a dew and enlarged heating plant. - Trustees from live Southern States werts In attendance, Dr. W. L. Trlngle. :of Richmond. Vn.. chairninn, presiding. -P0KTIWE8E MAY'JItlVE ' CAPITAL TO C01MBKA Hach Acon 8uaw4iitt of renstant uisturimiicea la tilNbun, Lisbon. Feb. 23. Bv the Asso ciated Press) The Portuguese gov ernment is considering moving the capital to Coimbra, 110 miles north east of Lisbon, as a consequence of constant disturbances, says a local newspaper today. It is considered likely that parliament will be pro rogued in view- of the present situa tion. ". j ; ,' . . ,. Roma Biggest of Its Kind. The airship Roma was an Italian. hulit crnft, purchase by ! the : United States Government from Itulv early in 11)21 for $200,000. She was, it was be lieved, the largest semi-rigid aircraft in the world, the cost of duplicating which, it was snitl by the War Depart ment at the time of -., her purchase, would probably be $1,250,000. The airshlD was of 1.200000 cubic feet capacity, 410 feet lifhg, 82 feet wide and 88 1-2 feet high. She was originally equipped with six 12-cylin- der -.engine, of 400-horsepdwer each, giving an estimated speed of 80 miles an hour, and a erasing radius at full speed of 3300 miles. . v, .. These engines, however, wore re. placed with Liberty motors, after thfc airship was brought to ' the United States. An American rren- was sent to Roiiik to make-tests of the Komn In Italv. and after these had been couplet! the aircraft was dismantled nnd ship ped to this couutry, reaching here last summer. She was In ken In her dis mantled shape to Langley Field, In' Virginia, and was assembled there during the fall anil by November was ready for her trial flight, which took place from Langley Field on November IS. Late lu December she mudi? a right to Washington during a storm and wag then -christened aud put Into com mission. . Recently she wa being groomed for a flight intended 'to taka in ine wnoio or ine unueu nraies. ; Rev. Baxter McLmdon off to Pacific .j-""?,.-.;,; Coast, - Bennettsvllle, S. C Feb. -22. Rev. Baxter McLendon, better k flown as "Cyclone Mack," said to he by many tbe greatest evangelist the south has produced, closed a campaign in Corbin, Ky last Sunday, preaching four times on the last day to a crowded hous, and thousands turned away. His next capalgn ; opens at Pasadena, . Cal., February 2d, In one of the largest churches on the Puciflv coast. Would Investigate Status or Smoot and Bart.: far the AnHat4 Freaa.) Washington, Feb; 23. Investiga tion by the Senate Judiciary commit tee Into the eligibility of. Senator Smoot Republican, Utah, an ' Uepre sentatlve Burt, Republican, Ohio, to serve on the- allied debt . commission was proposed in a resolution Intro duced today by Senator Walsh. Dun ocrat, Montana. Action on the reso lution went over. . ' Rob Man of Diamond. . (Br the Asasctaiet Prvaa.) ' New York, Feb. 28. After forcing Jacob Wlanack, wholesale Jewel brok ar Inln aiilmnhlln mt tlMt-luilllt Of pistols, two bandits today robbed hlin of $20,(K)0 In diamonds which he car ried In brief case, knocked hiui tin conscious and threw him out on the pavement. They scaped, - EQUALITY BEFORE THE ' LAW IS IMPOSSIBLE So Long as the Rich Are 'Represented By Trained Lawyers and Poor by Un trained Men. JUDGE GOODWYN OF CHICAGO SAYS In Many Instances It Seems Impossible to Get Cases Properly Out of Courts or to Keep Error From Record V' iUr k Anarlatva' Pmi.1 . Washington, Feb. 23. Equality Is fore 'the law is impossible so hmg i. tbe rich suit powerful are represent ed in court bv highly educated law yer, while a large part of the poor and Ignorant are represented by un trained and Incompetent men. Judge Clarence X. Goodwin, of Chicago, de clared In bis opening address today as Chairman of the conference of tin Bar Association here. Cntll such a condition Is corrected, he said. -there wtn be Utile justice In the courts. Tbe shrewd and powerful men and interests of large means are able to know who are competent aud who are not. Judge GihnIwIu -asserted, adding Ht was impossible for the poor man. iiiv rKiiirrniu lunii mi iuukp miy rau mnte of who is able to represent hiui property. , . "During my years a n trial Judge.' the speaker said, "I was frequently distressed by the fact that one side or the other In tbe case liefore me was so Incompetently represented by coun sel, or represented by such Ignorant counsel that, owing tn skill of attorney on the other sde.'it seemed Impossible to get the case properly liefore the court,' oy keep, an error out of the records.".: THREE NEW YORKERS PAY $18,193,979 TAX Each Reported Taxable Income of More Than $5,00,000 In 1919. Washington, Feb. 23.-Of the five net Incomes in excess of $r,000,000 re ported for taxation for the calendar year 1019' three were reported-bv per sons living; In New 1'ork Slnte and two by .Persian living , lit- MlclilxanjOne.iif the return from New. York yas made hy a single man undoubtedly John D. Rockefeller, who ia a widower. The four others were Joint, returns of hus band and wive. One ts believed to represent the income of Henry Ford, but the report of the Internal Revenue Burem Is not permitted by law to com tnin such details. ; - The three incomes of more than $5, 000,000 from New York, when com bined, totaled $28,130,942. The normal tax on the three was $108,337 and the surtax $18,085,642, giving n total, of $18,103,070. THE COTTON MARKET. Opened Firm at an Advance of 21 to 27 Points ami Soon Showing Net Ad . vanrcssof '30 to 37 Points (Br the Associated Press.) New York, Feb. 23. A feature In the cotton market early today was the unexpectedly small number of March notices. So far ns could . be learned. only 17, representing 1700 boles were issued, and there was active covering bv March and May shorts with the market opening Arm at an advance of 21 to 27 points and soon snowing net advances of so- to ST-points. , Cotton .futures opened nrm.: Mai. 18:.T0;- May 18:10; July 17:0T; Oct. 17:03; Dec. ltl:sm. ... . i ... RHODE INLAND MILLS OPEIf WITHOUT TROUBLE Military Guards Are Still on Duty, and Few Pickets Were on IMity To-! ' day. " : , . , . . , (Hy th AMoelaKd fw". " Pawtucket, R. L, Feb. 23. Under military guard the mills here affect ed y the strike of texUle workers opened today without a disturbing incident. Compartively (few pickets were on duty. ' Those- who did ap pear were obliged to keep moving. At the Ji?nckes spinning i.ompany plant, where Monday's fatal rioting occurred, ." no attempt was made to organize the usual demonstration. IRISH SIGNATORIES OF - TREATY CALLED TO LONDON For an Early Conference an. Whole Situation, Winston ' OiurtMU An nounces. '- Iindon. Fell. 23. (By the Asoclnt- ed Press) The British government lias Invited the Irish signatories to the Ang'.o-Irish treaty to came to London for an early conference on the wbole situation, It wss announced In the House of Commons today by Win ston Churchill, secretary for the colonies. ' ' : Mrs, W. M. IJnker Entertains at Bridge. ,1 Mrs. W. M. Linker entertained a number of guests at six tables of bridge, yesterday afternoon from' 8 to 5 o'clock at her home on White Street George Washington birthday sug - gestions were carried ont In the decor ations, little Miss Mara trance isn er and Master Billy Linker represent ing George and Martha 'Washington. They met the guests at the door and also assisted in serving refreshments. The living room or ine nome was profusely decorated with pink carna - 'tlons, nnd In the dining room jonquils, - ' were artlstb-ullv arranged; 5 ' 1 ' A abid course was served hy Mrs. ., Linker following play. , HA B VET R A DIMS I FIT CONCOKD THIS MORNING Was Able to Prate His Identity aad Lrft wsrd After Bring tesunlar ily Detained M Heart. I Harvey H. Adaaaa. detained here voluntarily for 36 boars as a suspect la the William Desaoad Tsytor mur der mystery, left Concord this morning after local poib-a oflkcrrs were assai-ed early this Uoralng by rondnrtor on tbe Huttrbrra Railway that the man be Id here waa really Adam, of Rich BMnd. Va. and not Pdwsrds F. Sands, former butler sscietsry to Taylor.. -No rev'v has yet been received by Chief of Police Talbtrt to tbe message sent to District Attorney Woolwlne in Lus Angeles, and this fact coupled with the Information given by Capt. Alexander Wright, of' the Richmond detective bureau, and tbe Southern conductor, convinced local ofBcer that the man held here wa not Sands, and be was allowed to leave Concord at bl own pleasure this morning. Capt. Tucker was the Southern con ductor wbo talked wltb Chief Tslbirt this aiornlng, and he assured fhe offi cer., the Chief stated, tliat he had known Adams well, knows his family well, and that tlie man I really who he represented himself to lie. Adams came to Concord Tuesday night and soon afttx bis arrival here wa questioned by Iflt-al police officers, wbo had lieeji Informed that be look ed very much like picture of Sands. He stated to the police then that! he was not Sands, that he was II. H. Adams and that he came to Concord on his way to the construction camp at Mt. Holly. From meager descrip tions Chief Talbirt bad of Sands It at first animated that Adams' laxly was marked with scar very similar to those descrilied on Sands' body. Phys icians later declared that the mark on the shoulder of Adams were, caus ed by excessive flesh and not by wounds, and after Capt. -Wright nnd CaiW. Tucker assured Chief 'Talbirt that they had known a Harvey H. Ad am In Richmond, the man was releas ed. , ,.-.' . :..-.',:.-.. SENTENCE SUSPENDED IN ; CAPT. CRAWFORD'S CASE On Payment of Costs. Sentence Pro nounced Today by Judge Kay, Dj the AhmIiM Pma.) :' Salisbury, Feb. 23. Just liefore ad journing , Rowan County Superior Court till morning, Judge J. Bis Ray suspended sentence upon payment of costs q Conductor R. E." Crawford. who sunnmteu to a cnarge or man 1 slaughter in connection with kl'.ling of engineer Sam Hinton. Crawforu bad been at liberty on $7,500 hail since the trial. Just after the trial a petition for a pardon was signed ly-tltjmM-Jn (be egeM'M1i(.;- Miss Coltntne National Officer I). A. R. Dlstinguisiied Visitor. i Char'otte Olwerver. - ' '1 A prominent nnd charming visitor is Miss Jenn Coltrane, of Concord, wbo came over yesterday to h? wlt her father. Mr. D. R Coltrane, who 1 at the Charlotte, sanatorium. Mr. Coltrane has been quite sick for some weeks. His condition last night wa consider ed better. Miss Coltrane Is at the Sehvyn hotel. - - Historian Oenerat of the National Society D.-A.' R., and in Washington and many states which she has visited, north and west, a well as south, is held in highest honor by the D. A. R., being esteemed for her ability, and admired for her charm of mind and heart. In Washington she Is sought by the highest oWclals of the D. A. R., and few are extended such charming courtesies in the capitnl, and admira tion as she. .. . , ( Miss Co'.trane has . strong friends and admiring friends in Charlotte and the state. .- , A conlial 'invitation has been ex tended here by Mrs.. Jeremiah Ooff , regent of Mecklenburg chapter, to be a guest of honor at the Washington hirthday party this afternoon at UuK nome or Mrs. jioyl nuiiers, it tier father Is lietter she, will be present. Rowan Men Sent Up For Robbing Store. - Salisbury, Feb. 22. Judge Ray, in Superior Court, has pronounced sent ence on several defendants that were convicted during the trial of criminal cases last week. : ; - ! v- Pete PickkMV-Red Rollins and Will Hacketf, wnlte men, charged with store robbing st Spencer, were sent to the. Stftte's Prison for terms of five years each. 11. A. Hendlinger. In the same sace, charged with, receiving stolen goods, paid $500 and costs, and John Cross who turned State's evidence, waa permitted to pay costs. . , - ',-, The only other man going to Rnlejgb Is Tom Johnson, negro, who goes up for life for second degree burglary. Several drew road sentences. Captain R. E. Crawford, for man s'nughter, in the slaying of Engineer Htuton, has not yet. been sentenced. WWi Our Advertisers. Care and full attention to every de tail are given to prescriptions at the CUne Pharmacy, says the company In a new ad. todsy. Baseball time 1 almost here and The Musette 1 able to care for your every want along baseball line. New gloves, mitts, balls, etc. r , Clothcraft Spring suits, guaranteed at the Browns-Cannon Co. for $30. material and workmanship -all that could be desired. Call to see tbe utt. ; Called to Rockwell. ? S Salisbury, Feb; 22. Rev H. A, M. TinUhouser. of WInaton-Snlem. has J , the pastorate of Rock- well charge or the Reformed chnren in Rowan county and it Is understood thst he will accept.' This charge In- In'iiH Rfvkwetl I'refcent - and St. ike's churches. Mr. Holshouser in a t,irmer Rowan county man, having bp,, reared In the Rockwell neighbor- - 1 Bood. j The K.l H. Club will meet tonight at 7:30 wilh Miss l.ucy Ilnrtscll at -her home on South Union street. INTO ROHA DISASTER ' From Testimony Thus Far ' Given Jt Seems That Con trols Regulating Altitude Caused Trouble. PRESIDENT CALLS OFF RECEPTION Which Was to Have Been Given at White House Toe night for Army and Navy Members. . ' Ilr the 'AMria4 Fr.) N'orfidk, J'a Feb. 23. Memliers of the army Investigating board runt lim ed Inlay their efforts to determine if. possible the definite and primary cain-e of tbe disaster which overtook , the -giant army dirigible Roma over tlm ' aiuiy base here Tuesday, .In which 34 of her passenger and crew met death, and the world's largest semi rigid ail-ship was demolished. That the fatal crash tn earth 'f tho great airship followed a break down of tbe controls regulating the altitude of the craft appeared today to have lien definitely established in the. testimony thus far given. Of Ibe eight injured in the accident - all were said to be making good pro gress toward recovery today wltb the exception of Clias. Devorack, superin tendent of construction at , Mevook Field, Dayton, O., who was still re ported to he In a critical condition at tbe Public Health Hospital- The con-' dition of live , of - the. Injured had permitted them to lie removed from the hospltnl to Langley Field.. Reception Postponed. -..'.: Washiugtmi. Feb. 2:. Due to the Roina disaster and the mourning oc casioned by the loss of Jives of the army personnel. President and Mrs. Harding today announced the post ponemenf until April 10 of the army aud navy reception, one of the state affairs of the official social season, which waa to have been held tonight at the white house. ' i, - Postponement of she reception, to which 4.000 Invitations bad been issued to officers of the army and navy, fol lowed -Ji'eesiference between President Iliirdlng dud Secretary Weeks.c , .fetu5nrrwtiefmtntnm White house received nn informal re port from Maj. (Jen. ratriok, chief of ,, the air service, who returned early today from langley Field wliere he made a preliminary Investigation of the disaster. The War Secretary is understood to have laid General Pat rick's report before the President. Believes Smythe Was Misquoted. Newport New. Va., Feb. 23. "Know ing Lieut. Clifford K. Smythe as, I did I cannot believe thnt he has been cor rectly quoted in Chicago retative to his letter to his father in which he is uid to have declared the Roinu un safe." . ,. - Thin statement was officiary made this morning bv Meiit.l Col. A. 8. Fisher, chief of lighter than air ser vice at Langley Field. "Relative to ibe Washington trip of tbe. Roma. I desire to say she le haved very nicely under moat trying weather conditions. There was noth ing wrong except our speed, which was a little slow at times on account of the Italian engines not working well in this climnte. These motors had been replaced, and there was nothing wrong with the craft when she left here Tuesday on what proved to be ber as( .flight. Lieut. Smlthp. returned from Wash ington bv steamer after making the flight from Ijingley Field to'tlie cap ital on the Roma hW-anap She had iieen ordered to do so. Several high er officers wanted to make the, return flight for extierlmentnl lmrposes. and Lieut. Stulthe and others were sent hack by steamer- to make" room for them. ' There, must have lieen some mis take somewhere, for I don't believe there was criminal negligence any. ..... wheroi-and I flout IsJlieve Lieut v Smithe. would havi made such a state- . ment to his father." a Will Take Zeppelin Without Cost. Washington. Fe.h. 23. The Navy De partment, it was learned from omelais tiMbiy, has notlfled nio stale lwparr ment thnt it does not waut the Ger man Zepiielin now being constructed " for the United States by Germany un der the reparations clause of tho Ver sailles treaty unless It come to Amer ica withont cost. f", . -- v The question has arisen. It was said, as to whether the amount of money allotted to this purpose by the allies the, United States, was sufficient to complete the Zeppelin and there, was possibility that the United States may ; be required to make np the difference If she cares to have, the ship. This, Secretary Denliy, It , was said, is not willing to do. - ' '. " 1 At the army air service It was said , that If the navy refused .to take the Zeppelin under additional -cost, mat. wuold not preclude the army from taking It.- It was said It wa possible or even probable that the army would want the Zeppelin. : " At The Theatres. William Russell is the star today at : the Piedmont In the' big 'western, drama, Deert lllossoms." This is a Fox feature. "God's Oomitry and the-Woman.' a : feature taken f nun the hook bv Cur wood, feuturlng William Duncan,, is being shown at the Pastime today. The Star today Is odering popular Constance Talmadge In that ihiunuiiI feature, "Good Niglil Paul."
The Concord Daily Tribune (Concord, N.C.)
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