VOLUME XXIII
CONCORD, N. C. SATURDAY. APRIL 7, 1923
NO 83.
COHAM OOYLE CLAiMS
ixicte or mx n
trait IS IN lM I 4MfUi
HIS PICTURES SHOW
SPIRITS" OF 01
j i IKIIHhT TFT
IS man Ml iiri TIM!
IJarr ErrttJ T. hWMK al ' A Utile Qmp JOMMn Kmu
at W. TvU U i cjt Betiav-ra-l rwmm mr ini
1 laarfcr.
. tw n . 1.1,1 riMi Krw las. April -Do-tartag iW-
OMiMd. April 1 -Afln 4aJlWtl. i' tar ifr?" L7
lag lare laie yeaHHraay afternoon.,""" ""-;- " "'"-" "
Ik. i.rv In ih. t.i.l r i:ri. " " '""
awl Juno (now el I fur wauslmigni. i
In .-nn.-in. ii with Ik.' killing M j fin
What He Says Are His
"Greatest Picture" Were
Shown to New York Audi
ence in Lecture Friday.
AUDIENCE MOVED
BY THE PICTURES
Doyle Says They Were Tak
en on Last Armistice Day
and Show Spirits of Some
Dead Soldiers.
Fun! la lt(. reported al noon today
their Inability to agree ipoc -
Uri.
The court ordered the Jurors In con
Caua the . deliberations. As the term
of nun . ..i . i.i an ertd 'bin after
noon 14 in proMble. la the event un
verdict U reflilml. Hut mistrial wll
be declared.
(By ikr Aaaaeiate Pimi
New or k. Apr 1 17. Sir Arthur Do
mi ii Doyle brought guss of surprise
lrom ii large audience in Carnegie Hull
Inst nigbt when he threw mi the afrtnill
"the greatest spirit Httor in tin
world" depicting hundreds if fin if
faces that the lecturer declared were
Hume of Holilier dead.
"Do yon see the dead ecplng
through?" he asked dramatically, as hi'
pointed to the Sas mil faces On the
screen.
"Yon enn see Iheiu everywhere."
The lei-nire was drawing to n close.
Sir Arthur hnd dashed on the wiwi
n nunilior af photographs he hud
brought wlili him on u former visit,
when, without warning, lie showed his
"greatest pieturea. They were takeOi
he said, on ilii anniversary of Artals
lico Iay hy Mrs. Dean, tan English
medimii. nnd showed the crowds
mound the tomb of the unknown sol
dier in London unnerving 'two minutes
silence.
The first picture was ordinary ex
cept for u simill phosphorescent imtch
where Sir Arthur km hi several - med
iums stood. As the second picture
linNhed on the afreet) n woiubu in the
audience cried out :
"Don't' you see them? t'lin't you
see them?"
The crowd seemed blotted out in this
second photograph. Around, the tomb
were hundred of spectral faces, some
blurred. Home distinct, hut all distin
guishable for n tight lipped griiunoss.
The. audience gasped, then broke into
a low murmur of whispering.
"I don't wonder you are moved. It
is so realistic. 1 consider il the great
est, spirit picture in the world."
In explaining the picture Sir Arthur
snld the lirst photograph wtis a snap
shot but the second whs a time expos
tire. Me declared the plates had been
developed imincdinlcly uflor th expos
ure, so Unit there was no chance for
fraud.
flastoain, April 6. Afi r " Ih
crating from 7 : 2t until 9 o'cloc!; in.
Jury In the case of Robert Grico sad
John Carmwcl . on trial for the mur
der of John Km i. reported that I! was
unabla to agree tonight on i ver
dict It has i announced that tin V
would make further report Satur
day morning at 8:30 o'epek. when
conn ionvena.
Judge Allen had instructed ihc
Jurors to wii t until morning r-n-der
their verdict, but ihc majority of
them lieing farmers, wanted to g;i
tliroiiKli with the esse and go home
tonieht. so they began Iheir dt lit)
eratiotis immediately alter
Inn uaUiltloti. urn
I Mine f tie in i n old wbi are etiar
icii-ii.all) oi.-lifl of in. Ilrrs rf
otbera." barturr Jaalitw Jba II.
tlarfce, of I be t'aited Slate lUprmi
i iHin, tuakjhi rnnl aadtw l bat tne
league bwaie would be foreed lato tl.
I'.CM election and thai ih raMidai''
f.ir the r .1. ii. . or the Senate
nould be peru'itle I lo iva-eal hia Do
iHion for a lnt week.
Speaking of the. alxlb lanlveraary
f Aiiierica'i ilei laraiion of war on
licrmsiiy. at the first of a Itvrtar SS
i it-r. oi ui:i nn-eiiii!:. tliroughoiil lln
coiimry, arangil by the I .. of Nn
linn Noli I'artlaan nwas-iatlou. of
whicti he Is president. JJusllee flarke
said :
it U np.rti.d that Senator King,
of I'tah. speaking fir the Demo
cratic party management, snys the
! .'ii,- of Nations is not to he an
laaMe in Ihc I'resideutinl cnniiaigii
nj'XI year. We shall see. we. shall
sec.
'"Tell II not in (iaili. publish ii
nut in the streets of Askelou.' or of
Wnshliigtim, but the suspicion grows
Hint Hie churches and women's clubs
Democratic Voters Are Choosing
Municipal Ticket This Afternoon
of the. Ay tbia afleruwai llarar.
an- rlMnaung ibr attti they want i.i J,.lio I. IVirea and W. V riuwc
rrrr -ni tliciu lu the n i4wfi.ui i . f..r rixan froui Wnnl (He
be held on May Mb The primary be- W- A. Wilkin- for abbmiau from i"o briaa ba-k lo Danville. Denala Jen
(aa al 3 o'clock au.l.v.ll be rinsed at (Ward Taro. ninga. allegeil antaai4ile iblef against
. n'riurk. I'. M. Ivev for ald. ruun f-r We nl ! airoiioalHj tifly liniv
ll't'T'. fran the varlou ruling Three
2 :ai iuaed that omi a few peraona It (. IJiakir aial J. O. MrKarinrii
luiil r(M!ed This was lo be expr. t.d. for ; id. i n.iii from Ward Four.
It was pot Died out, fceruua the puIN R. A. HnlleDdrr fur alderniao from
bad iiii opeDt-d bin a short while an J . Wjrd Fire.
most of the ruelraj L expected lo i
done between 4 and 3 u'riejefc.
I i,u all iodieatiana fall, the vole
will be light. Ho f.n as eoukl lie
learned there has Usen but little In
or. -i in lis' prtmarf and the. eomltii:
election, ami none qf the i jndid iie-a-ho
an running luihe primary arc
c . tul to pull a adry large rote.
Tiie rni-e leinl Mnyor Wombl
J T SSipii for alderman at large
J I. HartsHI f.u -.hool iuuimi
l lues r at b rgc.
I. T llirl-ril for hool louuiiD
si mm from Ward (me
V. I. Norm.in and Dr. R M. King
for school eolamUs loner fnun Ward
Four.
Tiie ticket as notuinnleil hy Hie pi i
and J. o. Mm' fo? the nomination "l,,rv ''"''ly will enter the ngiilar
of Mnyor. is creallUX the greatest In
fenksi. and iiunortera of both men sn
(iintldent their favoeltc will lie nomi '"" " rum ire.1 thai they will lak.
election on May Mh. The Republi
cans hare not yet 11111101111111 a ticket.
nntcd. Then-, is edtuc intenl also,
in the race between tl'. W. Klaw'e and
John L. l'ctria in Ward line.
I he loiiouing enmti lute have en
lereil the primary:
uull II.D
.1,-:- rm ti... i.ia v, t-. Mini uif Emu pywaasiiw 1 s win nine
cialon was reai-h, at 9 ..clock, and "W ' m abou, that, a..,
the above announcement was tWt the fitmers ami latsir unions will
bv the clerk of the court. I 'v" to say about It. and
.ludge Ale.. :n his charge, late this . ' promise the senator Ml t our four
afternoon, la-iefly reviewed the evi. nillllm. young soldiers ,,.,d the Leagne
dence in the case and differentiated , 'f,11N,'lU'"' Nn-Ptii "ss.K-iat Ion
nit OPTPC M o' v " S .leii . " 111 in. mi
between first degree
murder and manslaughter. The state
is asking only for conviction for
second degree or manslaughter, me
solicitor explaining this course hy
reason of the fact that Hoheii uriee
Is attegod to have committed murder
against the ravishor-of his daughter.
Attorneys' arguments consumed
the greater pail of the day. Messrs.
Oaaton, Woltz and Carpenter speak
ing for the slate, nnd Messrs. Slgnion,
Jones and Flowers for the defense.
The trial has attracted wide at
tention and throngs havs crowded the
court room at every sitting.
HIIiH POINT NOW HAS
POPULATION OF 22.2W
late Census Shows lily Is Me 8ixlli
largest in North Carolina Now.
(Hy the Aaaoclated Preaa.)
High Point. April 7. High Point
today liexame Carolina's sixth largest
city; according to figures announced
by" Federal census enumerators who
it. ,
(Mir association is already organ
ized in every state in the union, and
long before this time next year we
shall have an organization in every
congressional district in the country.
It may as well la1, accepted in advance
that 110 candidate for the 1 'resiliency
and the Senate will lie allowed to eon
real his position for a single week 011
this great moral question, Whet her he
prefers this new rational agency for
iaaco or the old melius! of brutal war
for settlement of international difficul
ties." A similar note was sounded hy
Oscar S. Straus, Republican secretary
of Oomnjbrce under Theodore Hooso
velt, who said :
"wet me say to our Republican
friends that if they continue to inter
prat the last election hy claiming that
their opposition to the la'Hgue gave
them eight million, plurality, the next
election ntny prove an eye opener.
"If It should finally npenr that in
the last election We Republicans and
Polnl a impitlation of SVSI'X making
the city larger than (iroenslioro, here
tofore (jiiili'ord county's largest mu
nicipality. The census was taken fol
lowing the extension of the city limits
of High I'oint several months ago.
The city limits of (ireoushoro
were extended several months ago,
and eniimcrnlors are to go to Oreen
horn to take the census of that city.
uac jam ix.iur.vu a . I ,,, Mm BaaJU
TJie offleint tlgwrew- gireawa7T7"'"' yie-1 "
1, . ,., 11, ,, ill., lie,, l.ll llie ,ll.lll
liorse. in IffJti ii (joes nut follow that
we will make the, same mistake in
1!l''ft. The League of Nations Iran
11 mis all palrnershlp.'
ROTKWELIi
0OT9
NEXT
SAYS JUSTICE NOT POSSIBLE
IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY
This Decision of Attorney General of
Illinois After the Second Herrtn
Trial.
(Br the Aaaoelatcd Praaa.
Chicago, April 7. Justice cannot be
obtained in Williamson county. In the
opinion of Attorney General Edward
J. Brundage, who returned today
from Mnrion, where a second verdict
of acquittal was given by a Jury in
the Henin mine murder trials. It
was a result of the "not" guilty ver
dict last night tint all the remaining
cases against the alleged rioterp were
nolle prossed today by the State at
torney of Wlllinmsou county, he said.
Mack Water Knrounleretl By Those
Operating, (jnid Mine.
Monroe, April ffV-" Water enough to
drown a mud turtle," is the way u
citizen of the old Howie Gold Mine
community expresses the trouble the
force that is now working on the
mine properly is meeting. For Mime
time pumping has hern going in pre
prntory to beginning actual mining
and it Is stated by authorities that it
will take 90 days to get the water
pumped sufficiency to 1egln wprk.
Repair work Is also being done on I
me residences occupied uy nuiiiuru,
about 30 im:n being employed at
present, and thousand of dollars arc
being spent getting ready , for the
actual mining, which w.ll begin at
an early date.
With Our Advertisers.
new interest quarter is now open in
the savings department of the Citi
zens Bnuk and Trust Comiamy. De
posits made liefore April loth will
liear interest from April 1st
Gibson Drug Store has received by
express a fresh lot of Hoflingwortb's
candy. ' -
Snve 11 quarter out of every dollar.
Take some shares in Series !il of the
Cahnrrns County B. L. and S. Associ
ation, offices In , Concord National
Bank. (
Springtime is here the time of
chnlging underwearables. See net- ad.
of Fisher's for Interesting notes in this
line.
The sanitary automatic refrigera
tors are sold here by the Concord ur
tdtura Co. Read about them In their
new nd. today.
Vice Lard Mayor of Essen Fined.
inf the Aaaoelatea rim
Berlin. April 7. A French court
martini, sitting at Recklinghausen, has
Ipereaaed to three years the present
tiefltence imposed on Vice Lord Mayor
Hchaefer, of Kssen. His tine hits
been increased by d.OQOflOO marks.
Herr Schaefer was arrested iu Feb
ruary on the charge of not supplying
French troops with automobiles and
coal. For this he was sentenced to
two years in Jail nnd was fined 10.000,
0O0 marks. He appealed. The second
court martial figured that It recogniz
ed the existence of extenuating circum
stanced in the esse, but decided never
theless on the sterner sentence.
some, action after the personnel of I
flema nt.c tlek.-l is known
The city has Ihsii pilling up Demo
cralle minorities in tiie last few elc-
ilons. and the ticket as nominated to-
.!F0nnLnGEIITSI
ATHENS TO INQURIE
.-ay pier
.ubnnimnn mi
fuu OaVers Head la Iketrail la Get
NM
Mr ik
Don. ill Y.. April 7 Four V.r-
gtoi.1 nfft era are eat raana l IMrmt
.1 (I. Moise mid .t. II Womlde for liay should win in the May contest
Better Express Routes
For State Are Ordered
Interstate Commerce Commission Ordered the American
Railway Express Company to Give Faster and Better
Service With $he Southeastern Company.
aarniots id the atalea of Nartb Car
olina. Viraioia. Suiitb Carallna and Al-1
ulaiDia ah- ijeDiling lo adilitiuu In
fheae cbarfen. Jenoiiiaa 1 aanted la
(.klahoaaa city for Jail-breaking. o-
sirding la John W. Carter, touimon
weallh's ut(orne) of tki' city.
JennlDa will be trlnl here for lb
thefi of au aauouioiaie from Alex
Kounlr.. a Dnvldaki. C . farmer, who
alleges Ui loa chine was stolen and re
covered a year biter in Iianvllle
The iletenaliuition to try .leuniugK
hen- was reached, it is said, bmnw
the stale deliuitely liukisl e iilemi-j
riaaaeitlng him with the dhaippears j
ance of the Koolifz car during the
trial of William M. Knead, a young
roan of this city, who was convicted
anil sentenced to servo five years in
the penitentiary.
The unusual pn-cnutioii uf sending
four otlieers lo Detroit for Jennings
was taken lieca Hue of fear expreased
by stale officials of an attempt to lib
erate 1 he prisoner on his Journey south
The story of Jennings' capture n
malns to Is- told. I tciu runout of Jus-
tiis- agents Irai-ed I be man In Windsor.
( anaihi. seven miles Iroin th'trott. I li
able to operate over the Canadian bor
der, the agents are said to have lured
Jennings 10 Detroit, where his nr.
irest took place.
COMM1TTF.K NOW WILL
COMH CT KLAN BIX1NKSS
hi
William J. Burns, Head of
Department of Justice, Ar
rives in Georgia City to Di
rect the Inquiry.
THINK MONEY IS
BEHIND CHATMAN
Burns Says He Has idea"
as to Who Furnished Mon
ey for Chat man Who Has
Made Two Escapes.
1 11. the v .... line. 1 Preaa.)
Athens. Oa.. April 7. Federal In
vestigation of the circumstances sur
rounding the escape of Gerald Chiii
uiiiu. convicted nuiil bandit, frmn the
hospital here where he was rissiverlng
from bullet wounds. Igiin hen- today.
Agents of the I nitial Suite Depart
ment of Justice under the persuial di
rection of William J. Rnrns, deparf
uient head, arriveil here early this
morning and immediately went into'
inference, with hospital autliorllies
and Federal prison guards now on
duly here.
The scope of the Federal inptliry.
4
ALL INDICTMENTS
! . ..... . . . . , n. mn , a.,.'. ,
.; .itr, sin, 1, i'. 1 i,ipi 11 -,-
(Br the A-.oraVea Preaa.i
Washington, April m The Ameri
can Rallwuv Kxpreas.'.t 'omittiny. under
an order of the luterslale Coininerci'
'lllllll. ll 1. .Hill. 1 M . 1 . 1 1 1 e. 1 ill er.- 1
tablish joint service, R'ith the South- j Js Marion. III.. April 7 ( Itv the ,
eastern Express Company and to pro-1 Associated Press I . All of the
vine, reasonable titraigh routing for , untried criminal Indictments
shipments in conjunction with thai growing out of the Herrin riot
company to and frourinll points In the were nolle prossed today follow-
1 lilted Mates. Many southern cities I inc nciiulttal by a jurv last night
mil Shipping associations joined in the K of si: defendants charged with
proceedings before the commission in' murder in connection with the
which the decision resulted. N- outbreak.
The Southeastern Express Cotnpanvjdi --f
which nperatea ov lines of the !
Southern Railway, had declared that I
the refusal of the Aan'i iean Railway i
Kxpress Company wlfith operates over CONDEMNED MEN WILL
GET LIFE SENTENCE
eastern and westenij lines to make
reasonable arrangements for co-opera
tion in handling shinBcnrs constituted , Gov. Walton Wil Commute All Death
a imjuKt bmsieiMHi eBhliarrt- 8trir)per--i.jMciiriwa -fetnrlhg-Noiv rrrysfe nt
SFSS10NS
Woman's Missinnarj Soeietv of Re
formed Church Adionrns.
Salisbury, April 5. The Women's
Missionary soicetv of the North Cam
lina classis of the Reformed church
adjourned Us twenty-seventh annual
meeting at First Reformed church,
this city, ton got, to meet next yet.r
at Rockwell. Invitations were extend
ed from Greensboro also, but the vote
in favor of Rockwell was influenced
by the fact that the society hnd met
in GreonBboro in recent years.
At the morning session today the
convention expressed it approval of
the work of Its officers during the
past year by re-electing all of them
for another term. The officers include
Mrs. L. A. Peeler, of Kannaiiolis.
president; Miss Ida Hedr'ek, of Lex
ington, vice president; Mrs. ,. C.
Bost, of Hickory, recording secre
tary; Mrs. . H. Gertner, of Hickory,
corresponding secretary, and Mrs. (!.
T. Crowell. of Concord, treasurer.
Among the items ontoday's pro
gram were addresses by Ret. J. C.
iicouaril of Lexington, nnd Miss Clara
Cox, of High Point. The former spoke
on "Woilk Among" M Emigrants,
and Miss Cox spoko on "Work Among
the Negroes in North Carolina."
Several committees made reports at
today's sessions, the reports eKcltlng
favorable comment and showing much
progress during this year. Rev. J. B.
Swartz, of Startown, de ighted ths
delegates with a beautiful vocal
selection.
The closing Item of the two days
was a pageant put on hy ladles ot ihe
local church.
and restricted development of tin
Southeastern Kxpress Company.
The. Interstate Commerce Commis
sion concluded the southeastern Ex
press Company was Justified In its
complaint, and di-clared that through
routes and transfer points should be
designated. The commission suggest
ed that an arbitration committee he
set up hy the two companies to lix
the form of a new arrangement, and
Oltlahotua.
(Br tli AaNOCtalea rrena.l
Oklahoma City. April 7. Oovernot
B. C. Walton, intends to commute all
death sentences of prisoners at the
slate penitentiary to life imprison
ment, asserting that he will not pass
the cases to the next governor by 11
series of reprieves.
"Regardless of the criticisms that
tnav he hurled at me. I have the legal
Committee Was Apiaiinted by Judge E
Ij T hum. is nt I la nla Court.
Atlanta, Gil.. April 7 ( Itv the Asso-' m-coruing 10 agonies 111 charge, will he
eiated Peas). Sheriff J. I.. Ijiwry is
maintained as custodian of the imper
ial 1 a In it. general hmdipia iters, and
a conimlltcc coinposijd of Finperor
Win, J. Simmons, lniicrinl Wizard 11.
far reaching.
thinks lie Had An Accomplice.
Atlanta, (id.. April 7 (By the Asso
ciated Press I, Thai he luifr a "very
detinile idea'' of the men who "put up
W. Evans, and J. M. George, marshal I the money" for tlie-escape of Gerald
of the municipal court lipMllllted to
run the business of the Ku Klux Klnn
until a hearing can he had on the
rule nisi, under an order handed down
today hy Judge E. 1). Thomas.
The ruling provide that the busi
ness of the Klnn is to be operated on
the same Mm as it had been conduct
ed prior to the time of the Ural order
iu the case on April nd. In the ease
of disagreement the committee is au
thorised to appeal to the court for in
structions. Judge Tomas' order revoked a pte
vioua inle in which he had placed
, .. , tin 1 . , ,1,.. ,.,n. ......
1 ue rev ocai i-11 miDnm uu .iiii.-ini-niont
In the petition presented by J.
Chapman, the million dollar New York
mail bandit from the Federal iienlten
tinry here, was asserted today by Wm.
J. Hums, chief of the investigating
bureau of the Department of Justice.
Apprehension of the men. he said, is
expected shortly. "From Information
I have just received." Mr. Burns de
clared, i think, the ease will be
clou red up shortly."
He would not indicate how many
men he (suspected of complicity In 1 lie
case.
V. Poole, attorney for Bmperor sim
mos. making the Ku Klux K!an de
fendant ill Ihe proceed iigs.
TO DECIDE THE RATE
OF FARM LOAN CREDITS
declared that In case of a failure to authority to say that no man shall die
agree the commission itself would pass
upon disputes which might be left un
settled after arbitration.
DANISH STEAMER IS
LOST AFTER ACCIDENT
in the electric chair or by the hang
mans noose in this state, and that is
my resolve." the Governor said.
Six men are now awaiting execu
tion nt the state penitentiary for mur
der. I
nOfKrOOfTvWfrTWOOOO
Save a Quarter Out of Every Dollar
"'' ' . - V - ' t
HAVE BEFORE VOU SPEND. SAVE FOR A HOME, SAVE
FOR A tyUNV DAY and lei nothing swerve you from that pur
pose. THE CABARRUS COUNTY BUILDING LOAN AND SAV
INGS ASSOCIATION WITH OFFICES IN THE CONCORD NAT
IONAL BANK, makes it isswlble and offers every one in Concord
plans for financing either the buying or building of their homes
jind there Is no better way to save for a rainy day. Plana that
enn be taken advantage of by the business man, laboriiig man or
any average man. "ALL STOCK IS NON-TAXABLE. WK PAY
THE TAXES."
"LOANS CAN HE MADE PROMPTLY."
New Serlea In Tills Old Reliable Association Is Now Open.
START RIGHT
BY
STARTING NOW
Cabarrus County Building Loan and
Savings Association
OFFICE IN CONCORD NATIONAL RANK.
Steamer Nordvalen Sunk After Col
lision With British Ship Near Baltimore.
Bjr the Associated Prm.1
Baltimore, April 7. The ' Danish
steamer Nordvalen was sunk in a col
lision with the British steamer Bar-
racon, in Craig Hill Channel about 14 during today's early trading
nines 1 1 i.iii 1 a 1 1 1 111" 1 1 msi ingiii. 1 ue
Nordvalen lies in about 20 feet of wn
terrwith her siiierstrueture exposed.
No lives were lost, it was said. Roth
were freighters.
THE COTTON MARKET
Was Quiet and Rather Irregular Dur
ing Early Trading Today.
(By the Aaaoelatcd Preaa.
New- York, April 7, The cotton mar
ket was quiet and rather irregular
Then
POOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOs. XiU
Princesses as Waitresses.
London. April 7. OJte of the re
markable restaurants In the world Is
to le found in Constantinople. Its
waitresses are almost witrtout excep
tion .princesses, duchesses, countesses,
and other titled women. The pro
prietor Is a Negro who, before the
war, conducted a. fuhlonabl
restaurant In Petrogr'ad, nnd his as
sistants are Russian refugees whb
patronized his establishment in Ihe
old days.
These refnges reached Constanti
nople with Htle but their lives, and
they had to find work or 'starve. They
went to the Negro and begged Irm to
employ them. He did so, and is sour
ing a great financial success, "-ome
of the titled waitresses have found
husbands among the customers at the
-restaurant. Other refugees are em
ployed as singers and dancers
The War Mothers cleared about $75
on ttleir concert held Thursday eve
ning at Central Graded Scbtiol. The
Mothers have lieen asked to carry the
concert to KannaiHilis, and II Is prop
aide that this will la- done at an ear
ly date.
James Duncan, who has resigned the
presidency' of the Grnnltfc Cutters' In
ternational Association, has tilled the
position for nearly SO years.
Rill Fetter Starts, a Fire.
Shelby. April fi. Bill Falser, of
University of North Carolina started
a. tire in, ShelDy ecinesday night
which inejiii nave lauvtai uisusirous
except for Ihe quick work of the fire
department. FeUer drnvc his car up
to a local tilling station and struck
a match to see how his tank stood in
the matter of gasoline. The lighted
match was carelessly thrown on the I
pavement which was saturated with j
oil and gasoline, so a flame followed
that enveloped the lank. The tire de
partment extinguished the ugly
flames with the use of chemicals from
the fire truck.
Weather Forecast For Next Week.
Illy the Aaaorlatad I'reaa.l
Washington. April 7. The weather
outlook for the week beginning Mon
day Is:
South Atlantic States: Showers at
WORLD ALLIANCE OF WOMEN
Federal Farm Loan Board now Has
This Matter Under Advisement, Says
Late Report.
(Br the Aiiaoclateil Press.)
Washington. April 7. Indications
were given by tne r eaerai rarni 1,01111
Hoard today that an interest rate of
l-'J per cent, would he charged on
loans made by the new Intermediate
credit luniks. At the same time an
nouncement was made by the board of
the official rules and regulations gov
erning loans under the agricultural
credits act.
While the interest rate to be charg
ed will he fixed by the credit banks,
subject to approval of the Farm Loan
Hoard, farmers will be able if the in
dicated interest rate is accepted to
borrow money at 7 per cent, or less.
The law sixvilios that the re-discounting
agency should not charge in ex
cess of 1 l-'J per cent, for handling the
obligations.
was further realizing tor over tne
week-end, and after opening steady al
an advance of (i points to a decline of
1 point the market sagged olT slightly
With May. declining 1j-oiii ll.lt'J to L".l.."iJ
or back' lo yesterday's closing limita
tion: The prospect for a renewal of
unsettled weather iu the southwest
led to scfl tiered buying of new crop
deliveries w men 1 cm mumrij sieuu. 1 , . .
With liednher selliii" around 25.4S 1 Eelieved to Be Those of Members of
.itli umooci siiiiii annum -1. is. tri 1,1. i. i. HW ,.,,
or about 7 points net higher during tin
FIVE BODIES RECOVERED
FROM VINEYARD SOUND
early trading.
Cotton futures opened steady: May
20.00 ; July U'H.ti:!: October 2i
ceuiber 25,00; January 24.65
De
Rum Runners Make Escape.
(Br the AlMlclated Preaa.i
New York. April 7. Two rum run
ners captured in Ihe motor launch
Dell, 13 miles off the Jersey const,
dropped Captain Ryan, of the coast
guard cutter Manhattan oveJ-board, as
the cutter docket here today, utid
made their escape.
The unmapped regions of the Can
adian northeast, far within the Arctic
beginning of the week and generally j circle, are believed to contain Immense,
fair thereafter: moderate tempera- deposits of metal (ire. and possibly a
I urea, 'great reservoir of pctroleiuu.
I
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NOW OPEN
New Interest Quarter in Our
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
began April 1st. All deposits
made in this department on or
before April the 10th will draw
four per cent, interest, compound
ed quarterly, from April 1st.
Tf 01m sew tuimiaa
Crew of Vessel Which Was Seen lo
(.0 Down Friday.
(By the Aanclaied Press.
Vineyard Haven, Mass., April 7.
Five bodies were recovered by fisher
men today from Vineyard Sound. They
are believed to be those of members of
the crew of a vessel which coast
guards saw sink yesterday. The bod
ies had life preservers hearing the
name "John Dwogbt," New York.
A craft named JoBn Dwight has
been engaged recently in salvaging
cargoes of wrecked vessels.
Coast guards saw a vessel sink sud
denly yesterday as n fog lifted. It
was assumed thai she had lieen In a
collision.
Indians Get More, Millions From Oil,
Washington. D. 'C April 7 Tin
Osage Indians, already reputed to bo
the richest jMHiple per capita in the
world, are to have more millions
poured Into Ihe tribal coffers today
At a public a mi Ion al l'nwhiiska
Okla.. under the direction of Secretary,
of the Interior Work, oil and mineral
lights upon lapproNluiatcly :i4,no
acres of lauds belonging to the Osngea
are to be sold. Members of the tribe,
totalling 2.100, will not only receive
a cash bonus, hut will be paid royal
ties umm every barrel of oil taken
from the ground nt the rate of from
one-fifth to one-sixth.
Ijist year the Department of the
Interior.' through the sale of these oil
leases, gave each of the 2.10(1 Osnge
Indians $10,000 and some of the fami
lies derived as high as $80,000. To
dav's sale Is expected to bring a bonus
of' sometrlng like $4,000,000 or $.".,
000,000 as a similar sale couducted
li;st year broUgrt $7,000,000.
Washington D. ('.. April 1. The
Wopian's Universal Alliance, a lca.guc
to consecrate and unite the woman
hood uf every nation, wi 1 hold Its
first annual conference on woild wel- i
fare work in this cily beginning April
30.
The problem will include topics of
international interest to womanhood,
discussed by eminent writers, actors
and professional men and women.
Delegates from all over the world are
expected to attend and thrse sessions
of the convention will be devoted to
reports of foreign welfare activities.
Mme. Strangler, whose husband is the
Czecho-Slovakian charge d'affaires In
Wafhington. will preside at the
foreign session. Representatives of
the Chinese and Japan governments
will be appointed to attend the meet
ings. Plans w-: J be laid at the convention
for eracting a monument to mothers.
The memorial will take the form of
a temnle. topped by a statue symboliz
ing motherhood, to be designed by an
'artist or artists of international note.
Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney has been
invited to submit 9 sketch for ths
sculptured figure.
The temple will contain tablets in
scribed with the names of the twenty
five greatest women 11 each State, to
be chosen by a popular vot? through
newspapers and committees. The
names of the ife founders of the
memorial will bo perpetuated in
marble.
Ihe aims of the alliance, according
to official announcement, are the co
ordination of women and women's ef
forts In welfare work throughout tne
world, the fostering of a spirit of
understanding and, good will among
women and the establishing ot tne
tribute to motherhood. The assoe'a- .
tlon hopes .eventunl' to organize
groups In every city, each branch to
devote Itself to philanthropic work In
the municipality. Membership tunds
will be used in the support of welfare
work in America and abroad.
Among those who have been Invited
to speak at the coming conference are
Gertrude Atherton, 'Mary Roberts
R'nehart, Ethel Bafrymore, Elsie
Ferguson, 'Mrs. Alton B. Parker, Mrs.
Harriet Taylor Uoton. Mile. Jean
Co'tralne, Mrs. J. Snrgent Cram.
Judge Morgan J. O'Brien, Miss Ell. i
lieth Mnrbury. Mrs. Gilford Plnchot,
Mme. Conde de Avlla of Mexico, an
Professor John Dewey.
The National Association of Post
nfflcp Clerks will hold Its annual con
vention this year at El Paso, during
(he first week of September.
Rdinh Wrecks h Ian Office in Chicsgo.
Chicago, April 6. Explosion of a
bomb wrecked the publication office of
Dawn, a Ku Klux Kan organ, last
night. Twenty mlnufs later auot:r
bomb partly damaged the office of t.
W. G lliand, a roofer, who said he ba
advertised in the klan publication. The
1 wo explosions, police said, prooably
were set off hv the same nerson.
Soon after the iHrmblng police
telephoned advertisers of the Dawn
to warn them of possible bombing.
Edwin J. Parke, pubisher of Dawn,
said he had been receiving threaten
ing letters. "Only two days ago I re- ,'
reived n telephone call wanting me
that niv nr nt nr eut.a mlHhnv.nr And
my home would tie blown up," he
said.
Policemen were assigned to gum
Parke's home