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f3£i The Concord Daily Tribune PHI ftftftftftftft* , VOLUME XXIII HIKES WESSON I DF GULF BEFORE ! HISFLECTBOCUTION Willie Hardison Died in Elec- \ trie Chair in State Prison, and Confessed to the Mur- 1 der of Cyrus Jones. OTHER NEGROES IN CASE NOT GUILTY According to His Last Hour Confession.—One Woman and Two Prisoners Wit nessed Electrocution. (By thp A a nor tmrf! Praia. Raleigh, April 27.—('onfessing to Solicitor .1. A. Powers n lew moments lief ore lie was led to the death chain-; her that he alone was responsible for the murder of Cyrus Jones, Onslow County mail carrier, Willie Hardison, a Iti-year-old negro youth, was execut -1 <-d at the state prison here this morn-1 in«. In his confession to Solicitor Povv- j ers, Hardison declared (hat Frank ' Dove, George Williams and Fred Hove, all under death sentence in connec tion with the killing, had nothing what • ever to do with the slaying of .Toms. Solicitor Powers prosecuted the ne groes. Hardison told Solicitor Powers that he killed tiie mail carrier in order to get his automobile and go to Peters burg, Va., to visit a brother. The oth er negroes knew nothing of his plans, Hardison told Solicitor Powers. Solicitor Powers indicated that he would recommend commutation or par don for the three negroes awaiting death. Hnrdison was led into the death claim her at 10:30 and the current was turned on at 10.32. The electricity Was shut off one minute later, and the prison physician signalled the Warden that Hardison was not dead. The current was again turned on and 45 seconds later Hardison was dead. The negro spent his last moments with Ills spiritual adviser, a local ju ftro preacher. He else ‘o*d him (hill he alone was cspjt i de Ve * -Le*k- - ing of Tones. Hardison 'made no state ment while being strapped into the chair. The execution was Witnessed by 40 persons, including 1 woman and two prisoners. One of the spectators fainted. I THE COTTON MARKET disappointing Cables Caused Milrliet to He t’nsettled at the Opening. (Mr the AUliclatMl I’n-xn.l New York, April 27. —The cotton market was rather unsettled at. the op ening today, owing to disappointing cullies and reports that the affairs of one of the largest Manchester cotton goods exporters were being liquidated. First prices- were 34 points lower for September, with later months 4 points lower to 8 points higher, but the tone of the market was steady and prices soon advanced on a renewal of cover- . irig by old crop shorts and buying stimulated by unfavorable weather reports from the southwest. May rallied from 28.(10 to 28.02 while Oc tober sold lip from 24.58 to 24.83, of about 17 to 23 points net higher. Cotton opened steady. May 28.70: July 27.43; Oct. 24.57; Hec. 24.07; Jan. 23.00. UNKNOWN MEN KILL FARMER AND (FAMILY Friend of Dead Planter and Her Son Also Fatally Shot. <Br the Associated Crw.i Hayworth. Okln., April 27. —Thomas Hammill, a planter, his wife and their daughter, a Mrs. Tope, and the latter's ten-.vear-old Son were shot to death when they were called to the door of the Hammill home near here today and tired on by two men who rode up to the house or horseback. A flve-year-old daughter of Mrs. Tojie was proliably fatally wounded. The identity of the men has not been determined. Society of Newspaper Editors. Washington, D. C., April 27. —One of the most infleential organizations: in the United States, though an infant I in age, is holding Its annual meeting ! in the capital today and tomorrow. It is the American Society of Newspaper Editors, formed a year and a half ago for the purpose of elevating journ- ; nlistic standards and safeguarding professional ethics. The two-day pro gram of business and entertainment calls for a visit to the White House to enable the visiting editors to pay their respects to the editor of the Mn rion Hally Star. Florida May Stop Practice of Leasing Prisoners to Companies Tallabasse, April 27 (By the Asso ciated Press).—The Florida legisla ture advanced another step toward abolishing the practice of leasing con victs to private individuals and firms today when it passed in amended form a Senate bill looking to that end. The vote was <ll to 5. The House already had prepared a much broader meusure dealing with convicts, and It stood on the calendar for third rending when the Senate severul days ago passed the bill do COURT CASES Will Bray, Negro, Found futility of ! .'Manslaughter.—Oihfr Ca:e; Dir.no> I cd Os. j The most important case tried iq Cabarrus Superior Cnurr Thursday j was the one charging Will Bray, hoi 1 gro, with murder. He was found guil ty of manslaughter and sentenced lo serve is months on the chain gang. , John Trull was charged wiili ns- I nil all with a deadly weapon mi two j counts, in ilie first lie is lo pay the |costs and 815(1 to S. M. Underwood, (prosecuting witness. In the other lie is to pay tin- costs and S2O. j Wight Imrnhnrdt was tried for ns . snub with a deadly weapon and was 'found not guilty l.y the jury, j Martin finger, who Wednesday was |found guilty of assault with a deadly i weapon in two counts, was sentenced Thursday, in one ease he is to pay tile costs nml a tine of $75 and in the jollier is to July the costs. I Tim Douglas, charged with seduc tion. was found not guilty iiy a jury, j Richard Brown, charged tvitti as sault with Intent to rape, was cleared by ti jury which returned tt verdict of ■ not guilty. It is probable that no session of the !court will be held tomorrow, as most jof the criminal docket has been clear ed up. Monday, however, the ease against Maurice C. Howie, of Monroe, charged with murder in connection i with the death of an 8-year-old girl, will lie tried. This ease will lie the last on the criminal docket, and when completed the civil docket will lie j taken up. I FIND LOST GIRL WITH HEAD BADLY ('RUSHED Police Think Celia Shevirk Was At tacked.—Clothes Toni am) Her Roily Covered With Blood. (Uy the Ahno.-uilt'd Premo 1 Richmond, Va., April 27.—After tin f: 11 night search by relatives, started when she failed to return from a mo tion picture show which she attended wit Ik a girl companion early last eve ning, Celia Siievick. Hi years old, was found unconscious this morning at a 1 railroad viaduct within a few blocks of her home. Her skull had been crushed, and the police believe she had been attacked. Physicians ex pressed little hope for her recovery. Every available detective and many patrolmen in plain clothes have lieen assigned to the case, and efforts tue being made to locate the gill's compan ion. whose name is not known, The girl, daughter of A. Sheviek. a tailor, is of small slid lire, and officials cannot understand why she was so roughly treated. Her - clothing was torn and she was covered with blood. No outerr was heard h.v anyone in Hitt flikWVfned .-Hid mm-if travers ed section of the city. MANY WITNESSES WILL TESTIFY FOR DEFENSE In Case in Which Three Men Are , Charged With Kidnapping and Fiog j ging Two Women. cbe AnuclßUid Ptmiiu Dumbarton, April 27.—Sixty wit nesses were under summons to appear today for the defense in the prelimi nary hearing of B. M. Lawson, Title Brogden and John Hedgepeth, (“barg ed with burglary, and conspiracy, as a result of the alleged Hogging of two women by a masked hand of IS men near here recently. The prosecution closed its (“use late yesterday after Mrs. Hattie Pifrvis had testified that she recognized the three defendants as members of the 'hand, and Mrs. Mary Watson, the .other woman, who claims she was whipped, had asserted she recognized only Lawson. Mrs. Purvis also testified that the men told them the flogging was done because she was running a disorderly house. She took occasion to deny this. Mrs. Watson added that her husband when told of the whipping, comment ed that they "got what they deserved.” HELD WIFE IN W ATER UNTIL SHE WAS DEAD Plumbing Conlrnctor Says He Killed Wife After a Quarrel Over a Fur Coat. (By the Associated Preaa. New Britain, Conn., April 271—Hav ing confessed that he sat on his wife in a shallow pond until she was drown ed, John A. Carlson, a plumbing con tractor, was held today without bond. Carlson and his wife mere married 24 years ago. Two sons, aged 111 and 15, live in this city. Carlson gave his age as 44. He told the police he had quarrelled on the motor trip with Mrs. Carlson because he pur chased for her a fur cot costing $l3O when she wanted one costing S3OO. : Kansas Instructs in Care of Cream. ! Topeka, Kits., April 27.—Kansas ! cream producers expect to lie aide to show an ino.-ease in earnings of sl,- 000,000 a year us tile result of the school iteing conducted throughout the . State in cream handling by the Kan sas Agricultural College. The school shows the fanners liow to take care of the cream they produce and the buy ers how to grnde the cream, and take proper care of It from the time it is brought to the station until it goes into the churns at tiie creamery. ing uway with the lease system. The House today in order to get in its pro visions covering treatment of prison ers not covered in the Senate bill, at tached its measure on to the Senate hill as ail amendment mud passed it. The measure now goes buck to tiie Semite for concurrence in the House amendment. Representatives Witt, Wetherington, of Hamilton and McCall, Mays and Harris, voted against it. CONCORD, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1923 ftftft&ft&ftftftftft @ $ ft KANNAPOLIS ft ft DEPARTMENT ft ft « ftftftftftftftftftftft Knnmiiiolis. April 25.—Kannapolis Bargain Week was reported a big success h.v all the participants, ospo cinlly by Miss Sallte Beatty .who won the Ford touring car. The Y. M. (’. A. grounds presented nil interesting scene Saturday afternoon when the car' was given awny. Mr. E. .1. Sharp, in his usual jolly manlier, ad- . dressed tiie immense crowd Hint had assembley to see who had tlie lucky i number. A large wooden box con taining (lie tickets was revolved sev- : eral times so as to mix them. Little , Miss Alma Freeze was called to the 1 platform, blindfoldel. and held uji within reach of the tickets." The ; number drawn, 74P7. was announced by Mr. Sharp, who passed it to Messrs. H. A. Allred, Sam Query, and Ray House!, all of whom verified the number, after which it was written on a hoard in plain view of tiie wait ing crowd., After a brief lapse of time while each one was looking over his- tickets, if was. made known that Miss Snllie Beatty was in possession of the lucky number. Miss Beatty | was invited to tiie jilatform amid the : cheers of many friends. She ascend-! ed the steps to tile porch where the car had been placed, and in a very i winsome manner became possessor of the much coveted prize. Miss Pauline Gardner, of Salisbury, i was the week-end guest, of Miss Thel tint Farrell, of the Kannapolis Inn. Miss Lula Sides spent the past week i with home folks near Cleveland. N. C. ; Miss Thelma Farrell and Mrs. R. P. Honsell sjient Thursday in Stills- , bury shopping. . . Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Deal and little . son, Glenn, Jr., sjient Sunday in Mnoresville with Mrs. Deal's mother, 1 Mrs. J. P. Brantley. Miss Lula Sides lias accepted a po- , sition with the Cabarrus Savings Hank | of Kannapolis. , At the meeting of the Woman's Mis- \ sionnry Society of tiie Bajitist Church ; Sunday, April 15th, Miss Bessie Fun derburk, who had been sent as a del- i egate to the... convention of the Worn- 1 . tin’s “Missionary Union at Durham, M gave an interesting report of the eon-j, vention. also reported decided progress in woman’s work. The friends of Miss Julia Willett !i will learn with pleasure of her being tilde to resume her work Tuesday as a member of the clerical force at the Pa rks-Belk A 'imiunn.v. ‘ of Brevard. . spent the week-end at home. Sir. Tom Mstiney spent Saturday in Gastonia. Mr. W. J. Willett was called yester day to Taylorsville on account of the critical illness of his brother. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stewart spent Sunday with Mrs. Stewart’s parents. | Mrs. L. L. Thornburg is spending the week with her daughter, Mrs. W. C. Sides, near Cleveland. Mr. W. L, Rhyne and family, of Stony Point, were week-end guests of , Mr. W. J. Willett and family. , Miss Maude Furr was hit Monday evening at 0 o’clock while returning from work. She had just resumed work, following an attack of measles. Mr. and Mrs. Hendrix, who have made their home in this city many years, will move this week to Gastonia. Mr. J. W. Bounds is moving his house effects this yeek to Burlington. Mr. Bounds will come for his family the latter part of tile week. Mr. Norris Donaldson, of Charlotte, was the guest of Mr. Corbett Donald son Sunday at his apartments at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Willett. Mr. Ray Roberts, of M. P. ('. 1., spent the week-end of home. 51 r. .T. P. Choate, of Charlotte, spent the week-end in the city with friends. Many Kannapolis ponjile will be pained on learning of the death of Mrs. J. M. Short yesterday at her home in Roanoke Rapids. Her son. Paul Short, was summoned home Sunday morning. Interment is to take place today in Charlotte. The condition of Miss Mary Willett, who recently returned from the hos pital, is still improving. Mrs. B. E. Barnhardt is spending today in Salisbury. Mesdames R. A. Swnringen, P. L. Ketehie, Duncan, and Miss Dollie Al len left yesterday for Monroe, where they will nttend the Missionary, con ference in the capacity of delegates from tlu> First Methodist Church here. Mrs. Craven, of the Pa rks-Belk cler ical force, went to tiie Long Sanatori um Sunday, where she will undergo: an operation for the removal of her i tonsils. Tiie annual concert of tiie Woman’s | Club will he given at the Baptist I Church Thursday, April 26, at 8 p. mi. I A sjiecial program will be given, and I a silver ocering wil be taken at the door. Mrs. Nelie Lippnnl has accepted a j position with the Parks-Belk Co. Mr. and Mm Zeb Thornburg, of Clncord. and Mr. Eearnest Beaver, of Ohio, were the guests Sunday of Mr. J. W. Cant lien. Mr. Beaver's mother is expected to visit friends and rela tives here and in Concord in the near, future. i Mr. W. M. Sides and family spent 1 Sunday in Landis with Mrs. D. F. i Fisher. Mrs. Jj. SI. Ballard, of Salisbury, vis ited Mrs. W. M. Sides Sunday. Mr. Fred Smith, who had resided in I tliis city about two months, and has] a position as Superintendent of the road building force in the national , highway here, left Tuesday for his former home in Knoxville, Tenn., re-j turning to Kannapolis Monday even-' ing with his bride, who was Miss Georgia McDaniel, of Knoxville, Tenn.' Mrs. Smith possesses rare beauty and her attractive personality will readl tConcluded on page four.) COMMENCEMENT AT M. P. C. I. TO BEGIN THIS YEAR ON MAY 20TH Baccalaureate Sermon Will Be Delivered by Dr. C. J. Congware, of Charleston.— Rev. L. A. Thomas, of This City, Will Speak Before Alumni This Year. The commencement program for M P. ('. 1. lias been perfected-and an at tractive list of sjieiikcrs has been se cured. Commencement exercises will begin Sunday, May 2(lih, when the bac calaureate sermon will he preached lo the Rev. G. J. Gotigawtiro, D. l)„ tie' scholarly and popular pastor of St John’s E. L. (’hurch.friiartestdn, S. C. The address before jlie V. M. C. A. will lie delivered in the evening of (lie same day by the Rev. 11. Brent Sehaef fee. Mr. Schaeffer is Secretary of the North Carolina Synod and the pro gressive jiastor of Si. Matthews E. L. Church, Kings Motintniii, N. C. (hi Monday. May 21, at 3:31) p. in., the Rev. Ashley Cliapiiell. D. D.._of Asheville, will diliver the Literary Address. Doctor Chappell is a recog nized scholar and orator and is in de mand as a eommeneeinenl speaker, j Sjiecial interest allujlios to the com mencement exercises of 1!)23, because ithe Executive Committee will at that time make definite arrangements for tiie erection of a new dormitory,-the first, unit in the enlarged and modern ized plant designed for the institute, and because of the size of the class to graduate. There a rest 30 seniors and there will lie the largest graduating class that has ever gone out from Mt. Pleasant. The session lias been a successful one, both as regards; the attendance and work done. With an enrollment of 101 representing patronage from I Maryland to Florida, the Institute has been greatly handicapped on account of limited dormitory cnpiu-ity. The new dormitory promised will, therefore, (relieve a situation that has been an embarrassment and a hindrance to growth. It is hojied that all who have made pledges to the building fund, es pecially Cabarrus County folks, will make it a jioint to liquidate the same lat an early date. The Institute can jbe an even greater asset to Cabarrus and Piedmont Carolina, if it is pro vidded wish tiie necessary equipment. I The Institute Glee Club, which has ! been under (tie direction of Rev. C. A. Linn, recently gave a most interesting jirogramme consisting of songs, dia logues and comedy, it was the first public performance sos this session and modi- quite n “hit** Several re quests Have come from neighboring towns fov a repetition of the perform l time and arrangements me being made to appear in Albemarle next week. The usual large attendance at com- j mencement is expected. Already a j goodly number of alumni' mid former t students have indicated that they ! would be present. The speaker olios- 1 en by the Alumni for this year is the ; Rev. L. A. Thomas', pastor of St. j James Lutheran Church, Concord, j cord. Something good, as usual, is j expected from Mr. Thomas. EIGHTEEN PRISONERS THREATENED GUARD ! But They Were Repuised, tiie Guard , Wounding Six of Them With Buck shot. (By (be AsMoeinied Press.i St. Louis, April 27.—Eighteen tni-- oners armed with iron bars and clubs, who attempted to escape from the city workhouse today were overcome- by a single guard, and as a result six are at the city hospital suffering from buckshot wounds in their legs and the remainder are in solitary contine ment iiending investigation of the at tempted dash for liberty. With Our Advertisers. If you want Spring and Summer goods of the latest patterns and styles, and on easy terms, it will pay you to read the James H. Farley ad. in this jiajier. The Cabarrus Savings Bank will tie glad to give yon advice as to money matters. Your account will be wel comed. In a new ad. today 0. 11. Barrier & Co. tell you about some grocery spe cials for Saturday. Fresh fish today and* tomorrow at ; the Cabarrus Cash Grocery Co. Buck's New Perfection Ranges sold at the Concord Furniture Co. Enter your child in “Squibb’s Health Baby Contest.” Ad. of Pearl Drug Co. gives particulars. H. B. Wilkinson is making special prices on mattresses for two days. Full i particulars in new ad. | The refrigerators sold by the Con-: cord Furniture Co. have a systematic I manner of keeping the witter col l. | Call at the store and see them. I Are you going to build? Then talk I with John K. Patterson and Co. about ! insurnnie. Grant Wage Increase. (Ur (be AxNoclnlrO New York. April 27. —The Great Northern Paper Company, the On tario Paper Co., nnd the St. Croix i Paper Co. have granted union demands j for a general wage increase of 5 cents jnn hour, it was announced here today. I Union officials declared they were con fident that other leading American land Canadian paper companies would I grant a similar increase. Seize Much Liquor. I Highlands, N. J., April 27 (By the ■Associated Press). —Coast guardsmen ; today seized the motor lighter Napo gue with an estimated cargo of nearly 110,000 cases of liquor. The lighter I was en route from the rum fleet to the i-Uew Jersey shore when captured off j Sandy Ilook. | At Gibson park tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 tiie Gibson and Kannapolis ■ teams will play ball. SOUTHERN SCHEDULE 10 CUE SIMMY New Fast Trains to Start Op erations on That Date.— Several Changes in the Schedule Here. A number of changes in its schedule is announced for Sunday by Hie South ern Railway Company. 'Flu* changes were announced some time ago, lint the definite schedule has just been made pnhiie. Several new trains will he added under the new schedule, and several present trains will lie discon tinued. Tiie changes become effective Sunday, April 2!ith. Train No. 44 will he discontinued and in its place train No. 136 will lie operated, to leave Concord at 5 a. m, It will run between Atlanta and Wash ington. Train No. 30 will arrive in Concord at 10:55, on its present schedule. Train No. 40, now due in Concord at j 3:45 j>. m. under the new schedule will leave Concord at 3:15 p. m. No change is made in the schedule of train No. 12, which is due here at 7:10 ji. m. No change is made in the schedule of train No. 32, due here at 8:28 ji. m. Traill No. 34 makes its first run on Sunday. It will iiass Concord at 4:45 j). ill., hut will not stoji here. It will be the fast mail train to New York, and will jiick uji Concord mail, which will arrive in New York the follow ing morning at 0:15. No. 30 under the new schedule will be due here at 1:4o. No. 38, under the present schedule due in Concord at 8:04. p. in., under the new schedule will reach Concord at 0:30 p. in. 11 will stoji ill Concord under the new plan. No changes are made Lithe . juiiy . schedule of train No. 31. TEo time of train No. 11 is changed from 0:25 I to 0:05 under the new plan. | No. 38, the new train, will jiass Con ! cord at 8:27. Concord to lie a regular i slej). It will take the place of train No. 137. I No. 37. under the now plan, will j jiass Concord at 0:55, and will not ! stop. I No. 45, now due in Concord at 3:20 j i). in., under the new schedule will lie j due in Concord at 4:35 p. m. I Under the new schedule Nos. 135 land 35 will retain their present sclieil ’ nles. ! The time of No. 20 is changed to 2:52 a. m. under the new plan. ; Three trains are discoitinued under |the new plan and three new tYiiiiis j added. The trains to he taken off are ! Nos. 137. 138 and 44. In the place of the former two Nos. 33. and 38 will stop here, and in the place of No. 44 No. 130 will be operated. New train No. 34, passing here at 4:45 ji. m., will carry Concord mail. It will he the fastest train the South ern has operated in many years be tween New Orleans and New York City, and will cut down the present time of the fastest train about six hours. JOHN DUNK LEE DIED SUDDENLY THURSDAY Death of Winston-Salem Man Oe eurred in Baltimore Thursday Night. (By the ApHoelated Prepp.t Baltimore, April 27.—John J. Dnnk iec, 47. president of the Zinzendorf Laundry Company, Winston-Salem, N. C., and well known througout that state, dropped dead in a drug store here Inst night. Mr, Dunklee had come here with his wife to lie treated for heart trouble at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Last evening he complained of pains about the heart and went to the drug store to buy tablets. He was rushed to a hospital after stricken, but on arrival j physicians pronounced him dead. Want the Co-operation of British. i Hr ihe ANKodntpd rnn* > Washington, April 27.—-New repre sentations on the subject, of rum smuggling have been made by the State Department to the British gov ernment which it requested in friendly terms to co-operate in preventing ves sels tlylng the British flag from en gaging in liquor traffic between Atner ] lean and foreign ports. Bryan In Raleigh. (Dy the \Kxoclaled I’rfii ) I Raleigh. April 27. —William Jen nings Bryan, who is to speak here to | night, was a formal caller with Jo- I sephns Daniels, former Secretary of the Navy, on Governor Morrison, of I North Carolina, this morning. Mr. j Bryan later addressed the Kiwunis Club at luncheon. Will Mahe Investigation. "the A Hum-In led Press. I j Washington. April 27. —Frederick M. ! Ryder, American consul at Vancouver, was instructed by Secretary Hughes today to investigate the firing on the American schooner Siloam by a Can adian fisheries patrol boat, which re sulted in the dentil of J. M. Yorke, 1 a member of the Silonm's crew. MYSTERY MAN IN BALTIMORE MAKES BET UTTI.E IIEAKW 9» Still Be lie yes He Is VY, G. Earn swarf n» but Knows Not His Place of Kcsi (V-nec. Baltimore, April 26.-—As myster iously as iie apjx-ard in th.s city ibis morning, the amnesia victim train Charlotte, disappeared Shortly alter noon today. Leaving the train at Baltimore. W. 1 G. Farnsworth, the name he uses now, 1 went to tiia hotel Belvedere. I-env-1 ing his baggage, which consisted simp- j ly of a traveling nag, there, he went' to the hotel Emerson. Here lie spent several hours going over the register for several years back. Farnsworth explained that lie could recognize nis hand 'writing, although lie could riot recall his name. After going through the entire register, lie picked out three names, U. E. Anderson, Frank W. -Campae.l,' and W. J. Bagby, all of Philadelpnia. Writing the name "W. G. Farnsworth” at the topi of a sheet of paper, the amnesia victim then wrote the three names below it. Comparing his writ ing with tiie writing on tiie register, hs jiointed oul to a little group of men who were aiding him discrepan cies which proved that he had not written the originals. Farnsworth is wearing a (Masonic charm but does not recognize Masonic symbols when they are placed before him. Several of the men. however, also of tiie same order, took an active part in trying to help Farnsworth for fraternal reasons. Tt was one of these who suggested that he mention some name which he remembered. Alter a little thought Farnsworth mentioned the name of Silas Huntington Carpen ter, whom he said was chief of .police of Montreal. Canada. Police head quarters were called at once and a j ong. distance call to Montreal reveal- j ed the fact that in 191 S. He has a i son living in Edmonton, Alberta, and j efforts -are being made to locate t-liis I son in the belief that he nmy shed j some light on the mystery. Refusing a room at tiie Amerson j the ‘Mystery Man” left about noon today. He has not been seen since. Baggage which he left at the Belve dere vanished into thin air, none of I the employees there being able to j identify a picture of Farnsworth as i any one they had seen there today, j The “Mystery Man," who was found suffering from amnesia near Columbia, S. 0., last week arrived in Baltimore today from Charlotte, N.j (',. where ho had been in a hospital since last Friday. He was still uncertain of his place j of residence, but believed that or.a of j tiie clerks at the Hotel Emerson, .tfharc ,Ue remqjnbired. having sicppfd i sometime ago, would foe able to re- j cognize him and make h's identiflea- j tion carta hi-< He denied, However, | that he lias SIOO,OOO deposited in a i local ‘bank. When he left the train at Union i station, he refused to talk to repor- j (ers who met him. declaring that he j had been hounded by too many people j for the iast few days and that be-i would 1 have to rest before lie cou'd j make a statement. “I’m nearly wild,” he said, “and I j want to rest. " If you don’t, leave me ! alrne now, I'll hit you with this stick.” ! He wrote a telegram to friends in j Charlotte, notifylllg them of his ar- ; rival and saying that he was going to ! a hotel here, si'gning his name "Walter j G. Farnsworth.” IWhen a photographer snapped his I picture as he was waiting for a car j to take him down town, he raised a i heavy cans' and attempted to hit tie j man. THINKS LEAGUE COULD SETTLE RUHR TROUBLE Lord Robert Cecil Says Time Is Ripe For Question to Be Put to League. (Rr tlic AAooelnted Press.! New York, April 27.—-Ending his | tour of America. Lord Robert Cecil, league of nations champion, today ex pressed la-fore an audience here a wish < that some great power would ask tiie league to intervene in tiie Ruhr., He declared Ihe time is rijie for the league to take nji discussion of the Ruhr situation, the reparations ques- , tion involved and the demands of ’ France that her safety be definitely and specifically guaranteed by the oth er major jiowers. Louden Given Shock, Lizzie isn’t Scotch. London April 26.—Those who have I been happy in the belief that the Duke of York is marrying a Scotch girl received something of a shock today when they read in the Daily Express a statement by Arthur C. Fox-Davies, the distinguished genealogist, that Lady Elizabeth is I not Scotch, but English. Mr. Fox- j Davies traces the new duchess' an- j cestry back to the first Duke of York j who was born in 1341 and from ; whom the present duke of Yont is | descended. American Held by Chinese Robbers. Hong Kong. April 27 (By the As sociated Press). —11. C. Rowson. a I member of ibe stuff of the British- I American Tobacco Company, has been \ captured by robbers at Moli, north of , the port of l’akhoi, in the southwest 'of Kwangtung province, and is held for $30,000 ransom, according to pre .' sanitations made by the company to . j the British consular authorities today. South May Get New Man on the Federal Reserve Board Next Week Oij the. Asscelsted Press. 1 Washington. April 27.—The resigna . tion of John R. Mitchell, of St. Paul, , I from the'Federal Reserve Board, was < presented to President Harding today ? by Secretary Mellon. -1 The resignation of Mr. Mitchell, - which was due to a desire to return to , private business created n second va cancy on the board, the place held by NO. 99. -rannSONSIN NEW YORKDIE WHEN , HOIS ARE BORNEO i AH of the Fire Victims Lived in Five-Story Brick Tene ment, and They Occupied the Top Floor. ; 20 OTHERS WERE INJURED IN FIRE Seven of the Dead Were Members of One Family and Others Belonged to Another Family. . Now York, April 27 (By the Asso ciated Press). —Fire of mysterious or igin starting in a pile of rubbish on the first floor of a five-story hack ten etnent in East 100th street early to day swejit through the building and caused the deaths of 12 persons, mem bers of two families living on tlio top floor. Twenty persons were injured, and firemen made spectacular rescues of many of the 200 living in the building. Seven of the dead were members of the family of David Mendelliamn, a I painter who had planned to move to j day to a little farm upstate which he i recently purchased. They were Mrs. ! Mendelhimm and her children, whoise luges ranged from one to sixteen years. I The other dead were Aaron Kuxis, his wife, their daughter Bertha, aged 121. their son David, 18, and a relative of Mrs. Isaac Brownsteiu, who was visiting them. PROMINENT HAMLET MAN I FOUND DEAD IN IIIS ROOM ' Believed to Have Been Killed by Ac | cidental Discharge of Revolver Dur ing Night. Hamlet. April 20.—Henry Rowan, a prominent citizen of tliis place, was found (lend in Ins room sit tiie home of his brother. T. 11. Rowan, this liiorn , ing. Many theories have lieen ad j va need as to the cause of the death of | the deceased, but it is thought that it I was the result of an accident. Jlfttßimrar. xyje-pr f. nervous temper* | ament and often walked about in his ; sleep. It is thought by (hose, most in timate with him that hls death was 'caused by the accidental discharge of ! a revolver w hile in one of his nervous j sra res. I He was in good health and in pea j feet state of mind w hen he retired last j night. No possible cause for suicide i lias yet been revealed. The deceased was one of Hamlet’s leading business men. He came here | from Carthage when (he town was in its infancy. lie was connected with Ithe Hamlet. Grocery company, wliole- I sillers, in tiie jiosition of manager, and was one of the largest stockholders' jin this concern. He was an active ! business man and had interests in sev ! eral of the business houses here, j The deceased was unmarried, and is survived by his father and mother, ! Mr. and Mrs. 1. D. Rowan, of Oar- I thage, and one sister, Miss Lettie j Rowan, who resides with her fahter. j Four brothers, T. H. Rowan, of this city; Rev. J. C. Rowan, of Concord; Rev. C. H. Rowan, -of Paw Creek, an<P"> Carl Rowan, of Carthage, also survive. Funeral arrangements have not been made. BAPTISTS’ STUDENTS ARE HOLDING ANNUAL MEETING Students From Schools in tiie Eastern States Attending Greensboro Confer ence. illy Ihe ANMKilnted Frc*a.) Greensboro, Ajiril 27.—With Baptist students from schools and colleges in every section of North and South Car olina, Virginia. Maryland and the District of Columbia, the Southern Baptist Students’ Conference for the eastern states opened at the First Bap tist Church this city at 2 o’clock this afternoon. The sessions of the con ference will end Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clork when Dr. L. S. Scnrboro, of Fort Worth, Texas, General Direct or of the $75,000,000 campaign, will speak on “Facing Life's Challenges.” Delegates to the conference repre- I sent upwards of 10,000 Baptist stu dents in schools and colleges of that | denomination and in other educa tional institutions ill Eastern states. ! A feature of the first session was an j address by Dr. Chns. E. Maddry, sec ! rotary of missions for the state of I North Carolina, who outlined the pur ' jiose of the inter-hoard commission on student religious activity of the soutli jern Baptist Convention when he spoke on “Our Southern Baptist Student Man Hanged in Georgia. Lafnyette, Ga„ April 27.—George Baker was hanged here t(Hlay for tiie murder of Deputy Sheriff J. W. Mor ton nt Durham, in this county, in March of last year. the lute Milo D. Campbell “the dirt farmer member’’ having not yet. been filled. The President is expected to announce appointments to both va cancies early next week. The place made vacant by Mr. Mitchell s resignation, It was said to day, would be tilled by a representa tive of the South, which now has no representation on the board. ■ , 4 < ’
The Concord Daily Tribune (Concord, N.C.)
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