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Political Tension Is
High as M’Adoo Tells
Story to Committee
Says But for Political Rea
sons His Name Would
Never Have Been Brought
Out in Oil Lease Inquiry.
APPLAUSE GREETED
FIRST APPEARANCE
He Declared His Association
With Doheny Company.
Had Nothing to Do With,
Lease of Oil Reserves.
(By th* Anioctated Preaa.) '
Washington, I>. C.. Feh. 11.—In an
atmosphere surcharged with political ten-!
'•ion, YVm. G. McAdoo (need the Senate
oil committee today and explained his
connections with the Doheny interests.
At the very outset he read a prepared
statement charging that had he not been
"prominently mentioned in eonneetion
with high office" his name never would
have been brought Info the inquiry.
He declared he had acted in perfect
good faith in accept in" a retainer fee ns
counsel for Doheny after lie left the cab
inet. and in course of n long cross exam
ination reasserted forcibly over and over
his assertions tlwit the attack made on
him had been purely iHililical.
"I conceive that the mntfer is wholly
irrelevant to the subject matter of your
inquiry.” he said in conclusion, “but I
have been willing to come here and give
these facts for such use and for such val
ue tfs they may have in the pursuit of
your investigation.”
When lie appeared in the committee
room accompanied by David Rockwell,
of Ohio, manager of his campaign for
tlie Democratic presidential nomination,
the former Treasury Secretary was greet
ed with a burst of applause. He smiled
and bowed as he made his way to a seat
to await the call of the Committee. Many
members of the Senate and House min
gled with the crowd.
“You will be sworn as. all Witnesses
are," Chairman I.enroot said, after he
had called Mr. McAdoo to the stand.
“Do you desire to make a statement
to the committee?” asked the chairman
after the oath had been administered.
Seating himself under a battery Os
cameras. Mr. McAdoo adjjjgted Uiaglasjs
» <md replied by reading Ills prepared
statei'frjjt. jj. .. . ..sA.
, Qutstiooeyi I>y Senator wFSMv demo
crat, of Montano. Mr. McAdoo said ho.
resigned as Secretary of the Treasury ml
December Hi, nisi gnVe up the post
of Director-General of Railways on
uary It, 1010. After a three months rest *
in California he entered the law linn of
Cotton & Franklin iu accordance with
ai:v agreement’previously made.
“When did you begiu service with Mr.
Doheny?” asked Senator Walsh.
"November 30. 1010," was the reply.
Asked if there had been auy arrange
ment while he was in the cabinet to en
ter the service of Mr. Doheny. Mr. Mc-
Adoo replied in the negative, adding that
he had not met Mr. Doheny until after
he had retired from office.
Mr. McAdoo declared that he had sev
ered his professional relations with Do
iieny on February 2. the day after the
oil magnate appeared before the commit
tee.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 11.—After
hearing Win. G. McAdoo, the Senate oil
committee today went into executive ses
sion to consider the nominations of Silas
H. Strawn and Atlee Pomerene. as spe
cial government counsel iu the oil cases.
Officers of the railroad labor organiza
tions were before the committee and some
of the members said they voiced opposi
tion to the apiiointnient of Mr. Pomerene.
Association Makes Status Doubtful.
St. Louis, Feb. 11.—William G. Mc-
Adoo's association with the Doheny oil
interests renders his “availability” as a
Presidential candidate doubtful, accord
ing to William H. Johnston, internation
al president of the brotherhood of ma
chinists. Mr. Johnston presided at the
o|>ening session today of the three-day
convention here of the national confer
ence for political action.
Body of Infant Found.
Asheville, Feb. 10. —The eounty
sheriff’s office is investigating circum
stances surrounding the finding of the
body of an infant in a dense thicket
near Kenilsworth. The body was wrap
ped in a silk dress which is being held
as a possible clue. Coroner E. R. Mor
ris said that indications are ) that the
baby was alive when left in the wood*
to perish from cold.
Snow in Wilkes County.
(By the Associated Press.)
Statesville, N. C., Feb. 11. —Travellers
reaching this town report snow fall of
rather good depths in Wilkes county and
especially around Wilkesboro. Snow al
so fell on the Wilkesboro road not far
from Statesville, it was stated, but due
to the temperature, it soon melted.
WHAT SAT’S BEAR SAYS.
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Increasing cloudiness followed by rain
Tuesday, and in west and central por
tions tonight; warmer tonight and in
the fast portion on Tuesday.
The Concord Daily Tribune
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FINDS ROYAL ERMINE
IS ONLY RABBIT SKIN
German Court Uncovers Wide Frauds
Among Dealers—Many Royal Houses
Deceived. 1
I-eipsic. Feb. 11.—If King Edward
HI., of Eng’and were alive today he
would probably have been the most in- 1
forested pei -on in the world in recent
! legal proceedings which prevod that
most of the “ermine" used thec.e days as
trimming far xtpte .robes at European
| royal courts is not really ermine at
all. but nothing more than white rabbit,
or the bleached pelts of gray squirrels.
Os nY the monarch* of car’y days
who were fend of ermine. Edward 111.,
stood first, and scon after he ascended
I the throne in 1327 the wearing of this
fur was restricted throughout England',
to members of the royal fnmi’ies. . j
Rabbit makes the best “ermine.” ae- j
eording to the tedimony of experts at
the trial, which was begun by ( a dis
gruntled purchaser who 'contended .that
ho had been duped—that he had paid
good money and a high price for ermine
which was nothing more thin • white
rabbit of the hack-yard variety.
It was. brought out at the hearing
that' squirrels from the Touted Stab's
and Russia are often used by European
fur dealers to mnkr up orders for ermine
whieli eotno from loyal households,
where there is always more or less )simp
and ceremony. The court found for the
plaintiff.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady at Advance of 8 to 13
Points.—March Reacted Later.
(By the Annoi-lnteri Press.)
New York, Feb. 11.—The cotton mar
ket opened steady at an advance of 8
to 13 [mints today, owing to relatively
(steady Liverpool cables and rumors that
prviate returns [indicated domestic mill
consumption of 561,000 bales for Janu
ary. compared with 401.000 fbr Decem
ber. The advances ran into consider
able covering. however, and after ad
vancing to 33.02 at the opening March
contracts soon reacted to 33.73, or with
in a point of Saturday's closing quota
tion. New Orleans also reacted after
an opening advance, nnd the market here I
was barely steady during early trading
under liquidation, local and western sell
ing. Private cables from Liverpool at
tributed the early firmness there to a
i *6 Jateex'UdnttfcrTajJjOiiWM
Gotten opened steady. March >33.60;
May 33.80; July 32.42; Deft. 28,20:
Dec. 27.72.
GRIFFIS IS OFFICIALLY
GREETED IN NEW YORK
Man Who Tried to Kidnap Bergdoll Giv
en Reception at New York City Hall.
(By the Associated Press.) V
New York, Feb. 11.—Gorlis Hooven
Griffis, of Hamilton, Ohio, who was re
leased recently from prison in Mosbaeh.
Germany, after serving part of n sen
tence for complicity in a plot to kidnap
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll. American
draft evader, arrived home teday on the
S. S. Albert ljnlliu. and was given a re
ception at Hie City Hall.
Mellon Tax Bid to Come Up in House
Thursday.
11 ashington, Feb. o.—Decision by
Republican house leaders to take up the
Mellon tax bill in the house next Thurs
day and to hold it before that body un
til disposed of was communicated to
President Coolidge today by Representa
tive Longworth, of Ohio, the Republi
can leader, and Chairman Snell, of the
house rules committee.
The two house leaders discussed with
the President the legislative program of
their body and told him that an at
tempt would be made to consider major
legislation in this order: Taxes, immi
gration, Muscle Shoals and bonus, with
appropriation measures sandwiched in
between.
The President also was told that
house leaders promised to make every
effort to adjourn by June and that they
considered tax legislation ns of supreme
importance.
In discussing with the executive the
possibility of passage of the Mellon bill.
Representative lamgworth declared that
it would be impossible to obtain house
approval for the surtax rate of 25 per
cent embodied in the Mellon bill and
recommended by the President. The best
possible rate to be hoped for. Mr. Long
worth said, would be more than 25 per
cent but Considerably less than 44 per
cent, as proposed by Democrats.
The leaders plan on taking up the
tax bill to side-track temporarily ap
ppropriatiou measures but to consider
the supply bills, should the tax debate
be prolonged. No arrangements thus
far have been raado for file placing of
railroad legislation on the program.
North Carolina Holds Services For Wil- j
son. )
Raleigh, Feb- 10. —Memorial services ,
were held today in cities and towns
throughout North Carolina for the late
YVoodrpw Wilson. The exercises inclnd-'
ed eulogies of the former President by
well known speakers. Governor Mor
rison made the principal pecch at the
memorial services held at Greensboro
this afternoon. Associate Justice Stacy,
of the North Carolina supreme court
was the orator at the services held hero.
Federal Troops in Vera Crus.
Vera Cruz, Feb. 11.—The Mexican
government troops arrived in Vera Cru*
at 10:45 this morning, taking possession
of the city after its recent evacuation by
the rebels.
Mrs. R. IV. Parish and little daughter,
Laura Jane, of Rock HLiil, and Mr. T. T.
Colley, of Beaumont, Texas, are visiting
Mrs. F. q. Smith, on on West Depot
street. < . -j
CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1924
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Exclusive View >
This is an exclusive view of the famous Harvard University “Presi
dential Chair," used by presidents since 1737. It was photographed
recently fov the first timo. It is used only on Commencement Day and
then taken back In vault.
WOMEN OPEN A |
RKKPUBLH’AN CLUB
To Serve as a Clearing House for Politi
cal Activities.
New York, Feb. 11. —Financed by wo
men from nearly every State, the new
clubhouse of the Women's National Re
publican Club in East Thirty-seventh
street is to be formally opeuetl this eve
ning. The club will serve as the clear
ing-house for political activities and in
formation for Republican women during
the 1924 campaign, and on its two top
floors quarter* are provided to house j
many of its members during their cam
paign .trips to the east.
The Republican Club and the new club- j
house of the Women's National' Demo-!
erotic Club in Washington are cited as
proof of the fact that women are in poli
tics to stay, and that they have no in
tention of putting up the shutters of the-)
political shop between campaigns.
The Republican Club has grown up be- j
tween the two presidential elections, and I
its rapid rise to a membership of 1600 j
has forced it'out of the three floors it I
hi
Street.. Its uCw headquarter* will give ‘
it one of the bast-equipped political club-1
houses for women in the United ftuuex. i
The old brownstone front bouses,, five!
stories in height, have been thrown tie!
gether to make the new clubhouse. Tiyo !
storerooms have been built in on the :
street, one to be rented for commercial .
use, and the other to be held for cam- j
paign and base for campaign
meetings. An auditorium seating 400
will provide for more formal meetings.
There are two club restaurants The
club already has the nucleus of an excel
lent library and in adding to its collet- '
tiap Americana will be emphasized. I
MRS. BOLICK KILLED
BY SEABOARD TRAIN
Two Other Persons Seriously Injured
At Grade Crossing Tragedy Near
ClierryvUle.
Cherryville, Feb. 10.—One woman
was killed instantly and two other per- |
sons were seriously injured, one prob- j
ably fatally, when a Seaboard Air Line |
passenger train struck an automobile in |
which they were riding near here late I
today.
The woman killed was a Mrs. Bo- j
lick, of Buffalo, N. C.
The injured are Mrs. Mamie Swink, j
,of Buffalo, whose spine and three ribs j
were broken, according to reports to
niht from the' Lincolnton hospital, and
Austin Grigg, of Cherryville who is in |
the same hospital with both legs broken,
according to reports received here.
Soutliern Baptist Laymen.
Memphis, Tenn.. Feb. 11. —Delegates
from all parts of the South are arriving
in this city to attend the Southern Bap
tist Laymen's . Convention, the sessions
of which will begin tomorrow ami con
tinue until Friday. The convention will
be the second SonthWide gathering held
by lay members of the Southern Baptist
denomiimttion.
Nearly all the plantation rubber in
the world, which is now twelve times as
much as that from the forests, is grown
in the Malayan Peninsula and Dutch :
Bast Indies.
Miida'r-'sirTlrifalaa^
Somebody Must Start Everything!
If you’ve something you wAnt the Chamber of Com
merce to do start it. Don’t keep it a secret and then sever
al years hence feel like blaming some one because the thing
hasn’t somehow gotten itself done.
The idea you have may be a valuable one for the good
of your city.
l You owe it to your community to give expression.
Nothing starts itself.
You’ve got to step on the button before even a self
starter will operate. j!
Somebody must start everything.
If you have something that you wpuld like to get an
expression on call on the Secretary of the Chamber of Com- j
merce in the Municipal Building and tell him about it. He j
is experienced in this line and this is his business to help ]
build up your city and make it a success.
Support your Chamber of Commerce. Don’t be a civic
slacker.
j RACE PROGRAM FOR NEXT !
FAIR IIAB BEEN FINISHED
Program Included F<tur SI,OOO Purses.—
Matinre Babes Expected to Be Staged
Here in Near Future.
The program for «leo.s to be staged at
the next CaburnnwJJounty Fair, to be
bold October 21-25, is announced today
by Dr. T. X. Spencer. secretary of the
fair. The program also includes the
various purses to be offered, as follow :
2:10 tret. $1,000: 2:20 trot, $1,000:
j 2:12 trot. $460; 2:14 trot. S4OO ; 2:17
j trot. S4OO : 2:20 trot, $400; 2:08 paep.
(SI,OOO ; 2:17 paee,■ fI.OOO ; 2:11. 2:14.
2:17 paces. $400; free for all. S4OO. !
I The following conditions for races
j wbre also announced by Dr. Spencer: |
j ’On each of the events nomi-i
j natcr can name on horse March lOtli. 1
I and have privilege of naming additional |
j horses for 1 per. cents on each additional
] named and each horse nauyd entitled to
start upon payment of full 3 per cent, j
All nominators liavrfriglit to substitute
j another horse or tfcnsfer right up to
(June 10th,". M
phifrs fbr !
. the races at the next fair declared that ;
pit. i» very probably that matinee races
» '"’•11 be staged here regularly during l
, March and April. “We have been nd- i
i vised. " he stated, ‘that a number of
j famous horses, now in the South, will j
i arrive in Concord early in March, to re- !
: mai nabout tw oinnnths. They will do
i their training here for the races of the
onrth. and races will be staged at the
fair grounds regularly. YVo have been
advised that some horses expect to be
brought here February 22 to begiu the
, training period.”
[ Definite announcement concerning the
| matinee races will be made later by Dr
! Spencer.
ATLANTA'AUTOMOBILE MAN
AND WIFE BURNED ALIVE
j Woman Was Distinguished in Govern
ment Real Cross Work in France.
j Atlanta, Ga., February ' 10.—C. W.
i Dupree, an automobi'e dealer nnd his
| wife were burned to death early today
I ond Mrs. Dupree’s mother, Mrs. H. M.
; Gottongham. of Marietta', Ga„ was
| severely injured when she jumped from
i a second story window to escape flames
! which destroyed the Dupree residence
| here.
i The charred bodies of Mr. and Mrs.
I Dupree were found by firemen.
According to Mrs. IV. A. Dupree, also
j a guest Jn the home, when the fire was
discovered the entire interior of the
residence was ablaze. She raid she jump
ed from the second story window and
was followed by Mrs. .Cot tingluun.
Just as Mr. and Mrs. Dupree reach
ed the window, she said, the roof of the
house caved in.
Hospital authorities say Mrs. (Notting
ham will recover.
Mr. Dupree was a widely known At
lantian. being president of a large 1 auto
mobile sales company. was
active in Red Gross work during the
war, being in charge of recreation and
and hospital work for the American Red
Cross at Brest, France. She was
! awarded a citation by the American
1 government for her work in the French
base.
COMMITTEE GIVES
REVENUE BILL TO
THE LOWER HOUSE
. i
Bill Presented to House by'
Ways and Means Commit-;
tee. Which Had Given It
Much Time.
25 PER CENT. CUT
IN INCOME TAXES
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Is Proposed in the Bill.—;
Three Other Reports Pre-|
sented to the House Along i
With the Bill.
IIBr the Associated t'rena. i
■Washington, Fob. 11.—The revenue,
! bill was formally reported to the House
’ today by the Ways and Means commit
. lee which had been under consideration I
since the opening of Congress. The mea- j
-sure will be taken up for consideration l
on Thursday with about a month of de-1
bate in prospect before it. will be passed.
The bill, as reported by Chairman!
Green. provides for complete revision of
Federal taxes and a 25 per cent, reduc
tion in the 1023 personal income taxes
payable this year. Three other reports
were made, however, the differences cen
tering on the income rates with particu
lar reference to surtag schedule which' •
was reported on lines recommended by
Secretary Mellon. '
j Eleven Kepublieans submitted one of i '
the additional reports, arguing more vig- i
orously for the 25 per cent, surtax maxi
miim than did the chairman, who openly |
supported a rate of 35 per cent. The
eleven were representatives Hawley, of |
< tregon ; Treadway, of Massachusetts: '
i Young, of North Dakota; Til son, of Con- I
ueoticut; Kacharaeh, of New Jersey :
Hadley, of Washington; Watson, of
Pennsylvania; Mills, of New York: I
Kearns, of Ohio; Chindblof, of Illinois. 1
land Ciowther. of New York.
I Representative Frear. of Wisconsin, re
j pumlic-an insurgent, submitted a separate
i report arguing for retention of the pres
i cut surtax minimum of 50 per cent., and
a greater cut in'the normal taxes, while
Representatives McLaughlin, of Michigan,
j and Timberlake, of Coloraro. the other re-
I publicans on the comidittee, abided by '
! the report of the chairman,
j The eleven democratic members of . tlye ,
[ placed the sht'fax riihximrim at 44' per '
cent., amt rails for greater cuts in nor- j
i mal income tax rates than provided in !
j t lie Mellon schedules. |
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i BANK LOST MONEY BIT
PAID ITS DIVIDENDS j
This Fact Brought Out Today in the :
Trial of the Coopers at Wilmington. 1
(By the Associated Press.)
Wilmington, N. C.. Feb. 11.—Evidence j
to the effect that the- Cooper bank here '
paid dividends amounting to $12,000 in )
1021. although it showed an operating
loss of SB,OOO that year, and that Lieut. |
Governor W. B. Cooper told a national !
bank examiner this was done because!
passing the dividend would "be harmful",
featured the trial today of the state of
ficial and his brother. Thos. E. Cooper
on charges of conspiracy in connection ,
with the failure of the Commercial Nat- i
ional Bank of Wilmington. The early I
portion of the day's session in the U. S. '
District Court was taken up with the
introduction of additional records and let- i
: ters by the prosecution. ,
H. R. Tull, agent for the U. S. Depart
ment of Justice, was expected to take
! the stand later in 'the day. Tull Conduct
ed the investigation which led to the ar
rest of the Coopers.
Testimony relative to the dividend was
' quoted from the report of Roger E.
1 Brooks, national bank examiner, who in
' vestigated the bank's affairs at the time
' it applied for change from a state to a
1 national institution, and who recom
mended that the national charter be re- ,
' fused. His report, made in March, 11122.
' which was iutroduced as evidence, listed
losses from uncollectible loans at that
■ time at $148,245 and set down the total
amount of overdue iwiper held by the
' bank at $432,121), or more than 20 per
• cent, of all loans at that time.
< The Brooks report also declared that.
* loans to officers of the bank, and their
I interests amounted to $140,000 or more
I , than 70 per cent, of the capital Stock. It
* j listed the liabilities of T. E. Cooper, di
-1 1 rect and indirect, at more than $70,000,
1 i and those of C. W. Lassiter, co-defendant
|in another indictment, at $58,333. Mr. .
, Brooks was reported seriously ill and un
able to appear as a witness and his re
'' port was introduced without objection.
FORMER MAYOR OF
HERRIN UNDER ARREST
A. T. Pace Held in Connection With the
Death of Constable Caesar Cagle.
(By the Associated ress.)
.1 Herrin, 111., Feb. 11.—Former Mayor
■j A. T. Pace, was arrested today on a
J warrant charging murder, after he had
been sworn in as foreman of the coro
ner’s jury investigating the killing Fri
' day night of Constable Caesar Cagle, dry
raid leader. Pace was charged with
■ .complicity in Cagle's death.
‘ ' The warrant for Pace’s arrest was
i. sworn out by S. Glenn Young, dry work
" er and jmid employee of. the Ku Klux
Klan, who has set up de facto munici- {
- pal government since the arrival of the
" State troops who were sent here as the
result of near riot Friday night between
■ wetu and drys.
Mrs. Jennie E. Crocker, of Clifton
• dale, Massachusetts, holds a captain’s
2 license for an ocean-going sailing ves
sel. She also holds a certificate entit
’ ling her to net as first mate of any
steamship afloat.
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Mrs. Vincent Astor (above) of 1
New York surprised social and 1
political circles by allowing her 1
name to be used as candidate for ’
alternate delegate to National Re
publican Convention to bo held in
Cleveland, from 26th Congressional :
District, New York City.
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SWEEPING CHANGES ;
MADE AT LAKEHURSI
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Commanding Officer of Shen
andoah Relieved of Duty. !
—Many Other Changes ,
Have Been Ordered.
(By the Associated Press.!
Washington. D. Feb. 11.—Sweeping 1
changes in the personnel of officers of the i
ljakehurst, N. J.. air station and others
assigned to the airship Shenandoah, in- >
■ dialing the relief of her commanding of.
; been made by Rear Admiral Wm. A.
j Moffett, chief of tiie Navy Aeronautical
; Bureau, and approved by Secretary Den
| by.
Orders directed to Commander Mc-
ICAry said that "upon being relieved by
, Lieutenant Commander Zachary Lands
! downe as commanding officer of the U. S.
. Ship Shenandoah, you will regard your
self detached from all duties on board
; that tlirship.'' Orders are expected to l>e
j issued at an early date assigning him to
sea duty.
1 ROLL WEEVIL APPRECIABLY
j REDUCED yield of cotton
i Says a Bulletin Sent Out by the Depart- '
ment of Agriculture.
(By the Amociaiel Press.)
Raleigh, N. C.. Feb. 11.—During the
past few years the boll weevil apprecia- '
j bly decreased the yield of cotton in the '
I American cotton belt., says a bulletin re
| ceived here from the United States De
partment of Agriculture. At the same 1
time, adds the bulletin, an irresponsible
element of the cotton belt population is
| allowed to range the fields and woods,
gun in hands, slaughtering at will some
of the most important natural enemies of j
. the boll weevil, the birds. Sixtysix kinds 1
j kinds of birds of the Southeastern States
ha,ve been discovered by the Biological
Survey of the United States Department
of Agriculture to feed upon boll weevils.
The most active of these enemies are
the orioles, which actually take the in
serts from the sources of the squares of
the cotton plant, and the swallows which
1 feed upon the weevils when they arc in
flight and extending their range, declar
ed the report. No fewer titan 41 boll
. weevils are habitually taken by all spe- .
cies of the swallows. Everyone of a se- 1
ries of 35 eaves swallows examined bad
- eaten boll weevils, the largest number in
one stomach being 48, and the average
19. In winter the most important de
stroyers of these cotton pests are black
birds. meadow-larks, titlarks, and Caro
lina wrens, it was stated. All of these
birds, in fact birds in general, the de
. partment claims, should receive all the
, protection that the Southern planters
can extend.
"They not only help him ,by feeding
upon the boll weevil, boll worm, the leaf
worm, and other pests of eottou, it was
stated, but they destroy important ene
mies of all his crops."
mrs. candler’sTtrial
COMES UP TOMORROW
Wife of Atlanta Capitalist Must Appear
in Court Following Arrest Saturday.
lOj thr Associated frt-sm.,
Atlanta. Ga., Feb. 11.—Mrs. Asa G.
Candler. Sr., wife of Atlanta capitalist,
must appear in police court tomorrow
morning to answer charges growing out
of the raid Saturday in which she was
arrested in an apartment in company
! with two prominent business men. Re
corder George E. Johnson ruled today
when the other principals offered to waive
her appearance.
Kingston Negro Carried to State Prison.
I (Hr the Aanoela'td Press.)
ytdleigh. Feb. 11.—Dillon Goodwin,
negro, of Kinston, was brought here labt
- night for safekeeping in view of an
i ticipated attempts to lynch him. Good
- win, it in charged, shot and seriously
- woundede William Case, near Fort Barn
r well last night, when the deputy sheriff
attempted to arrest him. jepi >
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NO. 32.
TWO BFFJEFAS KIIIED
eS rnamERS IN
PEN STURT BIG RIOT
Western Penitentiary of
Pennsylvania Scene of
Rioting.—Four Prisoners
Led the Riots. <
PRISONERS WERE
HEAVILY ARMEP
Fighting Continued More
Than Hour and Guards
Used Riot Guns and Tear
Gas in the Fight.
(By the Associated Press.)
Pittsburgh. Pa., Feb. 11.—Two prison
officers today were shot to death and a
number of eonviets were wounded more
or less seriously in a riot at the Western
Penitentiary. After an hour’s fight, dur
ing which riot guns, tear gas- bombs, clubs
and bricks were used, the prison guards
assisted by county detectives and Pitts
burgh police forces succeeded in quelling
the disturbance which started when the
convicts used explosives in an effort to
dynamite their way to freedom. No eon
viets escaped.
The dead are:
Wm. Pfieffer, assistant deputy warden;
anti A. E. Coax, an overseer.
Warden J. M. Eagan reported that the
plot was born in. the minds of four or five
"bad men’’ recently transferred from the
eastern penitentiary to be disciplined. He
added that he believed the plot, was en
gineered by a quartet of convicts known
as the ’four horsemen.”
They hud help from the outside, the
warden declared.
T!te prisoners, numbering more titan
1.000, had just had breakfast. and were
about to go to work, when the blast rip
ped the main gates anti a section of the
wall, rocked the entire Woods Run dis
trict. shattered windows, and caused the
residents to flee from their homes.
Pfieffer and Coax were nearby.
They started on a run for the hole in the
wall, but were intercepted by 15 convicts
who disarmed them, beat them and then
shot the officers with their own guns.
The prison yard became a battle ground
as other prisoners and other guards join
ed in the fight.- The guards concentrated
near the)gates, and threatening the pris
oners with sawed off shotguns, ordered
ffrfnr"r«cVhei/ eapimttou :%■
had rffgntilired the attempt to escape ami
with liberty in tlieir eyes, they were stub
born and showed fight.
The Business Women's Circle of the
First Presbyterian Church will meet to
night at 7' :30 with Mrs. Joe F. Cannon.
MRS. CANDLER’S ARREST
EXCITES CITY OF ATLANTA
Out of Town Newspapers Greedily
Sought, a« No Atlanta Paper Car
ried tlie Story.
Atlanta, Ga„ Feb. 10.—Mrs. Asa G.
Candler. Sr., today had left the palatial
Druid Hill home of the millionaire soft
drink magnate whose bride she became
last June and was reported to have
spent the night at the apartment of a
woman friend at which she was arrested
yesterday afternoon by Police Chief
James I>. Beavers, along with two prom
inent Atlanta business men.
Friends of the Candler family de
clared today that Mrs. Candler, who was
a public stenographer before she mar
ried Mr. Candler, did not spend the night
nt the home of her husband, and that
she had not been there during the day
and she could not be located today for
a statement, either at the friend’s apart
ment or at the home of her mother, Mrs.
T. M. Little.
None of the Atlanta papers enrried
the story.
The next development in the arrest
is scheduled for Tuesday morning in po
lice court, when Mrs. Candler, Mr. Stad
dard and Mr. Keeling will face charges
of being occupants of a “dive.” which
is the all embraeive charge lodged by
police against persons arrested in a place
where liquor is being drunk,
j Police Chief James L. Beavers, who
raided the apartment house at No. 48
Juniper Street, assisted by Police Cap*
tain A. J. Holcombe, and arrested the
three persons, stated that they were in
the apartment on the second floor, sent
ed ground a table on which stood a bot
tle almost emptie dos whisky. Dishes
and remnants of food, lie said, indicat
ed that a hearty meal had' just been con
i chided.
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Patt Covington lias gone north to buy
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See the picture of the beautiful Marl
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Concord Furniture Company.
A new spring arrival in silver gray
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1 Shoe store.
“All the good that’s new and all the
new that's good" is the motto at Robin
• son’s. ' .
The Bell A Harris Furniture Co. want
’ everybody to visit tlieir big new store,
1 j comer East ,Depot and Church street's.
The store occupies 46,000 square feet of
’ j floor space.
•I When the Prince of Wales was en
tertained last year by^ of Lon-