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VOLUME XXIV
Phe Oil Investigating
Will Recess Ten Days
Senator Walsh Must Leave
the City arid His Absence
Makes It Necessary for
Committee to Halt Work.
WORK WILL NOT
BE STOPPED NOW
For While, Committee is in
Recess Investigators Will
Continue to Carry Forward
Their Inquiries.
(By the Associated Praia,)',
Washington, Feb. lit. —The Senate oil
commitlee after developing sensations in
startling rapidity for more than a month,
has taken a ten day rot-ess.
Before adjourning last night it t-eeeiv
eed testimony discrediting rumors about
the sale of President Harding's Marion
■Star which have been given circulation
by Frank A. Vanderlip. Also it receiv
ed word from Otto H. Kahn mid B. F.
Yoakum that they had no knowledge of
any $1,000,000 oil slush fund sent to
Washington for distribution to public
officials and others.
The committee in addition, approved
the nomination of special government
counsel ill the oil lease eases, Atlee
Potnerene of Canton, Ohio, and- Owen .1,
Boberts. of Philadelphia. Mr. Roberts
veas appointed in ‘place of itV'las h}
Strawn, of Chicago, whose nomination
was withdrawn Thursday .by President
Cool idge.
. The nominations will be railed up soon
in the Senate where Seneator Dill, dem
ocrat, of Washington, will continue the
tight on' Mr. Potnerene, which he started
in the committee. Meanwhile the coun
sel will proceed with n study of the
facts so as to speed the institution of
injunction proceedings to stop extraction
of oil from the naval reserves, the first
step in the contemplated litigation for
annulment of (he Fall leases.
Adjournment of the committee was
contemporaneous with n break in the
Xew York Stock market which resulted
from circulation of reports that otic big
operator had become bearish on the theo
ry that public confidence hod been under
mined by the oil disclosures.
Announcement of the adjournment
came after an executive session and it
was stated that the recess was made nec
essary, among other rasons, by enforced
absence from Washington of Senator
Walsh, of Montana. >
During the interim.committee invest i
»tors will go forward wit* their jEftrlt.
«K» Proceedings to Recaver Oil Raerve.
Washington. Feb. IB.—Without de
bate the House today adopted the Walsh
resolution, directing the beginning rtf pro
ceedings to recover sections 10 and 30,
within naval oil reserve No. 1 in Cali
fornia. now operated by the Stannrd Oil
Company of California.
. The measure now goes to President
Coolidge who is directed by its terms to
instruct special government counsel to
pruswuto the proceedings.
Steps to recover the two sections were
taken late in the Wilson administration
but Albert B. Fall. Secretary of the In
terior, dismissed the proceedings on mo
tions of counsel for the Standard Oil Co.
The two sections which ar within the
confines of Beserve No. 1. but not a
part of it, were ceded by the Federal
government to California upon statehood
as school and non-mineral land. Oil sub
sequently was found and the Standard
Oil Co. began development of the field
under a state grant.
Controversy in Senate.
Washington. Feb. 16.—A sharp con
troversy on the question of whether the
nominations of the special government
counsel in the oil cases would be con
sidered by the Senate in the open or be
hind closed doors occurred today imme
diately after the Senate eonvenend. Sen
ator Dill, of Washington, sought to have
tlie question of whether or not executive
sessions would be public or elosed, set
tled immediately. There was objection
from Senator Bodge, who claimed the mo
tion out ol order, and President Cum
mins upheld the contention of the repub
lican leader.
Another Inquiry.
Washington, Feb. 16.—A- nationwide
inquiry by the Federal Trade Commis
sion into the milling and making indus
tries was ordered today by the Senate in
adoption of resolutions by Senator Ln-
Follette, republican, of 'Wisconsin.
Weather Tips For Ships at Sea.
London, Feb. 16.—A aew weather'
forecast service, which will tell the of
ficers of ships at sea whether they are
likely to run into bad weather, has
been inaugurated by the British Air
Ministry. Twiee every day, at 0 a. m
anti 8 p. m. particulars of the tempetu
ture, atmospheric, pressure, wind and
visibility, at a number of stations
around the coasts of the British Isles
are broadcast. In addition there will be
wirelessed a 12-hour forecast of the
probable weather in the North Atlantic
and the North Sea.
WHAT SAT'S BEAR SAYS.
Cloudy tonight, probably rain or «t#et
in west portion; wanner in northwest
portion tonight. Sunday rain with ris
ing temperature.
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; WOODROW WILSON CIIAIB
L ESTABLISHED AT DAVIDSON
' Political Science Classes Made Possible
By Gastonia Presbyterians With
3C0.000.
Davidoon. Feb. * 15.—The Woodrow
Wilson chair of economies and political
’ sieenec has been established at David
• son college by tbe Gastonia Presby
terians, wih an endowment of $(’>0.(100.
1 The occupant of the chair is Professor
| Archibald Currie, a lawyer nnd profes
sor of many years' exiterienee.
| The debating records at Davidson
show that in the fall of 1873. Thomas
(Woodrowl Wilson represented the af
firmative in his first debate, on the sub
ject. "Res lived, that republicanism is
I a better form of government than a
i limited monarchy."
It is (her,■'Tore appropriate that one
of the most popular courses at Air. Wi'-
son’s nlinn 'tnnter is the one in liitjr
■ national law. Also another course of
1 practical value is* the one in corpora
tion finance. In this course, the class is
organised in tbe form or a real corpora
tion. with officers and board of direc
tors. Concrete problems are investigated
and decisions made.
II is plain (hat Davidson is seeing
that the same foundation principles are
being laid in the minds of it* students
as during the days of its famous
alumnus.
AUTO-TRAIN VICTIM
GETS $25,000 AWARD
Mrs. Skelding of Charlotte Wins Case
Against the Seaboard Air Line For
Injuries.
Charlotte, Feb. 15.—A verdict for
$25,000 was awarded Mrs. A. It. Skeld
ing, wife of the general manage ■ of
Charlotte branch of the Southern l’tib
lie Utilities company. against the Sea
board Ait Line railroad company by a
jury in Mecklenburg Superior court
late today, in n suit in which the plain
tiff sought SOO,OOO damages as a result
of injuries received in June 1022, in a
collision at a grade crossing iicurl
Wadesboro between a Seaboard pas
senger train nnd an automobile in which
Mr. and Mrs. Skelding and their little
daughter- were riding.
Counsel for the railroad gave notice
of appeal. Another suit, for $20,000
damage r.n account of injuries sustain
ed by the little Skelding girl is pend
ing in court.
In the ease of Mrs. Skeining, trial
pf which began last Monday, evidence
was introduced to prove that hospital,
surgeon’s nnd physicians' bills ns a rer
lifr;oot> the * cc^? ’ lL .
THE COTTON MARKET
Thera Was Renewed Liquidation at the
Opening Due to European Cables,
tßy the Associated Prcw.l
, New York, Feb. IC.—There was re
newed liquidation in the cotton market
at the opening today owing to weak Liv
erpool cables, reports that labor troubles
had developed in Lancashire and the
failure of advices from the domestic
goods market to show any improvement.
The opening was barely steady lit a de
cline of 25 points to an advance of 2
points, new crop months being relatively
steady. May sold off to 30.07 nnd July
to 20.75, but there was active covering
and probably some buying for a reaction
after tlte big break of yesterday. Ttiis,
combined with a moderate trade demand
to fix prices, steadied the market after
the first few minutes, anjJ there were ral
lies of 25 of 30 points from the lowest
during tlie early trading.
Cotton futures opened barely steady:
March 30.00; May 31.10 to 31.00; July
29.90 to 20.75; October 20.75 Jo 26.92; ,
December 26.40.
JUDGE CHARGES JURY
IN THE COOPER CASE
Judge Connor Delivers Lengthy Charge
at Conclusion of Arguments.
(By the Associated Press.)
Wilmington. N. 0.. Feb. 16.—Deliver
ing n lengthy charge in which lie review
ed evidence in the ease. Judge Connor
in United Stales District Court today
told the jury (hat it must reach its de
cision as to the guilt or innocence of
Lieutenant Governor AV. B. Cooper and
T. E. Cooper, charged with conspiracy in i
connection with the failure of the Com
mercial National Bank, to 'evidence of
acts committed after April 19. 1922. when j
the bank became a national bank. Acts
committed prior to that date, he said,
had no direct connection with the pres
ent trial. Judge Connor still was ad
drdMsing the jury at noon with no indi
cation when the case would be placed in
the hands of the arbiters.
KILLS OFFICER AND
THEN TAKES OWN LIFE
William Lee, Alleg d Case Bandit. Also
Wounded Officer and Woman.
(By tbe Associated Press.)
Salt Istke 'City. Utah, K»b. 16. —Two
dead and three dangerously wounded, is
the toll of a pistol tight in the heart of
Salt Lake City's business section last
night when the police attempted to ar
rest Wm. Lee, alleged enfe bandit. Lee
cool mid deliberate, and evidently a
marksman, after killing one policeman
and wounding another, turned his gun
upon his woman companion upd then
sliot himself fatally through the abdomen.
Fownes’ Residence at PineJiurst Burned.
(By (be Associated Press, i
Finehurst. N. C. Feb. 16. —The win
ter residence of H. C. Fownes, of Pitts
burgh, Pa., today was destroyed by fire
originating from a defective flue. The
loss is estimated at $60,000. Members
of the winter golf colony saved most of
the furniture.
Tbe faculty vote at Trinity College on
the Bok peace plan stood twenty to one
in favor of the plan. The vote of tlie
senior class stood twen.v-eight in favor
of it. f
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"CONCORD, N C. FEBRUARY 16, 1924
'IF
ilJßlflew Officers
~^JeUt!^om^raice , o^!eißhtmMleftrnewl^a l msolnfed j
or the Shenandoah and Lieut. Com. Zachary Lansdowne, who succeeds *
Commander McCrary, are shown, photographed at Navy ifcanment in*
Washington. i
FfDEBAL SOLDIERS I
nil kit
Rich Oil Field City Will Be
Next Objective of Federal
Troops Fighting for Presi
dent Obregon.
Mexico City, by Radio to Ft. Worth
Star-Telegram. Feb. 16. (I!y the Asso
ciated Press). —Tuxpam, especially im
portant because of rich oil fields in the
region, is tlie next Federal objective.
Part of General Martinet's 10.000 men
occupying Vera Cruz have been rushed
there to co-operate with the forces tof
General Luis Gutierr and General Cor
doba.
Generam Gomex. military commander
of Mexico City, declares he is only await
ing General Obregon’s orders to start to
ward Tampico to head the njiljtar.v oper
ations against the remels there.
OBJECTION VOICED TO
GEORGE B. CHRISTIAN
IBy tb* Associated PAu.l
Washington. jF , ‘ b 16. —Objection to '
eonfiraintion of George U. Christian, Jr.. [
former secretary to President Harding.)
ns a member of the Federal Trade Com- J
mission, was raised today by Senator j
LaFoilette, republican, of Wisconsin, on
Ihe ground that while in the White i
House Mr. Christian had interested him-1
self in an iin|H>rtant case then and now '
pending before tlie commission.
The case is that of the Famous-Play- I
ers-Lask.v Corporation against which the 1
Commission issued complaint in May,
1921. Senator lot Follette’s opposition
was announced after Commissioner Hous
ton Thompson had testified at a hearing
before the Interstate Commerce Commit
tee that he was called to the White House
by Mr. Christian and criticised for hav
ing acted without giving the rotnpan.v a
hearing.
Charged Witt) Burning Garage of a
Neighbor.
Salisbury, Feb. 15.—Raymond Leach,
white youth, is being held on a charge j
of burning the garage and chicken
house of a neighbor. I. O- Ledwell. The '
fire occurred last night, and soon after
wards young Leach appeared at police
beadqqunrters and related the story of
how be had set the fire.
The youth is said to be partially ir
responsible. but officers placed credence
in his story, and lie will he given a
hearing tomorrow.
.Communist Plot Discovered?
Tokio, Feb. 16 (By the Associated
Press). —The discovery of a well-formu
lated plot to form a communist govern
ment in Japan supported by the Rus
sian communists has resulted in the in
dictment of 29 Japanese communists on
a iharge of plotting to form a secret
party, according to the published an
nouncement of the results of an exami
nation conducted by the Tokio district
court, and details printed by Japanese
newspapers here.
Air. George T. Walker, of Reidsvil)e : ,
father of Mr. J. S. Walker, of Concord,
died at his home Thursday, aged 84
years.
Woman’s Will Decrees Dogs’ Deaths,
But Husband Says They Will Live
Summit, N. J. Feb. 16.—When Mrs.
Olivia E. Loveland Dunn, of Summit,
died two weeks ago she sentenced her
five valuable dogs to death, it was re
vealed today when (ter will was filed for
probate at Elizabeth. Tlie will directs
that the animals by chloroformed by Dr.
Anderson, veterinarian.
“I would "hate to put aoy animal to
death unless it appeared better that way,”
the veterinarian said today , when inform
ed of the nature of the will, "out if
that’s In her will it must be carried out.
I'U destroy the dogs as humanely is pos
sible if I am so directed by the executors.”
Bartholomew Dunn, although not an
executor of his wife’s will, said he
“would most certainly rtot allow”’ the
dogs to be ■executed, and that be would
enflage a lawyer to oppose this part of
the will.
For years thoroughbred Pomeranians
had been a itobby with Mrs. Dunn, who
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LEFT ito.OTO
Appraisal Shotis That New
York State Wul Get $722,-
188 in Taxetf on Textile
Man’s Proper^.
Tlie following article appeared in Tlie
New York Times, of Friday. February
15th: , ~a*>
James W. Caiinom leading textile
manufacturer of the Sjuth and controll
ing stockholder in the (fßnnon Mills, Inc.,
of New Y’ork, loft an fctato of $18,6(4,-
070 when lie died at Oanfnrd. N. 0., De
cember 19. 1921. Tlie appraisal filet)
yesterday shows that .JfTew York State
will collect only $722.15S in death taxes. !
Thp New Y'ork estatp consists chiefly
of Mr. Cannon's holdings in the Cannon
Mills, Inc., organized In 1920 to take j
over the selling agenpy here for the
Southern mills in whlc!s Mr. Cannon was
interested and other ctwporalions.
Mr, Cannon owned ij7,000 shares of <
common, worth $-45.HjjXand 40,000 of
preferred stork lirtill' (WlWit Mills? Iw
appraised at $400,000, ,The business !
| when conducted as a partnership had ■
■ $1,000,000 capital and yielded a net
jPMfit of $885,284 in 1919 nnd nnd $842.-
j 022 for the eight months of 1920 before
! the corporation- was formed.
| Other concerns represented by Mr.
i Cannon in which lie had an interest in- 1
eluded tlie Cannon Manufacturing Com
| pftity. largest manufacturer of towels in
! the world: Cabarrus Cotton Mills, Kes
i let- Manufacturing Company, Patterson
| Manufacturing Company. Wiseasseit
Mills, Efird Manufacturing Company,
Gibson Manufacturing Company. Im
perial Cotton Milts, Social Circle Mills.
Amazon Cotton .Mills and Tuscarora
Cotton Mills.
The estate owed $2.57J.561, including
$171,982 to Post & Flagg, brokers: $950.-
000 to the National Park Bank: $500,000
to the National City Bank, and $900,000
to the Farmers’ Loan and Trust Com
pany. all of this city. The income tax
due for 1917. 1918 and 1919 was esti
mated at $860,000. Mr. Camion left his
estate to. his wife. Upon her death it
• goes to the children. David H. Blair,
i commissioner of Internal Revenue under
President Wilson, was his son-in-law.
Dr. Hobgood “Very' Desperately III."
(By the Associated I'rmH,>
Richmond, Va„ Feb. 16.—Dr. F. T.
Hobgood, president of Oxford College,
N. C.. was reported h.v attending phy
sicians today to be "very desperately
ill at St, Luke’s Hospital here where
lie has been under treatment several
weeks. Dr. Hobgood’s family is iu at
tendance nt his bedside.' -
Convicts Charged With Murder. .
(By the AHMoelnted Press.)
Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 16.—Five con
victs weje held for murder today by a
coroner’s jury which heard evidence in
the inquest into the death of two pris
on guards during the eiot at Western
penitentiary last Monday.
Henry Baron Dead;
(By the Associated Press.)
New Y’ork, Feb. 16.—Henry Bacon,
designer of the Lincoln Memorial in
Washington, died here early today.
was childless. She exhibited at Madison
Square Gardeen nnd ar other dog shows
■ throughout the country, winning many
prizes. She seldom sold a dog, but often
■ away puppies after investigating care
fully to determine if they would be prop
erly fared for. It is helievfd she wish
ed her pets chloroformed because she
, feared they would not get proiier core
after her death.
Several years ago Mrs, Dunn attract
-1 eed widespread attention by giving one
of her pets a pretentious ‘‘Wrthdn.v par- j
ty,” including a cake with candles, pres- •
ents and favors for a number of invited I
i children.
Regarding the dogs the will says: "I
' direct that all m.v dugs living at the
| time of my decease shall be chloroformed
by Dr. George C. Anderson, and that ■
he be paid a reasonable compensation |
i therefor.” The time and place of the
> execution is not fixed.
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CONGRESS PilOiLy
WILL INVESTIGATE
MUSE OF ACCIDENT
Wounding of United States
Senator During Chase of
Bootlegger Brings Liquor
Matter Up to Congress.
SENATOR GREENE
ACCIDENTALLY HIT
Was Walking Along Street
With Mrs. Greene When
Struck Near the Eye by a
Bullet Fired by Officer.
(By 1 Ife AH.m'inlril Pm*w.)
Washington, Feb. 16.—The (/roliibi
tion Bit mil ion in Washington for months
I a renter of criticifcu and controversy, has
culminated in the shooting down of a
j i'nited Stares Senator almost within the
| shadow of the capital.
I As a result, the whole muddle of eon
flicting opinions, charges, explanations,
I denials and counter charges that have
i characterized efforts to enforce the pro
i hibition laws here seems liikel.v to have
| a thorough airing in Congress.
Senator Frank 1,. Greene, of Vermont.
I I was shot in the head last night ns a ear
contaiuing prohibition, agents whirled out
j of an alley into Pennsylvania avenue in
pursuit of another automobile suspected
of carrying bootleggers. This morning
It appeared that the wound probably was
not fatal, although n final determination
of that question awaited a more careful
physician's examination.
The Senator was walking with his
wife when the shooting occurred less
than three hloeks from the capifol. He
was hit in the eye by a bullet fired from
one of the automobiles, apparently by a
prohibition agent. A prohibition agent
is under arrest, but no formal charges
have been placed against him.
The attending physicians at the emer
gency hospital raid toddy that Mr.
Greene appeared to be somewhat better.
I He was conscious and an X-ray exnmi-
I nation showed that the bullet had not
I remained in his head.
IThe incident was not the first in which
the lives of those on the streets have
been endangered by pistol battles with
j bootleggers. Mad chases of that kind
) through the center of .the city have been
numerous. There liavt .been a number
.lits ta fayeULQdfra, ~.M rr -
[ The while (piesfiofrmis* Been compTT-’
eated by a three-cornered row joined in
| by agents of the prohibition unit, officers
of the intelligence division of the Treas
ury Department, and the city police.
Washington, Feb. 15.—Frank L.
Greene, senior Senator fi-ont Vermont,
j was shot and seriously wounded here
late tonight during a pistol duel be
tween prohibition agents and bootleg
gers.
The bullet struck him over the left
eyebrow and surgeons at the hospital
to which he was taken immediately were
unable to determine whether it bad
lodged in the brain. Senator Greene was
conscious, however, and this was viewed
as a good sign.
Senator Greene and Mrs. Greene were
walking west on Pennsylvania Avenue
near the eapitol when the gun battle
started. More than a dozen shots were
exchanged, but no one else was injured.
Tlie senator was founder! while trying
to shield Mrs. Greene in the hail of bul
lets.
Bystanders told the police the shoot
ing hall batVl.v begun before Senator
Greene fell. They rushed to his aid
and placed him in uu automobile which
hurried to a hospital. The bootleggers,
who were in an automobile, escaped, but
the police held O, E. Fisher, a prohibi
tion agent, who said he had fired four
shots.
Fisher was accompanied by two mem
bers of the metro politait vice squad,
who. he said, did not pafticipute in the
shooting. No charge was lodged against
Fisher, although he was detained pend
ing a more complete investigation.
Tlie booTTpggors, according to (tic po
lice, were surprised by the offices in an
alley opening on the avenue while they
were unloading a still. Shooting began
ns soon as the agents drove up in an
automobile.
After an examination of the wound the
Hurgeons at the hospital said the sena
tor’s condition ’appeared fairly good.
Just how serious the wound might prove,
however, was uncertain, they declared,
because they could not determine wheth
er the bullet had penetrated the frontal
bone or been deflected. An x-ray exam
ination will.be made tomorrow.
Schoolgirls Are Ready All to Dress
Alike.
Philadelphia. Feb. 10.—Heartaches
among students at the South Phila
delphia Higli School for Girls because
of the vnrgaries of Dame Fashion have
beeu banished by the adoption by school
authorities of a- uniform dress for
students. Although wearing of the dress
is voltinary. a large group of the girls
has already ordered the garb, and the
sentiment that (he uniform is a mani
festation of school spirit is reported
spreading among the rest of the student
bodv. . '
The uniform is he outgrowth- of a self
governmeut plan. An open forum on
"School Spirit and School Problems"
, recently led to dw-teussion of dress, in
jvdtjeh parents of the girls participated.
. The uniform was favored by all present.
The ebstume comprises a dark blue
I jumper with the school monogram em
broidered in gray silk, white tailored
1 waist, spot shoes and atockipgs. The
cost is said to be ten dollars.
1 A qaint milestone on the outskirts of
-Zanzibar bears this Inscription, “Lon
don, B,ofil mileo.” . '
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REPUBLICANS DROP 25
PER CENT. SURTAX RATE
IV® Seek to Gc! a Vote On Their
Scheme Before Democrat* Can Vote.
Washington, Feb. 15.—Republican
house leaders definitely agreed today**?-*
make a stand for a maximum surtax Agtf
.‘ls < per cent, insleud of the Mellon’
’ of 25 per cent, reported by the Waf*
und Means committee.
At the snnte time they laid plans for
a tight to t lie tin it h on the mnximum sur
tax rate of 44 per cent, as well as the
_ normal income rates, proposed by tiie
s Democrats.
r W hile the House was spending another j
day discussing the revenue bill, Repre
r sentative Longworth, the party leader,
held a conference with about 10 others
directing the Republican campaign. Af
terward it was announced that no at
tempt would be made to obtain a vote
' on 25 per pent, surtax maximum,
when a showdown comes next week on
tlhe income tax schedule.
Instead, the Republicans, in making a
I stapd for a .'ls per cent. rate, as a com
promise. will endeavor 'to so shape the
l .situation that a vote on such a proposal
wil Icome before the Democrats can-force
a roll call on their recommendation that
surtaxes range upward to +4 per cent.
Tlie Republican loaders indicated that,
‘ if routed on ."5 per cent, they would
j gradually yield upward, perhaps to :17.
1 • l»au to 40 per cent, if necessary, in an
[ ''TT'”' l to command,a majority. Repub
licans and Democrats alike agreed today
there was no possibility of a favorable
vole in the House on the Mellon surtax
■ rate . Some Republicans expressed con
fidence that the .‘ls per cent, maximum
could be pul through, although otlters
were dubious.
While declining to predict tiiat tlie
Republicans could muster enough votes
for the 35 per cent. rate. Mr. lauig
worth declared that the' rae agreed upon
would be less than 44 per cent.
WOMAN IXtSESHER LIKE
IN STATESVILLE FljjtE
Residence Is Destroyed. Other Member*
of Family Barely Escaping With
Then- Lives.
Statesville, Feb. 15.—Mrs. Annie S ,
Rhyne, aged 7H. lost her life at an early
hour this morning in a fire which de
stroyed the home of her son. Frank
Rhyne, with whom she lived on Wesr
1-font street. The charred remains were
discovered f under a mass of debris in
front of an open fire plncc. The other
members of the family, who were sleep
ing in other rooms, were barely a roused
in time to make their escape, without
having opportunity to have any of their
household or personal effects.
The fire department) responded im
mediately after the alarm was turned
in and arrived in time to save the two
adjoining residences front destruction.
The one on the west side was badly
damaged. How the fire started is o
< , gin*,
I the Woman fell tit' front or tlie opcfl* -
grate and that her clothing on light on
fire, the flames 'spreading to the house.
Seven children, six sons and one
daughter, and one brother. .1. H. Setzer,
of Hickory, survive. The funeral service
for Mrs. Rhine will be held Saturday
morning at New Sterling church. iii
Shiloh township.
SENATE COMMITTE
TAKES TEN-DAY RECESS
Coincidentally With the Stock .Market
Crash on Wall Street.
Washington, Feb. 15.—The senate
oil committee took a 10-day recess to
night after receiving information which
discredited two of tin- most sensational j
rumors’ which recently have come before
it.
Frank A. Vanderlip. whose public ,
references to the sale of President Hard
■ng’s Marion Star bad shocked the coun
try. told the committee that he himself i
did not believe the rumors to which he
gave circulation: had no facts to sup- ;
port, and had made no efforts at. veri
fi cation.
Otto H. Kahn and B. F. Yoakum,
who hud been depended unou as
principal witnesses regarding the story
of a $1,000,000 oil slush fund, notified
the committee they had no knowledge
whatever about it and were ready to
snv so on the witness stand.
The 10-day recess was coincident .
with a sharp reaction in the/New Y'ork ,
stock market after reports were cir
culated that a prominent Wall street
trader bail turned "bearish" in the be
lief that the oil disclosures were under
mining public confidence.
Typed Love Letters Shock Social Meri
tor.
(B.v the Associated Press.)
Paris, Feb. 16.—Andre de Fnnquieres,
who is universally accepted in France
ns the highest authority oil social
etiquette, lias been asked his titling
whether a member of society, of tlie
ma’e sex. should use a typewriter for a
leter to another member of society, of
the female sex. if the letters is not
strictly limited to business matters.
Decidedly not. say M. De Fottqiiicrcs.
"Tlie most elementary proper feeling
and the simplest courtesy exact that
any such letter be written by hand." he
doHares. "It is int|>ossible even to i
imagine a typed letter being addressed
to a woman. although the contents
might be mere commonplaces: how
much more inconccivqble. then, would a
typed letter be if it expressed tender nf
feetions? Such a letter is bad form in
that it allows the supposition that it
may have been dictated to a third per
son.” t
’Four Convicts Burned to Death.
<Bt the Awßoclntril Prem.l
Birmingham. Ala..-Feb. 16. —Four ne
gro convicts were burned to death in a
fire that destroyed the main building at
the Flat Top mine, this county, last
, night, it became knpwn here today. First
word abont the fire said nothing about
the casualti«t>.
120,000 Dock Workers Strike.
London. Feb. 16 (By the -Associated
Press). — The strike of the dock workers
affecting 120,000 men became effective
at noob today in all partis of the United
• Kingdom. ' ‘
yJLd&tfik.
HOUSE INSURGENTS
j HELP REPUBLICANS
Party Leaders Know They
WUI Have to Get Help Be
fore They Can Pass Tax
Plan of Sec. Mellon.
ASK PRESIDENT
TO ASSIST, ALSO
#
Attempt Wfll Be Made to Get
Him to Use Influence With
Republicans Who Oppose
the Party Plans.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington. Feb. 16.—The aid of re
publican insurgents tvas sought today b.v
republican organization leaders on the
House in an effort to ward off defeat in
the fight with the Democrats over tin
income tax rates.
An attempt also will be made to have
President Ooolidge use his influence li*
line up republicans who are out of sym
pathy with the organization's stand for a
copi promise stir tax maximum of 35 per
cent.
Representative Longworth, republican
leader, called into conference various
members of the insurgent bloc, among
them Representative Nelson of Wiscon
sin, leader of the group, who indicated
(in tlie floor yesterday that his faction
would support the Gamer proposal for a
44 per ecu!. maximum if the House re
jected the suggestion of Representative
Frear. of Wisconsin, an insurgent, that
the present 50 per cent, surtax maximum
be maintained.
' Mr. longworth, it was said, planned
to seek a compromise on a figure below
44 per cent, with the insurgents, realiz
ing that if they throw their support to
then democrats when a vote comes next
week on the surtax schedule the- demo
cratic rates will receive a majority. M.f.
Nelson insists that his group’ controls at
least 20 votes and In- has declared its
members undoubtedly- will stand togetli
i
JUDGE PITTMAN SENDS
IN HIS RESIGNATION
Declares Press cf Private Business Makes
It Necessary for Him to Leave Su
perior Court Bench.
J (By the Associated freer.)
Tutjfir ftos. rt,
Pittman, resident judge of the third
Judicial district, bas tendered his resig
nation to Governor Morrison, effective
February 15th. Governor Morrison has
tendered the appointment as Judge Pitt
man's successor to Tasker H. l*olk. «.f
Warrenton. The press of private busi
ness interests was given ns tlie reason
for the resignation of Judge Pittman.
To Hold Parley on Palestine.
New York. Feb. 16.—Problems re
lated to the reconstruction of Palestine
are to be considered at. a conference
here tomorrow cf representative Jewish
leaders from nearly all sections of the
United States. The two principal sub
jects to receive the attention of the con
ference are the Jewish for Palestine afhi
the formation of a large investment
corporation to finance various economic
enterprises in that country-
The Jewish Agency, as provided in
tlie Palestine mandate which is now
being administered for the League of
Nations by Great Britain, is to advise
and co-operate with the Government of
Palestine in the work of rebuilding tlie
Holy Land in accordance with the terms
of tlie mandate.
The matter of an investment company 1
for -Palestine, it is understood. lias
been under consideration by the leaders
of the new move for some time. Those
leaders have been in consultation on
this subject with Dr. Arthur Rttppin,
who is regarded as tlie foremost Pales
tinian economic expert, and who recent
ly has lieen visiting in America.
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