• associatld • PRESS • DISPATCHES ■ ft A ft A A Jk VOLUME XXIV Denby Quits Under Fire | And His Resignation is | Accepted by President Resignation Came After the. Navy Secretary Had Con ferred at Length With the* Chief Executive. ROOSEVELT MAY ALSO QUIT POST He Had Part in Oil Leases, Also—Many Had Urged the Secretary to Resign From Cabinet. ■Bt .Lr Amwrtailnl Pmr • 'Washington, Feb. 18.—Edwin B. Den by has resigned as Secretary of the Navy and his resignation has been accepted. After repeatedly declaring he never would quit the cabinet under tire of those who have criticised his part in , the oil leasing program the secretary .notified President Coolidge this morning he was ready to step out. His decision followed a telephone con sultation between the President and Mr. Denby in which all the latest aspects of I tjle situation were talked over in the li#M of information passed on to the White House by Republicans leaders in the l Senate. Recently a number of the secretary’s friends also have been consulted by Mr. t’oolidge. and they are understood to have adviNed the President that they fully understood the enibarassment that might result iu retaining Air. Denby is the cabinet while the oil annulment suits are in progress. Not only is he a party to the oil leases, having affixed his signature along with that of Albert B. Fall. but he re peatedly has defended his part in the proceedings and * has declared publicly since the present controversy arose that he believed the contracts to be legal and would be willing to pursue the same course again. It has been pointed out to the Presi dent that it might appear inconsistent to have a member of the administration holding these views remain in office while the administration itself through its counsel was moving to courts to annul the leases on the ground that they were made Without the authority of the law. m . ~-..W\JWSt. ! *teps In the4lHM**ediV's. ■ illiutwKm siiftlCj|i.f rawhc ' JM Mil l| jjj )| ate completes cobfiramtion Os oil coun sel, probably today. For the same reason there have been reports that Theodore Roosevelt also 1 would retire as assistant secretary under Air. Denby. Air. Roosevelt also had part in the framing of the oil leases. 1 The retirement of the Navy Secre tary also reviewed rumors that the resig nation of Attorney General Daugherty would follow within a few days. A 1 resolution relating to him. and some- < what silimar to that adopted some davs ) ago asking for the resignation of Air. •' Denby is pending in the Senate, and its < s)>oiisors > are pressing for quick action ' on it. Since then* many conferences have been ] held by the President with other offi vials of his administration, senate lead- • ers ami irersonal friends of Mr. Denby. ' Two of those most frequently at the White House have been Secretary Weeks ami (has, B. Warren, of Michigan, both 1 old personal and political friends of Sec- ! rotary Denby. The decision in favor of a resignation 1 apparently was reached soon after Mr. . Coolidge went to his office this morning, but formal announcement was deferred. E. T. Clark, one of Air. Cooiidge’s secre taires. visited Mr. Denby’s office to con sult as to what form the announcement should take. Mr. Denby soon afterward left the Navy Department by a private entrance. The resolution in which the Presi deut was advised to ask Secretary Denby to leave the cabinet, was adopted on February 11th, with the Republican or ganization leaders opposing it, but with /ten Republicans voting in its support. The vote was 47 to 34. Immediately that it was sent to the AVhite Hoiwe, Mr. Coolidge issued a statement declaring that such questions lay wholly within the province of the Executive. Roosevelt Confers With President. Washington, Feb. 18. —Assistant Secre tary Roosevelt, after a conference with Secretary Denby, went to the White House to confer with President (Molidge. Roosevelt Will Not Rwfgn. Washington, D. C., Feb. 28.1—Theodore Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the Navy, announced after a half hour con ference wits President Coolidge today that he would not resign as the result of the retirement of Secretary Denby. “I have just been to see the Presi dent, and I ain not resigning,” Air. Roosevelt said. i To Be Effective Mar eh loth. Washington, Feb. 18.—It ts expected WHAT SAT'S BKAJR SAYS. |Q 0 Cloudy and colder tonight; Tuesday, unsettled, probably rain and mow in the southwest portion. ] The Concord Daily Tribune ♦_ . j Resigned WILSON’S FOES AS' SEEN * FROM ACROSS BORDER Vancouver Sun Runs Editorial on “Humanity Versus Gobi.” Vancouver. B. 0.. Feb. 18.—The fol lowing editorial under the caption ‘•Humanity or Gold” was carried thiK morning in Vancouver Sun. “It is a significant, if not pitiful faet, that those same Republican lead ers who a few years ago convicted Woodrow Wilson of too much loyalty to humanity and too little loyalty to the t'nited States, should today themselves stand convicted of too little loyalty to the United States and too much loyalty to their own pocketbooks. "Wilson, it seems, erred in his love for humanity. His enemies, it seems, err in their love for gold, "This expose, following as it does on the death of Wilson, is doing to force the people of the Phi ted States to choose between the idealists of Washington and •the gold diggers of Washington. “It does not signify a healthy con dition in American polities that the line* should have to be thus sharply drawn. Hitt the contrast between hu ; viorfS niad vivid to bo lightly passed lIR. FRANKLIN HOBGOOD TO BE BURIED TODAY Funeral to Be Held hi the' Chapel of College of Which HeftVas President. (By the Aanbetatol Frau.) Oxford, Feb. 18. —Funeral services for j Dr. Franklin P. Hobgood, president of Oxford College, who died at a Richmond hospital Saturday night, will be held at ' 3 o'clock this morning in the college ehanel. The services will be conducted ( by Rev. .1. D. Hacte, pastor of Oxford Baptist Church, assisted by Rev. J. F. Hardiway, of Thomasville. who was pas- , tor of the local Baptist Church for many , years. Burial will be in a local eeme- , tcry. i The faculty and student body qf Ox ford College, of which Dr. Hobgood was , president for more than 40 years, will , act as an escort for the body, and will , ehnrge of the music at the ser vices. HARDING IS ELECTED TO HIGH POSITION Will Control Loan to Be Made to Hun gary Through League of Nations. Genva, Feb. 18 (By the Associated Press). —W. P. G. Harding, former gov ernor of the IT. S. Federal Reserve Board, has been unofficially selected as high commissioner of the league of nations to Hungary for control of the finances under the League's loan plan. He has in formed the League that he will accept if officially designated. It was said in League circles that the selection of Air. Harding had been approved by all of the interested parties. Old Canfderates in a Fatal Fight. Nashville. Ten., Feb. 17. —Death, may write the closing chapter in the fight be tween two aged Confederate veterans at the state Old Soldiers home here Fri day, when one of them, G. W. Hamby. !)7, was fatally stabbed in a childish argument over . whether n window should be raised or let down. Dr. G. T. Bracking. sll. the slayer, is in a serious conditions due to injuries received in the encounter, and attendants at the home believe that action by five state in prose cuting him will be forestalled by his ear’y death. Dr. Bracking confined at the quarters at the home, is claiming that he killed hamby in self-defense, when the latter attacked him because he would not raise the window in his room. The state has announced follow ing an investigation by the sheriff of Davidson county and Governor Austin Pray that no criminal action would be taken until Dr. Bracking is fully re covered. Judge Killed lit Court Room. (Br the Associated Preaa.) Lincoln, Nebr., Feb. 18.—Wm. AI. Morning, 50 years old. veteran district judge, was shot and kilted early today in his court room by Wallace G. W«l- Hck. who in turn shot and killed himself. The judge was shot through the heart. that the effective date of Secretary Den by’s resignation will, be March 10th. There wa* nothing to indicate today that President Coolfdge had given any 1 thought to a successor to Secretary Den- 15 * 1 * M ,n J..." . 1 BP - w.. ; These coffins contain the bodies of 10 adultaMi a baby, locked In death’s embrace in 7*. , mother. They were stricken by botulism, a potsjHßafter eating canned beans served at a dinner given Ir ; Rein hold Garber, at Albany, Ore. Joint tuneral sergP§ from the tame church were held for the victim* - McADOO LEADERS ARE 1 MEETING IN CHICAGO j They Will Determine Whether or Not He Will Be Presidential Candidate. j (By (be Associated Press.) Chicago. Fob. 18.—More than 300 ad- • vocates of the candidacy of AVm. Gibbs AlcAdoo for the democratic nomination . for President, gathered here today and saw Judge David l>add Rockwell, of I Ohio, open the conference that will de-1 cide whether the Teapot Dome disoW- 1 ures have or have not made Mr. AloAdco i unfit to continue as a Presidential can- j didate. A goodly scattering of women was not-j cd in the gathering that listened to the keynote speech delivered by Homer Cum mings of Connecticut, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Quite a number of railroad labor men were also among those prsent. The conference was called. Mr. Cum mings said, "not only to discern the for tunes of an individual, but to consider the fate of the eansj> of liberalism.” DAUGHERTY SENDS DATA DEMANDED BY SENATORS Gives Account of War Fraud Activities of the Department of Justice. (By tbe Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 18. —Responding to a resolution sponsored by Senator King, democrat, of Utah. Attorney iGeneral Daugherty today forwarded to the Sen ate a detailed account of war fraud ac tivities of the Department of Justice, In a statement accompanying the re port Air. Daugherty he was reluc tant to make public any of the names contained in tire information, because of thf injury it might eau(p* to innocent WAR DEBT POLICY T#*'"' TO REMAIN THE SAME No Change Made at Afceting of Amcri- ■ can Debt Commission •By lbs Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 18. —The American government's war debt policy remained unchanged after a conference today of i the American debt commission. The commission failed to net on proposals that the debtor governments be reminded again that the United States is awaiting funding) proix>sals. Crooks Prey on Shoe Workers When 1 Bonus Is Paid.- 1 Binghampton, N. A'., Feb. 14. —With the last $40,000 of $1,200,000 in bonuses -1 distributed among Endicott-Johnson 1 workers, police of this city and the two | 1 shoe towns, Johnson City and Endieott, ' today uncovered a variety of crooked | schemes to fleece the workers of their i share in the corporation's annual divi- 1 sion of profits. Poker and dice tables and roulette i wheels were taken from gambling houses j in the shoe towns. Svbile more thgo 100 j strange women were sent away. The 1923 bonus, issued to 14,000 workers, was $92.50 each and the es- ( forts of crooks to get it away from the i workers were more daring than ever. I TVi> women whoi gave men workers j poison liquor were reported to have “cleaned up” more than SI,OOO last night. Tbe aids of the crooks—pretty girls —were more successful than in past years in enticing workmen to a “nice quiet place to have a drink.’’ Three of them, however, were severely beaten by workmen who discovered tKeir schemes. Endicott-Jphnson officials believe, how ever. the majority of the workers de posited their bonuses in banks. Confirms Decision of Judge Hand. (By tbe Associated Press.) New York, Feb. . 18.—Federal Judge Mayer in United States Court of Appeals today nffirmed the recent decesion of Federal Judge A. N. Hand, dismissing tbe government’s accounting against the Bntterworth-Judson Corporation, and others. 'Hie litigation concerned an advance of $1,500,000 made by the gov ernment to the corporation on a contract let' for 72,000,000 pounds of picric acid for use during the war. Ruling Affects Federal Reserve Banks. IBy tbe Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. IS.—Federal Reserve Banks acting as collecting banks, must require non-member bnnkx to pay in cash or its equivalent checks drawn up on them or accept liability in case other forms of settlement prove worthless, the Supreme Court ruled today in a easel brought by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Va„ against Malloy Brothers. is-Pound Wildcat Killed. • Worcester, Mass., Feb. 16. —A thirty three pound wileat, ore of the largest shot in Worcester County in recent years, has been killed by Albert B- and Thomas E. .Oarganigo and Barton W. Caulfield of Shrewsbury. The cat killed a hound dog. Not Sure Yet of Defeat of Democrats. Washington. Feb. 18.—Republican in surgents and organization leaders in the House again failed today to reach an agreement that would insure defeat, ms the Democratic (ax prognm. ■ ’-.-.ra rssr. -, 1 . ■■■ 1 t CONCORD, N. (MMOND AY, FEBRUARY 18, 1824 'FATHER SLAY)*'A SON; MAH DRINKING William Grady Oots fthroat of Romulus I Grady, at TMt6 Home in Duplin i County. ! Kinston. Feb?, 16.4-Romulus , Grady 19, died last - night at bin Duplin county . home after being attacked with a knife Iby his father, Wi liam Grady. Grady’s | Jugular vein is; reported to have been severed. I Tbe district proh*At«r started nil in ivestigation today. .Reports to that offi {•cial Said the slayer, Axas overcome by I grief. The Gradys jfcerc drinking and j had an altercation In; the yard of their home. According to several reports hud here the youth assumed an agressive at titude. The cutting followed. A physi rinn was in the- house at t.he time, iu attendance upon 'a sßter r.f the victom, but. was unable to wye the young man. Hours afterward- Sie father became sober and manifested, keen grief. Wil linm Gradv is tile father of more than 15 children and tr'WVjll to do farmer. LAW lft§AOF N. C. State Kegukttittg Suits For Dam ages Resulting Fnw Use of Fertilizer Upheld. .s§i i (By tbe Aaggetatcrt Prewi.) Washington, Fefi. 16. —The North Car olina statute regulating suits for dam ages resulting from the use of fertilizer Was declared valid ami constitutiohal bv the Supreme Coi^t.... today iu a case brought by RlcharA ljt» Jones. ClnUning that feStfS'ter purchased from the Union Guano Company contained a substance harmful W- the growth of to bacco. ones sought fife recover damages, but the state cmtmßuLAjkfth Carolina 1 ■m'WTsjfW tW srTff' ttwt lte had failed to comply 1 \wjth section No. 4t>97 of the consolidated statutes of the state fegnlating the bringing of damage suits arising out of the use of fertilizers. DAWSON CALLS MEETING OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Democratic Committee Will Meet in - Raleigh on February 26th. (By tbe Annoc a Uite4 Pre*».) Kinston, Feb. 18.—John G. Dawson, chairman of the State Democratic ex ecutive committee, has called a meeting of the committee to convene in Ralcigli 1 on Tuesday, February 26th. The meeting will be for the purpose of fixing ‘the time and idace of the State convention; to designate a common day on which precinct meetings shall be held; to designate delegates to the coun ty conventions: and to designate a com mon day for the holding of the county convention in each county in the State for the purpose of electing delegates to the State convention. | USE GASOLINE BY MISTAKE; THREE HURT j Carmen Smith, His Wife and Baby, Burned at AslievHle Home. (Hy the Associates! Preaa.) Asheville, N. C., Feb. 18.—Carmen ; Smith, his wife and infant were erit- ( icall.v burned at their home here today b.v explosion of gasoline usjed by mistake instead of kerosene in starting a tire. Smith is in a loeal hospital, and it is said he may not survive. The family was living in a garage while threir home was being built. • Mrs. Baxter Shemwell Dies at Her Home in Asheville. Asheville, Feb. 17.—Mrs. Baxter Shemwell, 47, died at 'her home short ly after'2 o'clock this morning, follow ing an extended illness. Mrs. Shemwell was Miss Susan Fitz hngh Battle, a native of Oircleville. Texas. Before coming to Asheville, the family lived in Lexington. She was mnr < ried twice. In addition to her husband. Baxter Shemweli, she is survived b.v three chil dren. Mrs. H. K. Northup and Everard Shemwell. of Asheville and Fitzhugh Hnrmon. of Lexington. Son of Deputy is Killed by a Negro. Charlotte, Feb. 17. —John Fesper man, 21, son of Deputy Sheriff Vie Fesperman, was shot, and killed shortly before midnight by an unidentified negro on the Wakefield farm near ,this city during t liquor raid. Young Fesper man had been deputized for the raid, in whi«|i a number of sheriff’s ..deputies 1 participated. At midnight a posse of deputies and city policemen was scour ing the countryside in search of the slayer. i Twelve Killed in Explosion. . Erith, Kent, England, Feb. 18 (B.v the Associated Press).—Eleven women and one man were killed today in an explos ion that followed an outbreak of fire in a cartridge filling factory. Bavarian Dictator Resigns.' Munich, Bavaria. Feb. 18 (By the As sociated Press).—Dr. von Kabr, the Ba varian military dictator, bas resigned. Gen. con Losaow. commander of th Ba varion reichswer, has.tendered his resig nation. REPUBLICAN NOW AGREE „TO 37 1-2 PER CENT. SURTAX Hope Thereby to Win Over Insurgent , Vote Needed to Pass Bill. Wnshigton, Feb- 17.—House Repub-1, liean leaders determined today to boost I the proposed maximum surtax rate in | the revenue .bill to 37 1-2 percent in an 1 effort to break the deadlock in negotia- i tions with the insurgents, who hold the balance of imver in the vote on the in come rate schedules which will be taken up TTtesday. The Republicans previously had re ceded from the Mellon rnto of 25 per cent, carried in the bill, and had can- 1 tered on 35 per cent in an effort to unite the party against the Democratic stand for a 44 per cent mnximum. Tho 35 per cent. rate, leaders said, would win 208 Republican votes, 10 less than a majority. r lj|vo conferences yesterday with the insurgent group, however, fail ed to bring an agreement, the organiza- ' tion led by Representatives Frcnr and Nelson. Wisconsin, holding out for a 40 per cent, surtax rate and a redaction of 50 per cent in the uormal income taxes. The Mellon rates call for a 25 . per cent reduction in the normal taxes. ■ Republican organizations leaders in sisted today they would not consent to the added normal tax reductions, which are the same as tose proposed by the Democrats, because treasury estimates . had shown such a cut would reduce re . venue receipts below the estimated sur , on which tax revision is to be based. J T. F. ERVIN HURT BY TRAIN AT LEXINGTON ' Car In \YhMi He Was Riding Struct: - Wei*. Salisbury. Feb. 17.—T F. Rrvin is '' in a Sn'i.sbury hospital differing from injuries he received when a car was J slruek by a train at la'xington Satur day evening. He does not appear to be seriously injured although bruised and I ’ cut up some. Another man with him ' at the time of the accident is said not ‘ to have needed hospital treatment. Mr. 1 Ervin was hospital treatment. Mr. ‘ Ervin was brought to Salisbury on a passenger train early last night. The body of Walter M. Crump who died by his own hand Friday evening ( w9s taken today to Winston-Salem to be buried b.v the side of his wife who died five years ago. A brief funeral service was held at the Crump home on South Fulton street this morning at 10 . o’clock and tile funeral party went to Winston-Salem through the country. Friends arc still of the opinion that Mr. Crump's rash act iu shooting himself was caused by his physical condition fol'owing an operation which he under- ' j went some weeks ago for masteoditis. Pose as Deaf Mutes. (By the Associated Press.) ! Raleigh. N. C.. Feb. .18.—That the public is being misled and misinform led by the action of certain persons ! going about the state and posing as deaf mutes is evidenced by a report that I has just been made to Commission >r M. L. Shipman of the Sta'e Department 'of Commerce and Printing by J. M- Robertson, who was appointed chief of the bureau for the deaf and the Com missioner. The reports states that the honor and the pride of the deaf and mute ofthe state is being greatly insult- ed by the imposters ofthe state who pretend that they are deaf and seek the | assistant of the public by appeals to its feelings for charity. The deaf greatly resent this, the report says, and want the public to know that they are will ing to work for all that they receive. It is pointed out that the imposters remain only a short time in ore place for fear they wi'l be discovered. That the procuring of money under such con ditions and in such a manner, is un lawful shown by the laws that the re port quotes from the statues of the State of North Carolina. Gotham to Use Radio for Schools. New York. Feb. 18. —For the first time in the history of education active use of radio broadcasting on an exten sive and permanent basis as an educa tion aid is to be .inaugjiratcd today by the.. Board of Education of the City of New York, acting in co-operation with i tho Radio Corporation of America. ! Daily educational radio programs are ■ to be broadcasted from 2 to 2 :30 o'clock on every school day. , The programs arc designed primarily to acquaint the people with the work of the schools, to educate the public a.< to education. Superitendents of each de > partment of the Beard of Education will | explain in turn exactly what is done iu . this department, and to what purpose, i In addition .the pupils cf each school will take part in the latter programs with regular recitations, music lessons, glee clubs and school orchestra concerts. - spelling bees and special exercises for - holidays. ' -I The local X is planning a May Day 1 celebration, the like of which has' never been seen before. More Sensations In The Oil Inquiry °“' T ' »ected ~ ¥ THE FORGOTTEN MEN \ Bishop'Denny Issue Call in Behalf of j Worn-Out Preachers. | Richmond. Vn.. Feb. 18.—Bishop Co!- 1 linn Denny of the third episcopal district !of the Methodist Kpscrpal Church, Smith, has :>ued a call to Methodists' of this section in bohalf of tho "For gotten Men" of thp church, as the aged and disabled Methodist ministers are designated. The third episcopal district i includes the territory ■cf the Western ! North Carolina. Upper Sc mil Caro’ina. North Carolina and South Carolina conferenes. I According to Bishop Denny, there j has never been a greater cause under- I taken b.v Southern Methodism than this movement to raise $19,000,000 to be used as an ondowninont fund to give peace and material comfort to the worn out ministers of the church in their de iclining years. j “Methodist authorities.” says Bishop Denny, “have agreed that the super annuate endowment movement shall have procedence over all other enm ' paigns of the church from February 1 to July 1. During this period it is hoped that every Methodist congregation throughout the connection will pledge to this fund one-fifth of the amount an nually paid to its pastor and presiding elder. If the 17.000 Methodist congrega tions pledge this amount for the next live years the required $10,000,000 enn be easily collected." In regard to the urgency of this ap peal. Bishop Denny quotes as following facts, stated by Dr. Luther E. Todd, secretary of the Board of Finance, which is fostering the movement: "There are upwards of 1,000 super annuated ministers in the Methodist church. Os htesc 400 arc practically blind or deaf: 440 are invalids; 170 have an invalid member of the family to support: 570 own homes that are heavily mortgaged: 300 rent or board: 70 roam around: and 60 live in super annuate homes. "To these men. who gave of the strength of their youth and manhood to the church for the average salary of little more than S4OO per annum, the church now pays about half that amount, or approximately S2OO per year, and to the widows of ministers approximately $l5O. The income de rived from the $10,000,000 super annuate fuud will enable the church to increase these amounts to S7OO and SSOO respectively, and will relieve much suffering among the veterans ■> of tha clmrob service, and bringing credit so • ■q»>T’hTfwt!‘*’w i.h in'mlffftiifcifthiuftm i>iNn on account of its past neglect.” 11l the appeal to Methodist of his episcopal area. Bishop Denny says. "Surely the men who have so success fully preached the gospel, visited the sick, ministered to the sorrowing, and for long years carried the burdens of other people, should have our comfort and our help, and I hope that this may come speedilv and gladly.” NO NEW SENSATIONS IN OIN LEASE MATTER Chairman Lenroot Denies Oil Commit tee Has Been Called in Special Meet ing. (ny the Associated Press.) Washington. FVb. 18. —Chairman Lenroot today denied a widely published a story that sensational developments had led to the calling of a meeting today I of the Senate oil committee. The chairman said there had been no | change in the committee's plans and that I so far as lie knew the situation re mained just where it was when the 10-day recess was taken last Friday. Make Out Your Income Tax Report. Raleigh. N- ('.. Feb. 18.—The time for filing State income tax returns ex pires within a month and those who have not complied with the law by then will be subject to a penalty of five per cent with a minimum of SI.OO and six per cent interest which will start on March 15 next, according to R. A. Poughton. Commissioner of Revenue of the State of North Carolina. Last year the offices were rushed and over worked in the Revenue depart ment said Commission:!- Poughton. by those who waited until the last few days of the prescribed time to file their , returns. The Commissioner in hopes ] that such occurences may be avoided has employed an extra corps of clerks to assist the regular staff in aiding the public in making out its returns. From ] now until March 15 the offices of the < Revenue Department will be open in the Agricultural Ruildfng and the pnb ’ic is urged to make out its tax returns i immediately. Deputies will be on hand in various cities to aid any person in making out his or her tax returns. With Our Advertisers. Many new Spring patterns of Kuppen heimer Clothes on display at \V. A. Ov- j ercash's. You will find a wide variety of shoes 1 at Parker's Shoe Store. A perfect birthday gift is ring with j the proper birthstonc. See new ad v of i the Starnee-Miller-l’arker 00. New York's latest styles just received at the Specialty Hat Shop. Genuine hand-embroidered Madeira liu een from the biggest importers in New York at Robinson's. J. AV. Misenheimer, 74 Vance street, phone 478 J. has a handsome line of wall paiter to show you. See ad. elsewhere. The new fashion season has arrived and you will find the advanced spring tyles at the Parks-Betfc Co.'s. New styles, and fabrics and uew shades. Mr. Henry’s Condition Improved. The condition of Mr. Aubrey (Bub) Henry was reported as somewhat better at 12 o'clock today. Mr. Henry was tak en sick Saturday evening while at his place of business, the St. Cloud Barber • Shop. * * * TODAY’S > NEWS > TODAY NO. 38. Committee Is in Recess for Ten Days De velopments Whirled Along at Their Customary Speed. STOCK DEALINGS MAY BE EXPOSED Almost Certain Now That t New York Brokers Will Be Examined—Senate Ex pected to Confirm Roberts (By the Associated Press. > Washington. Feb. 18. —Despite the ten day reeess of the investigating commit tee developments in the oil scandal whirl ed along today in their customary break neck speed. Coincident with the resignation of Secretary Denby there were predictions among theh Senators that important dis closures of new alid sensational charac ter were imminent. These predictions revolved for the most part about the inquiry committee experts are making into the books of various brokerage firms in search of evidence of oil stock speculation by government of ficials. Senator Wheeler, democrat, of Mon tana. who has taken a hand in the in quiry in the absence from Washington, of his colleague. Senator AValsh. declared that Harry I’ayne Whitney and members of the Benkard brokerage firm in New York midobutedly would be summoned before tile committee as a result of in formation that has reached the capital. Mr. AVheeleer also asserted that im portant information had been given Sent tors by Wilton .1. Immbert. attorney for Edward B. McT.eon. publisher of the AVashington l’ost. Mr. MeLeean came to AA’ashington from l’alm Bench in response to a summons from the committee. 11l the midst of the new whirlwind of rumors revolving about' these and other subjects the Senate resumed its debate on the nomination of Oweti J. Roberts, of Philadelphia, to be special counsel in. the oil suits. Prospects were that he would be confirmed before the end of the day, and that action then would lx- sought on Senator Wheeler's resolution for an investigation of the administration of Attorney General Daugherty. There were reports that those members of the oil committee who are in Washing ton might confer during Hie day behind closed xloors with regard - 'tq, the latest c.i and lfiat there Iqid been no rhanpe in the plan to delay fi:i'ccr hearings until next Monday. Roberts Confirmed. AVashington. Feb. 18.—Organization of the legal machinery to handle the oil lease suits was completed today by the Senate eonfirmatioA of Owen J. Roberts, of Philadelphia, as special government counsel. Atlee Ponierene, the other member of the government counsel, was confirmed on Saturday. ROPES MAY BREAK ANII DROP THE LID ON FJIAROAH’B BODY Mummy in Danger as Carter Holds ti e Hiy* ami Egypt Bars Him From the Monarch’s Toimb. Cairo. Feb. IS.—With Howard Carter sitting in his bungalow, the keys to I Tutankhamen's tomb in his pocket, and ; with the government's armed guards pre- I venting any one from entering the tomb, j the deadlock is complete. Meanwhile the tomb is threatened by a danger which has not yet received suf ficient attention. After the opening ceremoney Carter covered the sarcopha gus with a plate glass lid. The huge granite lid, weighting a ton and a quar ter, was left suspended above. The ropes used to lift this lid stretched con isderably, delaying the work twice. Carter planned to remove the stone lid the day after the opening, but that day the tomb was closed. So the big block of stone still hangs over the sarcophagus. Apprehension is felt that the ropes may break. It was not expected they would have to hold so long. If the ropes should give away the sar cophagus and all its contents, including the mummy of the I’haroah himself, would be ground to fragments and dust by the crushing weight of the lid. \ Searamouche at the Star This Week. Tlie gi-eat picture, “Searamouche," tlint lias been so much talked about, will* be at the Star on Wednesday, Thursday 'and Friday of this week. When a girl loves—whether in the Garden of Eden a million years ago— or oil crowded Broadway this afternoon —the story is the same. Here is a girl, beautiful, cultured, innocent, en amoured of a youth, handsome, adven turous and poor. Against him is a powerful rival, with wealth and a noble title, aflame with I the desire for a girl. | Amid scenes of prodigal splendor in the royal court of France and through ! the gaiety and adventure of Paris, this I great picture sweeps, unfolding the great est st< ry of live and lust, pathos and passion ever screened. Coitcn Machinery to Be Sent to North Carolina Pawtucket, R. 1., Fell. 17.—The , Tnineroek No. 1 Mill owned b ytbe Man ville Jenckes company, was closed In definitely yesterday. The machinery, ac cording to Frederick I.- .Tenckes, treasurer of the concern, will be ship ped to Gastonia. N. C. The mill manu factured yarn and tire fabrics. Carolinians Leave Cuba.