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;•••***« • associated * • press ; « • DISPATCHER « • fi A a VOLUME XXIV Oil Lease Committee is Trying to Solve Late Rumers at The Capitol Wants to Get at Bottom of What Promises to Be Big gest Sensation of the Pres ent Investigation. BROKERS CALLED TO GIVE FACTS Sessions Are Being Held Be hind Closed Doors as Pub lic Sessions Will Not Be Held This Week. Illy tH'AuwlaM Pmw.t Washington, Fob. 19.—An effort to run down the latest and moAt startling report that has reached Washington in connection with the oil scandal wns made today by the Senate oil committee. Harry Payne Whitney. Xew York financier, and officials of ,T. 1\ Rcukuril & ('<►., a Xew York stock brokerage firm, had been asked tq meet with the commit tee but were not on hand when the xcs sion began behind closed doors. Committee attaches madp hurried es- to locate the witnesses for whom snboonas were issued Sunday night. Members of the Henkard firm arrived at the committee room after the session had been in progress nearly an hour, but Mr. Whitney had not yet been locat ed. Senator Wheeler, democrat, of Mon , tana, author of the resolution proposing investigation of the administration of At torney General Daugherty, attended the meeting by special invitation. He had with him a report of a special investiga tor in New York regarding the alleged transactions by government officials in the stock of the Sinclair oil companies just prior to and subsequent to the lease of Teapot Dome to Sinclair. Alice Pomerene and Owcij .7. Roberts, special government counsel i n the oil cases, were summoned to the committee room soon after officials of the Benkard firm had arrived. Wilton J. Lambert, eonnsel for Edw- B. McLean, publisher of the Washington Post, who is under subpoena to appear before the committee, sought a confer ence this morning with Senator Wheeler, but found the Senator was iu attendance at the executive session of the oil com-' mittee. Present Batiks For RxMrafbthn. Washington, Feb. 10.—The following statement was made by Chairman Lett root aft;,- the committee adjourned. “Officials of Benkard & Company ap peared befire the committee nud pro duced the books ami records which were requested. The expressed entire wil ingness to have the committee or its accountants go over all their records. Some of these are so voluminous that it will be necessary for the accountants of the committee to go to Xew York to examine them.” _ Attorney S. D. Bowers for the Ben kard Company gave out fliis statement: "Mr. Benkard was subpoenaed to pro duce records of certain stock transac tions. These records were produced. 7. P. Benkard & Company have no j knowledge or information that these re- | cords are in any way connected with the transactions under investigation or that they affect any one in any way connected with the subject matter un der investigation.” Prepare to Begin Work. Washington, Feb. 19.—Having come through a period of close senatorial scru tiny, with a sfiftnp of approval, Atlee Pomerene and Owen 7. Roberts, special government oil counsel, today begnu preparation for their work with a confer ence with Persident Cooiidge. The two attorneys discussed with the President the general situation, but said they reached no final decision relating to the details of the legal proceedings to be instituted to recover the uavnl oil re serves. One of the first steps, it was indicat ed, will be suits to annul leases to Tea pot Dome reserve, obtained by Harry F. Sinclair, and to the Elk Hill reserve, grunted to E. L. Doheny. To Investigate Bureau. Washington, Feb. 19.—An inquiry in to the situation in the New York office of the Veterans’ Bureau is to be made by the Senate Veterans Committee. Chair man Reed issued a tall today for a meeting which is to lie attended by Frank H. Hines, director of the Veterans’ Bu rea n. I ■ A number of reports regarding tlie New York situation which has led to several changes in personnel in that fj'strict of fice, reached the committee, and General Hines will be asked to give a complete report. The American Dog Derby to be run nt Ashton, Idaho, on Washington’s birth day will have a woman among Ihte com peting drivers. She is Lydia Hutchin son, who will drive the team entered by the winter sports* committee of Mon treal. WHAT BATS BEAR SAYS. Rain tonight and * Wednesday; ■lightly warmer tonight. o ) / , ~ The Concord Daily Tribune ♦ j —i— | :j 77th BBT j| M/mf* «. mm jSk n * ‘ 'ft n-. msm:. tit Thomas A. Edison celebrated his seventy-seventh birthday the other day by working in his Newark, N. J.. office as usual. DAUGHERTY DEFIANT BEFORE HIS CRITICS Attorney General Will I Not ; Resign, Friends Say, De-! spite All Charges Made Against Him. WasßrrTglon, eral Daugherty remained silently defiant today in tlie ftu-e of the new attack on him and the Tuesday cabinet meeting passed without an announcement of his resignation. The Department of .Tusttee officials in sisted that he had no intention of «nr reundering to his critics, but senators who have taken the lead in advising the President to ask him to retire, remained confident that their advice would be fol lowed. Mr. Daugherty himself arriving at the cabinet meeting a half hour late, would talk only about the weather. When lie emergey an hour later and was ques tioned by newspaper men, he showed plain signs of agitation and annoyance, but he insisted that the question of his | resignation laid not been discussed and declared he had no statement to make for the present. . •Tust before the cabinet meeting the President had been in conference with the government’s special counsel in the oil cases, and previously both he and the Attorney General had been told of the j new turn taken by the oil investigating | committee. While the cabinet was in session the' oil committee was .hearing behind closed j doors some of the evidence on which I Senator Wheeler has asked that the (Attorney General’s attitude toward the oil program and his conduct generally be investigated. In addition to information given by the Montana senator, the committee also was asking a group of "New York brok ers to disclose whether their books show ed any oil speculation by past and pres ent high officials of the government. , White House offiliacs also declared the cabinet had not discussed the possible retirement of. the Attorney General. It was added that Mr. Daugherty had not submitted his resignation. Pythian Order SO Years Old. Washington. I). C.. Feb. 19.—Lodges of the Knights of Pythias throughout the Fnited States and Canada, and in several other countries where such lodges exist, today will celebrate the sixtieth anniver sary of their order. It was on this date iu 1804 that the first K. of P. lodge was organized in this city. The founder was 7ustin Rathbone, who at the time hold a clerkship in one of the Federal depart ments. In sixty years the Knights of Pythias has extended over a large part of the globe and in point of membership now ranks among ,the foremost of the secret fraternal orders. Many Dogs Kilted. (By the AiiwtatM Press.) . Wlnton-Salem, Feb. 19.—Over 125 dogs found straying about the city of Winston-Salem Imve been killed by the orders of city officials within the past 14 days, according to a statement issued by the police department hero. An or der was iHHuedJast mouth requiring own-' era of dogs to keep them confined or suf- i fer the penalty of being fined and also the loss of their dogs. . ■ May Move “Y” Headquarters. I •I By the Associated Press.) Charlotte, N. C.,' Feb. tft.—At the con vention of the Y. M. C. A. secretaries held here it was decided to defer action on the proposal to remove the general headquarters from Charlotte to Greens boro for tbe convenience of the secre taries. Action on the removal plan will not be taken until next year. CONCORD, N. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1924 MtJ - ' M inflfc iSIn I ' ! ' Bum™' 1 ■ y /X V - ' - - - - c ~ ' ■ / ■ , - This shows the magnificent home of former Secretary of Invertor Albert B. Fall at Three Rivers, N. it Jb to* foreground may he seen a Mexffcan farm-hand and a German police dog. .Thu dog belongs to Fall, McADOO ENDORSED Men From Forty-Eight States Endorse Ilim as Pregresslve leader. Chiingo. Feb. lSjp-McAdoo supporters from all sections or the country gathered here for an ’’availiability conference” late today unanimously ndopted a reso lution tha “William G. McAdOo is pre eminently available as the Democratic candidate for the high offiee of Presi dent of the Fnited States and is the hope of the progressive thought of the nation." The resolution deelared it to be th* further sense of the eonferenee that the “record of McAdoo is an open book.” "We unanimously demand his leader ship," the resolution concludes. Afte adoption of the resolution Mis. McAdoo was called upon to adtlreos’ the as,cm binge and was accorded a noisy ovation The platform pledges: To drive out corruption from official Washington, a new international con ference in the American capital to “pro mote pence, reduce the burdens of arma ment. restore international justice and stability: revive prosperity,” and con sider economic problems; submission of the question of American participation in such conference to ti popular refer endum : and “to take the grip of Wat] Street” off the treasury department and the federal reserve system. Other pledges include: “Repeal of the Fordney- I McCumber tariff bill; to bring about J prompt railroad reforms; to “put agri culture on its feet again;” to "enfoiroe the 18th amendment of the constitution and all laws in pursuance thereof: re duce taxes: secure legislation setting up -cede : pffSMgts a chTJ.r labor amendment to the cohstitntion; "to clean out the veterans’ bureau, and pay a soldier bonus.” OTHERS EXPECTED TO FOLLOW DENBY Rumors of Resignations Now Hying Thick and Fast at Washington. Washington. Feb. IS.—lt is hardly to be doubted that the Cooiidge administra tion forces will sleep easier tonight now that the “Old Man of the Sea,” Secre tary of the Navy Denby. is no longer riding the back of President Cooiidge. What argument finally prevailed upon Secretary Denby to get off and get out will hardly get to the public for a while, it will be remembered that insistently and vehemently (Secretary Deitby has been swearing by the great horn spoon” that he was not going to resign, had no idea of resigning. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt is still swearing it, with “next” expected ns to him. Publicly, it is given out by Secre tary Denby tthnt lie resigned because i he did not wish to further embarnss the administration, that while he does this, jhe still holds to the opinion that the ,oil leases were all right, that nothing . wrong was done, that everything was ! ! regular and for the country’s good. That Secretary Denby quits in a huff is ! shown by the statement whieh he issued this afternooif concerning his resigns- , tion. this plainly showing that he was mad. REV. ALEXANDER GARRETT DEAD IN DALLAS HOME Was Presiding Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in America. Datlas, Texas. Feb. 19.—Rt. Rev. Alex anader C. Garrett, 91 years old, presid- , iug bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in America, died at his home here last night. Funeral serviced will be held Friday. I • Walter Crump Buried by the -Stole of His Wife. Salisbury. Feb. 18. —Thp body of Walter M. Crump, who died bv hits own hand Friday evening, was taken today to Winston-Salem to be buried by the side of his wife who died five years ago. A brief funeral service was held at the Crump hp-ne on South Fulton Street this morning at 10 o’clock and the fun eral party went to - Winston-Salem through the country. Friends are still of thp opinion that Mr. Crump's rash act in shooting himself was euased by his physical condition following an operation which he under went some weeks ago for maxteoditis. *7OO Reward For Capture of Negro Who Shot Deputy Sheriff. Charlotte. Feb. 18—Rewards total ling *7OO have been offered for the ar rest of lie unidentified negro who Sat urday night killed 7ohn FeSperman, til. son of Deputy Sheriff Victor Fespermnn l of Mecklenburg county, during n raid in the county near here, it was an nounced tonight. No further develop ments have occurred in the manhunt for young Fesperman's slayer that has continued since he was killed. Mrs. Helen Actor, wife of Vincent ' Aster,’ n nephew of Lady Aetor, member of the British parliament, hag announced her intention to enter the political field as a candidate far a place on the Rhode Island delegation to the coming Repub lican national convention. lAI GIITERY MAYS BE NEXT TO RESIGIf CABINET ROST strong Pressure Bchfe Brought to Beat on CnoHdgr to Ge* Rid-of the At torney GencraL i Washington. Feb. 38.—Renewed de mands for the resignation of Attorney General Daugherty are receiving serious consideration among jpftioinl* high in the administration. The Attorney General himself is not , ■tow inclined to-leave the Cabinet un- Vss he is rei[nnoted tq do so directly by President Cooiidge. The attitude of the President has not vet been made entirely clear. It waa in dicated tonight that .’ some development ' might follow tomorrow's cabinet meet- ! ing. | During the past twenty-four hours in -reasing pressure has been brought to j bear to convince. Mr, Cooiidge that he ihould entirely clear ihis administration >f those who have dome under attack in the oil inquiry.' It has been [minted out to him that with' Secretary Denby out. many of the critics of the discredit ed Fall leasing polices may center their attacks on Mr. Daugherty, and that a resolution already pending in the Senate will give opportunity for a comprehen sive assault on tlje whole record of the present Department of Justice. One of those who have become most I active in pressing . for the . Attorney j General’s resignation is Senator Borah, of Idaho, representing a wing of the | Republican Senate strength that,has not j heretofore joined with the LaFullette I group in most of its assaults on the nd “uiuist.rotion. Last- Un; Whito House Senator TWin*AtHifronted both the President and Mr. Daugherty with a demand that the 'after step out of the Cabinet beean.se the country lias lost confidence in him- THE COTTON MARKET Ccntlmiatif.n 'of Heavy General Selling During Early Trading Today. (By tbe Associated Prvss.) Xew York Feb. 19.—There was a con tinuation of heavy general selling in the cotton market during today's early trad ing. Liverpool was rather better than due. but the local market opened barely steady at a decline of H 2 points to au a<V vance of 4 points, nearly all of the active 1 months being lower under overnight sell ing orders. There was some covering and trade buying at the start, but offerings increased on moderate rallies and the market soon became very weak and un settled with May selling down to 20.10 and .Tilly to 29.20 or 25 to 30 points net lower on old crop msitions. Xew crop months were relatively quiet and steady on reports of unfavm-able weather in the • South, but October declined to 20.20, or 23 points net lower. Cotton futures opened barely steady. March 20.00 to 29.78; May 20.25 to 30.15; duly 29.30 to 29.40; Oct. 26.50; Dec. 26.07. CABINET MEMBERS DO NOT TALK OIL LEASES Matter Was Not Mentioned at Meeting. — Daugherty Says Nothing. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 19.—Members of President Coolidge's cabinet declared af ter today’s meeting that the matter of the oil land lease disclosures had not been discussed at tin- session. Attorney General Daugherty leaving I the cabinet meeting said he had no state ment to make "at this time." Intercollegiate Deflate by Radio. Eugene. Ore., Feh. 19.-—A radio inter collegiate debate, said to be the first in the T’nited States, will be held on the last flay of this month between the State universities of Oregon and Cali fornia. California will support the af firmative and Oregon the negative side of the question: “Resolved. That the Bok Peace Plan Should Be Adopted." The Oregon debaters will "air” their views from the brouilcqstiug station in Portland, a.nd the California tenm will broadcast their m-gumeats through the station at Oakland. Calif. The judges of the unique debate will be the 3,000 radio - fans” who will listen in along the Pacific coast. Each re ceiving station will be entitled to vote by sending in a cSnl. The results will be announced ten days following the de bate. 1 Paris Skirts Are to Bb Bath Short and Long This Spring. Paris, Feb. 18—’llie length of skirts worn by fashionable women this spring will depend /somewhat upon personal preference judging from styles exhibited nt the opening of the racing season at Longehamps yesterday- Some of the modest'who paraded in the bitter breezes wore skirts falling only three or four inchcn below the knee, while others were about, the same distance from the ground. It was re markable that the new short skirtß are* a little wider than when the vogue was at its height. COTTON SEED STATISTICS Seed Crushed From August Ist, to Jan uary 31st Totalled 2.4<>3,5tMi Tons. (By the AxoM'lated Press.) i Washington, Feh. 1!). —Cotton seed ernsliings and products manufactured in the six months period. August Ist to January .‘.lst, were announced today by the Census Unreal as follows! ) Seed crushed 2.403,566 tons, compared .with 2,501.720 tons in the same period a year ago, and on hand January 31st ' 577.093 tons, compared with 527,777 j tons a year ago. Products manufactured in the period and on hand January ‘lst were: crude 1 cil 707.510.350 pounds, and on hand 1130.347,011 pounds. Refined oil, 506,- 1430,3000 pounds and on hand 175,929,- '732 pounds. - Cake and meal 1.100.000 tons, and on hand 219,22!) tons, rant ers, 485,712 bales, and on hand 109.373 bales. | MAKER OF SHOES FOR PRESIDENTS IS DEAD John S. Husky. Sr., Killed When He Fell From Fourth floor of Hotel. (By the Associate*! Press.) New York. Feb. lit.—John S. Husky, Sr., maker of shoes for Presidents of the . I'nited States and for Wall Street tinan-1 I ciers, was killed today when he fell I from the fourth floor of a Grammercy I Park hotel. I The police reported, it a suicide. The I ilon .of the aged shoemaker declared. | however, that his father was overcome .by dizziness He mafle oboes for the late President McKiifely rind ItortSeWlt.' ' Shores of TTfe biggest men in Wall Street were liis! pat rone. DEN BY RESIGNATION PLEASES MR. WALSH .Montana Senator Expresses Satisfaction When T9ltl of the Resignation. (Bv the Associated Press.) Raleigh, Feb. 19.—"A consummation devoutly to be wished. - ’ declared Senator Thomas J. Walsh, of Montana, when ask ed over long distance telephone last night by the Raleigh News and Observer what he thought of the resignation of Secre tary Penmy from the Navy Department. 'The Senator arrived in Pinehurst Sun day for a rest of Several days* He de clined to comment further upon the ac tion of Mr. I)enby. HAS NOT THOUGHT ABOUT NEW SECRETARY Understood Preklent Coctidge Has Not Decided on Denby’s Succesor. (Hy the A*«nrTated PrewL* Washington. Feb. 19.-—President Coolidge has given no special considera tion to the selection of a successor to Secretary Den by. Neither has he given any considera tion to the possibility that Assistant Sec retary Roosevelt wlf resign, and on the contrary he expects Mr. Roosevelt to re main in office. To Celebrate Its Founding. I try the Associated Press.» Wake Forest. Feb. 19.—Assurance that the hundredth anniversary of the establishment of Wake Forest College were evidenced in the appointment of the faculty to work out the definite plans for the celebration which will take j place in 1934. The plans will be va ried and cover a large scope of the work of the. college. Questionnaires have al ready been sent to members of the fac ulty as well as the heads of the depart ments, asking what is needed to make the college a complete and perfect college in ever detail by 1929. The date fir complete expansion is set at this time, it was said, in order that the school may have a margin oa which to Work for perfection. Subcommittees haVe been appointed to. facilitate the work of the general com mittee. The subcommittees and their chairmen are: Deun 1). B. Bryan, house students, faculty, and fraternities: Dr. C. C. Pearson, library; Dr. J. H. Gor rell, buildings and grounds; Dr. R. P. McCutcheou, instructional and profes sional needs; and Dr. A. C. Reid, needs and possibilities of an extension service. Polk Will Not Accept. (Hr til* Associated Press.l Warrenton, N. C„ Feb. 19. —Tasker Polk last night announced that he would not accept the appointment of the judge ship of the third district of the Superior Uourt that had been tendered him by Governor Morrison. The condition Os his health and private interests were given as the reason. With Our Advertisers. Stop in at Fisher’s and take a peep nt the new spring bats. Moderately pric ed at $3.05. $5.00, $9.05 upward. See new ad. Get a Willard Threaded Rubber Bat ‘ tery for a quick start. These batteries arc sold by, thg Southern Motor Service Co. His Daughter 1,.-in Cobb'. SwcMc. EllMb.ln Cobb (above), was married the other day to Frank M. Chapman, Jr., in New York City. Photo shows her in costume taken at a recent society fiSfriT ffIEMT IPPBL But They Refuse to Change Views on Tax Rate and Will Not Give Suport to the Mellon Rian. (By Ihe Associated I-,—**.) Washington, Feb. 19.—An eleventh hour appeal by the White House today |lo House republican insurgent leaders I urging agreement with the organization republicans on the Mellon income tax rate schedule, failed to break tin* dead look between the groups. As the income rates of the revenue bill were taken up in the House, republican leaders admitted that the vote would be dose with the democrats united for the Garurr depiQctptjc idmi. and.with tU*jp-l surgents still holding .Hit against t lie; Treasury rates and threatening to vote [ with the democrats if their compromise I is not aecepted. ('. 11ascorn Hlemp, secretary to the I President, informed some members of i the insurgent group today that the-Presi- j dent was desirous that the party should ! stand as a unit against the democratic tax reduction plan. This move followed the failure of two meetings yesterday be tween the republican organization and in surgent members to reach an agreement on a compromise, the lattes group hold ing out for a 40 per cent, maximum sur tax, with a 50 per cent. Cut iu normal rates, while the republicans would go no higher than 37 1-2 per cent, on the sur tax and a 25 per cent, in normal rates. Representative Treadway, of Massa chusetts. one of the eleven republicans, of the ways and means committee, who voted the Mellon income rates into the bill, today served notice that if the rates were defeated now. he would move their adoption as an amendment nfter the bill is completed. It was agreed that voting on the amendment should start at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon. NEW BOMBSHELL * NOW .IMPENDING Startling Turn in Oil Inquiry Stirs Capital; No Disclosures Made. Washington, Feb. 18. —Hints of an entirely and startling development in the oil scandal stirred the capital today and were communicated to President Coolidge. A start at running down the story which has amazed Senators and offi cials will be made tomorrow at a con ference between the Senate oil committe and Harry Payne Whitney New York financier, and officials of J. P. Benkard and Company, a New York stock brokerage firm. Senator Wheeler. Democrat. Mon tana. who lias introduced a resolution calling for an investigation of Attorney General Daugherty and the Department of Justice, wilt be invited to attend the conference, which will be behind closed doors. Senator Wheeler was one of those who requested that Mr. Whitney and the brokers be summoned. Expert Part of Big Estate. fHr the Associate*! Tress.) Granville. N. C.. Feb. 10.—That citi zens of this city may enjoy part of the distribution of the Edwards Estate of New York City the 00 year lease of which has just expired, was learned here when H. Jackson, and 1., Taylor, of this city were notified that they are among the legal heirs. The New York lawyers who are handling tile estate talked with the Granville citizens over long distance tele phone and told them that as they were related to the Pethis family of Virginia, i whom it is said are also heirs of the Edwards estate, that they would come in for a imrt of the estate. Many Studenta Working. (By the Associated PVess.) Biltraore. N. C.. Feb. 10.-r-Practieally half of the students of the State Univer i sity are working thejr way through col ■ lege, according to Jl. Reed Kitcheu. of ■ this city, who is a student in the law school at the University. Kitchen states ■ that the students are resorting to many t and varied kinds of work in order to ae - cure sufficient funds to carry them through college. • ft i NO. 39. 13 LIVES SNUFFED (HIT n " nu l G FIRE r'rTHE EAST SIDE Btelieved by Police That Fire Was of Incendiary Origin. —Five-Story Building Was Quickly Destroyed. SEVEN CHILDREN AMONG VICTIMS Many Others Were Badly Burned and Still Others Escaped When All Hope Seemed to Be Gone. (By tbe Associated Press.) New York. 'Feb. 10.—Thirteen lives were sniffed qpt. in .a few minutes iu a fire believed to have - been of incendiary origin which early today swept from the basement to the roof of a five-story tene ment in the heart of New York’s lower East Side Ghetto. Seven of those killed were children. Tthe blaze, unequalled in rapidity in the annals of the fire department, flared up the staircase, fanned by a draft from the tenement's open front door, blocking tlie escape of the eight families who oc cupied the building. Some of those in the two upper stories, awakening to find the flames at their bedsides, met deaih before they could eveu try to dash through the roaring furnace with which they were confront ed. Terrified on opening their hall doors to find a vortex of flames mushrooming down from the roof through the smoke choked corridor, the families on the lower floors retreated in panic to windows from which they managed in some cases by seemingly impossible means to reach safety. Several were severely burned; others injured by falls. Os the dead. 5 were boys aaid two girls, four were women, and two men. One of the children was an infant whose charred body was found on the breast of its dead mother. The fire was discovered by a passing policeman who saw smoke and flames ris ing against the inner side of a window. He rushed into the house, but the flames stopped him before he reached the upper stories. L, Members of families in the scc<md,at*l ttUgfl. floors of (fie building cTirniit-d to j window sills ns the flames licked their | way through the hallway doors. Fire es capes at the back of the building were ] cut off. j When the fire apparatus arrived the J dann' had burst their way through the | roof. REACH AGREEMENT Experts Examining Germany’s Resources Have Reached General Agreement. Paris. Feb. 10 (By the Associated Press). —The expert committee men ex amining Germany’s resources. have reached a general agreement on their re port to the reparations commission, ac cording to information from authoritative quarters today. They have decided, it is stated that instead of the big loan to be placed on the international market, as previously suggested, a mortgage of ap proximately 10,000.000.000 gold marks on tbe German railway system and other sources of revenue of the German govern ment shall form the basis ofi a plan by which the allied countries, eapeclally France, shall derive regular payments of interest. iover Was Recreant So She Tlirashc* Hint. Berlin. Feb. 19.—German courts are not very considerate of women who seek damages for wounded affections, conse quently a young woman at Mannheim, whose sweetheart had treated her slight ingly' and toid her bin parents objected to’tth'eir betrothal, consulted the mother of her halting fiance- and was told by the mother he had lied to her. The young woman did not consult a lawyer, but invited her former sweet heart to take a stroll with her. Sho awaited her opportunity and felled her recreant lover with a blow. Then she b-xed his ears and beat him until tlu blood ran from his nose. Spectators of the affair rescued the clutp and held the irate woman while he made his e<- e»jk>. The Mannheim newspapers in warn ing recreant lovers to beware of jiltiug. also informed them that heroines still live in Germany. Negro Appointee Refused Approval. Washington. Feb. 18.—The nomina tion of Walter L. Cohen, a negro, to Is eomptroller of customs at New Orleans was rejected today by Ihe senate. Tin vote came after a three hours’ discus sion in executive session, the debate hinging largely on the question of whether the senate should follow the custom of rejecting nominations in eases where the nominees “are “personal ly obnoxious" to a senator from the state where nominee would bold of fice. At the same session the senate confirmed the nomination of Joseph A. Wilbert as United States attorney for ! the western district of South Carolina- Senator Greene Critically 111; *Ur the Associated PnM.l Washington. Feb. 10.—Senator Greene, of Vermont, was in a critical condition this morning from the wound he receiv ed Friday night when he wa» bit by a stray bullet fired during, the shooting which accompanied a chase of alleged bootleggers by a prohibition enforcement party. A second-operation was perform ed last night. The National Federation- of Business and Professional Wdmen’s, Clubs is to hold a convention at West Baden, In diana, next July. , dJgj -V‘ -. . - - -Sr. ' ' (
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