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5 i VOLUME XXIV A Mitchell Palmer Is To Be Examined Soon By the Oil Committee A His Name Has Been Men* tioned Several Times ih Telegrams Sent to E. B. McLean From Capital. i UNDERWOOD’S NAME ! IS ALSO MENTIONED Alabama Senator Denies He Interefered In Any Way, With the Purposes of the Committee Members. (By the Anftoelftted Press.i 'Washington, Fob. 28— A'. Mitchell attorney general In the Wilson administration, will be called before the ■ Senate oil committee. | The committee so determined today before it resumed the reading of addi tional telegrams sent to Edward 11. Me-1 Lean, publisher of the Washington Post, at Palm Reach, concerning the oil in quiry. I Senator Dill, democrat, of Washing ton, insisted that Palmer should be ■called, saying he. had been the “go-be tween" in the delivery of McLean's messages to the committee. j In telegrams rend today, John Major,) a McLhan employee reported to McLean thnt he was "busy with I'nder weod. Curtis nnd Zev.” “Zev" was understood by the commit-! , teemen to refer to ,T. W. Zevely, personal counsel for Hary F. Sinclair, Ira Benuett, editor of the Post, tele graphed McLeon on January 3rd that he and Major saw “Curtis” who promised to see “Lenroot.” " 'Curtis' advised us" the telegram said "to see I’nderwood We saw Under wood, who promised to speak to Walsh, hut he hinted it would not do any good.” In placing the telegrams in the record, tie committee members made no an nouncement of identification of the per sons referred to, leaving the public to draw its own conclusions. A telegram signed “Johns.” sent to McLean, said that "Willis" say “party 1 this morning.'" Willis reported the party to be in a < friendly mood, tfie message said, adddiqg 1 “Harry is out of the otty." (i "Before proceeding", interrupted Sena- i tor Walsh, of Mdntana, "I desire to say 1 1 rtrtWhtcs n)f<> on the talephofiT'JHW. said * 1 he had read something in the newspapers 1 this morning that he Itad endeavored to i dissuade me from my purpose to Vmbjeet Mr. McLeon to s- Mr. MeLean to.examination, a cooclus-, ion drawn from some of the telegrams i rend yesterday. | "Senator' Underwood never attempted to influence my conduct in the matter in , i any way. I lmve no recollection of Sen- j a tor Underwood speaking to me on the] subject, except that one morning in the i Senate chamber he asked me if I had ] any'objection to having Inserted in tie i Congressional Record a letter to me by Mr. Palmer, nnd I said 1 had not. | “Senator Underwood in his converse-. ‘ tion with me this morning said further J that at the request of Mr. Itennptt he hail said something to me about whether we were going to ask the appearance of , Mr. McLean and that I told him it had already been arranged that I was going, to Palm Beach amhtake the testimony of Mr. McLean. Senator Underwood having 'said that that conversation had taken place. 1 suppose it did. but I have no recollection of It at all.” Resuming its reading the committee beard the text of a telegram sent by Mr. MeLean from Palm Reach on Christmas day informing Major that he had a tip he would be called in the oil inquiry and ordering that Palmer be retained to rep resent him. On December 2fith McLean instructed Major to tell Wilton J. Lambert, his at torney. that he had asked Palmer to Bee the 'oil committee. In another message McLean instructs Major to keep “all my wires in your possession.'’ On December 25 MeLean sent a tele gram to E. W. Starling, a secret service man at the White House, asking bint to send this telegram to “Wilkins,” at Hop kinsville, Ky. “Leave at once for Palm Beach. E. B. McLean." Hopkinsville is Starling's home town. The same message said that Charles Berhans was leaving Washington for Palm Beach that night, and that “the duck” would leave later. “My ndvice is not to acquaint the latter party (the duck) with our new eode system," the message added. Later Major wired McLean that “Wil lis is in full possession of matters.” Bennett wired McLean on January 20 tlrat he had seen the '‘principal" and de livered a message, that there would be no "rocking of the boat, and no resignations” nnd that he expects' “reaction from un warranted political attack." E. S. Rochester, confidential adviser to Attorney General Daugherty, telegraph er! McLean on January 18 that the oil committee was investigating whether Mc- WIIAT BAT*B BEAR SAYS. Fair tonight arid Friday; little Change lo temperature. «' ■' the Concord Daily Tribune diugmertV refuses i to dus sums Arrives in Chicago to Trans act Government Business, i —Plans to Go to Florida From Chicago. IBJ Mne!a>«4 Frnu.> Chicago.. Feb. 28.—Harry M. Daugher ty. Attorney General of the United States, arrived lien 1 today ostensibly in connec tion with the Federal grand jury inves | ligation of the Veterans' Bureau. He refused to to his previous statements relative to the oil inquiry at Washington. | The Attorney General said he had uo. public statement to make, and did not know that he would have any before late ) in the day. That he expects to continue to hold his plaee in the Cabinet was in dicated when lie stated he was here on government business, nud expected to remnin until that business was com plot jed. ) What he might say later. Mr. Daugher ty indicated, pro.babl.v would be in con nection with the government's action, in | the Veteran's Bureau case, hut he indi ' cated that what the Senate oil committee might do or announce would have some bearing on what he might lmve to say himself. Mr. Daugherty said he hoped to com plete the government business promptly so that he might go direct to Miami. Fla., to join his wife, who is there for her health Trinity College and Swarthmere to De bate. Durham, Feb. 28.—Trinity College Swarthmore will meet in their animal open forum debate here on Friday even ing. This will be the fourteenth year that Trinity College and Swarthmore have met in debate but it will be the first time thnt the open forum method of debating has been employed. This form of debnte was introduced in this country only two years afo by the vis iting debating team of Oxford University , of England. au “ReslOved - That tne Power of the United j Btatiw Supreme Court Should Bp Lim- ( I'mier thf system of open forum de- ! bating each team furnishes a supporter , of- each, side of (the question and the ■ speakers all allowed to be interrupted by persons from the floor just in the regular legislative bodies. Final de- ■ cision will be made by the audience on ( the merits that each side has put forth. , The debaters are: affirmative, Rich- ( ard M. Perdue, of Swarthmore: and Freeman Twaddell, of Trinity College; negative, James E. Price, of Swayth more, and W. L. Clegg, of Trinity.' ( —i.. j, i Lean had SIOO,OOO in the bank at the I time he claimed he gave A. B. Fall checks for that sqm. The Rochester was a night letter, and ended with the state- ] ment "I thought you should be informed." Rochester was formerly managing ed itor of the Washington Post. At the conclusion of the reading of the j telegrams Carl C. Schuyler, a Denver at torney, was called to the stand. ( He took the inquiry back to the Tea pot Dome field, explaining that he had repres’euted the Mid-West Refining Co. and the Pioneer Oil Co. which had claims in thnt field. He reviewed at great length ' the now famous conference at Kansas ' City at which. Harry F. Sinclair agreed ! to pay $1,000,000 to J. Leo Stack, Den ver oil operator, and Frederick G. Bon- . fils, publisher of the Denver Post.' The witness denied thnt any newspa per influence entered into the settlement. “After my introduction -to Sinclair," he testified "and without further prelimi naries I said: ‘Mr. Bonfils has told me that your last and final offer of settle ment is SIOO,OOO, and a one-half interest in the net profits from the operation by you of 120 acres to be selected from your lease. On behalf of Mr. Stack 1 decline this offer.’ “Sinclair said, ‘Stack will not get an other dollar.’ “Col. Zevely and I then engaged in con versation. I supported my contentions with a partial reeital of' the facts and principle* I have already discussed. “Sinclair broke into the conversation with the remark that SIOO,OOO is a lot of mpney, and Stack ought to be satisfied with it-. The conversation between Mr. Sinclair and myself led to the settiemerit conversation lasting about an hour and a half. “I said ‘Mr. Sinclair, if any yopng man came to you today and created a situa tion for you to enter upon whereby you might secure an oil'property as valuable as the Teapot structure, would you think of valuing his services at leju* than sl,- 000,000?’ “Mr. Sinclair finally said, 'well, it’s a big thing, and perhaps you are not ask ing too much’." __ * Would Examine Tax Returns. | Washington, Feb. 28. —Inquiry by the oil committee into the income tax re- j turns of E. L. Doheny and Harry F. | Sinclair and their oil companies was ( proposed in a resolution today by Sena tor McKellar, democrat, of Tennessee. I Not Senator Willis. Washington, Feb. 28.—Senator Willis..' republican, ot Ohio, issued a formal statement today declaring he had no idea who was roferrg* (o in the telegrams placed before the oil committee, saying that Willis wan concerning himself in ■ the oil Inquiry in behalf of Edward 11. McLean." CONCORD, N. C., FEBRUARY 28, 1924 Now in the Limelight ® | • * *' . rA 1 i x r-F --nicy General I I. Fall, both ! ion of naval , ■ offices ! Hf- HIGH SCHOOL GIRL MAY BE JUDGE OF INSTRUCTOR WHO KISSED HER Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 28.—E. E . Damon, printing instructor at the Kan sas City, Kan., High SchpqL who with -1 AMwfcq-niraC. the. Board of education this week, said he would ask a hearing on Miis case before the school board. He n'so ac cused C. T. Itice, principal, jof trying to “get” him. Damon resigned following an incident in which he kissed Miss Margaret Pratt, a senior at the school. "1 tendered my resignation to save any one embarrassment,” Damon said. “There was nothing secret or surrepti tious' about the incident. It was the day the class color demonstration and all were jubilant. One of a growd of girls snatched my pencil out of my pock et and another my handkerchief. "I did not care to be peevish: 1 ! grabbed one of the girls and jokingly I asked the other girls what I should do THE COTTON MARKET Failed to Hold Yesterday’s Improvement I During Early Trading Today. fUy tlie Associated Press.) New York, Feb. 28.—The cotton mar ket failed to hold yesterday's improve ment during today’s early trading. The ] opening was barely steady at au advance j of 8 points to a decline of 22 points, and the active months soon showed net Josses of 12 to 21 points under realiz-j ing and a renewal of and southern j selling. May contracts sold off from ! 20.72 to 20:45 under this pressure] which was pronmted by disappointing Liverpool cables, file threat of labor dif ficulties in Lancashire, and more favor able weather conditions in the Sonth. Notwithstanding the latter new crop j months were relatively, quiet, nnd sell ing was mostly in old crop positions,; About fifteen March notices were issued ' but there was not much pressure against March and the discount on May nar rowed slighl.v. Cotton futures opened barely steady. ! March 20.20; May 28.fifi; July 28.83; Oct. 26.0(5: Dec. 26.00. Expelled From Stock Exchange. (By the Associated Preen.) New York. Feb. 28.—The expulsion of John Farson. of the firm of Parson and Company, was announced today from the rostrum of the New York Stock Exchange. Many noted runners are sending their j entries for the Baltimore Marathon, to be run thi» year on March 8. WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA IN GRIP OF WORST SNOW STORM SINCE 1906 Asheville. Feb. 27. —Asheville and western North Carolina were practical .ly ent off from otilside communication today by reason of one of the heaviest | snow storms in many yeans. Train schedules were maintained, but the city | was isolated all morning and for several ; hours this afternoon ' with all wires i leading from Asheville down or ont of ] I order. The property damage will be heavy, particularly to the telephone company,- • telegraph companies, and the Asheville Power and Light Company, whose wires and poles are down by the hundreds. Damage was inflicted to trees and in some cases of buildings, wfcWh (gave way before the heavy load of wet, cling ing • new. • In the residential sections the wires gave way through this heavy with her. They replied : ’Kiss her’; I j jokingly kissed her dq the cheek. It was broad daylight dm done in a spirit i aL-hilariij. “When I learned tliHf the principal was endeavoring to make the incident a serious matter, rather than reflect on i any one, 1 agreed to resign." Intimation that Miss Pratt may sit a judge in the case came today, follow ing the informal hearing ebefore the board of education of the Damon resig nation and its withdrawal. “I believe Miss Pratt should be the judge." one member of the board said. "She is the recipient of the kiss and should be given the power to deni ont j punishment if she so desires. For the ■ hoard to take action one way or the ! other might case reflection on the girl's j character, which 1 know to be above reproach.” FALL’S HEALTH BETTER. HE PLANS LONG REST j Dorters Refuse to Let Him Follow Oil Scandal in Papers. El Pa«o, Tex., Feb. 28.—Former Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall, ] accompanied by Mrs. Fall, today return ed to tlieir ranch home at Three Rivers X. M., after a visit of several days at their residence in El Paso. ' Fall seemed much improved in health, j Ho told friends that he intends taking i a long rest on his ranch, where exten ] sive improvements have been under way for the past year, and then would take up the Teapot Dome question. Fpon the advice of physicians, ho does not read the newspapers. Cut Down Number of Immigrants. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 28,—The Census of 1010 was definitely adopted today by the Senate immigration committee at* the j oasis for immigration quotas under the i new immigration law. The committee ] also decided by close view to reduce the quota percentage from 3 per cent, to 2 per cent. Senator Johnson in Ohio Race. (hr the Associated Press.) Columbus, Q.. Feb. 28. —Senator Hiram Johnson, of California, today filed with the Secretary of State his I official declaration of catididacy for the Republican nomination for President. I Many professional football players of prominence in Britain have passed their I thirty-fifth year. load. A total of 7 1-2 inches) of snow fell during (die night and early morning, the heaviest since 11100. By nightfall mist of the snow had disappeared, though j large quantities renuilned on trees and buildings. r A record fall of 18 inches of snow was reported on the Saluda Mountains by officials of the Southern Railway. The telephone cunpaoy reported 500 telephones ont of order and over 100 i police broken down as the direct result of the. burden of snow carried by the i wires. The snow clung so tenaciously and heavily to the big at%veL wires and cables that the combined weight of all, with the snow, snapped off big telephone poles as. though they were- toothpicks. DR. SWIFT SPEAKS HERE ON SUBJECT OF MUCH INTEREST t “Pillars and Perils of De mocracy” Subject of Able Address Delivered by Re form League Speaker. WORLD PROBLEMS ABLY DISCUSSED j Matters of Vital Interest to America Also Touched i Upon.—Local Churches ! Sponsor Meeting. | Dr. F. Swift, an able representa j live of the National Reform Association, spoke in Central Methodist Church here j la-t night tinder the auspices of the ■ churches of the city and the organiza j tion with', which .he is affiliated. I Despite the fact thnt it had snowed for several hours during the day and j the weather was anything but favorable lo a public gatherings. Dr. Swift was heard with keen interest by a large con gregation. He spoke on the subject. "Pillars and Perils of Democracy." In the beginning of his address Dr. Swift dieussed briefly the organization of the reform association and its pur . poses and then rushed forcefully into | a discussion of world problems. 1 The National Reform Association is an instrument in the hands of the allied Protestant denominations, organized for the maintenance of the ideals of our fath ers. who formed this republic, h Sixty-five years ago at the call of , Christian men and women east. west. north and south, a baud of people gntli ] ered and lead by the old Scotch covenant- J ers. organized the movement. | Peace was its first slogan. National i and international difficulties must be finally settled by arbitration instead of war. was proclaimed in the early history of the movement. Our National Heritage. ' < >ll ik was a rich heritage. The Puri tans anil Pilgrims wore the produet of more than a thousand years. They were the genuine Anglo-Saxon lints of whom you in this state are descendants, j Highly you have preserved their noble nice. Today you lead the -IS states of Mho I'niou in the highest percentage of % . itage is yours. | Religious Ideal Our Pillars. i This nation was the product of tie religious ideals of that noble band. They noi only sought religious liberty but civil liberty as well. Their ideals found expression in the Cape Cod Compact written by them as they sat in the little cabin of the May flower. This compact was a necessity as they had landed for north of the juris dictional limits of their patent granted to them by King James. In the north ern part of Virginia. Hence the writing of the first constitution by men who were seeking both civil and religious liberty. They began the compact by saying "in the name of God, Amen.” In the name of Jehovah they, as well as the founders of the other colonies es tablished themselves, and built for us a mighty nation, of which we are the in habitants. They were profoundly religious, anil their first movements were the establish ment of a church in which to worship and a school in which their Children might be educated. They built upon the Ten Command ments. The constitution given to the Hebrows for the building of their nature, through centuries Jehovah lead them. But they ■forsook Him and-lost their opportunity of establishing God's Kingdom in tile earth. The saddest hour of our Lord was when he pronounced their doom in these words: “For I say unto you. the King dom of God shall be taken from you and given to a nation which bringeth forth fruits like unto the Kingdom of. God.” Ours is the first nation, after that doom and prophecy was spoken which began its building in the name of God. Out of the religious ideal grew the Republic. A republic can be maintained by the religious ideal. All morals and ethics are dependent upon the religion. “In the decalogue is found the pillars of our civilization. As we get away from these we get away from God. and 11s we get away from Him we turn our faces to ward doom. Blessed is that nation whose God is Je hovah, is fundamentally true. Perils. Onr perils are the tendencies of legis lative bodies, executives and the judi ciary to get away from the fundamentals, the religious and the spiritual ideals. The National Reform Association is out in a campaign to call the iieople back to the fundamentals. Much of our alien immigrants are not favorable to the pu koldiug of the Christian ideals of Amer ica. Our hope is in the maintenance of: First. The Christian Sabbath. Remem ber the Sabbath I>ay to keep it holy, is as vital today as ever. It is God’s day j consecrated ho Himself for our good, that we might become acipiainted with Him. | Onr cupitol city. Washington, has for saken it. The picture show, the theatre, and other places arc run wide open there. Commercialism is rampant.' God's day is forsaken and we are calling 1141011 Con gress to restore the Christian Sabbath to the Capitol city of .our nation. The Home. | We have before Congress a bill call ing for a universal marriage and divorce law. At present we lead the nations of the world in the granting of divorces and broken homes. During the tirat sixteen ' years of this century there were granted ■ in the Cuitcd States 1,888,501 divorces. During the last five years there have THINK LIQUOR CAUSED | DEATH OF ASHEVILLE MAJ< j Three Other P<vsr»na Are Seriously 111 < All Had Been Drinking. (By the Associated Press.) Asheville. Feb. 28.—One man is dead and three.are in a serious condition to-J. , day as a result of drinking wly>* ling physicians said was poisoit titit James F. Quinn. 45 yearsWP® I plumber, died at a local liospiL..-mttayl jof pneumonia following acute poisoning. I Lindsay V. S. Murdock and . Ed. Dewey are suffering from pioson , in »; ■ j The physician who attended Quinn . said the contents of his stomach nppear j ed to be composed of red lye and wood alcohol. Thirty minutes after drinking some whiskey, it was said, the men began to suffer severely and called a physician. Quinn appeared to he the worst sufferer and became unconscious soon after reacli ! i n k a hospital. His body was taken to , Columbia. S. C.. where his widow lives. V. S. COTTON THREATENED. Gains in Ind’a’s Product ion Menaces American Control. London. Feb. 28.—A serious threat to American control of the world's raw cotton is indicated in recent figures on Indian cotton production. For the five years before the war India exported an average rs 50.000 to (10. <100 hales to England. Last year the total was 275.- 000 and this year, according to figures just issued, it will fie 300,000. A report h.v the Secretary of the Hoard of Agriculture says the World will be emancipated from American monopoly of raw cotton within ton yenrSr largely due to Indian produc tion. HUSBAND CALLED LIAR* AS HE GAVE TESTIMONY Mrs. Eleanor Harris Shouted “Liar” at Husband as He Testified as to Money. (By the Associated Press.) New York. Feb. 28.—Mrs. Eleanor Elaine Lee Harris jumped to her feet and shouted “liar" at l ee husbaDd. Bev erly D. Harris, banker, today when he testified in his annulment su'it that $50.- (HM> was more than he had ever had at one time in his life. Justice Wasservogel rapped a dozen times on his desk and she sat down. "Do that once more, madam, and you will leave this court. Understand that distinctly." ti e judge admonished. Governor Commutes Sentence and Is sues Parole. Raleigh. Feb. 28.—Governor Cameron J Morrison has commuted the sentence of Frank Creakman. of Davidson county, who was convicted of larceny and house- * breaking in the August term of court ( and sentenced to one yea*' ou the county , xuada-v- Tbfc-Uoyfiumc -said tljay. there , was a strong petition before him for the parole of the boy on the grounds that | lie was not mentally capable of assum ing the full responsibility of the act. , While the Governor felt that he could not parole the prisoner, he commuted the sentence to an indeterminate one of not less than 10 months and not more than 12 months. Governor Morrison at the same time paroled Ernest Patton, who was con victed at ,the July term of the Superior ' to four years on the county roads for j Court of Haywood county and sentenced j robbery. The prisoner has sedved about two years of his four-year sentence. , The parole was recommended on the ( grounds of poof health by Dr. Allen, - county health officer: board of county commissioners; sheriff of Haywood ( county; the mayor of Hazelwood, and j by the sooititor of the district. Grover (’. Davis. The right to revoke the parole at any ] time was reserved, Germans Build Spacious Liner For 1 American Passenger Trade. j ißr Ike rreaa.i Bremerhaven. Feb. 28.—The Colum bus, the new steamer of the North Ger man-Lloyd Line which will make her maiden trip to New York next, spring, is said to have a larger passenger capacity than any ship afloat, close to < 1.800. She is built especially with the < idea of accommodating passengers, and little space has been provided for cargo. 1 Cabin extend into the very bow and ’ stern of the ship, and every effort has i boon made to provide adequate reoroa- < tion space for passengers on all decks. 1 The gross tonnage of the ship is 32,000. ■ She is 830 feet long. 82 feet wide, and I has a draught of 32 feet. Kaiser’s Birthday Remembered ltut ( Celebration is Tame Event. > (By the Associated Press.) Potsdam. Feb. 28. —The former kaiser still is remembered by relatives and friends on his birthday and. according to government telegraph officials, many telegrar\ were sent to the, former em perior at Doom on the occasion of his doth birthday anniversary in January. In contrast with former years wlyn the occasion was made a national holi day, the principal birthday eelebration in Potsdam was the home of former prince August Wi'liam, the youngest son of the ex-kaiser. The principal guests were the sons of the ex-kaiser and Field Marshal Hindenburg. been granted 557.500 divorces in the T'nited States. This involves more than 330,000 children under the age of ten years. The T’nited State's bar association at its last meeting reported that 80 per cent, of the incorrigable and criminals came from the broken homes. One di vorce to every eight marriages is The high record of the I'nited States at present. The National Reform Association has established at Washington a Christian Bureau, and through it we are endeavor ing to change the tide and bring back the sacred of the Sabbath Day as well as the sacredness of the home and the mar riage vow. I Through this bureau we are calling up i on -the people to express themselves to 1 their representatives, calling for the en actment of sueh laws as will restore all l that has made our nation great. ft* TODAYS ft TODAY « NO. 47. ! COMPROMISE BILL ! Jl HOUSE LIKELY p iudcPASSED soon Insurgents Agreed Today to . the Longworth Proposal, Which Is In Reality Com promise On Surtax Rates. DEMOCRTS TO BE DEFEATED Several Changes in Revenue Bill Made, Most of the Changes Dealing With Autos and Auto Supplies. (By the Associated Press.) Washington. Feb. 28.—House repub lican insurgents agreed today to the Longworth compromise on surtax rates, and if the RepuTiKleati organization yields to a slightly lower normal rate, leaders of the group indicated they would vote to eliminnte the Democratic income tax schedules from the revenue bill. Resuming consideration of the bill, the House voted to cut in half the 5 per cent, tax on automobile tires, accesso ries and parts. Another amendment adopted would ex empt automobile trucks and wagons with chassis costing SI,OOO or less. Those with chassis costing more would be taxed at 3 per cent. An attempt to restore the 3 per cent, tax pn chewing gum was rejected, 152 to 120. CHICAGO GIRL. 18 GITLTY OF SLAYING WATCHMAN Given Life in Prison, Although State Had Sought to Hang Her. Chicago. Feb. 26.—Katherine Beck, 10-year-old girl, was found guilty to night of the murder of: Edward Ijehman, a watchman, during a robbery, by a jury which fixed her punishment at life im prisonment. The jury returned its ver dict after deliberating an hour and a 1,-lf half. The State had demanded the death larnatl.v and had required each juryman to state that, he had no scruples about hanging a woman inf he believed her guilty of murder. J.iehman's murder and the wounding of Albert Stemwedei, his companion, constituted one of the stragest cases in ctrirago rrMtftmi am!slipknot Becditfb---' ' there was none to- admit the crime, but because there tyere too many. I .china n and Stemwedei were shot when they came upon a man and woman companion trying to enter a knit goods factory. On the strength of Lehman’s dying statement, "get Bockelman,” the police asserted Walter Bor-kelmau and Ethel Beck, his young sweetheart. Stem wedei identified Bockelman as Lehman’s slayer, and almost immediately the Beck girl confessed she and Bockelman liad committed the crime. The police be lieved the case solved. Several months afterward Otto Malm was arrested for another crime and as tounded the police by asserting he killed Lehman. • * The young woman, characterized by the police as "The Wolf Girl,” appeared in court quiet and demure and spent, much of her time watching her baby until the court ruled the child must, be removed, when she collapsed. When the verdict .was read tonight, however, she screamed and collapsed again. INSURGENT Kl KLUXERS VOTE TO ESTABLISH A NEW ORER Congress Called by Clarke Bans Secrecy and Masking in “Knigkts of Mystic Clan.” Atlanta, Ga.. Feb. 26.—The Klan congress called by Edward Young Clarke, former Imperial Giant, "to re vive the original principles on which the Ku Flux Klan was founded, but which have been perverted.” at a meet ing here today voted to establish a new order called the "Knights of the • Mystic Clan." Cp ward of 150 Klansmen opposed to lie present administration attended the meeting and those in charge said that. Klans in Maryland, Ohio. New Jersey,' Connecticut, Kentucky, Missouri, Kan sas. Alabama, Teuuessee. Georgia, North Carolina and Colorado, were represented. With Our Advertisers. More gropnd hog weather yet—good time to order coal. See A. B. Pounds’ new ad. Fabric tires $6.75 up, and cord tires SO.OO up at Southern Motor Service Co. New shipment Dennison Crejie paper just in at the Musette. The Sanitary Grocery Co. is now ready to serve the public with the best of fresL meats. A. M, Shinn and O. M. Sappen lield are in charge of this department. See the Concord and Kannapolis Gas Co. and find out about their easy pay ment plan. W. A. Over-cash has just received sl.- 000 worth of new Spring shirts. Prices from SI.OO to $6.05. i J Harry Rosenberg, of the famous Schloss Bros. & Co.. wiH be at Hoover's Friday and Saturday to take your meas ure for a new suit.. Be sure to attend Efird's Leap Year Sale tomorrow —hundreds of 20 cent bar gains will be offered. f Want Bids on IStripping Board Fleet. . (By tke Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 28.—Bids on the entire shipping board -fleet of 1,336 ves sels under slightly changed contract termq were asked for today by the board. Offers received ou or before March 18 will be considered, and no award will be made before that dat*. .. -II .11. ■ Raxing ie now gjtwa encouragement in the elementary schools in England.
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