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2 DISPATCHES A*AA A * • VOLUME XXIV President’s Name Is Mentioned Today In Oil Lease Question _ * Two Telegrams Sent by the President to Edward B. McLean Read Into the Re cords of Oil Committee. NO REFERENCE TO OIL .MATTER Messages Dealt With Dis trict of Columbia Matters President Explains—Many Other Messages Read. <»* A.MHiaitti Pm*.i Washington, March (I.—Two telegrams wit by IVpsident Coolidge lo Edward B. McLean were read today into the rec ord of the oil committee. Immediately aft erwa.’d (he President issued a state ment-saying that the matters referred to In the messages related to questions of local government in the District of Co lumbia. The first telegram, sent on January 12 said: ‘‘Prescott is away. Advise ftlemp with whom 1 -shall confer.'' Signed "CALVIN COOL]DOB." The second was sent on February 12 and says: "Thank you for your message. You have always been most considerate. Mrs. Coolidge joins me in sending kindest re gards to Mrs. Melean." Secretary Sleinp was in Palm Beach when the first message was sent. Mem bers of the committee said they did not know who “Prescott" was, but a short time after the telegrams were read the President issued this statement: "The telegram related to the district commissionersliip. Samuel ,1. Prescott is the republican city chairman, and the President desired to confer with him re garding the district matters." The first Coolidge telegram was sent nfter McLean had testified that the SIOO,OOO loan he previously had said was made to Fall on a note, was In reality in tlie form of checks which were returned to him uncashcd. The second was dated two days before McLenu was summoned here by the com mittee to explain. President Coolidge later made this statement, relative to Ustanseconil tele-1 gi-qai, sent to E. B. McLean under date !! “The telefram sent to Mir. M<Le*n on. February 12th was in regard to a mes sage from Mr. MeLerib congratulating the President on bis Lincoln birthday address in New York. "The telegrams exchanged were sim ilar to others received and sent out in that connection. It simply amounted to an exchange of amenities.’’ i C. Bascom Sleinp. secretary to Presi-' dent Coolidge, later issued a statement 1 correcting the previous White House an nouncement with respect to the McLean | telegram of February 12tli. The state-! ment said: ! “The telegram sent to Mr. McLean under date of February 12th. was in answer to a telegram received from Me- j Lean congratulating the President on his statement with respect to the Semite resolution calling for the resignation of Edwin Denby. as Secretary of the Navy. Owing to the date of tne telegram, it i was at first thought it related to the President's Lincoln Day address at New York. An examination of the White I onse files after issuance by the Presi- j dent of his stat’enient, disclosed, however, that the McLean message related to the Denby matter. “A number of congratulatory messages were received in connection with both the statements on the Robinson resolu tion and the New York speech.” A short time before this the committee had read a telegram from chief door keeper -McKenna at the White House, advising McLean on December 22nd that Sleinp was leaving that night for tk« South. Then an exchange of telegrams was read showing that on January 10th Al bert B. Fall at Palm Beach wired Chair man Lenroot of the oil committee ask ing to know if “Walsh has authority to subiioena me to testify" and got a re sponse saying he had not. | Senator Walsh, chief prosecutor in the oil inquiry, l:nd gone to Florida to ques-1 tion McLean, but the committee records showed that' he Was empowered to sum mon such witnesses as he might desire. ! “Please see Senator Jim and find out if there is a disposition to make mutual friends niuke a long journey." said a message from Palm Beach on January | 24 by W. F. Wiley to Ira E. Bennett. Wiley is manager of the Cincinnati 1 Enquirer and Bennett is an editorial writer on the Washington Post, both Mc- Lean . publications. 1 On January sth McLean fi-bm Palm l Beach wired Bernard Baruch, of New York, at Georgetown, S. C., asking when he would be in Washington. “Will be in Washington January 6’ and 7," said a telegram to cod “Bernie,” with “affectionate re gards.” ' ' WHAT SAT'S BEAK SAYS. Bain tonight and probably Friday morning, colder. Friday. The Concord Daily Tribune — CONSIDERING NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL Daugherty Has Not Yet Re signed, But There is Every Reason to Believe That He Will. T (By the Associate* Press.) j Washington, March <t.—Developments * in the investigation of the oil and other scandals have again brought up sharply the question of Attorney General Daugh erty's immediate {retirement from the enbinet., Seleetion of a sueeessor for the torney General is under advisement at the White House, and at least three men have been approached indirectly to ascertain whether they would aeeept such an appointment if it should be of fered. * Mr. Daugherty meanwhile is en rente to Washington from Mliami. Fla., where his wife is ill. Gaston Means Called as Witness in the OH Inquiry. Washington, Mnreh s.—Gaston 8., Means, a former secret agent of the de partment of justice, was subpoenaed in the oil inquiry today, at the request of Senator Dill, democrat. Washington. Means is a North Carolinian. He was reared in Concord and is well known in the state. He 2h a member of a prominent Concord family. Southern Cotton OH Co. Bankrupt, (By the Associated Press, i New York. March 6. —The Southern Cotton Oil Co., a subsidiary of the Vir ginia-Carolina Chemical Co., was peti tioned into involuntary bankruptcy to day. On January 22 "Johns" sent a mes sage to E. B. Mlei.onn at Palm Beach saying “Subpoena for Fall today. Re turnable Friday.” Another Mnry message in code was presented. Like the other, it was ad dressed to W. O. Ducksteiik a McLean employee at Palm Beach. On January 27th McLean wil-ed Fran cis T. Homer, Baltimore lawyer, asking , “Think over certain prominent iieoplc I fid that time, and you will realize why large cash funds tvere kept on fund at that time." , Gaston B. Mleans. a widely known in vestigator, once employed by the De partment of Justice, wired to McLean's secretary early in Janhar.v that he was j on his way to-Palm Beach. I Chairman 1-enroot was not present at today's hearing, .having gone to South ern Pines, N. C. ' Says President Should Explain. j Washington, March 6.—President Coolidge's telegrams to Edward B. Mc- I-ean started another oil debate today) , in the Senate. • I Senator Harrison, democrat, of Mis sissippi, declared it was incumbent upon the President to give a statement to the country “to remove the suspicion that I attached to the Prescott telegram he sent, to McLean.” “it is not enough that Bascom Slemp | gave out a statement,” Senator Harri j son added. “The President himself should make a statement I hope some real explanation can be made by the President.” President Objects. Washington, March ti.—President Coolidge declined today to turn over to the oil committee the tax returns of in dividuals and corporations prominently mentioned in the oil investigation. Replying to a Senate resolution mak ing the request, the President said he had been advised by the Acting Attorney General that he was. without authority to comply. The President offered, however, to co operate with the Secretary of the Treas ury in an effort to secure an amendment tot prevailing regulations whieli would permit the oil committee to "inspect" | the retunis if it so desired. , Starch Wanted to Buy Post. I Washington, March 6.—Fred Starek, a director in the War Finance Corporn- I tion, told the oil committee today that 1 the matter he wanted to see E. B. Mc- Lean about, referred to in the McLean telegram, was the purchase of the Wash ington Pbst. Senator Watson Speaks: | Washington, March 6. —Mention of “Senator Jim” in a telegram exchanged between W. V. Wiley of the Cincinnati i Enquirer and Ip E. Bennett, of the | i Washington -Post, led Senator James E,‘ Watson, of Indiana, to issue a state-j ment today saying he 'knew nothing 1 ment today saying he knew nothing, about it. The statement said: J “I,do not know Mr. AV. F. Wiley. II do know Mr. Ira E. Bennett, but he never at tiny time talked to me regard ing- the inquiry contained in Mr. W. F. Wiley’s telegrams.” 1 <BBgg IL'.. ". ■ ——i Piedmont Today “6-Cylinder Love” Seven Thousand Feet of Film Seven Thousand Good Laughs ■ ' •'*' v : \ ... If You Can’t Laugh at This Pic ture, see your doctor AIUW..I !■-■ —j- CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1924 TEACHING AGBICITLTrBE IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS The Plan Is In GreAt Favor romp!) i rttiverstty *Ww Ihf Pretail.* Raleigh. N. 0., Mat-. (s—The plan of teaching agriculture in the district high j schools that is now in use in North [ Carolina is in great favor at the Agri cultural College of Cornell T’niversitv. according to a letter received by T. E. Browne, Director' of Vocational Educa tion for the State of North Carolina, from Roy H. Thomas. District Super * visor of Agricultural Education, who is now at Ornell (’Diversity completing . his work for his Ml. A. degree. Mr. Thomas writes that Agricultural ■ School at' Corne l has endorsed the plan t now in use in North Carolina for teach-1 ing ngricultore in the district high schools and that representatives from all parts of the United States have ex pressed their approval of the plan and > that many of the representatives have • stated that their respective states were ' iu hearty! accord with the present ,<vs ■ tern. He stated further that many other ■ states were planning to inaugurate the same system no that which is now used ■ in North Carolina. The undergraduate as well as those in ‘ the graduate school of the Agricultural ' School at Cornell University have ex pressed almost unanimous belief tiyit the teaching of agriculture and home economies in the high sehoo's through- out the state has a distinct advantage over the old system of separate agri cultural schools of the secondary sys tem. declared Mr. Thomas in his letter to Mr. Browne. j In expressing his opinion of the i present systefti of teching agriculture in secondary schools "instead of maintain ing the old system of separate agri cultural shool, Director Browne, said. "The present system of the agriculture departments in the various district high schools over the state is far sftperior to the system of separate school foe's, teaching agriculture and home economies. The o’d system was the boarding school system and many boys and girls could not afford to leave home and therefore were deprived of the education along those lines to which they were entitled. Under the present system where these courses are taught in the different high schools many more boys and girls attend the schools or at least ninny more take the agriculture and home economic courses. There are now nnproximately 2500 boys in the State of North Carolina who are taking the agriculture courses in these high schools. Another distinct advantage of the present system over the old is that it al lows the t stadents. to remain at home where they can continue to be of help to their parents and to make use of his term is over. He also has the privilege of the assistance of his instructors in solving questions that arise on bis parents form from time to time. In other words both he and his parents profit immediately by his attendance at the agricultural department ofthe high .school whereas they ail must wajt un til he has completed his training should he be in attendance nt the old boarding’ agricultural school." Due credit is given to the good that the old system of district agriculture' boarding school hnd done for this state, by Mr. Browne. He stated that the dis trict agricultural school was the founda tion on which the present system was laid- According to the Director the former di-friet agricultural school was called the "Farm Life School and there were originally 21 of them. They have now gradually been decreased until there re main of this old system six in the state of North Carolina. The present system of teaching agricu'ture in .a separate de partment of the various high schools of the state has been in operation since 1917. A state appropriation was made by the General Assembly in 191' for the financing of the system. For the two years prior to that time the various communities financed the project, it wns explained. It was also pointed out that under the present system, the farmer himself and even his wife has a better oppor tunity to study the scientific operation of farm and farm house, as lie. teachers in the department of ngrieulture at the high schools are also part time field ngents. so to speak, many trips out to the different farms of the community to assist the farmer and his wife ill their problem* of every day life on the farm. Southern to Operate Trains in I-and of Sky By ’Phone. Asheville. Mar. s.—The telephone will displace the telegraph for dispatching trains on the line of the Southern Rail way, extending from Salisbury. to Knoxville, Tenn.. 270 miles, through the “Land of the Sky,” ns soon us two copper wire circuits can be constructed and telephone equipment installed in 75 stations Work will be begun as soon as ns the necessary materials can be as sembled. j The telephone will also be used to • operate the manunl block signal system i between Salisbury and Morristown, ! Tonu- On the 42 miles of double track between Morristown and Knoxville, I electric automatic block signals are now lin service. The telephone circuits will be used for message service between Salisbury. Asheville, Knoxville, and in termediate points. The new line will be part of the general telephone system which • the Southern is building. Lines are now in service betqvoen Washington find 'At lanta. between'Cincinnati and Meridian. Miss., and between Knoxvil'e and Chattanooga. Between Atlanta and Birmingham, a line is under con struction. Walter Candler Case Called. Decatur, Ga., Mnreh 6 (By the Asso ciated Press).—The trial of the suit against Walter T. Candler, son of Asa G. Candler. Sr., Atlanta millionaire, for #IOO,OOO damages, brought By Mire. Sa rah Byfield, also of Atlanta, was called I today in the DeKalk County Superior court here. Sunday School Institute Gets Off, To Fine Start — 7—s - . -i First Session of Institute,) Held Last Evening, At-; tended by Large Crowd of J Interested Workers. MR. SIMS §NABLE T 0 PRESENT j Detained in Rialeigh by 111- 1 ness of Relatives.-—'Three Fine Addresses Delivered j at First Session. Eigtit pastors, six imperiritendents and Sunday school teachers were among 1 hose present at thei opening session of the Concord Townuhip Sunday School Institute ah !thf> Presbyterian Church last night. V The total atten- , dance was about 125 people, represent ing thirteen Sunday 'Schools. ' An interesting feature of the program was an address by Jilr. J. B. Ivey, of Charlotte, superintendent of Hawthorne Tatne Methodist Sfinday school, and nresident of the North Carolina Sunday- School Association, f Mr. Ivey's subject was "The Bible.” In the address >Mr. ivey gave many interesting and illumi nating facts about She Bible, how it was made, the various versions, and placed special emphasis on the place of the Bible in the Sunday schools. Miss Flora Davis, .of Raleigh, assist ant superintendent oi the North Caro 'ina Sunday School Association, began a series of talks on “Stories nnd Story Telling." her subject last night being "The Story—lts Valge and Elements.” In speaking on the Value of the story Miss Davis said.. “3|he story has no limits of time, spaed or lands. The, whole world loves A Ary. As a means 1 if teaching religious truth, the story ImA been used almost since tlie beginning •vs time, and it has t|ie approval of the greatest teachers of religion the world has even kndwii. Jesus Christ, the world’s greatest teaoii§'r. was a wonder ful story teller. He htaieved so thorough ly in the story telling method of teach ng religious truth, *that we read in -he Bible where it wave of him. “Without l parable spake H# not unto them.” Without telling then! a story to illus-. trate the truth He wanted to tench them. “Every good story must have in it. four elements,” said Miss Davis. “First, 't must have a gootjgbeginuing —pot an ‘xplanation, but a -Sbtence or two to "attract the" attention'wfhe elifts, tV pro-' mre their minds for the story that is ■o follow, nnd to introduce the main iharaeters of the story. “The second element is the action of he story. Every good story must be full of action. There must be no dull noments, something must be happening ill the way through from beginning to -nd. “The third element is the climax of i the story. If a story is really to tench < von a truth there must be a strong clr=' nax. A weak climax makes a weak I story. The climax is the teaching i point, it is the place where the teacher lrivta home the truth that is to be I ‘aught, I “The fourth element is the end of the * story. The end of the story must be 1 lust as carefully planned as the begin- t ning, of any other part of the story, if ( it is to be effective.” Miss Davis will continue the series * if addresses on the story at the succeed ing sessions of the Institute. “Today’s Needs” was the theme of an interesting address delivered by Walter E. Myers, of Philadelphia, Pa., general secretary of the I’ensylvania Sunday 1 School Association. Mr. Myers said, “The great thinkers of today are say- ' ing that the greatest need of todav is Christian education. I was talking , with a friend the other day who is gen eral secretary of a big city Sunday School Association nnd he said, 'lf we can thoroughly educate in Christian ; ethics and principles one generation we have solved the' world’s greatest prob iertis. Babson. the great statistician, in one of his circular letters, recently nublished, says that “The world’s great est need is noj more money, more build inks, more railroads, more industries, but more Christian education.” The Sunday school has always been recog nized ns the educational arm of the church, and in some communities it is the only agency for religious instruc tion. “la»t us look for a minute at what \vc hnve done, and at the great unreached work ahead of u«. Less than twenty five per cent, of our whole population in this big state are enrolled in the Sunday schools, and less than three- i fourths of the enrollment are regular ' attendants. So there remains more < than eighty per cent, of our population i entirely without the instruction that the 1 Sunday school provides. Possibly be-ji cause of this, and because of the fail- 1 ures of the Sunday school to provide i trained teachers, and in some instances graded instruction, nnd adequate rooms and environment, other agencies have arisen so augment the work of the Sun day school in Christian edneatiou. “In many of our communities the church vacation schools are actually do ing more than the Sunday schools, in tlie character of teaching and lesson ma terial. In the North a very common agency is the Week-Day School of Re ligious Instruction, usually held in the church or Sunday school building, with trained professional teachers, and thor oughly graded curricula. One two, and sometimes three hours are given to ele mepfary and secondary pupils through this agency. The day ie not far dis tant when nil of onr Christian people trill recognise the responsibility of the church to this phase of training, and not try to shirk the responsibility *y farming out the process, to others, od (Continued on Page Five). I WANT REDUCTION NOW «?S ALL INCOME TAXES Senate Wants Action So 25 Per Cent, on Pereana-1 Incomes Can Be Made. (By the Assi&iateil Press. | 1 Washington. March 6.—The Senate finance committee decided today to seek ! immediate enactment of a joint resolu jlion providing .for a 25 per. cent, reduc | tion in. peruana! income taxes payable this year, so that it may apply on in stallments due Marcl- 15. Provision for such a reduction was ap ' proved h.v the House in the revenue bill. | Enactment of tlint measure, however, is I not possible before March 15. and lead ers hope by passage of t lip joint resolu tion to avoid the necessity of making re funds on the first instalments which now would have to be paid in full. BI RTON MAY SI CCEED , DENBY IN CABINET ,He Is Being Considered by Presirfeut (Volidge for Appointment in Cabinet. (By the Assoc luted Press.) Washington, March 6.—Theodore E. Burton, present member of the House r and former Senator from Ohio, is one of 'those qow being considered by. President , Coolidge for appointment as Secretary . of tile Navy. ‘White House officials refused today to I discuss the possibility of his appointment, ■ but it was confirmed that he was on a , list of a half dozen now before tl-e Pres ’ ident. , j All indications today pointed to tlie selection of a Secretary to succeed Ed win Denby before the end of tlie week. KNIGHT "NEVER AGENT" ' OF OIL COMPANIES This Fact Disclosed in Tdegrsuns Re ceived at. the National Capital. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, D. C„ March 6.—Samuel Knight, whose nomination as special counsel in the Standard Oil Company of California lease ease has aroused oppo sition. on the ground that he was coun sel for a bank in which the Rockefel lers were interested, informed govern ment officials before accepting that he had 1 never represented oil interests. This was disclosed today in an ex change of the telegrams leading to his ■ appointment, made public at the White House. Salisbury ..Mayor Drops Out of Building Injunction Case. Salisbury. March s.—The controversy between Mayor C- JJ. “Henderson and "lfc-fr. -Tftnrey oftf- the Bhirding n three-story business block which the mayor claims projects oiit . on two streets, is over Captain Henderiite hav ing taken a non-suit in the injunction ease which was to have been heard lie fore Judge Harding this week, and hav ing abandoned the appeal that he gave notice of taking when Judge Harding ruled against him on a former suit which wan brought by him as a private citizen. Work was today resumed on the building which will stand on the cor ner of Innis and Lee streets. Mayor Henderlite in a letter to the board of aldermen assigns his reasons for abandoning the suit and apologizes ho Mr. Yancey and to members of the board who were offended at his actions in the matter. He maintains that what he did he did solely on account of his de sire to protect the city and maintain the proper boundl to the public streets. With Our Advertisers. The Piggly Wiggly lias a number of big bargains for Saturday. See ad. All sizes, men's and women's watches at Starnes-Miller-Parker Co.’s. For gasoline, mobile oil, ear accessor ies, washing and greasing. Willard stor age batteries. Goodyear tires and air and water service, drive around to the Southern Motor Service Co. The S. S. Brown Shoe Co. on Friday. Saturday and Monday will have an Early Spring Sale of shoes. The prices will surprise you. See new ad. New spring oxfords and slippers for ladies, at special prices for Friday and Saturday only at Parker’s Shoe Store. For prices see new ad. For (Robe-Kernicke sectional book cases, see the Concord Furniture Co.’ Fresh country sausage every Friday and Saturday at the Orchard Produce Company's store. The Sanitary Grocery Company lias in creased its delivery service. Try an or der for your fresh meats. For seed oa'ts and potatoes see the Cash Feed Store. May Festival at Trinity College. (By the AsaoclatMl Press.l Trinity College, X. C. Mar. o.—The election of the Queen and the Court of Twelve for the May Festival at the College has been made pub ic here. Plans are under way, it was said, to make the festival this year most spectacular ever staged at Trinity College. Miss Elizabeth Kramer, of Elizabeth City, was elected Queen. She lias ap pointed as her attendant Miss Iva Jen nett. of Maneto. maid of honor. The me.utbers of the Court of Twelve are: Miss Ethel Merritt, of Faison ; Eliza beth Aldridge, of .Durham: Elizabeth Hicks, of Oxford; Lucy Taylor, of Stovall; Bessie Ilaycs. of laikeview; Maf.v Glenn Llo'>l of Chattanooga. Tonn.; Ann llntledge, of Advance; Mabe’ Westcott, of St. Augustine. Fla.; Elizabeth Showalter, of Richmond. Va.; Kittie Stufcss, of Sumter, S. C.; Mary Eskridge, of Marlington, West Va.; and Ida Munyan, of High Point. Forbes Released on Bond. (By (he c.aam.4a«*d Press.) Washington. March ft.—Chas. R. For bes, former directA of the Veterans' Bu reau. pleaded not guilty today before a United States Commisioner to charges of fraud, conspiracy and bribery handed down by n Chicago grand Jury. He was released on SIO,OOO boud. Suit Starts * gfo ■’!? -li® - llaSraiwßamßra The candler family- of Atlanta, Ga., once more is in the limelight with the oommencement of the suit of SIOO,OOO filed by Mrs. Clyde K. B.vfieid (above) against Walter Candler. She alleges Candler attacked iter iu her stateroom aboard a vessel bound for Paris. THE COTTON MARKET Firm at Opening With Prices It to 34 Points Higher.—Firm Liverpool Ca bles. (By the Associated Press.) New York, March (I. —The cotton mar ket was firm at the opening today with prices 11 to 34 points higher in response to relatively firm Liverpool cables. The advance met considerable realizing at 29.N4 J!nr May ami carlgr, fiuctnations ■verc somewhat- 4ri'eguiav7 Tfiif fke fnire was steady on reactions of 5 or (i points from the high prices. Cotton futures opened firm: Mat-Clf 28.40: May 28.,80; July 28.15: October 25.08; December 25.25; January 24.92. Ford’s Offer Being Discussed. By the Vs.joetated Press.) Washington. March 6.—The House to day resumed discussion of henry Ford's offer for Muscle Shoals, shortly after convening at noon. Leaders of botli sides had numerous speakers to be loan I in the three hours and fourteen minutes remaining for de bate. Representative Garrett, democrat, of Texas, opened tlie discussion with a warm endorsement of the MeKensie bill pro viding for acceptance of the Ford pro posn 1. Daugherty Leaves Miami; No State- Ment. Miami, Fla., Mar. s.—Attorney Gen eral Daugherty left Miami at 10:25 o’cloek tonight for Washington, with out making a statement on dispatches from the White House that his imme diate retigemeut fk-om the cabinet is impending. Those close to the attorney genera! said that there "was nothing new in tlie dispatches" to the cabinet member and J that lie would not make a ,statement or • talk for publication on the latest de velopments in the ease. During the past twenty years the Government Nursery in Hawaii luas grown and distributed nearly 5,000.000 trees which have bee a planted out in Honolulu and in the surrounding coun try. Two Frenchmen recently did a roller skating marathon, skating without a break for twenty-four hours, during which period they covered a distance of 22 miles. Billy DeFoe, the St. Paul junior light weight, is scheduled to take on Eddie Brady of Brookl.v in a 10-round con test to bo fought at Passiac, N. .T.. the night of March tith. March's lucky stone is the bloodstone, signifying wisdom and courage. ai—aM————■a— sjimimHimmiiiiiniiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiinmiiiiiiiiiiiLg U COMPLETE FACILITIES— g 5 UNQUESTIONED PROTECTION— |§ 3 these make this a desirable bank for YOU. EE /"'wizens fgii ■ BANK &• TRUST CO.|f=Bg| J »****•«! » NE*jS \ I TODAY I I A ft B Ik A A I NO. 53. SEEK CANCELLATION of ojum IN feSftinSUllS Bills of Equity Will Be Filed Next Week by Govern ment Oil Counsel, It Has i Been Announced. CHARGES FRAUD AND ILLEGALITY These Charges Will Form Basis of Government Con i tention—A Special Grand Jury Ordered. (By the Associated Press.) ( | Washington, March 6.—Cancellation of the government oil leases to the Do | lieney and Sinclair interests will be sought in bills of equity to be filed by j the government oil counsel next week. The bills will ask for the return of I the naval reserves to the government on . the grounds that “fraud and illegality” j were involved. j Injunctions also will be asked against I further drilling and withdrawal of oil iby the Sinclair and Dolieny companies, i and the court will be requested to name receivers to control the properties pend- I iug completion of the litigation, j At the request of the special counsel, 1 a special grand jury will be empaneled here about.April Ist to consider the evi dence so far brought out in the oil in- ’ quiry. The bills for injunctions are being . prepared by Atlee Pomerene and Owen ' J. Roberts, and will be filed in the Fed • eral district courts for Wyoming and Southern California. Thursday, March 13th. has been set by the Federal judge at Cheyenne for a preliminary hearing on the Sinclair con tract n, at which the government counsel will be present. For Regulation of Radio. ! Washington, D. (\, March ft.—Rules' ■ for the regulation of radio throughout tlie Western Hemisphere wHI be con sidered and formulated nt the later ■ American Elcctrjt-al Communications i Conference which is scheduled to meet 1 in Mexico City tbc latter part of this ‘ month. The United States will be repre : sented by two official delegates to be ; |r W>ctetl.,tty .the jlcßUrtnawfl .of State. “ whw .wMM 'be accompanied I>y a humocr’ 1 of technical advisers. All Latin Ameri can countries nnd Canada are expected ’ to send delegates. The conference was proposed at tlic meeting of the Pan-American Congress at Santiago, Chile, last, year nnd the place of meeting was decided at a meet ing of Latin-Amerienn representatives at thn Pan-American Union in this city. All forms of electrical communica tions will be discussed at the coming meeting but radio is expected to be the principal topic, the general purpose of the conference being to bring up to date the regulations adopted at the Ixmdon radio conference in *lOl2 and to amend tbem to fit present conditions in the Western Hemisphere. An international conference for the drawing up of radio regulations for the entire world has been proposed to the advisory committee on communications nnd transit of the league of Nations with the request that the Council of tbc 1 league take necessary preliminary steps. The proposal was made by a com mittee of radio experts which recently met at Geneva. Nominated to Be Cardinals. Rome. March ft (By the Associated Press).—Archbishop Hayes of New York, and Archbishop Hundelein, of Chicago. 1 have been nominated as cardinals. The ‘ consistory will be held March 24th. Will Report Bonus Bill. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, March ft.—Agreement to report a soldier bonus bill was voted 10 to 3, today by the House ways and means committee. Tucson. Arizona, lias the distinction of being the only walled city in the United States. This wall, which at one time encircled the entire city, has long since falleu to decay- The world's record for opening oysters is held by William Lowney, of Provi dence, R. 1., who opened 100 in threq minures and tltrey ami three-fourths sec onds. A line of trftdc unusual for women in business is that of Mrs. Alma Sax Clouse, of Wheeling, who is the proprie ' tor of a flourishing sporting goods store.