North Carolina Newspapers

• dispatches * VOLUME XXIV MEfU MARINES AFTER LEASING OIL i \ They Were Sent to Teapot Dome to Drive Trespas sers From Oil Land After Lease Was Signed.' SEC. ROOSEVELT SENT THEM THERE He Did So at the Request of Fall, He Testifies.—Five Men Used in Policing the Big Oil Field. IBt the Amrlatnl Pmw.) Washington. March 13.—How Ameri can Marines cleared Teapot I)nno of trespassers after that nil reserve had been tensed to Harry F. Sinclair was de scribed today to the oil committee. Major General I .ode tine, coimnamlntn of the Marine Cor|is, was the first wit . tlOf* itr the line of inquiry. He said or ders for tiie notion were issued by Theo dore Roosi-veit, then Acting Secretary of the Xav.y txio also was called to te.-ii \ Ty. This was in July. 1022, the General said, and Geo. K. Shuler, then a cap tain of Murines, was selected after a conference witli Secretary Fall to com mand the detail sent to Teapot. Four enlisted men were selected to accompany Shuler, who now is Treasurer of New York State. Roosevelt hail ordered tiiat a man, of “tact and discretion" be chosen, the General said, so as to avoid trouble. Shuler telegraphed on August 4 that his mission had been accomplished. Hater Fall wrote the Navy commending Shuler for his work. Asked whether he did not regard this as an extraordinary use of the Marine Corps, -the General said he did not con sider that point at nil. He simply obey ed orders. * Assistant Secretary Roosevelt testi fied that the request for clearing of Tea pot Home came | from Fall who was quoted as saying (that he and the Presi dent wanted the squatters ejected, ns they were about to take out oil on which the government would get no roy alty. Fall told him, said, that Secretary Daniels had taken such ae- U< B#cretar.v Roosevelt did hot VfWaMIW? thing very dearly about a protest from the Governor of Wyoming against em ploying force to remove trespassers. Hynieka Subpoenaed. Washington, March 13. —Rudolph Hy nieke, republican national committee man from Ohio, was subpoenaed today by the oil committee. Subpovnaex also went out for Harry MacKenzie, attached to President. Oool idge's Chicago campaign headquarters, and for Tiffin Gilmore, deputy secre tary of the State of Ohio. _ Norman .f. Gould, of New York, and 'Charles H. Garrish. of Columbus, Ohio, also were subpoenaed. The five are to be questioned in con nection with the stoiy of Leonard \|>’ood, Jr-, about an attempted oil deal in the Republican national convention at. Chi cago in 1920. Will Probably' Hear McLeau. Washington. March 13.—Edward R. Mo Lean, the Washington publisher, prob ably will be called as a witness in the Senate’s Daugherty investigation. Mai Daugherty, brother of the Attor ney Geneffid, also will be called. Both' will be asked- about references to them in the story of Roxie Stinson. REICHSTAG DISSOLVED Action Taken by President Ebert •to Check Plans of Socialists. , Berlin, March 13 (By tie Associated Press). —Presidcut Ebert dissolved the reichstag today. His action is in con sequence of the determination of the so cialists to insist on revision of the spe cial emergency ordinances promulgated by the government, notably the tax reg ulations. Pennsylvania Contemplates Leasing of Norfolk >nd Western. Philadelphia, Pa., March 12. —Reports that the Pennsylvania railroad conteni plated leasing the Norfolk and Western. railway took definite form today when I the Norfolk and Western announced that it had received a communication from ' the Pennsylvania suggesting the advis ability of such a step.’ l A committee was authorised to confer with a similar committee of the Pennsylvania. The Norfolk and Western directors after a special meeting today announced that the annual report to the stockhold ers had been With reference to the lease the directors in a statement said it would be on terms which would preserve the operating identity of the Norfolk and Western. WHAT SAT’S BEAR SAYS. Increasing Cloudiness followed by rain on the coast and tain or snow in the in terior late tonight or Fridky; no change in temperature. Fresh northwest winds shilling 1* east, « The Concord Daily Tribune t ■ .-I . . ' .■ 1 ; OTIS POYELL CASK TO BE HEARD IN CONCORD Case of Yeung Man Why Struck Little | Louise Irby With His Car With Fatal Cesnils. I (special l<> The Tribune.! | , Kannapolis. March 11.—The case of Mr. Otis Powell, the driver of the car Friday afternoon when little seven-ye.tr . old Mary lonise Irby sustained fatal in- I juries on her returh from school at a lioint between here and Midway where the read was narrow and sharply curv ed. is the subject here of much ilisus sion. It seems ti .it the opinion that he did not slop prevails among many, hut .this is erroneous, as lie took the child water, assisted in carrying her to her: home nearbyj 'remaining until the end tame, perhapo nbout half tin hour later. Mr. Powell is 'awaiting- preliminary trial in Concord. He L 18 years of. age in stead of 25. as previously stated. He is a model young man. maintaining a good reputation, unobtrusive and modest in demeanor, and. until this occurrence, has never been wanted by officers of the law. had nevfr beeen required to answer charges of any kind whatever. For it number of years his home was at the Barium Springs orphanage, his. father having died. When his mother remar ried he leturued home. His opportuni ties being quite lmited. he has been for two or three years taking advantage of courses offered him at the Kannapolis Y.. M. C. A. during vacation months, be ing occupied at the Y at night Aid spare hours in the afternoon, also, during, school months. By steady application to business and unremitting effort Mr. Pow ell has been "making good.” Our peo ple all deeply sympathize with the |wir ents and other relatives of he child which met dentil in (lie accident, and Mr., Powell also, -has the sympathy of those who know the circumstances which plac ed him in the embarrassing position in which l:o now finds himself. With Our Advertisers. The Bell & Harris Furniture Go. have been compelled to enlarge their space in this paper in order to tell you about the many beautiful lines of furniture they carry. Soliloss labels in men’s clothes means quality. Get them at Hoover’s. You will find many grocery bargains at the Piggly Wiggly. Now is the time to plant potatoes and sow seeds. Cline & Moose have about everything you want.' Fresh shipment of National Biscuit Company. The new Selby style slippers in pat ent and camel’s kid at the S. S. rows Shoe Store. New Spbrt Oxfords and Pumps for Spring at Kfird’s. Friday and Shturdalv of tltf s week Sproft Bros, will sell Waltona Rugs at prices ranging from $0.95 to $11.95. See three-column ad. on |*age seven today. ««tfv cpaL lone, ccmeel miA. pmuter always on hand at K. I.'<'ra ven's. - If you want your .skin smooth as a bahy’s use Mel-Bro Lotion. At Cline's Pharmacy here and F. L. Smith Drug Co. at Kannapolis. l)he Citizens ltjnk and Trust Co., is sound, safe and onnfcorvative, and always ready to meet tfie demands of its cus tomers. Its resources are over Jjtl.OfMl.- 000. The .1. Frank Smith farm, on the old Charlotte road, one of the finest in the county, is now for sale. It contains 33 acres, and will be divided into two tracts. See ad. of Dixie Ileal Estate Co., on page seven. SOME VICTIMS OF THE MINE EXPLOSION BI’RIED Rescue Crews Are SHU at Work ami Few Additional Bodies Are Found. IBy the Associated Pnn.l • (Jostle Gate, I'tah. March 13. —A (tyy and night of fighting fire, the burial of seven victims and the finding of a few additional bodies is the story of the rescue work in mine No. 2 of the Utah Fuel Company since early Wednesday. At an early hour this morning 130 bodies had been taken out of the mine in which 173 men were entombed on Saturday. Patient German Captures Glow Worms of the Sea (By the Associated Press.* Hamburg. Mar. 13.—A lot of per fectly good noctiluen, a sort of salt water "Lightning bug” which is one of the commonest causes of phosphores ence in the sea. have been captured alive by Professor Kurt Hamdorf, of Hamburg. Cooped up in a- bottle and taken into a dark room, they glow just like fire flics and glow worms. It was only after several month* of patient endeavor that Prof. Hamdorf succeeded ip capturing the noctiluea in . the North Sea. I He (a using them here for experi mental work. So much Interest has been aroused by 41ie professor’s captives, that scientists from various parts of Ger many have come here to look at the marine iridescence. , Rev. M. M. Klnard Dead. (By the Aweclated Press.* Winston-Salem. March .13.—Rev. M. M. Kinard, for thj-ee years pastor of the Augsburg Lutheran Church, and presi dent of the local Ministerial Association, died of pneumonia at a local hospital this morning. He was 65 years old. piedmont” Last Time Tonight “The Temple of Venus” j The Most Magnificent,' Spectacu lar Motion Picure Ever Shown in Concord It’s another Wiliam Fox pro duction that is in a class all by itself. | LAST SHOWS:-5, 9 v •' * ; CONCORD, N. C., THDRS DAY, MARCH 13, 1924 i Expert : | j^**~~*~ fll m ***■ jfi fepy me: W. F. Friedman (above), ciphei expert of the U. S. Signal Corps, translated code messages, according to testimony before Senate Invest! gating Committee, sent from Floe tua hv k. B. McLean, publisher. ciSiFoli’ MUSIC WEEK IN APRIL This Important Movement is Sponsored by the Na tional Federation of Music Clubs. I WEEK WILL BE FROM ! APRIL 20THjTO 27THj Interesting: Programs Will Be Rendered Each Day.—! President Coolidge En dorses the Movement. 'The request to observe Music Week was sent to the cities of North Carolina by Mrs. (’has. It. Wagoner, chairman of Music of the State Federation of Womens Music Clubs. This movement is sponsored by tile National Federation of Music Clubs, also the National Bu reau for the advancement of music. Concord has fallen in line and ]*rojtoses to join with the other cities of the Unit ed States in observing Music Week. Aiwil 20—Easter Sunday, lias been se lected as the date for the beginning o’ this beautiful custom and throughout the entire week splendid musical attractions will be presented, aud music stressed in many different forms In order to successfully carry out this plan an organization was effected. With Mr. Price Doyle as president, but owing t<* the pres of work, Mr. Doyle found it necessary to resign. Then a new organ ization was formed with ’ Mrs. *C. B. * Wagoner ns director, Mrs. W. D. Pem-I berton president, Mrs. Hinton McLeod vice-president, Robert Ridenhour. Jr., secretary and Jones Pharr treasurer. , ; Music Commission of Concord. Mrs. Chas. I!. Wagoner, Director, I Mrs. W. I). Pemberton, Pr< sidetif. | Airs. Hinton McLeod, vice-president. I R. K. Ridenhour, Secret „ry. Jones Pharr, Treasurer. Mayor'J. B. Womblo Music Weclt Committee. J. Arehey’ Cannon, chairman. Mrs. R. j S. Young. Mrs. Wm. 11. Gorman, Mrs. I L. D. Ooltrane, Mrs. R. A. Brown - , Mrs.) Joseph Canuon, Mrs. H. S., Williams, Mrs. J. Al. Odell, Mrs. J. P. Cook, Mrs. Earl Brown. Miss Elizabeth Gibson,, Miss Jenn Ooltrane. Mrs H. W. Blanks,! W. R. Odell, E. C. Harnhardr. Sr., ('has.) Uannon. Chas. B .Wagoner, A. S. W’cbb, J. P. Allison, T. H. Webb, A F. Hari-i sell, L. D. Ooltrane, E. Ha 11 vain,' C. W. | Swink. .1. B. Sherrill.Paris Kidd, Rev. Wm. A. Jenkins. A. H. Jarratt. U. P. Benson, Dr. P. R. MacFadyeu, Chas. S.. Smart, A. G. Odell. Rev. L. A. Thomas, E. T. Cannon, C. L. M. Smith, Alex R. Howard, W. W. Flowe, Richard Gibson, ■ Maury Richmond, Chas. Ive.v\ Geo. W. Ptttteron. B. 15. Harris. Cameron Me ' Rae, O. W. Byrd. Dr. W. D. Pember • ton. Chas. F. Ritchie, A. E. Harris, 1 Campbell Cline, A. F. Goodman, J. L«e Crowell. Jr., John Young, H. I.' Wood -1 house, Jno. Oglesby, B. L. I'mberger. Dr. Joe Ilartsell. C, A. Wolff, J. F. Haywood, W. G. Cuswell, Jacob Stirewalt, F. C. Nibloek, Mrs. G. B. Ix>wi». Puhlirily Committee. All details of publication in connec tion with Music Week—Jno. 15. Sher rill. J. L. M. Smith. Jno. M. Oglesby, W. M. Sherrill. Prof. Wolff. Program Committee. In charge of assembling material for official program and Its publication— Mrs. I. I. Davis, Mrs. Wm. 11. Gorman, . Mrs. J. B. Womble, Miss Nell Herring, Mrs. V. A. Means, Mr*. H. G. Gibson, Mrs. C. F. Ilitchie. Mrs. Earl H. Brown. Mrs. Rickard Gibson, S. Kay Patterson, l)r. Hnmpton- Stirewalt, Price Doyle, J. ' B. Sherrill. Arrangement Committee. Seating, decorating, lighting and ush (.Concluded ou Page Two.) - .li. .■■irTr~T=. .... ' =r- BRANTS INJUNCTION TO AT THPBI BONE FIELD ■■4*4—- Judge Kennedy Grants Re quest of Federal Govern ment After the Hearing al Chyenne Today. • TOO RECEIVERS WILL BE NAMED Appointment ; |of Receiver Was Not Opposed by the Counsel For; the Sinclair ' Companies. 1 <Hjr Ibe Amv|un| Press.-, Cheyenne. Wyn., March 13.—Two re ceivers will be named to take over con trol of tic Ten pot Ibmic oil reserve Judge T. Blake Kennedy ruled after hearing arguments of opiKtsing • counsel. Rear Admiral'Jos.) Strauss, of the U. S. Navy, bus been equested by tin government counsel n* receiver, (tending the outcome of the litigation, and A. K. Watts, rice president of the Sinclair Oonsolidated Oil (PiWjwiration, had ls>en named by the defendants. Judge Kennedy gpiuted a temporary injunction halting further development work by the Mammoth Oil Co. on the Teajtot Dome oil reserve. No date was set for further hearing in the raw. Opposition counsel stated that on account of file involved nature of (Tie action, it would be impossible at tl'is time to state when they would be ready for further hearings. Judge Kennedy qmanfed the defend ants Thirty days iri ’which to plead an answer to the government's complaint. Details of tile inunction and m-civ ership will be set forth in an order re quested by counsel for the government, and which will be signed by Judge Ken nedy after its revision in part. Affidavits signed by Acting Secretary Roosevelt and Secretary Work, of the Interior --epartment. setting forth that an injunction halting development work i ! and a receivership were necessary to protect the interests of all parties con | earned, (lending litigation over tile lease. . were tiled in court. j Tie 1 affidavits set forth that the daily i production of oil froqi Teapot Dome re* I serve is 3.!)75 barrel* | l nder the terms of t!ir order reipicst - led by the. gowmos TT-crude «it storage tanks of toe' Sinclair Crude <Hl r l lhirchasing Co., hewever. and pipe lines I ami equipment of Sinclair Pipe Line Co. ' would not be placed under control of the i receiver without further orders. | “We are not here consenting nor ob ; jecting to the appointment of a receiver.” J .W. Lacy, reqtresenting the Sinclair in terests said, after Owen J. Roberts had made the government argument. Cheyenee, Wyo., Marelt 13 (By the As-1 soeiated Press).—The fight for aunual ment of the Teapot Dome Naval oil re serve to Harry F. Sinclair entered its legal pinnse today. With an imposing array of counsel, reiiresehting the plain tiffs and defendants. Judge L. Blake Ken nedy of tlie Federal court, wffs to open at 10 o’clock the preliminary hearing on the government's (till 'in equity to set i aside the lease. The Mammoth Oil Co., the Sinclair ! Crude Oil Purchasing Co., and the Sin-1 ; elair Pipe Lines Co. are made defend- j ants in the complaint which alleges fraud and illegality in granting of the lease and which was filed at the open ing of court by Atlee Pomereue and | __ Owen J. Roberts, special goverenment i ' counsel. s'” ) The complaint also daks the court to grant a temporary injunction and to ap- ; point a receiver to take charge of the i I properties pending the outcome of the litigation. The procedure to be followed by the j defense •remained a puzzle at the hour ! set for the preliminary hearing np-j j proa died. Attorneys representing Sin | elair, who negotiated the Teapot Dome' lease on behalf of the’Mammoth Oil Co. ,■ Imd refused to indicate the defense, al j though Sintrlair had announced that the I suit for annulment of the lease would be I fought to the end. | "We suggest a joint receivership in I which A. E. Watts would represent the | Sinclair interests in accordance with a i government representative.” : Pot of Gofcl Unearthed on North Caro- ! I ina Farm. I Dunn, March 12.-—A farmer who i . lives in Johnston county a few miles! north of Dunn recently plowed up a j I*ot which contained $2J500 in gold, ac | cording to re[*ortH. The gold was buried | in a field which had been cultivated for several yeans. Up to this year the far mer had used a (dug mu’.e nnd had only broken his laud very shallow. This spring lie bought a new mule and plow and started deep breaking. His plow struck the pot of gold and unearthed it. according to the report. Man and Woman Toss a Coin to See Which Should Shoot First; He’s Dead * Chicago, Marcli 12,—A bizarre wager by the terms of which the toss of a coin was to determine which was to play first shot at the other with a pistol, was related to a coroner's jury today by Mrs. Belle Guertner. pretty divorcee, the jury recommending that she be held on a charge of murder in connection with tic death of Walter Law, automobile salesman. U* was found earljr today slumped over the wheel of Mrs. Gaertner's au tomobile with a bullet through his bead. Two blocks away, the police found Mrs. Gacrtner puacing the floor of her spurt Vacation! * iFC'-a : This is Mrs. Thvra S. Winslow, writer, who has decided with hel .illsblind that after 12 years of mar. lied life, each deserves a vacation. They will separate for a year, bul both will live in Greater Xew York City somewhere. SPMIESE SEIZE TWO aunt oil ip Men Were Planning to Make Surveys in the Northern Section of the Island of Saghalien. JAPANESE 'NOW CONTROL ISLAND Newspapers Think Seizure of Americans May Lead to Grave Issue Between the Twc^-Countries. 1 Trtkio. Milrch, Press).—Japaiicsc military authorities have frustrated an attempt by .1. P. Me- Cullcgli and I). F. Macl^iuglilrn, Amer ican surveyors, representing the Sinclair oil interests, to enter the northern sec tion of the island of Saghalien. The authorities have taken the two on a gu.nbout from Saghalien to the port of Alum in Hokkaido, it became known | today. They are believed to have gone to Peking. The Americans, accompanied by a Rus sian guide, enter Saghalien from the Siberian mainland. They were stopped at Alexandrovosk by military officials who declared a determination not to per mit representatives of an American com pany to conduct surveys under conces sions from the soviet government, which Julian does not recognize. I Japanese prexs took occasion to com ment on the (Kiss.ibilities of a grave is sue between America and Japan over the | valuable oil fields. « Northern Saghalien normally is Rus sian territory, but now is under Japan- I ese military ooeuiNition. Powerful Jap | anese interests are planning oil exploita tion there under ,tbe auspices of the Japanese navy. • WILL CLARK AND WALTER COOK ON .TRIAL TODAY Are Being Tried hi Connection With i Flogging of Marvin Bobbitt. (By (be Associated Press.* I Rocky Mount. X. C„ March I.’!.- —Will Clark aud Walter Cook, today were to go on trial in Nash circuit court on the charge of being implicated in the flog ging on January 27th, Inst, of Marvin Itobbitte. A jury was selected yester . day afternoon. The grand jury on Monday afternoon returned indictments against six men, but the proiecutiou yesterday dismissed ! tlie charge* against T. X. Ross, mayor ! of Nashville, Pell Batchelor. Roy Hayes j and V. H. Hamlet. j Action Against Two Congressmen. (By the Associated Press.* | Washington. March 13.—Grand jury I preceediiigs were begun here today in the case of [ the two members of Con gress referred to in ti e recent Chicago grand jury re(x>rt as having bn properly accepted money, line of the witnesses called was Elia* H. Mortimer, who was thp central figure in the Veternus’ Bureau invi>stigatioti here and who also appeared before the Chicago grand jury. ment and Bobbin* hysterically. 'Hie cor other's jury decided tliat , Law. married and the father of a baby, came to his death by a bullet lin'd by Mrs. Gnertner. According to Mrs. Gaertnqr's story to the police. Law and ste had been to a cabaret and on the way home started to atgue about their- marksmanship. Mrs. Gaertner said she had a pistol and they agreed to .toss a coin, the one who won to have one shot nt the other. If the winner missed, the loser then was to take one shot, the process to he continued until a hit was scored. ■==■■■■■ ■ ■- ■— SOUTHERN DIVIDENDS Fcr First Tim? Bii*'t ISS4 Dividend cn Common Stock Is Paid. (By tie Associated Press,* . iiy New York. March 13. SJ(*J e the Southern Railway Comm declared an initial dividend oil the cotamon stock. This dividend is the first to be (laid on the 1.200.000 com mon shares since re-organization of the road in 1894. Beginning in 1897 divi dends on preferred stock have ranged from- 1 per cent, to 5 per cent, annually. Directors also declared today (fie regu lar semi-annual dividend of 2 1-2 per cent, on tile preferred stock. It was officially announced that the purpose of directors hereafter is to give consideration hereafter to the matter of preferred as well as common dividends. Today’s dividend was announced as a quarterly dividend on common stock. SIX CATS IN BED WITH BODY OF PRIMA DON X \ Enggnie Bonner Found Dead After Years of Poverty. New York, March 11.—The body of Mine. Eugenie Bonner, once known in this country as a prima donu.i, was found in a two-room East Side tenement today. Physicians said she had die.l of heart ailment. ( Xpighbors asserted that she had lived for years in poor circum stances, alone with her pet cats, six of which were on her bed when the body was discovered. Mme. Bonner cnine to the United Stales 25 years ago at ti e invitation of ’the lale Oscar Hammers-tein. to sing in grand opera. She previously had ap peared in Amsterdam. Prague and Bre men. Newspaper clippings and a letter of introduction to Ganna Walska were found in the rooms. THE COTTON MARKET. Opened Firm Today at Advance of From 9 to 23 Points. (By (be Associated Press.) New Y'ork. March 13.—Tile cotton market opened firm at an advance of 9 1 to 23 [mints, and sold about 23 to 40 I points net higher during the early trad-1 ing on revering and fresh buying in- j spired by unfavorable weather reports! from the southwest. According to those I advices it was showing in Oklahoma j and parts of Texas, with rains in other , sect ions. May sold up to 28.70 after overnight 1 selling orders had been absorbed aud Or-, toiler advanced to 25.55. Cotton futures opened firm: March I 28.25: May 28.5(i; July 27.75: October j 25.502 December 25.10. | MRS. ROXIE STINSON IS GIVEN ANOTHER HEARING; She Makes Startling Insinuations at (lie Opening of Dougherty Inquiry. j (by the AoKiKinted Pres*.*, , Washington, March 13.!—Mrs Roxie ■WiitEJdr, dhqqvcd wife «f i-Hare? . M.- Daughorfy’s Close friend Jesse Smith, who commit teed suicide a year ago to day was the star witness before, the I.‘augherty investigating committee Senators not only sought to draw out details of her story of yesterday, which included some startling insiimai mns Smith and Daugherty but made an es-. fort also to establish new lines of inquiry invoicing liquor eases and other matters that were (lending in the Justice De partment. Fraternity Buildings at Itavidwtn Col lege. The situation of fraternities a’t Dav idson College has become much brighter, following the recent action of Hie board of trustees, wlwi passed an action per mitting fraternities to build chapter houses either on or off college property. The faculty committee on fraternities will work cut the details of the plans, which are then to be approved by’the executive committee of the board of trustees. This action will greatly elleviate the acutenesrj of the situation in regard to better aecommoudations for fraternities. Tin' following fraternities have chapters at Davidson: Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Phi Gamma Delta. Kappa Alpha, Pi Kappa Alpha. Kappa Sigma: Beta Theta Pi, Kappi Phi (installed into Pi Kappa Phi at a recent date). Phi Alpha Pi (to be in stalled into Theta I’pxilon Omega on May 2). and Delta Thata Chi. At least one local farternity is under or ganization at present. Mills in Southern States Show Increas ed Cotton Consumption. Louisville, Mar. 13.—Cotton mills of southern states consumed 4.279.231 bales of cotton during 1923. or 04 per cent of the total cotton mill consump tion of the United States, according to R. L. McKellnr. foreign freight traffic manager of the Southern Railway sys tem. This was- an increase of 298.693 bales over last year and was due, Mr. Mc- Kollar declared, to a larger number of mills in the south and Hie expansion of the sales of cotton goods in foreign countries, particular in Lntiu America and the Far East. ymiiiHHiiimiiiniiimiiiiiiHiiiintiiniiiiiiiiiHiiiiLg THE HOME OF GOOD BANKING g Sound, safe and conservative, and always fH S ready to meet all the demands of its customers. pj» i RESOURCES OVER ONE , E | S MILLION DOLLARS R /CITIZENS fijjfeb ■ - • »***••* * TObATS m * NEWS « * TODAY m NO. 59. GIRL OEMS SHE TurffliirtD ON FATHER UNTIL HE IS DEAD i ■ . "7 „ ■ ■-; - vfi'l Eva Winchester Calmly Tells About Taking the Life of Her Father, J. C. Winches ter, In Florida. MOTHER DIRECTED HER IN MURDER They Declare (To Police the Man Was Killed As An Offering—Girl is Only 18 Years of Age. (By the Associated Press.) Tampa, Fla., March 13.—‘T stamped him to death with my feet-’’ This was the unemotional statement, made todhy by Eva Winchester, 18-yenr nld daughter of the dead man, J. C. Winchester, C 5 years old, formerly of Gastonia, N. C. His body was found this morning at the home in Seffner, a village teri miles east of here. The girl implicated her mother in the statement in which she said she was or dered to kill her father by her mother. Roth are in the county jail here, charg ed with murder. A story of membership of the family in a religious sect, was told by the girl. She said her father had suffered- two strokes of paralysis recently. She, her mother and father visited a gathering of the sect nt St. Petersburg last Sunday .and returned home last night. The father, aeerrding to the girl, was so ben ! ( fitted by attending tbe meeting that the | mother felt an offering should be given jtlic Vwd for the benefaction. The kill ing of father was decided on ns the I offering, she told the sheriff. | The aged man was Ip<l 130 yards from j tile home, killed, and the body dragged back to the house and left lying on the j doorsteps where it was found later by j authorities. 1 This morning the two women walked | three miles west to Mango, from their - home, and calmly told a school teacher l of their act. He in turn notified , Sheriff Spencer here who went, to the ; scene, recovered the hod.v and arrested ’ tin' women. - YOI'TH FACES DEATH AND S|NGS WITHOIT HIS FACE jCSSie Bowen. Age Vs. Palis on'chrle Saw and Looses Face But Remains Cheerful. Way cross, Ga.. March 12.—Clyde Bowen. 23. with his face and the front part of his skull, from his month up ward. completely severed from his head by a circular saw against which he fell ' while working at Scott Kendricks Lum ber company near here Tuesday as er ncon, placidly sang and later told his comrades of the whereabouts of rela tives as they waited expectantly for trim ' to die. At noon today however Bowen wan resting easily under influence of stimu lants although said to be in a semi conscious condition'. During flip endless moments when he awaited arrival of an undertaker from Waycross. Bowen- kept up his singing and talking. He even asked for water with which to wash his face, seemingly unaware that it. was gone. He -remained conscious for some time after the acci dent. Physicians hold out no hope of re covery for the unfortunate youth. His relatives live in Mcßae and have been notified. Memorial In Japan to I’nited States Generosity. Washington, March 12,—A permanent memorial hospital will be built by the Japanese government out of part of the funds contributed through the American-' Red Cross for Japanese earthquake relief as a monument to American generosity in Japan's hour of need. The Red Cross today authorized the American embassy in Tokio to draw on the organ ization for .$3,000,000 of the $11,000,000 subscribed in the United States. Half will go for the construction of the hos pital and half for its maintenance. In the first match game of baseball ever played in New England, which took place on Boston Common. September S, 1858, 'tlie home team was defeated by i a team from Pot Hand, Maine, by a score of 47 to 42. The wise ones of the fighting game are generally of the opinion that A1 Reich, in going to Buenos Aires to meet Firpd, is traveling a log way to get a beating.